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Exhibit 4.3
EXECUTION
COPY
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION
SELLER AND
SERVICER
AND
WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION
PURCHASER
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 24,
2005
Superior Wholesale
Inventory Financing Trust XI
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF ELIGIBLE
RECEIVABLES
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Section 2.01
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Purchase and Sale of Eligible
Receivables
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Section 2.02
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Purchase Price
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Section 2.03
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Addition of Accounts
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Section 2.04
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Optional Removal of Accounts
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Section 2.05
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Removal of Ineligible
Accounts
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Section 2.06
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Custody of Documentation
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ARTICLE III
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES SECTION
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Section 3.01
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Appointment of Servicer and Acceptance
of Appointment
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Section 3.02
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Rights and Duties of the
Servicer
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Section 3.03
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Servicing Compensation; Payment of
Certain Expenses by the Servicer
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Section 3.04
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Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Servicer
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Section 3.05
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Servicer’s Accounting and
Reports
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Section 3.06
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Pre-Closing Collections
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Section 3.07
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Collections Received by GMAC
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ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
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Section 4.01
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Representations and Warranties of GMAC
Relating to the Accounts and the Receivables
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Section 4.02
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Representations and Warranties of GMAC
Relating to GMAC and the Agreement
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Section 4.03
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Representations and Warranties of the
Purchaser
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Section 4.04
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Covenants of GMAC
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ARTICLE V
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CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO
GMAC
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Section 5.01
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Merger or Consolidation of, or
Assumption of the Obligations of, GMAC
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Section 5.02
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GMAC Indemnification of the
Purchaser
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Section 5.03
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GMAC Acknowledgment of Transfers to the
Issuer
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ARTICLE VI
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Section 6.01
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Additional Obligations of GMAC and the
Purchaser
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Section 6.02
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Effect of Involuntary Case Involving
GMAC
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Section 6.03
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Intercreditor Agreements
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ARTICLE VII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 7.01
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Amendment
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Section 7.02
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Protection of Right, Title and Interest
in and to Receivables
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Section 7.03
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Costs and Expenses
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Section 7.04
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GOVERNING LAW
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Section 7.05
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Notices
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Section 7.06
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Severability of Provisions
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Section 7.07
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Assignment
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Section 7.08
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Further Assurances
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Section 7.09
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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Section 7.10
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Counterparts
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Section 7.11
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Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Section 7.12
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Merger and Integration
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Section 7.13
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Confidential Information
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Section 7.14
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Headings
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Section 7.15
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Termination
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Section 7.16
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No Petition Covenants
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Section 7.17
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Jurisdiction
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Appendix
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Appendix A - Definitions and Rules of
Construction
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Appendix B - Demands, Communications and
Notices
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Appendix C - Additional Representations
and Warranties
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A - List of Locations of the
Schedule of Accounts
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Exhibit B - Form of Assignment for the
Initial Closing Date
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Exhibit C - Form of Assignment for Each
Addition Date
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Exhibit D - Form of Opinion of Counsel
With Respect to Addition of Accounts
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THIS POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT is made as of February 24, 2005, between GENERAL MOTORS
ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (referred to herein
as “ GMAC ” in its capacity as seller of the
Receivables specified herein and as the “ Servicer
” in its capacity as servicer of the Receivables), and
WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
“ Purchaser ”).
WHEREAS, GMAC, in the
ordinary course of its business, generates certain payment
obligations by financing the floor plan inventory of motor vehicle
dealers;
WHEREAS, GMAC desires to sell
and assign to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase
from GMAC, certain of such existing and future payment obligations
arising or acquired from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser
desires to transfer and assign its interest in such payment
obligations to Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust XI (the
“ Issuer ” or the “ Trust ”)
pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires
to issue the Securities to fund its acquisition of such payment
obligations;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the
Issuer and GMAC (as the holder of such payment obligations not sold
to the Purchaser hereunder) desire that the Servicer shall service
such payment obligations; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer is
willing to service such payment obligations and related payment
obligations in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the Purchaser,
GMAC, the Issuer and each other party identified or described
herein or in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement as having an
interest therein as owner, trustee, secured party or holder of the
Securities (all such parties being collectively referred to herein
as “ Interested Parties ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, 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 and Servicing Agreement as it may be amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time, 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
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES
Section 2.01 Purchase and
Sale of Eligible Receivables .
(a) By execution of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date, GMAC does hereby sell, transfer,
assign and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, all
of its right, title and interest in, to and under all of the
Eligible Receivables existing in the Accounts listed on the
Schedule of Accounts (which is kept at locations listed in
Exhibit A ) as of the close of business on the Initial
Cut-Off Date and all monies due or to become due thereon after the
Initial Cut-Off Date, all Collateral Security with respect thereto
and all amounts received with respect thereto (including all
Interest Collections received in the calendar month in which the
Initial Cut-Off Date occurs, whether or not received prior to the
Initial Cut-Off Date) and all proceeds thereof (including
“proceeds” as defined in the UCC and
Recoveries).
(b) Subject to Section
6.02 , as of each Receivables Purchase Date, GMAC does hereby
sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Purchaser,
without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under all Eligible Receivables created or deemed created in the
Accounts in the Pool of Accounts on such date and all monies due or
to become due thereon after such date, all Collateral Security with
respect thereto and all amounts received with respect thereto and
all proceeds thereof (including “proceeds” as defined
in the UCC and Recoveries).
(c) It is the intention of
GMAC and the Purchaser that the transfers and assignments
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute sales of the
property described in Section 2.01(a) and Section
2.01(b) from GMAC to the Purchaser and that the beneficial
interest in and title to such property shall not be part of
GMAC’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against GMAC under any Insolvency Law. The foregoing
sales, transfers, assignments and conveyances and any subsequent
sales, transfers, assignments and conveyances contemplated hereby
do not constitute, and are not intended to result in, the creation
or an assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of the
Servicer, GMAC (if GMAC is not the Servicer), General Motors or any
other Person in connection with the Receivables described above or
under any agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any
obligation to any Dealers.
(d) Subject to Section
2.06 and ARTICLE III hereof, GMAC shall retain all right, title
and interest in, to and under the Receivables in the Accounts in
the Pool of Accounts that GMAC has not transferred to the Purchaser
hereunder. Such Receivables, together with any Receivables
repurchased by GMAC or (so long as GMAC is the Servicer) the
Servicer from the Purchaser or the Trust pursuant to this Agreement
or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, all monies due or to
become due on such Receivables, all amounts received with respect
thereto and all proceeds thereof (including “proceeds”
as defined in the UCC and Recoveries) are collectively referred to
herein as the “Retained Property”.
Section 2.02 Purchase
Price . On the Initial Closing Date, in consideration for the
sale of the property described in Section 2.01(a) to the
Purchaser, the Purchaser shall pay to GMAC $4,175,825,000
(representing the aggregate principal balance of the Eligible
Receivables as of the close of business on the Initial Cut-Off Date
so sold on the Closing Date) in
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immediately available funds, and GMAC
shall deliver to the Purchaser an executed assignment substantially
in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Purchaser shall pay, subject
to Section 6.02 , for property described in Section
2.03 sold by GMAC to the Purchaser on each Addition Date and
property described in Section 2.01(b) sold by GMAC to the
Purchaser on each Receivables Purchase Date, a price equal to the
principal balance of the Eligible Receivables to be purchased on
each such date. Such purchase price shall be payable by the
Purchaser on each such date in immediately available
funds.
Section 2.03 Addition of
Accounts .
(a) Offers to Designate
Additional Accounts . From time to time, GMAC may, at its
option, offer to designate and the Purchaser may, at its option,
request the designation of, one or more Accounts (each, an “
Additional Account ”) to be included as Accounts in
the Pool of Accounts, subject to the conditions specified in
Section 2.03(b) below. If the Purchaser, at its option, elects to
accept any such offer by GMAC or if GMAC, at its option, agrees to
any such request of the Purchaser, GMAC shall sell and assign to
the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from GMAC, all of
GMAC’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the
Eligible Receivables in each such Additional Account as of the
related Additional Cut-Off Date and all monies due or to become due
thereon after such date, all Collateral Security with respect
thereto, all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
thereof (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC and
Recoveries), effective as of the Addition Date specified in a
written notice provided by the Servicer, on behalf of GMAC, to the
Purchaser (the “ GMAC Addition Notice ”).
Effective as of each such Addition Date, such Additional Account
shall be included in the Pool of Accounts and Eligible Receivables
arising therein from and after the Additional Cut-Off Date shall be
subject to purchase under Section 2.01(b) above. Each GMAC
Addition Notice shall specify the related Additional Cut-Off Date
and shall be given (with a copy to the Rating Agencies) on or
before the fifth Business Day but not more than 30 days prior to
the related Addition Date.
(b) Conditions . GMAC
shall be permitted to designate, and the Purchaser shall be
permitted to accept the designation of, Additional Accounts, in
accordance with Section 2.03(a) only upon satisfaction of
each of the following conditions on or prior to the related
Addition Date:
(i) GMAC shall represent that
as of the related Additional Cut-Off Date each such Additional
Account is an Eligible Account and that each Receivable arising
thereunder identified as an Eligible Receivable and conveyed to the
Purchaser on such Addition Date is an Eligible
Receivable;
(ii) GMAC shall have
delivered to the Purchaser a duly executed written assignment in
substantially the form of Exhibit C and the list required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(d) ;
(iii) GMAC shall have agreed
to deliver to the Purchaser, for deposit in the Collection Account,
to the extent required by the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement,
all Collections with respect to the Eligible Receivables arising in
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Additional Accounts since the
Additional Cut-Off Date within two Business Days after such
Addition Date;
(iv) as of the Addition Date,
neither GMAC nor the Purchaser is insolvent nor shall any of them
have been made insolvent by such transfer nor is either of them
aware of any pending insolvency;
(v) the Schedule of Accounts
shall have been amended to reflect such Additional Accounts and the
Schedule of Accounts as so amended shall be true and correct as of
the Addition Date;
(vi) GMAC shall have
delivered to the Purchaser a certificate of an Authorized Officer
of GMAC confirming the items set forth in clauses (i)
through (v) above;
(vii) the conditions set
forth in Section 2.7(b) of the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement shall have been satisfied; and
(viii) GMAC shall have
delivered to the Purchaser an Opinion of Counsel of GMAC
substantially in the form of Exhibit D .
Section 2.04 Optional
Removal of Accounts . From time to time, GMAC may, at its
option, request from the Purchaser, and the Purchaser may, at its
option, offer to GMAC, the right to designate an Account for
removal from the Pool of Accounts. Subject to the satisfaction by
the Purchaser of the conditions set forth in Section 2.8 of
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, GMAC, at its option, may
accept offers to designate an Account for removal or request from
the Purchaser the right to designate an Account for removal by
furnishing a written notice (the “ GMAC Removal Notice
”) to the Purchaser not less than five Business Days but not
more than 30 days prior to the Removal Commencement Date. On and
after the Removal Commencement Date with respect to a Randomly
Selected Account, GMAC shall not transfer Receivables with respect
to such Randomly Selected Account to the Purchaser. The Schedule of
Accounts shall be amended to reflect such designation as of the
Removal Commencement Date and to reflect such Account becoming a
Removed Account as of the Removal Date. At any time after the
Removal Date, at the written request of GMAC, the Purchaser shall
assign to GMAC, without recourse, representation or warranty,
effective as of the Removal Date, all of the Purchaser’s
right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables arising
in such Account and related Collateral Security. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the
Purchaser shall exercise its right to remove Receivables from the
Trust pursuant to Section 2.8(c) of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser may, at its option, offer to
GMAC the right to purchase such removed Receivables with regard to
some or all of the Randomly Selected Accounts without recourse,
representation or warranty. In the event GMAC shall accept such
offer, GMAC shall pay for such Receivables by transferring to the
Purchaser, in exchange for the Receivables to be purchased, cash
and/or Excess Available Receivables with an aggregate principal
amount equal to the Removal Balance related to such Randomly
Selected Accounts as of the date of removal. On the date of such
transfer, all of the Purchaser’s right, title and interest
in, to and under the
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Receivables to be removed and the
related Collateral Security shall be deemed to be transferred and
released by the Purchaser to GMAC.
Section 2.05 Removal of
Ineligible Accounts . If at any time an Account shall be deemed
a Randomly Selected Account as described in Section 2.9 of
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser shall give
notice thereof to GMAC at the time it gives notice to the parties
identified in such Section 2.9 . From and after the Removal
Commencement Date with respect to a Randomly Selected Account
pursuant to such Section 2.9 , GMAC shall not transfer
Receivables with respect to such Randomly Selected Account to the
Purchaser. The Schedule of Accounts shall be amended to reflect
such designation as of the Removal Commencement Date and to reflect
such Account becoming a Removed Account as of the Removal Date. At
any time after such removal, at the written request of GMAC, the
Purchaser shall assign to GMAC, without recourse, representation or
warranty, effective as of the Removal Date, all of the
Purchaser’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
Receivables in such Account and related Collateral
Security.
Section 2.06 Custody of
Documentation . In connection with the sale, transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Receivables and related Collateral
Security in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts to the Purchaser
hereunder, the Purchaser is executing simultaneously herewith the
Custodian Agreement with the Custodian, pursuant to which the
Purchaser shall revocably appoint the Custodian to act as agent of
the Purchaser to maintain custody of the documents and instruments
(as more fully described in the Custodian Agreement) associated
with such Receivables, which shall be constructively delivered to
the Purchaser. GMAC, as the holder of the Retained Property, hereby
consents to the appointment of the Custodian to act as agent of
GMAC to maintain custody of the documents and contracts (as more
fully described in the Custodian Agreement) associated with the
Receivables included therein and is simultaneously herewith
executing the Custodian Agreement. The Custodian has accepted such
appointment by the Purchaser and GMAC under the Custodian
Agreement.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES SECTION
Section 3.01 Appointment
of Servicer and Acceptance of Appointment . The Purchaser and
GMAC hereby appoint the Servicer to act as Servicer with respect to
the Eligible Receivables and the Receivables included in the
Retained Property, existing in or arising under the Accounts
included in the Pool of Accounts from time to time and authorize
the Servicer to perform the duties of Servicer under this Agreement
and under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Servicer by
execution of this Agreement and by execution of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement hereby accepts such appointment and the terms
hereof and thereof.
Section 3.02 Rights and
Duties of the Servicer .
(a) The Servicer shall
manage, service and administer the Receivables described in
Section 3.01 , including, without limitation, collecting
payments due under the Receivables and providing for charge-offs of
uncollectible Receivables, with reasonable care and all in
accordance with the Servicer’s customary and usual servicing
procedures for servicing wholesale receivables comparable to the
Receivables which the Servicer services for its own
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account, including the Floor Plan
Financing Guidelines, except insofar as any failure to do so would
not have a material adverse effect on the interests of
Securityholders. The Servicer shall have full power and authority,
acting alone or through any party properly designated by it
hereunder or under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, to do
any and all things in connection with such servicing and
administration which it may deem necessary or desirable, including
monitoring the insurance maintained by Dealers. The Servicer is
hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of
any Interested Party, a Proceeding to enforce any Receivable
subject hereto, to enforce all obligations of GMAC and the
Purchaser under this Agreement and under the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement or to commence or participate in a Proceeding
(including without limitation a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to
or involving any such Receivable. If in any Proceeding it is held
that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable arising under an
Account in the Pool of Accounts on the ground that it is not a real
party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable,
the Purchaser, GMAC and each other Interested Party shall, at the
Servicer’s expense, take such steps as the Servicer
reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to enforce the
Receivable, including bringing suit in the name of such Person. If
the Servicer commences or participates in such a Proceeding in its
own name, each Interested Party shall thereupon be deemed to have
automatically assigned such Receivable to the Servicer for purposes
of commencing or participating in any such Proceeding as a party or
claimant, and the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver in the Servicer’s name any notices,
demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other
documents or instruments in connection with any such Proceeding.
Each Interested Party shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of
attorney and other documents and take any other steps which the
Servicer may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under
this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except
to the extent required by the preceding two sentences, the
authority and rights granted to the Servicer in this Section
3.02 shall be nonexclusive and shall not be construed to be in
derogation of the retention by any Interested Party (to the extent
of its rights in a Receivable) of equivalent authority and rights.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to any
Servicing Default, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered,
unless such power and authority is revoked by any Interested Party
on account of the occurrence of such a Servicing Default,
to:
(i) instruct the Issuer to
make allocations, withdrawals and payments to or from the
Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Reserve Fund,
the Cash Accumulation Reserve Funds with respect to the 2005-A Term
Notes and any other related bank accounts or funds as set forth in
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) instruct the Issuer or
any Interested Party to take any action required or permitted under
any Specified Support Arrangement;
(iii) execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Issuer for the benefit of any related
Securityholders, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables and,
after the delinquency of any Receivable and to the extent permitted
under and in compliance with applicable requirements of law, to
commence enforcement proceedings with respect to any such
Receivable; and
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(iv) make any filings,
reports, notices, applications, registrations with, and seek any
consents or authorizations from, the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission and any State securities authority on behalf of the
Issuer as may be necessary or advisable to comply with any U.S.
Federal or State securities law or reporting
requirement.
(b) The Servicer shall not be
obligated to use separate servicing procedures, offices, employees
or accounts for servicing the Receivables in the Accounts in the
Pool of Accounts from the procedures, offices, employees and
accounts used by the Servicer in connection with servicing other
receivables. The Servicer shall, at its own expense, on or prior to
the Initial Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and
on or prior to the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts, indicate in its computer files that the
Eligible Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts have
been sold and transferred by GMAC to the Purchaser hereunder and by
the Purchaser to the Trust under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(c) Except as otherwise
required to comply with all Requirements of Law, the Servicer may
change the terms and provisions of the Floor Plan Financing
Agreements or the Floor Plan Financing Guidelines in any respect
(including the calculation of the amount or the timing of
charge-offs and the rate of the finance charge assessed thereon),
only if:
(i) in the reasonable belief
of the Servicer, no Early Amortization Event shall occur as a
result of such change;
(ii) such change is made
applicable to the comparable segment of any similar portfolio of
accounts serviced by the Servicer and not only to the Accounts in
the Pool of Accounts; and
(iii) in the case of a
reduction in the rate of such finance charges, the Servicer (and,
if GMAC is not then the Servicer, GMAC) does not reasonably expect
any such reduction, after considering amounts due and amounts
payable under any Specified Support Agreements and Investment
Proceeds for the related period, to result in the Net Receivables
Rate for any Collection Period being less than the sum of (A) the
weighted average of the rates of interest payable to all holders of
Securities and (B) the Monthly Servicing Fee for the related
period;
provided, however, that nothing herein
shall prevent the Servicer from modifying the terms of the Floor
Plan Financing Agreement with any dealer on a case-by-case basis in
a manner consistent with the Floor Plan Financing
Guidelines.
Section 3.03 Servicing
Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by the Servicer . The
Servicer is entitled to receive the Monthly Servicing Fee as
described in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Monthly
Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent
amounts are available for payment in accordance with the terms of
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. Subject to any limitations
on the Servicer’s liability under the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under
this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing
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Agreement (including disbursements of
the Issuer, fees and disbursements of any trustees, accountants and
outside auditors, taxes imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred
in connection with distributions and reports to Securityholders and
all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this
Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to be for the
account of the Securityholders, but in no event including federal,
state and local income and franchise taxes, if any, of the Issuer
or any holder of the Securities).
Section 3.04
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer
.
(a) The Servicer hereby
makes, and any successor Servicer by its appointment under this
Agreement and under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall
make, on each Closing Date (and on the date of any such
appointment) the following representations, warranties and
covenants on which the Purchaser relies in accepting and holding
the Receivables and the related Collateral Security hereunder and
the Issuer shall rely in acquiring and holding such Receivables and
the related Collateral Security under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement and in issuing the Securities:
(i) Organization and Good
Standing . The Servicer has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (or, in the case of a Servicer other than GMAC,
other applicable law of its jurisdiction of incorporation), with
power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
businesses as such properties are presently owned and such
businesses are presently conducted.
(ii) Due Qualification
. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business and, where
necessary, is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is
exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of
its businesses requires such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not
have material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
(iii) Power and
Authority . The Servicer has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, to carry out the terms of each such agreement and to
service the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts and the Receivables
arising therein as provided herein and in the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement have been
duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Servicer.
(iv) Binding
Obligation . This Agreement constitutes, and the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, when duly executed and delivered by the
Servicer, shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereinafter in effect, 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.
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(v) No Violation . The
execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement by the Servicer and the fulfillment of the
terms of this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement
by the Servicer, 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 articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer, or any indenture,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the
Servicer 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, mortgage,
deed of trust or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
Documents), or violate any law or, to the best of the
Servicer’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Servicer of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of its properties, except
where any such conflict or violation would not have a material
adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(vi) No Proceedings .
To the Servicer’s knowledge, there are no Proceedings or
investigations pending, or threatened, against the Servicer before
any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer or
its properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or any Securities issued
thereunder, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the such
Securities, the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement or (C) seeking any determination or
ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance
by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity and
enforceability of, this Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(vii) Compliance with
Requirements of Law . The Servicer shall duly satisfy all
obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with
the Receivables and the Accounts to be serviced under this
Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall
maintain in effect all qualifications required under Requirements
of Law in order to service properly such Receivables and such
Accounts and shall comply in all material respects with all
Requirements of Law in connection with servicing such Receivables
and such Accounts, except, in each case, where a failure to do so
would not have a material adverse effect on the interests of the
Securityholders.
(viii) No Rescission or
Cancellation . The Servicer shall not permit any rescission or
cancellation of any Receivable sold and assigned to the Purchaser
hereunder that the Servicer services under this Agreement and the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, except as ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority.
(ix) Protection of
Interested Party Rights . The Servicer shall take no action,
nor omit to take any action, which would impair the rights or
interests of Interested Parties in the Receivables sold and
assigned to the Purchaser hereunder that the Servicer services
under this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or
in the related Vehicle Collateral Security nor shall it reschedule,
revise or defer payments
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due on any such Receivable
except, in each case, in a manner consistent with the Floor Plan
Financing Guidelines or as otherwise contemplated herein or in the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Servicer shall not permit
any such Receivable to become subject to any right of set-off or
any offsetting balance.
(x) Negative Pledge .
Except for the conveyances hereunder to the Issuer pursuant to the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge of the Trust
Estate to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, and as
provided in Section 6.03 , the Servicer shall not sell,
pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Receivable sold
and assigned to the Purchaser hereunder (and any related Collateral
Security), whether now existing or hereafter created, or any
interest therein, and the Servicer shall defend the right, title
and interest of the Purchaser, the Issuer and any Interested Party
in, to and under such property, whether now existing or hereafter
created, against all claims of third parties claiming through or
under the Purchaser or the Servicer. The Servicer shall notify the
Purchaser promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on such
property other than the conveyances hereunder or under the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Indenture.
(b) Notice of Breach .
Upon discovery by the Purchaser or the Servicer of a breach of any
of the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this
Section 3.04 , the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other party.
(c) Purchase of
Receivables . If any covenants of the Servicer under
Sections 3.04(a)(vii) , (viii) , (ix) or
(x) has not been complied with in all material respects with
respect to any Eligible Receivable or Account in the Pool of
Accounts and such noncompliance has a material adverse effect on
the interests of Securityholders or any other Intere
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