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Exhibit
10.2
EXECUTION
COPY
POOLING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
NAVISTAR FINANCIAL RETAIL
RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
SELLER
AND
NAVISTAR FINANCIAL 2007-C
OWNER TRUST
ISSUER
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 28,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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SECTION 2.01
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Conveyance of Initial
Receivables
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SECTION 2.02
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Conveyance of Subsequent
Receivables
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SECTION 2.03
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Custody of Receivable Files
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SECTION 2.04
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Acceptance by Issuer; Limitation on
Transfer of International Purchase Obligations
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SECTION 2.05
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Representations and Warranties as to the
Receivables
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SECTION 2.06
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Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of
Warranty
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
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SECTION 3.01
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Representations and Warranties of the
Seller
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SECTION 3.02
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Liability of Seller
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SECTION 3.03
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Merger or Consolidation of, or
Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller; Amendment of Certificate
of Incorporation
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SECTION 3.04
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Limitation on Liability of Seller and
Others
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SECTION 3.05
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Seller May Own Securities
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ARTICLE IV TERMINATION
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SECTION 4.01
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Optional Purchase of All
Receivables
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SECTION 4.02
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Termination
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ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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SECTION 5.01
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Amendment
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SECTION 5.02
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Protection of Title to Owner Trust
Estate
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SECTION 5.03
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Notices
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SECTION 5.04
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Governing Law
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SECTION 5.05
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Severability of Provisions
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SECTION 5.06
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[Reserved]
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SECTION 5.07
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Assignment; Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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SECTION 5.08
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Separate Counterparts
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SECTION 5.09
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Headings and Cross-References
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SECTION 5.10
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Assignment to Indenture
Trustee
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SECTION 5.11
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No Petition Covenants; Waiver of
Claims
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SECTION 5.12
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Limitation of Liability of the
Trustees
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SECTION 5.13
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MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SECTION 5.14
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Survival; Termination
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SECTION 5.15
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Waivers
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| EXHIBIT A |
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Locations
of Composite Schedule of Retail Notes |
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Form of
Initial PSA Assignment |
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Form of
Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment |
| APPENDIX A |
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Defined
Terms and Rules of Construction |
| APPENDIX B |
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Notice
Addresses and Procedures |
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POOLING
AGREEMENT
THIS POOLING AGREEMENT
is made as of November 28, 2007 by and between Navistar
Financial Retail Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“NFRRC” and, in its capacity as the Seller hereunder,
the “ Seller ”), and Navistar Financial 2007-C
Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “ Issuer
”).
WHEREAS, NFC has sold
the Initial Receivables and the Related Security, and has agreed to
sell Subsequent Receivables, to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Seller
desires to sell the Initial Receivables and the Subsequent
Receivables (collectively, the “ Receivables ”)
and the Related Security to the Issuer in exchange for the
Securities and the receipt of funds drawn under the
Notes.
WHEREAS, the Seller
and the Issuer wish to set forth the terms pursuant to which the
Receivables and the Related Security are to be sold by the Seller
to the Issuer.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, the other good and valuable
consideration and the mutual terms and covenants contained herein,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01
Definitions . Certain capitalized terms used in the above
recitals and in this Agreement are defined in and shall have the
respective meanings assigned them in Part I of Appendix A to
this Agreement. All references herein to “the
Agreement” or “this Agreement” are to this
Pooling Agreement as it may be amended, supplemented (whether in
connection with a Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment or otherwise)
or modified from time to time, the exhibits hereto and the
capitalized terms used herein which are defined in such Appendix
A , and all references herein to Articles, Sections and
subsections are to Articles, Sections or subsections of this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. The rules of construction set
forth in Part II of such Appendix A shall be applicable to
this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of
Initial Receivables . In consideration of the Issuer’s
delivery of the Securities to, or upon the order of, the Seller and
the receipt by the Seller of the funds drawn under the Notes on the
date hereof, the Seller does hereby enter into this Agreement and
agree to fulfill all of its obligations hereunder and hereby sells,
transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Issuer,
without recourse (except as provided in
Section 2.06 ), pursuant to an assignment in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Initial PSA
Assignment ”), all right, title and interest of the
Seller in, to and under:
(a) the Retail Notes
identified on the Schedule of Retail Notes to the Initial PSA
Assignment delivered to the Issuer and the Related Security with
respect to those Retail Notes; and
(b) the rights, but not the
obligations, acquired by the Seller under the Purchase Agreement
and the Initial PA Assignment pursuant to Section 2.01
of the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Initial
Receivables.
It is the intention of the Seller and
the Issuer that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this
Section 2.01 shall constitute a sale of the Initial
Receivables and Related Security by the Seller to the Issuer and
the beneficial interest in and title to the assets conveyed
pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall not be part of the
Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. The
Seller intends to treat such transfer and assignment as a sale for
accounting and tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such
transfer and assignment did not constitute such a sale or that such
sale shall for any reason be ineffective or unenforceable or that
such beneficial interest is a part of the Seller’s estate
(any of the foregoing, a “ Recharacterization
”), then (i) the Seller shall be deemed to have granted
to the Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in all
of the Seller’s right title and interest in, to and under the
assets conveyed pursuant to this Section 2.01 , and the
Seller hereby grants such security interest and (ii) the
assets conveyed pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be
deemed to include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations, if any) of the Seller under any agreement or
instrument included in the assets conveyed pursuant to this
Section 2.01 , including the immediate and continuing
right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Initial Receivables
included in the assets conveyed pursuant to this
Section 2.01 and all other monies payable under the
Initial Receivables conveyed pursuant to this
Section 2.01 , to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise
all rights, powers and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of
the Seller or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything
that the Seller is or may be entitled to do or receive under or
with respect to the assets conveyed pursuant to this
Section 2.01 . For purposes of such grant, this
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under the UCC. In
the case of any Recharacterization, each of the Seller and the
Issuer represents and warrants as to itself that each remittance of
Collections by the Seller to the Issuer hereunder or in connection
herewith will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by
the Seller in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs
of the Seller and the Issuer and (ii) made in the ordinary
course of business or financial affairs of the Seller and the
Issuer.
In addition, on the Closing Date, the
Seller shall cause the Reserve Account Initial Deposit to be
deposited into the Reserve Account. Within two Business Days after
the Closing Date, the Seller shall cause to be deposited into the
Collection Account all collections (from whatever source) on or
with respect to the assets conveyed pursuant to this
Section 2.01 received by the Seller pursuant to
Section 5.07 of the Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.02 Conveyance of
Subsequent Receivables . (a) Subject to satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(b) below, in
consideration of the receipt by the Seller of the amount of any
Incremental Funding pursuant to Article II of the Note
Purchase
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Agreement in connection with such
Subsequent Transfer, the Seller does hereby agree to sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer,
without recourse (except as provided in
Section 2.06 , pursuant to an assignment in
substantially the form of Exhibit C (a “
Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment ”)), all right,
title and interest of the Seller in, to and under:
(i) the Retail Notes
identified on the Schedule of Retail Notes to such Subsequent
Transfer PSA Assignment delivered to the Issuer and the Related
Security with respect to those Retail Notes; and
(ii) the rights, but not the
obligations, acquired by the Seller under the Purchase Agreement
and the Subsequent Transfer PA Assignment pursuant to
Section 2.01 of the Purchase Agreement with respect to
those Subsequent Receivables.
It is the intention of the Seller and
the Issuer that each transfer and assignment contemplated by this
Section 2.02 shall constitute a sale of the related
Subsequent Receivables and Related Security by the Seller to the
Issuer and the beneficial interest in and title to the assets
conveyed pursuant to the Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment shall
not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the filing
of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any
bankruptcy law. Within two Business Days after each Subsequent
Transfer Date, the Seller shall cause to be deposited into the
Collection Account all collections (from whatever source) on or
with respect to the assets conveyed pursuant to the related
Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment received by the Seller pursuant
to Section 5.07 of the Purchase Agreement. The Seller
intends to treat each such transfer and assignment as a sale for
accounting and tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any such
transfer and assignment did not constitute such a sale or that such
sale shall for any reason be ineffective or unenforceable or that
such beneficial interest is a part of the Seller’s estate,
then (i) the Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the
Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in all of the
Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
assets conveyed pursuant to the related Subsequent Transfer PSA
Assignment, and the Seller hereby grants such security interest and
(ii) the assets conveyed pursuant to such Subsequent Transfer
PSA Assignment shall be deemed to include all rights, powers and
options (but none of the obligations, if any) of the Seller under
any agreement or instrument included in the assets conveyed
pursuant to such Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment, including the
immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and
give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the
Subsequent Receivables included in the assets conveyed pursuant to
such Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment and all other monies
payable under the Subsequent Receivables conveyed pursuant to such
Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment, to give and receive notices and
other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to
exercise all rights, powers and options, to bring Proceedings in
the name of the Seller or otherwise and generally to do and receive
anything that the Seller is or may be entitled to do or receive
under or with respect to the assets conveyed pursuant to such
Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment. For purposes of such grant,
each such Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment, together with this
Agreement, shall constitute a security agreement under the UCC. In
the case of any Recharacterization, each of the Seller and the
Issuer represents and warrants as to itself that each remittance of
Collections by the Seller to the Issuer hereunder or in connection
herewith will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by
the Seller in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs
of the Seller and the Issuer and (ii) made in the ordinary
course of business or financial affairs of the Seller and the
Issuer.
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(b) The Seller shall transfer
to the Issuer Subsequent Receivables and the other property and
rights related thereto described in Section 2.02(a)
above only upon the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions precedent on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer
Date:
(i) the Funding Period shall
not have terminated;
(ii) each of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to
Section 2.05 with respect to such Subsequent
Receivables shall be true and correct as of the related Subsequent
Transfer Date with the same effect as if then made, and the Seller
shall have performed all obligations to be performed by it
hereunder on or prior to such Subsequent Transfer Date;
(iii) the Seller shall have
delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Agent
a duly executed Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment, including the
Schedule of Retail Notes included in such Subsequent Receivables
(which schedules shall be deemed to supplement the existing
Composite Schedule of Receivables in effect at such
time);
(iv) the Seller shall, at its
own expense, on or prior to each Subsequent Transfer Date, indicate
in its computer files that the Subsequent Receivables conveyed on
such date have been sold to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement
and the related Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment;
(v) the Seller shall have
taken any action required to maintain the first priority perfected
ownership interest of the Issuer in the Owner Trust Estate and the
first priority perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee
in the Collateral;
(vi) the Receivables in the
Trust (after giving effect to the conveyance of the Subsequent
Receivables to the Trust on such Subsequent Transfer Date) shall
meet the following criteria: (A) the weighted average
remaining maturity of the Designated Receivables shall not be
greater than 58 months, (B) the aggregate Starting Receivable
Balance of all Receivables owing from a single Obligor shall not
exceed 2.00% of the Aggregate Starting Receivable Balance,
(C) the aggregate Starting Receivable Balance of all
Receivables not originated by NFC or one of its Affiliates shall
not exceed 3.00% of the Aggregate Starting Receivable Balance,
(D) the aggregate Starting Receivable Balance of all
Receivables that are Eligible Restructured Receivables shall not
exceed 5.00% of the Aggregate Starting Receivable Balance,
(E) the aggregate Starting Receivables Balance of all
Receivables having a remaining term in excess of 72 months as of
the applicable Cutoff Date shall not exceed 10.00% of the Aggregate
Starting Receivables Balance, (F) the aggregate Starting
Receivables Balance of all Receivables secured by used vehicles
does not exceed 22.00% of the Aggregate Starting Receivables
Balance and (G) the aggregate Starting Receivables Balance of
all Receivables owed by Non-Fleet Obligors does not exceed 22.00%
of the Aggregate Starting Receivables Balance.
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(vii) the Seller shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate confirming the satisfaction of the
conditions specified in this Section 2.02(b)
;
(viii) the Seller shall have
delivered to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Agent an
Opinion of Counsel with respect to the transfer of such Subsequent
Receivables substantially in the form of the Opinion of Counsel
delivered to the Agent on the Closing Date; and
(ix) the Receivables in the
Trust (after giving effect to the conveyance of the Subsequent
Receivables to the Trust on such Subsequent Transfer Date) have a
Weighted Average APR of not less than 8.00%;
(c) The Seller covenants to
transfer to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.02(a)
before the termination of the Funding Period sufficient Subsequent
Receivables to permit the Funded Amount to approximately equal the
amount of the Maximum Net Investment under the Note Purchase
Agreement.
SECTION 2.03 Custody of
Receivable Files . In connection with the sale, transfer and
assignment of Receivables and the Related Security to the Seller
from NFC pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Seller,
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
shall enter into the Servicing Agreement with NFC, pursuant to
which the Seller shall revocably appoint NFC as the Custodian, and
NFC shall accept such appointment, to act as the agent of the
Seller as Custodian of the following documents or instruments which
shall be constructively delivered to the Trust, as of the Closing
Date with respect to each Initial Receivable, and as of the related
Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to each Subsequent
Receivable:
(a) the fully executed
original of the Retail Note for such Receivable;
(b) documents evidencing or
related to any related Insurance Policy;
(c) a copy of the original
credit application of each Obligor, fully executed by each such
Obligor on NFC’s customary form, or on a form approved by
NFC, for such application;
(d) where permitted by law,
the original Certificate of Title (when received) and otherwise
such documents, if any, that NFC keeps on file in accordance with
its customary procedures indicating that the Financed Vehicle is
owned by the Obligor and subject to the interest of NFC as first
lienholder or secured party; and
(e) any and all other
documents that NFC keeps on file in accordance with its customary
procedures relating to the individual Receivable, Obligor or
Financed Vehicle.
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SECTION 2.04 Acceptance by
Issuer; Limitation on Transfer of International Purchase
Obligations . The Issuer does hereby accept all property (and
interests in property) conveyed by the Seller pursuant to
Sections 2.01 and 2.02 , and declares that the Issuer
shall hold such property upon the trust set forth in the Trust
Agreement for the benefit of Certificateholders, subject to the
terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents; provided, however, that
the Issuer acknowledges and agrees that (a) the rights
pursuant to the International Purchase Obligations are personal to
NFC and only the proceeds of such rights have been assigned to the
Issuer by NFRRC hereunder and by NFC to NFRRC under the Purchase
Agreement, (b) neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee is
or is intended to be a third-party beneficiary of such rights, and
(c) accordingly such rights are not exercisable by,
enforceable by or for the benefit of, or preserved for the benefit
of, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer hereby agrees
and accepts the appointment and authorization of NFC as Servicer
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement. The parties agree that this
Agreement (including each PSA Assignment), the Servicing Agreement,
the Indenture and the Trust Agreement constitute the Further
Transfer and Servicing Agreements.
SECTION 2.05
Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables .
Pursuant to Sections 2.01(b) and 2.02(a)(ii) , the
Seller assigns to the Issuer all of its right, title and interest
in, to and under the Purchase Agreement. Such assigned right, title
and interest includes the representations and warranties of NFC
made to the Seller pursuant to Section 3.01 of the
Purchase Agreement. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to
the Issuer that the Seller has taken no action which would cause
such representations and warranties to be false in any material
respect as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial
Receivables, and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in the
case of Subsequent Receivables. The Seller further acknowledges
that the Issuer is relying on the representations and warranties of
the Seller under this Agreement and of NFC under the Purchase
Agreement in accepting the Receivables in trust and executing and
delivering the Securities. The foregoing representation and
warranty speaks as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial
Receivables, and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in the
case of Subsequent Receivables, but shall survive the sale,
transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the
pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
SECTION 2.06 Repurchase of
Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty . Upon discovery by the
Seller, the Servicer, either Trustee or the Agent of a breach of
any of the representations and warranties in
Section 3.01 of the Purchase Agreement (and, with
respect to Section 3.01(j) of the Purchase Agreement,
irrespective of any limitation regarding knowledge of NFC) or in
Section 2.05 or Section 3.01 of this
Agreement that materially and adversely affects the value,
validity, enforceability or collectibility of any Receivable or the
rights, remedies or interests (including security interests) of the
Financial Parties in any Receivable, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the others. As
of the second Accounting Date following its discovery or its
receipt of notice of breach (or, at the Seller’s election,
the first Accounting Date following such discovery or notice),
unless such breach shall have been cured in all material respects,
in the event of a breach of the representations and warranties made
by the Seller in Section 2.05 or
Section 3.01 , the Seller shall repurchase such
Receivable from the Issuer on the related Distribution Date.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Issuer shall have any affirmative
duty to conduct any investigation as to the occurrence of any event
requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this
Section 2.06 .
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The repurchase price to be
paid by any Warranty Purchaser shall be an amount equal to the
Warranty Payment and shall be deposited by the Warranty Purchaser
into the Collection Account on the Transfer Date for the related
Distribution Date. It is understood and agreed that the obligation
of the Warranty Purchaser to repurchase any Receivable as to which
a breach has occurred and is continuing shall, if such repurchase
obligations are fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy against the
Seller, the Servicer or NFC for such breach available to any
Interested Party.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
SECTION 3.01
Representations and Warranties of the Seller . The Seller
makes the following representations and warranties as to itself on
which the Issuer is relying in acquiring the Receivables and
issuing the Securities under the other Further Transfer and
Servicing Agreements. The following representations and warranties
speak as of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial Receivables
and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of
the Subsequent Receivables, but in each case shall survive the
sale, transfer and assignment of such Receivables to the Issuer and
the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good
Standing . The Seller has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties
and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned
and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant
times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and
own the Receivables;
(b) Due Qualification
. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires or
shall require such qualification;
(c) Power and
Authority . The Seller has the power and authority to execute
and deliver the Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements to which
it is a party (as used in this Section 3.01 , the
“applicable Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements”)
and to carry out the respective terms of such agreements and has
the power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold
and assigned to and deposited with the Issuer as part of the Owner
Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to
the Issuer by all necessary corporate action; and the execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller of the applicable Further
Transfer and Servicing Agreements have been duly authorized by the
Seller by all necessary corporate action;
(d) Binding
Obligations . The applicable Further Transfer and Servicing
Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and
constitute a legal, valid and
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binding obligation of the Seller
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(e) No Violation . The
execution, delivery, performance and consummation by the Seller of
the transactions contemplated by the applicable Further Transfer
and Servicing Agreements and the fulfillment of the terms of such
agreements by the Seller shall not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or any indenture,
agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by
which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, agreement or other instrument, other than the applicable
Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements, or violate any law or
any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court
or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Seller or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Seller;
(f) No Proceedings .
There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the
Seller’s knowledge, threatened before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
properties (i) asserting the invalidity of any of the
applicable Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements, any
Securities issued pursuant thereto or the Administration Agreement,
(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of such Securities or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the
applicable Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements or the
Administration Agreement, or (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, such Securities, the applicable Further
Transfer and Servicing Agreements or the Administration
Agreement;
(g) Good Title . On
the date hereof, in the case of the Initial Receivables, and as of
the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent
Receivables, the Seller has good title to each Receivable free and
clear of all Liens (other than Liens that will be released as of
the date of such transfer). On the date hereof, in the case of the
Initial Receivables, and as of the related Subsequent Transfer
Date, in the case of Subsequent Receivables, good and valid title
to each such Receivable will be validly and effectively conveyed
to, and vested in, the Issuer, free and clear of all Liens, other
than Liens created pursuant to the Basic Documents and the transfer
of such Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer has been perfected
under the UCC;
(h) All Filings Made .
All filings (including UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction
to give the Issuer a first priority perfected security or ownership
interest in the Purchased Property (to the extent it constitutes
Code Collateral) shall have been made, and the Receivables
constitute Code Collateral; and
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(i) Valid Sale . This
Agreement and the Initial PSA Assignment constitute, and each
Subsequent Transfer PSA Assignment when duly executed and delivered
shall constitute, a valid sale, transfer and assignment of the
Purchased Property transferred thereby, enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
SECTION 3.02 Liability of
Seller . The Seller shall be liable in accordance with this
Agreement only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement
specifically undertaken by the Seller.
SECTION 3.03 Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller;
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation .
(a) Any Person (i) into
which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a
party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller, or
(iv) more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned
directly or indirectly by NIC, which corporation in any of the
foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform
every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, shall be the
successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution
or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of
the parties to this Agreement. The Seller shall provide 10
days’ prior notice of any merger, consolidation or succession
pursuant to this Section 3.03 to the Agent.
(b) The Seller hereby agrees
that during the term of this Agreement it shall not amend its
Restated Certificate of Incorporation without obtaining the prior
written consent of the Agent and without obtaining the prior
written consent of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding Distribution
Date and the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than a majority of the ownership interest in
the Trust as of the close of the preceding Distribution
Date.
SECTION 3.04 Limitation on
Liability of Seller and Others . The Seller and any director or
officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith
on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima
facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting
any matters arising under this Agreement. The Seller shall not be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal
action that is not incidental to its obligations as Seller of the
Receivables under this Agreement and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 3.05 Seller May
Own Securities . Each of the Seller and any Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Seller may in its
individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of
Securities with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Seller or an Affiliate thereof except as otherwise specifically
provided herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, Securities so
owned by or pledged to the Seller or such controlling or commonly
controlled Person shall have an equal and proportionate benefit
under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference,
priority or distinction as among all of such Securities.
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ARTICLE IV
TERMINATION
SECTION 4.01 Optional
Purchase of All Receivables . On the last day of any Monthly
Period as of which the Aggregate Receivables Balance is 10% or less
of the Aggregate Starting Receivables Balance, the Servicer shall
have the option to purchase the assets of the Owner Trust Estate
other than the Designated Accounts and the Certificate Distribution
Account. If the Servicer’s long term unsecured debt rating
from Moody’s is equal to or higher than Baa3 at the time that
it seeks to exercise such option, then to exercise such option, the
Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to
the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the Receivables
(including Liquidating Receivables), plus the appraised value of
any such other property contained in the Owner Trust Estate (less
the Liquidation Expenses to be incurred in connection with the
recovery thereof), such value to be determined by an appraiser
mutually agreed upon by the Servicer, each Trustee and the Agent.
If the Servicer’s long term unsecured debt rating from
Moody’s is less than Baa3 at the time that it seeks to
exercise such option, then to exercise such option, the Servicer
shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the
appraised value of the Receivables (including Liquidating
Receivables), plus the appraised value of any such other property
contained in the Owner Trust Estate (less the Liquidation Expenses
to be incurred in connection with the recovery thereof), such
values to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the
Servicer, each Trustee and the Agent; provided, in all events that
such amount (when added to any funds then on deposit in the
Designated Accounts) must be at least equal to the aggregate
Redemption Price of the outstanding Notes to be redeemed with such
proceeds for, and amounts due the Swap Counterparty (including in
respect of any termination payments) through, the Distribution Date
related to the Monthly Period in which such option is exercised.
Thereupon, the Servicer shall succeed to all interests in and to
the Owner Trust Estate (other than the Designated Accounts and the
Certificate Distribution Account).
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SECTION 4.02
Termination .
(a) Following the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the
Notes, and the payment in full of the principal and interest on the
Notes and the Other Obligations, the Certificateholders shall
succeed to the rights of the Agent and the Noteholders hereunder
and the Owner Trustee shall succeed to the rights of the Indenture
Trustee thereafter arising pursuant to this Agreement (subject to
the continuing obligations of the Indenture Trustee set forth in
Section 4.4 of the Indenture).
(b) After payment to each
Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Noteholders and the Servicer of
all amounts required to be paid under this Agreement, the Interest
Rate Swap, the Indenture and the other Basic Documents, any amounts
on deposit in the Reserve Account and the Collection Account (after
all other distributions required to be made from such accounts have
been made) shall be deposited into the Certificate Distribution
Account for distribution to the Certificateholders and any other
assets remaining in the Owner Trust Estate shall be distributed to
the Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the
Certificateholders.
(c) This Agreement shall
terminate when (i) the Certificateholders have succeeded to
the rights of the Agent and the Noteholders pursuant to
Section 4.02(a) and (ii) amounts on deposit in the
Reserve Account and the Collection Account have been deposited into
the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to
Section 4.02(b) .
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION 5.01 Amendment
.
(a) This Agreement may be
amended by the Seller and the Issuer with the consent of the
Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Agent, but
without the consent of any of the other Financial
Parties.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Prior to the execution of
any such amendment or consent, the Indenture Trustee shall furnish
written notification to the Agent of the substance of such
amendment or consent as provided to the Indenture
Trustee.
(d) Promptly after the
execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to each Certificateholder, and the Indenture Trustee shall
furnish written notification to each Noteholder of the substance of
such amendment or consent as provided to the Indenture
Trustee.
(e) [Reserved].
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(f) Prior to the execution of
any amendment to this Agreement, each Trustee and the Agent shall
be entitled to receive and rely upon the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 5.02(i) and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized
or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to
the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied.
Each Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such amendment which affects such Trustee’s own rights,
duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(g) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if the consent of the Swap
Counterparty is required pursuant to the Swap Counterparty Rights
Agreement to amend this Agreement, any such purported amendment
shall be null and void ab initio unless the Swap Counterparty
consents in writing to such amendment.
SECTION 5.02 Protection of
Title to Owner Trust Estate .
(a) The Seller shall prepare
and file such financing statements and cause to be prepared and
filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner
and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve,
maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer under this
Agreement in the Receivables, the Related Security and other
property conveyed hereby (to the extent such property constitutes
Code Collateral) and the Indenture Trustee’s security
interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and other
property conveyed hereby (to the extent such property constitutes
Code Collateral) and hereby authorizes the Issuer (and the
Indenture Trustee) to file such financing statements or
continuation statements relating to all or any part thereof. The
Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Agent file-stamped copies
of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above,
as soon as available following such filing.
(b) The Seller shall not
change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that
would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation
statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above
seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506,
9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC or otherwise affect the priority of the
Issuer’s security interest as a result of Section 9-326
of the UCC, unless it shall have given each Trustee and the Agent
at least 60 days prior written notice thereof and shall file such
financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue
the first priority perfection of the Issuer’s security
interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and other
property conveyed hereby (to the extent such property constitutes
Code Collateral) and, if requested at such time, delivered to the
Agent, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
as to certain UCC matters in form and substance substantially
similar to the opinion given on the Closing Date.
(c) The Seller shall give
each Trustee and the Agent at least 60 days prior written notice of
any change in its jurisdiction of formation and shall file such
financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue
the perfection of the Issuer’s security interest in the
Designated Receivables and the Related Security and other property
conveyed hereunder. The Seller shall at all times maintain its
jurisdiction of formation within the United States of
America.
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(d) The Seller will cause the
Servicer to maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable
accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader
thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable,
including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the
nature of each) and extensions of any scheduled payments made not
less than 45 days prior thereto, and (ii) reconciliation
between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each
Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the
Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.
(e) The Seller will cause the
Servicer to maintain its computer systems so that, from and after
the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the
Issuer, the Servicer’s master computer records (including any
back-up archives) that refer to any Receivable indicate clearly
that the Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged by
the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the
Issuer’s ownership of a Receivable shall be deleted from or
modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only
when, the Receivable shall have been paid in full, repurchased by
the Seller, purchased by the Servicer or become a Liquidating
Receivable as to which the Servicer has discontinued pursuing
remedies with respect to collection in accordance with its
customary servicing procedures and such Receivable is deleted from
the Servicer’s computer systems.
(f) If at any time the Seller
proposes to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise
transfer any interest in truck, truck chassis, bus and trailer
receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other
transferee, the Seller shall give to such prospective purchaser,
lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or print-outs
(including any restored from back-up archives) that, if they refer
in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, indicate clearly that
such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has
been pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee unless such
Receivable has been paid in full, repurchased by the Seller or
purchased by the Servicer.
(g) The Seller will cause the
Servicer to permit each Trustee and their respective agents at any
time to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the
Servicer’s records regarding any Receivables then or
previously included in the Owner Trust Estate.
(h) The Seller will cause the
Servicer to furnish to each Trustee at any time upon request a list
of all Receivables then held as part of the Owner Trust Estate,
together with a reconciliation of such list to the Composite
Schedule of Retail Notes and to each of the Servicer’s
Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of
Receivables from the Owner Trust Estate. Upon request, the Servicer
shall furnish a copy of any such list to the Seller. Each Trustee
and the Seller shall hold any such list and the Composite Schedule
of Retail Notes for examination by interested parties during normal
business hours at their respective offices located at the addresses
set forth in Section 5.03 .
(i) The Seller will deliver
to each Trustee and the Agent on or prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto, an
Opinion of Counsel either (a) stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements
have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve
and protect the
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interest of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings
or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (b) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no
such action is necessary to preserve and protect such
interest.
(j) Except for the
conveyances hereunder and as contemplated by the Further Transfer
and Servicing Agreements, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign
or transfer the Designated Receivables or the Related Security to
any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien (except any Permitted Lien) on any interest therein,
and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the
Trust in, to and under the Designated Receivables and Related
Security against all claims of third parties claiming through or
under the Seller.
SECTION 5.03 Notices .
All demands, notices and communications upon or to the Seller,
either Trustee, the Swap Counterparty or the Agent under this
Agreement shall be delivered as specified in Appendix B
hereto.
SECTION 5.04 Governing
Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity
and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the
State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any
other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois; provided
, however , that (i) the duties and immunities of the
Owner Trustee hereunder shall be governed by the Trust Agreement
and (ii) the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee
shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 5.05 Severability
of Provisions . If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other
provisions of this Agreement or of the Securities or the rights of
the holders thereof.
SECTION 5.06
[Reserved] .
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SECTION 5.07 Assignment;
Third-Party Beneficiaries . The Seller may not assign any of
its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein without
the prior written consent of the Agent. The Issuer may not assign
any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein
without the prior written consent of the Seller and the Agent;
provided , however , that each of the transactions
contemplated in Section 5.10 may be consummated without
the further consent of any Person. The Seller and the Issuer agree
that each of the Agent (for the benefit of the Noteholders) and the
Indenture Trustee is an express third-party beneficiary with
respect to this Agreement and, as such, shall have the right to
enforce this Agreement and to exercise directly all of the
Issuer’s rights and remedies under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the right to give or withhold any consents or
approvals of the Issuer to be given or withheld hereunder). The
Swap Counterparty shall be a third-party beneficiary to this
Agreement only to the extent that it has rights specified herein or
rights with respect to this Agreement specified in the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in the
Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement or in this Article V, no other
Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION 5.08 Separate
Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 5.09 Headings and
Cross-References . The various headings in this Agreement are
included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.10 Assignment to
Indenture Trustee . The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents
to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security
interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture for the benefit of the Financial Parties of all right,
title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Owner Trust
Estate and/or the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s
rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee and the
Financial Parties.
SECTION 5.11 No Petition
Covenants; Waiver of Claims . Notwithstanding any prior
termination of this Agreement the Seller shall not, prior to the
date which is one year and one day after the final distribution
with respect to the Securities, acquiesce, petition or otherwise
invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or
government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a
case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Issuer.
SECTION 5.12 Limitation of
Liability of the Trustees .
(a) Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
acknowledged and accepted by The Bank of New York not in its
individual
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capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
and in no event shall The Bank of New York have any liability for
the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates,
notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which
recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the
Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed
by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware not in its individual
capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee and in no
event shall Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware in its individual
capacity or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement,
as Owner Trustee of the Issuer have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates,
notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which
recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all
purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or
obligations hereunder, or in the performance of any duties or
obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 5.13 MUTUAL WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL . BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY
AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE
STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES),
THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE
APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST
COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF
ARBITRATION, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO
RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO,
WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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SECTION 5.14 Survival;
Termination . This Agreement shall create and constitute the
continuing obligations of the parties hereto and shall remain in
full force and effect until terminated in accordance with
Section 4.02; provided , however , that this
Section 5.14 and the rights and remedies with respect
to Sections 5.11 and 5.12 shall be continuing and
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.15 Waivers .
No failure or delay on the part of the Issuer (or the Indenture
Trustee or the Agent) in exercising any power, right or remedy
under this Agreement or any PA Assignment shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such
power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or
remedy.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by
their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
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NAVISTAR FINANCIAL 2007-C OWNER
TRUST
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By:
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE, not in its individual
capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of
the
Trust
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By:
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/s/ Michele HY
Voon
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Name:
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Michele
HY Voon |
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Title:
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Attorney-in-fact |
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By:
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/s/ Susan Barstock
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Name:
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Susan
Barstock |
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Title:
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Attorney-in-fact |
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| NAVISTAR FINANCIAL RETAIL RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, |
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By:
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/s/ John V. Mulvaney,
Sr.
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Name:
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John V.
Mulvaney Sr. |
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Title:
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Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer
and Treasurer
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Acknowledged and Accepted:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, not
in
its individual capacity but
solely as
Indenture Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Michael Burack
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Name:
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Michael
Burack |
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Title:
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Assistant
Treasurer |
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NAVISTAR FINANCIAL
CORPORATION,
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as Servicer
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By:
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/s/ John V. Mulvaney,
Sr.
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Name:
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John V.
Mulvaney Sr. |
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Title:
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Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
EXHIBIT A
Loca
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