SECOND AMENDMENT
TO
THE NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS
SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 3, 2005
(this “ Amendment ”), is by and between NATIONAL
CITY BANK, a national banking association, as Seller and Servicer,
and THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), a Delaware banking corporation
(“ BNY DE ”), as Trustee.
WHEREAS,
the Seller and Servicer and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (in such capacity, the “
Prior Trustee ”) of the National City Credit Card
Master Trust (the “ Trust ”), have executed that
certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1,
1995, as amended and restated as of July 1, 2000 (as amended
and supplemented through the date hereof and as the same may be
further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect
from time to time, the “ Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
the Seller and Servicer and the Prior Trustee have executed certain
supplements to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that are
outstanding on the date hereof as described on Schedule 1
attached hereto (collectively, the “
Series Supplements ”);
WHEREAS,
the Seller and Servicer and the Prior Trustee have executed certain
Assignments of Receivables in Additional Accounts (collectively,
the “ Assignments ”) and Reassignments of
Receivables in Removed Accounts (collectively, the “
Reassignments ” and, together with the Assignments,
the “ Assignments and Reassignments
”);
WHEREAS,
the Seller and Servicer, the Prior Trustee and BNY DE have executed
an Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance of Trustee,
dated as of August 3, 2005, pursuant to which the Prior
Trustee resigned and was discharged as trustee of the Trust, and
BNY DE was appointed as successor trustee of the Trust (in such
capacity, the “ Trustee ”) and accepted such
appointment, thereby becoming fully vested with all rights, powers,
duties and obligations of the Prior Trustee; and
WHEREAS,
the Seller and Servicer and the Trustee wish to amend the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Series Supplements and the
Assignments and Reassignments as provided herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree to amend the provisions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Series Supplements and the Assignments and
Reassignments as follows:
SECTION
1. Amendment to Section 2.01 . Section 2.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be and hereby is amended by
adding the following paragraph at the end of such
Section:
The Trust created
by this Agreement is named “National City Credit Card Master
Trust” and is separate and distinct from the Seller, the
Servicer, and each Certificateholder. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust constitute a common law trust under
the laws of the State of Delaware (as opposed to a trust created
under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code) and that
this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such Trust.
The Trust, and the Trustee on its behalf, shall engage only in
Permitted Activities.
SECTION
2. Amendment to Section 4.01 . Section 4.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be and hereby is amended by
adding the following text after the first sentence of such
Section.
The interest
represented by any Certificate shall constitute personal property,
and no Certificateholder shall have an interest in specific
property of the Trust. No creditor of any Certificateholder shall
have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal
or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Trust,
provided, however, that this sentence shall not limit any rights
expressly provided to the Certificateholders pursuant to this
Agreement or any Supplement hereto. None of the Seller, the
Servicer, or any Certificateholder shall have any liability for the
expenses or liabilities of the Trust except as specifically set
forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 3.
Amendment to Section 12.01 . Section 12.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be and hereby is amended by
adding the following text at the end of such Section:
The Trust shall
not be terminated or revoked except in accordance with this Section
12.01. The dissolution, termination, bankruptcy, conservatorship,
or receivership of the Seller, the Servicer, or any
Certificateholder shall not result in the termination or
dissolution of the Trust.
SECTION 4.
Amendment of Section 13.04 . Section 13.04 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be and hereby is amended by
changing the caption of such Section to “ Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of Process
” and deleting the text of such Section in its entirety and
inserting the following text in its place:
Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of
Process . This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of
laws. The parties hereto declare that it is their intention that
this Agreement shall be regarded as made under the laws of the
State of Delaware and that the laws of said State shall be applied
in interpreting its provisions in all cases where legal
interpretation shall be required. Each of the parties hereto agrees
(a) that this Agreement involves at least $100,000.00, and
(b) that this Agreement has been entered into by the parties
hereto in express reliance upon 6 Del. C.
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§ 2708.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees (a) to be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of Delaware and of the federal courts sitting in the State of
Delaware, and (b)(1) to the extent such party is not otherwise
subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, to appoint
and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as such
party’s agent for acceptance of legal process, and
(2) that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
service of process may also be made on such party by prepaid
certified mail with a proof of mailing receipt validated by the
United States Postal Service constituting evidence of valid
service, and that service made pursuant to (b)(1) or (2) above
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have the
same legal force and effect as if served upon such party personally
within the State of Delaware.
SECTION 5.
Addition of Section 13.17 . The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
Section 13.17 at the end of Article XIII of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement:
Section 13.17
Intention of Parties . For purposes of complying with the
requirements of the Asset-Backed Securities Facilitation Act of the
State of Delaware, 6 Del. C. § 2701A, et
seq . (the “ Securitization Act ”), each
of the parties hereto hereby agrees that:
(a) Any property,
assets or rights purported to be transferred, in whole or in part,
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement (including each
Assignment) shall be deemed to no longer be the property, assets or
rights of the Seller;
(b) None of the
Seller, its creditors or, in any insolvency proceeding with respect
to the Seller or the Seller’s property, a bankruptcy trustee,
receiver, debtor, debtor in possession or similar person, to the
extent the issue is governed by Delaware law, shall have any
rights, legal or equitable, whatsoever to reacquire (except
pursuant to a provision of this Agreement), reclaim, recover,
repudiate, disaffirm, redeem or recharacterize as property of the
Seller any property, assets or rights purported to be transferred,
in whole or in part, by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement
(including each Assignment);
(c) In the event
of a bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding with
respect to the Seller or the Seller’s property, to the extent
the issue is governed by Delaware law, such property, assets and
rights shall not be deemed to be part of the Seller’s
property, assets, rights or estate; and
(d) The
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a
“securitization transaction” as such term is used in
the Securitization Act.
SECTION
6. Amendment of Exhibit B . Exhibit B of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as set forth in Schedule 2 attached
hereto.
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SECTION
7. Amendment of Exhibit C . Exhibit C of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as set forth in Schedule 3 attached
hereto.
SECTION
8. Amendment to the Series Supplements . By executing
this Amendment, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this
Amendment hereby amends the Series Supplements by changing the
caption of Section 9.03 of each of the Series Supplements
to “ Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for
Service of Process ” and deleting the text of
Section 9.03 of each of the Series Supplements and
inserting in its place the text of the amendment set forth in
Section 4 hereof; provided that , the term
“Agreement” shall be deleted wherever it appears in
such amendments to Section 9.03 of the Series Supplements
and “Supplement” shall be inserted in its
place.
SECTION
9. Amendment to the Assignments .
(a) By
executing this Amendment, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that this Amendment hereby amends the Assignments by changing the
caption of Section 8 of each of the Assignments to “
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of
Process ” and deleting the text of Section 8 of each
of the Assignments and inserting in its place the text of the
amendment set forth in Section 4 hereof; provided
that , the term “Agreement” shall be deleted
wherever it appears in such amendments to Section 8 of the
Assignments and “Assignment” shall be inserted in its
place.
(b) Section 2
of each of the Assignments shall be and hereby is amended by
deleting the first sentence thereof in its entirety, and inserting
in its place the following:
The Seller has
delivered to the Trustee a computer file, microfiche list or
printed list containing a true and complete schedule identifying
all Additional Accounts designated hereby specifying for each such
Account, as of the Addition Cut-Off Date, its account number, the
aggregate amount outstanding in such Account and the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables outstanding in such Account, which
computer file, microfiche list or printed list shall be marked as
Schedule 1 to this Assignment, shall be incorporated into and
made a part of this Assignment and the Agreement, and shall
supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
SECTION
10. Amendment to the Reassignments .
(a) By
executing this Amendment, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that this Amendment hereby amends the Reassignments by changing the
caption of Section 7 of each of the Reassignments to “
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of
Process ” and deleting the text of Section 7 of each
of the Reassignments and inserting in its place the text of the
amendment set forth in Section 4 hereof; provided
that , the term “Agreement” shall be deleted
wherever it appears in such amendments to Section 7 of the
Reassignments and “Reassignment” shall be inserted in
its place.
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(b) Section 2
of each of the Reassignments shall be and hereby is amended by
deleting the first sentence thereof in its entirety, and inserting
in its place the following:
The Removal Seller
has delivered to the Trustee a computer file, microfiche list or
printed list containing a true and complete schedule identifying
all Accounts the Receivables of which are being removed from the
Trust, specifying for each such Account, as of the Removal Notice
Date, its account number, the aggregate amount outstanding in such
Account and the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in such
Account, which computer file, microfiche list or printed list shall
be marked as Schedule 1 to this Reassignment, shall be
incorporated into and made a part of this Reassignment and the
Agreement, and shall supplement Schedule 1 to the
Agreement.
SECTION
11. Continuation . Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees
that, from and after the effective date of this Amendment, the
Trust heretofore created under the laws of the State of New York
shall continue as a common law trust under and pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment, and the laws of the State of Delaware.
SECTION
12. Effectiveness . The amendments provided for by this
Amendment shall become effective upon receipt by the Trustee of the
following:
(a) Notification
in writing from each Rating Agency to the effect that the terms of
this Amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the
rating of any outstanding Series or Class of Investor Certificates
for which it is a Rating Agency.
(b) An
Officer’s Certificate from the Seller delivered to the
Trustee to the effect that the terms of this Amendment will not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Investor Certificateholder, and Opinions of Counsel as provided
under Sections 13.01 and 13.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(c) Counterparts
of this Amendment, duly executed by the parties hereto.
SECTION
13. Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Series Supplements and
Assignments and Reassignments in Full Force and Effect as
Amended . Except as specifically amended or waived hereby, all
of the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the Series Supplements and the Assignments and Reassignments shall
remain in full force and effect. All references to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Series Supplements and the
Assignments and Reassignments in any other document or instrument
shall be deemed to mean such Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
Series Supplement and Assignment and Reassignment as amended
by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Series Supplements
or the Assignments and Reassignments, but shall constitute an
amendment thereof. The parties hereto agree to be bound by the
terms and obligations of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Series Supplements and the Assignments and Reassignments, as
amended by this Amendment, as though the terms and obligations of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Series Supplements
and the Assignments and Reassignments were set forth
herein.
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SECTION
14. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by separate parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute
one and the sa
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