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 JUNE 23,
2005
Superior Wholesale Inventory
Financing Trust XII
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 June 23, 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 XII (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 $4,252,747,117 (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
Initial 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
such Additional Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date within
two Business Days after such Addition Date;
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(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 Receivables to be removed and the related
Collateral Security shall be deemed to be transferred and released
by the Purchaser to GMAC.
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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 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 Interested Parties in such Receivable
or such Account, the Servicer shall purchase such Receivable (or,
in the case of a breach affecting less than the entire principal
amount of a Receivable, to the extent of the breach) or all
Eligible Receivables under such Account (each, an “
Administrative Receivable ”) from the Issuer, on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.04
.
(d) Payment of Purchase Price
. The Servicer shall pur