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Exhibit 4.4
DISCOVER BANK
Master Servicer, Servicer and Seller
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders
SERIES SUPPLEMENT
Dated as of May 3, 2007
to
AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 3, 2004, as amended
Subseries 1
$1,100,000,000 Class A, Subseries 1
Certificates
$57,895,000 Class B, Subseries 1
Certificates
Subseries 2
$500,000,000 Class A, Subseries 2
Certificates
$26,316,000 Class B, Subseries 2
Certificates
DISCOVER CARD MASTER TRUST I
SERIES 2007-3 CERTIFICATES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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SERIES TERM SHEET
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1
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ANNEX
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1
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SECTION 1.
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION 2.
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Subordination
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27
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SECTION 3.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Sellers
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28
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SECTION 4.
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Representations and Warranties of Discover
Bank as Master Servicer and Servicer
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29
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SECTION 5.
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Representations and Warranties of Other
Servicers
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29
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SECTION 6.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Trustee
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30
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SECTION 7.
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Authentication of Certificates
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30
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SECTION 8.
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Establishment and Administration of Investor
Accounts and the Credit Enhancement Account
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30
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SECTION 9.
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Allocations of Collections
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34
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SECTION 10.
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Payments
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SECTION 11.
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Credit Enhancement
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SECTION 12.
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Alternative Credit Support
Election
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55
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SECTION 13.
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Calculation of Investor Losses
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SECTION 14.
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Servicing Compensation
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SECTION 15.
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Class Interest Rate Caps
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SECTION 16.
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Class Interest Rate Swaps
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SECTION 17.
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Investor Certificateholders’ Monthly
Statement
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SECTION 18.
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Master Servicer’s Monthly
Certificate
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SECTION 19.
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Notices
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SECTION 20.
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Additional Amortization Events
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SECTION 21.
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Early Accumulation Events; Additional
Amortization Events
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SECTION 22.
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Purchase of Investor Certificates and
Series Termination
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SECTION 23.
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Variable Accumulation Period
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SECTION 24.
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Optional Accumulation Period
Commencement
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SECTION 25.
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Ratification of Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
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SECTION 26.
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Counterparts
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SECTION 27.
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Governing Law
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SECTION 28.
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Intention of Parties
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SECTION 29.
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Amendment for Sale Accounting
Purposes
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SECTION 30.
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Election Under Delaware Asset-Backed
Securities Facilitation Act
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63
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SECTION 31.
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Issuance of Additional
Certificates
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A-1:
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Form of Investor Certificates, Subseries
1
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EXHIBIT A-2:
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Form of Investor Certificates, Subseries
2
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EXHIBIT B-1:
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Form of Certificateholders’ Monthly
Statement, Subseries 1
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EXHIBIT B-2:
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Form of Certificateholders’ Monthly
Statement, Subseries 2
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EXHIBIT C-1:
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Form of Master Servicer’s Monthly
Certificate, Subseries 1
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EXHIBIT C-2:
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Form of Master Servicer’s Monthly
Certificate, Subseries 2
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DISCOVER CARD MASTER TRUST I
SERIES 2007-3 CERTIFICATES
This
Series of Master Trust Certificates is established pursuant to
Section 6.06 of that certain Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2004, as amended,
by and between DISCOVER BANK, a Delaware banking corporation
("Discover Bank"), as Master Servicer, Servicer and Seller and U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the "Trustee"), as Trustee (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement"). This SERIES TERM SHEET and the ANNEX
attached hereto, by and among the Master Servicer, the Servicers,
the Sellers and the Trustee, constitute the SERIES SUPPLEMENT (the
"Series Supplement"). The Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
this Series Supplement together establish the Series of Master
Trust Certificates to be known as the DISCOVER CARD MASTER TRUST I,
SERIES 2007-3 CERTIFICATES.
This
Series is comprised of two Subseries (as such term is defined in
Section 1(b) of the Annex attached hereto), each of which shall be
treated as a separate Series of the Discover Card Master Trust I,
as more fully set forth in the definition of "Subseries." The
Subseries of the Discover Card Master Trust I, Series 2007-3
shall be known as "Subseries 1" and "Subseries 2."
SERIES TERM SHEET
SUBSERIES 1
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Date of Series Term Sheet
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May 3, 2007.
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Group
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One.
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Interchange Series
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Yes.
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Series Initial Investor Interest
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$1,157,895,000.
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Class Initial Investor Interest of each
Class of Investor Certificates
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Class A — $1,100,000,000; plus the
face amount of any Class A Certificates issued in an increase of
the Series Investor Interest pursuant to Section 31.
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Class B — $57,895,000; plus the face
amount of any Class B Certificates issued in an increase of the
Series Investor Interest pursuant to Section 31.
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Class A Expected Final Payment
Date
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The Distribution Date in April 2010.
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Class B Expected Final Payment
Date
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The Distribution Date in May 2010.
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Type of Structure
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Bullet Maturity.
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Certificate Rates
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Class A — LIBOR + 0.01% per annum,
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year.
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Class B — LIBOR + 0.13% per annum,
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year.
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Subseries
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1 of 2.
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Monthly Amortization Rate
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Not applicable.
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Prepayment Calculation Table
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Not applicable.
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Prepayment Determination Date
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Not applicable.
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Class Cap Rate
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Not applicable.
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Class Maximum Rate
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Not applicable.
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Class Interest Rate Swap
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Not applicable.
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Interest Rate Swap Counterparty
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Not applicable.
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Swap Trust Rate
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Not applicable.
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Swap Counterparty Rate
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Not applicable.
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Monthly Swap Deposit
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Not applicable.
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LIBOR Determination Date
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The second LIBOR Business Day immediately
preceding the commencement of an Interest Accrual
Period.
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Series Cut-Off Date
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May 1, 2007.
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Series Closing Date
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May 3, 2007.
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Date from which Interest for first Interest
Payment Date Shall Accrue
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Series Closing Date.
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Distribution Dates
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The 15 th
day of each calendar month (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) commencing in June
2007.
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Interest Payment Dates
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Class A - The 15th day of each calendar month
(or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day),
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commencing in June 2007.
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Class B — The 15 th day of each calendar month (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day), commencing in June 2007.
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Statement Dates
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Each Distribution Date, commencing in June
2007.
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Principal Payment Date
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Not applicable.
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Interest Calculation Dates
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Not applicable.
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Accumulation Commencement Date
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Not applicable.
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Accumulation Period
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Unless an Amortization Event shall have occurred
prior thereto, the period commencing on the Principal Commencement
Date and ending on the earliest to occur of (x) the payment in full
of the Series Invested Amount, (y) the Amortization Commencement
Date, and (z) the Series Termination Date.
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Accumulation Amount
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(a) Through the Class A Expected Final Payment
Date, (i) $91,666,666.67 or (ii) if the Master Servicer elects to
delay commencement of the Accumulation Period in accordance with
Section 23 or if an increase in the Series Investor Interest
pursuant to Section 31 has occurred, the Class A Initial Investor
Interest divided by the number of Distribution Dates from the
commencement of the Accumulation Period through and including the
Class A Expected Final Payment Date, and (b) thereafter, (i)
$57,895,000 or (ii) if an increase in the Series Investor Interest
pursuant to Section 31 has occurred, the Class B Initial Investor
Interest.
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Principal Commencement Date
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The first day of the Due Period related to the
May 2009 Distribution Date (or such later Distribution Date as the
Master Servicer may elect in accordance with Section
23).
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Revolving Period
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From the Series Cut-Off Date to but excluding the
earlier to occur of (i) the Principal Commencement Date, and (ii)
the Amortization Commencement Date.
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Controlled Liquidation Period
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Not applicable.
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Early Accumulation Period
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Not applicable.
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Type of Credit Enhancement
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Cash collateral account.
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Stated Shared Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Shared Credit
Enhancement.
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Stated Class A Credit Enhancement
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There shall be no Class A Cash Collateral Credit
Enhancement.
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Amount
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Stated Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount
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$86,842,125.00.
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Credit Enhancement Provider
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Collectively, the one or more lenders making a
loan in order to provide the initial funds on deposit in the Credit
Enhancement Account, or any successor provider of the Credit
Enhancement.
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Maximum Shared Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Shared Credit
Enhancement.
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Maximum Class A Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Class A Cash Collateral Credit
Enhancement.
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Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount
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On any Distribution Date (a) prior to the making
of an Effective Alternative Credit Support Election, the greatest
of (i) $11,578,950, (ii) an amount equal to 1% of the Series
Initial Investor Interest, and (iii) (x) if a Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event has not occurred, an amount equal to 7.5% of the
Series Investor Interest as of the last day of the related Due
Period, or (y) if a Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event has
occurred, an amount equal to 8% of the Series Investor Interest as
of the last day of the related Due
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Period or (b) subsequent to the making of an
Effective Alternative Credit Support Election, the greatest of (i)
$11,578,950, (ii) an amount equal to 1% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest, and (iii) an amount equal to 12.5% of the Series
Investor Interest as of the last day of the related Due Period;
provided, however, that if an Amortization Event with
respect to the Series established hereby occurs, the Maximum Class
B Credit Enhancement Amount for each Distribution Date thereafter
shall equal the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement Amount for the
Distribution Date immediately preceding the occurrence of the
Amortization Event; and provided, further, that if a Credit
Enhancement Drawing has been made, until such time as the Available
Class B Credit Enhancement Amount has been reinstated in an amount
at least equal to the amount of such Credit Enhancement Drawing,
the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement Amount shall be the Maximum
Class B Credit Enhancement Amount as of the date of such Credit
Enhancement Drawing.
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Total Maximum Credit Enhancement
Amount
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On any Distribution Date, the Maximum Class B
Credit Enhancement Amount for such Distribution Date.
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Additional Credit Support Amount
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The lesser of (x)(i) prior to the occurrence of a
Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event, 5% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest or (ii) following the occurrence of a
Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event, 4.5% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest and (y) the difference between the Maximum Class
B Credit Enhancement Amount (after giving effect to an Alternative
Credit Support Election) and the Available Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount (immediately before giving effect to the
Alternative Credit Support Election).
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Supplemental Credit Enhancement Amount
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The lesser of (x)(i) prior to the occurrence of
an Alternative Credit Support Election, 0.5% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest or (ii) zero following the occurrence of
an
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Alternative Credit Support Election and (y) the
difference between the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement Amount
(after giving effect to the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event) and the Available Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount (immediately before giving effect to the occurrence of a
Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event).
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Initial Subordinated Amount
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$144,736,875
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Additional Subordinated Amount
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Prior to the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event, 5% of the Series Initial Investor Interest and
following the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit Enhancement
Event, 4.5% of the Series Initial Investor Interest.
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Supplemental Subordinated Amount
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Prior to the effectiveness of an Alternative
Credit Support Election, 0.5% of the Series Initial Investor
Interest and zero following the effectiveness of an Alternative
Credit Support Election.
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Series Buffer Amount
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Zero.
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Interchange Subgroup Buffer Amount
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Zero.
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Group Buffer Amount
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Zero.
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Investor Servicing Fee Percentage
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2.0% per annum calculated on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Eligible for Reallocations to and from Other
Series in Group
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Yes.
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Series Termination Date
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The first Business Day following the Distribution
Date in October 2012.
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Estimated Investment Shortfall
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On any date of determination, the positive
difference, if any, between (i) the Certificate Rate for the Class
for whose benefit the amounts on deposit in the Series Principal
Funding Account are held as of such date of determination and (ii)
the weighted average yield (expressed as a Money Market Yield) on
the investments in the Series Principal Funding Account as
of
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such date of determination.
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Estimated Yield
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On any date of determination, the Portfolio Yield
for the immediately preceding Due Period less 2.0%.
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Classes, if any, subject to Regulation S
restrictions
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Not applicable.
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Classes, if any, subject to ERISA
restrictions
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Class B.
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Bearer Certificates
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Not applicable.
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Registered Certificates
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Class A and Class B Certificates.
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Class A Certificate
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Each certificate executed by the Sellers and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1-A.
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Class B Certificate
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Each certificate executed by the Sellers and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1-B.
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Principal Paying Agent
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Class A -- Not applicable.
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Class B -- Not applicable.
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Paying Agents
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Class A and Class B -- the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee.
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SUBSERIES 2
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Date of Series Term Sheet
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May 3, 2007.
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Group
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One.
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Interchange Series
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Yes.
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Series Initial Investor Interest
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$526,316,000
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Class Initial Investor Interest of each
Class of Investor Certificates
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Class A -- $500,000,000; plus the face
amount of any Class A Certificates issued in an increase of the
Series Investor Interest pursuant to Section 31.
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Class B — $26,316,000; plus the face
amount of any Class B Certificates issued in an increase of the
Series Investor Interest pursuant to Section 31.
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Class A Expected Final Payment
Date
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The Distribution Date in April 2012.
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Class B Expected Final Payment
Date
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The Distribution Date in May 2012.
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Type of Structure
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Bullet Maturity.
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Certificate Rates
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Class A — LIBOR + 0.05% per annum,
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year.
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Class B — LIBOR + 0.18% per annum,
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year.
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Subseries
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2 of 2.
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Monthly Amortization Rate
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Not applicable.
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Prepayment Calculation Table
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Not applicable.
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Prepayment Determination Date
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Not applicable.
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Class Cap Rate
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Not applicable.
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Class Maximum Rate
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Not applicable.
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Class Interest Rate Swap
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Not applicable.
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Interest Rate Swap Counterparty
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Not applicable.
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Swap Trust Rate
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Not applicable.
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Swap Counterparty Rate
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Not applicable.
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Monthly Swap Deposit
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Not applicable.
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LIBOR Determination Date
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The second LIBOR Business Day immediately
preceding the commencement of an Interest Accrual
Period.
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Series Cut-Off Date
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May 1, 2007.
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Series Closing Date
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May 3, 2007.
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Date from which Interest for first Interest
Payment Date
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Series Closing Date.
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Shall Accrue
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Distribution Dates
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The 15 th
day of each calendar month (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) commencing in June
2007.
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Interest Payment Dates
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Class A - The 15th day of each calendar month
(or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day), commencing in June 2007.
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Class B - The 15 th day of each calendar month (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day), commencing in June 2007.
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Statement Dates
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Each Distribution Date, commencing in June
2007.
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Principal Payment Date
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Not applicable.
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Interest Calculation Dates
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Not applicable.
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Accumulation Commencement Date
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Not applicable.
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Accumulation Period
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Unless an Amortization Event shall have occurred
prior thereto, the period commencing on the Principal Commencement
Date and ending on the earliest to occur of (x) the payment in full
of the Series Invested Amount, (y) the Amortization Commencement
Date, and (z) the Series Termination Date.
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Accumulation Amount
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(a) Through the Class A Expected Final Payment
Date, (i) $41,666,666.67 or (ii) if the Master Servicer elects to
delay commencement of the Accumulation Period in accordance with
Section 23 or if an increase in the Series Investor Interest
pursuant to Section 31 has occurred, the Class A Initial Investor
Interest divided by the number of Distribution Dates from the
commencement of the Accumulation Period through and including the
Class A Expected Final Payment Date, and (b) thereafter, (i)
$26,316,000 or (ii) if an increase in the Series Investor Interest
pursuant to Section 31 has occurred, the
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Class B Initial Investor Interest.
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Principal Commencement Date
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The first day of the Due Period related to the
May 2011 Distribution Date (or such later Distribution Date as the
Master Servicer may elect in accordance with Section
23).
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Revolving Period
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From the Series Cut-Off Date to but excluding the
earlier to occur of (i) the Principal Commencement Date, and (ii)
the Amortization Commencement Date.
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Controlled Liquidation Period
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Not applicable.
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Early Accumulation Period
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Not applicable.
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Type of Credit Enhancement
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Cash collateral account.
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Stated Shared Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Shared Credit
Enhancement.
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Stated Class A Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Class A Cash Collateral Credit
Enhancement.
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Stated Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount
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$39,473,700.
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Credit Enhancement Provider
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Collectively, the one or more lenders making a
loan in order to provide the initial funds on deposit in the Credit
Enhancement Account, or any successor provider of the Credit
Enhancement.
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Maximum Shared Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Shared Credit
Enhancement.
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Maximum Class A Credit Enhancement
Amount
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There shall be no Class A Cash Collateral Credit
Enhancement.
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Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount
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On any Distribution Date (a) prior to the making
of an Effective Alternative Credit Support Election, the greatest
of (i) $5,263,160, (ii) an amount equal to 1% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest, and (iii) (x) if a Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event has not occurred, an amount equal to 7.5% of the
Series Investor Interest as of the last day of the related Due
Period, or (y) if a Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event has
occurred, an
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amount equal to 8% of the Series Investor
Interest as of the last day of the related Due Period or (b)
subsequent to the making of an Effective Alternative Credit Support
Election, the greatest of (i) $5,263,160, (ii) an amount equal to
1% of the Series Initial Investor Interest, and (iii) an amount
equal to 12.5% of the Series Investor Interest as of the last day
of the related Due Period; provided, however, that if an
Amortization Event with respect to the Series established hereby
occurs, the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement Amount for each
Distribution Date thereafter shall equal the Maximum Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount for the Distribution Date immediately preceding
the occurrence of the Amortization Event; and provided,
further, that if a Credit Enhancement Drawing has been made,
until such time as the Available Class B Credit Enhancement Amount
has been reinstated in an amount at least equal to the amount of
such Credit Enhancement Drawing, the Maximum Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount shall be the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount as of the date of such Credit Enhancement
Drawing.
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Total Maximum Credit Enhancement
Amount
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On any Distribution Date, the Maximum Class B
Credit Enhancement Amount for such Distribution Date.
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Additional Credit Support Amount
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The lesser of (x)(i) prior to the occurrence of a
Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event, 5% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest or (ii) following the occurrence of a
Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event, 4.5% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest and (y) the difference between the Maximum Class
B Credit Enhancement Amount (after giving effect to an Alternative
Credit Support Election) and the Available Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount (immediately before giving effect to the
Alternative Credit Support Election).
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Supplemental Credit Enhancement
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The lesser of (x)(i) prior to the occurrence of
an Alternative Credit Support Election, 0.5% of the Series Initial
Investor Interest
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or (ii) zero following the occurrence of an
Alternative Credit Support Election and (y) the difference between
the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement Amount (after giving effect
to the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event) and
the Available Class B Credit Enhancement Amount (immediately before
giving effect to the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event).
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Initial Subordinated Amount
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$65,789,500
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Additional Subordinated Amount
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Prior to the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event, 5% of the Series Initial Investor Interest and
following the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit Enhancement
Event, 4.5% of the Series Initial Investor Interest.
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Supplemental Subordinated Amount
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Prior to the effectiveness of an Alternative
Credit Support Election, 0.5% of the Series Initial Investor
Interest and zero following the effectiveness of an Alternative
Credit Support Election.
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Series Buffer Amount
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Zero.
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Interchange Subgroup Buffer Amount
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Zero.
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Group Buffer Amount
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Zero.
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Investor Servicing Fee Percentage
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2.0% per annum calculated on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Eligible for Reallocations to and from Other
Series in Group
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Yes.
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Series Termination Date
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The first Business Day following the Distribution
Date in October 2014.
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Estimated Investment Shortfall
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On any date of determination, the positive
difference, if any, between (i) the Certificate Rate for the Class
for whose benefit the amounts on deposit in the Series Principal
Funding Account are held as of such date of determination and (ii)
the weighted average yield (expressed as a Money Market Yield) on
the investments in the Series Principal Funding Account as
of
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such date of determination.
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Estimated Yield
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On any date of determination, the Portfolio Yield
for the immediately preceding Due Period less 2.0%.
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Classes, if any, subject to Regulation S
restrictions
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Not applicable.
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Classes, if any, subject to ERISA
restrictions
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Class B.
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Bearer Certificates
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Not applicable.
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Registered Certificates
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Class A and Class B Certificates.
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Class A Certificate
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Each certificate executed by the Sellers and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2-A.
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Class B Certificate
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Each certificate executed by the Sellers and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2-B.
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Principal Paying Agent
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Class A — Not applicable.
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Class B — Not applicable.
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Paying Agents
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Class A and Class B — the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sellers,
the Master Servicer, the Servicers and the Trustee have caused this
Series Supplement to be duly executed by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first
above written.
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DISCOVER BANK,
as Seller, Master Servicer and Servicer
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/s/ Michael F. Rickert
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Michael F. Rickert
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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/s/ Patricia M. Child
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Patricia M. Child
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Vice President
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ANNEX
In consideration of the mutual
agreements herein contained, each party agrees as follows for the
benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders:
SECTION 1. Definitions
(a) Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined in this Series Supplement (including the
Series Term Sheet) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Capitalized terms that refer to a
Series refer to the Series established hereby or a Subseries, if
any, established in the Series Term Sheet of this
Series Supplement specifying that such Subseries is to be
treated as a separate Series herein and under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and all of the other Series Supplements of
Discover Card Master Trust I. Capitalized terms that refer to a
Class refer to a Class of the Series or Subseries, if any,
established hereby, as applicable, unless the context otherwise
clearly requires.
(b) The following terms have
the definitions set forth below with respect to the Series
established hereby, unless the context otherwise clearly
requires:
" Accumulation Amount ," if
applicable for this Series, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet; provided, however, that such amount may be
adjusted pursuant to Section 23 or 31, and with respect to any
other Series in the Group to which the Series established hereby
belongs, "Accumulation Amount" shall have the meaning specified in
the Series Supplement for such Series.
" Accumulation Commencement
Date," if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Accumulation Period ," if
applicable for this Series, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet, and with respect to any other Series in the
Group to which the Series established hereby belongs, "Accumulation
Period" shall have the meaning specified in the Series Supplement
for such Series.
" Additional Credit Support
Amount " shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Additional Subordinated
Amount " shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Alternative Credit Support
Election " shall mean an election made by the Sellers pursuant
to Section 12.
" Amortization Commencement
Date " shall mean the date on which an Amortization Event is
deemed to occur pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or Section 20 hereof, as applicable.
" Amortization Event "
shall mean any event specified in Section 9.01 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or in Section 20 and 21 hereof.
" Amortization Period "
shall mean the period from, and including, the Amortization
Commencement Date to, and including, the earlier of (i) the
date of the final distribution to Investor Certificateholders of
the Series established hereby and (ii) the
Series Termination Date. The first Distribution Date of the
Amortization Period shall be the Distribution Date in the calendar
month following the Amortization Commencement Date.
" Available Class A Credit
Enhancement Amount ," if applicable, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Series Term Sheet. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Available Class A Credit Enhancement Amount for any
Distribution Date shall not exceed the Maximum Class A Credit
Enhancement Amount for such Distribution Date.
" Available Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount " shall mean, with respect to the first
Distribution Date, the Stated Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount, and, thereafter, shall mean the amount available to be
drawn under the Credit Enhancement with respect to the Available
Class B Credit Enhancement Amount from time to time, which on
any date of determination shall be equal to the Available
Class B Credit Enhancement Amount for the immediately
preceding Distribution Date minus the amount of all Credit
Enhancement Drawings with respect to the Available Class B
Credit Enhancement Amount on or since such immediately preceding
Distribution Date, plus the amount of all payments made to
the Trustee as administrator of the Credit Enhancement with respect
to the Available Class B Credit Enhancement Amount pursuant to
Section 9 plus, following an Effective Alternative
Credit Support Election, the Additional Credit Support Amount and,
plus, following a Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event, the
Supplemental Credit Enhancement Amount plus following an
increase in the Series Investor Interest pursuant to
Section 31, the Increased Credit Enhancement Amount;
provided, however, that from and after the Fully Funded
Date, if any, the Available Class B Credit Enhancement Amount
shall equal zero. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Available
Class B Credit Enhancement Amount for any Distribution Date
shall not exceed the Maximum Class B Credit Enhancement Amount
for such Distribution Date.
" Available Shared Credit
Enhancement Amount ," if applicable, shall mean, with respect
to the first Distribution Date, the Stated Shared Credit
Enhancement Amount, and, thereafter, shall mean the amount
available to be drawn under the Credit Enhancement with respect to
the Available Shared Credit Enhancement Amount from time to time,
which on any date of determination shall be equal to the Available
Shared Credit Enhancement Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date minus the amount of all Credit Enhancement
Drawings with respect to the Available Shared Credit Enhancement
Amount on or since such immediately preceding Distribution Date,
and plus the amounts of all payments made to the Trustee as
administrator of the Credit Enhancement with respect to the
Available Shared Credit Enhancement Amount pursuant to
Section 9. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Available Shared
Credit Enhancement Amount for any Distribution Date shall not
exceed the Maximum Shared Credit Enhancement Amount for such
Distribution Date.
" Available Subordinated
Amount ," if there is a Subordinate Class with respect to
Class A, shall mean, on a Distribution Date, the sum of
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(a)
(i) with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Initial
Subordinated Amount or (ii) with respect to any other
Distribution Date, the Available Subordinated Amount after giving
effect to all adjustments on the prior Distribution Date; and
(b)
the amount of Series Excess Servicing;
as such amount may be (x) reduced pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9 to take into account (i) the amount of
Class A and Class B Excess Servicing used to reimburse
the Class A Cumulative Investor Charged-Off Amount,
(ii) the amount of Class B Excess Servicing used to
reduce the Class A Required Amount Shortfall, (iii) the
amount of the Class B Subordinated Payment and (iv) the
amount of any reduction in the Class B Investor Interest
resulting from the reimbursement of the Class A Cumulative
Investor Charged-Off Amount, in each case for such Distribution
Date, and (y) increased pursuant to the provisions of
Section 9 to take into account the application of amounts on
deposit in the Group Finance Charge Collections Reallocation
Account and Group Interchange Reallocation Account (i) to
reduce the Class B Required Amount Shortfall, (ii) to
reduce the Class B Cumulative Investor Charged-Off Amount and
(iii) to increase the Available Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date;
provided, however, that from and after the Fully Funded
Date, if any, the Available Subordinated Amount will equal
zero.
Upon the occurrence of a Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event,
the Available Subordinated Amount will be increased by the
Supplemental Subordinated Amount. In addition, on the first
Distribution Date following an Effective Alternative Credit Support
Election, the Available Subordinated Amount shall be increased by
the Additional Subordinated Amount. On the date of an increase in
the Series Investor Interest pursuant to Section 31, the
Available Subordinated Amount shall be increased by the Increased
Issuance Subordinated Amount. In no event, however, shall the
Available Subordinated Amount exceed (i) through the last
Distribution Date preceding an Effective Alternative Credit Support
Election, the Initial Subordinated Amount plus the Supplemental
Subordinated Amount and the Increased Issuance Subordinated Amount
and (ii) thereafter, the sum of the Initial Subordinated
Amount, the Supplemental Subordinated Amount, the Increased
Issuance Subordinated Amount and the Additional Subordinated
Amount.
" Calculation Period, " if
applicable, shall have the meaning specified in the applicable
interest rate cap agreement.
" Cedel " shall mean
Clearstream Banking.
" Certificate Interest "
shall mean, for any Class for any Interest Payment Date, the
product of (a) the Class Invested Amount for such Class
for such Interest Payment Date and (b) a fraction the
numerator of which is (1) with respect to each Class that has
no Subclasses, the Certificate Rate for such Class or (2) with
respect to each Class that has two or more Subclasses, the Class
Weighted Average Certificate Rate, and the denominator of which is
(x) if the relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year,
360 divided by the actual number of days from and including the
immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the
first Interest Payment Date, from and
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including the Series Closing Date) to but excluding the
current Interest Payment Date or (y) if the relevant
Certificate Rate is to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months, twelve divided by the number of
Distribution Dates from and including the preceding Interest
Payment Date to but excluding the current Interest Payment Date
(or, in the case of the first Interest Payment Date, 360 divided by
the number of days from and including the Series Closing Date to
but excluding the 15th day of the month in which current Interest
Payment Date occurs, assuming 30-day months); provided, that
, if an increase in the Series Investor Interest has been made
pursuant to Section 31 on or prior to such Interest Payment
Date but during the calendar month in which such Interest Payment
Date occurred, the Class Invested Amount for each Class for
such Interest Payment Date shall be deemed to exclude the portion
of the Class Invested Amount represented by Investor
Certificates issued in connection with such increase and such
Investor Certificates shall only bear interest from such Interest
Payment Date; and provided, further , that if an increase in
the Series Investor Interest has been made pursuant to
Section 31 during the related Interest Accrual Period but
prior to the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date
occurred, any Investor Certificates so issued shall bear interest
from the prior Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the first
Interest Payment Date, from the Series Closing Date).
" Certificate Principal "
shall mean, with respect to each Class, the principal payable in
respect of such Class of Investor Certificates.
" Certificate Rate, " with
respect to any Class or Subclass, shall mean the certificate rate
set forth in the Series Term Sheet with respect to such Class
or Subclass, as such rate may be adjusted as of the beginning of
each Interest Accrual Period, if applicable; provided,
however, that the Certificate Rate for any Class or Subclass
that does not have a fixed Certificate Rate shall not exceed the
Class Cap Rate or Class Maximum Rate, as applicable, for
such Class or Subclass; and provided, further, that any
interest on the Investor Certificates (including any interest
accrued with respect to any Class Deficiency Amount) shall be
payable or distributed to the Investor Certificateholders only to
the extent permitted by applicable law.
" Class A Cash Collateral
Credit Enhancement " shall mean Credit Enhancement available in
the Credit Enhancement Account for the benefit of the Class A
Investor Certificates.
" Class Alternative
Deficiency Amount " shall mean, with respect to each Class, on
any Payment Date, the Class Deficiency Amount that would have
been calculated for such Class on such Payment Date if the
aggregate unreimbursed Investor Losses on such Payment Date equaled
zero.
" Class B Available
Collections " shall mean, if there is a Subordinated Class with
respect to Class A, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum (i) Class B Available Finance
Charge Collections for such Distribution Date and
(ii) Class B Principal Collections for such Distribution
Date.
" Class B Available
Finance Charge Collections " shall mean, if there is a
Subordinate Class with respect to Class A, with respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum
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of Class B Finance Charge Collections, Class B
Investment Income, if applicable, and Class B Interchange in
each case for the related Due Period (less Class B Excess
Servicing).
" Class Cap Rate, " if
applicable, shall mean, with respect to a Class or Subclass that
does not have a fixed or maximum Certificate Rate, the rate that is
specified as such in the Series Term Sheet and in the
Class Interest Rate Cap with respect to such Class or
Subclass.
" Class Charge-Off
Reimbursement Amount " shall mean, with respect to any Class
with respect to any Distribution Date, the total amount by which
the Class Cumulative Investor Charged-Off Amount for such
Class is reduced on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 9.
" Class Cumulative
Investor Charged-Off Amount " with respect to each Class for
any Distribution Date, shall mean the sum of the
Class Investor Charged-Off Amounts for such Class for all
preceding Due Periods that have not been reimbursed pursuant to
Section 9 prior to such Distribution Date, plus the
Class Investor Charged-Off Amount for such Class for the Due
Period related to such Distribution Date, as adjusted pursuant to
Section 9 on such Distribution Date. The Class Cumulative
Investor Charged-Off Amount with respect to each Class initially
shall be zero.
" Class Deficiency
Amount " shall mean, with respect to each Class, on any Payment
Date, the amount, if any, by which (a) the sum of
(i) Certificate Interest for such Class accrued since the
immediately preceding Payment Date, (ii) if, since the
immediately preceding Payment Date and prior to the current Payment
Date, a Reimbursed Loss Event has occurred, the sum of (A) the
Reimbursed Loss Interest for each previous Distribution Date since
the last Distribution Date on which Investor Losses for such Class
equaled zero and (B) the Reimbursed Loss Interest Gross-up
Amount for each previous Distribution Date since the last
Distribution Date on which the aggregate amount of unreimbursed
Investor Losses for such Class equaled zero, (iii) the
Class Deficiency Amount on the immediately preceding Payment
Date, and (iv) the Class Deficiency Amount on the
immediately preceding Payment Date multiplied by the product of
(A) a fraction the numerator of which is the weighted average
of the Certificate Rates or of the Class Weighted Average
Certificate Rates, as applicable, for such Class for the relevant
Due Periods and the denominator of which is (x) if the
relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year, 360 divided by
the actual number of days from and including the immediately
preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the current
Distribution Date or (y) if the relevant Certificate Rate is
to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months, twelve and (B) the number of Distribution Dates from
and including the preceding Payment Date to but excluding the
current Payment Date exceeds (b) the amount deposited since
the immediately preceding Payment Date into the
Series Interest Funding Account pursuant to
Section 10(a)(2)(A).
" Class Excess
Servicing " shall mean, with respect to each Class, on any
Distribution Date, the positive difference, if any, between
(i) the sum of Class Finance Charge Collections for the
related Due Period, Class Investment Income for the related
Due Period, if any, and Class Interchange for the related Due
Period, if any, and (ii) the Class Required Amount.
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" Class Expected Final
Payment Date " with respect to each Class, if applicable, shall
mean the date designated as such in the Series Term Sheet.
" Class Final Maturity
Date " with respect to each Class, if applicable, shall mean
the date designated as such in the Series Term Sheet.
" Class Finance Charge
Collections " shall mean, with respect to any Class, with
respect to any day or any Distribution Date or Trust Distribution
Date, as applicable, an amount equal to the product of (x) the
Class Percentage with respect to Finance Charge Collections
for the related Distribution Date and (y) the amount of
Finance Charge Collections for such day or for the related Due
Period, as applicable; provided, however , that
Class Finance Charge Collections for each Class shall be
increased by the lesser of (i) the amount of
Class Investment Shortfall for such Class and (ii) an
amount equal to the product of the total amount of Finance Charge
Collections otherwise allocable to Discover Bank on behalf of the
Holder of the Seller Certificate for the related Due Period and a
fraction the numerator of which is the Class Invested Amount
for such Class and the denominator of which is the Aggregate
Invested Amount; and provided, further, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, Class Finance Charge Collections for each Class
shall not, with respect to any such day, Distribution Date or Trust
Distribution Date during the Accumulation Period or the Early
Accumulation Period, as applicable, exceed the amount that would be
available if the Class Percentage with respect thereto were the
percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the
amount of the Class Investor Interest on the last day of the
Due Period prior to the commencement of the Accumulation Period or
the Early Accumulation Period, and the denominator of which is the
greater of (i) the amount of Principal Receivables in the
Trust on the first day of the related Due Period and (ii) the
sum of the numerators used in calculating the components of the
Series Percentage with respect to Finance Charge Collections
for each Series then outstanding (including the Series established
hereby) as of such day, Distribution Date or Trust Distribution
Date, as applicable.
" Class Initial Investor
Interest " shall mean, with respect to each Class, the
aggregate face amount of Investor Certificates of such Class as
specified in the Series Term Sheet.
" Class Interchange "
shall mean, with respect to any Class, with respect to any
Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable, an
amount equal to the product of (x) the Class Percentage with
respect to Interchange for the related Distribution Date and
(y) Interchange for the related Due Period.
" Class Interest Rate
Cap ," if applicable, shall mean, with respect to a Class or
Subclass that does not have a fixed or maximum Certificate Rate,
the interest rate cap agreement or other interest rate protection
for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders of such Class or
Subclass, dated on or before the Series Closing Date, between
the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Trust, and the Interest Rate
Cap Provider, or any Replacement Interest Rate Cap or Qualified
Substitute Cap Arrangement.
" Class Interest Rate Cap
Payment" shall mean, with respect to a Class or Subclass that
does not have a fixed or maximum Certificate Rate, with respect to
any Interest Payment Date,
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any payment required to be made on such Interest Payment Date by
the Interest Rate Cap Provider with respect to the
Class Interest Rate Cap for such Class or Subclass.
" Class Interest Rate
Swap, " if applicable, shall mean, with respect to a Class or
Subclass, the interest rate swap agreement or other interest rate
protection agreement with respect to any Class or Subclass, dated
on the Series Closing Date, between the Trust and the Interest
Rate Swap Counterparty, and any replacement or successor interest
rate swap agreement or interest rate protection agreement.
" Class Invested
Amount " shall mean, with respect to any Class for any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class Initial
Investor Interest minus the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of payments of Certificate Principal paid to such Class of
Investor Certificateholders, in each case prior to such
Distribution Date, (b) the aggregate amount of Investor Losses
of such Class not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and
(c) the aggregate amount of losses of principal on investments
of funds on deposit for the benefit of such Class in the
Series Principal Funding Account, if applicable.
" Class Investment
Income " shall mean, with respect to any Class, income from the
investment of funds on deposit in the Series Principal Funding
Account for the benefit of such Class less Excess
Income.
" Class Investment
Shortfall " with respect to each Class with respect to any
Distribution Date during the Accumulation Period or the Early
Accumulation Period, if applicable, shall mean an amount equal to
the positive difference, if any, between (i) one-twelfth of
the product of (a) (x) with respect to each Class that has no
Subclasses, the Certificate Rate, or (y) with respect to each
Class that has two or more Subclasses, the Class Weighted
Average Certificate Rate, in each case for the related Due Period,
and (b) the amount on deposit in the Series Principal
Funding Account for the benefit of such Class as of the end of the
previous Distribution Date and (ii) Class Investment Income
for the related Due Period.
" Class Investor
Charged-Off Amount " shall mean, with respect to each Class for
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
product of (a) the Charged-Off Amount for such Distribution
Date and (b) the Class Percentage with respect to the
Charged-Off Amount and (ii) if there is a Subordinate Class with
respect to Class A, with respect to Class B only, the sum
of (a) the positive difference, if any, between (x) the
Class B Subordinated Payment and (y) the amount of
Class B Available Finance Charge Collections for the related
Due Period and (b) the amount by which the Class A
Cumulative Investor Charged-Off Amount is reduced by way of a
reallocation of Class B Investor Interest pursuant to
Section 9.
" Class Investor
Interest " shall mean, with respect to any Class for any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class Invested
Amount for such Class for such Distribution Date minus , if
applicable, the aggregate amount on deposit in the
Series Principal Funding Account for the benefit of such Class
in respect of Principal Collections.
" Class Maximum Rate,
" if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet with respect to any Class or Subclass.
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" Class Modified Required
Amount " with respect to any Class on any Distribution Date,
shall mean the Class Required Amount for such Distribution
Date minus the sum of all accrued but unpaid
Class Monthly Servicing Fees.
" Class Monthly Deficiency
Amount " with respect to any Class on any Distribution Date,
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(2)(A). The
Class Monthly Deficiency Amount for each Class initially shall
be zero.
" Class Monthly Servicing
Fee " with respect to any Class for any Distribution Date,
shall mean an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction
the numerator of which shall be the Class Investor Interest and the
denominator of which shall be the Series Investor Interest, in
each case on the first day of the related Due Period and
(y) the amount of the Investor Servicing Fee for the related
Due Period. For purposes of this definition, the
Class Investor Interest on the first day of any Due Period in
which the Series Closing Date or an increase in the
Series Investor Interest pursuant to Section 31 has
occurred shall include the Class Investor Interest of all
Investor Certificates issued during such Due Period.
" Class Percentage "
shall mean, with respect to any Class with respect to any
Distribution Date or any Trust Distribution Date, as
applicable:
(a) when used with respect to the
Charged-Off Amount, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the amount of the Class Investor
Interest and the denominator of which shall be the greater of
(i) the amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust and
(ii) the Aggregate Investor Interest, in each case on the
first day of the related Due Period; or
(b) when used with respect to
Principal Collections prior to the occurrence of a Fixed Principal
Allocation Event, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the amount of the Class Investor
Interest on the first day of the related Due Period and the
denominator of which shall be the greater of (i) the amount of
Principal Receivables in the Trust on the first day of the related
Due Period and (ii) the sum of the numerators used in
calculating the components of the Series Percentage with
respect to Principal Collections for each Series then outstanding
(including the Series established hereby) as of such Distribution
Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable; or
(c) when used with respect to
Principal Collections on and after the occurrence of a Fixed
Principal Allocation Event, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of the
Class Investor Interest on the last day of the Due Period
prior to the occurrence of a Fixed Principal Allocation Event and
the denominator of which shall be the greater of (i) the
amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust on the first day of
the related Due Period and (ii) the sum of the numerators used
in calculating the components of the Series Percentage with respect
to Principal Collections for each Series then outstanding
(including the Series established hereby) as of such Distribution
Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable; provided,
however, that from and after
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the Fully Funded Date, if any, the Class Percentage with
respect to Principal Collections will equal zero; or
(d) when used with respect to
Finance Charge Collections during the Revolving Period and the
Accumulation Period or the Controlled Liquidation Period, as
applicable, and provided that an Effective Alternative Credit
Support Election has been made, during the Early Accumulation
Period or the Amortization Period, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction the numerator of which shall be the amount of the
Class Investor Interest on the first day of the related Due
Period and the denominator of which shall be the greater of
(i) the amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust on the
first day of the related Due Period and (ii) the sum of the
numerators used in calculating the components of the
Series Percentage with respect to Finance Charge Collections
for each Series then outstanding (including the Series established
hereby) as of such Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as
applicable; provided, however, that from and after the Fully
Funded Date, if any, the Class Percentage with respect to
Finance Charge Collections will equal zero; or
(e) when used with respect to
Finance Charge Collections during the Early Accumulation Period or
the Amortization Period, provided that an Effective Alternative
Credit Support Election has not been made, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which shall be the amount
of the Class Investor Interest on the last day of the Due
Period prior to the occurrence of an Early Accumulation Event or an
Amortization Event, and the denominator of which shall be the
greater of (i) the amount of Principal Receivables in the
Trust on the first day of the related Due Period and (ii) the
sum of the numerators used in calculating the components of the
Series Percentage with respect to Finance Charge Collections
for each Series then outstanding (including the Series established
hereby) as of such Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as
applicable; provided, however, that from and after the Fully
Funded Date, if any, the Class Percentage with respect to
Finance Charge Collections will equal zero; or
(f) when used with respect to
Interchange, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator
of which shall be the amount of Class Investor Interest and
the denominator of which shall be the greater of (i) the
amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust and (ii) the
Aggregate Investor Interest, in each case on the first day of the
related Due Period.
For purposes of this definition,
the Class Investor Interest as of the first day of any Due
Period in which the Series Closing Date has occurred or an
increase in the Series Investor Interest has been made
pursuant to Section 31 shall include the Class Investor
Interest of all Investor Certificates issued during or prior to
such Due Period.
" Class Principal
Collections " shall mean, with respect to any Class with
respect to any day or any Distribution Date or Trust Distribution
Date, as applicable, an amount equal to the
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product of (x) the Class Percentage with respect to
Principal Collections for the related Distribution Date and
(y) the amount of Principal Collections for such day or for
the related Due Period, as applicable.
" Class Required
Amount " with respect to any Class on any Distribution Date,
shall mean the sum of (i) the product of (a) the
Class Invested Amount with respect to such Class for such
Distribution Date and (b) a fraction, the numerator of which
is the Certificate Rate for such Class, and the denominator of
which is (x) if the relevant Certificate Rate is to be
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year, 360 divided by the actual number of days from and
including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or in the
case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the
Series Closing Date) to but excluding the current Distribution
Date or (y) if the relevant Certificate Rate is to be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months,
twelve (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, 360 divided
by the number of days from and including the Series Closing
Date to but excluding the 15th day of the month in which the
current Interest Payment Date occurs, assuming each month has 30
days), (ii) the Class Monthly Deficiency Amount on the
immediately preceding Distribution Date, (iii) the
Class Deficiency Amount on the immediately preceding Payment
Date multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
weighted average of the Certificate Rates or of the Class Weighted
Average Certificate Rates, as applicable, for such Class for each
Due Period subsequent to the immediately preceding Payment Date
plus 2.0% per annum and the denominator of which is (x) if the
relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year, 360 divided by
the actual number of days from and including the immediately
preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the current
Distribution Date or (y) if the relevant Certificate Rate is
to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months, twelve, (iv) if on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date a Reimbursed Loss Event occurred, the sum of
(A) the Reimbursed Loss Interest for each previous
Distribution Date since the last Distribution Date on which the
aggregate amount of unreimbursed Investor Losses for such Class
equaled zero, (B) the Reimbursed Loss Interest Gross-up Amount
for each previous Distribution Date since the last Distribution
Date on which the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Investor Losses
for such Class equaled zero and (C) for any Distribution Date
following the Distribution Date immediately following the
Reimbursed Loss Event to and including the next Payment Date, the
Reimbursed Loss Interest Gross-up Amount for such Distribution Date
and (v) the sum of all accrued but unpaid Class Monthly
Servicing Fees; provided, that , if an increase in the
Series Investor Interest has been made pursuant to
Section 31 on or prior to such Distribution Date but during
the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurred, the
Class Invested Amount for each Class for such Distribution
Date shall be deemed to exclude the portion of the
Class Invested Amount represented by Investor Certificates
issued in connection with such increase; and provided,
further , that if an increase in the Series Investor
Interest has been made pursuant to Section 31 during the prior
calendar month, the amount in clause (i) above shall be deemed
to include the portion of the Class Invested Amount
represented by Investor Certificates issued as part of such
increase as if such increase had taken effect on such prior
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
on the Series Closing Date).
" Class Required Amount
Shortfall " with respect to any Class on any
Distribution Date, shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.
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" Class Subordinated
Payment " shall mean, if there is a Subordinate Class with
respect to Class A, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
amount, if any, withheld from Class B Available Collections
and paid to or for the benefit of the Class A
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 9 on such Distribution
Date.
" Class Weighted Average
Certificate Rate, " if applicable, shall mean, for any Class
composed of two or more Subclasses, for any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the
sum of, for each Subclass of such Class, the product of the Class
Invested Amount for such Subclass and the Certificate Rate for such
Subclass for such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which
is the Class Invested Amount for such Class.
" Commercial Paper
Determination Date, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Commercial Paper Rate ,"
if applicable, shall mean, with respect to any Commercial Paper
Determination Date, the rate equal to the Money Market Yield on
such Commercial Paper Determination Date of the rate for commercial
paper having a maturity of 30 days as published by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release
H.15 (519), Selected Interest Rates," or any successor publication,
under the heading "Commercial Paper." In the event that such rate
is not published on such date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will
be the Money Market Yield on such date of the rate for Commercial
Paper having a maturity of 30 days as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York in the daily statistical release
"Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities"
("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Commercial Paper." If
on such date the rate for commercial paper is not yet published in
either H.15 (519) or Composite Quotations, the Commercial
Paper Rate for such date shall be calculated by the Trustee and
shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean (rounded to
the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five hundred
one-thousandths of a percent rounded upward) of the offered rates,
as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of three leading dealers of
commercial paper in New York City selected by the Trustee on such
date, for commercial paper having a maturity of 30 days placed
for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA" or the
equivalent, from either Rating Agency. In the event that such rates
are not available on such date, then the Commercial Paper Rate
shall be the Money Market Yield of the rate for commercial paper so
provided in a comparable source. The Commercial Paper Rate shall be
determined by the Trustee.
" Controlled Accumulation
Amount, " if applicable for this Series, with respect to any
Distribution Date related to the Accumulation Period shall mean an
amount equal to the sum of the Accumulation Amount and any existing
Deficit Accumulation Amount; provided , however ,
that the Controlled Accumulation Amount shall not be less than zero
and through the Class Expected Final Payment Date or
Class Final Maturity Date, as applicable, with respect to each
Class in turn, beginning with Class A, shall not exceed an
amount equal to the Class Investor Interest for such Class.
With respect to any other Series in the Group to which the Series
established hereby belongs, "Controlled Accumulation Amount" shall
have the meaning specified in the Series Supplement for such
Series.
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" Controlled Liquidation
Amount ," if applicable, with respect to any Distribution Date
related to the Controlled Liquidation Period, the Accumulation
Period or the Early Accumulation Period shall mean, if applicable,
an amount equal to the sum of the Liquidation Amount and any
existing Deficit Liquidation Amount ; provided ,
however , that the Controlled Liquidation Amount shall not
be less than zero and shall not exceed an amount equal to the
Series Invested Amount.
" Controlled Liquidation
Period, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Credit Enhancement "
shall mean any credit enhancement obtained by the Master Servicer
in accordance with Section 11.
" Credit Enhancement
Account ," if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.
" Credit Enhancement
Agreement " shall mean the Agreement among the Sellers, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Credit Enhancement Provider
with respect to the Credit Enhancement.
" Credit Enhancement
Drawing " shall mean any drawing made under the Credit
Enhancement.
" Credit Enhancement Fee "
shall mean, on any Distribution Date, the sum of all fees and
interest payable to the Credit Enhancement Provider or the Trustee
as administrator of the Credit Enhancement for the related Due
Period pursuant to the Credit Enhancement Agreement.
" Credit Enhancement
Provider " shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Deficit Accumulation
Amount " shall mean for this Series, with respect to the first
Distribution Date of the Accumulation Period, zero, and with
respect to any other Distribution Date of the Accumulation Period,
the amount, if any, by which the amount deposited into the Series
Principal Funding Account on the preceding Distribution Date is
less than the Controlled Accumulation Amount for such preceding
Distribution Date. With respect to any other Series in the Group to
which the Series established hereby belongs, "Deficit Accumulation
Amount" shall have the meaning specified in the
Series Supplement for such Series.
" Deficit Liquidation
Amount " shall mean, with respect to the first Distribution
Date relating to the Due Period commencing on the Principal
Commencement Date, zero, and with respect to any subsequent
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the amount of
Certificate Principal paid to the Investor Certificateholders on
the preceding Distribution Date is less than the Controlled
Liquidation Amount for such preceding Distribution Date.
" Distribution Date " shall
have the meaning set forth in the Series Term Sheet.
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" Dollars " or " U.S.
$ " or " $ " shall mean the lawful currency of the
United States of America.
" Drawing Date" shall mean
the first Business Day preceding each Distribution Date.
" Early Accumulation
Commencement Date, " if applicable, shall mean the date on
which an Early Accumulation Event is deemed to occur.
" Early Accumulation Event
," if applicable, shall mean any event specified in Section 21
hereof.
" Early Accumulation Period
," if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the Series
Term Sheet.
" Effective Alternative Credit
Support Election " shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.
" Estimated Investment
Shortfall ," if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Estimated Principal
Distribution Amount, " if applicable, shall mean, with respect
to any date of determination during the Early Accumulation Period,
an amount equal to the Series Principal Collections for the
prior Distribution Date; provided, however, that such amount
shall not exceed the Series Investor Interest as of such prior
Distribution Date.
" Estimated Yield ," if
applicable, shall have the meaning specified in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Excess Income " on any
Distribution Date shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of (a) interest and other income (net of investment expenses)
on such Distribution Date with respect to the funds on deposit in
the Series Principal Funding Account during the related
Interest Period over (b) the amount on deposit in the
Series Principal Funding Account in respect of Certificate
Principal during such Interest Period multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Certificate Rate or the
Class Weighted Average Certificate Rate, as applicable, for
the Class for whose benefit the amounts on deposit in the
Series Principal Funding Account are held during such Interest
Period and the denominator of which is (x) if the relevant
Certificate Rate is to be calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed and a 360-day year, 360 divided by the
actual number of days from and including the immediately preceding
Distribution Date to but excluding the current Distribution Date or
(y) if the relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, twelve.
" Fixed Principal Allocation
Event " shall mean the earliest of (a) the beginning of
the Due Period immediately following the Due Period related to the
first Distribution Date during the Controlled Liquidation Period or
the Accumulation Period, as applicable, with respect to the Series
established hereby on which the Series Available Principal
Amount is less than zero; (b) the date on which an Early
Accumulation Event or an Amortization Event with respect to the
Series established hereby occurs; and (c) a date selected by
the Master Servicer, if any. If the
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Master Servicer establishes a date for a Fixed Principal
Allocation Event pursuant to clause (c) of the preceding
sentence, the Master Servicer shall provide notification of such
date to Discover Bank on behalf of the Holder of the Seller
Certificate, the Trustee, the Credit Enhancement Provider and the
Rating Agencies no later than two Business Days prior to such
date.
" Fully Funded Date ," if
applicable, shall mean the first Distribution Date on which the
amount of funds on deposit in the Series Principal Funding
Account (after giving effect to all deposits made on such date
pursuant to Section 9) equals the Series Invested Amount
for such Distribution Date (prior to any payments of principal on
such date pursuant to Section 10); provided, however ,
that the Fully Funded Date shall only occur during the Early
Accumulation Period.
" Funded Credit Enhancement
" shall mean any Credit Enhancement that consists of funds on
deposit in one or more segregated trust accounts in the corporate
trust department of an office or branch of the Trustee or a
Qualified Institution for the benefit of the Investor
Certificateholders of the Series established hereby, including,
without limitation, a reserve account or a cash collateral
account.
" Group Available Principal
Amount " shall mean, with respect to each Distribution Date,
the amount remaining on deposit in the Group Principal Collections
Reallocation Account on such Distribution Date after all
withdrawals have been made from such account for the benefit of any
Series in the same Group as the Series established hereby
(including the Series established hereby), but before such amount
is withdrawn from the Group Principal Collections Reallocation
Account and deposited into the Collections Account pursuant to
Section 9(b)(39)).
" Group Buffer Amount ," if
applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Group Excess Spread "
shall mean, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the
Series Excess Spreads for each Series (including the Series
established hereby) that is a member of the same Group as the
Series established hereby, in each case for such Distribution
Date.
" Group Interchange
Reallocation Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
" Group Finance Charge
Collections Reallocation Account " shall have the meaning
specified in Section 8.
" Group Principal Allocation
Event " shall mean the first Distribution Date, if any, on
which (i) the sum of the amount of Series Principal
Collections is less than (ii) the Group Required Principal
Amount for such Distribution Date.
" Group Principal Collections
Reallocation Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
" Group Required Principal
Amount " shall mean, with respect to the Group of which the
Series established hereby is a member, for any Distribution Date,
the Series Required Principal
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Amount for such Distribution Date plus , for each Series
that is a member of such Group, the Series Required Principal
Amount for such Series for such Distribution Date.
" Increased Credit Enhancement
Amount " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 31.
" Increased Issuance
Subordinated Amount " shall mean an amount equal to the product
of (x) the face amount of Investor Certificates being issued
in an increase in the Series Investor Interest pursuant to
Section 31 and (y) the Initial Subordinated Amount (plus,
following a Supplemental Credit Enhancement Event, the Supplemental
Subordinated Amount, plus, following an Effective Alternative
Credit Support Election, the Additional Subordinated Amount, as
applicable) divided by the Series Initial Investor Interest
(without giving effect to such increase).
" Initial Credit
Enhancement " shall mean the Credit Enhancement first obtained
by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 11.
" Initial Subordinated
Amount, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Interchange Series "
shall mean each Series that indicates in its applicable
Series Term Sheet that it is an Interchange Series.
" Interchange
Series Shortfall " shall mean, for any Interchange Series,
the sum of (i) the Class Required Amount Shortfall for
each Class, (ii) the Class Cumulative Investor
Charged-Off Amount for each Class and (iii) the amount by
which the Total Available Credit Enhancement Amount is less than
the Total Maximum Credit Enhancement Amount, in each case after
giving effect to all withdrawals from the Group Finance Charge
Collections Reallocation Account pursuant to Section 9
hereof.
" Interchange Subgroup
Allocable Group Excess Spread " shall mean, if the Group Excess
Spread is greater than or equal to zero, the product of the Group
Excess Spread and the Interchange Subgroup Excess Allocation
Percentage; and if the Group Excess Spread is less than zero, the
product of the Group Excess Spread and the Interchange Subgroup
Shortfall Allocation Percentage.
" Interchange Subgroup Buffer
Amount " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Interchange Subgroup Excess
Allocation Percentage " shall mean a ratio, the numerator of
which is the sum of the Series Investor Interest for each
Interchange Series that is a member of the same Group as the Series
established hereby (including the Series established hereby); and
the denominator of which is the sum of the Series Investor
Interests for each Series that is a member of the same Group as the
Series established hereby (including each Interchange Series and
the Series established hereby).
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" Interchange Subgroup Excess
Spread " shall mean, for any Distribution Date, the sum of
(x) all amounts deposited into the Group Interchange
Reallocation Account for all Interchange Series and (y) the
Interchange Subgroup Allocable Group Excess Spread.
" Interchange Subgroup
Shortfall Allocation Percentage " shall mean a ratio, the
numerator of which is the sum of the Series Excess Spread for
each Interchange Series that is a member of the same Group as the
Series established hereby (including, if applicable, the Series
established hereby) for which the Series Excess Spread is less
than zero; and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Series Excess Spread for each Series that is a member of the
same Group as the Series established hereby (including, if
applicable, each Interchange Series and the Series established
hereby) for which the Series Excess Spread is less than
zero.
" Interest Accrual Period "
shall mean, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the period
from and including the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding
such Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Interest
Payment Date, from and including the Series Closing Date) to
but excluding such Interest Payment Date.
" Interest Calculation Date
," if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the Series
Term Sheet.
" Interest Payment Date "
shall mean each date designated as such in the Series Term
Sheet.
" Interest Period " shall
mean each period from and including a given Distribution Date to
but excluding the next following Distribution Date commencing with
the earlier to occur of (i) the first Distribution Date of the
Early Accumulation Period or (ii) the first Distribution Date
of the Accumulation Period.
" Interest Rate Cap
Provider, " if any, shall mean the entity listed as the
Interest Rate Cap Provider in the Series Term Sheet, in its
capacity as obligor under the Class Interest Rate Caps, or if
any Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified
Substitute Cap Arrangements are obtained pursuant to
Section 15, the obligor with respect to such Replacement
Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap
Arrangements.
"Interest Rate Swap
Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
"Interest Rate Swap
Counterparty, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth
in the Series Term Sheet.
" Investor Accounts " shall
mean, in addition to Investor Accounts established pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Series Collections
Account, the Series Principal Collections Account, the
Series Principal Funding Account, the Series Interest
Funding Account, the Series Distribution Account, the Group Finance
Charge Collections Reallocation Account, the Group Principal
Collections Reallocation Account and the Group Interchange
Reallocation Account.
" Investor Charge-Off Loss
" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(b).
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" Investor Loss " with
respect to each Class, shall mean (i) the amount of any
reduction in the Class Invested Amount with respect to such
Class pursuant to Section 13(b), (ii) in the event the
Receivables are sold pursuant to Section 12.01(b) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the amount, if any, by which the
Class Investor Interest (determined immediately prior to such
sale) exceeds the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Class Investor Interest and the denominator of
which is the Aggregate Investor Interest and (y) the net
proceeds of such sale and (iii) in the event Receivables are
sold pursuant to Section 12.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the amount, if any, by which the Class Investor
Interest (determined immediately prior to such sale) exceeds the
product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Class Investor Interest and the denominator of which is the
Series Investor Interest and (y) the net proceeds of such
sale.
" Investor Servicing Fee "
shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal
to the product of the Investor Servicing Fee Percentage and the
Series Investor Interest on the first day of the Due Period
related to such Distribution Date (or in the case of the first
Distribution Date for the Series established hereby, the
Series Initial Investor Interest). For purposes of this
definition, the Series Investor Interest on the first day of
any Due Period in which an increase in the Series Investor
Interest pursuant to Section 31 has occurred shall include the
Series Investor Interest of all Investor Certificates issued
during such Due Period.
" Investor Servicing Fee
Percentage " shall mean the percentage identified as such in
the Series Term Sheet.
" LIBOR ," if applicable,
shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Determination Date, the rate
for deposits in United States dollars with a duration comparable to
the relevant Interest Accrual Period which appears on Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such
day. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page,
the rate will be determined by the Trustee on the basis of the
rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by
major banks in the London interbank market, selected by the
Trustee, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day
to prime banks in the London interbank market with a duration
comparable to the relevant Interest Accrual Period commencing on
that day. The Trustee will request the principal London office of
at least four banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least
two such quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic
mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided
as requested, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of
the rates quoted by four major banks in New York City, selected by
the Trustee, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on
that day for loans in United States dollars to leading European
banks with a duration comparable to the relevant Interest Accrual
Period commencing on that day.
" LIBOR Business Day, " if
applicable, shall mean a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on
which banking institutions in the City of London, England and in
New York, New York are not required or authorized by law to be
closed.
" LIBOR Determination Date,
" if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
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" Liquidation Amount, " if
applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Maximum Class A Credit
Enhancement Amount, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Maximum Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Maximum Shared Credit
Enhancement Amount ," if applicable, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Money Market Yield "
shall mean a yield (expressed as a percentage rounded to the
nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five hundred
one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) calculated in
accordance with the following formula:
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where "D" refers to the per annum rate for
commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a
decimal, and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the related
Interest Accrual Period.
" Monthly Amortization
Rate, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
"Monthly Swap Deposit, "
if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Net Swap Payment, " if
applicable, shall mean, with respect to any Class that is subject
to a Class Interest Rate Swap, (x) on any Interest
Payment Date prior to the early termination of the
Class Interest Rate Swap, the positive difference, if any,
between (i) the amount owed by the Trust to the Interest Rate
Swap Counterparty under the Class Interest Rate Swap on such
Interest Payment Date and (ii) the amount owed by the Interest
Rate Swap Counterparty to the Trust under the Class Interest Rate
Swap on such Interest Payment Date, and (y) on any
Distribution Date in any calendar month following the calendar
month in which an early termination of the Class Interest Rate
Swap occurred, the unpaid portion of any termination payment owed
by the Trust to the Interest Rate Swap Counterparty in accordance
with the terms of the Class Interest Rate Swap.
" Net Swap Receipt, " if
applicable, shall mean, with respect to any Class that is subject
to a Class Interest Rate Swap, (x) on any Interest
Payment Date prior to the early termination of the
Class Interest Rate Swap, the positive difference, if any,
between (i) the amount owed by the Interest Rate Swap
Counterparty to the Trust under the Class Interest Rate Swap
on such Interest Payment Date and (ii) the amount owed by the
Trust to the Interest Rate Swap Counterparty under the
Class Interest Rate Swap on such Interest Payment Date, and
(y) on any Distribution Date following an early termination of
the Class Interest Rate Swap, the amount of any
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termination payment paid by the Interest Rate Swap Counterparty
on or prior to such Distribution Date and after the previous
Distribution Date.
" Non-U.S. Holder, " shall
mean any person who, as to the United States, is a non-resident
alien individual, a foreign corporation, a foreign estate, a
foreign trust or a foreign partnership, as such terms are defined
in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
" Payment Date " shall mean
any Interest Payment Date and any Class Expected Final Payment
Date.
" Portfolio Yield " shall
mean, with respect to any Due Period, the annualized percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum
of (i) the amount of Finance Charge Collections received
during such Due Period and (ii) the amount of
Series Interchange for each Series then outstanding for such
Due Period, and the denominator of which shall be the total amount
of Principal Receivables in the Trust as of the first day of such
Due Period.
" Prepayment Calculation
Table, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
"Prepayment Determination
Date, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Principal Commencement
Date " shall mean the date designated as such in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Principal Distribution
Amount " shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date
occurring in (i) the Accumulation Period, the Controlled
Accumulation Amount, (ii) the Controlled Liquidation Period,
the Controlled Liquidation Amount, (iii) the Early
Accumulation Period, the Series Investor Interest, or
(iv) in the Amortization Period, the Series Investor
Interest.
" Principal Distribution Amount
Shortfall " with respect to any Distribution Date in the
Accumulation Period, the Controlled Liquidation Period, the Early
Accumulation Period or the Amortization Period, as applicable,
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.
" Principal Payment Date "
shall mean, if applicable, each date designated as such in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Qualified Credit Enhancement
Provider " shall mean, (i) if the Credit Enhancement is
not Funded Credit Enhancement, an institution that meets the
Qualified Credit Enhancement Provider Rating Requirements
established by each Rating Agency, which requirements are set forth
in the Series Term Sheet if the Initial Credit Enhancement is
not Funded Credit Enhancement, or (ii) if the Initial Credit
Enhancement is Funded Credit Enhancement, an institution that meets
the Qualified Credit Enhancement Provider Rating Requirements
established by each Rating Agency, which requirements will be
established by the Rating Agencies at the time, if any, that the
Master Servicer elects to replace the Initial Credit Enhancement
with Credit Enhancement that is not Funded Credit Enhancement (or,
in either
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case, such lesser requirements as the applicable Rating Agency
shall allow); provided, however, that in the event the
Master Servicer elects to obtain Credit Enhancement that is not
Funded Credit Enhancement and is unable after the exercise of its
best efforts to obtain from a Qualified Credit Enhancement Provider
as so defined such Credit Enhancement with respect to which the
representations set forth in Section 11(a) shall be true, the term
"Qualified Credit Enhancement Provider" shall mean a Person who
satisfies such requirements except that its long-term unsecured
debt rating by any nationally recognized rating agency may be lower
than that set forth in such requirements, but shall not be lower
than the highest credit rating of any Person who otherwise
satisfies said requirements and from whom the Master Servicer is
able to obtain such a Credit Enhancement.
" Qualified Substitute Cap
Arrangement, " if any, shall have the meaning specified in
Section 15.
" Reimbursed Loss Event "
shall mean, with respect to each Class for any Distribution Date,
the occurrence of the reimbursement of Investor Losses pursuant to
Section 13(c) with respect to such Class on such Distribution Date
such that the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Investor Losses for
such Class is reduced to zero.
" Reimbursed Loss Interest
" shall mean, for any Class for any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the aggregate amount of Investor
Losses that have not been reimbursed pursuant to Section 13(c)
prior to the commencement of the related Due Period and (ii) a
fraction the numerator of which is the Certificate Rate or the
Class Weighted Average Certificate Rate, as applicable, for
such Class for the related Due Period and the denominator of which
is (x) if the relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year,
(A) if each Interest Payment Date is also a Distribution Date,
360 divided by the actual number of days from and including the
immediately preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the
current Distribution Date or (B) if each Interest Payment Date
is not also a Distribution Date, 360 divided by the actual number
of days from and including the Interest Calculation Date in the
preceding calendar month to but excluding the Interest Calculation
Date following the current Distribution Date or (y) if the
relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months, twelve.
" Reimbursed Loss Interest
Gross-up Amount " shall mean, for any Class for any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
positive difference, if any, between the Class Alternative
Deficiency Amount for the immediately preceding Payment Date and
the actual Class Deficiency Amount for the immediately preceding
Payment Date and (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is the
Certificate Rate or the Class Weighted Average Certificate
Rate, as applicable, for such Class for the related Due Period and
the denominator of which is (x) if the relevant Certificate
Rate is to be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed and a 360-day year, (A) if each Interest Payment Date
is also a Distribution Date, 360 divided by the actual number of
days from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date
to but excluding the current Distribution Date or (B) if each
Interest Payment Date is not also a Distribution Date, 360 divided
by the actual number of days from and including the Interest
Calculation Date in the preceding calendar month to but excluding
the Interest Calculation Date
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following the current Distribution Date or (y) if the
relevant Certificate Rate is to be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months, twelve.
" Replacement
Class Interest Rate Cap, " if any, shall mean an interest
rate cap agreement or other interest rate protection having
substantially the same terms and conditions as the Class Interest
Rate Cap that it replaces, and otherwise satisfying the conditions
set forth in Section 15.
" Required Daily Deposit "
shall mean, if applicable, with respect to each Servicer, an amount
equal to:
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Period or the Controlled Liquidation Period, as applicable, the sum
of
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(x)(1) during the Revolving Period, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the Class Finance Charge
Collections for each Class for such day and (ii) the amount of
Class B Principal Collections for such day; minus the
sum of all accrued but unfunded Class A Monthly Servicing
Fees; provided , that with respect to any Due Period in
which the Series Investor Interest increases (including the
Series Closing Date) an amount equal to the amount that would
have been deposited pursuant to this paragraph (x)(1) with respect
to such increased Series Investor Interest from the first day
of such Due Period until the date of such increase, shall be
deposited on such date of increase (including the
Series Closing Date, if applicable); or
(2) during the Accumulation Period or the Controlled
Liquidation Period, as applicable, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) the amount set forth in clause (1) above and (ii)(A)
until the aggregate amount deposited during such Due Period
pursuant to this clause (ii) equals the Controlled
Accumulation Amount or the Controlled Liquidation Amount, as
applicable, for the related Distribution Date, the sum of
(x) the amount of Class A Principal Collections for such
day and (y) the product of (I) for each other Series
which is in its Revolving Period in the Group to which this Series
belongs, the Series Principal Collections and (II) the
Principal Distribution Amount for this Series divided by the
Principal Distribution Amount for each other Series in the Group to
which this Series belongs that is not in its Amortization Period or
Revolving Period and (B) thereafter, zero provided ,
however , that with respect to any day on which the
Controlled Accumulation Amount or the Controlled Liquidation
Amount, as applicable, for the related Distribution Date cannot be
determined, the aggregate amount to be deposited for such Due
Period shall be the Controlled Accumulation Amount or the
Controlled Liquidation Amount, as applicable, for the Distribution
Date preceding the related Distribution Date; plus
(y) the positive difference, if any, between
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(1) the product of the
Class A Percentage for the related Distribution Date with
respect to Principal Collections and the amount of Principal
Collections received during the Due Period through and including
such day, less any amounts deposited into the Collections
Account during the Due Period through and including such day
pursuant to clause (x)(2)(ii)(A) above or previously deposited
during such Due Period pursuant to this clause (y) and
(2) the positive difference, if
any, between (i) an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount
of Principal Receivables in the Trust as of such day multiplied by
a fraction the numerator of which shall be the Series Initial
Investor Interest and the denominator of which shall be sum of the
Series Initial Investor Interest for each Series then outstanding
minus (B) the Series Investor Interest as of the
end of the immediately preceding Due Period (after giving effect to
payments of principal made or to be made on the related
Distribution Date) and (ii) an amount equal to the positive
difference between the Series Minimum Principal Receivables
Balance and the Series Investor Interest; provided,
however, that any calculation under this paragraph
(y) that results in a number less than zero shall be treated
as zero; or
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during the Early Accumulation Period and the
Amortization Period, an amount equal to the sum of the
Series Finance Charge Collections and the
Series Principal Collections for the Series established hereby
for such day minus all accrued but unfunded Class A
Monthly Servicing Fees; and
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multiplied, in each case, by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in the Trust that are serviced by such Servicer and the
denominator of which shall be the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in the Trust; provided, however, that if any
Servicer is unable to make the calculations set forth above on any
day, the Required Daily Deposit for such Servicer for such day
shall be equal to all the Collections received by such Servicer on
such day.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) upon the occurrence of any circumstance described in
Section 10.02(d), (e) or (f) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to any Servicer, the Required
Daily Deposit for any Series then outstanding shall equal the
amount described in paragraph (b) above for such Servicer and
(ii) a Servicer may use Collections received by it for its own
account prior to the applicable Distribution Date as permitted by
Sections 3.03(b) and 4.03(b) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
" Reuters Screen LIBOR01
Page ," if applicable, shall mean the display page so
designated on the Reuters System (or such other rate as may replace
that page on that service or a replacement service for the purpose
of displaying comparable rates or prices).
" Revolving Period " shall
have the meaning set forth in the Series Term Sheet.
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" Series Available
Principal Amount " shall mean, for any Distribution Date, if a
Group Principal Allocation Event has occurred, an amount calculated
as follows: For each Series that is a member of the same Group as
the Series established hereby (including the Series established
hereby), seriatim, beginning with the Series with the largest
Series Investor Interest for such Distribution Date (and if
more than one Series has the same Series Investor Interest on
such Distribution Date, beginning with whichever of such Series has
the longest time remaining until its latest Class Expected
Final Payment Date or, if none, the last scheduled day of its
Accumulation Period (assuming that no Early Accumulation Event or
Amortization Event occurs with respect to such Series)), an amount
equal to (x) the Group Available Principal Amount less
(y) the difference between the Series Required Principal
Amount, if any, and the Principal Distribution Amount for such
Series for such Distribution Date, if any, that was funded on such
Distribution Date (including any portion of such amount that was
funded by amounts withdrawn from the Group Principal Collections
Reallocation Account pursuant to Section 9(b)(21),
Section 9(b)(38), 9(b)(39) or a substantially similar
provision). For purposes of calculating the Series Available
Principal Amount for each other such Series, the Group Available
Principal Amount shall be reduced by the amount calculated in
clause (y) for the prior Series for which the
Series Available Principal Amount was calculated.
" Series Buffer
Amount, " if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Series Closing Date
" shall mean the date designated as such in the Series Term
Sheet.
" Series Collections
Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
" Series Cut-Off Date
" shall mean the date designated as such in the Series Term
Sheet.
" Series Distribution
Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
" Series Excess
Servicing " shall mean, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of
the amounts of Class Excess Servicing for each Class of the
Series established hereby, as such amount is modified pursuant to
Section 9.
" Series Excess Spread
" shall mean, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
(a) the sum of Series Finance Charge Collections,
Series Interchange and any Class Investment Income for
any Class of the Series established hereby minus
(b) the sum of (i) with respect to each Class, the
product of (A) the Class Invested Amount for such Class
for such Distribution Date and (B) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the Certificate Rate for that Class, and the
denominator of which is (x) if the relevant Certificate Rate
is to be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed and a 360-day year, 360 divided by the actual number of
days from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date
(or in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including
the Series Closing Date) to but excluding the current
Distribution Date or (y) if the relevant Certificate Rate is
to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months, twelve (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, 360
divided by the number of days from and including the
Series Closing Date to but excluding the current Distribution
Date, assuming 30-day months), (ii) the Investor Servicing
Fee, (iii) the product of the Series
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Percentage with respect to the Charged-Off Amount and the
Charged-Off Amount, and (iv) the Credit Enhancement Fee, in
each case for such Distribution Date; provided, however ,
that solely for purposes of determining the Group Excess Spread and
the Interchange Subgroup Shortfall Allocation Percentage for this
Series or any other Series, Series Excess Spread shall be the
amount determined as set forth above minus (i) any
amount paid or deposited on such date by the Trust under the
Class Interest Rate Swap and (ii) for so long as any
Series that is not an Interchange Series is outstanding and the
Series Excess Spread for such series is positive without
giving effect to clause (ii) of this proviso, the lesser of
Series Interchange or the amount determined as the
Series Excess Spread without giving effect to this proviso;
provided, that Series Excess Spread, for purposes of
determining the Group Excess Spread and the Interchange Subgroup
Shortfall Allocation Percentage, shall not be reduced below zero as
a result of this proviso, if any, for such Distribution Date; and
provided, that if an increase in the Series Investor
Interest has been made pursuant to Section 31 on or prior to
such Distribution Date but during the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurred, the Class Invested Amount for each
Class for such Distribution Date shall be deemed to exclude the
portion of the Class Invested Amount represented by Investor
Certificates issued in connection with such increase; and
provided, further , that if an increase in the
Series Investor Interest has been made pursuant to
Section 31 during the prior calendar month on a day other than
the Distribution Date in such prior calendar month, the amount in
clause (i) above shall be deemed to include the portion of the
Class Invested Amount represented by Investor Certificates
issued as part of such increase as if such increase had taken
effect on such prior Distribution Date.
" Series Finance Charge
Collections " shall mean, with respect to any day or any
Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable, the
sum of the amount of Class Finance Charge Collections for each
Class for such day or for the related Due Period, as
applicable.
" Series Initial Investor
Interest " shall mean the aggregate face amount of Investor
Certificates authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 7
and, if applicable, pursuant to Section 31, as specified in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Series Interchange "
shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date or Trust
Distribution Date, as applicable, the sum of the amount of
Class Interchange for each Class of this Series for the
related Due Period.
" Series Interest Funding
Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
" Series Invested
Amount " with respect to any Distribution Date, shall mean the
sum of the Class Invested Amounts for each Class of the Series
established hereby on such Distribution Date.
" Series Investor
Interest " with respect to any Distribution Date, shall mean
the sum of the Class Investor Interests for each Class of the
Series established hereby on such Distribution Date.
" Series Minimum Principal
Receivables Balance " shall mean, with respect to the Series
established hereby, on any date of determination the sum of (A)
(i) if a Fixed Principal
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Allocation Event has not occurred, the Series Investor
Interest on such date of determination, divided by 0.93,
(ii) if a Fixed Principal Allocation Event has occurred but
the Fully Funded Date has not occurred, the Series Investor
Interest as of the date of the occurrence of the Fixed Principal
Allocation Event, divided by 0.93 or (iii) on and after the
Fully Funded Date, if any, zero, and (B) (x) the product of
(i) the sum of (1) the amount on deposit in the
Series Principal Funding Account on such date of determination
and (2) for any date of determination during (x) the
Early Accumulation Period, if any, the Estimated Principal
Distribution Amount for the next Distribution Date and (y) for
any date of determination during the Accumulation Period, the
amount specified in the Master Servicer’s notice of its
election to commence the Accumulation Period as the Controlled
Accumulation Amount for such Distribution Date, and (ii) a
fraction the numerator of which is the Estimated Investment
Shortfall and the denominator of which is the Estimated Yield, in
each case on such date of determination, divided by (y) 0.93;
provided, however , that Discover Bank on behalf of the
Holder of the Seller Certificate may, upon 30 days’
prior notice to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Credit
Enhancement Provider, reduce the Series Minimum Principal
Receivables Balance by increasing the divisors set forth above,
subject to the condition that Discover Bank on behalf of the Holder
of the Seller Certificate shall have been notified by the Rating
Agencies that such reduction would not result in the lowering or
withdrawal of the rating of any Class of any Series then
outstanding, and provided, further , that the divisors set
forth above may not be increased to more than 0.98.
" Series Percentage "
shall mean, with respect to any specified category, with respect to
any Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable,
the sum of the Class Percentages with respect to such category
for each Class of the Series established hereby on such
Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable.
" Series Principal
Collections " shall mean, with respect to any day or any
Distribution Date or Trust Distribution Date, as applicable, the
sum of the amount of Class Principal Collections for each
Class for such day or for the related Due Period, as
applicable.
" Series Principal
Collections Account " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.
" Series Principal Funding
Account " shall mean the Series Principal Funding Account
established pursuant to Section 8. Amounts "on deposit in" the
Series Principal Funding Account shall be deemed to be on
deposit for the benefit of (i) the Class A
Certificateholders for the period up to and including the
Class A Expected Final Payment Date or Class A Final
Maturity Date, as applicable, and (ii) if there is a
Subordinate Class with respect to Class A, the Class B
Certificateholders for the period beginning immediately after the
Class A Expected Final Payment Date or Class A Final
Maturity Date, as applicable, and ending on the Class B
Expected Final Payment Date or Class B Final Maturity Date, as
applicable. Amounts "on deposit in" the Series Principal Funding
Account shall be deemed to include amounts invested in Permitted
Investments pursuant to Section 8 unless the context clearly
requires otherwise.
" Series Required
Principal Amount " shall mean, for this Series, with respect to
each Distribution Date of the Controlled Liquidation Period or the
Accumulation Period, as applicable, the product of (x) (i) if
the related Due Period does not occur in February, 1.25 or
(ii) if the related Due Period occurs in February, 1.05, and
(y) the Controlled Liquidation Amount or
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the Controlled Accumulation Amount, as applicable, for such
Distribution Date, and with respect to each other Series that is a
member of the same Group as the Series established hereby, the
amount specified in the Series Supplement for such Series for
such Distribution Date.
" Series Term Sheet "
shall mean the Series Term Sheet setting forth the terms of
the Series of Investor Certificates issued hereby, to which this
Annex is attached.
" Series Termination
Date " shall mean the date designated as such in the
Series Term Sheet.
" Shared Credit Enhancement
" shall mean Credit Enhancement available for the benefit of both
the Class A Investor Certificates and the Class B
Investor Certificates.
" Special Payment Date "
shall mean each Distribution Date with respect to the Amortization
Period and the Distribution Date related to each
Class Expected Final Payment Date or Class Final Maturity
Date, as applicable.
" Stated Class A Credit
Enhancement Amount " shall mean the "stated amount" with
respect to the Class A Cash Collateral Credit Enhancement, as
set forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Stated Class B Credit
Enhancement Amount " shall mean the "stated amount" with
respect to the Credit Enhancement that is available solely for the
benefit of the Class B Investor Certificates, as set forth in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Stated Shared Credit
Enhancement Amount, " if applicable, shall mean the "stated
amount" with respect to the shared portion of the Credit
Enhancement, as set forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Statement Date " shall
mean each date designated as such in the Series Term
Sheet.
" Subclass " with respect
to any Class shall mean, if applicable, each portion of such Class
that has a different Certificate Rate or method of calculating its
Certificate Rate.
" Subordinate Class " shall
mean, with respect to any Class, the Class, if any, identified by
the letter of the alphabet next succeeding the letter designating
such Class ( e.g. , the Subordinate Class with respect to
Class A is Class B).
" Subordinate Series "
shall mean any Series which is subordinated in right of payment, in
whole or in part, pursuant to the Series Supplement with
respect to such Series, to the Series established hereby.
" Subseries " shall mean
Investor Certificates of a Series that are identified in the Series
Term Sheet as constituting a "Subseries." If a Series consists of
two or more Subseries, then each provision of the Annex to this
Series Supplement shall be interpreted and applied separately
for each Subseries as if such Subseries were an independent Series,
and each reference to a "Series" and each term beginning with
"Series" (except as used in this definition of Subseries) shall be
deemed to be a reference to the applicable Subseries or the
provisions of the applicable
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Subseries (e.g., as applied in relation to a specific Subseries,
the term "Series Termination Date" shall refer solely to the
Series Termination Date identified in the Series Term
Sheet with respect to that Subseries and the term
"Series Principal Funding Account" shall refer solely to the
Series Principal Funding Account established with respect to that
Subseries ), except where the context clearly requires that such
term refers to multiple or other Series of the Trust, in which case
such term shall be interpreted to treat each Subseries as a
separate Series of the Trust. Each Subseries shall be treated as a
separate Series for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and each other Series Supplement issued with respect
to the Discover Card Master Trust I.
" Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Amount ," if applicable, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Series Term Sheet.
" Supplemental Credit
Enhancement Event " shall occur the first time the long-term
debt or deposit rating of Discover Bank or any Additional Seller is
withdrawn or reduced below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s.
" Supplemental Subordinated
Amount ," if applicable, shall have the meaning set forth in
the Series Term Sheet.
" Swap Counterparty Rate, "
if applicable, with respect to any Class Interest Rate Swap,
shall have the meaning specified in the Series Term Sheet.
" Swap Trust Rate," if
applicable, with respect to any Class Interest Rate Swap,
shall have the meaning specified in the Series Term Sheet.
" Total Available Credit
Enhancement Amount " shall mean, with respect to the first
Distribution Date, the Stated Class B Credit Enhancement
Amount plus , if applicable, the Stated Shared Credit
Enhancement Amount, and, on each Distribution Date thereafter,
shall mean the Available Class B Credit Enhancement Amount
plus , if applicable, the Available Shared Credit
Enhancement Amount, in each case after all adjustments thereto on
the immediately preceding Distribution Date, and, in each case, as
adjusted pursuant to Section 9 on such Distribution Date.
" Total Maximum Credit
Enhancement Amount " shall have the meaning set forth in the
Series Term Sheet.
" United States " or "
U.S. " shall mean the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the
District of Columbia.
SECTION 2. Subordination
.
(a) Subordination of
Certain Classes . If there is a Subordinate Class with respect
to Class A, the Holders of each Class B Investor Certificate,
by their acceptance of such Investor Certificate, hereby
subordinate, for the benefit of the Holders of Class A
Investor Certificates, to the extent and in the manner set forth in
Section 9, all of such Investor Certificateholders’
right, title and interest in and to future distributions due on
such Holders’ Investor Certificates, but only to the extent
of the Available Subordinated Amount.
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(b) No Subordination of
Series . The Investor Certificates of the Series established
hereby shall not be subordinated in right of payment to any other
Series, whether currently outstanding or to be issued in the
future. One or more other Series, however, may be subordinated in
right of payment to the Series established hereby, although the
Sellers shall have no obligation to issue such a Subordinate
Series. If any Subordinate Series is issued, such Subordinate
Series shall be subordinate in right of payment to the Series
established hereby only to the extent set forth in the
Series Supplement with respect to such Subordinate Series.
SECTION 3. Representations and
Warranties of the Sellers . The representations and warranties
of the Sellers contained in Section 2.04 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the corresponding sections of any
Assignment are true on and as of the date hereof and/or the date
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable.
Each Seller also represents and warrants to the Trust as of the
date hereof that:
(a) The execution, delivery
and performance of this Series Supplement by such Seller have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not
require any approval or consent of any governmental agency or
authority, do not and will not conflict with any material provision
of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of such Seller, do
not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach which would
constitute a material default under, any agreement for borrowed
money binding upon or applicable to it or such of its property
which is material to it, or, to the best of such Seller’s
knowledge, any law or governmental regulation or court decree
applicable to it or such material property, and this
Series Supplement is the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of such Seller, except as the same may be limited by
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or
by general equity principles.
(b) The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement creates a valid and enforceable security interest (as
defined in the applicable UCC) which security interest is prior to
all other Liens and is enforceable as such against creditors of and
purchasers from Seller, except as the same may be limited by
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or
by general equity principles.
(c) The Receivables
constitute "accounts" within the meaning of Article 9 of the
applicable UCC.
(d) Each Seller has caused or
will have caused, within ten days of the date of this Series
Supplement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in
the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under
applicable law in order to perfect the security interest (as
defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables conveyed to the
Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(e) Other than the sale,
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables to the Trust
and the grant of a security interest therein pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Seller has not pledged,
assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise
conveyed any of the Receivables.
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(f) The Seller has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against the Seller that include a description of
collateral covering the Receivables, other than any financing
statement (i) relating to the interest of the Trust in the
Receivables under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
(ii) that has been terminated.
(g) The Seller is not aware
of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.
The representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 3 shall survive the transfer and
assignment to the Trust of the Receivables transferred to the Trust
by the Sellers. None of (i) compliance with the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3,
(ii) compliance with the representations and warranties set forth
in Sections 2.04(d) and (e) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or (iii) compliance with the provisions of
Section 13.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement can be
waived by the Trustee without the prior written consent of Standard
& Poor’s.
SECTION 4. Representations and
Warranties of Discover Bank as Master Servicer and Servicer .
The representations and warranties of Discover Bank as the Master
Servicer and as a Servicer contained in Section 3.04 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true on and as of the date
hereof. Discover Bank as Master Servicer and Servicer also
represents and warrants to the Trust as of the date hereof that the
execution, delivery and performance of this Series Supplement
by Discover Bank have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, do not require any approval or consent of any
governmental agency or authority, do not and will not conflict with
any material provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-Laws of Discover Bank, do not and will not conflict with, or
result in a breach which would constitute a material default under,
any agreement for borrowed money binding upon or applicable to it
or such of its property which is material to it, or, to the best of
Discover Bank’s knowledge, any law or governmental regulation
or court decree applicable to it or such material property, and
this Series Supplement is the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of Discover Bank, except as the same may be limited by
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or
by general equity principles.
SECTION 5. Representations and
Warranties of Other Servicers. The representations and
warranties of each Servicer (other than Discover Bank), if any,
contained in Section 3.05 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. Each
such Servicer also represents and warrants to the Trust as of the
date hereof that the execution, delivery and performance of this
Series Supplement by such Servicer have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action, do not require any approval or
consent of any governmental agency or authority, do not and will
not conflict with any material provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws of such Servicer, do not and will not
conflict with, or result in a breach which would constitute a
material default under, any agreement for borrowed money binding
upon or applicable to it or such of its property which is material
to it, or, to the best of such Servicer’s knowledge, any law
or governmental regulation or court decree applicable to it or such
material property, and this Series Supplement is the valid,
binding and enforceable obligation of such Servicer, except as the
same may be limited by receivership, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally or by general equity
principles.
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SECTION 6. Representations and
Warranties of the Trustee. The representations and warranties
of the Trustee contained in Section 11.16 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement are true on and as of the date hereof. The
Trustee also represents and warrants as of the date hereof that the
Trustee has full power, authority and right to execute, deliver and
perform this Series Supplement, and has taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it
of this Series Supplement, and this Series Supplement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Trustee.
SECTION 7. Authentication of
Certificates . Pursuant to the request of the Sellers, the
Trustee shall cause Investor Certificates in authorized
denominations evidencing the Series established hereby to be duly
authenticated and delivered as of the Series Closing Date to
or upon the order of the Sellers pursuant to Section 6.06 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 8. Establishment and
Administration of Investor Accounts and the Credit Enhancement
Account .
(a) The
Series Distribution Account, Series Collections Account
and Series Principal Collections Account . The Trustee,
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall cause to be
established and maintained in the name of the Trust, with the
corporate trust department of an office or branch of either the
Trustee or a Qualified Institution, three non-interest bearing
segregated trust accounts (the "Series Distribution Account";
for Collections, the "Series Collections Account"; and for
Series Principal Collections and certain other amounts
deposited therein pursuant to Section 9, the
"Series Principal Collections Account") bearing a designation
clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Trust shall possess all
right, title and interest in all funds on deposit in the
Series Distribution Account, the Series Collections
Account and the Series Principal Collections Account;
provided, however, that all interest and earnings (less
investment expenses) on funds on deposit in any such account shall
be paid to the Holder of the Seller Certificate in accordance with
Section 4.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Pursuant to authority granted to it pursuant to
Section 3.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall have the revocable power to instruct the
Trustee to withdraw funds from the Series Distribution Account, the
Series Collections Account and the Series Principal
Collections Account for the purpose of carrying out the duties of
the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer at all times
shall maintain accurate records reflecting each transaction in the
Series Distribution Account, the Series Collections
Account and the Series Principal Collections Account. The
Paying Agent also shall have the revocable authority to make
withdrawals from the Series Distribution Account.
(b) Reallocation
Accounts . The Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, shall cause to be established and maintained in
the name of the Trust, with the corporate trust department of an
office or branch of either the Trustee or a Qualified Institution,
three non-interest bearing segregated trust accounts for the Group
of which the Series established hereby is a member (for reallocated
Series Finance Charge Collections and Class A Investment
Income, the "Group Finance Charge Collections Reallocation
Account," for reallocated Series Principal Collections and
other amounts deposited into the Series Principal Collections
Account pursuant to Section 9, the "Group Principal
Collections Reallocation Account" and for reallocated Series
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Interchange, the "Group Interchange Reallocation Account")
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The
Trust shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Group Finance Charge Collections
Reallocation Account, the Group Principal Collections Reallocation
Account and the Group Interchange Reallocation Account in all
proceeds thereof. Pursuant to authority granted to it pursuant to
Section 3.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall have the revocable power to instruct the
Trustee to withdraw funds from the Group Finance Charge Collections
Reallocation Account, the Group Principal Collections Reallocation
Account and the Group Interchange Reallocation Account for the
purpose of carrying out the duties of the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Master Servicer at all times shall maintain accurate
records reflecting each transaction in the Group Finance Charge
Collections Reallocation Account, the Group Principal Collections
Reallocation Account and the Group Interchange Reallocation
Account.
(c) The
Series Principal Funding Account. The Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain or
cause to be established and maintained in the name of the Trust,
with the corporate trust department of an office or branch of
either the Trustee or a Qualified Institution, a non-interest
bearing segregated trust account (for principal to be paid to
Investor Certificateholders of this Series, the
"Series Principal Funding Account") bearing a designation
clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Trust shall possess all
right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time
in the Series Principal Funding Account and in all proceeds
thereof. The Series Principal Funding Account shall be under the
sole dominion and control of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. Pursuant to authority granted to it pursuant to
Section 3.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds
from the Series Principal Funding Account for the purpose of
carrying out the duties of the Master Servicer hereunder. The
Master Servicer at all times shall maintain accurate records
reflecting each transaction in the Series Principal Funding
Account. The Paying Agent also shall have the revocable authority
to make withdrawals from the Series Principal Funding
Account.
Funds on deposit in the
Series Principal Funding Account shall be invested in
Permitted Investments by the Trustee (or, at the direction of the
Trustee, by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) at the
direction of Discover Bank on behalf of the Holder of the Seller
Certificate, as set forth below. Any Permitted Investment with a
stated maturity shall mature on or prior to the following
Distribution Date. On or before the occurrence of the first
Distribution Date with respect to the Accumulation Period or
Controlled Liquidation Period, as applicable (and on or before any
subsequent Distribution Date in which the notice previously given
is no longer correct or valid), the Master Servicer shall notify
the Trustee of the amount of Certificate Principal to be deposited
into the Series Principal Funding Account on such Distribution
Date, and Discover Bank on behalf of the Holder of the Seller
Certificate shall direct the Trustee in writing to invest the funds
that will be on deposit in the Series Principal Funding
Account on such Distribution Date (including any funds previously
invested in Permitted Investments that will be available for
reinvestment on such Distribution Date) in Permitted Investments.
Discover Bank’s notice to the Trustee shall specifically
identify each such Permitted Investment (including its principal
amount and maturity). In addition, Discover Bank on behalf of the
Holder of the Seller Certificate shall
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from time to time provide written notice to the Trustee
directing the Trustee to reinvest funds representing principal,
interest or other investment income received by it with respect to
such Permitted Investments (whether upon maturity or otherwise) in
additional Permitted Investments. In the event that Discover Bank
on behalf of the Holder of the Seller Certific
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