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Exhibit 4.1 SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT among
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2008-C OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer, NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II,
as Seller, and NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Servicer Dated as of December 11, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01 Definitions
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SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms
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ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
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SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables
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SECTION 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files
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SECTION 2.03 Acceptance by Issuer
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ARTICLE III
The Receivables
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SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Seller with
Respect to the Receivables
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SECTION 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach
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SECTION 3.03 Duties of Servicer as Custodian
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SECTION 3.04 Instructions; Authority To Act
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SECTION 3.05 Custodian’s Indemnification
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SECTION 3.06 Effective Period and Termination
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ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
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SECTION 4.01 Duties of Servicer
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SECTION 4.02 Collection of Receivable Payments
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SECTION 4.03 Realization upon Receivables
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SECTION 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed
Vehicles
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SECTION 4.05 Covenants of Servicer
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SECTION 4.06 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach
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SECTION 4.07 Servicing Fee and Expenses
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SECTION 4.08 Servicer’s Certificate
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SECTION 4.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of
Default
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SECTION 4.10 Annual Independent Certified Public
Accountants’ Report
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SECTION 4.11 Access to Certain Records and Information Regarding
Receivables
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SECTION 4.12 Appointment of Subservicer
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SECTION 4.13 Amendments to Schedule of Receivables
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SECTION 4.14 Acknowledgement by Servicer of its Obligations
under the Indenture
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SECTION 4.15 Compliance with Regulation AB
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SECTION 4.16 Fidelity Bond
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ARTICLE V
Distributions; Accounts; Statements to the Certificateholders and
the Noteholders
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SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Accounts
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SECTION 5.02 Collections
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SECTION 5.03 Application of Collections
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SECTION 5.04 Advances
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SECTION 5.05 Additional Deposits
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SECTION 5.06 Payments and Distributions
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SECTION 5.07 Reserve Account
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SECTION 5.08 Yield Supplement Account
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SECTION 5.09 Statements to Certificateholders and
Noteholders
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SECTION 5.10 Net Deposits
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SECTION 5.11 Currency Swap Agreement
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ARTICLE VI
The Seller
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SECTION 6.01 Representations of Seller
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SECTION 6.02 Additional Covenants of the Seller
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SECTION 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities
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SECTION 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Seller
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SECTION 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others
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SECTION 6.06 Seller May Own Certificates or Notes
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ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
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SECTION 7.01 Representations of Servicer
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SECTION 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer
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SECTION 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Servicer
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SECTION 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others
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(continued)
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SECTION 7.05 NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer
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ARTICLE VIII
Default
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SECTION 8.01 Servicer Default
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SECTION 8.02 Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 8.03 Repayment of Advances
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SECTION 8.04 Notification
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SECTION 8.05 Waiver of Past Defaults
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ARTICLE IX
Termination; Release of Receivables
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SECTION 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables
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SECTION 9.02 Release of Receivables
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SECTION 9.03 Termination
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ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 10.01 Amendment
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SECTION 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust
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SECTION 10.03 Notices
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SECTION 10.04 Assignment by the Seller or the Servicer
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SECTION 10.05 Limitations on Rights of Others
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SECTION 10.06 Severability
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SECTION 10.07 Separate Counterparts
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SECTION 10.08 Headings
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SECTION 10.09 Governing Law
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SECTION 10.10 Assignment by Issuer
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SECTION 10.11 Nonpetition Covenants
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SECTION 10.12 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and
Indenture Trustee
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SECTION 10.13 Waivers
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SCHEDULE A
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Schedule of Receivables
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SCHEDULE B
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Location of the Receivable Files
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B-1
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Yield Supplement Agreement
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A-1
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APPENDIX A
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Regulation AB Representations, Warranties And
Covenants
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A-1
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(Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT,
dated as of December 11, 2008, among NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES
2008-C OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"),
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation (the
"Seller"), and NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California
corporation in its individual capacity (in such capacity, "NMAC")
and as Servicer (in such capacity, the "Servicer"). Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Article I.
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to
purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in connection with
retail installment sales contracts secured by new, near-new or used
automobiles and light-duty trucks generated by NMAC in the ordinary
course of business and sold to the Seller;
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to
sell such receivables to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to
service such receivables. NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows: ARTICLE I Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Definitions .
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used
herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following respective meanings:
" Accounts " means the
Collection Account, the Yield Supplement Account and the Reserve
Account. " Administration
Agreement " means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee. "
Administrative Purchase Payment " for any Administrative
Receivable as of the last day of any Collection Period, means the
sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the beginning of such
Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the due
date for the Obligor’s payment in such Collection Period at
the related APR, after giving effect to the receipt of monies
collected (from whatever source other than the Advances) on such
Administrative Receivable, if any, during such Collection Period.
" Administrative Receivable "
means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the
last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.06 or Section 9.01.
" Administrator " means NMAC,
or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
" Advance " means the amount,
as of the last day of a Collection Period, that the Servicer is
required to advance on the respective Receivable pursuant to
Section 5.04. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
" Affiliate " means, with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or
controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with
respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the term "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
" Aggregate Noteholders’
Interest Distributable Amount " means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes with respect to such
Distribution Date. " Agreement
" means this Sale and Servicing Agreement among Nissan Auto
Receivables 2008-C Owner Trust, as Issuer, NARC II, as Seller, and
NMAC, as Servicer. " AICPA "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10.
" Amount Financed " with
respect to any Receivable, means the amount advanced under the
Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed
Vehicle and any related costs, including but not limited to
accessories, insurance premiums, service and warranty contracts and
other items customarily financed as part of retail automobile and
light-duty truck installment sale contracts.
" Annual Percentage Rate " or
" APR " of a Receivable means the annual rate of finance
charges stated in such Receivable. "
Assignment " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Purchase Agreement. "
Available Amounts " means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) Available Interest for such Distribution Date,
(ii) Available Principal for such Distribution Date,
(iii) the Net Swap Receipts (excluding Swap Termination
Payments received from the Swap Counterparty and deposited into the
Swap Termination Payment Account, if any), (iv) amounts on
deposit in the Swap Termination Payment Account to the extent such
amounts are required to be included in Available Amounts pursuant
to Section 2.14 of the Indenture, and (v) Swap
Replacement Proceeds to the extent such amounts are required to be
included in Available Amounts pursuant to Section 2.14 of the
Indenture. " Available
Interest " means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the
following amounts received during the related Collection Period:
(i) that portion of all collections on Receivables allocable
to interest, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in
clause (i), Net Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to
interest due on a Liquidated Receivable in accordance with the
Servicer’s customary servicing procedures, (iii) all
Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04,
(iv) without duplication of any amounts described above in
clauses (i) and (ii), the Administrative Purchase Payment of
each Receivable that became an Administrative Receivable during the
related Collection Period to the extent attributable to interest
thereon, (v) without duplication of any amounts described
above in clauses (i) and (ii), the Warranty Purchase Payment
of each Receivable that became a Warranty Receivable during the
related Collection Period to the extent attributable to interest
thereon, (vi) in the case of an Optional Purchase, that
portion of the Optional Purchase Price allocable to interest,
(vii) the Yield (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
Agreement)
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Supplement Deposit plus the sum of (x) reinvestment income
on the Yield Supplement Account and (y) the amount, if any,
deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to the second or
third sentence of Section 5.08(b), and (viii) the amount,
if any, deposited into the Collection Account from the Reserve
Account; provided , however , that in calculating
Available Interest, amounts to be paid to the Servicer as
reimbursement for Advances pursuant to Sections 5.06(c)(i),
5.06(c)(ii), 5.06(d)(i), 5.06(d)(ii), 5.06(e)(i) and 5.06(e)(ii) on
such Distribution Date shall be excluded.
" Available Principal " means,
for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts
received during the related Collection Period: (i) that
portion of all collections on Receivables attributable to
principal, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in
clause (i), Net Liquidation Proceeds attributable to principal due
on a Liquidated Receivable in accordance with the Servicer’s
customary servicing procedures, (iii) without duplication of
any amounts described above in clauses (i) and (ii), the
Administrative Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became an
Administrative Receivable during the related Collection Period to
the extent attributable to principal, and (iv) without
duplication of any amounts described above in clauses (i) and
(ii), the Warranty Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became
a Warranty Receivable during the related Collection Period to the
extent attributable to principal; and (v) without duplication of
any amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) that
portion of the Optional Purchase Price in the case of an Optional
Purchase allocable to Principal. "
Bankruptcy Code " means the United States Bankruptcy Code,
11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq .
" Base Servicing Fee " means
the fee payable to the Servicer on each Distribution Date for
services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall
be equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Rate multiplied by the
Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the
immediately preceding Collection Period or, with respect to the
first Distribution Date, the Original Pool Balance.
" Basic Documents " means the
Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust,
this Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the
Securities Account Control Agreement, the Yield Supplement
Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement(s), and the other documents and certificates delivered in
connection herewith and therewith. "
Business Day " means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or
a day on which banks in the principal place of business of the Swap
Counterparty, New York, New York, Nashville, Tennessee,
Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or obligated
by law, regulation, executive order or governmental decree to be
closed. " Certificate Balance
" means, as of any Distribution Date, the Original Certificate
Balance, reduced by all amounts distributed to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(c),
(d) and/or (e) hereof (but in no event less than zero).
For the purposes of determining whether the vote of the requisite
percentage of Certificateholders necessary to effect any consent,
waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained, the Certificate
Balance shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount equal to the
balance (without giving effect to this provision) evidenced by any
Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer or
any Person actually known to (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
Agreement)
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a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee,
as the case may be, to be the Seller or the Servicer or any of
their Affiliates. " Certificate
Factor " means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a
seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the related
Collection Period by the Original Certificate Balance.
" Certificate of Trust " shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.
" Certificate Pool Factor "
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal
figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close
of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the
Original Pool Balance. "
Certificate Register " means the register maintained by the
Certificate Registrar pursuant to the Trust Agreement recording the
names of the Certificateholders. "
Certificateholder " shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Trust Agreement. "
Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount "
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
zero until the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes
has been reduced to zero, and thereafter, an amount equal to the
Principal Distribution Amount (as reduced by the Noteholders’
Principal Distributable Amount, if any for such Distribution Date)
for such Distribution Date. "
Certificates " shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the Trust Agreement. "
Class " means any one of the classes of the Notes.
" Class A-1 Final Scheduled
Distribution Date " means December 15, 2009.
" Class A-1 Interest Rate
" means 3.03725% per annum. "
Class A-1 Note " means any of the 3.03725% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-1, issued under the Indenture, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.
" Class A-1 Noteholder "
means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered
in the Note Register. "
Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date " means
May 16, 2011. "
Class A-2 Interest Rate " means LIBOR + 3.50% per
annum. " Class A-2 Note "
means any of the LIBOR + 3.50% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.
" Class A-2 Noteholder "
means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered
in the Note Register. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
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" Class A-3 Noteholder
" means the Class A-3a Noteholders and the Class A-3b
Noteholders. " Class A-3
Notes " means, collectively, the Class A-3a Notes and the
Class A-3b Notes. "
Class A-3a Final Scheduled Distribution Date " means
July 16, 2012. "
Class A-3a Interest Rate " means 5.93% per annum.
" Class A-3a Note " means
any of the 5.93% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3a, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.
" Class A-3a Noteholder "
means the Person in whose name a Class A-3a Note is registered
in the Note Register. "
Class A-3b Final Scheduled Distribution Date " means
July 16, 2012. "
Class A-3b Interest Rate " means LIBOR + 4.00% per
annum. " Class A-3b Note
" means any of the LIBOR + 4.00% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-3b, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the
Indenture. " Class A-3b
Noteholder " means the Person in whose name a Class A-3b
Note is registered in the Note Register.
" Class A-4 Final Scheduled
Distribution Date " means October 15, 2014.
" Class A-4 Interest Rate
" means 6.65% per annum. "
Class A-4 Note " means any of the 6.65% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-4, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
to the Indenture. " Class A-4
Noteholder " means the Person in whose name a Class A-4
Note is registered in the Note Register.
" Clearing Agency " means an
organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
" Closing Date " means
December 11, 2008. " Code
" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
" Collection Account " means
the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant
to Section 5.01. " Collection
Period " means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
preceding calendar month. Any amount stated "as of the close of
business of the last day of a Collection Period" shall give effect
to the following calculations as determined as of the end of the
day on such last (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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day: (i) all applications of collections, (ii) all
Advances and reductions of Outstanding Advances and (iii) all
distributions. " Corporate Trust
Office " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture. " Currency Swap
Agreement " shall mean any currency swap agreement, including
all schedules and confirmations thereto, entered into by the Issuer
and the Currency Swap Counterparty, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
" Currency Swap Counterparty "
shall mean an unaffiliated third party, as currency swap
counterparty, under the Currency Swap Agreement, or any successor
or replacement Currency Swap Counterparty from time to time.
" Customary Servicing
Practices " means the customary servicing practices of the
Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables
that the Servicer services for itself and others, as such practices
may be changed from time to time. "
Cut-off Date " means November 30, 2008.
" Damages " shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.
" Dealer " means the dealer
who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and assigned the
related Receivable to NMAC under an existing agreement between such
dealer and NMAC. " Dealer
Recourse " means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse
rights against the Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any
successor Dealer. " Default "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
" Defaulted Receivable " means
(a) a Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a
Warranty Receivable), which, by its terms, is delinquent for 120 or
more days, (b) with respect to Receivables that are delinquent
for less than 120 days, the Servicer has (i) determined,
in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, that
eventual payment in full is unlikely or (ii) repossessed the
Financed Vehicle, or (c) a Receivable with respect to which
the Servicer has received notification that the related Obligor is
subject to proceedings under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy
Code. " Definitive Notes "
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
" Determination Date " means
the tenth calendar day of each calendar month, or if such tenth day
is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
" Distribution Date " means,
for each Collection Period, the 15th calendar day of the following
calendar month, or if the 15th day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing January 15, 2009.
" DTC " means The Depository
Trust Company. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Eligible Deposit Account
" means (a) an account maintained with a depository
institution or trust company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates) organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the
states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch
of a foreign bank) (i) which at all times has either
(A) a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of "Aa2" or
better by Moody’s, "AA-" or better by Standard &
Poor’s and "AA" or better by Fitch or such other rating that
is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from
such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee,
(B) a certificate of deposit rating of "P-1" by Moody’s,
"A-1+" by Standard & Poor’s and "F1+" by Fitch or
(C) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating
Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee (each of (A), (B) or (C), the
" Required Deposit Ratings ") and (ii) whose deposits
are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
provided , that a foreign financial institution shall be
deemed to satisfy clause (ii) if such foreign financial
institution meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.13k-1(b)(1)) or (b) a
segregated trust account in the trust department of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be.
" Eligible Investments "
means, at any time, any one or more of the following obligations
and securities: (i) direct
obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely
payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America;
(ii) demand deposits, time deposits
or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America
or any state thereof (or 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 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 each of the Rating Agencies in the highest
investment category granted thereby (including applicable plus
signs); (iii) commercial paper
having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to
invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the
highest investment category granted thereby;
(iv) investments in money market
funds having a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the
highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for
which the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their
respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);
(v) bankers’ acceptances issued
by any depository institution or trust company referred to in
clause (ii) above; (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
Agreement)
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(vi) repurchase obligations with
respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully
guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either
case entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (ii);
(vii) repurchase obligations with
respect to any security or whole loan, entered into with (a) a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (ii) above (except that the rating
referred to in the proviso in such clause (ii) shall be "A-1"
or higher in the case of Standard & Poor’s) (such
depository institution or trust company being referred to in this
definition as a "financial institution"), (b) a broker/dealer
(acting as principal) registered as a broker or dealer under
Section 15 of the Exchange Act (a "broker/dealer"), the
unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated "Prime-1"
by Moody’s, at least "A-1" by Standard & Poor’s and
"F1+" by Fitch at the time of entering into such repurchase
obligation (a "rated broker/dealer"), (c) an unrated
broker/dealer (an "unrated broker/dealer"), acting as principal
that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a non-bank holding company the
unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated "Prime-1"
by Moody’s, at least "A-1" by Standard & Poor’s and
"F1+" by Fitch at the time of entering into such repurchase
obligation (a "Rated Holding Company"), or (d) an unrated
wholly-owned subsidiary of a direct or indirect parent Rated
Holding Company, which guarantees such subsidiary’s
obligations under such repurchase agreement (a "Guaranteed
Counterparty"); provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (A) the aggregate amount
of funds invested in repurchase obligations of a financial
institution, a rated broker/dealer, an unrated broker/dealer or a
Guaranteed Counterparty in respect of which the unsecured
short-term ratings of Standard & Poor’s are "A-1" (in the
case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such
rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall not
exceed 20% of the outstanding Pool Balance (there being no limit on
the amount of funds that may be invested in repurchase obligations
in respect of which such Standard & Poor’s rating is
"A-1+" (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed
Counterparty, such rating being that of the related Rated Holding
Company)); (B) in the case of the
Reserve Account, the Yield Supplement Account and the Swap
Termination Payment Account, if any, the rating from Standard &
Poor’s in respect of the unsecured short term debt
obligations of the financial institution, rated broker/dealer,
unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty (in the case of an
unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being
that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall be "A-1+";
(C) the repurchase obligation must
mature within 30 days of the date on which the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, enters into such
repurchase obligation; (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
Agreement)
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(D) the repurchase obligation
shall not be subordinated to any other obligation of the related
financial institution, rated broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer
or Guaranteed Counterparty; (E) the
collateral subject to the repurchase obligation is held, in the
appropriate form, by a custodial bank on behalf of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable;
(F) the repurchase obligation shall
require that the collateral subject thereto shall be marked to
market daily; (G) in the case of a
repurchase obligation of a Guaranteed Counterparty, the following
conditions shall also be satisfied:
(1) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall have received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the guarantee of the related Rated
Holding Company is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Rated Holding Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general equitable principles;
(2) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall have received (x) an
incumbency certificate for the signer of such guarantee, certified
by an officer of such Rated Holding Company, and (y) a
resolution, certified by an officer of the Rated Holding Company,
of the board of directors (or applicable committee thereof) of the
Rated Holding Company authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of such guarantee by the Rated Holding Company;
(3) the only conditions to the
obligation of such Rated Holding Company to pay on behalf of the
Guaranteed Counterparty shall be that the Guaranteed Counterparty
shall not have paid under such repurchase obligation when required
(it being understood that no notice to, demand on or other action
in respect of the Guaranteed Counterparty is necessary) and that
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall
make a demand on the Rated Holding Company to make the payment due
under such guarantee; (4) the
guarantee of the Rated Holding Company shall be irrevocable with
respect to such repurchase obligation and shall not be subordinated
to any other obligation of the Rated Holding Company; and
(5) each of the Rating Agencies has
confirmed in writing to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee,
as applicable, that it has reviewed the form of the guarantee of
the Rated Holding Company and has determined that the issuance of
such guarantee will not result in the downgrade or withdrawal of
the ratings assigned to the Notes; and (Nissan 2008-C Sale and
Servicing Agreement)
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(H) the repurchase obligation
shall require that the repurchase obligation be overcollateralized
and shall provide that, upon any failure to maintain such
overcollateralization, the repurchase obligation shall become due
and payable, and unless the repurchase obligation is satisfied
immediately, the collateral subject to the repurchase agreement
shall be liquidated and the proceeds applied to satisfy the
unsatisfied portion of the repurchase obligation; and
(viii) any other investment with
respect to which 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; provided that,
unless otherwise expressly stated herein, each of the foregoing
investments shall be denominated in U.S. dollars, shall not be
purchased at a premium, shall mature no later than the Business Day
prior to the Distribution Date immediately following the date of
purchase, and shall be required to be held to such maturity; and
provided , further , that, notwithstanding
clauses (i) through (viii) above, "Eligible Investments"
shall not include any security having an "r" subscript attached to
its Standard & Poor’s rating.
For purposes of this definition, any
reference to the highest available credit rating of an obligation
shall mean the highest available credit rating for such obligation
(excluding any "+" signs associated with such rating), or such
lower credit rating (as approved in writing by each Rating Agency)
as will not result in the qualification, downgrading or withdrawal
of the rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to any of the
Notes. " Event of Default "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
" Exchange Act " means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
" Final Scheduled Distribution
Date " means, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the
Class A-3a Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the
Class A-3b Final Scheduled Distribution Date, and the
Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, as applicable.
" Financed Vehicle " means a
new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck, together with
all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness
under the related Receivable. "
Fitch " means Fitch Ratings. "
Floating Rate Notes " means, collectively, the
Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3b Notes.
" HB3 " shall mean House Bill
No. 3 (signed by the Governor of the State of Texas on May 19,
2006) and the corresponding sections of Title 2 of the Texas Tax
Code implementing House Bill No. 3 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder implementing House Bill
No. 3. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Holder " or "
Securityholder " means the registered holder of any
Certificate or Note as evidenced by the Certificate Register (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) or Note Register (as defined in the
Indenture) except that, solely for the purposes of giving certain
consents, waivers, requests or demands pursuant to the Trust
Agreement or the Indenture, the interest evidenced by any
Certificate or Note registered in the name of NARC II or NMAC, or
any Person actually known to a Trust Officer to be an Affiliate of
NARC II or NMAC, shall not be taken into account in determining
whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such
consent, waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained unless
NARC II or NMAC are the only holders.
" Hybrid Chattel Paper " shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
" Indenture " means the
Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee.
" Indenture Trustee " means
the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, its
successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture. " Initial Yield
Supplement Amount " means $42,278,489.29.
" Insolvency Event " means,
with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a
petition seeking entry of a decree or order for relief by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or
all or substantially all of its property in an involuntary case
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official for such Person or for all or substantially all of
its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such
Person’s affairs, and such petition shall remain unstayed and
in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (b) the
commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to
the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for
all or substantially all of its property, or the making by such
Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
" Interest Period " means,
with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 Notes,
the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3b Notes, the period
from (and including) the preceding Distribution Date to (but
excluding) such Distribution Date, except that the initial Interest
Period will be from (and including) the Closing Date to (but
excluding) January 15, 2009, and, with respect to any
Distribution Date and the Class A-3a Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes, the period from (and including) the 15th day
of the preceding calendar month to (but excluding) the 15th day of
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, except that the
initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the Closing
Date to (but excluding) January 15, 2009.
" Interest Rate " means the
Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the
Class A-3a Interest Rate, the Class A-3b Interest Rate or
the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as the case may be. (Nissan
2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Interest Rate Swap
Agreement(s) " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Indenture. " Issuer "
means Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-C Owner Trust unless and until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for
purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA,
each other obligor on the Notes. "
Lien " means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge,
equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than, in the case of a
Financed Vehicle, tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens
that attach to such Financed Vehicle by operation of law.
" Liquidated Receivable "
means a Defaulted Receivable as to which the related Financed
Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer.
" Monthly Remittance
Conditions " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.02. "
Moody’s " means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
" NARC II " means Nissan Auto
Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation.
" Net Liquidation Proceeds "
means the monies collected from whatever source on a Liquidated
Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer
for the account of the Obligor, plus any amounts required by law to
be remitted to the Obligor. " Net
Swap Payment " means, for each Interest Rate Swap Agreement,
the net amounts owed by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty, if
any, on any Distribution Date (including any prior unpaid Net Swap
Payments and any accrued interest thereon under the applicable
Interest Rate Swap Agreement), excluding Swap Termination Payments.
" Net Swap Receipts " means,
for each Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the net amounts owed by the
Swap Counterparty to the Issuer, if any, on any Distribution Date
under such Interest Rate Swap Agreement, excluding any Swap
Termination Payments. " Nissan
" means Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. "
NMAC " means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a
California corporation. "
Nonrecoverable Advance " means any Outstanding Advance with
respect to (i) any Defaulted Receivable or (ii) any
Receivable as to which the Servicer determines that any recovery
from payments made on or with respect to such Receivable is
unlikely. " Note " means any
one of the notes issued under the Indenture.
" Note Depository Agreement "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
(Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Note Factor " means, with
respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution Date, a
seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding
Amount of such Class of Notes, as of the close of business on the
last day of the related Collection Period, by the initial
Outstanding Amount of that Class of Notes.
" Noteholder " shall mean any
of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders,
the Class A-3 Noteholders or the Class A-4 Noteholders.
" Noteholders’ Interest
Carryover Shortfall " means, with respect to any Distribution
Date and a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the
Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such
Class for the preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding
Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class on
such preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of
interest that is actually paid on the Notes of such Class on such
preceding Distribution Date, plus, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, interest on the Noteholders’ Interest
Carryover Shortfall at the related Interest Rate for the related
Interest Period (calculated on the same basis as interest on that
Class of Notes for the same period).
" Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount " means, with respect to any Distribution
Date and a Class of Notes, the sum of the Noteholders’
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Class plus any
outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for
such Class as of the close of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date. "
Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount "
means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes,
interest accrued for the related Interest Period (calculated on the
basis of, in the case of Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes and the Class A-3b Notes, the actual number of days in
such Interest Period and a year assumed to consist of
360 days, and in the case of the Class A-3a Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes, such Interest Period being assumed to consist
of 30 days and a year assumed to consist of 360 days) at
the related Interest Rate for such Class of Notes on the
Outstanding 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
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
on the original principal amount of such Class of Notes).
" Noteholders’ Principal
Carryover Shortfall " means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Noteholders’ Principal
Distributable Amount for the preceding Distribution Date over the
amount in respect of principal that is actually paid as principal
on the Notes on such previous Distribution Date. Noteholders’
Principal Carryover Shortfall is not used to determine the amount
of principal due on the Notes on any Distribution Date, but is used
solely for reporting purposes. "
Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount " means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date until the
outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes has been
reduced to zero, and for any Distribution Date thereafter, an
amount equal to zero. " Note
Owner " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Note Pool Factor " means,
with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution Date, a
seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding
Amount of such Class of Notes as of the close of business on the
last day of the related Collection Period by the Original Pool
Balance. " Note Register "
means the register maintained by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
the Indenture recording the name of each Noteholder.
" Notes " means the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes.
" Obligor " on a Receivable
means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle or any
other Person who owes payments under the Receivable (but excluding
any Dealer in respect of Dealer Recourse).
" Officer’s Certificate
" means a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the
president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the controller of the Seller
or the Servicer, as the case may be.
" Opinion of Counsel " means
one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise provided herein, be an employee of or counsel to the
Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee
or the Rating Agencies, as the case may be.
" Optional Purchase " shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(a).
" Optional Purchase Percentage
" means 5.00%. " Optional Purchase
Price " means, an amount equal to the aggregate Administrative
Purchase Payments for the Receivables (including Receivables that
became Defaulted Receivables in the Collection Period preceding the
Distribution Date on which a purchase pursuant to Section 9.01
is effected), plus the appraised value of any other property held
by the Trust, such value to be determined by an appraiser mutually
agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee (less
liquidation expenses); provided , however , that the
Optional Purchase Price shall be equal to or greater than the sum
of (i) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes,
(ii) the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for
all Classes of Notes for such Distribution Date , (iii) the
Certificate Balance, and (iv) all amounts payable to the Swap
Counterparty under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
" Original Certificate Balance
" means $28,278,834.97. " Original
Pool Balance " means the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables on the Cut-off Date. "
Original Principal Amount " means $124,000,000 for the
Class A-1 Notes, $185,000,000 for the Class A-2 Notes,
$77,000,000 for the Class A-3a Notes, $80,000,000 for the
Class A-3b Notes, and $134,000,000 for the Class A-4
Notes. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Outstanding " shall have
the meaning assigned to that term in the Indenture.
" Outstanding Advances "
means, with respect to a Receivable and the last day of a
Collection Period, the sum of all Advances made as of or prior to
such date, minus all payments or collections as of or prior to such
date that are specified in Sections 5.04(b) and 5.04(d) as
applied to reimburse all unpaid Advances with respect to such
Receivable. " Outstanding
Amount " means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or,
if indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, Outstanding at
the date of determination. " Owner
Trust Estate " means all right, title and interest of the Trust
in and to the Receivables (other than the Warranty Receivables for
which the Seller has paid the Warranty Purchase Payment in
accordance with Section 3.02 and Administrative Receivables
for which the Servicer has paid the Administrative Purchase Payment
in accordance with Section 4.06), and all monies paid thereon,
and all monies accrued thereon, after the Cut-off Date; security
interests in the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto; the
Collection Account and all funds deposited in the Collection
Account; the Yield Supplement Account and all funds deposited in
the Yield Supplement Account; all property (including the right to
receive Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a
Receivable and that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the
Owner Trustee; proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit
life or disability insurance policies covering the Financed
Vehicles or the Obligors; all right to receive payments in respect
of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables; the
proceeds of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement; all right, title and
interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement and the
Assignment; all right, title and interest of the Owner Trustee and
the Trust pursuant to this Agreement, the Yield Supplement
Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement(s); certain rebates of premiums and other amounts
relating to certain insurance policies and other items financed
under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and the
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
" Owner Trustee " means the
Person acting as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its
successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the
Trust Agreement. " Paying
Agent " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture. " Person " means
any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof. "
Pool Balance " as of the close of business on the last day
of a Collection Period means the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables (reduced by the principal balance of any Administrative
Receivables, Warranty Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) as of
the close of business on such day. "
Pool Factor " for a particular Class of Notes or
Certificates on any Distribution Date means a seven-digit decimal
figure indicating the principal amount of such Class of Notes or
the Certificate Balance, as the case may be, as of the close of
business on the last day of the related Collection Period as a
fraction of the Original Pool Balance. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and
Servicing Agreement)
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" Prepayment " means, with
respect to any Receivable, any prepayment, whether in part or in
full, in respect of such Receivable.
" Principal Balance " of a
Receivable, as of any date of determination, means the Amount
Financed minus the sum of (i) all payments on such Receivable
allocable to principal, (ii) any refunded portion of extended
warranty protection plan or service contract costs, or of physical
damage, credit life or disability insurance premiums included in
the Amount Financed, (iii) any payment of the Administrative
Purchase Payment or the Warranty Purchase Payment with respect to
the Receivable allocable to principal, (iv) any Net
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal, and (v) any
Prepayments or other payments applied to reduce the unpaid
principal balance of that Receivable (to the extent not included in
clauses (i) or (iii) of this definition).
" Principal Distribution
Amount " means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Pool
Balance as of the end of the Collection Period preceding the
related Collection Period, or as of the Cut-off Date, in the case
of the first Collection Period, over (ii) the Pool
Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period, together
with any portion of the Principal Distribution Amount that was to
be distributed as such on any prior Distribution Date but was not
because sufficient funds were not available to make such
distribution; provided, however, that the Principal
Distribution Amount on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
for any Class of Notes shall not be less than the amount
necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of
such class to zero. "
Purchase Agreement " means that certain agreement, dated as
of the Closing Date, between NMAC and the Seller, relating to the
purchase by the Seller from NMAC of the Receivables.
" Rating Agency " means, as of
any date, any of the nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations that has been requested by the Seller or one of its
Affiliates to rate any Class of Notes and that is rating such Class
of Notes on such date. "
Receivable " means any retail installment sale contract that
appears on Schedule A to this Agreement (which Schedule A
may be in the form of microfiche, CD, data tape or paper) and that
has not been released by the Owner Trustee from the Trust.
" Receivable File " means the
records (whether tangible or electronic) specified in
Section 2.02 pertaining to a particular Receivable.
" Record Date " means, with
respect to the Notes of any Class and each Distribution Date, the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and,
with respect to the Certificates or if Definitive Notes,
representing any Class of Notes, have been issued, the last day of
the Collection Period preceding the related Distribution Date. Any
amount stated "as of a Record Date" or "on a Record Date" shall
give effect to (i) all applications of collections, and
(ii) all distributions to any party under this Agreement, the
Indenture and the Trust Agreement or to the related Obligor, as the
case may be, in each case as determined as of the opening of
business on the related Record Date.
" Relevant Trustee " means
(i) with respect to the control over or appropriate
designation denoting ownership or control over any property
comprising a portion of the Owner Trust Estate (Nissan 2008-C Sale
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that either is not conveyed or pledged to the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Granting Clause
of the Indenture or that has been released from the lien of the
Indenture, the Owner Trustee, and (ii) with respect to any
property comprising a portion of the Trust Estate (as defined in
the Indenture) that has not been released from the lien of the
Indenture, the Indenture Trustee; provided , however
, that with respect to any property that is under the joint or
separate control of a co-trustee or separate trustee under the
Trust Agreement or the Indenture, respectively, "Relevant Trustee"
shall refer to either or both of the Owner Trustee and such
co-trustee or separate trustee or to either or both of the
Indenture Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee, as the
case may be. " Required Deposit
Rating " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Eligible Deposit Account."
" Required Rate " means, with
respect to each Collection Period, 7.70%.
" Required Yield Supplement
Amount " means, with respect to every Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of the net present value of (i) the
maximum aggregate Yield Supplement Deposits that would become due
for all future Distribution Dates under the Yield Supplement
Agreement, assuming (1) that payments on the Receivables are
made on their scheduled due dates, based on a year consisting of
twelve 30-day months, (2) that no Receivable becomes a prepaid
Receivable, and (3) a discount rate of 1.75%, and
(ii) the Initial Yield Supplement Amount.
" Reserve Account " means the
account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to
Section 5.07. " Reserve
Account Initial Deposit " means $1,570,697.09.
" Retained Notes " shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
" Schedule of Receivables "
means the schedule of receivables attached as Schedule A to
this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time.
" Scheduled Payment " on a
Receivable means the payment required to be made by the Obligor
during each Collection Period that is sufficient to amortize the
related Principal Balance under the Simple Interest Method over the
term of the Receivable and to provide interest at the related APR.
" Securities Account Control
Agreement " means the Securities Account Control Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Seller, the Trust, Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as Securities Intermediary thereunder
and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee
pursuant to which the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement
Account will be established and maintained.
" Securities Intermediary "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Securities
Account Control Agreement. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
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" Securityholders " has the
meaning set forth in this Section 1.01 under the definition of
"Holder." " Seller " means
NARC II, as the seller of the Receivables under this Agreement, and
each successor to NARC II (in the same capacity) pursuant to
Section 6.04. " Senior Swap
Termination Payment " means any Swap Termination Payment owed
by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under an Interest Rate Swap
Agreement that is not a Subordinated Swap Termination Payment.
" Servicer " means NMAC, as
the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to NMAC (in the
same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02.
" Servicer Default " means an
event specified in Section 8.01.
" Servicer’s Certificate
" means a certificate completed and executed on behalf of the
Servicer by the president, any executive vice president, any vice
president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller
or any assistant controller of the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.08. " Servicing
Rate " means 1.00% per annum. "
Simple Interest Method " means the method of allocating a
fixed level payment to principal and interest pursuant to which the
portion of such payment that is allocated to interest is equal to
the product of the fixed rate of interest multiplied by the unpaid
principal balance multiplied by the quotient obtained by
calculating the period of time elapsed since the preceding payment
of interest was made and dividing such period of time by 365 or
366, as appropriate. " Simple
Interest Receivable " means any Receivable under which the
portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion
allocable to principal is determined in accordance with the Simple
Interest Method. " Specified
Reserve Account Balance " means with respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Reserve Account Initial
Deposit. " Standard &
Poor’s " means Standard & Poor’s, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. "
Subordinated Swap Termination Payment " means any Swap
Termination Payment owed by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty
under an Interest Rate Swap Agreement following an "event of
default" or a "termination event" where the Swap Counterparty is
the "defaulting party" or sole "affected party" (other
than with respect to "illegality" or a "tax event"), as
each such term is defined in such Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
" Successor Servicer " means
any entity appointed as a successor to the Servicer pursuant to
Section 8.02. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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" Supplemental Servicing
Fee " means, with respect to any Distribution Date, all late
fees, prepayment charges and other administrative fees and expenses
or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to the
Receivables received by the Servicer during the related Collection
Period and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the
Accounts (other than the Yield Supplement Account) during the
related Collection Period. " Swap
Counterparty " means an unaffiliated third party, as swap
counterparty under any Interest Rate Swap Agreement, or any
successor or replacement swap counterparty (including any
Replacement Swap Counterparty) from time to time.
" Swap Event of Default "
means, with respect to any Interest Rate Swap Agreement, any event
defined as an "Event of Default" under such Interest Rate Swap
Agreement. " Swap Replacement
Proceeds " means any amounts received from a Replacement Swap
Counterparty in consideration for entering into a Replacement
Interest Rate Swap Agreement for a terminated Interest Rate Swap
Agreement. " Swap Termination
Event " means, with respect to any Interest Rate Swap
Agreement, any event defined as a "Termination Event" in such
Interest Rate Swap Agreement. "
Swap Termination Payments " means payments due to the Swap
Counterparty by the Issuer or to the Issuer by the Swap
Counterparty under an Interest Rate Swap Agreement, including
interest that may accrue thereon, due to a termination of such
Interest Rate Swap Agreement due to an "event of default" or
"termination event" under such Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
" Total Servicing Fee " means
the sum of the Base Servicing Fee and the Supplemental Servicing
Fee. " Trust " means the
Issuer. " Trust Agreement "
means the Trust Agreement, dated August 1, 2008, as amended by
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, between the Seller and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner
Trustee. " Trust Collection
Account " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.01(c). " Trust
Estate " means all money, instruments, rights and other
property that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and
security interest of the Indenture for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty (including, without
limitation, all property and interests granted to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Indenture),
including all proceeds thereof. "
Trust Indenture Act " or " TIA " means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date hereof, unless
otherwise specifically provided. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
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" Trust Officer " means, in
the case of the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice
President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary
or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the
Corporate Trust Administration Department of the Owner Trustee with
direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement
and the Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
" UCC " means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
" Warranty Purchase Payment ,"
for any Warranty Receivable as of the last day of any Collection
Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the
beginning of such Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon
through the due date for the Obligor’s payment in such
Collection Period, at the related APR, after giving effect to the
receipt of monies collected (from whatever source other than
Advances) on such Warranty Receivable, if any, during such
Collection Period. " Warranty
Receivable " means a Receivable purchased as of the close of
business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Seller
pursuant to Section 3.02. "
Yield Supplement Account " means the segregated trust
account established and maintained for the benefit of the
Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.08(a).
" Yield Supplement Agreement "
means the agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among
the Seller, NMAC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
Indenture Trustee, and the Trust, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A .
" Yield Supplement Amount "
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount
on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account after giving effect to
the withdrawal therefrom of the related Yield Supplement Deposit
and without regard to any amounts on deposit therein in respect of
interest or investment earnings earned on the investment of amounts
on deposit therein in Eligible Investments for any period.
" Yield Supplement Deposit "
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amount by which
(a) the aggregate amount of interest that would have been due
during the related Collection Period on all Yield Supplemented
Receivables if such Yield Supplemented Receivables bore interest at
the Required Rate exceeds (b) the amount of interest accrued
on such Yield Supplemented Receivables at their respective APRs and
due during such Collection Period. "
Yield Supplemented Receivable " means any Receivable that
has an APR less than the Required Rate.
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
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reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements
and other contractual instruments include all subsequent
amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or
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; references to laws
include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any successors thereto; the term "including" means
"including without limitation;" and the term "or" is not exclusive.
ARTICLE II Conveyance of Receivables
SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of
Receivables . (a) In
consideration of the promises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration to be delivered to the Seller hereunder, on behalf of
the Issuer, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign and
otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (but subject to
the Seller’s obligations in this Agreement):
(i) all
right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivables
(including all related Receivable Files) listed in
Schedule A hereto and all monies due thereon or paid
thereunder or in respect thereof (including proceeds of the
repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to
Section 3.02 or the purchase of Receivables by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.06 or 9.01) after the Cut-off Date;
(ii)
the right of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed
Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and
any related property;
(iii)
the right of the Seller in any proceeds from claims on any physical
damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies
covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
(iv)
the right of the Seller through NMAC to receive payments in respect
of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables;
(v) the
rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement and the
Assignment;
(vi)
the right of the Seller to realize upon any property (including the
right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have
secured a Receivable;
(vii)
the right of the Seller in rebates of premiums and other amounts
relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the
Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(viii)
all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and (Nissan
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(ix)
all proceeds of the foregoing. On the
Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to, or to the order of, the
Issuer all property conveyed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a),
except for monies received in respect of the Receivables after the
Cut-off Date and before the Closing Date which shall be deposited
by NMAC (in its individual capacity or as the Servicer) into the
Collection Account no later than the first Record Date after the
Closing Date. Concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, the
Issuer shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Seller the Notes
and the Certificates. (b) It is the
intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the
Receivables from the Seller to the Issuer and the beneficial
interest in and title to the Receivables shall not be part of the
Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. The
Seller agrees to execute and file all filings (including filings
under the UCC) necessary in any jurisdiction to provide third
parties with notice of the sale of the Receivables pursuant to this
Agreement and to perfect such sale under the UCC.
(c) Although the parties hereto
intend that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this
Agreement be a sale, if such transfer and assignment is deemed to
be other than a sale, the parties intend that all filings described
in the foregoing paragraph shall give the Issuer a first priority
perfected security interest in, to and under the Receivables, and
other property conveyed hereunder and all proceeds of any of the
foregoing. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the grant of a
security interest from the Seller to the Issuer, and the Issuer
shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of a secured party
under the UCC. (d) In connection with
the foregoing conveyance, the Servicer shall maintain its computer
system so that, from and after the time of sale of the Receivables
to the Issuer under this Agreement, the Servicer’s master
computer records that refer to any Receivable indicate clearly the
interest of the Issuer in such Receivables and that such Receivable
is owned by the Issuer and under the control of the Issuer.
Indication of the Issuer’s ownership of a Receivable shall be
deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems
when, and only when, the Receivable has been paid in full,
repurchased or assigned pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) Ownership and control of the
Receivables, as between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (on
behalf of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders), shall be
governed by the Indenture. SECTION
2.02 Custody of Receivable Files . To assure uniform quality
in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs,
the Issuer, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer accepts such appointment,
to act as the agent of the Issuer as custodian of the following
documents or instruments that are hereby constructively delivered
to the Issuer with respect to each Receivable: (Nissan 2008-C Sale
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(a) the original of each tangible
record constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is
tangible chattel paper (as such term is used in Section 9-105
of the UCC) (or a photocopy or other image thereof that the
Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary
procedures) and a single "authoritative copy" (as such term is used
in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record
constituting or forming a part of each Receivable, fully executed
by the Obligor; (b) the original
credit application executed by the related Obligor (or a photocopy
or other image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in
accordance with its customary procedures);
(c) the original certificate of title
(or a photocopy or other image thereof or such documents that the
Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary
procedures), evidencing the security interest of the Servicer in
the related Financed Vehicle; and (d)
any and all other records (whether tangible or electronic) that the
Servicer shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary
procedures, relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor or
Financed Vehicle. SECTION 2.03
Acceptance by Issuer . The Issuer acknowledges its
acceptance pursuant to this Agreement, of all right, title and
interest in and to the Receivables and other property conveyed by
the Seller pursuant to this Agreement and declares and shall
declare from and after the date hereof that the Issuer holds and
shall hold such right, title and interest, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement. ARTICLE III The
Receivables SECTION 3.01
Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the
Receivables . The Seller makes the following representations
and warranties as to the Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed
to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations
and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale,
transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the
pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Characteristics of
Receivables . Each Receivable (i) has been originated in
the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail sale of a
Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s
business, has been fully and properly executed or authenticated by
the parties thereto, has been purchased by the Seller from NMAC
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which in turn has purchased
such Receivables from such Dealer under an existing dealer
agreement with NMAC, and has been validly assigned by such Dealer
to NMAC, which in turn has been validly assigned pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement by NMAC to the Seller in accordance with its
terms, (ii) created a valid, subsisting and enforceable
security interest in favor of NMAC in such Financed Vehicle, which
security interest has been validly assigned pursuant to the
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Agreement by NMAC to the Seller, which in turn has been validly
assigned by the Seller to the Issuer in accordance with the terms
hereof, (iii) contains customary and enforceable provisions
such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are
adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of
the security, (iv) provides for level monthly payments
(provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life
of the Receivable may be minimally different from the level
payment) that fully amortize the Amount Financed over an original
term of no greater than 72 payments, and (v) provides for
interest at the related APR. (b)
Schedule of Receivables . The information set forth in
Schedule A to this Agreement was true and correct in
all material respects as of the opening of business on the Cut-off
Date; the Receivables were selected from NMAC’s retail
installment sale contracts meeting the criteria of the Trust set
forth in this Agreement; and no selection procedures believed to be
adverse to the Securityholders were utilized in selecting the
Receivables. (c) Compliance with
Law . Each Receivable, the origination of such Receivable, and
the sale of the Financed Vehicle complied at the time it was
originated or made and at the execution of this Agreement complies
in all material respects with all requirements of applicable
federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder,
including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal
Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair
Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act,
the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations B and Z, the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and state adaptations of the National
Consumer Credit Protection Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit
Code, state "Lemon Laws" designed to prevent fraud in the sale of
automobiles and other consumer credit laws and equal credit
opportunity and disclosure laws. (d)
Binding Obligation . Each Receivable represents the genuine,
legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the
Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its
terms subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the effect of general
equitable principles and (iii) the potential unenforceability
of waivers of jury trial provisions in certain states.
(e) Security Interest in Financed
Vehicle . (i) Immediately prior to the sale, assignment
and transfer thereof to the Issuer, each Receivable was secured by
a validly perfected first priority security interest in the
Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as secured party or all necessary
and appropriate actions shall have been commenced that would result
in the valid perfection of a first priority security interest in
the Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as secured party, and
(ii) as of the Cut-off Date, according to the records of NMAC,
no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and the possession thereof
not reinstated. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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(f) Receivables in Force .
No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor
has any Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by the
related Receivable in whole or in part.
(g) No Waiver . No provision
of a Receivable has been waived in a manner that is prohibited by
the provisions of Section 4.01 or that would cause such
Receivable to fail to meet all of the other requirements and
warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.
(h) No Defenses . No
Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff,
counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the
operation of any of the terms of any Receivable, or the exercise of
any right thereunder, will not render such Receivable unenforceable
in whole or in part or subject such Receivable to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense
of usury, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or
defense has been asserted with respect thereto.
(i) No Liens . To the
Seller’s knowledge, no liens have been filed for work, labor
or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle that shall be liens
prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the security interest in the
Financed Vehicle granted by the Receivable.
(j) No Default . Except for
payment defaults continuing for a period of not more than
29 days as of the Cut-off Date, no default, breach, violation
or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable
has occurred; and no continuing condition that with notice or the
lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation or
event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has
arisen (other than deferrals and waivers of late payment charges or
fees permitted hereunder). (k)
Insurance . NMAC, in accordance with its customary
procedures, has determined at the time of origination of each
Receivable that the related Obligor has agreed to obtain physical
damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle and the Obligor is
required under the terms of the related Receivable to maintain such
insurance. (l) Title . It is
the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller
to the Trust and that the beneficial interest in and title to the
Receivables not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event
of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller
under any bankruptcy law. Immediately prior to the transfer and
assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable
title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens, and
immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Issuer, for the benefit
of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, shall have good and
marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens
and rights of others. Each Receivable File contains the original
certificate of title (or a photocopy or image thereof) or evidence
that an application for a certificate of title has been filed. To
the extent the transfer and assignment contemplated under this
Agreement is deemed to be other than a sale, this Agreement and all
filings described under this Agreement create a valid and
continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in
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security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is
enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Seller. (m) Lawful Assignment
. No Receivable has been originated in, or shall be subject to the
laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and
assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement are unlawful,
void or voidable. (n) All Filings
Made . All actions have been taken, and all filings (including,
without limitation, UCC filings) in any jurisdiction have been made
or have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee in a form suitable
for filing to give the Relevant Trustee a first priority perfected
ownership interest in the Receivables.
(o) Chattel Paper . Each
Receivable constitutes either "tangible chattel paper" or
"electronic chattel paper" as such terms are defined in the UCC,
or, in the case of Receivables originally originated as "electronic
chattel paper" and modified via "tangible records" as such term is
used in the UCC, constitutes a combination of "electronic records"
and "tangible records," as used in the UCC (such Receivables
consisting of a combination of "electronic records" and "tangible
records" are herein called "Hybrid Chattel Paper").
(p) Simple Interest
Receivables . All of the Receivables are Simple Interest
Receivables. (q) One Original or
Authoritative Copy . There is only one original executed copy
of each "tangible record" constituting or forming a part of each
Receivable that is tangible chattel paper and a single
"authoritative copy" (as such terms are used in Section 9-105 of
the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a part
of each Receivable that is electronic chattel paper. No electronic
record constituting or forming a part of a Receivable that is
chattel paper was in the form of a tangible record prior to being
created as an electronic record. (r)
No Amendments . No Receivable has been amended such that the
amount of the Obligor’s Scheduled Payments has been
increased. (s) APR . The APR
of each Receivable equals or exceeds 0.00%.
(t) Maturity . As of the
Cut-off Date, each Receivable had a remaining term to maturity of
not less than 3 payments and not greater than 64 payments.
(u) Balance . Each Receivable
had an original Principal Balance of not more than $69,738.55 and,
as of the Cut-off Date, had a principal balance of not less than
$2,000.92 and not more than $63,818.28.
(v) Delinquency . No
Receivable was more than 29 days past due as of the Cut-off
Date, and no Receivable has been extended by more than two months.
(w) Bankruptcy . No Obligor
was the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding (according to the
records of NMAC) as of the Cut-off Date. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and
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(x) Transfer . Each
Receivable prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed Vehicle
without the consent of NMAC. (y)
New, Near-New and Used Vehicles . Each Financed Vehicle was
a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck at the time
the related Obligor executed or authenticated the retail
installment sale contract. (z)
Origination . Each Receivable has an origination date on or
after October 29, 2002. (aa)
Receivable Files . The Receivable Files shall be kept at one
or more of the locations listed in Schedule B hereto.
The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Receivables do
not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person
other than the Issuer. All financing statements filed or to be
filed against the Seller in favor of the Issuer in connection
herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the
following effect: "A purchase of or security interest in any
collateral described in this financing statement, except as
permitted in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, will violate the
rights of the Issuer." (bb)
Forced-Placed Insurance Premiums . No contract relating to
any Receivable has had forced-placed insurance premiums added to
the amount financed. (cc) No Fraud
or Misrepresentation. To the knowledge of the Seller, no
Receivable was originated by a Dealer and sold by such Dealer to
the Seller with any conduct constituting fraud or misrepresentation
on the part of such Dealer. (dd)
No Further Amounts Owed on the Receivables . No further
amounts are owed by the Seller to any Obligor under the
Receivables. (ee) No Pledge or
Assignment of Receivables . Other than the security interest
granted to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has
not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or
otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Seller has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against the Seller that include a description of
collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Issuer
hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security
interest covering the Receivables has been released. The Seller is
not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller.
(ff) No Government Obligors .
None of the Receivables shall be due from the United States or any
state, or from any agency, department subdivision or
instrumentality thereof. SECTION 3.02
Repurchase upon Breach . The Seller, the Servicer or the
Issuer, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and
warranties pursuant to Section 3.01 that materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders (Nissan
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in any Receivable. Unless the breach shall have been cured by
the last day of the second Collection Period following such
discovery (or, at the Seller’s election, the last day of the
first Collection Period following such discovery), the Seller shall
be obligated (whether or not such breach was known to the Seller on
the Closing Date), and the Issuer shall enforce the obligation of
the Seller under this Agreement and, if necessary, the Seller shall
enforce the obligation of NMAC under the Purchase Agreement, to
repurchase any Receivable the Securityholders’ interest in
which was materially and adversely affected by the breach as of
such last day. A breach of the representation in
Section 3.01(a)(iv), (t) or (u) shall be deemed to
affect materially and adversely the related Receivable. In
consideration of the purchase of the Receivables, the Seller shall
remit the Warranty Purchase Payment in the manner specified in
Section 5.05. For purposes of this Section 3.02, the
Warranty Purchase Payment of a Receivable that is not consistent
with the Seller’s warranty pursuant to
Section 3.01(a)(v) shall include such additional amount as
shall be necessary to provide the full amount of interest as
contemplated therein to the date of repurchase. The sole remedy of
the Trust, the Indenture Trustee (by operation of the assignment of
the Issuer’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Indenture), any
Securityholder, or the Swap Counterparty, with respect to a breach
of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant to
Section 3.01, shall be to require the Seller to repurchase
Receivables pursuant to this Section and to enforce the obligation
of NMAC to the Seller to repurchase such Receivables pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement. SECTION 3.03
Duties of Servicer as Custodian .
(a) Safekeeping . The Servicer
shall hold the Receivable Files as custodian for the benefit of the
Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records
and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall
enable the Issuer to comply with this Agreement. In performing its
duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act with reasonable care,
using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer
exercises with respect to the receivable files relating to all
comparable automotive receivables that the Servicer services for
itself or others. In accordance with its customary practices with
respect to its retail installment sale contracts, the Servicer
shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits of the
Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement and of the related
accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall
enable the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to
verify the accuracy of the Servicer’s record keeping. The
Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee any material failure on its part to hold the Receivable
Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as
herein provided in all material respects and shall promptly take
appropriate action to remedy any such material failure. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic
review by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of
the Receivable Files. (b)
Maintenance of and Access to Records . The Servicer shall
maintain each Receivable File at one of its offices specified in
Schedule B or at such other office as shall be
specified to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee by written
notice from the Servicer not later than 90 days after any
change in location. The Servicer shall make available to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee or their respective duly
authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors the Receivable
Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems
maintained by the Servicer at such times during (Nissan 2008-C Sale
and Servicing Agreement)
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normal business hours as the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee shall instruct. The Servicer shall permit the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective agents at any
time during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice to
inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the
Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.
(c) Release of Receivable
Files . Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Servicer Default or to the extent necessary for the Indenture
Trustee to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the
Servicer shall, upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee,
release any Receivable File to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as
the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee
may designate, as soon as practicable.
SECTION 3.04 Instructions;
Authority To Act . The Servicer shall be deemed to have
received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files
upon its receipt of written instructions signed by a Trust Officer
of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.05 Custodian’s
Indemnification . The Servicer, as custodian, shall indemnify
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages,
payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them as the
result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the
maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the
Receivable Files; provided , however , that the
Servicer shall not be liable to the Owner Trustee for any portion
of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the Servicer shall
not be liable to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such
amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.06 Effective Period and
Termination . The Servicer’s appointment as custodian
shall become effective as of the Cut-off Date, and shall continue
in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section.
If NMAC shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of any
Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 8.01, the
appointment of NMAC as custodian may be terminated by the Indenture
Trustee or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (but excluding for purposes of
such calculation and action all Notes held or beneficially owned by
NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Notes
are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their
Affiliates) or, with the consent of Holders of the Notes evidencing
not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the
Owner Trustee or by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than
25% of the Certificate Balance (but excluding for purposes of such
calculation and action all Certificates held or beneficially owned
by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the
Certificates are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any
of their Affiliates), in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee
or such Holders may terminate the rights and obligations of the
Servicer under Section 8.01. The Indenture Trustee or, with
the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer may terminate the
Servicer’s appointment as custodian, with cause, at any time
upon written notification to the Servicer, and without cause upon
30 days’ prior written notification to the Servicer. As
soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the
Servicer shall deliver the Receivable Files and the related
accounts and records maintained by the Servicer (Nissan 2008-C Sale
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to the Relevant Trustee or the agent thereof at such place or
places as the Relevant Trustee may reasonably designate. ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
SECTION 4.01 Duties of
Servicer . (a) The Servicer shall
manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables
with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that
the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable receivables
that it services for itself or others. There are no requirements
under the Basic Documents to maintain a back-up servicer. Except
with respect to Defaulted Receivables, Administrative Receivables
or Warranty Receivables or to the extent required by state or
federal law, the Servicer shall not change the amount of or
reschedule the due date of any Scheduled Payment, change the APR
of, or extend any Receivable except as provided herein or change
any material term of a Receivable; provided , however
, that:
(1) if
a default, breach, violation, delinquency or event permitting
acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have occurred
or, in the judgment of the Servicer, is imminent, the Servicer may
(A) extend such Receivable for credit related reasons that
would be acceptable to the Servicer with respect to comparable new,
near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck receivables that it
services for itself, but only if (i) the final scheduled
payment date of such Receivable as extended would not be later than
the last day of the Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes, and (ii) the
rescheduling or extension would not modify the terms of such
Receivable in a manner that would constitute a cancellation of such
Receivable and the creation of a new receivable for federal income
tax purposes; or (B) reduce an Obligor’s monthly payment
amount in the event of a prepayment resulting from refunds of
credit life and disability insurance premiums and service contracts
and make similar adjustments in an Obligor’s payment terms to
the extent required by law;
(2) if
at the end of the scheduled term of any Receivable, the outstanding
principal amount thereof is such that the final payment to be made
by the related Obligor is larger than the regularly scheduled
payment of principal and interest made by such Obligor, the
Servicer may permit such Obligor to pay such remaining principal
amount in more than one payment of principal and interest, provided
that the last such payment shall be due on or prior to the last day
of the Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for the Class A-4 Notes; and (Nissan 2008-C Sale and
Servicing Agreement)
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(3)
the Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or
any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of
servicing a Receivable. (b) The
Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all
payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on the Receivables,
investigating delinquencies, sending remittance advises to
Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting for
collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions and
making Advances pursuant to Section 5.04. The Servicer is not
required under the Basic Documents to make any disbursements via
wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There are no
requirements under the Receivables or the Basic Documents for funds
to be, and funds shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. The
Servicer is not required to make any payments or disbursements on
behalf of an Obligor. In addition, if and to the extent applicable,
the Servicer’s duties shall include the execution and
delivery of any filings, certificates, affidavits or other
instruments required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(c) Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders or any of
them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or
partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Receivables or to the Financed
Vehicles securing the Receivables. If the Servicer shall commence a
legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer (in the case
of a Receivable other than an Administrative Receivable or a
Warranty Receivable) shall thereupon be deemed to have
automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such
Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a
Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in
interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the
Issuer shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take
steps to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in its
name or the name of the Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders.
The Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney
and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
hereunder. (d) The Servicer, at its
expense, shall obtain on behalf of the Trust all licenses required
to be held by the Trust under the laws of any jurisdiction in
connection with ownership of the Receivables, and shall make all
filings and pay all fees as may be required in connection therewith
during the term hereof. Nothing in the foregoing or in any other
section of this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the
Servicer from implementing new programs, whether on an
intermediate, pilot or permanent basis, or on a regional or
nationwide basis, or from modifying its standards, policies and
procedures as long as, in each case, the Servicer does or would
implement such programs or modify its standards, policies and
procedures in respect of comparable assets serviced for itself in
the ordinary course of business. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing
Agreement)
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SECTION 4.02 Collection of
Receivable Payments . The Servicer shall make reasonable
efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due
and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with
respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself
or others. Except for Advances made pursuant to Section 5.04,
there are no requirements under the Basic Documents for advances of
funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or
distributions. Except for the requirements set forth in
Section 5.04 relating to Advances, there are no requirements
under the Basic Documents for the making, review or approval of
Advances. SECTION 4.03 Realization
upon Receivables . On behalf of the Trust, the Servicer shall
use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary
servicing procedures, to repossess or otherwise convert the
ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to
which the Servicer shall have determined eventual payment in full
is unlikely. The Servicer shall follow such customary and usual
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in
its servicing of comparable receivables, which may include
reasonable efforts to realize upon any Dealer Recourse and selling
the related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. The
foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in
which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer
shall not expend funds in connection with the repair or the
repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in
its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase
the Net Liquidation Proceeds. SECTION
4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
. The Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing
procedures, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection
of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related
Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such
steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on
behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the
relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. If the
assignment of a Receivable to the Trust is insufficient, without a
notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s certificate of
title, to grant to the Trust a first priority perfected security
interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the Servicer hereby
agrees to serve as the agent of the Trust for the purpose of
perfecting the security interest of the Trust in such Financed
Vehicle and agrees that the Servicer’s listing as the secured
party on the certificate of title is in this capacity as agent of
the Trust. The provisions set forth in this Section are the sole
requirements under the Basic Documents with respect to the
maintenance of collateral or security on the Receivables. It is
understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and
security for the Receivables, but that the certificate of title
with respect to a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral
and merely evidences such security interest.
SECTION 4.05 Covenants of
Servicer . (a) The Servicer shall
not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the
security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part
except in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the
Obligor thereunder or repossession.
(b) The Servicer shall not do
anything to impair the rights of the Securityholders in the
Receivables. (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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(c) Except with respect to
Defaulted Receivables, Administrative Receivables or Warranty
Receivables or to the extent required by law, the Servicer shall
not alter the APR of any Receivable or forgive payments on a
Receivable. Except as provided in Section 4.01, the Servicer
shall not modify the number of payments under a Receivable,
increase the amount financed under a Receivable, or extend the due
date for any payment on a Receivable.
(d) If the Servicer shall determine
not to make an Advance related to delinquency or non-payment of any
Receivable pursuant to Section 5.04 because it determines that
such Advance would not be recoverable from subsequent collections
on such Receivable, such Receivable shall be designated by the
Servicer to be a Defaulted Receivable, provided that such
Receivable otherwise meets the definition of a Defaulted
Receivable. (e) If the Seller is
required to pay tax under the second sentence of
Section 6.03(a) and if such tax is not paid by the Seller,
then the Servicer shall pay such tax (or cause such tax to be paid)
to the applicable taxing authority on behalf of the Issuer.
(f) As of any date of determination,
if the aggregate principal amount of Receivables that have been
extended and that also constitute Hybrid Chattel Paper exceeds 9.0%
of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Receivables,
and if such excess amount is not otherwise reduced prior to the end
of the second Collection Period following such discovery (or, if
the Servicer elects, an earlier date), the Servicer will purchase a
sufficient aggregate principal amount of Receivables to reduce the
aggregate principal amount of Receivables that are Hybrid Chattel
Paper to less than 9.0% of the then outstanding principal balance
of the Receivables. SECTION 4.06
Purchase of Receivables upon Breach . The Servicer or the
Issuer shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee
promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach by the
Servicer of its obligations under the second sentence of
Section 4.01 or under Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 that
would materially and adversely affect any Receivable. Unless the
breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second
Collection Period following such discovery (or, at the
Servicer’s election, the last day of the first Collection
Period following discovery), the Servicer shall (whether or not
such breach was known to the Servicer on the Closing Date) purchase
any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach as
of such last day. In consideration of such Receivable, the Servicer
shall remit the Administrative Purchase Payment (as reduced by any
Outstanding Advances with respect to such Receivable) in the manner
specified in Section 5.05. For the purposes of this
Section 4.06, the Administrative Purchase Payment shall
consist in part of a release by the Servicer of all rights of
reimbursement with respect to Outstanding Advances with respect to
the purchased Receivable. The sole remedy of the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee, the Trust, the Securityholders, or the Swap
Counterparty against the Servicer with respect to a breach by the
Servicer of its obligations under the second sentence of
Section 4.01 or under Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 shall be
to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this
Section 4.06. SECTION 4.07
Servicing Fee and Expenses . As compensation for the
performance of its obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the Total Servicing
Fee. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Servicer
shall be (Nissan 2008-C Sale and Servicing Agreement)
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required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its activities under this Agreement (including fees and
disbursements of the Indenture Trustee and independent accountants,
taxes imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with
distributions and reports to Securityholders and all other fees and
expenses not expressly stated under this Agreement to be for the
account of the Securityholders). If each Rating Agency for a series
of Notes or Certificates confirms that it will not reduce the
rating of any Class of Notes or Certificates in that series, as the
case may be, the Base Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection
Period (together with any portion of the Base Servicing Fee that
remains unpaid from the prior Distribution Dates) will be paid at
the beginning of that Collection Period out of collections of
interest on the related Receivables.
SECTION 4.08 Servicer’s
Certificate . (a) On or before
each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner
Trustee, each Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Swap
Counterparty with a copy to each Rating Agency, a Servicer’s
Certificate containing all information necessary to make the
distributions pursuant to Sections 5.06, 5.07 and 5.0
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