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EXECUTION COPY
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
FRANKLIN AUTO TRUST 2008-A,
as Issuer,
FRANKLIN RECEIVABLES LLC,
as Depositor,
FRANKLIN CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Servicer and Sponsor,
and
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.,
as Representative
Dated as of May 1, 2008
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1
Definitions
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SECTION 1.2
Other Definitional Provisions.
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ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
SECTION 2.1
Conveyance of Receivables
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ARTICLE III
The Receivables
SECTION 3.1
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
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SECTION 3.2
Repurchase upon Breach
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SECTION 3.3
Custody of Receivable Files
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SECTION 3.4
Duties of Servicer as Custodian
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SECTION 3.5
Instructions; Authority To Act
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SECTION 3.6
Custodian’s Indemnification
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SECTION 3.7
Effective Period and Termination
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SECTION 3.8
Article Nine Provisions
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ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
SECTION 4.1
Duties of Servicer
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SECTION 4.2
Collection and Allocation of Receivable Payments
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SECTION 4.3
Realization upon Receivables
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SECTION 4.4
Financed Vehicle Insurance
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SECTION 4.5
Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
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SECTION 4.6
Covenants of Servicer
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SECTION 4.7
Purchase of Receivables upon Breach
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SECTION 4.8
Servicing Fee
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SECTION 4.9
Servicer’s Certificate
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SECTION 4.10
Assessment as to Compliance and Accountants’ Attestation;
Notice of Default.
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SECTION 4.11
[Reserved].
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SECTION 4.12
Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables
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SECTION 4.13
Servicer Expenses
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SECTION 4.14
Appointment of Subservicer
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SECTION 4.15
Obligations under Basic Documents
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SECTION 4.16
Reports to the Rating Agencies
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SECTION 4.17
Information to be Provided by the Servicer
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SECTION 4.18
Remedies
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ARTICLE V
Distributions; Statements to Certificateholders and
Noteholders
SECTION 5.1
Establishment of Trust Accounts.
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SECTION 5.2
Collections
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SECTION 5.3
Application of Collections
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SECTION 5.4
Letter of Credit
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SECTION 5.5
Additional Deposits
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SECTION 5.6
Distributions
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SECTION 5.7
Spread Account
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SECTION 5.8
Statements to Certificateholders, Noteholders and the Swap
Counterparty
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SECTION 5.9
Net Deposits
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SECTION 5.10
Control of Trust Accounts and Spread Account.
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ARTICLE VI
The Depositor
SECTION 6.1
Representations of the Depositor
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SECTION 6.2
Corporate Existence
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SECTION 6.3
Liability of Depositor; Indemnities
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SECTION 6.4
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, the Depositor
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SECTION 6.5
Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others
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SECTION 6.6
Depositor May Own Certificates or Notes
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ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
SECTION 7.1
Representations of Servicer
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SECTION 7.2
Indemnities of Servicer
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SECTION 7.3
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, the Servicer
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SECTION 7.4
Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others
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SECTION 7.5
Servicer Not To Resign
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ARTICLE
VIIA
The Representative
SECTION
7A.1 Representations of Franklin
Resources.
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SECTION 7A.2 Limitation on Liability
of Franklin Resources and Others.
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ARTICLE VIII
Default
SECTION 8.1
Servicer Default
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SECTION 8.2
Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 8.3
[Reserved].
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SECTION 8.4
Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders
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SECTION 8.5
Waiver of Past Defaults
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ARTICLE IX
Termination
SECTION 9.1
Optional Purchase of All Receivables
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ARTICLE X
Administrative Duties of the Servicer
SECTION 10.1
Administrative Duties.
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SECTION 10.2
Records
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SECTION 10.3
Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer
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SECTION 10.4
[Reserved].
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SECTION 10.5
Relocation of Receivables
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ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 11.1
Amendment
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SECTION 11.2
Protection of Title to Trust
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SECTION 11.3
Notices
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SECTION 11.4
Assignment
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SECTION 11.5
Limitations on Rights of Others
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SECTION 11.6
Severability
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SECTION 11.7
Separate Counterparts
76
SECTION 11.8
Headings
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SECTION 11.9
Governing Law
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SECTION 11.10
Assignment to Indenture Trustee
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SECTION 11.11
Nonpetition Covenants
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SECTION 11.12
Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee,
Indenture Administrator and Indenture Collateral Agent
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SECTION 11.13
Independence of the Servicer
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SECTION 11.14
No Joint Venture
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SECTION 11.15
Third-Party Beneficiaries
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SECTION 11.16
Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule A
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Schedule of Receivables
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Schedule B
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Location of Receivables
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of Servicer’s Certificate
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Exhibit B
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Form of Annual Certification
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Exhibit C
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Form of Monthly Noteholder and Certificateholder
Statement
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1,
2008 among FRANKLIN AUTO TRUST 2008-A, a Delaware statutory
trust (the “Issuer”), FRANKLIN RECEIVABLES LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the
“Depositor”), FRANKLIN CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Utah
corporation (the “Servicer,” the
“Sponsor” or “Franklin Capital”), and
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Franklin Resources” or the
“Representative”).
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a
portfolio of receivables arising in connection with motor
vehicle retail installment sale contracts acquired by Franklin
Capital and Franklin SPE LLC (“Franklin SPE”);
WHEREAS, the Depositor has purchased such
receivables from Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE and is
willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service all
such receivables.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1
Definitions . Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings:
“Additional Servicing Fee” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, the fee payable to the
Servicer for services rendered, which shall be equal to
one-twelfth (or in the case of the June 2008 Distribution Date,
7/360) of the excess, if any of (a) the applicable
Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance applicable to
Prime Receivables, Non-Prime Receivables and Sub-Prime
Receivables, as applicable as of the last day of the second
Monthly Period preceding such Distribution Date over
(b) 1.25% multiplied by the Pool Balance as of the last day
of the second Monthly Period preceding such Distribution
Date.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to
any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled
by or under common control with such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing. A Person shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate
of any person solely because such other Person has the
contractual right or obligation to manage such Person unless
such other Person controls such Person through equity ownership
or otherwise.
“Agreement” means this Sale and
Servicing Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented
from time to time.
“Amount Financed” means, with
respect to a Receivable, the aggregate amount advanced under
such Receivable toward the purchase price of the Financed
Vehicle and any related costs, including amounts advanced in
respect of accessories, insurance premiums, service, car club
and warranty contracts, other items customarily financed as part
of retail automobile installment sale contracts or promissory
notes, and related costs.
“Annual Percentage Rate” or
“APR” of a Receivable means the annual percentage
rate of finance charges as stated in the related Contract or as
recalculated based upon the terms of such Contract.
“Available Collections” means, with
respect to any Determination Date, the sum (without double
counting) of (i) the Collected Funds for such Determination
Date, (ii) all Purchase Amounts deposited in the Collection
Account during the related Monthly Period, and proceeds of any
repurchase by a Dealer pursuant to Dealer Agreement, (iii)
following the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to
Section 5.2 of the Indenture, the amount of money or
property collected pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Indenture
since the preceding Determination Date by the Indenture
Administrator for distribution pursuant to Section 5.6 of
the Indenture, and (iv) any Insolvency Proceeds received
pursuant to Section 9.1(b) of this Agreement.
“Available Funds” means, with
respect to any Determination Date, the sum, for such
Determination Date, of (a) Available Collections, (b) the Spread
Account Transfer Amount, (c) the Letter of Credit Draw Amount,
(d) the Net Swap Receipts and (e) any Swap Termination Payment
from the Swap Counterparty to the Issuer to the extent not used
to enter into a replacement swap agreement.
“Base Servicing Fee” means, with
respect to Distribution Date, the fee payable to the Servicer
for services rendered, which shall be equal to one-twelfth (or
in the case of the June 2008 Distribution Date, 7/360) of the
applicable Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance
applicable to Prime Receivables, Non-Prime Receivables and
Sub-Prime Receivables, as applicable as of the last day of the
second Monthly Period preceding such Distribution Date; provided
that the Base Servicing Fee shall not be greater than
one-twelfth of 1.25% per annum multiplied by the Pool Balance as
of the last day of the second Monthly Period preceding such
Distribution Date.
“Basic Documents” means the
Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, this Agreement, the
Indenture, the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the
Letter of Credit, the Servicer Deposit Support Agreement, the
Swap Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Depository Agreement
and other documents and certificates delivered in connection
therewith.
“Business Day” means a day other
than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
located in the states of California, Delaware, New York or Utah
are authorized or obligated to be closed.
“Certificate” means a certificate
evidencing the beneficial interest of a Certificateholder in the
Trust.
“Certificate Distribution Account”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
“Certificateholder” means each
person in whose name a Certificate is registered.
“Class” means the Class A-1
Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes,
Class B Notes, Class C Notes or Class D Notes, as the
context requires.
“Class A Notes” means the
Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class
A-4a Notes and Class A-4b Notes .
“Class A-1 Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Class A-2 Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Class A-3 Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Class A-4 Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Class A Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for each class of Class A Notes
for such Distribution Date and the Noteholders’ Interest
Carryover Shortfall for each class of Class A Notes for such
Distribution Date.
“Class B Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B Notes for such
Distribution Date and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover
Shortfall for the Class B Notes for such Distribution Date.
“Class B Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Class C Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for the Class C Notes for such
Distribution Date and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover
Shortfall for the Class C Notes for such Distribution Date.
“Class C Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Class D Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for the Class D Notes for such
Distribution Date and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover
Shortfall for the Class D Notes for such Distribution Date.
“Class D Notes” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“Closing Date” means June 13,
2008.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Collected Funds” means, with
respect to any Determination Date, the amount of funds in or to
be deposited in the Collection Account representing collections
(excluding amounts constituting the Supplemental Servicing Fee)
on the Receivables during the related Monthly Period, including
all Net Liquidation Proceeds collected during the related
Monthly Period (but excluding any Purchase Amounts).
“Collection Account” means the
account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant
to Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
“Commission” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“Computer Tape” means the computer
tapes or other electronic media furnished by or on behalf of the
Depositor to the Issuer and its assigns describing certain
characteristics of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date.
“Contract” means a motor vehicle
retail installment sale contract.
“Control” has the meaning specified
in Section 8-106 of the New York UCC.
“Controlling Class” will be the
Class A Notes until they are paid in full; thereafter the Class
B Notes until they are paid in full; thereafter the Class C
Notes until they are paid in full; and thereafter the Class D
Notes.
“Corporate Trust Office” means
(i) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the principal
corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee, which at the time
of execution of this Agreement is 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200,
Wilmington, Delaware 19805, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department; (ii) with respect to the Indenture Trustee and
the Indenture Collateral Agent, the office at which any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at date of the execution of this
Agreement is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration; and (iii) with respect to the Indenture
Administrator (a) solely for purposes of the transfer, surrender
or exchange of the Notes, 111 Wall Street, 15 th
Floor Window, New York, New York 10005, Attn: Corporate Trust
Services – Franklin Auto Trust 2008-A, and (b) for all
other purposes, 388 Greenwich Street, 14 th Floor,
New York, New York 10013, Attn: Structured Finance Agency and
Trust – Franklin Auto Trust 2008-A, or at such other
address as the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
Indenture Administrator, as applicable, may designate from time
to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Servicer and the
Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor
Owner Trustee, successor Indenture Trustee or successor
Indenture Administrator (the address of which the successor
Owner Trustee, successor Indenture Trustee or the successor
Indenture Administrator will notify the Servicer, the
Noteholders and the Issuer).
“Cram Down Loss” means, with respect
to a Receivable, if a court of appropriate jurisdiction in an
insolvency proceeding shall have issued an order reducing the
amount owed on such Receivable or otherwise modifying or
restructuring the scheduled payments to be made on such
Receivable, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the
principal balance of such Receivable immediately prior to such
order over (ii) the principal balance of such Receivable as
so reduced. A “Cram Down Loss” shall be deemed
to have occurred on the date of issuance of such order.
“Credit Enhancement Target Amount”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (1)
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes
immediately after all distributions on such Distribution Date
and (2) the greatest of (a) 10.25% of the Pool Balance as of the
end of the related Monthly Period, (b) 1.50% of the Original
Pool Balance and (c) if a Cumulative Net Loss Trigger is in
effect for such Distribution Date, the sum of the amount on
deposit in the Spread Account immediately after the prior
Distribution Date and the Letter of Credit Available Amount for
the prior Distribution Date less any Letter of Credit Draw
Amounts on the prior Distribution Date.
“Cumulative Net Loss Trigger” will
be in effect for a Distribution Date if the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
difference of (1) the aggregate Principal Balance of all
Receivables that became Liquidated Receivables from the Cutoff
Date through and including the end of the related Monthly Period
and (2) all amounts collected with respect to such Receivables
after they became Liquidated Receivables, and the denominator of
which is the Original Pool Balance, exceeds the percentage set
forth below for such Distribution Date:
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Distribution Date
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Cumulative Net
Loss Percentage
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Distribution Date
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Cumulative Net
Loss Percentage
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June 2008
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0.30%
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December 2009
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4.85%
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July 2008
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0.40%
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January 2010
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5.20%
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August 2008
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0.55%
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February 2010
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5.50%
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September 2008
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0.65%
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March 2010
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5.80%
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October 2008
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0.80%
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April 2010
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6.15%
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November 2008
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0.95%
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May 2010
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6.50%
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December 2008
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1.05%
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June 2010
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6.75%
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January 2009
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1.40%
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July 2010
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7.05%
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February 2009
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1.70%
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August 2010
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7.30%
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March 2009
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1.95%
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September 2010
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7.60%
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April 2009
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2.25%
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October 2010
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7.85%
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May 2009
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2.50%
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November 2010
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8.20%
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June 2009
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2.90%
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December 2010
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8.45%
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July 2009
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3.25%
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January 2011
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8.75%
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Distribution Date
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Cumulative Net
Loss Percentage
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Distribution Date
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Cumulative Net
Loss Percentage
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August 2009
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3.60%
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February 2011
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8.80%
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September 2009
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3.90%
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March 2011
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8.80%
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October 2009
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4.20%
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April 2011
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8.80%
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November 2009
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4.50%
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May 2011 and thereafter
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8.80%
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“Cutoff Date” means May 1, 2008.
“Dealer” means a dealer who sold a
Financed Vehicle and who originated and assigned the respective
Receivable to Franklin Capital under an existing agreement
between such dealer and Franklin Capital.
“Dealer Agreement” means any
agreement between a Dealer and Franklin Capital relating to the
acquisition of Receivables from a Dealer by Franklin
Capital.
“Delivery” when used with respect to
Trust Account Property means:
(a)
with respect to
bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable
certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute
instruments and are susceptible of physical delivery
(“Physical Property”):
(i)
transfer of
possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee, endorsed to, or
registered in the name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee
or endorsed in blank;
(b)
with respect to a
certificated security:
(i)
delivery thereof in
bearer form to the Indenture Collateral Agent; or
(ii)
delivery thereof in
registered form to the Indenture Collateral Agent and
(A)
the certificate is
endorsed to the Indenture Collateral Agent or in blank by
effective endorsement; or
(B)
the certificate is
registered in the name of the Indenture Collateral Agent, upon
original issue or registration of transfer by the
Issuer;
(c)
with respect to an
uncertificated security:
(i)
the delivery of the
uncertificated security to the Indenture Collateral Agent;
or
(ii)
the Issuer has
agreed that it will comply with instructions originated by the
Indenture Collateral Agent without further consent by the
registered owner;
(d)
with respect to any
security issued by the U.S. Treasury that is a book-entry
security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
Federal book-entry regulations:
(i)
a Federal Reserve
Bank by book entry credits the book-entry security to the
securities account (as defined in 31 CFR Part 357) of a
participant (as defined in 31 CFR Part 357) which is also a
securities intermediary; and
(ii)
the participant
indicates by book entry that the book-entry security has been
credited to the Indenture Collateral Agent securities account;
and
(e)
with respect to a
security entitlement:
(i)
the Indenture
Collateral Agent becomes the entitlement holder; or
(ii)
the securities
intermediary has agreed that it will comply with entitlement
orders originated by the Indenture Collateral Agent without
further consent by the entitlement holder.
(f)
For the purpose of
(b) and (c) hereof “delivery”
means:
(i)
with respect to a
certificated security:
(A)
the Indenture
Collateral Agent acquires possession thereof;
(B)
another person
(other than a securities intermediary) either acquires
possession thereof on behalf of the Indenture Collateral Agent
or, having previously acquired possession thereof, acknowledges
that it holds for the Indenture Collateral Agent; or
(C)
a securities
intermediary acting on behalf of the Indenture Collateral Agent
acquires possession thereof, only if the certificate is in
registered form and has been specially endorsed to the Indenture
Collateral Agent by an effective endorsement;
(ii)
with respect to an
uncertificated security:
(A)
the issuer
registers the Indenture Collateral Agent as the registered
owner, upon original issue or registration of transfer;
or
(B)
another person
(other than a securities intermediary) either becomes the
registered owner thereof on behalf of the Indenture Collateral
Agent or, having previously become the registered owner,
acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Collateral
Agent;
(g)
for purposes of
this definition, except as otherwise indicated, the following
terms shall have the meaning assigned to each such term in the
UCC:
(i)
“certificated
security”
(ii)
“effective
endorsement”
(iii)
“entitlement
holder”
(iv)
“instrument”
(v)
“securities
account”
(vi)
“securities
entitlement”
(vii)
“securities
intermediary”
(viii)
“uncertificated
security”
(h)
in each case of
Delivery contemplated herein, the Indenture Collateral Agent
shall make appropriate notations on its records, and shall cause
the same to be made on the records of its nominees, indicating
that securities are held in trust pursuant to and as provided in
this Agreement.
“Depositor” means Franklin
Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its
successors in interest to the extent permitted hereunder.
“Depositor Indemnification Cap” has
the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.3 of this
Agreement.
“Depository Agreement” means the
Note Depository Agreement.
“Determination Date” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the fifth Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
“Distribution Date” means, with
respect to each Monthly Period, the twentieth day of the
following calendar month, or if such day is not a Business Day,
the immediately following Business Day, commencing in June
2008.
“Eligible Deposit Account” means
either (a) an account with an Eligible Institution or
(b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust
department of a depository institution organized under the laws
of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof
or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign
bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for
funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the
securities of such depository institution have a credit rating
from each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories
which signifies investment grade.
“Eligible Institution” means
(a) the corporate trust department of the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Administrator or any other entity
specified in this Agreement or (b) a depository institution
organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any
one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank), which (i) has either
(A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of “AA-”
or better by Standard & Poor’s and “Aa2”
or better by Moody’s or (B) a certificate of deposit
rating of “A-1+” or better by Standard &
Poor’s and “Prime-1” or better by
Moody’s, or any other short-term or certificate of deposit
rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii) whose
deposits are insured by the FDIC. If so qualified under
clause (b) above, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Administrator or the Indenture Trustee may be considered an
Eligible Institution.
“Eligible Investments” mean
book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities
represented by instruments in bearer or registered form which
evidence:
(a)
direct obligations
of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by,
the United States of America;
(b)
demand deposits,
time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository
institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America, or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and
subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state
banking or depository institution authorities (including
depository receipts issued by any such institution or trust
company as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to
in clause (a) above or portion of such obligation for the
benefit of the holders of such depository receipts);
provided , however , that at the time of the
investment or contractual commitment to invest therein (which
shall be deemed to be made again each time funds are reinvested
following each Distribution Date), the commercial paper or other
short-term senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such
obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a
Person other than such depository institution or trust company)
of such depository institution or trust company shall have a
credit rating from Standard & Poor’s of
“A-1+” and from Moody’s of
“Prime-1”;
(c)
commercial paper
having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment
to invest therein, a rating from Standard & Poor’s of
“A-1+” and from Moody’s of
“Prime-1”;
(d)
investments in
money market funds (including funds managed or advised by the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator or the Owner
Trustee or for which any of their respective Affiliates is
investment manager or advisor) having a rating from Standard
& Poor’s of “AAA-m” or
“AAAm-G” and from Moody’s of
“Aaa”;
(e)
bankers’
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company referred to in clause (b) above;
(f)
repurchase
obligations with respect to any security that is a direct
obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations
of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America, in either case entered into with a depository
institution or trust company (acting as principal) referred to
in clause (b) above;
(g)
any demand deposit
in a trust account maintained by the Indenture Administrator,
the Indenture Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee;
provided that such deposits shall consist of direct obligations
of, and obligations guaranteed as to timely payment by, the
Indenture Administrator, the Indenture Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Trustee, as applicable; provided, further, that the
Indenture Administrator, the Indenture Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Trustee, as applicable, is rated at least
“A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and
“P-1” by Moody’s and that such deposits shall
not represent more than 20% of the outstanding amount of the
Notes; and
(h)
any other
investment which would satisfy the Rating Agency Condition and
is consistent with the ratings of the Notes.
Any of the foregoing Eligible Investments may be
purchased by or through the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
or any of their Affiliates.
“Eligible Letter of Credit Bank”
means an institution with (i) a short-term unsecured debt rating
at least equal to “A-1+” from Standard & Poor's
and “Prime-1” from Moody’s (in either case,
such lower ratings as may be permitted by Standard &
Poor’s or Moody’s) and (ii) a long-term unsecured
debt rating at least equal to “A1” by Moody’s
(or such lower rating as may be permitted by Moody’s).
“Entitlement Order” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC.
“FCC Receivables” shall mean the
Receivables listed on Schedule A hereto on the Closing Date.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
“Final Scheduled Distribution Date”
means with respect to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the June
2009 Distribution Date, (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, the
October 2011 Distribution Date, (iii) the Class A-3 Notes,
the June 2012 Distribution Date, and (iv) the Class A-4a Notes,
Class A-4b Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and
Class D Notes, the May 2016 Distribution Date.
“Final Scheduled Maturity Date”
means May 20, 2016.
“Financed Vehicle” means a new or
used automobile or light-truck, together with all accessions
thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under the
respective Receivable.
“Financial Asset” has the meaning
specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the New York UCC.
“First Payment Default” means any
Receivable for which the first scheduled payment remains unpaid
as of the date upon which the second scheduled payment has
become due.
“First Priority Principal Distribution
Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
excess of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class
A Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving
effect to distributions thereon) or in the case of the first
Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date, over (ii) the
Pool Balance as of the end of the related Monthly Period;
provided, however that such amount shall not be less than zero;
provided, further, that, on the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for a Class of Class A Notes, the First Priority Principal
Distributable Amount will not be less than the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes and all earlier
maturing Class A Notes.
“Franklin SPE” means Franklin SPE
LLC and its successors in interest.
“Indenture” means the Indenture
dated as of May 1, 2008 among the Issuer, the Indenture
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture
Administrator as the same may be amended and supplemented from
time to time.
“Indenture Collateral Agent” means
the Person acting as Indenture Collateral Agent under the
Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor
Indenture Collateral Agent under the Indenture.
“Indenture Trustee” means the Person
acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, its successors
in interest and any successor trustee under the Indenture.
“Initial Spread Account Deposit
Amount” means $10,921,746.29, representing 2.25% of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes as of the Closing
Date.
“Insolvency Event” means, with
respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a petition
against such Person or the entry of a decree or order for relief
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of
such Person or any substantial part of its property in an
involuntary case under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator, or similar official for such
Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering
the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs,
and such petition, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (b) the
commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such
Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary
case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the
appointment of or taking possession by, a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, or similar official
for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or
the making by such Person of any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to
pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action
by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
“Insolvency Proceeds” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 9.1(b) of this Agreement.
“Interest Period” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date (i) with respect to the Class
A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4b Notes, from and including the most recent
Distribution Date on which interest has been paid (or from and
including the Closing Date in the case of the first Distribution
Date) to but excluding the following Distribution Date and (ii)
with respect to the Class A-4a Notes, the Class B Notes, the
Class C Notes and the Class D Notes, from and including the
twentieth day of the calendar month preceding each Distribution
Date (or from and including the Closing Date in the case of the
first Distribution Date) to but excluding, the twentieth day of
the following calendar month.
“Interest Rate” means, with respect
to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, 2.72588% per annum,
(ii) the Class A-2 Notes, One-Month LIBOR plus 1.00% per
annum, (iii) the Class A-3 Notes, One-Month LIBOR plus 1.58% per
annum, (iv) the Class A-4a Notes, 5.36% per annum, (v) the Class
A-4b Notes, One-Month LIBOR plus 1.95% per annum, (vi) the Class
B Notes, 6.10% per annum, (vii) the Class C Notes, 7.16% per
annum and (viii) the Class D Notes, 8.18% per annum (in the case
of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class A-4b Notes, computed on the actual number of days
elapsed and a 360-day year, and in the case of all other Classes
of Notes, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months).
“Investment Earnings” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the investment earnings (net
of losses and investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in the
Trust Accounts (other than the Spread Account) and the
Certificate Distribution Account.
“Issuer” means Franklin Auto Trust
2008-A.
“Letter of Credit” means the
letter of credit dated June 13, 2008 provided by the Letter of
Credit Provider and any replacement Letter of Credit issued
thereafter.
“Letter of Credit Available Amount”
means, for any Distribution Date, the least of (1) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes immediately
after giving effect to all distributions on the prior
Distribution Date, (2) the Letter of Credit Available Amount for
the prior Distribution Date less any Letter of Credit Draw
Amounts on the previous Distribution Date and (3) so long as a
Cumulative Net Loss Trigger is not in effect for the
Distribution Date, the greater of (a) 10.25% of the Pool Balance
as of the end of the Monthly Period preceding the related
Monthly Period and (b) 1.50% of the Original Pool Balance, minus
the lesser of (i) 0.50% of the Original Pool Balance and (ii)
the amount on deposit in the Spread Account immediately after
the preceding Distribution Date.
“Letter of Credit Commitment Fee”
shall have the meaning assigned to “Letter of Credit
Fee” under the Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Demand” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Draw Amount”
means, (1) with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the lesser of (a) the excess, if any, of the Total
Required Payment over Available Funds (excluding any Letter of
Credit Draw Amounts) and (b) the Letter of Credit Available
Amount for that Distribution Date, (2) with respect to all other
events allowing the Letter of Credit to be drawn upon, other
than events covered under clause (1) or (3) of this definition
of “Letter of Credit Draw Amount”, the Letter of
Credit Available Amount for the preceding Distribution Date less
any Letter of Credit Draw Amount for the preceding Distribution
Date and (3) with respect to draw pursuant to a notice from the
Servicer to the Indenture Trustee that the Letter of Credit
Available Amount represents 9% or more of the cash flow
supporting the Notes as determined by Franklin Capital
Corporation, the Letter of Credit Available Amount.
“Letter of Credit Draw Amount Claim
Date” means, (1) with respect to the Letter of Credit
Draw Amount for any Distribution Date, the fourth Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, (2) the sixth
Business Day following the receipt of a Moody’s Down-Grade
Notice by the Indenture Trustee if an Eligible Letter of Credit
Bank has not entered into a replacement Letter of Credit by such
day, (3) the fourth Business Day immediately preceding the
thirtieth day following the receipt of an S&P Down-Grade
Notice by the Indenture Trustee if an Eligible Letter of Credit
Bank has not entered into a replacement Letter of Credit by such
day, (4) the fourth Business Day immediately preceding the
Letter of Credit Stated Termination Date and (5) the fourth
Business Day immediately following notice by the Servicer to the
Indenture Trustee that the Letter of Credit Available Amount
represents 9% or more of the cash flow supporting the Notes as
determined by Franklin Capital Corporation.
“Letter of Credit Provider” means
Citibank, N.A., its successors in interest and any successor
Letter of Credit Provider under the Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Reduction Amount”
means with respect to any Distribution Date (1) the Letter of
Credit Available Amount for the preceding Distribution Date less
any Letter of Credit Draw Amounts for such Distribution Date
minus (2) the Letter of Credit Available Amount for the Current
Distribution Date.
“Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Agreement” means the agreement dated as of June 13, 2008
among the Letter of Credit Provider, the Issuer, Franklin
Resources and the Servicer, and any replacement Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Agreement entered into with any replacement Letter
of Credit Provider.
“Letter of Credit Stated Termination
Date” means the date on which the Letter of Credit
terminates which automatically extends unless the Letter of
Credit Provider provides notice as provided in the Letter of
Credit.
“LIBOR Business Day” means any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks in
London are required or authorized to be closed.
“LIBOR Determination Date” means,
for each Interest Period, the second LIBOR Business Day before
the beginning of that Interest Period, or, in the case of the
initial Distribution Date, on the day that is two LIBOR Business
Days prior to the Closing Date.
“Lien” means a security interest,
lien, charge, pledge, equity, or encumbrance of any kind, other
than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach
to the respective Receivable by operation of law as a result of
any act or omission by the related Obligor.
“Lien Certificate” means, with
respect to a Financed Vehicle, an original certificate of title,
certificate of lien or other notification issued by the
Registrar of Titles of the applicable state to a secured party
which indicates that the lien of the secured party on the
Financed Vehicle is recorded on the original certificate of
title. In any jurisdiction in which the original
certificate of title is required to be given to the Obligor, the
term “Lien Certificate” shall mean only a
certificate or notification, if any, issued to a secured
party.
“Liquidated Receivable” means, with
respect to any Determination Date, a Receivable as to which, as
of the last day of the related Monthly Period, any of the
following events has occurred (i.e., the earliest to occur of
the following events): (i) the Servicer has
determined in good faith that all amounts it expects to recover
have been received, (ii) other than with respect to a
Receivable for which the related Obligor is subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding, more than $25.00 of a scheduled payment
is 120 or more days delinquent and the Financed Vehicle has been
in the Servicer’s possession for a period of at least 45
days, (iii) more than $25.00 of a scheduled payment is 120
or more days delinquent, the Servicer has not repossessed the
Financed Vehicle and the Obligor has not declared bankruptcy or
(iv) the Financed Vehicle has been sold and the proceeds
received. In any case, if more than $25.00 of principal
and interest on a Receivable as of the last day of the related
Monthly Period is 180 or more days delinquent, then such
Receivable shall be a Liquidated Receivable and shall have a
Principal Balance of zero.
“Monthly Noteholder and Certificateholder
Statement” means a statement delivered by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.1 of this Agreement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.
“Monthly Period” means, with respect
to each Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.
“Moody’s Down-Grade” means the
short-term unsecured debt rating of the Letter of Credit Bank
has been downgraded below “Prime-1” by Moody’s
or the long-term senior unsecured debt rating of the Letter of
Credit Bank has been withdrawn or downgraded below
“A1” by Moody’s.
“Moody’s Down-Grade Notice”
means the notice that the Servicer shall provide to the
Indenture Trustee within one Business Day after a Moody’s
Down-Grade.
“Net Liquidation Proceeds” means,
with respect to Liquidated Receivables, (i) proceeds from
the disposition of the Financed Vehicles relating to the
Liquidated Receivables, less reasonable Servicer out-of-pocket
costs, including repossession and resale expenses not already
deducted from such proceeds, and any amounts required by law to
be remitted to the Obligor, (ii) any proceeds from an
Insurance Policy or (iii) other monies received from the
Obligor or otherwise.
“Net Swap Payment” means for the
Swap Agreement, the net amount with respect to regularly
scheduled payments, if any, owed by the Issuer to the Swap
Counterparty on any Distribution Date, including prior unpaid
Net Swap Payments and any accrued interest thereon under the
Swap Agreement, but excluding any Swap Termination Payment.
“Net Swap Receipts” means for the
Swap Agreement, the net amounts owed by the Swap Counterparty to
the Issuer, if any, on any Distribution Date, but excluding any
Swap Termination Payment.
“Non-Prime Receivables” means those
Receivables indicated on Schedule A hereto as
non-prime.
“Note Distribution Account” means
the account designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
“Note Pool Factor” means, with
respect to each Class of Notes and the close of business on any
Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the
outstanding principal amount of such Class of Notes as of such
Distribution Date after giving effect to principal distributions
on such date divided by the original outstanding principal
amount of such Class of Notes.
“Noteholder” or “Holder”
means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register.
“Noteholders’ Interest Carryover
Shortfall” means, with respect to the first Distribution
Date and a Class of Notes, zero, and with respect to any other
Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the excess of the
Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class
for the preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in respect
of interest that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution
Account with respect to such Class on such preceding
Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due
but not paid to Noteholders of such Class on the preceding
Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the
respective Interest Rate borne by such Class of Notes and
calculated for the related Interest Period.
“Noteholders’ Interest Distributable
Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a
Class of Notes; the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class of Notes for such
Distribution Date and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover
Shortfall for such Class of Notes for such Distribution
Date.
“Noteholders’ Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Notes, interest accrued
during the related Interest Period at the Interest Rate borne by
such Class of Notes on the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes of such Class immediately preceding such Distribution
Date, calculated (i) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, Class
A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4b Notes, on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Period
and a 360-day year and (ii) in the case of all other Classes of
Notes, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months.
“Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes,
the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes,
Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes.
“Obligor” on a Receivable means the
purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle and any other
Person who owes payments under the Receivable.
“Officer’s Certificate” means
a certificate signed by the (a) chairman of the board, the
president, any executive vice president or any vice president
and (b) any executive vice president, vice president,
treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, secretary or
assistant secretary of the Representative, the Depositor or the
Servicer, as appropriate.
“One-Month LIBOR” means, with
respect to any Interest Period, the rate for deposits in U.S.
Dollars for a period of one month which appears on the Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time on the LIBOR
Determination Date. If that rate does not appear on the
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Commodities News), then One-Month LIBOR will be the Reference
Bank Rate.
“Opinion of Counsel” means one or
more written opinions of counsel who may be an employee of or
counsel to the Representative, the Depositor or the Servicer,
which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the
addressees.
“Original Pool Balance” means the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the Cutoff
Date.
“Owner Trust Estate” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.
“Owner Trustee” means Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Delaware, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its
successors in interest or any successor Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Physical Property” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the definition of
“Delivery” above.
“Pool Balance” means, as of the end
of any Monthly Period (other than the initial Monthly Period),
the Pool Balance for the immediately preceding Monthly Period,
or in the case of the initial Monthly Period the Original Pool
Balance, less an amount equal to the sum of the following
amounts with respect to the related Monthly Period, computed in
accordance with the Simple Interest Method: (i) that
portion of all collections on Receivables allocable to
principal, including full and partial principal prepayments,
received during such Monthly Period, (ii) the Principal
Balance of each Receivable that was purchased or repurchased by
Franklin Capital, the Depositor, the Servicer or any affiliate
of any of them as of the last day of such Monthly Period,
(iii) without duplication of amounts in clause (ii),
the Principal Balance of each Receivable that became a
Liquidated Receivable during such Monthly Period and
(iv) the aggregate amount of Cram Down Losses during such
Monthly Period.
“Prime Receivables” means those
Receivables indicated on Schedule A hereto as prime.
“Principal Balance” means, with
respect to any Receivable, as of any date, the Amount Financed
minus (i) that portion of all amounts received on or prior
to such date and allocable to principal in accordance with the
terms of the Receivable and (ii) any Cram Down Loss in
respect of such Receivable.
“Purchase Agreement” means the
Purchase Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 among the Depositor,
Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE LLC pursuant to which the
Depositor acquired the Receivables, as such Agreement may be
amended from time to time.
“Purchase Amount” means, with
respect to any Receivable required to be repurchased or
purchased pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 4.7 of
this Agreement or as to which the Servicer has exercised the
purchase option pursuant to Section 9.1(a) of this
Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
Principal Balance thereof and (ii) all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon (including one month’s interest thereon,
in the month of payment, at the APR less, so long as Franklin
Capital is the Servicer, the Base Servicing Fee) after giving
effect to the receipt of any amounts collected (from whatever
source) on such Receivable, if any.
“Purchased Receivable” means a
Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the last day
of a Monthly Period by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.7
of this Agreement, repurchased by the Depositor, or the
Representative pursuant to Section 3.2 of this Agreement or
purchased by Franklin Capital pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
“Rating Agency” means Moody’s
and Standard & Poor’s.
“Rating Agency Condition” means,
with respect to any action or amendment that each Rating Agency
confirms in writing that such amendment will not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of such rating.
“Realized Losses” means, with
respect to any Receivable that becomes a Liquidated Receivable,
the excess of the Principal Balance of such Liquidated
Receivable (immediately prior to it becoming a Liquidated
Receivable) over the Net Liquidation Proceeds to the extent
allocable to principal.
“Receivable” means any Contract
listed on Schedule A (which Schedule may be in electronic
form or in the form of microfiche).
“Receivable Files” means the
documents specified in Section 3.3 of this Agreement.
“Receivables Property” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
“Record Date” means, with respect to
each Distribution Date, the day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date, unless otherwise specified in this
Agreement.
“Reference Bank
Rate” means,
with respect to any Interest Period, a rate determined on the
basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered
by Reference Banks as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day
that is the LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks in the
London interbank market for a period of one month commencing on
the first day of the related Interest Period for the Class A-2
Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4b Notes, in amounts
approximately equal to the then outstanding principal amount of
the applicable class of such Notes. The Indenture Administrator
will request the principal London office of each of the
Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least
two quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic
mean of the quotations, rounded to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of one percent. If on that date fewer than
two quotations are provided as requested, the rate will be the
arithmetic mean, rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth
of one percent, of the rates quoted by major banks in New York
City, selected by the Indenture Administrator as directed by the
Swap Counterparty, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that
date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a
period of one month commencing on the first day of the related
Interest Period for the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and
Class A-4b Notes in amounts approximately equal to the principal
amount of the then outstanding Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes
and Class A-4b Notes.
“Reference
Banks” means four major banks in the London
interbank market selected by the Indenture Administrator, as
directed by the Swap Counterparty.
“Registrar of Titles” means, with
respect to any state, the governmental agency or body
responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of
certificates of title relating to, motor vehicles and liens
thereon.
“Regular Principal Distribution
Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount not less than zero equal to the difference between: the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Notes immediately preceding such Distribution Date
over (b) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related
Monthly Period; and the sum of (i) the First Priority Principal
Distribution Amount, (ii) the Second Priority Principal
Distribution Amount and (iii) the Third Priority Principal
Distribution Amount; provided, however, that the Regular
Principal Distribution Amount on or after the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for the Class D Notes shall not be less than
the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal
amount of the Class D Notes to zero.
“Regulation AB” means Subpart
229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended
from time to time, and subject to such clarification and
interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act
Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005))
or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the
Commission or its staff from time to time.
“Representative” means Franklin
Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and
assigns.
“Reuters LIBOR01 Page” means the
display page so designated on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates
Service or any other page (as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Commodities News) that may replace that page on that service for
the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices.
“S&P Down-Grade” means the
short-term unsecured debt rating of the Letter of Credit Bank
has been withdrawn or downgraded below “A-1+” by
Standard & Poor’s.
“S&P Down-Grade Notice” means
the notice that the Servicer is required to provide to the
Indenture Trustee promptly after it has learned the Letter of
Credit Provider is subject to a S&P Down-Grade.
“Schedule of Receivables” has the
meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.1(d) of this
Agreement.
“Second Priority Principal Distribution
Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
excess of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class
A Notes and Class B Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date
(after giving effect to distributions thereon) or in the case of
the first Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date, over (ii)
the sum of (a) the Pool Balance and (b) the First Priority
Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however that such
amount shall not be less than zero; provided, further, that, on
the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for any Class of Notes,
the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount will not be
less than the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior Swap Termination Payment”
means any Swap Termination Payment owed by the Issuer to the
Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement resulting from (1) a
Tax Event or Illegality (each as defined in the Swap Agreement)
under the Swap Agreement or (2) any other “event of
default” or “termination event” under the Swap
Agreement where the Swap Counterparty is neither the defaulting
party nor the sole affected party.
“Servicer” means Franklin Capital,
as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.3 or 8.2 of this Agreement.
“Servicer Default” means an event
specified in Section 8.1 of this Agreement.
“Servicer Deposit Support Agreement”
means the Servicer Deposit Support Agreement dated June 13,
2008, made by Franklin Resources in favor of the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture.
“Servicer’s Certificate” means
an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer delivered
pursuant to Section 4.9 of this Agreement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement.
“Servicing Fee” has the meaning
specified in Section 4.8 of this Agreement.
“Servicing Fee Rate” means with
respect to (i) Prime Receivables, 1.0% per annum,
(ii) Non-Prime Receivables, 1.5% per annum and
(iii) Sub-Prime Receivables, 2.0% per annum.
“Simple Interest Method” means the
method of allocating a fixed level payment to principal and
interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is
allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate
of interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance
multiplied by the period of time elapsed since the preceding
payment of interest was made (in some states assuming 30 day
months), divided by the actual number of days in a year (360
days in states which assume 30 day months) and the remainder of
such payment is allocable to principal.
“Simple Interest Receivable” means
any Receivable under which the portions of a payment allocable
to interest and principal are determined in accordance with the
Simple Interest Method.
“Specified Spread Account Balance”
means for each Distribution Date, the Credit Enhancement Target
Amount for such Distribution Date minus the Letter of Credit
Available Amount for such Distribution Date.
“Sponsor” means Franklin Capital and
its successor and assigns.
“Spread Account” means the account
designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to
Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
“Spread Account Deposit Amount”
means with respect to any Distribution Date the Specified Spread
Account Balance for such Distribution Date less the amount on
deposit in the Spread Account immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
“Spread Account Excess Amount”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of cash or other
immediately available funds in the Spread Account on that
Distribution Date, after giving effect to any other withdrawals
from and deposits to the Spread Account relating to that
Distribution Date, over (b) the Specified Spread Account Balance
with respect to that Distribution Date.
“Spread Account Transfer Amount”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (a) the amount of cash or other immediately
available funds on deposit in the Spread Account on such
Distribution Date, before giving effect to any other withdrawals
therefrom relating to such Distribution Date, and (b) the
amount, if any, by which (1) the Total Required Payments for
such Distribution Date exceeds (2) the Available Collections for
such Distribution Date.
“Standard & Poor’s” means
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
“Subcontractor” means any vendor,
subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the
overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly
understood by participants in the asset-backed securities
market) of the Receivables but performs one or more discrete
functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with
respect to the Receivables under the direction or authority of
the Servicer or a Subservicer.
“Subordinated Swap Termination
Payment” means any Swap Termination Payment owed by the
Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement other
than a Senior Swap Termination Payment.
“Sub-Prime Receivables” means those
Receivables indicated on Schedule A hereto as
sub-prime.
“Subservicer” means any Person that
services Receivables on behalf of the Servicer or any
Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether
directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a
substantial portion of the material servicing functions required
to be performed by the Servicer under this Agreement that are
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
“Supplemental Servicing Fee” means,
with respect to any Monthly Period, charges collected (from
whatever source) on the Receivables during such Monthly Period
including late fees, prepayment fees, administrative fees and
expenses or similar charges allowed by applicable law with
respect to Receivables, plus reinvestment proceeds on any
payments received in respect of Receivables during the related
Monthly Period.
“Swap Agreement” means 1992 ISDA
Master Agreement dated as of June 13, 2008, including all
schedules and confirmations thereto, between the Issuer and the
Swap Counterparty, as modified, amended, supplemented, renewed,
extended or replaced from time to time.
“Swap Counterparty” means Citibank,
N.A., or its successor or replacement pursuant to the Basic
Documents.
“Third Priority Principal Distribution
Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount not less than zero equal to the difference between: the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Class A Notes, Class B Notes and Class C Notes
immediately preceding such Distribution Date over (b) the Pool
Balance as of the last day of the related Monthly Period; and
the sum of (i) the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount
and (ii) the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that the Third Priority Principal
Distribution Amount on and after the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for the Class C Notes shall not be less than
the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal
amount of the Class C Notes to zero.
“Total Required Payment” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of all amounts due and
payable under Section 5.6(a)(i) through (xi); provided,
however, that following the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted in an
acceleration of the Notes, on any Distribution Date until the
Distribution Date on which the outstanding principal amount of
all the Notes has been paid in full, the Total Required Payment
shall mean the sum of specified amounts payable under clauses
FIRST through NINTH of Section 5.6(a) of the Indenture.
“Trust” means the Issuer.
“Trust Account Property” means the
Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to
time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit
accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities,
uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the
foregoing.
“Trust Accounts” has the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 5.1(b) of this Agreement.
“Trust Agreement” means the Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of June 13, 2008 between
the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.
“Trust Officer” means, (i) in
the case of the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture
Administrator, respectively, any officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or any officer within the
Agency and Trust Group (or any successor group thereto) of the
Indenture Administrator, as applicable, including any vice
president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer,
assistant secretary, or any other officer of the Indenture
Trustee or the Indenture Administrator customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject, in each case having direct responsibility
for the administration of the Indenture, and (ii) in the
case of the Owner Trustee, any officer in the corporate trust
office of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents
on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
“Trust Property” has the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.
SECTION
1.2
Other
Definitional Provisions .
(a)
Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture, or, if not defined therein,
in the Trust Agreement.
(b)
All terms defined
in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in
any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
(c)
As used in this
Agreement, in any instrument governed hereby and in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in
any such instrument, certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such
instrument, certificate or other document to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the
date of this Agreement or any such instrument, certificate or
other document, as applicable. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such
instrument, certificate or other document are inconsistent with
the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in
any such instrument, certificate or other document shall
control.
(d)
The words
“hereof,” “herein,”
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule
and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are
references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term
“including” shall mean “including without
limitation.”
(e)
The definitions
contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as
well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such
terms.
(f)
Any agreement,
instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means
such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of
agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto
and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are
also to its permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
SECTION 2.1
Conveyance of
Receivables . In consideration of the
Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Depositor on
the Closing Date of (x) the net proceeds from the sale of
the Class A Notes, (y) the Class B Notes, Class C Notes,
Class D Notes and the Certificates and (z) the other
amounts to be distributed from time to time to the Depositor in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Depositor does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Issuer on the Closing Date, without recourse (subject to the
obligations set forth herein), all right, title and interest of
the Depositor in and to, whether now owned or existing or
hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the
“Receivables Property” or the “Trust
Property”):
(a)
the Receivables and
all monies received thereunder on and after the Cutoff
Date;
(b)
the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant
to the Receivables and any other interest of the Depositor in
such Financed Vehicles;
(c)
any proceeds with
respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage,
credit life or disability insurance policies covering Financed
Vehicles or Obligors and any proceeds from the liquidation of
the Receivables;
(d)
any proceeds from
any Receivable repurchased by a Dealer, pursuant to a Dealer
Agreement, as a result of a breach of representation or warranty
in the related Dealer Agreement;
(e)
all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all
investments and proceeds thereof and all rights of the Issuer
therein;
(f)
any extended
warranty service contracts on the related Financed
Vehicles;
(g)
the related
Receivable Files;
(h)
the
Depositor’s rights and benefits, but none of its
obligations or burdens, under the Purchase Agreement, including
the delivery requirements, the representations and warranties
and the cure and repurchase obligations of Franklin Capital and
Franklin SPE under the Purchase Agreement; and
(i)
the proceeds of any
and all of the foregoing.
It is the intention of the Depositor that the
transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement shall
constitute a sale of the Receivables and other Trust Property
from the Depositor to the Issuer for non-tax purposes and the
beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables and the
other Trust Property shall not be part of the Depositor’s
estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or
against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. In the
event that, notwithstanding the intent of the Depositor, the
transfer and assignment contemplated hereby is held not to be a
sale, this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement, and
the Depositor hereby grants to the Issuer for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee, a
security interest in the property referred to in
Section 2.1 whether now owned or existing or hereafter
acquired or arising.
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
SECTION 3.1
Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor . The Depositor
makes the following representations and warranties as to the
Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and
warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date (unless another date or
time period is otherwise specified or indicated in the
particular representation or warranty), but shall survive the
sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer
and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
The representations set forth in Sections 3.1(a),
(b), (h), (i) and (r) may not be waived.
(a)
Title
. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, the Depositor had good and marketable title to
each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and, immediately
upon the transfer thereof, the Trust shall have good and
marketable title to each such Receivable, free and clear of all
Liens (or a valid first priority perfected security interest in
such Receivable); and the transfer of the Receivables to the
Trust has been perfected under the UCC. No Dealer or any
other Person has any right to receive proceeds of any
Receivables.
(b)
All Filings
Made . All filings (including, without
limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give
the Trust a first priority perfected ownership interest in the
Receivables, and to give the Indenture Collateral Agent a first
priority perfected security interest therein, on behalf of the
Issuer Secured Parties shall have been made. All financing
statements filed or to be filed against the Depositor in favor
of the Trust in connection herewith describing the Receivables
contain a statement to the following effect “A purchase of
or security interest in any collateral described in this
financing statement will violate the rights of the
Trust.”
(c)
Characteristics
of Receivables . Each Receivable (i) was
originated in the United States of America and is denominated in
United States dollars by a Dealer in connection with the retail
sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such
Dealer’s business, was fully and properly executed by the
parties thereto, was purchased by the Depositor from Franklin
Capital or Franklin SPE, which in turn shall have been purchased
by Franklin Capital from such Dealer under an existing dealer
agreement with Franklin Capital, and shall have been validly
assigned by Franklin Capital or Franklin SPE to the Depositor in
accordance with its terms, (ii) shall have created a valid,
subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security
interest in favor of Franklin Capital or Franklin SPE in the
Financed Vehicle, which security interest has been assigned by
Franklin Capital or Franklin SPE, as applicable, to the
Depositor, which in turn has been assigned by the Depositor to
the Trust, (iii) shall contain customary and enforceable
provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof shall be adequate for realization against the collateral
of the benefits of the security, (iv) shall provide for
level monthly payments (provided that the payment in the first
or last month in the life of the Receivable may be different
from the level payment) that fully amortize the Amount Financed
by maturity and (v) provides for calculation of interest in
accordance with the Simple Interest Method. Except as otherwise
evidenced in the Receivable File relating thereto, the terms of
each Receivable have not been amended and collections relating
to such Receivable have not been waived.
(d)
Schedule of
Receivables . The information set forth in
Schedule A to this Agreement (the “Schedule of
Receivables”) is true and correct in all material respects
as of the Cutoff Date, and no selection procedures believed by
the Depositor to be adverse to the Noteholders were utilized in
selecting the Receivables. The Computer Tape regarding the
Receivables is true and correct in all material respects as of
the Cutoff Date.
(e)
Compliance With
Law . Each Receivable complied at the time it
was originated or made and, complies at the execution of this
Agreement in all material respects with all requirements of
applicable Federal, state and local laws and regulations
thereunder, including, without limitation, usury laws, the
Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act,
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Rees-Levering Act, the Federal
Reserve Board’s Regulations B and Z, state adaptations of
the National Consumer Act and other consumer credit laws and
equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.
(f)
Binding
Obligation . Each Receivable represents the
legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the
Obligor thereunder, enforceable by the holder thereof in
accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and similar laws now or
hereafter in effect related to or affecting creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity
(whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity); and all
parties to each Receivable had full legal capacity to execute
and deliver such Receivable and all other documents related
thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be
granted thereby.
(g)
No Government
Obligor . None of the Receivables are due from
the United States of America or any State or from any agency,
department or instrumentality of the United States of America or
any State.
(h)
Valid and
Continuing Security Interest; No other pledges .
This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest in the Receivables in favor of the Trust, which
security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is
enforceable against such creditors of and purchasers from the
Depositor to the Trust. Other than the security interest
granted to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor
has not pledged, assigned, sold or granted a security interest
in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The
Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of
any financing statements against the Depositor that include a
description of collateral covering the Receivables other than
any financing statement related to the security interest granted
to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement.
(i)
Security
Interest in Financed Vehicle . Immediately
prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof to the Trust,
each FCC Receivable and each Franklin SPE Receivable is secured
by a validly perfected first priority security interest in the
Financed Vehicle in favor of Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE,
respectively, as secured parties or all necessary and
appropriate actions have been commenced that would result in the
valid perfection of a first priority security interest in the
Financed Vehicle in favor of Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE,
respectively, as secured parties. Immediately after the
sale, assignment and transfer thereof to the Trust pursuant to
this Agreement, although the Lien Certificate will indicate
Franklin Capital as lienholder and will not indicate the Trust
or Owner Trustee as secured party, each Receivable will be
secured by an enforceable and perfected security interest in the
Financed Vehicle in favor of the Trust as secured party for the
benefit of the Noteholders, which security interest is prior to
all other Liens in such Financed Vehicle.
(j)
Receivables in
Force . As of the Closing Date, no Receivable
has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor has any
related Financed Vehicle been released from the Lien granted by
the related Receivable in whole or in part.
(k)
No
Waiver . No provision of a Receivable has been
waived except as reflected in the Receivable File relating to
such Receivable.
(l)
No
Defenses . As of the Closing Date, no right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including, without
limitation, the defense of usury, has been asserted or
threatened with respect to any Receivable.
(m)
No
Liens . To the best of the Depositor’s
knowledge, as of the Closing Date there are no Liens or claims,
including Liens for work, labor, materials or unpaid state or
federal taxes relating to any Financed Vehicle securing the
related Receivable, that are or may be prior to or equal to the
Lien granted by such Receivable.
(n)
No
Default . No Receivable has a payment that is
more than 30 days delinquent as of the Cutoff Date and, except
for any delinquency in payment on any Receivable not more than
30 days delinquent, no default, breach, violation or event (in
any such case) permitting acceleration under the terms of any
Receivable has occurred; and except for any delinquency in
payment on any Receivable not more than 30 days delinquent, no
continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event (in any such
case) permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable
shall have arisen as of the Cutoff Date; and the Depositor has
not waived and shall not waive any of the foregoing. For
purposes of this clause (n), a Receivable is considered 30 days
delinquent if 30 days have elapsed since the date on which a
scheduled payment had been due but not been made. As of
the Closing Date, no Receivable has had an uncured First Payment
Default.
(o)
No
Bankruptcies . No Obligor on any Receivable was
the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced following the
execution of the related Contract except an Obligor that has
received a discharge or dismissal under the United States
Bankruptcy Code.
(p)
No
Repossessions . As of the Cutoff Date, no
Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable is in repossession
status.
(q)
Adverse
Selection . No selection procedures adverse to
the Noteholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables from
those owned by Franklin Capital or Franklin SPE, as applicable,
which met the selection criteria contained in this
Agreement.
(r)
Chattel
Paper . Each Receivable constitutes
“tangible chattel paper” as defined in the UCC.
The Receivables do not have any marks or notations
indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise
conveyed to any Person other than the Trust or the Indenture
Trustee.
(s)
Insurance . Under the
terms of each Receivable the Obligor is required to maintain
physical damage insurance or comprehensive and collision
insurance covering the Financed Vehicle.
(t)
Lawful
Assignment . No Receivable was originated in,
as of the Cutoff Date, or is subject to the laws of, any
jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and assignment of
such Receivable or this Agreement is unlawful, void or
voidable.
(u)
Reserved .
(v)
One
Original . There is only one original executed
copy of each Receivable; immediately prior to the delivery
thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3,
such copy shall have been in the custody and possession of the
Depositor, Franklin SPE or Franklin Capital.
(w)
Location of
Receivable Files . The Receivable Files are
kept at one or more of the locations listed in Schedule B and
each item required to be in a Receivable File is in such
Receivable File.
(x)
Computer
Records . As of the Closing Date, the
accounting and computer records relating to the Receivables of
the Depositor have been marked to show the absolute ownership by
the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust of the Receivables.
(y)
Taxes
. To the knowledge of the Depositor, there are no state or
local taxing jurisdictions which have asserted that nonresident
holders of notes issued by a trust which holds assets similar to
the assets to be held by the Trust are subject to the
jurisdiction’s income or other taxes solely by reason of
the location in the jurisdiction of the Owner Trustee, the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Representative or the obligors on
or the assets securing the Receivables held by the Trust.
(z)
Maturity of
Receivables . As of the Cutoff Date, each
Receivable has a final maturity date not later than July 13,
2015; each Receivable has an original term to maturity of not
more than 84 months; the weighted average original term of the
Receivables is approximately 71 months; and the weighted average
remaining term of the Receivables is approximately 63 months.
No Receivable shall have a remaining term of less than six
months as of the Cutoff Date.
(aa)
Financing . As of the
Cutoff Date, approximately 44.39% of the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Receivables represent new vehicles; the remainder
of the Receivables represent used vehicles; and 100% of the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables represent Simple
Interest Receivables. As of the Cutoff Date, approximately
48.63% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables
represent Prime Receivables, approximately 49.01% of the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables represent
Non-Prime Receivables and approximately 2.36% of the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Receivables represent Sub-Prime
Receivables. As of the Cutoff Date, the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Receivables is $485,410,946.28.
(bb)
APR .
As of the Cutoff Date, the weighted average Annual
Percentage Rate of the Receivables is approximately 10.57%.
Each Receivable has an APR equal to or greater than
3.75%.
(cc)
Number . As of the Cutoff
Date, there are 27,212 Receivables.
(dd)
Balance . As of the Cutoff
Date, each Receivable has a remaining Principal Balance of not
less than $1,014.81 and not more than $115,691.41, and as of the
Cutoff Date the average Principal Balance of the Receivables is
$17,838.12.
(ee)
Finance
Charge . Each Receivable provides for the
payment of a finance charge calculated on the basis of the APR
stated in the related Contract and such APR has not been
modified except as otherwise required under the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act, as amended.
(ff)
Force Placed
Insurance . No Receivable is subject to a force
placed insurance policy on the related Financed Vehicle.
SECTION
3.2
Repurchase upon
Breach . (a) The Representative, the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer, as the case may be, shall
inform the other parties to this Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee and the Indenture Administrator promptly, in writing,
upon the discovery of any breach of the Representative’s
or the Depositor’s representations and warranties made
pursuant to Section 3.1. The Representative, the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer, as the case may be shall
inform Franklin Capital, promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of Franklin Capital’s or Franklin
SPE’s representations and warranties made pursuant to
Section 3.02(a) or Section 3.02(b) of the Purchase
Agreement. As of the last day of the second (or, if the
Representative or the Depositor so elects, the first) month
following the discovery by the Representative or the Depositor
or receipt by the Representative or the Depositor of notice from
any of the Representative, the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator, the Indenture
Collateral Agent or the Issuer of such breach, unless such
breach is cured by such date, the Representative and the
Depositor shall jointly and severally have an obligation to
repurchase any Receivable in which the interests of the
Noteholders are materially and adversely affected by any such
breach as of such date. The “second month”
shall mean the month following the month in which discovery
occurs or notice is given, and the “first month”
shall mean the month in which discovery occurs or notice is
given. In consideration of and simultaneously with the
repurchase of the Receivable, the Representative and/or the
Depositor shall remit, or the Depositor shall cause Franklin
Capital or Franklin SPE, as applicable, to remit pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, to the Collection Account the Purchase
Amount in the manner specified in Section 5.5 and the
Issuer shall execute such assignments and other documents
reasonably requested by such person in order to effect such
repurchase. The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator, the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect to a breach
of representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.1
and the agreement contained in this Section shall be the
repurchase of Receivables pursuant to this Section, subject to
the conditions contained herein or to enforce the obligations of
Franklin Capital or Franklin SPE, as applicable, to the
Depositor to repurchase such Receivables pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement. None of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Administrator shall have a
duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the
occurrence of any conditions requiring the repurchase of any
Receivable pursuant to this Section.
(b)
Pursuant to
Section 2.1 of this Agreement, the Depositor conveyed to
the Trust all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest
in its rights and benefits, but none of its obligations or
burdens, under the Purchase Agreement including the
Depositor’s rights under the Purchase Agreement and the
delivery requirements, the representations and warranties of
Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE and the cure or repurchase
obligations of Franklin Capital thereunder. The Depositor
hereby represents and warrants to the Trust that such assignment
is valid, enforceable and effective to permit the Trust to
enforce such obligations of Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE
under the Purchase Agreement.
SECTION
3.3
Custody of
Receivable Files . To assure uniform quality in
servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs,
the Issuer hereby revocably appoints the Servicer, and the
Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the
following documents or instruments which are hereby
constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee, as of the Cutoff Date as pledgee of the
Issuer with respect to each Receivable:
(a)
the original
Receivable;
(b)
a record of the
information supplied by the Obligor in the original credit
application;
(c)
the original
certificate of title or such documents that the Servicer shall
keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures,
evidencing the security interest of Franklin Capital in the
Financed Vehicle (it being understood that (i) the original
certificates of title generally are not delivered to Franklin
Capital for 120 days but that promptly upon delivery they shall
be delivered to the Servicer as custodian hereunder and
(ii) in California, Franklin Capital participates in the
California electronic lien and title system and does not receive
physical documentation); and
(d)
any and all other
documents that the Servicer shall keep on file, in accordance
with its customary procedures, relating to a Receivable, an
Obligor or a Financed Vehicle.
provided , that the Servicer may appoint
one or more agents to act as subcustodians of certain items
contained in a Receivables File pursuant to Section 4.14.
SECTION
3.4
Duties of
Servicer as Custodian . (a)
Safekeeping . The Servicer shall hold the
Receivable Files on behalf of the Issuer, the Indenture
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Administrator and the Indenture
Trustee and maintain such accurate and complete accounts,
records and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File
as shall enable the Issuer to comply with this Agreement.
In performing its duties as custodian the Servicer shall
act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and
attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to the
Receivable Files relating to all comparable automotive
receivables that the Servicer services for itself or others,
except that the Servicer shall not be obligated, and does not
currently intend, to (i) pay any premium of force-placed
insurance concerning any Financed Vehicle or (ii) monitor
any Obligor’s maintenance of such insurance. The
Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic
audits of the Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement
and of the related accounts, records and computer systems, in
such a manner as shall enable the Issuer, the Indenture
Administrator or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of
the Servicer’s record keeping. The Servicer shall
promptly report to the Issuer, the Indenture Administrator and
the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part to hold the
Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer
systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action
to remedy any such failure.
(b)
Maintenance of
Records . The Servicer shall maintain each
Receivable File at the offices specified in Schedule B to
this Agreement or at such other office as shall be specified to
the Issuer, the Indenture Administrator and the Indenture
Trustee by written notice not later than 10 days after any
change in location. The Servicer shall at all times
maintain the original of the fully executed Receivable and store
such original Receivable in a fireproof facility.
Additionally, the Servicer shall maintain the Receivable
Files in an organized and orderly manner.
(c)
Access to
Records . The Servicer will provide to the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator, the Issuer and
the Depositor, on the Closing Date, an Officer’s
Certificate stating that the Receivable Files with respect to
the Receivables contain all materials which are required to be
kept therein by Section 3.3(a), (b), (c) and (d).
Upon reasonable prior notice, the Servicer shall
make available to the Issuer, the Indenture Administrator, the
Indenture Trustee or any duly authorized representatives,
attorneys or auditors of any of the foregoing, a list of
locations of, and access to, the Receivable Files and records
and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times
during normal business hours as the Issuer, the Indenture
Administrator or the Indenture Trustee shall instruct.
(d)
Release of
Documents . Upon written instruction from the
Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Administrator at any time
following a Servicer Default or termination of the
Servicer’s appointment pursuant to Section 3.7 the
Servicer shall release any Receivable File to the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent, or the Indenture
Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at such place or
places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as
practicable.
SECTION
3.5
Instructions;
Authority To Act . The Servicer shall be deemed
to have received proper instructions with respect to the
Receivable Files upon its receipt of written instructions signed
by a Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to provide the
Servicer with any such instructions with respect to the
Receivable Files.
SECTION
3.6
Custodian’s
Indemnification . The Servicer as custodian
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Administrator, the Indenture Collateral Agent and
the Indenture Trustee and each of their officers, directors,
employees and agents for any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) that
may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Administrator, the Indenture
Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee or any of their
officers, directors, employees and agents as the result of any
improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance
and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable
Files; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable
to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Administrator,
the Indenture Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee, as the
case may be, for any portion of any such amount resulting from
the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Administrator, the Indenture Collateral
Agent or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be. This
provision shall not be considered to limit the Servicer’s
or any other party’s rights, obligations, liabilities,
claims or defenses which arise as a matter of law or pursuant to
any other provision of this Agreement.
SECTION
3.7
Effective Period
and Termination . The Servicer’s
appointment as custodian shall become effective as of the Cutoff
Date and shall continue in full force and effect until
terminated pursuant to this Section 3.7. If Franklin
Capital shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and
obligations of any Servicer shall have been terminated under
Section 8.1, the appointment of such Servicer as custodian
shall be terminated, in the same manner as the Servicer may be
terminated under Section 8.1. As soon as practicable after
any termination of such appointment, the Servicer shall deliver
the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee’s agent at such place or places as the Indenture
Trustee shall reasonably designate in writing. If the
Servicer shall be terminated as custodian hereunder for any
reason but shall continue to serve as Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee shall, or shall cause its agent to, make the Receivable
Files available to the Servicer during normal business hours
upon reasonable notice so as to permit the Servicer to perform
its obligations as Servicer hereunder.
SECTION
3.8
Article Nine
Provisions . The representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 3.8 speak as of the Closing Date
in the case of Receivables, but shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and pledge
thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
The representations set forth in this Section 3.8 may
not be waived.
(a)
This Agreement
creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in
the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Issuer,
which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is
enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from
the Depositor.
(b)
The Depositor has
taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest
against Franklin Capital and Franklin SPE in the
Receivables.
(c)
The Receivables
constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the
meaning of the applicable UCC.
(d)
The Depositor owns
and has good and marketable title to the Receivables free and
clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any
Person.
(e)
The Depositor has
caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all
appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in
the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to
perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the
Issuer hereunder.
(f)
Other than the
security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to this
Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
Receivables. The Depositor has not authorized the filing
of and is not aware of any financing statements against the
Depositor that include a description of collateral covering the
Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the
security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or that has
been terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any
judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor.
(g)
Franklin Capital
has in its possession all original copies of the Receivables
Files that constitute or evidence the Receivables. The
Receivables Files that constitute or evidence the Receivables do
not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than
the Issuer. All financing statements filed or to be filed
against Depositor, in favor of the Issuer in connection herewith
describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any
collateral described in this financing statement will violate
the rights of the Issuer.”
ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of
Receivables
SECTION 4.1
Duties of
Servicer . The Servicer, as agent for the
Issuer, shall manage, service, administer and make collections
on the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables) with
reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that
the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable automotive
receivables that it services for itself or others, except that
the Servicer shall not be obligated, and does not currently
intend, to (i) pay any premium of force-placed insurance
concerning any Financed Vehicle or (ii) monitor any
Obligor’s maintenance of such insurance. The
Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of
all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such
Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment
statements or coupon books to Obligors, accounting for
collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture
Administrator with respect to distributions. Subject to
the provisions of Section 4.2(b), the Servicer shall follow
its customary standards, policies and procedures in performing
its duties as Servicer. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator, the
Indenture Collateral Agent, the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to
such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such
Receivables. If the Servicer shall commence a legal
proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer (in the case of a
Receivable other than a Purchased Receivable) shall thereupon be
deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of
collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the
Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it
shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to
enforce such Receivable the Owner Trustee shall, at the
Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce
such Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name
of the Trust, the Indenture Administrator, the Indenture
Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders. The
Owner Trustee shall upon the written request of the Servicer
furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other
documents reasonably necessary or appropriate (as certified to
the Owner Trustee by the Servicer) to enable the Servicer to
carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
SECTION
4.2
Collection and
Allocation of Receivable Payments . (a)
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the
Receivables as and when the same shall become due and shall
follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to
all comparable automotive receivables that it services for
itself or others. The Servicer shall allocate collections
between principal and interest in accordance with its customary
servicing procedures.
(b)
The Servicer may,
in accordance with its customary servicing policies grant
extensions, rebates or adjustments on a Receivable;
provided , however , that the Servicer shall not,
unless required by law or court order, modify the original due
day of any Receivable by any period in excess of 25 days, shall
not reduce the amount of the scheduled payments on a Receivable
(unless the related Obligor is in default on such Receivable or,
in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is imminent), and
shall not extend the final payment date of any Receivable beyond
the Final Scheduled Maturity Date; provided
further that if the Servicer extends the date for final
payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the Final
Scheduled Maturity Date or grants any other extension, rebate or
adjustment on a Receivable, in any case, contrary to the
limitations set forth in this Section 4.2, it shall promptly
repurchase such Receivable from the Trust in accordance with
Section 4.7. The Servicer may in its discretion waive
any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected
in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable. The
Servicer shall not, except as provided in clause (c) below,
voluntarily agree to any alteration of the interest rate on any
Receivable. The Servicer covenants that it will not
intentionally extend the final payment of a Receivable past the
Final Scheduled Maturity Date with the intention of purchasing
such Receivable as this Agreement would require.
(c)
The Servicer may
modify the interest rate and extend the terms on a Receivable
under the following circumstances:
(1)
The Servicer
determines that payment in full on the Receivable is unlikely at
the current interest rate of the Receivable and authorizes
repossession of the related Financed Vehicle;
(2)
Based on published
Manheim data, the Servicer estimates the Realized Loss that
would be incurred as a result of repossession of the related
Financed Vehicle exceeds $3,000;
(3)
The Receivable must
have been originated at least twelve months prior to an interest
rate modification;
(4)
The Obligor must
have experienced a “qualifying event” of one or more
of the following:
·
Divorce or
separation;
·
Death in immediate
family;
·
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