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POOLING & SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Pooling and Servicing Agreement

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Title: POOLING & SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2007
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/16/2007

POOLING & SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2007, Parties: wholesale auto receivables llc
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Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION COPY

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

GMAC LLC

SELLER AND SERVICER

AND

WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC

PURCHASER

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust 2007-AE-1

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

Section 1.01 Definitions

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES

 

 

2

 

Section 2.01 Purchase and Sale of Eligible Receivables

 

 

2

 

Section 2.02 Purchase Price

 

 

2

 

Section 2.03 Addition of Accounts

 

 

3

 

Section 2.04 Optional Removal of Accounts

 

 

4

 

Section 2.05 Removal of Ineligible Accounts

 

 

5

 

Section 2.06 Custody of Documentation

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES SECTION

 

 

5

 

Section 3.01 Appointment of Servicer and Acceptance of Appointment

 

 

5

 

Section 3.02 Rights and Duties of the Servicer

 

 

5

 

Section 3.03 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by the Servicer

 

 

7

 

Section 3.04 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer

 

 

8

 

Section 3.05 Servicer’s Accounting and Reports

 

 

11

 

Section 3.06 Pre-Closing Collections

 

 

11

 

Section 3.07 Collections Received by GMAC

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

 

12

 

Section 4.01 Representations and Warranties of GMAC Relating to the Accounts and the Receivables

 

 

12

 

Section 4.02 Representations and Warranties of GMAC Relating to GMAC and the Agreement

 

 

13

 

Section 4.03 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser

 

 

15

 

Section 4.04 Covenants of GMAC

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO GMAC

 

 

17

 

Section 5.01 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, GMAC

 

 

17

 

Section 5.02 GMAC Indemnification of the Purchaser

 

 

17

 

Section 5.03 GMAC Acknowledgment of Transfers to the Issuing Entity

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

 

18

 

Section 6.01 Additional Obligations of GMAC and the Purchaser

 

 

18

 

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Page

 

Section 6.02 Effect of Involuntary Case Involving GMAC

 

 

18

 

Section 6.03 Intercreditor Agreements

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

 

20

 

Section 7.01 Amendment

 

 

20

 

Section 7.02 Protection of Right, Title and Interest in and to Receivables

 

 

20

 

Section 7.03 Costs and Expenses

 

 

21

 

Section 7.04 GOVERNING LAW

 

 

21

 

Section 7.05 Notices

 

 

21

 

Section 7.06 Severability of Provisions

 

 

21

 

Section 7.07 Assignment

 

 

22

 

Section 7.08 Further Assurances

 

 

22

 

Section 7.09 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

 

 

22

 

Section 7.10 Counterparts

 

 

22

 

Section 7.11 Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

 

22

 

Section 7.12 Merger and Integration

 

 

22

 

Section 7.13 Confidential Information

 

 

22

 

Section 7.14 Headings

 

 

23

 

Section 7.15 Termination

 

 

23

 

Section 7.16 No Petition Covenants

 

 

23

 

Section 7.17 Jurisdiction

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A — Definitions and Rules of Construction

 

 

 

 

Appendix B — Demands, Communications and Notices

 

 

 

 

Appendix C — Additional Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A — List of Locations of the Schedule of Accounts

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B — Form of Assignment for the Initial Closing Date

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C — Form of Assignment for Each Addition Date

 

 

 

 

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 13, 2007, between GMAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (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 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (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 2007-AE-1 (the “ Issuing Entity ” or the “ Trust ”) pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the Issuing Entity desires to issue the Securities to fund its acquisition of such payment obligations;

          WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity 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 $1,559,430,777 (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

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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 Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity or any Interested Party to take any action required or permitted under any Specified Support Arrangement;

          (iii) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity, 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 Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity 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 limited liability company 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 or formation, as applicable), 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 limited liability company (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, by-laws, certificate of formation, or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, 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

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the related Vehicle Collateral Security nor shall it reschedule, revise or defer payments 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 Issuing Entity 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 Vehicle 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 Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.04 .

          (d) Payment of Purchas


 
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