Exhibit 10.2
SALE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
among
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST
2006-2,
as Issuer,
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING
CORP.,
as Trust Depositor,
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,
as Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of May 1, 2006
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE One DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01.
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Definitions
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3
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Section 1.02.
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Usage of Terms
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85
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Section 1.03.
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Section References
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85
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Section 1.04.
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Calculations
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86
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Section 1.05.
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Accounting Terms
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87
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ARTICLE Two TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS
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87
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Section 2.01.
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Closing
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87
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Section 2.02.
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Conditions to the Closing
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91
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Section 2.03.
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Conveyance of Subsequent
Contracts
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97
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ARTICLE Three REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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109
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Section 3.01.
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Representations and Warranties Regarding the
Trust Depositor
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112
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Section 3.02.
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Representations and Warranties Regarding the
Servicer
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121
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ARTICLE Four PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND
PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
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127
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Section 4.01.
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Custody of Contracts
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127
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Section 4.02.
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Filing
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134
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Section 4.03.
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Name Change or Relocation
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136
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Section 4.04.
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Costs and Expenses
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138
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ARTICLE Five SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
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138
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Section 5.01.
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Responsibility for Contract
Administration
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138
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Section 5.02.
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Standard of Care
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139
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Section 5.03.
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Records
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140
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Section 5.04.
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Inspection
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141
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Section 5.05.
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Trust Accounts
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142
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Section 5.06.
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Enforcement
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151
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Section 5.07.
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Trustees to Cooperate
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157
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Section 5.08.
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Costs and Expenses
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159
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Section 5.09.
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Maintenance of Security Interests in
Motorcycles
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160
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Section 5.10.
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Successor Servicer/Lockbox
Agreements
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161
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Section 5.11.
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Separate Entity Existence
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163
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ARTICLE Six THE TRUST DEPOSITOR
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163
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Section 6.01.
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Covenants of the Trust Depositor
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163
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(a)
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Existence
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164
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Section 6.02.
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Liability of Trust Depositor;
Indemnities
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174
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Section 6.03.
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Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Trust Depositor; Certain Limitations
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181
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Section 6.04.
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Limitation on Liability of Trust Depositor and
Others
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185
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Section 6.05.
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Trust Depositor Not to Resign
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187
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ARTICLE Seven DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE
FUND
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187
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Section 7.01.
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Monthly Distributions
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187
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Section 7.02.
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Fees
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189
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Section 7.03.
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Advances; Realization of Carrying
Charge
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189
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Section 7.04.
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Interest Reserve Account
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192
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Section 7.05.
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Distributions; Priorities
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194
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Section 7.06.
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Reserve Fund
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208
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Section 7.07.
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Establishment of Pre-Funding
Account
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212
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Section 7.08.
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Purchase of Contracts for Breach of
Representations and Warranties
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216
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Section 7.09.
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Reassignment of Reacquired
Contracts
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219
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Section 7.10.
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Servicer’s Purchase Option
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220
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Section 7.11.
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Purchase of Contracts for Breach of Servicing
Obligations
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222
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ARTICLE Eight EVENTS OF TERMINATION; SERVICE
TRANSFER
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224
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Section 8.01.
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Events of Termination
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224
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Section 8.02.
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Waiver of Event of Termination
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229
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Section 8.03.
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Service Transfer
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230
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Section 8.04.
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Successor Servicer to Act; Appointment of
Successor Servicer
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233
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Section 8.05.
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Notification to Securityholders
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235
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Section 8.06.
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Effect of Transfer
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236
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Section 8.07.
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Database File
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237
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Section 8.08.
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Successor Servicer
Indemnification
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238
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Section 8.09.
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Responsibilities of the Successor
Servicer
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239
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Section 8.10.
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Limitation of Liability of
Servicer
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241
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Section 8.11.
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Merger or Consolidation of
Servicer
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244
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Section 8.12.
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Servicer Not to Resign
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245
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Section 8.13.
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Appointment of Subservicer
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246
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ARTICLE Nine REPORTS
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247
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Section 9.01.
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Monthly Reports
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247
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Section 9.02.
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Officer’s Certificate
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247
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Section 9.03.
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Other Data
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248
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Section 9.04.
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Report on Assessment of Compliance with
Servicing Criteria and Attestation; Annual Officer’s
Certificate
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248
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Section 9.05.
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Monthly Reports to Noteholders
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253
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ARTICLE Ten TERMINATION
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268
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Section 10.01.
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Sale of Trust Assets
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268
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ARTICLE Eleven MISCELLANEOUS
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269
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Section 11.01.
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Amendment
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269
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Section 11.02.
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Protection of Title to Trust
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276
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Section 11.03.
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Governing Law
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282
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Section 11.04.
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Notices
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283
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Section 11.05.
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Severability of Provisions
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290
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Section 11.06.
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Assignment
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291
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Section 11.07.
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Third Party Beneficiaries
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291
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Section 11.08.
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Counterparts
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292
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Section 11.09.
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Headings
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292
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Section 11.10.
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No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and
Subordination
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292
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Section 11.11.
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Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and
Indenture Trustee
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297
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of Assignment
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A-1
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Exhibit B
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Form of Closing Certificate of Trust
Depositor
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B-1
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Exhibit C
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Form of Closing Certificate of
Seller/Servicer
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C-1
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Exhibit D
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Form of Attestation Report
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D-1
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Exhibit E
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Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Indenture
Trustee’s
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Assessment of Compliance
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E-1
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Exhibit F
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Form of Indenture Trustee’s Annual
Certification
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F-1
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Exhibit G
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Form of Certificate Regarding Reacquired
Contracts
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G-1
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Exhibit H
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List of Contracts
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H-1
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Exhibit I
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Form of Monthly Report to Noteholders and the
Certificateholder
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I-1
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Exhibit J
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Seller’s Representations and
Warranties
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J-1
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Exhibit K
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Lockbox Bank and Lockbox Account
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K-1
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Exhibit L
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Form of Subsequent Transfer Agreement
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L-1
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated
as of May 1, 2006, among Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2006-2
(together with its successors and assigns, the
“Issuer” or the “Trust” ),
Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (together with its successor
and assigns, the “Trust Depositor” ), The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A. (solely in its capacity as
Indenture Trustee together with its successors and assigns, the
“Indenture Trustee” ) and Harley-Davidson Credit
Corp. (solely in its capacity as Servicer together with its
successor and assigns, “Harley-Davidson Credit”
or the “Servicer” ).
WHEREAS the Issuer desires to
acquire from the Trust Depositor an initial and one or more
subsequent pools of fixed-rate, simple interest motorcycle
conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security
agreements relating to Harley-Davidson and Buell motorcycles and
motorcycles not manufactured by Harley-Davidson or Buell
(collectively, the “Contracts” ) purchased by
Harley-Davidson Credit and subsequently sold by Harley-Davidson
Credit to the Trust Depositor;
WHEREAS the Trust Depositor is
willing to transfer and assign the Contracts to the Issuer pursuant
to the terms hereof; and
WHEREAS the Servicer is willing to
service the Contracts pursuant to the terms hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01.
Definitions . Whenever used in this
Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
“Addition
Notice” means, with
respect to any transfer of Subsequent Contracts to the Issuer
pursuant to Section 2.03 and the Trust Depositor’s
corresponding prior purchase of such Contracts from the Seller, a
notice, which shall be given at least 10 days prior to the related
Subsequent Transfer Date, identifying the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Subsequent Contracts to be transferred.
“Advance”
means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the amounts, if any, deposited by the Servicer
in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 7.03.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means 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
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership
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of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “ controlling” or
“ controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Aggregate Principal
Balance” will equal
the sum of the Principal Balances of each outstanding Contract and
the Pre-Funded Amount, if any. At the time of initial
issuance of the Securities, the initial aggregate principal amount
of the Securities will equal the initial Pool Balance plus the
initial Pre-Funded Amount.
“Aggregate Principal
Balance Decline” means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount by which the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the close
of business on the last day of the Due Period relating to the
Distribution Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or
as of the Initial Cutoff Date in the case of the first Distribution
Date) exceeds the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the close of
business on the last day of the Due Period relating to such
Distribution Date.
“Agreement” means this Sale and Servicing Agreement,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“Available
Monies” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Available Interest
and the Available Principal for such Distribution Date.
“Available
Interest” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, the total (without
duplication) of the following amounts received by the Servicer on
or in respect of the Contracts during the related Due Period: (i)
all amounts received in respect of interest on the Contracts, (ii)
the interest component of all Net Liquidation Proceeds, (iii) the
interest component of the aggregate of the Purchase Prices for
Contracts reacquired by the Trust Depositor pursuant to Section
7.08, (iv) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
7.03, (v) the interest component of all amounts paid by the
Servicer in connection with an optional purchase of the Contracts
pursuant to Section 7.10, (vi) the interest component of the
aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts purchased by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.11, (vii) all amounts received in
respect of Carrying Charges transferred from the Interest Reserve
Account pursuant to Section 7.03, and (viii) all amounts received
in respect of interest, dividends, gains, income and earnings on
investment of funds in the Trust Accounts as contemplated in
Section 5.05(d).
“Available
Principal” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, the total (without
duplication) of the following amounts received by the Servicer on
or in respect of the Contracts during the related Due Period: (i)
all amounts received in respect of principal on the Contracts, (ii)
the principal component of all Net Liquidation Proceeds, (iii) the
principal component of the aggregate of the Purchase Prices for
Contracts reacquired by the Trust Depositor pursuant to Section
7.08, (iv) the principal component of all amounts paid by the
Servicer in connection with an optional purchase of the Contracts
pursuant to Section 7.10, and (v) the principal component of the
aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts purchased by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.11.
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“Average Delinquency
Ratio” means, for
any Distribution Date, the arithmetic average of the Delinquency
Ratios for such Distribution Date and the two immediately preceding
Distribution Dates.
“Average Loss
Ratio” means, for
any Distribution Date, the arithmetic average of the Loss Ratios
for such Distribution Date and the two immediately preceding
Distribution Dates.
“Base
Prospectus” means
the Prospectus dated May 23, 2006 relating to the Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle Trusts.
“Buell”
means Buell Motorcycle Company,
LLC.
“Business
Day” means any day
other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or another day on which banking
institutions in the city of Chicago, Illinois, Wilmington, Delaware
or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive
order, or governmental decree to be closed.
“Calculation
Day” means the last
day of each calendar month.
“Carrying
Charges” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the product
of (x) the weighted average of the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2
Rate and the Class B Rate for the related Interest Period and (y)
the undisbursed funds (excluding investment earnings) in the
Pre-Funding Account (as of the last day of the related Due Period)
and (ii) the Indenture Trustee Fee for the related Distribution
Date, minus (iii) the amount of any investment earnings on funds in
the Pre-Funding Account which was transferred to the Interest
Reserve Account, as well as interest earnings on amounts in the
Interest Reserve Account with respect to such Distribution
Date.
“Certificate”
means the Trust Certificate (as such
term is defined in the Trust Agreement), representing 100% of the
beneficial equity interest in the Trust and issued pursuant to the
Trust Agreement.
“Certificate
Register” shall
have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Certificateholder”
shall have the meaning specified in
the Trust Agreement.
“Class”
means all Notes whose form is
identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or
owner.
“Class A
Notes” means,
collectively, the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2
Notes.
“Class A-1 Final
Distribution Date” means the October 2010 Distribution
Date.
“Class A-1
Noteholder” means
the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered in the Note
Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
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“Class A-1
Rate” means 5.36%
per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months).
“Class A-2 Final
Distribution Date” means the March 2013 Distribution
Date.
“Class A-2
Noteholder” means
the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered in the Note
Register.
“Class A-2
Rate” means 5.35%
per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months).
“Class B Final Distribution
Date” means the
August 2014 Distribution Date.
“Class B
Noteholder” means
the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered in the Note
Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
“Class B
Rate” means 5.58%
per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months).
“Clearing
Agency” shall have
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Closing
Date” means May 31,
2006.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning specified in the
“granting clause” of the Indenture.
“Collection
Account” means a
trust account as described in Section 5.05 maintained in the name
of the Indenture Trustee and which shall be an Eligible
Account.
“Computer
File” means the
computer file generated by the Servicer which provides information
relating to the Contracts and which was used by the Seller in
selecting the Contracts sold to the Trust Depositor pursuant to the
Transfer and Sale Agreement (and any Subsequent Purchase Agreement)
and transferred to the Trust by the Trust Depositor pursuant to
this Agreement (and any Subsequent Transfer Agreement), and
includes the master file and the history file as well as servicing
information with respect to the Contracts.
“Contract
Assets” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.01 (and 2.03, as applicable in the
case of Subsequent Contracts) of the Transfer and Sale
Agreement.
“Contract
File” means, as to
each Contract, (a) the original copy of the Contract, including the
executed conditional sales contract or promissory note and security
agreement or other evidence of the obligation of the Obligor, (b)
the original title certificate to the Motorcycle and, where
applicable, the certificate of lien recordation, or, if such title
certificate has not yet been issued, an application for such title
certificate, or other appropriate evidence of a security
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interest in the covered Motorcycle;
(c) the assignments of the Contract; (d) the original copy of any
agreement(s) modifying the Contract including, without limitation,
any extension agreement(s) and (e) documents evidencing the
existence of physical damage insurance covering such
Motorcycle.
“Contract
Rate” means, as to
any Contract, the annual rate of interest with respect to such
Contract.
“Contracts” means the motorcycle conditional sales
contracts or promissory note and security agreements described in
the List of Contracts and constituting part of the Trust Corpus (as
such list may be supplemented from time to time to reflect
transfers of Subsequent Contracts), and includes, without
limitation, all related security interests and any and all rights
to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto after the
Initial Cutoff Date or, with respect to any Subsequent Contracts,
any related Subsequent Cutoff Date, but excluding any rights to
receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or prior
to the Initial Cutoff Date, or with respect to any Subsequent
Contracts, any related Subsequent Cutoff Date.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the
office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at
the address set forth in Section 11.04.
“Cram Down
Loss” means, with
respect to a Contract, if a court of appropriate jurisdiction in an
insolvency proceeding shall have issued an order reducing the
Principal Balance of such Contract, the amount of such reduction
(with a “Cram Down Loss” being deemed to
have occurred on the date of issuance of such order).
“Cumulative Loss
Ratio” means, as of
any Distribution Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage)
computed by the Servicer by dividing (i) the aggregate Net
Liquidation Losses for all Contracts since the related Cutoff Date
through the end of the related Due Period by (ii) the sum of (A)
the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff
Date plus (B) the Principal Balance of any Subsequent Contracts as
of the related Subsequent Cutoff Date plus (C) the Pre-Funded
Amount.
“Cutoff
Date” means either
or both (as the context may require) the Initial Cutoff Date and
any Subsequent Cutoff Date.
“ Defaulted Contract
” means a Contract with respect to which there has occurred
one or more of the following: (i) all or some portion of any
payment under the Contract is 120 days or more delinquent, (ii)
repossession (and expiration of any redemption period) of a
Motorcycle securing a Contract or (iii) the Servicer has determined
in good faith that an Obligor is not likely to resume payment under
a Contract.
“Delinquency
Amount” means, as
of any Distribution Date, the Principal Balance of all Contracts
that were delinquent 60 days or more as of the end of the related
Due Period (including
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Contracts in respect of which the
related Motorcycles have been repossessed and are still in
inventory).
“Delinquent
Interest” means,
for each Contract and each Determination Date as to which the full
payment due in the related Due Period has not been paid before the
30th day after the scheduled payment dated therefor (any such
payment being “ delinquent” for purposes of this
definition), all interest accrued on such Contract from the Due
Date in the Due Period one month prior to the Due Period in which
the payment is delinquent.
“Delinquency
Ratio” means, for
any Distribution Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage)
computed by dividing (a) the Delinquency Amount during the
immediately preceding Due Period by (b) the Principal Balance of
the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due
Period.
“Delta
Loan” means a loan
made by the Seller pursuant to the program designated as the Delta
Program.
“ Determination
Date” means the fourth Business Day following the
conclusion of a Due Period during the term of this
Agreement.
“Distribution
Date” means the
fifteenth day of each calendar month during the term of this
Agreement, or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business
Day, with the first such Distribution Date hereunder being June 15,
2006.
“Due Date”
means, with respect to any Contract,
the day of the month on which each scheduled payment of principal
and interest is due on such Contract, exclusive of days of
grace.
“Due
Period” means a
calendar month during the term of this Agreement, and the Due
Period related to a Determination Date or Distribution Date shall
be the calendar month immediately preceding such date; provided,
however , that with respect to the Initial Determination Date
or Initial Distribution Date, the Due Period shall be the period
from the Initial Cutoff Date to and including May 31,
2006.
“Eligible
Account” means a
segregated deposit account maintained with the Indenture Trustee,
acting in its fiduciary capacity, or a depository institution or
trust company organized under the laws of the United States of
America, or any of the States thereof, or the District of Columbia,
having a certificate of deposit, short-term deposit or commercial
paper rating of at least A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s and
P-1 by Moody’s.
“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;
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(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 (or any domestic
branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and
examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution
authorities; provided, however , that at the time of the
investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, 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) thereof shall have a credit rating
from the Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted
thereby;
(c)
commercial paper, master notes, promissory notes, demand notes or
other short term debt obligations having, at the time of the
investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating
from the Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted
thereby;
(d)
investments in money market funds having a rating from the Rating
Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby
(including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment manager
or advisor);
(e)
notes or bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository
institution or trust company referred to in clause (b)
;
(f)
repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a
direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed as to timely payment 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) described in clause (b) ; and
(g)
any other investment with respect to which the Issuer or the
Servicer has received written notification from the Rating Agencies
that the acquisition of such investment as an Eligible Investment
will not result in a withdrawal or downgrading of the ratings on
the Notes.
“Event of
Termination” means
an event specified in Section 8.01.
“Excess
Amounts” shall mean
Available Monies after distributions made in accordance with
Section 7.05.
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Final Distribution
Date” means the
Class A-1 Final Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Distribution
Date or the Class B Final Distribution Date, as the case may
be.
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“First Priority Principal
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount, not less than zero, equal to the result of (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes as
of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any
principal payments made on the Class A Notes on that preceding
Distribution Date), minus (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance
at the end of Due Period related to that Distribution Date;
provided , however , that the First Priority
Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the outstanding
principal amount of the Class A Notes.
“ Form 10-D Disclosure
Item ” means with respect to any Person, any litigation
or governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or any of
the Issuer, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or
the Servicer of such Person, or in the case of the Owner Trustee or
Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual
knowledge thereof, in each case that would be material to the
Noteholders.
“ Form 10-K Disclosure
Item ” means with respect to any Person, (a) any Form
10-D Disclosure Item, (b) any affiliations between such Person and
the Seller, the Servicer, the Trust Depositor, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee (each, an “ Item 1119 Party
”), to the extent such Person, or in the case of the Owner
Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person,
has actual knowledge thereof and (c) any relationships or
transactions between such Person and any Item 1119 Party that are
outside the ordinary course of business or on terms other than
would be obtained in an arm’s-length transaction with an
unrelated third party, apart from the transactions contemplated
under the Transaction Documents, and that are material to the
investors’ understanding of the Notes, but only to the extent
such Person, or in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture
Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual knowledge
of such relationships or transactions.
“Funding
Period” means the
period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first to
occur of (a) the Distribution Date on which the amount on deposit
in the Pre-Funding Account (after giving effect to any transfers
therefrom in connection with the transfer of Subsequent Contracts
to the Trust on such Distribution Date) is less than $150,000, (b)
the date on which an Event of Termination occurs, (c) the date on
which an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Trust
Depositor and (d) the close of business on the date which is 90
days from and including the Closing Date.
“Harley-Davidson
Financial” means
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“Holder”
means, with respect to a (i)
Certificate, the Person in whose name such Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register and (ii) Note, the Person in
whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
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“Indenture
Trustee” means the
Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, its
successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture.
“Indenture Trustee
Fee” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, one-twelfth of the product of
0.00215% and the sum of (i) the Principal Balance of the Contracts
as of the beginning of the related Due Period and (ii) the
Pre-Funded Amount as of the beginning of such period; provided,
however , in no event shall such fee be less than $200.00 per
month.
“Independent”
when used with respect to any
specified Person, means such a Person who (i) is in fact
independent of the Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer,
(ii) is not a director, officer or employee of any Affiliate of the
Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer, (iii) is not a person
related to any officer or director of the Issuer, the Trust
Depositor or the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates,
(iv) is not a holder (directly or indirectly) of more than 10% of
any voting securities of Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the
Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, and (v) is not
connected with the Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer as
an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or person performing similar functions.
“Initial Class A-1 Note
Balance” means
$450,000,000.
“Initial Class A-2 Note
Balance” means
$302,000,000.
“Initial Class B Note
Balance” means
$48,000,000.
“Initial
Contracts” means
those Contracts conveyed to the Trust on the Closing
Date.
“Initial Cutoff
Date” means as of
the close of business on May 12, 2006.
“Insolvency
Event” means, with
respect to a specified Person, (i) the entry of a decree or order
for relief by a court or regulatory authority having jurisdiction
in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or any other
present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or other 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 the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days; (ii) the commencement of an
involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereinafter in effect, or another present or future federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law and such case is not
dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) the commencement by such Person
of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereinafter in effect, or any other present or future federal or
state, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the consent by
such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official for such Person or for any substantial part
of its property, or the making by such Person of an 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 corporate
action by such Person in furtherance of any the
foregoing.
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“Interest
Period” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the period from and including the
fifteenth day of the month of the Distribution Date immediately
preceding such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but
excluding the fifteenth day of the month of such Distribution
Date.
“Interest
Rate” means the
Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate or the Class B Rate, as
applicable.
“Interest Reserve
Account” means the
account designated as the Interest Reserve Account in, and which is
established and maintained pursuant to, Section 7.04
hereof.
“Interest Reserve
Amount” means, as
of any date of determination, the amount on deposit in the Interest
Reserve Account on such date, and as of the Closing Date shall be
$2,237,443.58.
“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 Pre-Funding Account, to be deposited
into the Collection Account on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 5.05(b).
“Issuer”
means the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
Trust 2006-2.
“Late Payment Penalty
Fees” means any
late payment fees paid by Obligors on Contracts after all sums
received have been allocated first to regular installments due or
overdue and all such installments are then paid in full.
“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 Contract by operation of law.
“Liquidated
Contract” means a
Contract with respect to which there has occurred one or more of
the following: (i) 90 days have elapsed following the date of
repossession (and expiration of any redemption period) with respect
to the Motorcycle securing such Contract, (ii) the receipt of
proceeds by the Servicer from the sale of a repossessed Motorcycle
securing a Contract, (iii) the Servicer has determined in good
faith that all amounts expected to be recovered have been received
with respect to such Contract, or (iv) all or any portion of any
payment is delinquent 150 days or more.
“List of
Contracts” means
the list identifying each Contract constituting part of the Trust
Corpus, which list shall consist of the initial List of Contracts
reflecting the Initial Contracts transferred to the Trust on the
Closing Date, together with any Subsequent List of Contracts
reflecting the Subsequent Contracts transferred to the Trust on the
related Subsequent Transfer Date, and which list (a) identifies
each Contract and (b) sets forth as to each Contract (i) the
Principal Balance as of the applicable Cutoff Date, (ii) the amount
of monthly payments due
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from the Obligor, (iii) the Contract
Rate and (iv) the maturity date, and which list (as in effect on
the Closing Date) is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit H
.
“Lockbox”
means the Lockbox maintained by a
Lockbox Bank identified on Exhibit K hereto.
“Lockbox
Account” means the
account maintained with the Lockbox Bank and identified on
Exhibit K hereto.
“Lockbox
Agreement” means
the Fifth Amended and Restated Lockbox Administration Agreement
dated as of November 1, 2000 by and among the Lockbox Bank, the
Servicer, the Trust Depositor, Eaglemark Customer Funding
Corporation-IV, The Bank of New York (successor-in-interest to the
corporate trust business of Harris Trust and Savings Bank), BNY
Midwest Trust Company, Bank One, National Association and The Bank
of New York Trust Company, National Association, with respect to
the Lockbox Account, unless such agreement shall be terminated in
accordance with its terms, in which event “ Lockbox
Agreement” shall mean such other agreement, in form and
substance acceptable to the above-described parties.
“Lockbox
Bank” means the
financial institution maintaining the Lockbox Account and
identified on Exhibit K hereto or any successor
thereto.
“Loss
Ratio” means, for
any Distribution Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage)
derived by dividing (x) Net Liquidation Losses for all Contracts
that became Liquidated Contracts during the immediately preceding
Due Period multiplied by twelve by (y) the outstanding Principal
Balances of all Contracts as of the beginning of the Due
Period.
“Mandatory
Redemption” means
the prepayment, in part, made to the Noteholders without premium
made on the Distribution Date on or immediately following the last
day of the Funding Period in the event that any amount remains on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account after giving effect to the
acquisition of all Subsequent Contracts, including any such
acquisition on such date.
“Mandatory Redemption
Subaccount” means
the subaccount of the Note Distribution Account into which deposits
from the Pre-Funding Account for any Mandatory Redemption are
made.
“Modified Required
Holders” means (i)
prior to the payment in full of the Class A Notes outstanding,
Class A-1 Noteholders and/or Class A-2 Noteholders evidencing at
least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Class A Notes and (ii) from and after the payment in full of the
Class A Notes outstanding, Class B Noteholders evidencing at least
66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class
B Notes.
“Monthly
Report” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 9.05.
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“Monthly Servicing
Fee” means, as to
any Distribution Date, one-twelfth of the product of 1.00% and the
Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the
related Due Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date
after the Closing Date, as of the Initial Cutoff Date.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Motorcycle” means a motorcycle manufactured by a subsidiary
of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (or in certain limited instances Buell or
certain other manufacturers) securing a Contract.
“Net Liquidation
Losses” means, as
of any Distribution Date, with respect to all Liquidated Contracts
on an aggregate basis, the amount, if any, by which (a) the
outstanding Principal Balance of all Liquidated Contracts exceeds
(b) the Net Liquidation Proceeds for such Liquidated
Contracts.
“Net Liquidation
Proceeds” means, as
to any Liquidated Contract, the proceeds realized on the sale or
other disposition of the related Motorcycle, including proceeds
realized on the repurchase of such Motorcycle by the originating
dealer for breach of warranties, and the proceeds of any insurance
relating to such Motorcycle, after payment of all reasonable
expenses incurred thereby, together, in all instances, with the
expected or actual proceeds of any recourse rights relating to such
Contract as well as any post-disposition proceeds or other amounts
in respect of a Liquidated Contract received by the
Servicer.
“Noteholder” shall have the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
“Note Depository
Agreement” shall
have the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Note Distributable
Amount” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Note Principal
Distributable Amount and the Note Interest Distributable Amount for
such Distribution Date.
“Note Distribution
Account” means the
account established and maintained as such pursuant to Section
5.05.
“Note Interest Carryover
Shortfall” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the
excess, if any, of the sum of the Note Interest Distributable
Amount for such Class for the immediately preceding Distribution
Date plus any outstanding Note Interest Carryover Shortfall for
such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in
respect of interest that is actually deposited in the Note
Distribution Account with respect to such Class on such preceding
Distribution Date, plus, interest on such excess to the extent
permitted by applicable law, at the related Interest Rate for the
related Interest Period.
“Note Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and
a Class of Notes, the sum of the Note Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount and the Note Interest Carryover Shortfall for
such Class of Notes with respect to such Distribution
Date.
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“Note Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date for
any Class of Notes, interest accrued from and including the
fifteenth day of the month of the preceding calendar month to, but
excluding, the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs (or in the case of the first Distribution
Date, interest accrued from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding such Distribution Date) at the related Interest Rate for
such Class of Notes on the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes of such Class on the immediately preceding Distribution Date,
after giving effect to all payments of principal to Noteholders of
such Class on or prior to such preceding Distribution Date (or, in
the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original principal
amount of such Class of Notes).
“Note Pool
Factor” means with
respect to any Class of Notes as of the close of business on any
Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the
outstanding principal amount of such Class of Notes (after giving
effect to any reductions thereof to be made on such Distribution
Date) divided by the original outstanding principal amount of such
Class of Notes.
“Note Principal Carryover
Shortfall” means,
as of the close of any Distribution Date, the excess of the Note
Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution
Date over the amount in respect of principal that is actually
deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution
Date.
“Note Principal
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum of (x) the Principal Distributable Amount with respect to
such Distribution Date and (y) the Note Principal Carryover
Shortfall as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution
Date, minus the First Priority Distributable Amount distributed on
such Distribution Date; provided, however , that the Note
Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes; and provided, further , that
the Note Principal Distributable Amount (i) on the Class A-1 Final
Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is
necessary (after giving effect to other amounts to be deposited in
the Note Distribution Account for payment on the Class A-1 Notes on
such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the
outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes to zero, (ii)
on the Class A-2 Final Distribution Date shall not be less than the
amount that is necessary (after giving effect to other amounts to
be deposited in the Note Distribution Account for payment on the
Class A-2 Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to
principal) to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class
A-2 Notes to zero, and (iii) on the Class B Final Distribution Date
shall not be less than the amount that is necessary (after giving
effect to the other amounts to be deposited in the Note
Distribution Account for payment on the Class B Notes on such
Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the
outstanding principal amount on the Class B notes to
zero.
“ Notes ” means
the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes, in
each case as executed and authenticated in accordance with the
Indenture.
“Obligee”
means the Person to whom an Obligor
is indebted under a Contract.
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“Obligor”
means a Motorcycle buyer or other
person who owes payments under a Contract.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means
a certificate signed by the Chairman, the President, a Vice
President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller,
an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
any Person delivering such certificate and delivered to the Person
to whom such certificate is required to be delivered, including any
certificate delivered under any of the Transaction Documents
required to be executed by a Servicing Officer. In the case
of an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer, at least one of
the signing officers must be a Servicing Officer. Unless
otherwise specified, any reference herein to an Officer’s
Certificate shall be to an Officers’ Certificate of the
Servicer.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a
written opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Trust
Depositor or the Servicer) acceptable to the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee, as the case may be.
“Outstanding
Amount” shall have
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Owner
Trustee” means the
Person acting, not in its individual capacity, but solely as
Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest
and any successor owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
“Paying
Agent” means as
described in Section 1.01 of the Indenture and Section 3.10
of the Trust Agreement.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation,
estate, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary
thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof.
“Pool
Balance” means as
of any date, the Principal Balance of Contracts as of the close of
business on such date.
“Pre-Funded
Amount” means as of
any date, the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account at the
close of business on such date.
“Pre-Funding
Account” means the
account designated as the Pre-Funding Account in, and which is
established and maintained pursuant to
Section 7.07.
“Principal
Balance” means (a)
with respect to any Contract as of any date, an amount equal to the
unpaid principal balance of such Contract as of the close of
business on the Initial Cutoff Date or related Subsequent Cutoff
Date, as applicable, reduced by the sum of (x) all payments
received by the Servicer as of such date allocable to principal and
(y) any Cram Down Loss in respect of such Contract; provided,
however , that (i) if (x) a Contract is reacquired by the
Seller pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement
and Section 7.08 hereof
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because of a breach of
representation or warranty or is purchased by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 7.11 hereof, or if (y) the Servicer gives notice of its
intent to purchase the Contracts in connection with an optional
termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 7.10 hereof, in each
case the Principal Balance of such Contract or Contracts shall be
deemed as of the related Determination Date to be zero for the Due
Period in which such event occurs and for each Due Period
thereafter and (ii) from and after the Due Period in which a
Contract becomes a Liquidated Contract, the Principal Balance of
such Contract shall be deemed to be zero; and (b) where the context
requires, the aggregate of the Principal Balances described in
clause (a) for all such Contracts.
“Principal Distributable
Amount” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the Aggregate Principal Balance
Decline for such Distribution Date.
“Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus together with the
Supplement.
“ Purchase Price”
means, with respect to a Contract to be reacquired or purchased
hereunder as of the last day of any Due Period an amount equal to
(a) the Principal Balance of such Contract as of such day, plus (b)
accrued and unpaid interest at the Contract Rate on such Contract
through the end of such Due Period.
“Qualified Eligible
Investments” means
Eligible Investments acquired by the Indenture Trustee in its name
and in its capacity as Indenture Trustee, which are held by the
Indenture Trustee in any Trust Account and with respect to which
(a) the Indenture Trustee has noted its interest therein on its
books and records, and (b) the Indenture Trustee has purchased such
investments for value without notice of any adverse claim thereto
(and, if such investments are securities or other financial assets
or interests therein, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the
UCC as enacted in Illinois, without acting in collusion with a
securities intermediary in violating such securities
intermediary’s obligations to entitlement holders in such
assets, under Section 8-504 of such UCC, to maintain a sufficient
quantity of such assets in favor of such entitlement holders), and
(c) either (i) such investments are in the possession, or are under
the control, of the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) such investments,
(A) if certificated securities and in bearer form, have been
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, or in registered form, have
been delivered to the Indenture Trustee and either registered by
the issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or endorsed
by effective endorsement to the Indenture Trustee or in blank; (B)
if uncertificated securities, the ownership of which has been
registered to the Indenture Trustee on the books of the issuer
thereof (or another person, other than a securities intermediary,
either becomes the registered owner of the uncertified security on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee or, having previously become the
registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture
Trustee); or (C) if securities entitlements (within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the UCC as enacted in Illinois) representing
interests in securities or other financial assets (or interests
therein) held by a securities intermediary (within the meaning of
said Section 8-102), a securities intermediary indicates by book
entry that a security or other financial asset has been credited to
the Indenture Trustee’s securities account with such
securities intermediary. Any such Qualified Eligible
Investment may be purchased by or through the Indenture Trustee or
any of its affiliates.
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“Rating
Agency” means each
of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, so long as such
Persons maintain a rating on the Notes; and if either Moody’s
or Standard & Poor’s no longer maintains a rating on the
Notes, such other nationally recognized statistical rating
organization selected by the Trust Depositor.
“Record
Date” means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the day
immediately preceding such date.
“Regulation
AB” means Subpart
229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as amended from time to time and as
clarified and interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
or its staff from time to time.
“ Reimbursement
Amount” has the meaning assigned in Section 7.03
hereof.
“Required
Holders” means (i)
prior to the payment in full of the Class A Notes outstanding,
Class A-1 Noteholders and Class A-2 Noteholders evidencing more
than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Class A Notes and (ii) from and after the payment in full of the
Class A Notes outstanding, Class B Noteholders evidencing more than
50% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class B
Notes.
“ Reportable Event
” means any event required to be reported on Form
8-K.
“Reserve
Fund” means the
Reserve Fund established and maintained pursuant to
Section 7.06 hereof.
“Reserve Fund Initial
Deposit” means
$3,774,564.50.
“Reserve Fund
Deposits” means all
moneys deposited in the Reserve Fund from time to time including,
but not limited to, the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit as well as any
monies deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.05(a), all
investments and reinvestments thereof, earnings thereon, and
proceeds of the foregoing, whether now or hereafter
existing.
“Reserve Fund Trigger
Event” means the
occurrence with respect to any Distribution Date (i) the Average
Delinquency Ratio for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater
than (a) 2.50% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs
within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the
first anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) 3.00% with respect to
any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day
after the first anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive
of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date, or (c) 3.50% with
respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period
from the day after the second anniversary of the Closing Date to,
and inclusive of, the third anniversary of the Closing Date or (d)
4.00% with respect to any Distribution Date occurring after the
third anniversary of the Closing Date; (ii) the Average Loss Ratio
for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than (a) 3.50%
with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the
period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second
anniversary of the Closing Date or (b) 3.25% with respect to any
Distribution Date which occurs following the second anniversary of
the Closing Date; or
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(iii) the Cumulative Loss Ratio for
such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than (a) 1.75% with
respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period
from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the first anniversary
of the Closing Date, (b) 2.50% with respect to any Distribution
Date which occurs within the period from the day after the first
anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, (c) 3.00% with respect to any
Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after
the second anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of,
the third anniversary of the Closing Date, or (d) 3.25% with
respect to any Distribution Date occurring after the third
anniversary of the Closing Date.
A Reserve Fund Trigger Event shall
be deemed to have terminated with respect to a Distribution Date if
no Reserve Fund Trigger Event shall exist with respect to three
consecutive Distribution Dates (inclusive of the respective
Distribution Date).
“Responsible
Officer” means,
with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in its Corporate
Trust Administration Department (or any similar group of a
successor Owner Trustee) and with respect to the Indenture Trustee,
the chairman and any vice chairman of the board of directors, the
president, the chairman and vice chairman of any executive
committee of the board of directors, every vice president,
assistant vice president, the secretary, every assistant secretary,
cashier or any assistant cashier, controller or assistant
controller, the treasurer, every assistant treasurer, every trust
officer, assistant trust officer and every other authorized officer
or assistant officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by persons who at
the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom a
corporate trust matter is referred because of knowledge of,
familiarity with, and authority to act with respect to a particular
matter.
“Securities” means the Notes, or any of them.
“Securities
Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securityholders”
means the Holders of the
Notes.
“Seller”
means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.,
a Nevada corporation, or its successor, in its capacity as Seller
of Contract Assets under the Transfer and Sale Agreement and any
Subsequent Purchase Agreement.
“Servicer”
means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.,
a Nevada corporation, or its successor, until any Service Transfer
hereunder and thereafter means the Successor Servicer appointed
pursuant to Article VIII below with respect to the duties and
obligations required of the Servicer under this
Agreement.
“Service
Transfer” has the
meaning assigned in Section 8.03(a).
“ Servicing Criteria
” means the “servicing criteria” set forth in
Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
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“Servicing
Fee” means, on any
Determination Date, the sum of (a) the Monthly Servicing Fee
payable on the related Distribution Date, (b) Late Payment Penalty
Fees received by the Servicer during the related Due Period, and
(c) extension fees received by the Servicer during the related Due
Period.
“Servicing
Officer” means any
officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the
administration and servicing of Contracts whose name appears on a
list of servicing officers appearing in an Officer’s
Certificate furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer, as
the same may be amended from time to time.
“Shortfall” means, with respect to a Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the excess (if any) of (a) the sum of the amounts
payable pursuant to (1) clauses (v) through (viii) of Section
7.05(a), (2) clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 7.05(b) or (3)
clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 7.05(c), as applicable, over
(b) Available Monies for such Distribution Date minus the amounts
payable pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 7.05(a) on
such Distribution Date.
“Solvent”
means, as to any Person at any time,
that (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater
than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is
established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section
101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value
of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such
Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become
absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its
property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature
in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend
to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in business
or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a
transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute unreasonably small capital .
“Specified Reserve Fund
Balance” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
greater of:
(a)
2.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts in the Trust as of
the last day of the related Due Period; provided, however ,
in the event a Reserve Fund Trigger Event occurs and is continuing
for three consecutive Distribution Dates (inclusive of the
respective Distribution Date), the Specified Reserve Fund Balance
shall be equal to 6.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts
in the Trust as of the last day of the immediately preceding Due
Period; and
(b)
1.00% of the aggregate of the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance,
Initial Class A-2 Note Balance and Initial Class B Note
Balance;
provided, however
, in no event shall the Specified
Reserve Fund Balance be greater than the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Securities. As of any Distribution
Date, the
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amount of funds actually on deposit
in the Reserve Fund may, in certain circumstances, be less than the
Specified Reserve Fund Balance.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Subsequent
Contracts” means
all Contracts transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section
2.03.
“Subsequent Cutoff
Date” means the
date specified as such for Subsequent Contracts in the related
Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
“Subsequent List of
Contracts” means a
list, in the form of the initial List of Contracts delivered on the
Closing Date, but listing each Subsequent Contract transferred to
the Trust pursuant to the related Subsequent Transfer
Agreement.
“Subsequent Purchase
Agreement” means,
with respect to any Subsequent Contracts, the agreement between the
Seller and the Trust Depositor pursuant to which the Seller will
transfer the Subsequent Contracts to the Trust Depositor, the form
of which is attached to the Transfer and Sale Agreement as
Exhibit C .
“Subsequent Reserve Fund
Amount” means the
amount on each Subsequent Transfer Date equal to 0.75% of the
aggregate balance of the Subsequent Contracts conveyed to the
Trust.
“Subsequent Transfer
Agreement” means
the agreement described in Section 2.03(b) hereof.
“Subsequent Transfer
Date” means any
date during the Funding Period on which Subsequent Contracts are
transferred to the Trust.
“Successor
Servicer” means a
servicer described in Section 8.03(b).
“Supplement” means the Prospectus Supplement dated May 23,
2006.
“Transaction
Documents” means
this Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Lockbox
Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Administration
Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, any Subsequent Transfer
Agreement and any Subsequent Purchase Agreement.
“Transfer and Sale
Agreement” means
the Transfer and Sale Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and
between the Seller and the Trust Depositor, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Trust”
means the trust created by the Trust
Agreement, comprised of the Trust Corpus.
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“Trust
Accounts” means,
collectively, the Collection Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the
Note Distribution Account, the Reserve Fund and the Interest
Reserve Account, or any of them.
“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), including the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit, and all
proceeds of the foregoing.
“Trust
Agreement” means
the Trust Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2006, between the Trust
Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
“Trust
Corpus” has the
meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a) hereof (and in
Section 2.03(a) hereof in respect of Subsequent Contracts and
related assets transferred to the Trust pursuant to Subsequent
Transfer Agreements).
“Trust
Depositor” has the
meaning assigned such term in the preamble hereunder or any
successor thereto.
“Trust
Estate” shall have
the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Trustees”
means the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect on the date hereof and from time to time in the
State of Illinois, provided that if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection or priority of the security interests in any
collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed
by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date
hereof in any other jurisdiction, “UCC” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction
for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection
or effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority or
availability of such remedy.
“Uncollectible
Advance” means with
respect to any Determination Date and any Contract, the amount, if
any, advanced by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03 which
the Servicer has as of such Determination Date determined in good
faith will not be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from
insurance policies on the related Motorcycle, the related Obligor
or out of Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such
Contract. The determination by the Servicer that it has made
an Uncollectible Advance, or, that any Advance proposed to be made
would be an Uncollectible Advance, shall be evidenced by an
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustees.
“Underwriters”
means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
ABN AMRO Incorporated, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
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“Underwriting
Agreement” means
the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 23, 2006, by and among the
Trust Depositor, the Seller and the Underwriters.
“United
States” means the
United States of America.
“Vice
President” of any
Person means any vice president of such Person, whether or not
designated by a number or words before or after the title
“Vice President” who is a duly elected officer
of such Person.
“WTC”
means Wilmington Trust Company, in
its individual capacity.
Section
1.02.
Usage of Terms . With respect to all
terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the
plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other
genders; references to “writing” include printing,
typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a
visible form; references to agreements and other contractual
instruments include all amendments, modifications and supplements
thereto or any changes therein entered into in accordance with
their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement;
references to Persons include their permitted successors and
assigns; and the term “including” means
“including without limitation.”
Section
1.03.
Section References . All section
references, unless otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in
this Agreement.
Section
1.04.
Calculations. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all interest rate and basis point calculations
hereunder will be made on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve
30-day months and will be carried out to at least three decimal
places.
Section
1.05.
Accounting Terms. All accounting terms
used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States.
ARTICLE TWO
TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS
Section
2.01.
Closing. (a) On the
Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall transfer, assign, set over
and otherwise convey to the Trust by execution of an assignment
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, without
recourse other than as expressly provided herein, (i) all the
right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the
Initial Contracts listed on the initial List of Contracts delivered
on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all security
interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected
pursuant thereto after the Initial Cutoff Date, including any
liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive
payments which were collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the
Initial Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under
any physical damage or other individual insurance
policy
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(and rights under
a “ forced placed” policy, if any), any debt
insurance policy or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any
such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Contract,
(iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all
documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights
(but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under any related
motorcycle dealer agreements between dealers (i.e., the originators
of certain Contracts) and the Seller, (vi) all rights of the Trust
Depositor in the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account and the related
Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to the Contracts, (vii)
all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under
the Transfer and Sale Agreement, including but not limited to the
Trust Depositor’s rights under Article V thereof, (viii) the
remittances, deposits and payments made into the Trust Accounts
from time to time and amounts in the Trust Accounts from time to
time (and any investments of such amounts), (ix) all rights of the
Trust Depositor to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts
relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements,
extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other
items financed under such Contracts and (x) all proceeds and
products of the foregoing (the property in clauses (i)-(x) above,
being the “Trust Corpus” ). Although the
Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee agree that such transfer is
intended to be a transfer of ownership of the Trust Corpus, rather
than the granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, and
that the Trust Corpus shall not be property of the Trust Depositor,
in the event such transfer is deemed to be of a mere security
interest to secure a borrowing, the Trust Depositor shall be deemed
to have granted the Trust a perfected first priority security
interest in such Trust Corpus and this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law.
Section
2.02.
Conditions to the Closing. On or before the
Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered the following documents to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee:
(a)
The initial List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the
Board, President or any Vice President of the Trust Depositor,
together with an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit
A hereto.
(b)
A certificate of an officer of the Seller substantially in the form
of Exhibit B to the Transfer and Sale Agreement and of an
officer of the Trust Depositor substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
(c)
Opinions of counsel for the Seller and the Trust Depositor in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (and
including as an addressee thereof each Rating Agency).
(d)
A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another
nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Seller and
the Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample
of the Initial Contracts and performed specific procedures for such
sample with respect to certain contract terms and which identifies
those Initial Contracts which do not conform.
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(e)
Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the
Seller/Servicer and the Trust Depositor or of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors of each of the Seller/Servicer
and the Trust Depositor approving the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which any of them is a party, as applicable, and the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, certified in
each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Seller/Servicer and the Trust Depositor.
(f)
Officially certified, recent evidence of due incorporation and good
standing of each of the Seller and the Trust Depositor under the
laws of Nevada.
(g)
Evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Nevada of
a UCC financing statement naming the Seller, as debtor, naming the
Trust Depositor as assignor secured party (and the Trust as secured
party) and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral; and
evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Nevada of
a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor, as debtor,
naming the Trust as assignor secured party (and the Indenture
Trustee as secured party) and identifying the Trust Corpus as
collateral; and evidence of proper filing with the appropriate
office in Delaware of a UCC financing statement naming the Trust,
as debtor, and naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and
identifying the Collateral as collateral.
(h)
An Officer’s Certificate listing the Servicer’s
Servicing Officers.
(i)
Evidence of deposit in the Collection Account of all funds received
with respect to the Initial Contracts after the Initial Cutoff Date
to the Closing Date, together with an Officer’s Certificate
from the Trust Depositor to the effect that such amount is
correct.
(j)
The Officer’s Certificate of the Seller specified in Section
2.02(h) of the Transfer and Sale Agreement.
(k)
Evidence of deposit in the Reserve Fund of the Reserve Fund Initial
Deposit by the Owner Trustee.
(l)
A fully executed Transfer and Sale Agreement.
(m)
A fully executed Trust Agreement.
(n)
A fully executed Administration Agreement.
(o)
A fully executed Indenture.
Section
2.03.
Conveyance of Subsequent Contracts . (a) Subject to the
conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below, the Trust Depositor
shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust,
without recourse other than as expressly provided herein and
therein, (i) all
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the right, title
and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Subsequent
Contracts listed on the Subsequent List of Contracts (including,
without limitation, all security interests and all rights to
receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto after the
related Subsequent Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds
therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were
collected pursuant thereto on or prior to such Subsequent Cutoff
Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any physical
damage or other individual insurance policy (including a “
forced placed” policy, if any), any debt insurance
policy or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such
Subsequent Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such
Subsequent Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such
Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract
Files, (v) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust
Depositor under any related motorcycle dealer agreements between
dealers (i.e., the originators of certain Subsequent Contracts) and
the Seller, (vi) all rights of the Trust Depositor in the Lockbox,
the Lockbox Account and the related Lockbox Agreement to the extent
they relate to such Subsequent Contracts, (vii) all rights (but not
the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under the Transfer and Sale
Agreement related to such Subsequent Contracts (to the extent not
already conveyed under Section 2.01(a)), including but not limited
to the Trust Depositor’s related rights under Article V
thereof, as well as all rights, but not the obligations, of the
Trust Depositor under the Subsequent Purchase Agreement related to
such Subsequent Contracts, (viii) the remittances, deposits and
payments made into the Trust Accounts from time to time and amounts
in the Trust Accounts from time to time related to such Subsequent
Contracts (to the extent not already conveyed under Section
2.01(a)) (and any investments of such amounts), (ix) all rights of
the Trust Depositor to certain rebates of premiums and other
amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation
agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements
and other items financed under such Subsequent Contracts and (x)
all proceeds and products of the foregoing (the property in clauses
(i)-(x) above, upon such transfer, becoming part of the “
Trust Corpus” ). Although the Trust Depositor
and the Owner Trustee agree that such transfer is intended to be a
transfer of ownership, rather than the granting of a security
interest to secure a borrowing, and that the Trust Corpus following
such transfer shall not be property of the Trust Depositor, in the
event such transfer is deemed to be of a mere security interest to
secure a borrowing, the Trust Depositor shall be deemed to have
granted the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Trust a perfected
first priority security interest in such Trust Corpus and this
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable
law.
(b)
The Trust Depositor shall transfer to the Trust the Subsequent
Contracts and the other property and rights related thereto
described in paragraph (a) above only upon the satisfaction of each
of the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent
Transfer Date:
(i)
The Trust Depositor shall have provided the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Underwriters and the Rating Agencies with a
timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information
reasonably requested by any of the foregoing with respect to the
Subsequent Contracts;
(ii)
the Funding Period shall not have terminated;
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(iii)
the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee a
duly executed written assignment (including an acceptance by the
Owner Trustee) in substantially the form of Exhibit L hereto
(the “ Subsequent Transfer Agreement” ), which
shall include a Subsequent List of Contracts listing the Subsequent
Contracts;
(iv)
the Trust Depositor shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
in the Collection Account all collections received with respect to
the Subsequent Contracts after the related Subsequent Cutoff
Date;
(v)
as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, neither the Seller nor the
Trust Depositor was insolvent nor will either of them have been
made insolvent by such transfer nor is either of them aware of any
pending insolvency;
(vi)
the applicable Subsequent Reserve Fund Amount for such Subsequent
Transfer Date shall have been deposited by the Indenture Trustee
from the Pre-Funding Account to the Reserve Fund;
(vii)
each Rating Agency shall have notified the Trust Depositor, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee that following such
transfer the Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes will be rated in
the highest rating category by such Rating Agency and the Class B
Notes will be rated at least its rating as of the Closing Date by
Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s;
(viii)
such addition will not result in a material adverse tax consequence
to the Trust or the Certificateholder as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to be delivered by the Trust Depositor to the Owner
Trustee, Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the
Underwriters;
(ix)
the Trust Depositor shall have confirmed the satisfaction of each
condition precedent specified in this paragraph (b);
(x)
the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies and
the Underwriters one or more opinions of counsel (or bring-downs of
opinions of counsel delivered on the Closing Date) with respect to
the transfer of the Subsequent Contracts substantially in the form
of the opinions of counsel delivered to such Persons on the Closing
Date;
(xi)
no selection procedures believed by the Trust Depositor to be
adverse to the interests of the Noteholders shall have been
utilized in selecting the Subsequent Contracts;
(xii)
the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies
evidence that (A) the weighted average contract rate of the
Contracts collectively, following the transfer of the Subsequent
Contracts, is not less than 11.71% and (B) that the
weighted
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average calculated remaining term to
maturity of the Contracts collectively, following the transfer of
the Subsequent Contracts, does not exceed 76 months;
(xiii)
each of the representations and warranties made by the Seller
pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement
with respect to the Subsequent Contracts shall be true and correct
as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, and the Seller shall
have performed all obligations to be performed by it hereunder on
or prior to such Subsequent Transfer Date;
(xiv)
the Seller or the Servicer shall, at its own expense, on or prior
to the Subsequent Transfer Date indicate in its Computer File that
the Subsequent Contracts identified on the Subsequent List of
Contracts in the Subsequent Transfer Agreement have been
transferred to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the
Transfer and Sale Agreement; and
(xv)
the Seller shall have taken any action required to maintain the
first perfected ownership interest of the Issuer in the Trust
Estate and the first perfected security interest of the Indenture
Trustee in the Collateral.
(c)
The Trust Depositor covenants to transfer (at or prior to the end
of the Funding Period) to the Trust pursuant thereto Subsequent
Contracts with an aggregate Principal Balance equal to
$296,724,733.64; provided, however, that in complying with
such covenant, the Trust Depositor agrees to make no more than one
separate transfer of Subsequent Contracts per monthly period (as
measured by the corresponding Distribution Dates). In the
event that the Trust Depositor shall fail to deliver and transfer
to the Trust any or all of such Subsequent Receivables by the date
on which the Funding Period ends and the Pre-Funded Amount is
greater than $150,000 on such date, the Trust Depositor shall cause
to be deposited into the Collection Account the amount then on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account; provided, however, that
the foregoing shall be the sole remedy of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders with respect
to a failure of the Trust Depositor to comply with such
covenant.
ARTICLE THREE
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Seller under the Transfer and
Sale Agreement has made, and upon execution of each Subsequent
Purchase Agreement is deemed to remake, each of the representations
and warranties set forth in Exhibit J hereto and has
consented to the assignment by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer of
the Trust Depositor’s rights with respect thereto. Such
representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial
Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the
case of the Subsequent Contracts, but shall survive the transfer
and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust. Pursuant to
Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Trust Depositor has assigned,
transferred and conveyed to the Issuer as part of the Trust Corpus
its rights under the Transfer and Sale Agreement,
including
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without limitation, the
representations and warranties of the Seller therein as set forth
in Exhibit J attached hereto, together with all rights of
the Trust Depositor with respect to any breach thereof including
any right to require the Seller to reacquire any Contract in
accordance with the Transfer and Sale Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth or referred to in this Section shall survive delivery of the
Contract Files to the Owner Trustee or any custodian.
The Trust Depositor hereby
represents and warrants to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee that
it has entered into the Transfer and Sale Agreement with the
Seller, that the Seller has made the representations and warranties
in the Transfer and Sale Agreement as set forth in Exhibit J
hereto, that such representations and warranties run to and are for
the benefit of the Trust Depositor, and that pursuant to Section
2.01 of this Agreement the Trust Depositor has transferred and
assigned to the Trust all rights of the Trust Depositor to cause
the Seller under the Transfer and Sale Agreement to reacquire
Contracts in the event of a breach of such representations and
warranties.
Section
3.01.
Representations and Warranties Regarding the Trust
Depositor. By its execution of
this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement, the Trust
Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders that:
(a)
Assumption of Seller’s Representations and Warranties
. The representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit
J are true and correct.
(b)
Organization and Good Standing. The Trust Depositor is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the
corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in
which it is currently engaged. The Trust Depositor is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it
requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify
would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Trust Depositor or
the Trust.
(c)
Authorization; Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. The
Trust Depositor has the power and authority to make, execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and to create the
Trust and cause it to make, execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and to cause the Trust to be created.
This Agreement and the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement, if
any, shall effect a valid transfer and assignment of the Trust
Corpus, enforceable against the Trust Depositor and creditors of
and purchasers
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from the Trust Depositor. This
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Trust
Depositor is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Trust Depositor enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of
equitable remedies.
(d)
No
Consent Required. The Trust Depositor is not required to
obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license,
approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration
with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party.
(e)
No
Violations. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party by the Trust Depositor, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not violate any
provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree
of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body or
administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Trust Depositor
or any of its properties or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
of the Trust Depositor, or constitute a material breach of any
mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Trust
Depositor is a party or by which the Trust Depositor or any of the
Trust Depositor’s properties may be bound, or result in the
creation or imposition of any security interest, lien, charge,
pledge, preference, equity or encumbrance of any kind upon any of
its properties pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement, other than as contemplated
by the Transaction Documents.
(f)
Litigation. No litigation or administrative proceeding
of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently
pending, or to the knowledge of the Trust Depositor threatened,
against the Trust Depositor or any of its properties or with
respect to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which
it is a party or the Notes (1) which, if adversely determined,
would in the opinion of the Trust Depositor have a material adverse
effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Trust Depositor or the Trust or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents to which the Trust Depositor is a party or
(2) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or other
federal, state or local tax attributes of the Certificate or
Notes.
(g)
State of Incorporation; Name; No Changes . The Trust
Depositor’s state of incorporation is the State of
Nevada. The Trust Depositor’s exact legal name is as
set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. The Trust
Depositor has not changed its name, whether by amendment of its
Articles of Incorporation, by reorganization or otherwise, and has
not changed the location of its place of business, within the four
months preceding the Closing Date.
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(h)
Solvency . The Trust Depositor, after giving effect to
the conveyances made by it hereunder, is Solvent.
Such representations speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date
in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable
Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of the Subsequent Contracts,
but shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Contracts to
the Trust.
Section
3.02.
Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer.
The
Servicer represents and warrants to the Trust, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders that:
(a)
Organization and Good Standing . The Servicer is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the
corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in
which it is currently engaged. The Servicer is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted
by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such
qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Servicer or the
Trust. The Servicer is properly licensed in each jurisdiction
to the extent required by the laws of such jurisdiction to service
the Contracts in accordance with the terms hereof other than such
licenses the failure to obtain would not have a material adverse
effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Servicer or on the ability of the Servicer to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(b)
Authorization; Binding Obligations . The Servicer has the
power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer
is a party and all of the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer
is a party, and has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a
party. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which the Servicer is a party constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of
equitable remedies.
(c)
No
Consent Required . The Servicer is not required to obtain
the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any
governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the
Servicer is a party.
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(d)
No
Violations . The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the
Servicer is a party by the Servicer will not violate any provisions
of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any
court or of any Federal or state regulatory body or administrative
agency having jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of its
properties or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the
Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a
party or by which the Servicer or any of the Servicer’s
properties may be bound, or result in the creation of or imposition
of any security interest, lien, pledge, preference, equity or
encumbrance of any kind upon any of its properties pursuant to the
terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement,
other than this Agreement.
(e)
Litigation . No litigation or administrative proceeding
of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently
pending, or to the knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against
the Servicer or any of its properties or with respect to this
Agreement, any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is
a party which, if adversely determined, would in the opinion of the
Servicer have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Servicer or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer
is a party.
ARTICLE FOUR
PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF
SECURITY INTERESTS
Section
4.01.
Custody of Contracts . (a) Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 4.01, the contents of each
Contract File shall be held by the Servicer, or its custodian, for
the benefit of, and as agent for, the Trust as the owner thereof
and the Indenture Trustee.
(b)
The Servicer agrees to maintain the related Contract Files at its
offices where they are currently maintained, or at such other
offices of the Servicer in the State of Nevada as shall from time
to time be identified to the Trustees by written
notice. The Servicer may temporarily move individual Contract
Files or any portion thereof without notice as necessary to conduct
collection and other servicing activities in accordance with its
customary practices and procedures; provided, however, that
the Servicer will take all action necessary to maintain the
perfection of the Trust’s interest in the Contracts and the
proceeds thereof. It is intended that, by the
Servicer’s agreement pursuant to Section 4.01(a) above and
this Section 4.01(b), the Trustees shall be deemed to have
possession of the Contract Files for purposes of Section 9-313 of
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State in which the Contract
Files are located.
(c)
As custodian, the Servicer shall have the following powers and
perform the following duties:
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(i)
hold, or cause the Servicer’s custodian to hold, the Contract
Files on behalf of the Trust, maintain accurate records pertaining
to each Contract to enable it to comply with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, maintain a current inventory thereof
and certify to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee annually
that it, or its custodian, continues to maintain possession of such
Contract Files;
(ii)
implement policies and procedures in writing and signed by a
Servicing Officer with respect to persons authorized to have access
to the Contract Files on the Servicer’s premises and the
receipting for Contract Files taken from their storage area by an
employee of the Servicer for purposes of servicing or any other
purposes;
(iii)
attend to all details in connection with maintaining custody of the
Contract Files on behalf of the Trust;
(iv)
at all times maintain, or cause the Servicer’s custodian to
maintain, the original of the fully executed Contract in accordance
with its customary practices and procedures, except as may be
necessary to conduct collection and servicing activities in
accordance with its customary practices and procedures;
and
(v)
as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date (or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as the case may be), and in any event within 60 days
thereof, deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee certifying that as of a date no
earlier than the Closing Date (or Subsequent Transfer Date, as the
case may be) it has conducted an inventory of the Contract Files
(which in the case of Subsequent Contracts, need be only of the
Contract Files related to such Subsequent Contracts) and that there
exists a Contract File for each Contract and stating all exceptions
to such statement, if any.
(d)
In performing its duties under this Section 4.01, the Servicer
agrees to act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and
care that it exercises with respect to similar contracts for the
installment purchase of consumer goods owned and/or serviced by it,
and in any event with no less degree of skill and care than would
be exercised by a prudent servicer of motorcycle conditional sales
contracts and promissory notes and security agreements. The
Servicer shall promptly report to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee any failure by it, or its custodian, to hold the
Contract Files as herein provided and shall promptly take
appropriate action to remedy any such failure. In acting as
custodian of the Contract Files, the Servicer further agrees not to
assert any legal or beneficial ownership interest in the Contracts
or the Contract Files, except as provided in Section 5.06.
The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Noteholders, the
Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments,
costs, or expenses of any kind whatsoever which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Noteholders, the
Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as
the result of any act or omission by the Servicer relating to the
maintenance and custody of the Contract Files; provided,
however, that the Servicer will not be liable for any portion
of any such amount resulting from the gross
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negligence or willful misconduct of
any Noteholder, Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee. The Trustees shall have no duty to monitor
or otherwise oversee the Servicer’s performance as custodian
hereunder.
Section
4.02.
Filing . On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Servicer shall cause the UCC financing
statement(s) referred to in Section 2.02(g) hereof to be filed and
from time to time the Servicer shall take and cause to be taken
such actions and execute such documents as are necessary or
desirable or as the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee may
reasonably request to perfect and protect the Trust’s first
priority perfected interest in the Trust Corpus against all other
persons, including, without limitation, the filing of financing
statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements, the
execution of transfer instruments and the making of notations on or
taking possession of all records or documents of title. All
financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in
favor of the Trust Depositor or the Trust in connection herewith
describing the Contract Assets as collateral shall contain a
statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security
interest in any collateral described in this financing statement,
except as permitted in the Transfer and Sale Agreement or Sale and
Servicing Agreement, will violate the rights of the Secured
Party.”
Section
4.03.
Name Change or Relocation . (a) During the term
of this Agreement, neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor shall
change its name, identity or structure or change its state of
incorporation without first giving at least 30 days’ prior
written notice to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee.
(b)
If any change in either the Seller’s or the Trust
Depositor’s name, identity or structure or other action would
make any financing or continuation statement or notice of lien
filed under this Agreement seriously misleading within the meaning
of applicable provisions of the UCC or any title statute, the
Servicer, no later than five days after the effective date of such
change, shall file such amendments as may be required to preserve
and protect the Trust’s interests in the Trust Corpus and the
proceeds thereof. In addition, neither the Seller nor the
Trust Depositor shall change its state of incorporation unless it
has first taken such action as is advisable or necessary to
preserve and protect the Trust’s interest in the Trust
Corpus. Promptly after taking any of the foregoing actions,
the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all financing statements or amendments necessary to
preserve and protect the interests of the Trust in the Trust Corpus
and the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral have been filed, and
reciting the details of such filing.
Section
4.04.
Costs and Expenses . The Servicer agrees
to pay all reasonable costs and disbursements in connection with
the perfection and the maintenance of perfection, as against all
third parties, of the Trust’s right, title and interest in
and to the Contracts (including, without limitation, the security
interest in the Motorcycles granted thereby).
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ARTICLE FIVE
SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
Section
5.01.
Responsibility for Contract Administration . The Servicer will
have the sole obligation to manage, administer, service and make
collections on the Contracts and perform or cause to be performed
all contractual and customary undertakings of the holder of the
Contracts to the Obligor. The Owner Trustee, at the written
request of a Servicing Officer, shall furnish the Servicer with any
powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate in
the opinion of the Owner Trustee to enable the Servicer to carry
out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The
Servicer is hereby appointed the servicer hereunder until such time
as any Service Transfer may be effected under Article
VIII.
Section
5.02.
Standard of Care . In managing,
administering, servicing and making collections on the Contracts
pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer will exercise that degree
of skill and care consistent with the skill and care that the
Servicer exercises with respect to similar contracts serviced by
the Servicer, and, in any event no less degree of skill and care
than would be exercised by a prudent servicer of motorcycle
conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security
agreements; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not release or waive the right to
collect the unpaid balance of any Contract except that with respect
to a Contract that has become a Defaulted Contract, the Servicer,
consistent with its collection policies, may release or waive the
right to collect the unpaid balance of such Defaulted Contract in
an effort to maximize collections thereon.
Section
5.03.
Records . The Servicer shall,
during the period it is servicer hereunder, maintain such books of
account and other records as will enable the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee to determine the status of each
Contract.
Section
5.04.
Inspection . (a) At all times
during the term hereof, the Servicer shall afford the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee and their respective authorized
agents reasonable access during normal business hours to the
Servicer’s records relating to the Contracts and will cause
its personnel to assist in any examination of such records by the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or such authorized agents
and allow copies of the same to be made. The examination
referred to in this Section will be conducted in a manner which
does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer’s normal
operations or customer or employee relations. Without
otherwise limiting the scope of the examination the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee may, using generally accepted audit
procedures, verify the status of each Contract and review the
Computer File and records relating thereto for conformity to
Monthly Reports prepared pursuant to Article IX and compliance with
the standards represented to exist as to each Contract in this
Agreement.
(b)
At all times during the term hereof, the Servicer shall keep
available a copy of the List of Contracts at its principal
executive office for inspection by the Trustees.
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Section
5.05.
Trust Accounts . (a) On or before the
Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall establish the Trust
Accounts, each with and in the name of the Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee is
hereby required to ensure that each of the Trust Accounts is
established and maintained as an Eligible Account.
(b)
The Indenture Trustee shall deposit (or the Servicer shall deposit,
with respect to payments by or on behalf of the Obligors received
directly by the Servicer), without deposit into any intervening
account, into the Collection Account as promptly as practical (but
in any case not later than the second Business Day following the
receipt thereof):
(i)
With respect to principal and interest on the Contracts received
after the Initial Cutoff Date or Subsequent Cutoff Date, as
applicable (which for the purpose of this paragraph (b)(i) shall
include those monies in the Lockbox Account allocable to principal
and interest on the Contracts), all such amounts received by the
Owner Trustee or Servicer;
(ii)
All Net Liquidation Proceeds related to the Contracts;
(iii)
The aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts reacquired by
the Trust Depositor as described in Section 7.08;
(iv)
All Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
7.03(a);
(v)
All amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with an optional
purchase of the Contracts described in Section 7.10;
(vi)
The aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts purchased by the
Servicer as described in Section 7.11;
(vii)
All amounts realized in respect of Carrying Charges transferred
from the Interest Reserve Account as contemplated in Section
7.03(b); and
(viii)
All amounts received in respect of interest, dividends, gains,
income and earnings on investments of funds in the Trust Accounts
(except the Reserve Fund and the Pre-Funding Account) as
contemplated herein.
(c)
The Indenture Trustee shall, if amounts remain on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account at the expiration of the Funding Period, cause
to be deposited into the Note Distribution Account the amount then
on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
(d)
The Servicer shall direct the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture
Trustee shall invest the amounts in the Trust Accounts in Qualified
Eligible Investments that are payable on demand or that mature not
later than one Business Day prior to the next succeeding
Distribution Date. Once such funds are invested, the
Indenture Trustee shall not change the investment of such
funds. Any loss on such investments shall be deposited in the
applicable Trust Account by
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the Servicer out of its own funds
immediately as realized. Funds in the Trust Accounts not so
invested must be insured to the extent permitted by law by the Bank
Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Subject to the
restrictions herein, the Indenture Trustee may purchase a Qualified
Eligible Investment from itself or an Affiliate.
Subject to the other provisions hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall
have sole control over each such investment and the income thereon,
and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such
investment, if any, shall be delivered directly to the Indenture
Trustee or its agent, together with each document of transfer, if
any, necessary to transfer title to such investment to the
Indenture Trustee in a manner which complies with this Section
5.05(d). All interest, dividends, gains upon sale and other
income from, or earnings on, investments of funds in the Trust
Accounts (other than the Reserve Fund and the Pre-Funding Account)
shall be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section
5.05(b) and distributed on the next Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 7.05. The Trust Depositor and the Trust agree and
acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee is to have
“control” (within the meaning of Section 9-106
of the UCC) of collateral comprised of “Investment
Property” (within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the
UCC) for all purposes of this Agreement.
(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Servicer may
remit payments on the Contracts and Net Liquidation Proceeds to the
Collection Account in next-day funds or immediately available funds
no later than 10:00 a.m., Central time, on the Business Day prior
to the next succeeding Distribution Date, but only for so long as
the short-term debt security rating of the Servicer is at least
“P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1” by
Standard & Poor’s.
(f)
The Servicer shall apply collections received in respect of a
Contract as follows:
(i)
First, to accrued interest with respect to such
Contract;
(ii)
Second, to pay any expenses and unpaid late charges or extension
fees (if any) due and owing under such Contract; and
(iii)
Third, to principal to the extent due and owing under such
Contract.
(g)
Any collections on a Contract remaining after application by the
Servicer in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.05(f) shall
constitute an excess payment (an “ Excess Payment
”). Excess Payments constituting prepayments of
principal shall be applied as a prepayment of the Principal Balance
of such Contract. All other Excess Payments shall be
permitted to be retained by the Servicer.
(h)
The Servicer will, from time to time as provided herein, be
permitted to withdraw or request the withdrawal from the Collection
Account any amount deposited therein that, based on the
Servicer’s good-faith determination, was deposited in
error.
Section
5.06.
Enforcement . (a) The Servicer
will, consistent with Section 5.02, act with respect to the
Contracts in such manner as will maximize the receipt of all
payments called for under the terms of the Contracts. The
Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause Obligors
to
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make all payments
on the Contracts to the Lockbox Account (either directly by
remitting payments to the Lockbox, or indirectly by making payments
through direct debit, the telephone or the internet to an account
of the Servicer which payments will be subsequently transferred
from such account to the Lockbox Account). The Servicer will
act in a commercially reasonable manner with respect to the
repossession and disposition of a Motorcycle following a default
under the related Contract with a view to realizing proceeds at
least equal to the Motorcycle’s fair market value. If
the Servicer determines that eventual payment in full of a Contract
is unlikely, the Servicer will follow its normal practices and
procedures to recover all amounts due upon that Contract, including
repossessing and disposing of the related Motorcycle at a public or
private sale or taking other action permitted by applicable
law. The Servicer will be entitled to recover all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in liquidating a Contract and
disposing of the related Motorcycle.
(b)
The Servicer may sue to enforce or collect upon Contracts, in its
own name, if possible, or as agent for the Trustees. If the
Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to enforce a
Contract, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be an
automatic assignment of the Contract to the Servicer for purposes
of collection only. If, however, in any enforcement suit or
legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a
Contract on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a
holder entitled to enforce the Contract, the Owner Trustee (or the
Indenture Trustee) on behalf of the Trust shall, at the
Servicer’s expense, take such steps as the Servicer deems
reasonably necessary to enforce the Contract, including bringing
suit in its name or the names of the Noteholders under the
Indenture and the Certificateholder as owner of the
Trust.
(c)
The Servicer shall exercise any rights of recourse against third
persons that exist with respect to any Contract in accordance with
the Servicer’s usual practice. In exercising recourse
rights, the Servicer is authorized on the Trust’s behalf to
reassign the Defaulted Contract or the related Motorcycle to the
Person against whom recourse exists at the price set forth in the
document creating the recourse; provided, however, the
Servicer in exercising recourse against any third persons as
described in the immediately preceding sentence shall do so in such
manner as to maximize the aggregate recovery with respect to the
Contract; and provided further, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing the Servicer in its capacity as such
may exercise such recourse only if such Contract (i) was not
required to be reacquired by the Seller pursuant to the Transfer
and Sale Agreement or (ii) was required to be reacquired by the
Seller and the Seller has defaulted on such reacquisition
obligation.
(d)
The Servicer will not permit any rescission or cancellation of any
Contract due to the acts or omissions of the Trust
Depositor.
(e)
Subject to Section 5.02, the Servicer may grant extensions, rebates
or adjustments on a Contract; provided, however, that if the
Servicer extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any
Contract beyond the Class B Final Distribution Date, it shall
promptly purchase such Contract pursuant to Section
7.11.
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(f)
The Servicer will not add t