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AMENDED AND RESTATED SALE AND
SERVICING
AGREEMENT
among
SILVERLEAF FINANCE IV, LLC,
as
Purchaser,
SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC., as
Seller and Servicer,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Backup Servicer, Trustee and Account
Intermediary
Dated as of
December 22, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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Section 1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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Section 1.3
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Calculations
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Section 1.4
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Material Adverse Effect
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Article II CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
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Section 2.1
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Conveyance of Receivables
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Section 2.2
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Transfers Intended as Sale
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Section 2.3
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Further Encumbrance of Receivables and
Other Conveyed Property
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Article III THE RECEIVABLES
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Section 3.1
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Representations, Warranties and Certain
Covenants of Seller
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Section 3.2
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Repurchases and Substitutions
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Section 3.3
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Custody of Timeshare Loan Files
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Section 3.4
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Trustee to Obtain Fidelity
Insurance
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Article IV ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES
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Section 4.1
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Duties of the Servicer
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Section 4.2
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Collection of Receivable Payments; Lockbox
Agreements; Other Duties of the Servicer
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Section 4.3
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Realization Upon Receivables
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Section 4.4
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[RESERVED]
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Section 4.5
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Maintenance of Security
Interests
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Section 4.6
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Additional Covenants of Servicer
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Section 4.7
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Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach of
Covenant
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Section 4.8
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Servicing Fee
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Section 4.9
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Servicer’s Certificate
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Section 4.10
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Annual Statement as to Compliance, Notice
of Servicer Termination Event
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Section 4.11
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Independent Accountants’
Reports
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Section 4.12
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Independent Accountants’ Review of
Receivables File
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Section 4.13
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Report on Proceedings and Servicer
Termination Event
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Section 4.14
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Access to Certain Documentation and
Information Regarding Receivables
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Section 4.15
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Verification of Servicer’s
Certificate
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Section 4.16
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[RESERVED]
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Section 4.17
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Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance
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Section 4.18
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Lien Searches; Opinions as to Transfers and
Security Interests
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Section 4.19
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Subservicing Arrangements
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Article V ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO
THE NOTEHOLDER
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Section 5.1
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Establishment of Pledged
Accounts
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Section 5.2
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[RESERVED]
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Section 5.3
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Certain Reimbursements to the
Servicer
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Section 5.4
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[RESERVED]
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Section 5.5
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Reserve Account
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Section 5.6
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Additional Deposits
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Section 5.7
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Distributions
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Section 5.8
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Note Distribution Account
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Section 5.9
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Statements to the Noteholder
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Article VI [RESERVED]
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Article VII THE PURCHASER
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Section 7.1
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Representations of Purchaser
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Article VIII THE SELLER
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Section 8.1
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Representations of Seller
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Section 8.2
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Additional Covenants of the
Seller
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Section 8.3
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Liability of Seller; Indemnities
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Section 8.4
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Merger or Consolidation of
Seller
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Section 8.5
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Limitation on Liability of Seller and
Others
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Article IX THE SERVICER
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Section 9.1
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Representations of Servicer
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Section 9.2
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Liability of Servicer;
Indemnities
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Section 9.3
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Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer or
Backup Servicer, and Assumption of the
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Obligations of the Backup
Servicer
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Section 9.4
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[RESERVED]
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Section 9.5
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[RESERVED]
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Section 9.6
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Servicer and Backup Servicer Not to
Resign
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Section 9.7
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Reporting Requirements
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Article X DEFAULT
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Section 10.1
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Servicer Termination Events
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Section 10.2
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Consequences of a Servicer Termination
Event
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Section 10.3
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Appointment of Successor
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Section 10.4
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Notification of Termination and
Appointment
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Section 10.5
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 10.6
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Action Upon Certain Failures of the
Servicer
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Section 10.7
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Continued Errors
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Article XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 11.1
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Amendment
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Section 11.2
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Protection of Title to Property.
(a)
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Section 11.4
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Assignment
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Section 11.5
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Limitations on Rights of Others
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Section 11.6
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Severability
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Section 11.7
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Separate Counterparts
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Section 11.8
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Headings
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Section 11.9
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Governing Law
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Section 11.10
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Assignment to Trustee
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Section 11.11
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Nonpetition Covenants
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Section 11.12
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Limitation of Liability of
Trustee
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Section 11.13
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Independence of the Servicer
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Section 11.14
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No Joint Venture
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Section 11.15
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Intention of Parties Regarding Delaware
Securitization Act
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Section 11.16
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Special Supplemental Agreement
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Section 11.17
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Limited Recourse
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Section 11.18
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Acknowledgement of Roles
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Section 11.19
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Termination
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Section 11.20
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Submission to Jurisdiction
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Section 11.21
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Waiver of Trial by Jury
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Section 11.22
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Process Agent
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Section 11.23
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No Set-Off
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Section 11.24
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Section 11.25
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Merger and Integration
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule A
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[Intentionally Omitted]
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Schedule B
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Location for Delivery of Timeshare Loan
Files
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Schedule C
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Form of Trial Balance Report/Delinquency
Report
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Exhibit A
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Form of Servicer’s Certificate
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Exhibit B
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Eligibility Criteria
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Exhibit C
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Form of Assignment
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Exhibit D
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Form of Addition Notice
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Exhibit F
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List of Silverleaf Executive Management
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Exhibit G
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Record Layout
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Exhibit H
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Servicer’s Monthly Representation
Certificate
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Exhibit I
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Escrow Agent Wiring Instructions
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Exhibit J
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Form of Waiver Letter
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Exhibit K
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Credit Policy/Collection Policy
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Exhibit L
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Form of Notice of Non-Titled Loans
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Annex A
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Amended and Restated Defined Terms
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AMENDED AND RESTATED SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
this "Agreement") dated as of December 22, 2006, among SILVERLEAF
FINANCE IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Purchaser"), SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC., a Texas corporation (in its
capacities as Seller, the "Seller" and as Servicer, the "Servicer,"
respectively), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association (in its capacities as Backup Servicer, the
"Backup Servicer," as Trustee, the "Trustee," and as Account
Intermediary, the "Account Intermediary").
WHEREAS, the parties hereto agree to amend and
restate in its entirety that certain Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of March 2, 2006, among the Purchaser, the Seller, the
Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Trustee and the Account
Intermediary;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase, from
time to time, a portfolio of receivables arising in connection with
the sales of vacation ownership interests by Silverleaf Resorts,
Inc.;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser intends to finance such
purchases by issuing the Note, secured by the Receivables and the
Other Conveyed Property, pursuant to the Indenture (as defined
below);
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such
Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to the Purchaser from
time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service all
such Receivables and related Other Conveyed Property.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement
and not otherwise defined in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings set forth in Annex A attached hereto.
Section 1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions .
(a) All terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used
in any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
(b) Accounting terms
used but not defined or partly defined in this Agreement, in any
instrument governed hereby or in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto, to the extent not defined, shall
have the respective meanings given to them under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of this
Agreement or any such instrument, certificate or other document, as
applicable. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms
in this Agreement or in any such instrument, certificate or other
document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Agreement or in any such instrument, certificate
or other document shall control.
(c) The words "
hereof ," " herein ," " hereunder " and words
of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement.
(d) Section,
Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are
references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "
including " shall mean " including without limitation
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(e) The definitions
contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well
as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as
to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(f) Any agreement,
instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means
such agreement, instrument or statute as the same may from time to
time be amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case
of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments and
instruments associated therewith; all references to a Person
include its permitted successors and assigns.
Section 1.3 Calculations . Other than as expressly set forth herein
or in any of the other Basic Documents, all calculations of the
amount of the Servicing Fee, Backup Servicing Fee and the Trustee
Fee shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. All calculations of the Commitment Fee and
the Noteholder’s Monthly Interest Distributable Amount shall
be made on the basis of the actual number of days in the Accrual
Period or Interest Period, as applicable, and 360 days in the
calendar year. All references to the Principal Balance of a
Receivable as of any day shall refer to the close of business on
such day.
Section 1.4 Material Adverse Effect . Whenever a determination is to
be made under this Agreement whether a breach of a representation,
warranty or covenant has or could have a material adverse effect on
a Receivable, Other Conveyed Property or the interest therein of
the Purchaser and the Noteholder (or any similar or analogous
determination), such determination shall be made by the Noteholder
in its sole and reasonable discretion.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF
RECEIVABLES
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Receivables
(a) In consideration
of the Purchaser’s delivery to or upon the order of the
Seller on any Funding Date of the Purchase Price therefor, the
Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the Purchaser, without recourse (subject to the
obligations set forth herein) all right, title and interest of the
Seller, whether now existing or hereafter arising, in, to and
under:
(i)the Receivables listed in the Schedule of
Receivables from time to time;
(ii)Timeshare Loans relating to the Receivables
and all monies received under the Receivables and the Timeshare
Loans on and after the related Cutoff Date and all Net Liquidation
Proceeds received with respect to the Receivables and the Timeshare
Loans after the related Cutoff Date;
(iii)with respect to any Timeshare Loan, all of
the Seller’s interest in the Timeshare Property arising under
or in connection with the related Mortgage, Financing Agreement,
Oak N’ Spruce Certificate and the related Timeshare Loan
Documents;
(iv)all other security interests or liens and
property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure
payment of such Timeshare Loan, together with all mortgages,
assignments and financing statements signed by an Obligor
describing any collateral securing such Timeshare Loan;
(v)all guarantees, insurance and other agreements
or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting
or securing payment of such Timeshare Loan and all proceeds thereof
(including, but not limited to, any insurance proceeds to the
extent they are not used to rebuild or repair a Unit);
(vi)Reserved;
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(vii)the Timeshare Loan File related to each
Receivable and all other security and books, records and computer
tapes relating to the foregoing;
(viii)all amounts and property from time to time
held in or credited to the Collection Account or the Lockbox
Account;
(ix)all property (including the right to receive
future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that secures a Receivable that has
been acquired by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to a
liquidation of such Receivable; and
(x)all present and future claims, demands, causes
and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and
all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature
whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or
other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts
receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks,
deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and
receivables, instruments and other property which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of
the foregoing.
(b) The Seller shall
transfer to the Purchaser the Receivables and the other property
and rights related thereto described in paragraph (a) above
only upon the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth
below on or prior to the related Funding Date. In addition to
constituting conditions precedent to any purchase hereunder and
under each Assignment, the following shall also be conditions
precedent to any Advance on any Funding Date under the terms of the
Note Purchase Agreement:
(i)the Seller shall have provided the Purchaser,
the Trustee and the Noteholder with an Addition Notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (which shall
include supplements to the Schedule of Receivables) not later than
three Business Days prior to such Funding Date and shall have
provided any information reasonably requested by any of the
foregoing with respect to the Related Receivables;
(ii)the Seller shall, to the extent required by
Section 4.2 of this Agreement, have deposited in the
Collection Account all collections received after the Cutoff Date
in respect of the Related Receivables to be purchased on such
Funding Date;
(iii)as of each Funding Date, (A) the Seller
shall not be insolvent and shall not become insolvent as a result
of the transfer of Related Receivables on such Funding Date, (B)
the Seller shall not intend to incur or believe that it shall incur
debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature,
(C) such transfer shall not have been made with actual intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any Person and (D) the assets of the
Seller shall not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out
its business as then conducted;
(iv)the Facility Termination Date shall not have
occurred;
(v)the Servicer shall have established one or
more Lockbox Accounts acceptable to the Noteholder;
(vi)each of the representations and warranties
made by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.1 and the other
Basic Documents with respect to the Related Receivables to be
purchased on such Funding Date shall be true and correct as of the
related Funding Date and the Seller shall have performed all
obligations to be performed by it hereunder or in any Assignment on
or prior to such Funding Date;
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(vii)the Seller shall, at its own expense, on or
prior to the Funding Date, indicate in its computer files that the
Related Receivables to be purchased on such Funding Date have been
sold to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or an Assignment,
as applicable;
(viii)the Seller shall have taken any action
required to maintain (i) the first priority perfected ownership
interest of the Purchaser in the Related Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property and (ii) the first priority perfected security
interest of the Trustee in the Collateral;
(ix)no selection procedures adverse to the
interests of the Noteholder shall have been utilized in selecting
the Related Receivables to be sold on such Funding Date;
(x)the addition of any such Related Receivables
to be purchased on such Funding Date shall not result in a material
adverse tax consequence to the Noteholder or the
Purchaser;
(xi)the Seller shall have delivered to the
Noteholder and the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
confirming the satisfaction of each condition precedent specified
in this paragraph (b);
(xii)no Funding Termination Event, Servicer
Termination Event, Event of Default or any event that, with the
giving of notice or the passage of time, would constitute a Funding
Termination Event, or Servicer Termination Event or Event of
Default, shall have occurred and be continuing;
(xiii)the Custodian shall have confirmed receipt
of the related Timeshare Loan File (with the exception of the
original mortgagee title insurance policy or master policy
referencing each Timeshare Loan and covering Silverleaf Resorts,
Inc., its successors and assigns, which shall be delivered by the
Escrow Agent within 90 days of the related Funding Date, except
with respect to any Non-Titled Loans, as described in Section
3.1(a)(xxvii) below), for each Related Receivable included in
the Borrowing Base calculation and shall have delivered a copy to
the Noteholder, the Servicer and the Trustee of a Trust Receipt
with respect to the Timeshare Loan Files related to the Related
Receivables to be purchased on such Funding Date;
(xiv)the Seller shall have filed or caused to be
filed all necessary UCC-l financing statements (or amendments
thereto) necessary to maintain (in each case assuming for purposes
of this clause (xiv) that such perfection may be achieved by making
the appropriate filings), or taken any other steps necessary to
maintain, (1) the first, priority, perfected ownership interest of
Purchaser and (2) the first priority, perfected security interest
of the Trustee, with respect to the Related Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property and the Collateral, respectively to be
transferred on such Funding Date;
(xv)the Seller shall have executed and delivered
to the Purchaser and the Noteholder an Assignment in the form of
Exhibit C;
(xvi)the Noteholder Excess Principal Event Date
shall not have occurred;
(xvii)each of the Escrow Agent and Custodian
shall have delivered its respective certifications in accordance
with the Escrow Agreement;
(xviii)each of the conditions precedent to such
Advance set forth in the Indenture and the Note Purchase Agreement
shall have been satisfied; and
(xix)the Structuring Fee shall have been paid to
the Noteholder in full.
Unless waived by the Noteholder in writing, the
Seller covenants that in the event any of the foregoing conditions
precedent are not satisfied with respect to any Related Receivable
on the date required as specified above, the Seller will
immediately repurchase such Related Receivable from the Purchaser,
at a price equal to the Purchase Amount thereof, in the manner
specified in Section 3.2 and Section 4.7 . The
Trustee may rely on the accuracy of the Officers’ Certificate
delivered pursuant to item (xi) above without independent
inquiry or verification.
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(c) Payment of
Purchase Price . In consideration for the sale of the
Related Receivables and Other Conveyed Property described in
Section 2.1(a) or the related Assignment, the Purchaser shall, on
each Funding Date on which Related Receivables are transferred
hereunder, pay to or upon the order of the Seller the applicable
Purchase Price in the following manner: (i) cash in an amount equal
to the amount of the Advance received by the Purchaser under the
Note on such Funding Date and (ii) to the extent the Purchase Price
for the related Receivables and Other Conveyed Property exceeds the
amount of cash described in (i), such excess shall be treated as a
capital contribution by the Seller to the Purchaser. On any Funding
Date on which funds are on deposit in the Principal Funding
Account, the Purchaser may direct the Trustee to withdraw therefrom
an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Purchase Price to be paid
to the Seller for Related Receivables and Other Conveyed Property
to be conveyed to the Purchaser and pledged to the Trustee on such
Funding Date (or a portion thereof) and (ii) the amount on deposit
in the Principal Funding Account, and, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 2.1(b) after giving
effect to such withdrawal, in consideration for the sale of the
Related Receivables and Other Conveyed Property on such Funding
Date, pay such amount to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the wiring
instructions set forth on Exhibit I (which wiring
instructions may be updated from time to time by the Escrow Agent),
which amount will be disbursed by the Escrow Agent in accordance
with the Escrow Agreement.
Section 2.2 Transfers Intended as Sale . It is the intention of the
Seller that each transfer and assignment contemplated by this
Agreement and each Assignment shall constitute a sale of the
Related Receivables and Other Conveyed Property from the Seller to
the Purchaser free and clear of all liens and rights of others and
it is intended that the beneficial interest in and title to the
Related Receivables and Other Conveyed Property 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. In the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the Seller,
the transfer and assignment contemplated hereby or by any
Assignment is held not to be a sale, this Agreement and each
Assignment shall constitute a security agreement and a grant of a
security interest in the property referred to in Section 2.1
and each Assignment to the Purchaser, which security interest has
been assigned to the Trustee, acting on behalf of the
Noteholder.
Section 2.3 Further Encumbrance of Receivables and Other Conveyed
Property .
(a) Immediately upon
the conveyance to the Purchaser by the Seller of the Related
Receivables and any item of the related Other Conveyed Property
pursuant to Section 2.1 and the related Assignment, all
right, title and interest of the Seller in and to such Related
Receivables and Other Conveyed Property shall terminate, and all
such right, title and interest shall vest in the
Purchaser.
(b) Immediately upon
the vesting of any Related Receivables and the related Other
Conveyed Property in the Purchaser, the Purchaser shall have the
sole right to pledge or otherwise encumber such Related Receivables
and the related Other Conveyed Property. Pursuant to the Indenture,
the Purchaser shall grant a security interest in the Collateral to
secure the repayment of the Note.
(c) The Trustee
shall, at such time as (i) the Facility Termination Date has
occurred, (ii) there is no Note outstanding and (iii) all sums due
to the Trustee and the Noteholder pursuant to the Basic Documents
have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Receivables
and the Other Conveyed Property to the Purchaser.
ARTICLE III
THE RECEIVABLES
Section 3.1 Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of
Seller .
(a) The Seller makes
the following representations and warranties as to the Receivables
and the Other Conveyed Property to the Purchaser and to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholder on which the Purchaser relies in
acquiring the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property and on
which the Noteholder has relied in purchasing the Note and will
rely in paying the Advance Amount to the Purchaser. Such
representations and warranties speak as of the Closing Date and as
of each Funding Date; provided that to the extent such
representations and warranties relate to the Related Receivables
conveyed on any Funding Date, such representations and warranties
shall speak as of the related Funding Date, but shall survive the
sale, transfer and assignment of such Related Receivables to the
Purchaser and the pledge thereof by the Purchaser to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholder pursuant to the
Indenture.
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(i) Characteristics of Receivables . Each
Receivable is related to, and payable pursuant to, an Eligible
Timeshare Loan.
(ii) Additional Receivables
Characteristics . As of the related Funding Date, as
applicable:
(A) after the pledge
of each Related Receivable pursuant to the Indenture, the Net
Spread shall not be less than 5.0%;
(B) after the pledge
of each Related Receivable pursuant to the Indenture, the weighted
average Timeshare Loan Rate of all the Eligible Timeshare Loans
shall be no less than 15% and the weighted average original term to
maturity of all the Eligible Timeshare Loans shall not exceed 108
months; and
(C) after the pledge
of each Related Receivable pursuant to the Indenture, the Aggregate
Principal Balance of Eligible Timeshare Loans with a related
Obligor having a FICO score of greater than or equal to 500 and
less than 600 as of the date of origination of such Timeshare Loan
shall not exceed 20% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of all
Eligible Receivables.
(iii) Schedule of Receivables . The
information with respect to the Related Receivables set forth in
Schedule A to the related Assignment is true and correct in all
material respects as of the close of business on the related Cutoff
Date, and no selection procedures adverse to the Noteholder have
been utilized in selecting the Related Receivables to be sold
hereunder.
(iv) No Government Obligor . None of the
Related Receivables are due from the United States of America or
any State or from any agency, department, or instrumentality of the
United States of America or any State.
(v) Security Interest . Immediately
subsequent to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof to the
Purchaser, each Related Receivable shall be secured by a validly
perfected first priority security interest in the related Timeshare
Property in favor of the Seller as secured party which has been
validly assigned to the Purchaser, and such assigned security
interest is prior to all other liens upon and security interests in
such Timeshare Property which now exist or may hereafter arise or
be created.
(vi) Servicemembers . No Related
Receivable has been modified as a result of application of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended.
(vii) Title . It is the intention of the
Seller that each transfer and assignment herein contemplated
constitutes a sale of the Related Receivables and the related Other
Conveyed Property from the Seller to the Purchaser and that the
beneficial interest in and title to such Related Receivables and
related Other Conveyed Property 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. No Related Receivable
or related Other Conveyed Property has been sold, transferred,
assigned, or pledged by the Seller to any Person other than the
Purchaser and by the Purchaser to any Person other than the
Trustee. Immediately prior to each transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each
Related Receivable and related Other Conveyed Property and was the
sole owner thereof, free and clear of all liens, claims,
encumbrances, security interests, and rights of others, and,
immediately upon the transfer thereof to the Purchaser and the
concurrent pledge to the Trustee under the Indenture, the Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholder shall have a valid and
enforceable first priority security interest in the Collateral,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, and
rights of others, and such transfer has been perfected under the
UCC and all other applicable law.
(viii) Lawful Assignment . No Related
Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of,
any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, and assignment of
such Related Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to
transfers of the Note shall be unlawful, void, or voidable. None of
the Seller or any Affiliate thereof has entered into any agreement
with any account debtor that prohibits, restricts or conditions the
assignment of any portion of the Related Receivables.
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(ix) All Filings Made . All filings
(including, without limitation, UCC filings or other actions)
necessary in any jurisdiction to give: (a) the Purchaser a first
priority perfected ownership interest in the Receivables and the
Other Conveyed Property, including, without limitation, the
proceeds of the Receivables (to the extent that the Purchaser can
obtain such first priority perfected security interest pursuant to
one or more filings) and (b) the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholder, a first priority perfected security interest in the
Collateral have been made, taken or performed.
(x) Timeshare Loan File; One Original .
The Seller has delivered to the Trustee, at the location specified
in Schedule B hereto, a complete Timeshare Loan File with
respect to each Related Receivable, and the Custodian has delivered
to the Trustee, the Servicer, the Purchaser and the Noteholder a
copy of the Trust Receipt therefor. There is only one original
executed copy of each Timeshare Loan Document.
(xi) Post-Office Box . On or prior to the
next billing period after the related Cutoff Date, the Servicer
will notify each Obligor to make payments with respect to its
respective Related Receivables after the related Cutoff Date
directly to the Post-Office Box, and will provide each Obligor with
a monthly statement in order to enable such Obligor to make
payments directly to the Post-Office Box.
(xii) No Impairment . Neither Seller nor
the Purchaser has done anything to convey any right to any Person
that would result in such Person having a right to payments due
under any Related Receivables, related Other Conveyed Property or
otherwise to impair the rights of the Purchaser, the Trustee or the
Noteholder in any Related Receivable, related Other Conveyed
Property or the proceeds thereof.
(xiii) Creation of Security Interest .
This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in the UCC) in the Receivables and the Other Conveyed
Property in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is
prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
(xiv) Perfection of Security Interest in the
Receivables and Other Conveyed Property . The Seller has caused
the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper
filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law
in order to perfect the security interest in the Receivables and
the Other Conveyed Property granted to the Purchaser hereunder
pursuant to Section 2.1 and the related
Assignment.
(xv) No Other Security Interests . Other
than the security interest granted to the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 2.1 and the related Assignment, the Seller has not
pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or
otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables or the Other Conveyed
Property, other than such security interests as are released at or
before the conveyance thereof. The Seller has not authorized the
filing of and is not aware of any financing statements filed
against the Seller that include a description of collateral
covering any portion of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed
Property other than any financing statement relating to the
security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder or that has
been terminated or released as to the Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax
lien filings against the Seller.
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(xvi) Notations on Contracts; Financing
Statement Disclosure . The Timeshare Loan Files that constitute
or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations
indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise
conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser and/or the Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholder. All financing statements filed
or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Purchaser in
connection herewith describing the Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property contain a statement to the following effect: "A
purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in
this financing statement will violate the rights of the secured
party."
(xvii) Records . On or prior to each
Funding Date, the Seller will have caused its records (including
electronic ledgers) relating to each Related Receivable and Other
Conveyed Property to be conveyed by it on such Funding Date to be
clearly and unambiguously marked to reflect that such Related
Receivable and Other Conveyed Property was conveyed by it to the
Purchaser.
(xviii) Computer Information . The
computer diskette, computer tape or other electronic transmission
made available by the Seller to the Purchaser on each Funding Date
is, as of the related Cutoff Date, complete and accurate and
includes a description of the same Receivables described in
Schedule A to the related Assignment.
(xix) Timeshare Loan Documents . All of
the documents evidencing each of the Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property are in a form determined to be valid, binding and
enforceable in the applicable state by the corresponding local
counsel opinion issued by (I) Weinstock & Scavo, P.C. dated as
of March 2, 2006 pertaining to Georgia law matters, (II) Bulkley,
Richardson and Gelinas, LLP dated as of March 2, 2006 pertaining to
Massachusetts law matters, (III) Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP dated
as of March 2, 2006 pertaining to Missouri law matters, (IV) Mayer,
Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP dated as of March 2, 2006 pertaining to
Illinois law matters, (V) Meadows, Owens, Collier, Reed, Cousins
& Blau, L.L.P. dated as of March 2, 2006 pertaining to Texas
law matters and (VI) Holland & Knight LLP dated as of March 2,
2006 pertaining to Florida law matters (collectively, the "
Local Counsel Opinions ").
(xx) Timeshare Marketing Materials and
Disclosure Statements . The Seller has provided each of the law
firms issuing the Local Counsel Opinions all of the existing
marketing materials and disclosure statements in connection with
the respective Resort. Moreover, no other marketing materials and
disclosure statements exist except for those provided to the
respective law firm issuing the Local Counsel Opinion.
(xxi) Local Counsel Opinions . The facts
regarding the Seller, the Resorts, the Receivables, the Timeshare
Loans, the Other Conveyed Property and related matters set forth or
assumed in the Local Counsel Opinions are true and correct in all
material respects.
(xxii) Bankruptcy Opinion . The facts
regarding the Seller, the Issuer, the Resorts, the receivables, the
Timeshare Loans, the Other Conveyed Property and related matters
set forth or assumed in the opinion issued by Mayer, Brown, Rowe
& Maw LLP dated as of March 2, 2006, and the update of such
opinion issued by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP dated as of
December 22, 2006, pertaining to bankruptcy law matters are true
and correct in all material respects.
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(xxiii) Custodial Files . The Seller
shall, prior to the Closing Date and each Funding Date, in
accordance with this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, have
delivered or caused the delivery to the Custodian a Timeshare Loan
File for each Timeshare Loan, which Timeshare Loan File shall be
complete and verified by the Custodian in accordance with the
Custodial Agreement.
(xxiv) No Conveyance . The Seller agrees
not to convey and to ensure no party under its control conveys any
interest in a Resort relating to a Receivable without obtaining the
written consent of the Noteholder prior to such conveyance if such
conveyance is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect
on the performance or value of such Receivable or related Timeshare
Loan.
(xxv) Escrow Documents and Oak N’ Spruce
Financing Documents . Originator shall, on or prior to the
ninetieth day following the date of the Escrow Agreement and on or
prior to the ninetieth day following each Funding Date, deliver or
cause the delivery to the Custodian the following: (I) with respect
to a Mortgage Loan, an original recorded Assignment of Mortgage
(which may be a part of a blanket assignment of more than one
Mortgage Loan), showing a complete chain of title from the Seller
to the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholder signed by an Authorized
Officer of the Seller and each intervening party with evidence of
proper recordation; (II) with respect to an Oak N’ Spruce
Loan (pre-July 2004), an original recorded Mortgage and Assignment
of Beneficial Interest with Property Description Addendum or
Assignment of Beneficial Interest with Property Description
Addendum (which may be a part of a blanket assignment of more than
one Oak N’ Spruce Loan), showing a complete chain of title
from the Seller to the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholder signed
by an Authorized Officer of the Seller and each intervening party
with evidence of proper recordation or evidence from a third party
that submitted such assignment for recording that such assignment
has been submitted for recordation; (III) with respect to an Oak
N’ Spruce Loan (post-July 2004), a file stamped Oak N’
Spruce Financing Statement evidencing the security interest of the
Trustee and its assigns in the Receivables and related other
Conveyed Property in respect of such Oak N’ Spruce Loan by
naming the Obligor with respect to the related Oak N’ Spruce
Loan as debtor and by naming the Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholder as the secured party/assignee, which document is
authorized and completed; (IV) Title Policies (except with respect
to the Non-Titled Loans, as set forth below in sub-section
(xxvii)); and (V) all other recorded and/or filed documents
provided under the Escrow Agreement.
(xxvi) Prior Secured Parties’
Documents . In accordance with the Escrow Agreement, the Seller
shall deliver or cause the delivery of (I) the Escrow Documents for
each of the respective Prior Secured Parties to the Escrow Agent
and (II) the Oak N’ Spruce Financing Documents for each of
the respective Prior Secured Parties to the Custodian.
(xxvii) Non-Titled Loans . With respect to
up to $10,000,000 in Aggregate Principal Amount of Mortgage Loans,
the Seller may deliver or cause the delivery to the Custodian of
Title Commitments within 45 days of the related Funding Date (such
loans, the "Non-Titled Loans"); provided , however ,
that following such Funding Date, the Seller shall have delivered
or caused the delivery to the Custodian of Title Policies as
follows:
(A) With respect to
any Non-Titled Loans relating to a Resort located in the State of
Texas, the Seller shall deliver or cause the delivery to the
Custodian of a Title Policy with respect to each such Non-Titled
Loan within 60 days of delivery of the related Title Commitment;
and
(B) With respect to
any Non-Titled Loans relating to a Resort in any state other than
the State of Texas, the Seller shall deliver or cause the delivery
to the Custodian of a Title Policy with respect to each such
Non-Titled Loan within 90 days of delivery of the related Title
Commitment.
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Upon the Custodian’s receipt of the Title
Policies, such documents shall be incorporated and treated as part
of the Timeshare Loan Files.
(xxviii) Notice of Non-Titled Loans . On
or prior to each Funding Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause
the delivery to the Custodian, the Trustee and the Noteholder of a
notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto,
setting forth each Non-Titled Loan conveyed to the Purchaser as of
such Funding Date.
Section 3.2 Repurchases and Substitutions .
(a) Mandatory
Repurchases and Substitutions for Breach of Representations and
Warranties .
(i) The Seller, the
Servicer, the Noteholder or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall
inform the other parties to this Agreement (and the Noteholder, if
it is not the notifying party) promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations,
warranties or covenants made pursuant to Section 3.1
(without regard to any limitations therein as to the Seller’s
knowledge). Except with respect to any breach of Section
3.1(a)(xxvii ) above (which breach shall be treated as set
forth in Section 3.2(e) below), unless the breach shall have
been cured by the last day of the next Accrual Period following the
earlier of the discovery thereof by the Seller or receipt by the
Seller of notice of such breach, if the value of such Receivable is
materially and adversely affected by the breach the Seller shall,
on or prior to such last day of the next Accrual Period, either (i)
repurchase such Receivable and related Other Conveyed Property from
the Purchaser or its assignee for the Purchase Amount or (ii)
provide one or more Qualified Substitute Timeshare Receivables and
related Other Conveyed Property and pay the related Substitution
Shortfall Amounts, if any. In consideration of the repurchase or
substitution of any such Receivable, the Seller shall remit the
Purchase Amount or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, as
applicable, in the manner specified in Section 5.6 . The
sole remedy of the Purchaser, the Trustee or the Noteholder with
respect to a breach of representations, warranties or covenants
pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be to enforce the
Seller’s obligation to purchase or substitute such
Receivables; provided , however , that the Seller
shall indemnify the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Purchaser and
the Noteholder against all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims
and liabilities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel,
arising out of the events or facts giving rise to such breach. Upon
receipt of the Purchase Amount or a Qualified Substitute Timeshare
Receivable and the related Substitution Shortfall Amount, as
applicable, in respect of any Defective Receivables and written
instructions from the Servicer, the Trustee shall release to the
Seller or its designee the related Timeshare Loan File and shall
execute and deliver all reasonable instruments of transfer or
assignment, without recourse, as are prepared by the Seller and
delivered to the Trustee and necessary to vest in the Seller or
such designee title to such Defective Receivables.
(ii) Prior to the
related date of substitution (the " Substitution Date ") in
accordance with clause (a) above, the Purchaser hereby directs and
the Seller hereby agrees to deliver or to cause the delivery of the
Timeshare Loan Files of the related Qualified Substitute Timeshare
Receivables to the Custodian, in accordance with the provisions of
the Indenture, the Custodial Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, as
applicable. As of such related Substitution Date, the Seller does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Issuer, without recourse (subject to the obligation set forth
herein), all right, title and interest of the Seller, whether then
existing or thereafter arising, in, to and under (i) each Qualified
Substitute Timeshare Receivable conveyed to the Purchaser on such
Substitution Date and all amounts due thereunder after the related
Cutoff Date, (ii) the related Qualified Substitute Timeshare Loans,
(iii) the related Timeshare Loan Documents (excluding any rights as
developer or declarant under the Timeshare Declaration, the
Timeshare Program Consumer Documents or the Timeshare Program
Governing Documents), (iv) all Other Conveyed Property in respect
of such Qualified Substitute Timeshare Receivables, and (v) all
income, payments, proceeds and other benefits and rights related to
any of the foregoing. Upon such sale and/or contribution, the
ownership of each Qualified Substitute Timeshare Receivable and all
collections allocable to principal and interest thereon since the
related Cutoff Date and all other property interests or rights
conveyed pursuant to and referenced in this Section 3.2(a)
shall immediately vest in the Purchaser, its successors and
assigns. The Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with
such ownership nor claim any ownership interest in any Qualified
Substitute Timeshare Receivable or related Other Conveyed Property
for any purpose whatsoever other than consolidated financial and
federal and state income tax reporting. The Seller agrees that such
Qualified Substitute Timeshare Receivables shall be subject to the
provisions of this Agreement.
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(iii) The Seller
shall, on each related Substitution Date, certify in writing to the
Purchaser and the Trustee that each new Timeshare Loan meets all
the criteria of the definition of "Qualified Substitute Timeshare
Loan" and that (i) the Timeshare Loan Files for such Qualified
Substitute Timeshare Loans have been delivered to the Custodian,
and (ii) the Timeshare Loan Servicing Files for such Qualified
Substitute Timeshare Loans have been delivered to the
Servicer.
(b) Mandatory
Repurchases of Upgraded Timeshare Loans . With respect to
Upgraded Timeshare Loans, on any date, the Seller shall prepay such
Upgraded Timeshare Loan on behalf of the related Obligor by
depositing the related Upgrade Purchase Price in the Collection
Account as set forth in Section 5.6 hereof.
(c) Optional
Purchases of Defaulted Timeshare Loans . With respect to any
Defaulted Timeshare Loans, on any date, the Seller shall have the
option, but not the obligation, to purchase the Defaulted Timeshare
Loan at the Default Purchase Price for such Defaulted Timeshare
Loan; provided , however , that the option to purchase a
Defaulted Timeshare Loan is limited on any date to the Optional
Purchase Limit. If the Seller shall purchase Defaulted Timeshare
Loans as provided herein, the Seller shall deposit the related
Default Purchase Price in the Collection Account as set forth in
Section 5.6 hereof. The Seller may irrevocably waive the
Seller’s option to purchase a Defaulted Timeshare Loan by
delivering or causing to be delivered to the Trustee a Waiver
Letter in the form of Exhibit J attached hereto. The
Noteholder may at any time direct the Trustee, in connection with
any subsequent purchases of Defaulted Timeshare Loans by the
Seller, to require the Seller to conduct a public auction in
respect of any such Defaulted Timeshare Loan in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.3(d)-(f) below. Upon receipt of the
Default Purchase Price in respect of any Defaulted Timeshare Loan
and written instructions from the Servicer, the Trustee shall
release to the Seller or its designee the related Timeshare Loan
File and shall execute and deliver all reasonable instruments of
transfer or assignment, without recourse, as are prepared by the
Seller and delivered to the Trustee and necessary to vest in the
Seller or such designee title to such Defaulted Timeshare Loan and
to release the security interest of the Trustee in such Defaulted
Timeshare Loan and all related collateral.
(d) Optional
Sales of Timeshare Loans by Purchaser . In addition to the
provisions providing for repurchase, substitution, and optional
purchase contained in Sections 3.2(a)-(c) above and
e below, the Purchaser, acting through the Servicer, shall
have the right at any time to sell any Timeshare Loans which are
neither Defaulted Timeshare Loans nor relate to Delinquent
Receivables to either an unrelated third party or to the Seller,
for a cash purchase price that is no less than the Upgrade Purchase
Price; provided, however, that (x) the Purchaser may not sell any
Timeshare Loans to the Seller if the cash purchase price to be paid
for the Timeshare Loans, when added to the cash purchase price paid
for all other Timeshare Loans previously sold by the Purchaser to
the Seller under this Section 3.2(d) exceeds the lesser
of 7.5% of the Maximum Invested Amount or 10% of the average
monthly Aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables held in the
Trust Estate during the twelve month period immediately preceding
the proposed date of sale and (y) the Seller shall be under no
obligation to purchase any Timeshare Loans which the Purchaser
determines to sell under this Section 3.2(d) . If the
Purchaser sells any Timeshare Loans as provided herein, the
Purchaser shall deposit the related purchase price in the
Collection Account as set forth in Section 5.6 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may only exercise its
right pursuant to this Section 3.2(d) so long as immediately
prior to each such sale and immediately after such sale, no Event
of Default, Servicer Termination Event or Noteholder Excess
Principal Event shall have occurred and be continuing and no
Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist. Upon receipt of the Upgrade
Purchase Price in respect of any Timeshare Loan sold by the
Purchaser, and written instructions from the Servicer, the Trustee
shall release to the purchaser the related Timeshare Loan File and
shall execute and deliver all reasonable instruments of transfer or
assignment, without recourse, as are prepared by the Servicer and
delivered to the Trustee and necessary to vest in such purchaser
title to such Timeshare Loan and to release the security interest
of the Trustee in such Timeshare Loan and all related
collateral.
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(e) Mandatory
Repurchase of Non-Titled Loans . With respect to any breach
of Section 3.1(a)(xxvii ) above in respect of any Non-Titled
Loan, including without limitation any Non-Titled Loan in respect
of which: (i) no Title Commitment is delivered within 45 days of
the related Funding Date upon which such Non-Titled Loan was
conveyed to the Purchaser, (ii) no Title Policy is delivered within
60 days of delivery of the related Title Commitment, if such
Non-Titled Loan relates to a Resort located in the State of Texas;
or (iii) no Title Policy is delivered within 90 days of delivery of
the related Title Commitment, if such Non-Titled Loan relates to a
Resort located in any state other than the State of Texas, the
Seller shall, within 5 Business Days, repurchase the Receivable and
related Other Conveyed Property relating to such Non-Titled Loan
from the Purchaser or its assignee for the Purchase Amount. In
consideration of the repurchase of any such Receivable, the Seller
shall remit the Purchase Amount in the manner specified in
Section 5.6 . The sole remedy of the Purchaser, the Trustee
or the Noteholder with respect to a breach of the Seller’s
representations pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(xxvii ) shall be
to enforce the Seller’s obligation to purchase such
Receivables; provided , however , that the Seller
shall indemnify the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Purchaser and
the Noteholder against all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims
and liabilities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel,
arising out of the events or facts giving rise to such breach. Upon
receipt of the Purchase Amount in respect of any Defective
Receivables relating to Non-Titled Loans and written instructions
from the Servicer, the Trustee shall release to the Seller or its
designee the related Timeshare Loan File and shall execute and
deliver all reasonable instruments of transfer or assignment,
without recourse, as are prepared by the Seller and delivered to
the Trustee and necessary to vest in the Seller or such designee
title to such Defective Receivables.
Section 3.3 Custody of Timeshare Loan Files .
(a) In connection
with each sale, transfer and assignment of Receivables and related
Other Conveyed Property to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement
and each Assignment, and each pledge thereof by the Purchaser to
the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, the Purchaser shall deliver
the related Timeshare Loan Files to the Custodian before the
Closing Date or the related Funding Date in accordance with the
Custodial Agreement.
(b) Upon payment in
full of any Receivable, the Servicer will notify the Trustee and
the Custodian pursuant to a certificate of a Servicing Officer and
shall request delivery of the related Timeshare Loan File to the
Servicer in accordance with the Custodial Agreement.
Section 3.4 Trustee to Obtain Fidelity Insurance . The Trustee shall
maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount as is customary for
entities acting as a trustee of funds and documents in respect of
consumer contracts on behalf of institutional investors.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES
Section 4.1 Duties of the Servicer . The Servicer, as agent for the
Purchaser and the Noteholder shall manage, service, administer and
make collections on the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property
in accordance with the Servicing Standard. In performing such
duties, the Servicer shall comply with its current servicing
policies and procedures, as such servicing policies and procedures
may be amended from time to time, so long as such amendments will
not materially adversely affect the interests of the Noteholder, or
otherwise with the prior written consent of the Noteholder (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and notice of such
amendments is given to the Noteholder prior to the effectiveness
thereof. The Servicer’s duties shall include collection and
posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on
such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment
statements to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors,
accounting for collections, furnishing monthly and annual
statements to the Trustee and the Noteholder with respect to
distributions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
and subject to the servicing standards set forth in this Agreement
including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth in
Section 4.6 , the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the
Purchaser to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Purchaser or the Noteholder, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to
such Receivables. If the Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding
to enforce a Receivable, the Purchaser 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
Purchaser shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction,
take steps to enforce such Receivable, including bringing suit in
its name or the name of the Noteholder. The Servicer shall prepare
and furnish, and the Trustee shall execute, any powers of attorney
and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
hereunder.
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Section 4.2 Collection of Receivable Payments; Lockbox Agreements; Other
Duties of the Servicer.
(a) Consistent with
the Servicing Standard, the Servicer shall collect all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables and
the related Other Conveyed Property as and when the same shall
become due; provided, however, that promptly after the Closing Date
(or the related Funding Date, as applicable) the Servicer shall
notify and direct each Obligor to make all payments with respect to
the Receivables to the applicable Post-Office Box. The Servicer
shall provide each Obligor with a monthly statement in order to
notify such Obligors to make payments directly to the applicable
Post-Office Box.
(b) The Servicer
shall establish a Lockbox Account in the name of the Purchaser for
the benefit of the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Noteholder.
Pursuant to a Lockbox Agreement, the Trustee has authorized the
Servicer to direct dispositions of funds on deposit in the Lockbox
Account to the Collection Account (but not to any other account),
and no other Person, except the Lockbox Processor and the Trustee,
shall have authority to direct disposition of funds on deposit in
the Lockbox Account. However, the Lockbox Agreement shall provide
that the Lockbox Bank will comply with instructions originated by
the Trustee relating to the disposition of the funds in the Lockbox
Account without further consent by the Seller, the Servicer or the
Purchaser. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
with respect to the Lockbox Processor’s directions or
activities as set forth in the preceding sentence. The Lockbox
Account shall be established pursuant to and maintained in
accordance with the Lockbox Agreement and shall be a demand deposit
account initially established and maintained with JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., or at the request of the Noteholder an Eligible Account
satisfying clause (i) of the definition thereof; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall give the Servicer prior written notice of
any change made at the request of the Noteholder in the location of
the Lockbox Account. The Trustee shall establish and maintain each
Post-Office Box at a United States Post Office Branch in the name
of the Purchaser for the benefit of the Noteholder.
(c) Notwithstanding
the Lockbox Agreement, or any of the provisions of this Agreement
relating to the Lockbox Agreement, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Purchaser, the Trustee and the
Noteholder for servicing and administering the Receivables and the
Other Conveyed Property in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by
virtue thereof.
(d) In the event the
Seller shall for any reason no longer be acting as the Servicer
hereunder, the Backup Servicer or a successor Servicer shall
thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the outgoing
Servicer under the Lockbox Agreement. In such event, the Backup
Servicer or a successor Servicer shall be deemed to have assumed
all of the outgoing Servicer’s interest therein and to have
replaced the outgoing Servicer as a party to the Lockbox Agreement
to the same extent as if the Lockbox Agreement had been assigned to
the Backup Servicer or a successor Servicer, except that the
outgoing Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or
obligations on the part of the outgoing Servicer to the Lockbox
Bank under the Lockbox Agreement. The outgoing Servicer shall, upon
request of the Trustee, but at the expense of the outgoing
Servicer, deliver to the Backup Servicer or a successor Servicer
all documents and records relating to the Lockbox Agreement and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by the Lockbox Bank and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
assignment of the Lockbox Agreement to the Backup Servicer or a
successor Servicer. In the event that the Noteholder shall elect to
change the identity of the Lockbox Bank, the Servicer, at its
expense, shall cause the Lockbox Bank to deliver, at the direction
of the Noteholder, to the Trustee or a successor Lockbox Bank, all
documents and records relating to the Receivables and all amounts
held (or thereafter received) by the Lockbox Bank (together with an
accounting of such amounts) and shall otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Lockbox
arrangements.
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(e) On each Business
Day, pursuant to the Lockbox Agreement, the Lockbox Processor will
transfer any payments from Obligors received in the Post-Office Box
to the Lockbox Account. The Servicer shall cause the Lockbox Bank
to transfer all collections in respect of the Receivables and the
Other Conveyed Property from the Lockbox Account to the Collection
Account within two Business Days after receipt thereof. In
addition, the Servicer shall remit all payments by or on behalf of
the Obligors received by the Servicer with respect to the
Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables) and the Other
Conveyed Property, all Net Liquidation Proceeds, Liquidation
Expenses as provided in Section 4.3 hereof, any amounts in
respect of any insurance policies which are not payable to the
Obligor and any amounts remitted to the Servicer by the Hedge
Counterparty pursuant to the Hedge Agreement no later than two
Business Days following receipt directly (without deposit into any
intervening account) into the Lockbox Account or the Collection
Account. The Servicer shall not commingle its assets and funds with
those on deposit in the Lockbox Account.
(f) In addition to
any other customary services which the Servicer may perform or may
be required to perform hereunder, the Servicer shall perform or
cause to be performed through sub-servicers, the following
servicing and collection activities in accordance with the
Servicing Standard:
(i)perform standard accounting services and
general record keeping services with respect to the Timeshare
Loans;
(ii)respond to telephone or written inquiries of
Obligors concerning the Timeshare Loans;
(iii)keep Obligors informed of the proper place
and method for making payment with respect to the Timeshare
Loans;
(iv)contact Obligors to effect collections and to
discourage delinquencies in the payment of amounts owed under the
Timeshare Loans and doing so by any lawful means;
(v)report tax information to Obligors and taxing
authorities to the extent required by law;
(vi)take such other action as may be necessary or
appropriate in the discretion of the Servicer for the purpose of
collecting and transferring to the Trustee for deposit into the
Collection Account all payments received by the Servicer or
remitted to the Lockbox Account in respect of the Timeshare Loans
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein), and to carry out
the duties and obligations imposed upon the Servicer pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement;
(vii)arranging for Liquidations of Timeshare
Properties related to Defaulted Timeshare Loans and the remarketing
of such Timeshare Properties as provided in Section 4.3
below;
(viii)use reasonable best efforts to enforce the
purchase and substitution obligations of the Seller under this
Agreement;
(ix)refrain from modifying, waiving or amending
the terms of any Timeshare Loan; provided, however, the Servicer
may modify, waive or amend a Timeshare Loan for which a default on
such Timeshare Loan has occurred or is imminent and such
modification, amendment or waiver will not (i) materially alter the
interest rate on or the principal balance of such Timeshare Loan,
(ii) shorten the final maturity of, lengthen the timing of payments
of either principal or interest, or any other terms of, such
Timeshare Loan in any manner which would have a material adverse
effect on the Noteholders, (iii) adversely affect the Timeshare
Property underlying such Timeshare Loan or (iv) reduce materially
the likelihood that payments of interest and principal on such
Timeshare Loan shall be made when due; provided, further, the
Servicer may grant extensions of the final maturity of any
Timeshare Loan if the Servicer, in its good faith reasonable
discretion, determines that (A) such Timeshare Loan is in default
or a default on such Timeshare Loan is likely to occur in the
foreseeable future and (B) the value of such Timeshare Loan will be
enhanced by such extension; provided, however, that no more than
two (2) such extensions may be granted during the term of such
Timeshare Loan and no more than one (1) such extension may be
granted during any twelve (12) month period; and provided, further,
the Servicer shall not be permitted to modify, waive or amend the
terms of any Timeshare Loan if the sum of the Principal Balance of
the related Receivable as of the related Cutoff Date and the
Principal Balances of all other Receivables as of their related
Cutoff Dates for which the Servicer has modified, waived or amended
the terms thereof exceeds 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance as
of any date of determination.
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(x)work with Obligors in connection with any
transfer of ownership of a Timeshare Property by an Obligor to
another Person (to the extent permitted), whereby the Servicer may
consent to the assumption by such Person of the Timeshare Loan
related to such Timeshare Property (to the extent permitted);
provided, however, in connection with any such assumption, the rate
of interest borne by, the maturity date of, the principal amount
of, the timing of payments of principal and interest in respect of,
and all other material terms of, the related Timeshare Loan shall
not be changed other than as permitted in clause (ix)
above;
(xi)deliver such information and data to the
Backup Servicer as is required pursuant to this
Agreement;
(xii)deliver any new or amended ACH Forms
executed by an Obligor to the Custodian to be held as part of the
related Timeshare Loan File;
(xiii)(A) to cause each Resort to be insured in
the event of fire, earthquake, or other casualty for the full
replacement value thereof and if the Resort is located in a
designated flood plain, to maintain flood insurance in an amount
not less than the maximum level available under the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended; (B) in respect of each Resort,
to maintain general liability insurance in such amounts generally
acceptable in the industry; (C) to cause each Resort’s
insurance policies to remain in full force and effect with a
generally acceptable insurance carrier; and (D) to monitor the
maintenance of the insurance coverage described in (A), (B), and
(C) above with respect to each Resort and promptly obtain notice
and otherwise acquire Knowledge of any lapse, cessation, decrease
or other change in any such insurance coverage; and
(xiv)to the extent it receives any amounts in
respect of any insurance policies which are not payable to the
Obligor or any other collections relating to the Receivables or the
Other Conveyed Property, it shall deposit such amounts to the
Collection Account within two (2) Business days of receipt thereof
(unless otherwise expressly provided herein).
Section 4.3 Realization Upon Receivables . Upon a Receivable
becoming a Defaulted Receivable, the Servicer shall, in accordance
with the Servicing Standard, promptly institute collection
procedures, which may include, but are not limited to,
cancellation, forfeiture, termination or foreclosure proceedings or
obtaining a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in respect of the related
Timeshare Property (each, a " Foreclosure Property "). Upon the
Timeshare Property becoming a Foreclosure Property, the Servicer
shall promptly attempt to liquidate such Foreclosure Property. The
Servicer shall select the liquidation option reasonably anticipated
to produce the highest Net Liquidation Proceeds, giving effect to
the gross price obtainable, broker’s commissions, foreclosure
costs, fees and marketing expenses and other factors. The Servicer
shall be entitled to reimbursement of Liquidation Expenses out of
Liquidation Proceeds. Any Liquidation Expenses later recovered by
the Servicer shall be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection
Account in accordance with Section 4.2(e) hereof.
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(a) To the extent
that the Seller or an Affiliate thereof is selected to remarket a
Foreclosure Property, the Servicer shall cause the Seller or
Affiliate thereof to agree that it will remarket such Foreclosure
Property in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
(b) The Servicer (if
Silverleaf or its Affiliate is acting as Servicer) on behalf of the
Purchaser and the Trustee shall take all necessary steps to have
the record title of the applicable Timeshare Properties subject to
the Defaulted Timeshare Loans relating to such Defaulted
Receivables continue to be held by the Trustee. In such event, the
Servicer shall exercise, directly or through its agents, the
remedies provided for in the Oak N’ Spruce Trust Agreement,
in the Mortgage Note or in the other documents with respect to such
Defaulted Timeshare Loans and the Obligors thereunder, and the
related Timeshare Property shall be remarketed with the purpose of
obtaining the maximum Net Liquidation Proceeds in respect of such
Defaulted Timeshare Loans.
(c) The Servicer
shall reserve its rights under the Oak N’ Spruce Trust
Agreement and/or the applicable Mortgages to obtain, at any time,
record title and all beneficial interests in respect of the
Timeshare Properties related to Defaulted Timeshare Loans. All
actions taken by the Servicer in respect of any Defaulted Timeshare
Loans shall, at all times, be carried out in a manner such that
none of the Purchaser, the Trustee or the Noteholder shall, under
applicable law, be deemed to be the developer or declarant of any
Resort.
(d) The Servicer may
elect to liquidate at a public auction any Defaulted Timeshare
Loans or related Timeshare Properties foreclosed upon or otherwise
reacquired on behalf of the Trustee from the Obligors of the
Defaulted Timeshare Loans. In the event the Servicer elects to so
liquidate Defaulted Timeshare Loans or the related Timeshare
Properties securing these Defaulted Timeshare Loans, the Seller may
bid on such Defaulted Timeshare Loans or related Timeshare
Properties so long as the Seller pays an amount at least equal to
the net fair market value of each related Timeshare Property, as
determined by the Seller in its commercially reasonable judgment,
which shall in no event be less than fifteen percent (15%) of the
original acquisition price paid for the Timeshare Property by the
Obligor under the Defaulted Timeshare Loan. Publication of notice
of such auction in a newspaper published daily in Dallas, Texas
shall be sufficient notice of such auction.
(e) The Servicer
agrees that it shall require that any Liquidation Proceeds be in
the form of cash only.
(f) The Servicer may
not sell any of the Defaulted Receivables and the related Defaulted
Timeshare Loans that are included in the Collateral except for or
as specifically permitted by this Agreement.
Section 4.4 [RESERVED]
Section 4.5 Maintenance of Security Interests .
(a) Each of the
Seller, the Servicer and the Purchaser agrees that, from time to
time, it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments
and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary
or appropriate, or that the Noteholder may request, in order to
perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interest in
the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property or to enable the
Trustee to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Purchaser will, or
will cause the Servicer to, without the necessity of a request and
upon the request of the Trustee at the direction of the Noteholder,
execute or authorize and file or record (or cause to be executed or
authorized and filed or recorded) such Assignments of Mortgage,
financing or continuation statements, or amendments hereto or
assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may
be necessary or appropriate to create and maintain in the Trustee a
first priority perfected security interest, at all times, in the
Collateral, including, without limitation, recording and filing
UCC-1 financing statements, amendments or continuation statements
prior to the effective date of any change of the name, identity or
structure or relocation of its chief executive office or any change
which could affect the perfection pursuant to any financing
statement or continuation statement or assignment previously filed
or make any UCC-1 or continuation statement previously filed
pursuant to this Agreement or the Indenture seriously misleading
within the meaning of applicable provisions of the UCC (and the
Purchaser shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, give the Trustee
at least thirty (30) Business Days prior notice of the expected
occurrence of any such circumstance). The Issuer shall, or shall
cause the Servicer to, deliver promptly to the Trustee file-stamped
copies of any such filings.
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(b) (i) The
Purchaser hereby grants to each of the Servicer and the Trustee a
power of attorney to execute all documents including, but not
limited to, Assignments of Mortgage, UCC-l financing statements,
amendments or continuation statements, on behalf of the Issuer as
may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing and (ii)
the Servicer hereby grants to the Trustee a power of attorney to
execute all documents on behalf of the Servicer as may be necessary
or desirable to effectuate the foregoing; provided, however, that
such grant shall not create a duty on the part of the Trustee to
file, prepare, record or monitor, or any responsibility for the
contents or adequacy of, any such documents.
(c) Upon the
occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the Trustee and the
Servicer, at the direction of the Noteholder, shall take or cause
to be taken such action as may be reasonably necessary or otherwise
desirable to perfect or re-perfect the security interests in the
Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property in the name of the
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholder. The Seller hereby agrees to
pay all expenses related to such perfection or re-perfection and to
take all action necessary therefor.
Section 4.6 Additional Covenants of Servicer .
(a) The Servicer
shall not release the Timeshare Property securing each Receivable
from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or
in part except in the event of payment in full by the Obligor
thereunder or liquidation of the Timeshare Property, nor shall the
Servicer impair the rights of the Noteholder in such Receivables or
related Other Conveyed Property, nor shall the Servicer amend or
otherwise modify a Receivable or any of the related Other Conveyed
Property, except as permitted in accordance with Section 4.2
.
(b) The Servicer
shall obtain and/or maintain all necessary licenses, approvals,
authorizations, orders or other actions of any person, corporation
or other organization, or of any court, governmental agency or body
or official, required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents.
(c) The initial
Servicer shall not make any material changes to its Collection
Policy unless the Noteholder expressly consents in writing prior to
such changes (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
(d) The Servicer
shall provide written notice to the Noteholder and the Trustee of
any Default, Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event under
this transaction or a similar event under any other warehouse
financing facility or securitization that has occurred and which
Default, Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event (or similar
event) shall not have been waived or otherwise cured within the
applicable cure period.
(e) For so long as
Silverleaf or any of its Affiliates controls the Resorts, the
Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain or
cause the Resorts to be maintained in good repair, working order
and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted).
(f) For so long as
Silverleaf or any of its Affiliates controls the Association for a
Resort, and Silverleaf or an Affiliate thereof is the manager, the
related management contract may not be amended or modified if such
amendment or modification is reasonably likely to have a material
adverse effect on the interests of the Noteholder, except with the
prior written consent of the Noteholder, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(g) In the event any
Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) attaches to any Receivable or
Other Conveyed Property or related collateral from any Person
claiming from or through Silverleaf or one of its Affiliates which
materially adversely affects the Purchaser’s or the
Noteholder’s interest in such Receivable or Other Conveyed
Property, Silverleaf shall, within the earlier to occur of ten (10)
Business Days after such attachment or the respective
lienholders’ action to foreclose on such lien, either (a)
cause such Lien to be released of record, (b) provide the Trustee
with a bond in accordance with the applicable laws of the state in
which the Timeshare Property is located, issued by a corporate
surety acceptable to the Trustee, in an amount and in form
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or (c) provide the Trustee
with such other security as the Trustee may reasonably
require.
(h) The Servicer
shall: (a) promptly notify the Trustee of (i) any claim, action or
proceeding which may be reasonably expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Receivables or any Other Conveyed Property,
or any material part thereof, and (ii) any action, suit,
proceeding, order or injunction of which the Servicer becomes aware
after the date hereof pending or threatened against or affecting
the Servicer or any Affiliate which may be reasonably expected to
have a material adverse effect on the Receivables or any Other
Conveyed Property or the Servicer’s ability to service the
same; (b) at the request of Trustee with respect to a claim or
action or proceeding which arises from or through the Servicer or
one of its Affiliates, appear in and defend, at Servicer’s
expense, any such claim, petition or proceeding which would have a
material adverse effect on the Receivables or any Other Conveyed
Property or the Servicer’s ability to service the same; and
(c) comply in all respects, and shall cause all Affiliates to
comply in all respects, with the terms of any orders imposed on
such Person by any governmental authority the failure to comply
with which would have a material adverse effect on the Receivables
or any Other Conveyed Property or the Servicer’s ability to
service the same.
(i) Except as
contemplated by the Basic Documents, the Servicer (for so long as
Silverleaf or any Affiliate thereof is the Servicer hereunder,
otherwise Silverleaf in its individual capacity) shall not, and
shall not permit the Managing Entity to, encumber, pledge or
otherwise grant a lien or security interest in and to the
Reservation System (including, without limitation, all hardware,
software and data in respect thereof) and furthermore agrees, and
shall cause the Managing Entity, to use commercially reasonable
efforts to keep the Reservation System operational, not to dispose
of the same and to allow the members of each Association the use
of, and access to, the Reservation System in accordance with the
terms of the Management Agreement.
(j) For so long as
Silverleaf or any Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, it shall
comply in all material respects with the Collection Policy in
effect on the Closing Date (or, as amended from time to time with
the consent of the Noteholder) and with the terms of the Timeshare
Loans.
(k) With respect to
any Receivable (including but not limited to any Receivable which
becomes a Defaulted Receivable) and its related Timeshare Loan, the
Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, promptly
institute collection procedures, which may include, but are not
limited to, cancellation, forfeiture, termination or foreclosure
proceedings or obtaining a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in respect
of the related Timeshare Property, prior to the initiation of any
proceedings in respect of such Receivable and related Timeshare
Loan by any other Person, including but not limited to the Managing
Entity.
Section 4.7 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant . Upon
discovery by any of the Servicer, the Purchaser or the Trustee of a
breach of any of the covenants of the Servicer set forth in
Sections 4.2(a) , 4.2(f) , 4.4 , 4.5 or
4.6 , the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others and the Noteholder; provided, however,
that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect any
obligation of the Servicer under this Section 4.7 . Unless
the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the next
Accrual Period following such discovery, the Servicer shall, on or
prior to such last day of the next Accrual Period, purchase any
Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach and the
related Other Conveyed Property. In consideration of the purchase
of such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit the Purchase Amount
for such Receivable in the manner specified in Section 5.6 .
The sole remedy of the Trustee, the Purchaser or the Noteholder
with respect to a breach of Sections 4.2(a) , 4.2(f)
, 4.4 , 4.5 or 4.6 shall be to require the
Servicer to repurchase Receivables and the related Other Conveyed
Property pursuant to this Section 4.7 ; provided ,
however , that the Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee, the
Backup Servicer, the Purchaser and the Noteholder against all
costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, arising out of the events
or facts giving rise to such breach.
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Section 4.8 Servicing Fee . The "Servicing Fee" for each Settlement
Date shall be equal to the product of (i) one twelfth, (ii) the
Servicing Fee Percentage and (iii) the daily average of the Net
Eligible Receivable Balance during the related Accrual Period. The
Servicing Fee shall also include all late fees, prepayment charges,
and other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by
applicable law with respect to Receivables, collected (from
whatever source) on the Receivables. If the Backup Servicer becomes
the successor Servicer, it shall be entitled to receive the
Servicing Fee and not the Backup Servicing Fee.
Section 4.9 Servicer’s Certificate . No later than 12:00 noon
New York City time on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall
deliver (facsimile delivery being acceptable) to the Trustee, the
Rating Agency, the Noteholder and the Purchaser, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Servicer’s
Certificate") containing among other things, (i) all information
necessary to enable the Trustee to make any withdrawal and deposit
required by Section 5.5 and to make the distributions required
by Section 5.7 , (ii) all information necessary for the
Trustee to send or make available statements to the Noteholder
pursuant to Section 5.8(b) and 5.9 , (iii) a listing
of all Purchased Receivables purchased as of the related Accounting
Date, identifying the Receivables so purchased, (iv) the
calculation of the Borrowing Base, and (v) all information
necessary to enable the Backup Servicer to verify the information
specified in Section 4.15(e ) and to complete the accounting
required by Section 5.9 . Each such Servicer’s
Certificate shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate
of the Servicer in the form of Exhibit H hereto, certifying
the accuracy of the computations reflected in such Servicer’s
Certificate.
Section 4.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance, Notice of Servicer
Termination Event .
(a) The Servicer
shall deliver to the Purchaser, to the Trustee for delivery to the
Noteholder, the Backup Servicer and each Rating Agency, on or
before March 31 of each year beginning March 31, 2007, an
Officer’s Certificate, dated as of December 31 of the
preceding year, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding 12-month period (or, in the case of
the first such certificate, the period from the Cutoff Date with
respect to Receivables transferred to the Purchaser on the initial
Funding Date to December 31, 2006) and of its performance under
this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision
and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on
such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under
this Agreement throughout such year (or, in the case of the first
such certificate, such shorter period), or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each
such default known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof.
(b) The Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee, the Noteholder, the Backup Servicer
and each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained Knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days
thereafter, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any
event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both,
would become a Servicer Termination Event under Section 10.1
.
Section 4.11 Independent Accountants’ Reports . The Servicer
shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified
public accountants (the " Independent Accountants "), who may
also render other services to the Servicer or to the Purchaser, to
deliver to the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Noteholder and
each Rating Agency, on or before April 30 of each year beginning
April 30, 2007, a report dated as of December 31 of the preceding
year in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Noteholder
(the " Accountants’ Report ") and reviewing the
Servicer’s activities during the preceding 12-month period
(or, in the case of the first such report, the period from the
Cutoff Date with respect to Receivables transferred to the
Purchaser on the initial Funding Date to December 31, 2006),
addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer, to the
Trustee, the Backup Servicer and to the Noteholder, to the effect
that such firm has examined the financial statements of the
Servicer and issued its report therefor and that such examination
(1) was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting
records and such other auditing procedures as such firm considered
necessary in the circumstances; (2) included tests relating to
timeshare loans serviced for others in accordance with the
requirements of the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers (the " Program "), to the extent the procedures in
the Program are applicable to the servicing obligations set forth
in this Agreement; (3) included an examination of the delinquency
and loss statistics relating to the Servicer’s portfolio; and
(4) except as described in the report, disclosed no exceptions or
errors in the records relating to timeshare loans serviced for
others that, in the firm’s opinion, paragraph four of the
Program requires such firm to report. The accountant’s report
shall further state that (1) such firm has examined and audited the
Servicer’s servicing controls and procedures for the previous
calendar year and that such independent public accountants have
examined certain documents and records (including computer records)
and servicing procedures of the Servicer relating to the
Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property, (2) they have examined
the most recent Servicer’s Certificate prepared by the
Servicer and three other Servicer’s Certificates chosen at
random by such firm and compared such Servicer’s Certificates
with the information contained in such documents and records, (3)
their examination included such tests and procedures as they
considered necessary in the circumstances, (4) their examinations
and comparisons described under clauses (1) and (2) above disclosed
no exceptions which, in their opinion, were material, relating to
such Receivables and Other Conveyed Property or such
Servicer’s Certificates, or, if any such exceptions were
disclosed thereby, setting forth such exceptions which, in their
opinion, were material, (5) on the basis of such examinations and
comparison, such firm is of the opinion that the Servicer has,
during the relevant period, serviced the Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property in compliance with this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents in all material respects and that such documents
and records have been maintained in accordance with this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents in all material respects, except in
each case for (A) such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be
immaterial and (B) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in
such written report. In the event such firm requires the Trustee
and/or the Backup Servicer to agree to the procedures performed by
such firm, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee and/or the Backup
Servicer, as applicable, in writing to so agree; it being
understood and agreed that the Trustee and/or the Backup Servicer
will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon
the direction of the Servicer, and neither the Trustee nor the
Backup Servicer makes any independent inquiry or investigation as
to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the
sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures. The Report
will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer
within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Section 4.12 Independent Accountants’ Review of Receivables
File . Commencing on January 31, 2007 and thereafter each
year on or before January 31 (or upon the date of the closing of
Seller’s next occurring term securitization transaction,
provided that such review is not made more than 365 days after the
immediately preceding review) prior to the Final Scheduled
Settlement Date, the Seller at its own expense shall cause
Independent Accountants reasonably acceptable to the Noteholder to
conduct a post-funding review of the Seller’s compliance with
its stated underwriting policies and verify certain characteristics
of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property as of each
Funding Date. If the cost to the Seller of any such review is
greater than $30,000 (other than a review conducted in connection
with a securitization transaction, as described above), the
Noteholder in its sole discretion may elect to pay the amount in
excess of $30,000 or to waive the performance of such review. If
such review is performed in connection with a securitization
transaction, the Seller shall pay the entire cost of the review,
including any amount in excess of $30,000. The Independent
Accountants shall within ten Business Days complete such physical
inspection and limited review and execute and deliver to Seller,
the Servicer, the Trustee and the Noteholder a report summarizing
the findings, which report shall be delivered in any case within
365 days of the previous report delivered in accordance with
this Section 4.12 . If such review reveals, in the
Noteholder’s reasonable opinion, an unsatisfactory number of
exceptions, the Noteholder, in its reasonable discretion, may
require a full review of a larger sample of the Receivables and the
Other Conveyed Property by the Independent Accounts at the expense
of the Seller.
Section 4.13 Report on Proceedings and Servicer Termination Event .
(i) Promptly upon a Responsible Officer of the Servicer’s
obtaining Knowledge of any proposed or pending investigation of it
by any Governmental Authority or any court or administrative
proceeding which involves or is reasonably likely to involve the
possibility of materially and adversely affecting the properties,
business, prospects, profits or conditions (financial or otherwise)
of the Servicer and its subsidiaries, as a whole, the Servicer
shall send written notice specifying the nature of such
investigation or proceeding and what action the Servicer is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto and evaluating its merits,
or (ii) immediately upon obtaining Knowledge of the existence of
any condition or event which constitutes a Servicer Termination
Event, the Servicer shall send written notice to the Purchaser, the
Trustee and the Noteholder describing its nature and period of
existence and what action the Servicer is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
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Section 4.14 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables . The Servicer shall provide to representatives
of the Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Noteholder reasonable
access to the documentation regarding the Receivables and
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