POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES
LLC
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13,
2007
Superior Wholesale Inventory
Financing Trust 2007-AE-1
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PURCHASE AND
SALE OF ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES
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Section 2.01 Purchase and Sale of Eligible
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Section 2.02 Purchase Price
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Section 2.03 Addition of
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Section 2.04 Optional Removal of
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Section 2.05 Removal of Ineligible
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Section 2.06 Custody of
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ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES SECTION
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Section 3.01 Appointment of Servicer and
Acceptance of Appointment
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Section 3.02 Rights and Duties of the
Servicer
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Section 3.03 Servicing Compensation;
Payment of Certain Expenses by the Servicer
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Section 3.04 Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of the Servicer
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Section 3.05 Servicer’s Accounting
and Reports
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Section 3.06 Pre-Closing
Collections
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Section 3.07 Collections Received by
GMAC
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
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Section 4.01 Representations and Warranties
of GMAC Relating to the Accounts and the Receivables
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Section 4.02 Representations and Warranties
of GMAC Relating to GMAC and the Agreement
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Section 4.03 Representations and Warranties
of the Purchaser
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Section 4.04 Covenants of GMAC
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CERTAIN MATTERS
RELATING TO GMAC
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Section 5.01 Merger or Consolidation of, or
Assumption of the Obligations of, GMAC
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Section 5.02 GMAC Indemnification of the
Purchaser
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Section 5.03 GMAC Acknowledgment of
Transfers to the Issuing Entity
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Section 6.01 Additional Obligations of GMAC
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Section 6.02 Effect of Involuntary Case
Involving GMAC
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Section 6.03 Intercreditor
Agreements
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Section 7.02 Protection of Right, Title and
Interest in and to Receivables
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Section 7.03 Costs and Expenses
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Section 7.04 GOVERNING LAW
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Section 7.06 Severability of
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Section 7.08 Further Assurances
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Section 7.09 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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Section 7.10 Counterparts
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Section 7.11 Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Section 7.12 Merger and
Integration
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Section 7.13 Confidential
Information
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Section 7.16 No Petition
Covenants
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Section 7.17 Jurisdiction
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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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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 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:
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)
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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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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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