Exhibit 10.1
INDENTURE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated
as of May 1, 2008
by and
among
SIERRA TIMESHARE 2008-1 RECEIVABLES FUNDING, LLC ,
as
Issuer
and
WYNDHAM CONSUMER FINANCE, INC.,
as
Servicer
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Collateral Agent
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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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Intent and Interpretation of
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ARTICLE II
THE NOTES |
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Section 2.1
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Designation |
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Section 2.2
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Form Generally |
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Section 2.3
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[Reserved] |
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Section 2.4
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Determination of LIBOR |
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Section 2.5
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Execution, Authentication and
Delivery |
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Section 2.6
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Registration; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange; Transfer Restrictions |
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Section 2.7
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Notes |
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Section 2.8
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Persons Deemed Owner |
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Section 2.9
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Payment of Principal and Interest;
Defaulted Interest |
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Section 2.10
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Cancellation |
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Section 2.11
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Global Notes |
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Section 2.12
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Regulation S Global Notes |
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Section 2.13
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Special Transfer Provisions |
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Section 2.14
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Notices to Clearing Agency |
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Section 2.15
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Definitive Notes |
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Section 2.16
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Payments on the Notes |
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Section 2.17
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[Reserved] |
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Section 2.18
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Clean-Up Call |
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Section 2.19
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Authentication Agent |
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Section 2.20
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Appointment of Paying Agent |
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Section 2.21
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Confidentiality |
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Section 2.22
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144A Information |
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ARTICLE III
PAYMENTS, SECURITY AND ALLOCATIONS |
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Section 3.1
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Priority of Payments, Sequential
Order Event |
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Section 3.2
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Information Provided to Trustee |
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Section 3.3
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Payments |
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Section 3.4
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Collection Account |
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Section 3.5
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Reserve Account |
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Section 3.6
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Interest Rate Swap |
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Section 3.7
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Custody of Permitted Investments and
other Collateral |
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Section 3.8
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[Reserved] |
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER |
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Section 4.1
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Representations and Warranties
Regarding the Issuer |
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Section 4.2
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Representations and Warranties
Regarding the Loan Files |
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Section 4.3
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Rights of Obligors and Release of
Loan Files |
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER; ASSIGNMENT OF
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 5.1
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Representations and Warranties of the
Issuer |
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Section 5.2
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Eligible Loans |
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Section 5.3
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Assignment of Representations and
Warranties and Rights Under the Performance Guaranty |
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Section 5.4
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Release of Defective Loans |
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ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF ISSUER |
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Section 6.1
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Affirmative Covenants |
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Section 6.2
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Negative Covenants of the Issuer |
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ARTICLE VII
SERVICING OF PLEDGED LOANS |
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Section 7.1
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Responsibility for Loan
Administration |
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Section 7.2
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Standard of Care |
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Section 7.3
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Records |
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Section 7.4
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Loan Schedule |
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Section 7.5
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Enforcement |
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Section 7.6
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Trustee and Collateral Agent to
Cooperate |
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Section 7.7
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Other Matters Relating to the
Servicer |
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Section 7.8
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Servicing Compensation |
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Section 7.9
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Costs and Expenses |
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Section 7.10
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Representations and Warranties of the
Servicer |
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Section 7.11
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Additional Covenants of the
Servicer |
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Section 7.12
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Servicer not to Resign |
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Section 7.13
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Merger or Consolidation of, or
Assumption of the Obligations of Servicer |
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Section 7.14
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Examination of Records |
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Section 7.15
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Delegation of Duties |
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Section 7.16
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Servicer Advances |
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Section 7.17
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Delivery of Monthly Files |
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ARTICLE VIII
REPORTS |
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Section 8.1
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Monthly Servicing Report |
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Section 8.2
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Other Data |
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Section 8.3
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Annual Servicer’s
Certificate |
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Section 8.4
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Notices to WCF |
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Section 8.5
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Tax Reporting |
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ARTICLE IX
CONTROL ACCOUNT |
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Section 9.1
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Control Account |
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ARTICLE X
INDEMNITIES |
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Section 10.1
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Liabilities to Obligors |
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Section 10.2
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Tax Indemnification |
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Section 10.3
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Servicer’s Indemnities |
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Section 10.4
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Operation of Indemnities |
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ARTICLE XI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 11.1
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Events of Default |
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Section 11.2
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
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Section 11.3
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Section 11.4
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 11.5
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Remedies |
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Section 11.6
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Optional Preservation of
Collateral |
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Section 11.7
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Application of Monies Collected
During Event of Default |
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Section 11.8
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Limitation on Suits by Individual
Noteholders |
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Section 11.9
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Unconditional Rights of Noteholders
to Receive Principal and Interest |
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Section 11.10
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies |
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Section 11.11
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Waiver of Event of Default |
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Section 11.12
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Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws |
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Section 11.13
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Sale of Collateral |
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Section 11.14
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Action on Notes |
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Section 11.15
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Control by the Noteholders |
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ARTICLE XII
SERVICER DEFAULTS |
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Section 12.1
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Servicer Defaults |
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Section 12.2
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Appointment of Successor |
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Section 12.3
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Notification to Noteholders |
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Section 12.4
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 12.5
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Termination of Servicer’s
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Section 12.6
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Matters Related to Successor
Servicer |
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ARTICLE XIII
THE TRUSTEE; THE COLLATERAL AGENT; THE CUSTODIAN |
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Section 13.1
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Duties of Trustee |
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Section 13.2
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Certain Matters Affecting the
Trustee |
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Section 13.3
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Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in
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Section 13.4
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Trustee May Own Notes; Trustee in its
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Section 13.5
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Trustee’s Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification |
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Section 13.6
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Eligibility Requirements for
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Section 13.7
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Resignation or Removal of
Trustee |
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Section 13.8
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Successor Trustee |
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Section 13.9
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Merger or Consolidation of
Trustee |
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Section 13.10
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Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee |
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Section 13.11
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Notes |
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Section 13.12
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Suits for Enforcement |
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Section 13.13
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Rights of the Noteholders to Direct
the Trustee |
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Section 13.14
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Representations and Warranties of the
Trustee |
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Section 13.15
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 13.16
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No Assessment |
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Section 13.17
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UCC Filings and Title
Certificates |
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Section 13.18
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Replacement of the Custodian |
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ARTICLE XIV
TERMINATION |
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Section 14.1
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Termination of Agreement |
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Section 14.2
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Final Payment |
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Section 14.3
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[Reserved] |
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Section 14.4
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Release of Collateral |
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Section 14.5
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Release of Defaulted Loans |
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Section 14.6
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Release Upon Payment in Full |
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ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 15.1
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Amendment |
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Section 15.2
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Discretion with Respect to Derivative
Financial Instruments |
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Section 15.3
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Limitation on Rights of the
Noteholders |
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Section 15.4
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Governing Law |
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Section 15.5
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Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 15.6
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Notices |
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Section 15.7
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Severability of Provisions |
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Section 15.8
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Assignment |
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Section 15.9
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Notes Non-assessable and Fully
Paid |
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Section 15.10
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Further Assurances |
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Section 15.11
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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Section 15.12
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Counterparts |
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Section 15.13
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Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 15.14
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Actions by the Noteholders |
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Section 15.15
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Merger and Integration |
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Section 15.16
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No Bankruptcy Petition |
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Section 15.17
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Headings |
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Forms of Class A-1 Notes |
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A-1-1 |
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Forms of Class A-2 Notes |
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A-4-1 |
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Forms of Class B Notes |
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A-___ |
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Forms of Class C Notes |
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A-___ |
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Exhibit B
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Form of Payment and Release
Certificate |
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B-1 |
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Exhibit C
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Form of Regulation S
Certificate |
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C-1-1 |
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Form of Non-U.S. Certificate |
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C-2-1 |
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Exhibit D
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Form of Monthly Servicing Report |
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D-1-1 |
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Form of Servicing Officer’s
Certificate |
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D-2-1 |
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Exhibit E
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Form of Annual Servicer’s
Certificate |
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E-1 |
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Exhibit F
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Form of Control Agreement |
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F-1 |
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Exhibit G
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Form of Supplemental Grant |
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G-1 |
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Exhibit H
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Credit Standards and Collection
Policies |
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H-1 |
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule of Trustee’s fees. |
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List of Control Account Banks. |
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Schedule for Collateral Agent’s and Custodian’s
Fees |
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INDENTURE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS INDENTURE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 2008 is by and among
SIERRA TIMESHARE 2008-1 RECEIVABLES FUNDING, LLC , a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware, as issuer, WYNDHAM CONSUMER FINANCE, INC., a
Delaware corporation, as Servicer, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , a national banking association, as trustee and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking
association, as collateral agent. This Indenture may be
supplemented and amended from time to time in accordance with
Article XV hereof.
RECITALS
The Issuer has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of its loan backed notes as provided herein.
All covenants and agreements made by
the Issuer herein are for the benefit and security of the Trustee,
acting on behalf of the Noteholders and the Swap
Counterparty.
The Issuer is entering into this
Indenture, and the Trustee is accepting the trusts created hereby,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged. All things necessary have been done
to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee as provided herein, the valid
obligations of the Issuer and to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual agreements herein contained, each party agrees as
follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of
the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty.
GRANTING CLAUSES
The Issuer hereby Grants to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit and security of the Trustee,
acting on behalf of the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty, all
of the Issuer’s right, title and interest, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the following:
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all Pledged Loans and all Collections, together with all other
Pledged Assets; |
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the Collection Account and all money, investment property,
instruments and other property credited to, carried in or deposited
in the Collection Account; |
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all money, investment property, instruments and other property
credited to, carried in the Control Account or any other bank or
account into which Collections are deposited, to the extent such
money, investment property, instruments and other property
constitutes Collections; |
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the Reserve Account and all money, investment property,
instruments and other property credited to, carried in or deposited
in the Reserve Account; |
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the Interest Rate Swap; |
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all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the
Issuer under or with respect to the Term Purchase Agreement, the
Sale and Assignment Agreement and the Master Loan Purchase
Agreements, including, without limitation, all rights of the Issuer
to enforce all payment obligations of the Depositor, Sierra 2002
and each Seller and all rights to collect all monies due and to
become due to the Issuer from the Depositor, Sierra 2002 or any
Seller under or in connection with the Term Purchase Agreement, the
Sale and Assignment Agreement or the Master Loan Purchase
Agreements (including without limitation all interest and finance
charges for late payments and proceeds of any liquidation or sale
of Pledged Loans or resale of Vacation Ownership Interests and all
other Collections on the Pledged Loans) and all other rights of the
Issuer to enforce the Term Purchase Agreement, the Sale and
Assignment Agreement and the Master Loan Purchase Agreements; |
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all Assigned Rights with respect to the Pledged Loans and the
Pledged Assets including, without limitation, all rights to enforce
payment obligations of the Depositor, Sierra 2002 and each Seller
and all rights to collect all monies due and to become due to the
Issuer from the Depositor, Sierra 2002 or any Seller under or in
connection with the Pledged Loans (including without limitation all
interest and finance charges for late payments accrued thereon and
proceeds of any liquidation or sale of Pledged Loans or resale of
Vacation Ownership Interests and all other Collections on the
Pledged Loans); |
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all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time
representing or evidencing any of the foregoing property described
in clauses (a) through (g) above; |
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all present and future claims, demands, causes of and choses in
action in respect of any of the foregoing and all interest,
principal, payments and distributions of any nature or type on any
of the foregoing; |
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all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents,
general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property,
letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, and oil, gas and
other minerals, consisting of, arising from, or relating to, any of
the foregoing; |
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all proceeds of the foregoing property described in clauses (a)
through (j) above, any security therefor, and all interest,
dividends, cash, instruments, financial assets and other investment
property and other property from time to time received, receivable
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in exchange for or on account of the sale, condemnation or
other disposition of, any or all of the then existing property
described in clauses (a) through (l) herein, and including all
payments under insurance policies (whether or not a Seller or an
Originator, the Depositor, Sierra 2002, the Issuer, the Collateral
Agent or the Trustee is the loss payee thereof) or any indemnity,
warranty or guaranty payable by reason of loss or damage to or
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The
property described in the preceding sentence is collectively
referred to as the “ Collateral .” The Grant of
the Collateral to the Collateral Agent is for the benefit of the
Trustee to secure the Notes equally and ratably without prejudice,
priority or distinction among any Notes by reason of difference in
time of issuance or otherwise, except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Indenture and to secure (i) the payment of
all amounts due on the Notes in accordance with their respective
terms, (ii) the payment of all other sums payable by the
Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and (iii) compliance
by the Issuer with the provisions of this Indenture and the Notes.
This Indenture is a security agreement within the meaning of the
UCC.
The Collateral Agent and the Trustee
acknowledge the Grant of the Collateral, and the Collateral Agent
accepts the Collateral in trust hereunder in accordance with the
provisions hereof and agrees to perform the duties herein to the
end that the interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and
effectively protected.
The Trustee and the Collateral Agent
each acknowledges that it has entered into the Collateral Agency
Agreement pursuant to which the Collateral Agent acts as agent for
the benefit of the Trustee for the purpose of maintaining a
security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the
Noteholders are bound by the terms of the Collateral Agency
Agreement by the Trustee’s execution thereof on their
behalf.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions
Whenever used in this Indenture, the
following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
“ Account ” shall
mean the Collection Account or the Reserve Account, and “
Accounts ” shall mean the Collection Account and the
Reserve Account.
“ Accrued Interest
” shall mean, with respect to each Class of Notes, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the interest accrued during the
related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Note Interest
Rate on the Adjusted Principal Amount of such Class of Notes as of
the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the
initial Payment Date, the Adjusted Principal Amount as of the
Closing Date) and (ii) any amounts payable pursuant to clause
(i) above for such Class of Notes from all prior Payment Dates
remaining unpaid, if any, plus, to the
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extent
permitted by law, interest thereon for each Interest Accrual Period
for such Class of Notes at the applicable Note Interest Rate.
“ Adjusted Principal
Amount ” shall mean, on any Payment Date and for any
Class of Notes, the Principal Amount of such Class as of the prior
Payment Date (or, with respect to the first Payment Date, as of the
Closing Date) minus the sum of (i) the amount of all principal
distributions actually made to such Class on the current Payment
Date and (ii) the Adjustment Amount for such Class on the
current Payment Date. In no event will the Adjusted Principal
Amount of any Class exceed the Principal Amount of such Class or be
a number less than zero. On the Closing Date, the Adjusted
Principal Amount of any Class is equal to the Initial Principal
Amount of such Class.
“ Adjustment Amount
” shall mean, for the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-1 Adjustment Amount, for the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-2 Adjustment Amount, for the Class B Notes, the
Class B Adjustment Amount and for the Class C Notes, the
Class C Adjustment Amount.
“ Administrative Services
Agreement ” shall mean either the Administrative Services
Agreement dated as of August 29, 2002 by and between the
Depositor and the Administrator or the Administrative Services
Agreement dated as of March 18, 2008 by and between the Issuer
and the Administrator, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
of the respective agreements.
“ Administrator ”
shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Services Agreements,
WCF, as administrator with respect to the Depositor and the Issuer,
respectively, or any other entity which becomes the Administrator
under the terms of the applicable Administrative Services
Agreement.
“ Affiliate ”
shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person, and “control” means the power
to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise, and “controlling” and
“controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Aggregate Adjustment
Amount ” shall mean, on any Payment Date, the amount by
which the Aggregate Principal Amount, after giving effect to any
principal distributions made on all Classes on such Payment Date,
exceeds the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the last day of the Due
Period related to such Payment Date.
“ Aggregate Default Rate
” shall mean as of any Determination Date, a percentage
obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the outstanding principal
balance of each Pledged Loan (each such principal balance
determined as of the day immediately preceding the date on which
such Pledged Loan became a Defaulted Loan) that became a Defaulted
Loan during the period commencing with the Cut-Off Date and ending
at the end of the prior Due Period by (ii) the Aggregate Loan
Balance as of the Cut-Off Date.
“ Aggregate Loan Balance
” shall mean, as of any time, the sum of the outstanding
principal balances due under or in respect of all Pledged Loans,
excluding Defaulted Loans.
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“ Aggregate Principal
Amount ” shall mean the sum of the Principal Amounts for
all Classes of Notes.
“ Assigned Rights
” shall mean all rights of the Depositor with respect to the
Pledged Loans and related Transferred Assets including, but not
limited to, the right to sell Defective Loans to the Sellers or to
cause the Sellers to purchase Defective Loans from the Issuer;
provided, however, that the Assigned Rights do not include any
rights in, to or under the 2002 Performance Guaranty.
“ Assignment of Mortgage
” shall mean any assignment (including any collateral
assignment) of any Mortgage.
“ Authentication Agent
” shall mean a Person designated by the Trustee to
authenticate Notes on behalf of the Trustee.
“ Authorized Officer
” shall mean, with respect to the Issuer, any officer who is
authorized to act for the Issuer in matters relating to the Issuer,
and with respect to the Trustee, a Responsible Officer. Each party
may receive and accept a certification of the authority of any
other party as conclusive evidence of the authority of any person
to act, and such certification may be considered as in full force
and effect until receipt by such other party of written notice to
the contrary.
“ Available Funds
” for any Payment Date shall mean an amount equal to the sum
of (i) all payments (including prepayments—which include
prepayments related to Timeshare Upgrades) of principal, interest
and fees (which, for the sake of clarity, excludes maintenance fees
assessed with respect to POAs) collected from or on behalf of the
Obligors during the related Due Period on the Pledged Loans;
(ii) any Servicer Advances made on or prior to the Payment
Date with respect to payments due from the Obligors on the Pledged
Loans during the related Due Period; (iii) all amounts
received during the related Due Period as the Release Price paid to
the Trustee for the release from the Lien of this Indenture
securing the Notes of any Pledged Loan that has become a Defaulted
Loan; (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds from the disposition
of Pledged Assets securing Defaulted Loans received during the
related Due Period; (v) the amounts received during the
related Due Period by the Trustee as the Release Price in
connection with the release of a Defective Loan; (vi) all
other proceeds of the Collateral received by the Trustee or the
Servicer during the related Due Period ; (vii) the
amount in excess of the Reserve Required Amount, if any, withdrawn
from the Reserve Account in accordance with subsection 3.5(c) of
this Indenture and deposited in the Collection Account on such
Payment Date; and (viii) all amounts received by the Issuer
under the Interest Rate Swap in connection with such Payment
Date.
“ Bankruptcy Code
” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of
the United States Code, as amended.
“ Benefit Plan ”
shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” as
defined in ERISA which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than
a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 4001 of
ERISA) and to which the Issuer, any eligible Seller or any ERISA
Affiliate of the Issuer has liability, including any liability by
reason of having been a substantial employer within the
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meaning
of Section 4063 of ERISA for any time within the preceding
five years or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing
sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.
“ Business Day ”
shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or
(ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Las Vegas, Nevada, Rocklin,
California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to be closed.
“ Calculation Date
” shall mean the close of business on the last Business Day
of the related Due Period.
“ Cash Accumulation
Event ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) on
any Determination Date, the average of the Delinquency Ratios for
the three immediately preceding Due Periods is greater than
5.0%;
(ii) on
any Determination Date, the average of the Default Percentages for
the four immediately preceding Due Periods is greater than the
applicable Default Percentage Threshold; or
(iii) on
any Determination Date, the Aggregate Default Rate is greater than
23%.
A Cash Accumulation Event described
in clause (i) above shall continue until the average of the
Delinquency Ratios for the three immediately preceding Due Periods
is equal to or less than 5.0% for three consecutive Determination
Dates. A Cash Accumulation Event described in clause (ii) above
shall continue until the average of the Default Percentages for the
four immediately preceding Due Periods is equal to or less than the
applicable Default Percentage Threshold for three consecutive
Determination Dates. A Cash Accumulation Event described in clause
(iii) above will continue until the Notes have been paid in
full.
“ Certificate of
Authentication ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
“ Class ” shall
mean the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class B Notes and the Class C Notes.
“ Class A Note Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean the Note Purchase Agreement
relating to the purchase and sale of the Class A Notes dated
April 25, 2008 among the Issuer, the Sellers, the Depositor
and the Initial Purchasers of the Class A Notes named
therein.
“ Class A Notes
” shall mean the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2
Notes.
“ Class A-1 Adjustment
Amount ” shall mean, on any Payment Date, the lesser of
(i) the Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Notes after
giving effect to any principal distributions made on such Class on
such Payment Date, and (ii) the product of (a) a fraction
the numerator of which is the amount determined pursuant to clause
(i) above and the denominator of which is the Principal Amount
of the Class A Notes after giving effect to any principal
distributions made on the Class A Notes on such Payment Date
and (b) the amount by which the Aggregate Adjustment
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Amount
exceeds the aggregate of the Principal Amounts of the Class B
Notes and the Class C Notes, after giving effect to all
principal distributions made to such Class B Notes and
Class C Notes on such Payment Date.
“ Class A-1 Notes
” shall mean any of the $79,900,000 7.24% Vacation Timeshare
Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1, Class A-1, due
2020.
“ Class A-2 Adjustment
Amount ” shall mean , on any Payment Date, the lesser of
(i) the Principal Amount of the Class A-2 Notes after
giving effect to any principal distributions made on such Class on
such Payment Date and (ii) the product of (a) a fraction
the numerator of which is the amount determined pursuant to clause
(i) above and the denominator of which is the Principal Amount
of the Class A Notes after giving effect to any principal
distributions made on the Class A Notes on such Payment Date
and (b) the amount by which the Aggregate Adjustment Amount
exceeds the aggregate of the Principal Amounts of the Class B
Notes and the Class C Notes, after giving effect to all
principal distributions made to such Class B Notes and
Class C Notes on such Payment Date.
“ Class A-2 Notes
” shall mean any of the $50,000,000 Floating Rate Vacation
Timeshare Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1, Class A-2,
due 2020.
“ Class B Adjustment
Amount ” shall mean, on any Payment Date, the lesser of
(i) the Principal Amount of the Class B Notes after
giving effect to any principal distributions made on such Class on
such Payment Date and (ii) the amount by which the Aggregate
Adjustment Amount exceeds the aggregate of the Principal Amounts of
the Class C Notes, after giving effect to all principal
distributions made to such Class C Notes on such Payment
Date.
“ Subordinated Note Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean the Note Purchase Agreement
relating to the purchase and sale of the Class B Notes and the
Class C Notes dated April 25, 2008 among the Issuer, the
Sellers, the Depositor and the Initial Purchasers of the
Class B Notes and the Class C Notes named therein.
“ Class B Notes
” shall mean any of the $29,590,000 8.21% Vacation Timeshare
Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1, Class B, due
2020.
“ Class C Adjustment
Amount ” shall mean, on any Payment Date, the lesser of
(i) the Principal Amount of the Class C Notes after
giving effect to any principal distributions made on such Class on
such Payment Date and (ii) the Aggregate Adjustment Amount for
such Payment Date.
“ Class C Notes
” shall mean any of the $40,510,000 9.17% Vacation Timeshare
Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1, Class C, due
2020.
“ Class Percentages
” shall mean for each Class, at any time, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the Principal
Amount of such Class and the denominator of which is the Aggregate
Principal Amount of all Classes.
“ Clearing Agency
” shall mean an organization registered as a “clearing
agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange
Act.
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“ Clearing Agency
Custodian ” shall mean the entity maintaining possession
of the Global Notes for the Clearing Agency.
“ Clearing Agency
Participant ” means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a
Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
“ Clearstream ”
shall mean Clearstream, Luxembourg, société anonyme,
a professional depository incorporated under the laws of
Luxembourg, and its successors.
“ Closing Date ”
shall mean May 1, 2008.
“ Code ” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
“ Collateral ”
shall have the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this
Indenture.
“ Collateral Agency
Agreement ” shall mean the Collateral Agency Agreement
dated as of January 15, 1998 by and between Fleet National
Bank as predecessor Collateral Agent, Fleet Securities, Inc. as
deal agent and the secured parties named therein, as subsequently
amended, including as amended by the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 and all prior
amendments, by and among the Collateral Agent, the Sierra 2002
Trustee and other secured parties, as such Collateral Agency
Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
“ Collateral Agent
” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity
as collateral agent under this Indenture and the Collateral Agency
Agreement or any successor collateral agent appointed under the
Collateral Agency Agreement.
“ Collection Account
” shall mean the account described in Section 3.4 hereof
and established for the deposit of Collections and other amounts as
provided in this Indenture.
“ Collections ”
shall mean, with respect to any Pledged Loan, all funds,
collections and other proceeds of such Pledged Loan paid by or on
behalf of the Obligor after the Cut-Off Date, including without
limitation (i) all Scheduled Payments or recoveries (subject
to Section 7.5(g)) made in the form of money, checks and like
items to, or a wire transfer or an automated clearinghouse transfer
received in, the Control Account or otherwise received by the
Issuer, the Servicer or the Trustee in respect of such Pledged
Loan, (ii) all amounts received by the Issuer, the Servicer or
the Trustee in respect of any Insurance Proceeds relating to such
Pledged Loan or the related Vacation Ownership Interest and
(iii) all amounts received by the Issuer, the Servicer or the
Trustee in respect of any proceeds of a condemnation of property in
any Resort, which proceeds relate to such Pledged Loan or the
related Vacation Ownership Interest.
“ Control Account
” shall mean any of the accounts established pursuant to a
Control Agreement.
“ Control Account Bank
” shall mean the commercial bank holding the Control
Account.
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“ Control Agreement
” shall mean any agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit F by and between the Issuer, the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent, the Servicer and the Control Account Bank, which
agreement sets forth the rights of the Issuer, the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent and the Control Account Bank, with respect to the
disposition and application of the Collections deposited in the
Control Account, including without limitation the right of the
Trustee to direct the Control Account Bank to remit all Collections
directly to the Trustee.
“ Control Party ”
shall mean Noteholders representing 66 2/3% of the Aggregate
Principal Amount of the Notes.
“ Corporate Trust Office
” shall mean the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business is administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at
MAC N9311-161, Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Services-Asset-Backed
Administration.
“ Credit Card Account
” shall mean an arrangement whereby an Obligor makes
Scheduled Payments under a Loan via pre-authorized debit to a Major
Credit Card.
“ Credit Standards and
Collection Policies ” shall mean, if the Servicer is WCF
or an Affiliate of WCF, the individual credit standards established
by WVRI and WRDC and the collection policies established by WCF,
attached hereto as Exhibit H and as amended from time to time
in accordance with the restrictions of this Indenture, and if there
is a Successor Servicer that is not an Affiliate of WCF, the
collection policies of such Person for loans similar to the Pledged
Loans.
“ Custodial Agreement
” shall mean the Tenth Amended and Restated Custodial
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 by and among the Issuer,
Sierra 2002, Sierra 2003-2, the Depositor, WVRI, WCF, WRDC, U.S.
Bank National Association, as Custodian, the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent, the Sierra 2002 Trustee, the Sierra 2003-2
Trustee, the Sierra 2004-1 Trustee, the Sierra 2005-1 Trustee, the
Sierra 2006-1 Trustee, the Premium 2007-A Trustee, the Sierra
2007-1 Trustee, the Sierra 2007-2 Trustee and other parties as
described therein as the same may be further amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter in accordance
with its terms.
“ Custodian ”
shall mean, at any time, the custodian under the Custodial
Agreement.
“ Customary Practices
” shall, with respect to the servicing and administration of
any Pledged Loans, have the meaning assigned to that term in the
Purchase Agreement under which such Loan was transferred from the
Seller to the Depositor.
“ Cut-Off Date ”
shall mean, with respect to the Pledged Loans, the close of
business on February 29, 2008.
“ Debt ” of any
Person shall mean (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(c) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, (d) obligations of such Person as
lessee under leases which have been or should be, in accordance
with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (e) obligations secured
by any lien, security
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interest
or other charge upon property or assets owned by such Person, even
though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such obligations, (f) obligations of such Person under
direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations
(contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (a) through (e) above, and (g) liabilities
of such Person in respect of unfunded vested benefits under Benefit
Plans covered by Title IV of ERISA.
“ Debtor Relief Laws
” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, arrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments,
or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting
the rights of creditors generally.
“ Defaulted Loan ”
shall mean any Pledged Loan (a) for which any portion of a
Scheduled Payment is delinquent more than 119 days,
(b) with respect to which the Servicer shall have determined
in good faith that the related Obligor will not resume making
Scheduled Payments, (c) for which the related Obligor shall have
become the subject of a proceeding under a Debtor Relief Law or
(d) for which cancellation or foreclosure actions have been
commenced.
“ Default Percentage
” shall mean, for any Due Period, the percentage equivalent
of a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the outstanding
principal balance of each Pledged Loan (each such principal balance
determined as of the day immediately preceding the date on which
such Pledged Loan became a Defaulted Loan) that became a Defaulted
Loan during such Due Period, and the denominator of which is the
Aggregate Loan Balance as of the last day of such Due Period.
“ Default Percentage
Threshold ” shall mean, for any Determination Date,
1.00%.
“ Defective Loan ”
shall mean any Pledged Loan with an uncured material breach (with
all breaches that give rise to actual rescission being deemed
material on a Pledged Loan by Pledged Loan basis) of any
representation or warranty of the Issuer set forth in
Section 5.2 of this Indenture.
“ Definitive Notes
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11.
“ Delinquency Ratio
” shall mean, for any Due Period, a fraction the numerator of
which is the sum of the outstanding principal balance of each
Pledged Loan (each such principal balance determined as of the last
day of such Due Period) which is a Delinquent Loan as of the last
day of such Due Period and the denominator of which is the
Aggregate Loan Balance as of the last day of such Due Period.
“ Delinquent Loan
” shall mean a Pledged Loan for which all or a portion of the
Scheduled Payments are more than 60 days delinquent, other
than a Pledged Loan that is a Defaulted Loan.
“ Depositor ”
shall mean Sierra Deposit Company, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
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“ Depository Agreement
” shall mean the agreement among the Issuer, the Trustee and
The Depository Trust Company.
“ Determination Date
” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the fifth
Business Day preceding such Payment Date.
“ Distribution Compliance
Period ” shall have the meaning specified in
Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“ Due Period ”
shall mean, for the Payment Date occurring in May 2008, the
two full calendar months preceding such Payment Date, and for each
other Payment Date, the immediately preceding calendar month.
“ DWAC ” shall
have the meaning set forth in subsection 2.13(a).
“ Eligible Account
” means either (a) a segregated account (including a
securities account) with an Eligible Institution or (b) a
segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a
depository institution organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District
of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having
corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in
such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository
institution shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in
one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment
grade.
“ Eligible Institution
” shall mean any depository institution the short term
unsecured senior indebtedness of which is rated at least
“Fl” by Fitch, “A-l” by S&P or
“P-l” by Moody’s, and the long term unsecured
indebtedness of which is rated at least “A” by Fitch,
“A” by S&P or “A2” by
Moody’s.
“ Eligible Loan ”
shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 5.2.
“ Equity Percentage
” shall mean, with respect to a Loan, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the excess of
(A) the Timeshare Price of the related Vacation Ownership
Interest relating to the Loan paid or to be paid by an Obligor over
(B) the outstanding principal balance of such Loan at the time
of sale of such Vacation Ownership Interest to such Obligor (less
the amount of any valid check presented by such Obligor at the time
of such sale that has cleared the payment system), and the
denominator of which is the Timeshare Price of the related Vacation
Ownership Interest, provided that any cash down payments or
principal payments made on any initial Loan that have been fully
prepaid as part of a Timeshare Upgrade and financed down payments
under such initial Loan financed over a period not exceeding six
months from the date of origination of such Loan that have actually
been paid within such six-month period shall be included in clause
(A) above for purposes of calculating the numerator of such
fraction.
“ ERISA ” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” shall mean with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of
corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
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the
Code) as such Person; or (ii) a trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of
Section 414(c) of the Code) with such Person.
“ Euroclear Operator
” shall mean Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear System, and its successors and assigns in such
capacity.
“ Euroclear Participants
” shall mean the participants of the Euroclear System, for
which the Euroclear System holds securities.
“ Event of Default
” shall mean the events designated as Events of Default under
Section 11.1 of this Indenture.
“ Exchange Act ”
shall mean the U. S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Exchange Date ”
shall have the meaning specified in subsection 2.9(d).
“ Extra Principal
Distribution Amount ,” shall mean, on any Payment Date,
the lesser of (i) the amount by which Available Funds exceeds
the amount required to be distributed on such Payment Date pursuant
to clauses FIRST through NINTH, inclusive, of the Priority of
Payments and (ii) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount
on such Payment Date.
“ FairShare Plus
Agreement ” shall mean the Amended and Restated FairShare
Vacation Plan Use Management Trust Agreement effective as of
January 1, 1996 by and between WVRI, and certain of its
subsidiaries and third party developers, as the same has been
amended prior to the date of this Indenture and as the same may be
further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time hereafter in accordance with its terms.
“ FairShare Plus ”
shall mean the program pursuant to which the occupancy and use of a
Vacation Ownership Interest is assigned to the trust created by the
FairShare Plus Agreement in exchange for annual symbolic points
that are used to establish the location, timing, length of stay and
unit type of a vacation, including without limitation systems
relating to reservations, accounting and collection, disbursement
and enforcement of assessments in respect of contributed
units.
“ Financing Statements
” shall mean, collectively, the UCC financing statements and
the amendments thereto to be authorized and delivered in connection
with any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the
other Transaction Documents.
“ Fitch ” shall
mean Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“ Fixed Amount ”
shall mean, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the fixed
amount payable by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty for such date
pursuant to the Interest Rate Swap.
“ Fixed Week ”
shall mean a Vacation Ownership Interest representing a fee simple
interest in a lodging unit at a Resort that entitles the related
Obligor to occupy such lodging unit for a specified one-week period
each year.
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“ Floating Amount
” shall mean, for any Payment Date an amount equal to the
floating amount payable by the Swap Counterparty to the Issuer for
such date pursuant to the Interest Rate Swap.
“ FMB ” shall mean
Fairfield Myrtle Beach, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Foreign Clearing
Agency ” shall mean Clearstream and the Euroclear
Operator.
“ Fractional Interest
” shall mean a fractional ownership interest as tenant in
common in an individual lodging unit in a Resort.
“ GAAP ” shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time in the United States.
“ Global Notes ”
shall mean the Rule 144A Global Note and the Regulation S
Global Note.
“ Grant ” shall
mean, as to any asset or property, to pledge, assign and grant a
security interest in such asset or property. A Grant of any item of
Collateral shall include all rights, powers and options of the
Granting party thereunder or with respect thereto, including
without limitation the immediate and continuing right to claim,
collect, receive and give receipt for principal, interest and other
payments in respect of such item of Collateral, principal and
interest payments and receipts in respect of the Permitted
Investments, Insurance Proceeds, purchase prices and all other
monies payable thereunder and all income, proceeds, products, rents
and profits thereof, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise
all such rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of
the Granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive
anything which the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
“ Green Loan ”
shall mean a Loan the proceeds of which are used to finance the
purchase of a Green Vacation Ownership Interest.
“ Green Vacation Ownership
Interest ” shall mean a Vacation Ownership Interest for
which construction on the related Resort has not yet begun or is
subject to completion.
“ Indenture ”
shall mean this Indenture and Servicing Agreement as the same may
be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
“ Independent Director
” shall have the meaning assigned to the term in subsection
6.1(m).
“ Initial Principal
Amount ” shall mean the aggregate amount of $200,000,000
of the Notes composed of the initial principal amounts of
$79,900,000 of the Class A-1 Notes, $50,000,000 of the
Class A-2 Notes, $29,590,000 of the Class B Notes and
$40,510,000 of the Class C Notes at the time such Notes were
issued.
“ Initial Purchasers
” shall mean (i) with respect to the Class A Notes,
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. and (ii) with
respect
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to the
Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, Greenwich Capital
Markets, Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
“ Insolvency Event
” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person,
(a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or
any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under
any Debtor Relief Law, or the filing of a petition against such
Person in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, which
case remains unstayed and undismissed within 30 days of such
filing, or the appointing of a receiver, conservator, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for
such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the
ordering of the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s
business; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a
voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, or the consent by such
Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such Debtor Relief Law, or the consent by such Person to
the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, conservator,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official for such Person or for any substantial part of its
property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or the
admission by such Person of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due.
“ Insolvency Proceeding
” shall mean any proceeding relating to an Insolvency
Event.
“ Installment Contract
” shall mean an installment sale contract as defined in the
applicable Purchase Agreement.
“ Insurance Proceeds
” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the
applicable Purchase Agreement.
“ Interest Accrual
Period ” shall mean, with respect to the Notes for any
Payment Date, the period beginning on and including the immediately
preceding Payment Date and ending on and excluding such Payment
Date, except that the first Interest Accrual Period will begin on
and include May 1, 2008 and end on and exclude the
May 2008 Payment Date.
“ Interest Carry-Forward
Amount ” shall mean, for any Class on any Payment Date,
the sum of (i) interest accrued during the related Interest
Accrual Period at the applicable Note Interest Rate for such Class
on the excess, if any, of the Principal Amount of such Class over
the Adjusted Principal Amount of such Class, in each case as of the
prior Payment Date and (ii) any amounts payable pursuant to
clause (i) above for such Class from all prior Payment Dates
remaining unpaid, if any, plus, to the extent permitted by law,
interest thereon for each Interest Accrual Period for such Class at
the applicable Note Interest Rate. Interest Carry-Forward Amounts
with respect to the Fixed Rate Notes will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and Interest
Carry-Forward Amounts on the Floating Rate Notes will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days that
elapsed during the related Interest Accrual Period.
“ Interest Rate Swap
” shall mean the ISDA Master Agreement, together with the
Schedule thereto, the “Credit Support Annex” and the
“Confirmation For U.S. Dollar Interest Rate Swap
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Transaction Under 1992 Master Agreement,” each dated as of
May 1, 2008 between the Issuer and the Swap Counterparty, as
such Interest Rate Swap may be amended, modified or replaced.
“ Interval Interest
” shall mean an interest in the Bentley Brook Mountain Club
which interest entitles the owner to occupy, exchange, or rent a
week or period in a resort unit at such resort on a reservation
basis.
“ Investment Company Act
” shall mean the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
“ Issuer ” shall
mean Sierra Timeshare 2008-1 Receivables Funding, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and its successors and assigns.
“ Issuer Order ”
shall mean a written order or request dated and signed in the name
of the Issuer by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer.
“ Kona Loan ”
shall mean any Loan which was acquired by WVRI from Kona Hawaiian
Vacation Ownership, LLC.
“ LIBOR ” shall
mean, for any Interest Accrual Period, the London interbank offered
rate for one-month United States dollar deposits determined by the
Trustee on the LIBOR Determination Date for such Interest Accrual
Period in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4.
“ LIBOR Determination
Date ” shall mean, with respect to each Interest Accrual
Period, the second London Business Day immediately preceding the
first day of such Interest Accrual Period.
“ Lien ” shall
mean any mortgage, security interest, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and
the filing of any financing statement under the UCC (other than any
such financing statement filed for informational purposes only) or
comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the
foregoing.
“ LLC Agreement ”
shall mean the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Sierra
Timeshare 2008-1 Receivables Funding, LLC dated as of
March 18, 2008 as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“ Loan ” shall
mean each loan, installment contract, contract for deed or contract
or note secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, vendor’s lien
or retention of title originated or acquired by a Seller and
relating to the sale of one or more Vacation Ownership
Interests.
“ Loan Balance ”
shall mean the outstanding principal balance due under or in
respect of a Pledged Loan (including a Defaulted Loan (until it
becomes a Released Pledged Loan)).
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“ Loan Documents ”
shall, with respect to any Pledged Loan, have the meaning assigned
to that term in the Purchase Agreement under which such Pledged
Loan was transferred from the Seller to the Depositor.
“ Loan File ”
shall, with respect to any Pledged Loan, have the meaning assigned
to that term in the Purchase Agreement under which such Pledged
Loan was transferred from the Seller to the Depositor.
“ Loan Rate ”
shall mean the annual rate at which interest accrues on any Pledged
Loan, as modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of
any related Credit Standards and Collection Policies.
“ Loan Schedule ”
shall mean the Loan Schedule containing information about the
Pledged Loans, which Loan Schedule is delivered electronically by
the Issuer to the Trustee as of the Closing Date and as such
schedule is amended by delivery electronically by the Issuer to the
Trustee of information relating to the release of Pledged Loans or
the Grant of Qualified Substitute Loans.
“ London Business Day
” shall mean a day on which banks are open for dealing in
foreign currency and exchange in London.
“ Lot ” shall mean
a fully or partially developed parcel of real estate.
“ Major Credit Card
” shall mean a credit card issued by any VISA USA, Inc.,
MasterCard International Incorporated, American Express Company,
Discover Bank, Diners Club International Ltd. or JCB credit card
affiliate or member entity.
“ Majority Holders
” shall mean with respect to all Notes issued and
outstanding, the holders of greater than fifty percent of the
Aggregate Principal Amount of all Notes.
“ Master Loan Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean the WVRI Master Loan Purchase
Agreement or the WRDC Master Loan Purchase Agreement.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” shall mean, with respect to any Person and any
event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
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the ability of such Person to perform its respective
obligations under any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party; |
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the validity or enforceability of, or collectibility of amounts
payable under, this Indenture (if such Person is a party to this
Indenture) or any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party; |
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the status, existence, perfection or priority of any Lien
arising through or under such Person under any of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party; or |
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“ Member ” shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in the LLC Agreement.
“ Monthly Collateral Agent
Fee ” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the
amount due to the Collateral Agent for fees related to the
Collateral for the Series 2008-1 Notes calculated in
accordance with Schedule 3 attached hereto.
“ Monthly Custodian Fee
” shall mean, with respect to each Payment Date, the amount
due to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement for fees related
to the Pledged Loans and related Pledged Assets, such amounts to be
calculated in accordance with Schedule 3 attached
hereto.
“ Monthly Principal
” shall mean on any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the
principal portion of Scheduled Payments collected during the
related Due Period on the Pledged Loans; (ii) the principal portion
of Servicer Advances, if any, with respect to the related Due
Period; (iii) the principal amount of any prepayments (including
prepayments relating to Timeshare Upgrades) collected on any
Pledged Loan during the related Due Period; (iv) principal
proceeds from the purchase by the Sellers of any Pledged Loans that
have become Defaulted Loans during the related Due Period; and
(v) the principal proceeds of any repurchase of a Defective
Loan funded by a Seller or the Performance Guarantor or any deposit
in respect of a Defective Loan by the Issuer during the related Due
Period.
“ Monthly Servicer Fee
” shall mean, in respect of any Due Period (or portion
thereof), an amount equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a)1.10%
and (b) the Aggregate Loan Balance of the Pledged Loans at the
beginning of such Due Period; or if a Successor Servicer has been
appointed and accepted the appointment or if the Trustee is acting
as Servicer a fee, which with the consent of the Majority Holders,
may be a higher fee.
“ Monthly Servicing
Report ” shall mean each monthly report prepared by the
Servicer as provided in Section 8.1.
“ Monthly Trustee Fee
” shall mean, in respect of any Due Period, an amount equal
to $0 as an administration fee.
“ Moody’s ”
shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor
thereto.
“ Moody’s Short-term
Rating ” shall mean a rating assigned by Moody’s
under its short-term rating scale in respect of an entity’s
short-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations.
“ Mortgage ” shall
mean any mortgage, deed of trust, purchase money deed of trust or
deed to secure debt encumbering the related Vacation Ownership
Interest, granted by the related Obligor to the Originator of a
Loan to secure payments or other obligations under such Loan.
“ Net Liquidation
Proceeds ” shall mean, with respect to any Defaulted Loan
which is a Pledged Loan and which has not been released from the
Lien of this Indenture, the proceeds of the sale, liquidation or
other disposition of the Defaulted Loan or the Pledged Assets or
other
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collateral securing such Defaulted Loan, after deduction of costs
and expenses as provided in Section 7.5(g).
“ Net Swap Payment
” shall mean, for any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by
which the Fixed Amount for such date exceeds the Floating Amount
for such date.
“ Net Swap Receipt
” shall mean, for any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by
which the Floating Amount for such date exceeds the Fixed Amount
for such date.
“ Nominee ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreements.
“ Non-U.S. Certificate
” shall have the meaning set forth in subsection
2.12(b).
“ Noteholder ” or
“ Holder ” shall mean the Person in whose name a
Note is registered in the Note Register.
“ Note Interest Rate
” shall mean with respect to each Class of Notes, the
respective rate per annum set forth below:
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“ Note Owner ”
shall mean, with respect to a Note, the Person who is the owner of
a beneficial interest in such Note, as reflected on the books of
the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an
account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a participant or as
an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules
of such Clearing Agency).
“ Note Purchase
Agreements ” shall mean the Class A Note Purchase
Agreement and the Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement.
“ Note Register ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.6.
“ Note Registrar ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.6.
“ Notes ” shall
mean the Sierra Timeshare 2008-1 Receivables Funding, LLC Vacation
Timeshare Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1.
“ Obligor ” shall
mean, with respect to any Pledged Loan, the Person or Persons
obligated to make Scheduled Payments thereon.
“ Offering Circular
” shall mean the final Offering Circular dated April 25,
2008 relating to the Notes.
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“ Officer’s
Certificate ” shall mean, unless otherwise specified in
this Indenture, a certificate delivered to the Trustee signed by
any Vice President or more senior officer of the Issuer or the
Servicer, as the case may be, or, in the case of a Successor
Servicer, a certificate signed by any Vice President or more senior
officer or the financial controller (or an officer holding an
office with equivalent or more senior responsibilities) of such
Successor Servicer, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Operating Agreement
” shall mean the Fifteenth Amended and Restated Operating
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 by and between WVRI, FMB,
WCF, Kona Hawaiian Vacation Ownership, LLC, the VB Subsidiaries,
Shawnee Development, Inc., Eastern Resorts Company, LLC, BHV
Development, Inc., WRDC and other parties as described therein, as
the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time hereafter in accordance with its terms.
“ Opinion of Counsel
” shall mean a written opinion of counsel who may be counsel
for, or an employee of, the Person providing the opinion and who
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“ Originator ”
shall have the meaning, with respect to any Pledged Loan, assigned
to such term in the applicable Purchase Agreement or, if such term
is not so defined, the entity which originates or acquires Loans
and transfers such Loans to a Seller.
“ Overcollateralization
Amount ,” shall mean on any Payment Date, the excess, if
any, of (i) the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the last day of
the related Due Period over (ii) the Aggregate Principal
Amount on such Payment Date, after taking into account any
distributions of principal to the Noteholders on such Payment
Date.
“ Overcollateralization
Deficiency Amount ” shall mean, for any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Required Overcollateralization
Amount on such Payment Date over (ii) the Pro Forma
Overcollateralization Amount on such Payment Date.
“ Overcollateralization
Release Amount ,” shall mean (i) on any Payment Date
on or after the Stepdown Date, if neither a Cash Accumulation Event
nor a Sequential Order Event has occurred and is then continuing,
an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Pro Forma
Overcollateralization Amount on such Payment Date over (b) the
Required Overcollateralization Amount on such Payment Date;
provided that such amount will not exceed the Monthly
Principal for such Payment Date and (ii) on any other Payment
Date, zero.
“ PAC ” shall mean
an arrangement whereby an Obligor makes Scheduled Payments under a
Pledged Loan via pre-authorized debit.
“ Paying Agent ”
shall mean the Trustee or any successor thereto, in its capacity as
paying agent.
“ Payment Date ”
shall mean the 20 th day of each
calendar month, or, if such 20 th day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in May
2008.
“ Performance Guarantor
” shall mean Wyndham Worldwide.
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“ Performance Guaranty
” shall mean that Performance Guaranty dated as of
May 1, 2008 made by Wyndham Worldwide in favor of the Issuer,
the Depositor, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as amended
from time to time.
“ Permanent
Regulation S Global Note ” shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in subsection 2.12(a).
“ Permitted Encumbrance
” with respect to any Pledged Loan has the meaning assigned
to that term under the Purchase Agreement pursuant to which such
Loan has been sold to the Depositor.
“ Permitted Investments
” shall mean (i) U.S. Government Obligations having
maturities on or before the first Payment Date after the date of
acquisition; (ii) time deposits and certificates of deposit
having maturities on or before the first Payment Date after the
date of acquisition, maintained with or issued by any commercial
bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and
having a short term senior unsecured debt rating of at least
“A-1” by S&P and “P-l” by Moody’s
and “F1” by Fitch if rated by Fitch;
(iii) repurchase agreements having maturities on or before the
first Payment Date after the date of acquisition for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (i) and
(ii) above or clause (iv) below with any institution
having a short term senior unsecured debt rating of at least
“P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1” by S&P
and “F1” by Fitch if rated by Fitch;
(iv) commercial paper maturing on or before the first Payment
Date after the date of acquisition and having a short term senior
unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” by
Moody’s and “A-1+” by S&P and
“F1” by Fitch if rated by Fitch; and (v) money
market funds rated “Aaa” by Moody’s and rated
“AAAm” or “AAAm-G” by S&P and which
invest solely in any of the foregoing (without regard to maturity),
including any such funds in which the Trustee or an Affiliate of
the Trustee acts as an investment advisor or provides other
investment related services; provided , however ,
that no obligation of any Seller, the Depositor or the Performance
Guarantor shall constitute a Permitted Investment and
provided further , that no interest only obligation
and no investment purchased by the Issuer or the Trustee at a
premium shall constitute Permitted Investments.
“ Person ” shall
mean any person or entity including any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
governmental entity or other entity or organization of any nature,
whether or not a legal entity.
“ Pledged Assets ”
with respect to each Pledged Loan, shall mean all right, title and
interest of the Depositor in, to and under such Pledged Loan from
time to time and the related Transferred Assets and all of the
Depositor’s rights under the related Purchase Agreement, and
in and to the Collections and the proceeds of any of the
foregoing.
“ Pledged Loans ”
shall mean the Loans listed on the Loan Schedule.
“ POA ” shall mean
each property owners’ association or similar timeshare owner
body for a Vacation Ownership Interest Regime or Resort or portion
thereof, in each case established pursuant to the declarations,
articles or similar charter documents applicable to each such
Vacation Ownership Interest Regime, Resort or portion
thereof.
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“ Points ” shall
mean, with respect to any lodging unit at a Vacation Ownership
Interest Regime, the number of points of symbolic value assigned to
such unit pursuant to FairShare Plus.
“ Post Office Box
” shall mean each post office box to which Obligors are
directed to mail payments in respect of the Pledged Loans.
“ Predecessor Note
” shall mean, with respect to any particular Note, every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.7 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen
Note shall evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed
or stolen Note.
“ Premium 2007-A ”
shall mean Premium Yield Facility 2007-A LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
“ Premium 2007-A Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of February 12, 2007 among the
trustee named therein, WCF, as servicer, and Premium 2007-A.
“ Principal Amount
” shall mean, the Initial Principal Amount of a Class, less
principal payments previously paid to such Class as of such date
and which payments have not been subsequently rescinded or
recaptured.
“ Principal Distribution
Amount ” shall mean, for any Payment Date, an amount
equal to the sum, without duplication, of the Monthly Principal for
such Payment Date plus the outstanding principal balance of all
Pledged Loans that became Defaulted Loans during the related Due
Period that were not repurchased by the Depositor or a Seller, as
reduced by the Overcollateralization Release Amount, if any, for
such Payment Date.
“ Priority of Payments
” shall mean the application of Available Funds in accordance
with Section 3.1.
“ Pro Forma
Overcollateralization Amount ” shall mean, on any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Aggregate Loan Balance as
of the last day of the related Due Period over
(ii) (x) the Aggregate Principal Amount on such Payment
Date, before taking into account any distributions of principal to
the Noteholders on such Payment Date, minus (y) an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the Monthly Principal for such Payment
Date and, without duplication, (ii) the outstanding principal
balance of all Pledged Loans that became Defaulted Loans during the
related Due Period that were not repurchased by a Seller.
“ Proceeding ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3.
“ Purchase Agreement
” shall mean a Master Loan Purchase Agreement between a
Seller and the Depositor pursuant to which the Seller sells Loans
and related assets to the Depositor.
“ QIB ” shall have
the meaning set forth in subsection 2.6(c).
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“ Qualified Substitute
Loan ” shall mean a substitute Loan that is an Eligible
Loan on the applicable date of substitution and that on such date
of substitution (i) has a coupon rate not less than the coupon
rate of the Pledged Loan for which it is to be substituted,
(ii) has a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than
the remaining term to maturity of the Pledged Loan for which it is
to be substituted, and (iii) is a WVRI Loan if the Loan for
which it is to be substituted is a WVRI Loan or is a WRDC Loan if
the Loan for which it is to be substituted is a WRDC Loan.
“ Rated Final Maturity
Date ” shall mean the Payment Date occurring in
February 2020.
“ Rating Agency ”
shall mean each of Fitch, S&P or Moody’s as appropriate
and their respective successors in interest.
“ Rating Agency
Condition ” shall mean, with respect to any action taken
or to be taken, that each Rating Agency shall have notified the
Issuer and the Trustee in writing that such action will not result
in a reduction, downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the rating
then assigned to any outstanding Class of Notes.
“ Record Date ”
shall mean, for any Payment Date, (i) for Notes in book-entry
form, the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding such Payment Date and (ii) for Definitive Notes, the
close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding
the month in which such Payment Date occurs.
“ Records ” shall,
with respect to any Pledged Loan, have the meaning assigned thereto
in the applicable Purchase Agreement.
“ Redemption Date
” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.18.
“ Reference Banks
” shall mean leading banks selected by the Servicer and
engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business
in London and (ii) which have been designated as such by the
Servicer.
“ Regulation S
Certificate ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
subsection 2.9(d).
“ Regulation S Global
Note ” shall mean either the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note or the Permanent Regulation S Global Note.
“ Release Date ”
shall mean, with respect to any Pledged Loan, the date on which
such Pledged Loan is released from the Lien of this
Indenture.
“ Release Price ”
shall mean an amount equal to the outstanding Loan Balance of the
Pledged Loan as of the close of business on the Calculation Date
immediately preceding the date on which the release is to be made,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such
release; provided that for purposes of calculating the
Release Price with respect to any WRDC Timeshare Upgrade the
Release Price will be calculated without regard to the
upgrade.
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“ Released Pledged Loan
” shall mean any Loan which was included as a Pledged Loan,
but which has been released from the Lien of this Indenture
pursuant to the terms hereof.
“ Required
Overcollateralization Amount ,” shall mean, as of any
Payment Date, an amount equal to (i) prior to the Stepdown
Date, 22.25% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date,
and (ii) on and after the Stepdown Date, (A) if no Cash
Accumulation Event has occurred and is continuing, the greater of
(x) 0.50% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date
and (y) 44.50% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the last
day of the related Due Period and (B) if a Cash Accumulation
Event has occurred and is continuing, the Required
Overcollateralization Amount as determined on the immediately
preceding Payment Date; provided that if a Sequential Order
Event has occurred and is then continuing, the Required
Overcollateralization Amount will be equal to the Aggregate Loan
Balance as of the last day of the related Due Period.
“ Reserve Account
” shall mean the account established pursuant to
Section 3.5 of this Indenture.
“ Reserve Account Draw
Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in subsection
3.5(b).
“ Reserve Required
Amount ” shall mean (a) as of the Closing Date,
2.50% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, and
(b) at any time after the Closing Date, (i) if no Cash
Accumulation Event has occurred and is continuing 2.50% of the
Aggregate Loan Balance at such time; and (ii) if a Cash
Accumulation Event has occurred and is continuing, the product of
(A) the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the greater of
(x) 10.0% or (y) 2 times the Delinquency Ratio for such
Due Period; provided that in no event will the Reserve
Required Amount be less than 0.50% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as
of the Cut-Off Date; provided further , that in no
event will the Reserve Required Amount be greater than the
Aggregate Principal Amount.
“ Resort ” shall
mean a WVRI Resort or a WRDC Resort.
“ Responsible Officer
” shall mean any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust
Office (or any successor thereto), including any Vice President,
Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary,
any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers, in each case having direct responsibility for
the administration of this Indenture.
“ Rule 144A ”
shall have the meaning set forth in subsection 2.6(c).
“ Rule 144A Global
Note ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.11.
“ S&P ” shall
mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“ Sale ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 11.13(a).
“ Sale and Assignment
Agreement ” shall mean the Sale and Assignment Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2008 entered into by Sierra 2002 and the
Depositor and pursuant to which Sierra
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2002
sells and assigns to the Depositor all of Sierra 2002’s
right, title and interest in certain Pledged Loans and the Pledged
Assets related thereto.
“ Scheduled Final Maturity
Date ” shall mean the Payment Date occurring in February
2018.
“ Scheduled Payment
” shall mean the scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on a Pledged Loan.
“ Securities Act ”
shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Seller ” shall
mean WCF or WRDC or, in either case, any successor thereto.
“ Senior Priority Swap
Termination Amount ” shall mean any unpaid amount owing
to the Swap Counterparty in respect of Termination Payments
relating to a termination or a partial termination of the Interest
Rate Swap arising from (a) the Swap Counterparty not receiving
any Net Swap Payment owing to it; (b) bankruptcy, insolvency,
conservatorship, receivership or similar event of the Issuer;
(c) the occurrence of an Event of Default under
Section 11.1(a), 11.1(b) or 11.1(d) and, as a result thereof,
the liquidation of all or a portion of the Pledged Loans pursuant
to Article XI of this Indenture, provided ,
however , that for purposes of this definition only, the
reference to the “Notes” in Section 11.1(a) shall
mean the “Class A Notes” and the reference to
“Aggregate Principal Amount” in Section 11.1(b)
shall mean the Principal Amount of the Class A Notes;
(d) an Illegality as defined in the Swap Agreement;
(e) the occurrence of a Tax Event as defined in the Swap
Agreement, or (f) an amendment or supplement to this Indenture
made without the consent of the Swap Counterparty.
“ Sequential Order
Events ” shall mean: (i) an Insolvency Event has
occurred with respect to the Issuer; (ii) if on any two
consecutive Payment Dates, either (A) the sum of Available
Funds plus, without duplication, amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account are not sufficient to pay all Accrued Interest due on the
Notes, or (B) after application of all Available Funds in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, the Overcollateralization
Amount would be less than the Required Overcollateralization
Amount; or (iii) if on any Payment Date, after application of
all Available Funds in accordance with the Priority of Payments on
such Payment Date, the sum of the Aggregate Loan Balance plus the
amount on deposit in the Reserve Account would be less than the
Aggregate Principal Amount of all Notes. The Sequential Order
Events described in (ii) and (iii) above will continue to be
in effect until such time, if ever, that the Majority Holders have
consented to the termination of the Sequential Order Event.
“ Series Termination
Date ” shall mean the Termination Date.
“ Service Transfer
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1.
“ Servicer ” shall
mean WCF, in its capacity as Servicer pursuant to this Indenture
or, after any Service Transfer, the Successor Servicer.
“ Servicer Advance
” shall mean amounts, if any, advanced by the Servicer, at
its option, to cover any shortfall between (i) the Scheduled
Payments on the Pledged Loans (other than Defaulted Loans) for a
Due Period and (ii) the amounts actually deposited in the
Collection
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Account
on account of such Scheduled Payments on or prior to the Payment
Date immediately following such Due Period.
“ Servicer Default
” shall mean the defaults specified in
Section 12.1.
“ Servicing Officer
” shall mean any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Loans
whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the
Trustee by the Servicer, as such list may be amended from time to
time.
“ Shawnee Loan ”
shall mean any Loan which was acquired by WVRI from Shawnee
Development, Inc.
“ Sierra 2002 ”
shall mean Sierra Timeshare Conduit Receivables Funding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2002 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Master
Indenture and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 29, 2002
and the Series 2002-1 supplement thereto, each of which is
among the trustee named therein, WCF and Sierra 2002.
“ Sierra 2003-2 ”
shall mean Sierra 2003-2 Receivables Funding Company, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2003-2 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of December 5, 2003 among the
trustee named therein, WCF and Sierra 2003-2.
“ Sierra 2004-1 ”
shall mean Sierra Timeshare 2004-1 Receivables Funding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2004-1 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of May 27, 2004 among the trustee
named therein, WCF and Sierra 2004-1.
“ Sierra 2005-1 ”
shall mean Sierra Timeshare 2005-1 Receivables Funding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2005-1 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of August 11, 2005 among the
trustee named therein, WCF and Sierra 2005-1.
“ Sierra 2006-1 ”
shall mean Sierra Timeshare 2006-1 Receivables Funding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2006-1 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of July 11, 2006 among the
trustee named therein, WCF and Sierra 2006-1.
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“ Sierra 2007-1 ”
shall mean Sierra Timeshare 2007-1 Receivables Funding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2007-1 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of May 23, 2007 among the trustee
named therein, WCF and Sierra 2007-1.
“ Sierra 2007-2 ”
shall mean Sierra Timeshare 2007-1 Receivables Funding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Sierra 2007-2 Trustee
” shall mean the trustee under the terms of the Indenture and
Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2007 among the
trustee named therein, WCF and Sierra 2007-2.
“ Stepdown Date ”
shall mean the later to occur of the Payment Date in
April 2010 or the Payment Date on which the Aggregate Loan
Balance as of the last day of the related Due Period is less than
50.0% of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date.
“ Subsidiary ”
shall mean, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity of
which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
Persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such Person.
“ Substitution Adjustment
Amount ” shall mean, with respect to any Qualified
Substitute Loan or Qualified Substitute Loans to be substituted for
a Defective Loan or a Defaulted Loan, the amount, if any, by which
the aggregate principal balance of all such Qualified Substitute
Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate
principal balance of all such Defective Loans or Defaulted Loans
each determined as of the Calculation Date immediately prior to the
date of substitution.
“ Successor Servicer
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.2.
“ Swap Counterparty
” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, a public limited liability
company registered in England and Wales and any entity which is a
replacement swap counterparty as provided in
Section 3.6.
“ Swap Rating Agency
Condition ” shall mean, with respect to any action a
condition that is satisfied when Fitch is notified of such action
by or on behalf of the Issuer, and S&P and Moody’s have
notified the Issuer and the Trustee that such action will not
result in a reduction, downgrade, qualification (if applicable), or
withdrawal of the rating that has been assigned by such Rating
Agency to the Class A-2 Notes.
“ Temporary
Regulation S Global Note ” shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 2.11.
“ Term Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean the Series 2008-1 Term
Purchase Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 between the
Depositor as seller of the Pledged Loans and the Issuer.
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“ Termination Date
” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 14.1.
“ Termination Notice
” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 12.1.
“ Termination Payments
” shall mean payments required to be made by the Issuer to
the Swap Counterparty under the terms of the Interest Rate Swap as
a result of a termination or partial termination of the Interest
Rate Swap.
“ Termination Receipts
” shall mean payments required to be made by the Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer under the terms of the Interest Rate
Swap as a result of a termination or a partial termination of the
Interest Rate Swap.
“ Timeshare Price
” shall mean the original price of the Vacation Ownership
Interest paid by an Obligor, plus any accrued and unpaid interest
and other amounts owed by the Obligor.
“ Timeshare Upgrade
” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the applicable
Purchase Agreement.
“ Title Clearing
Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
the WVRI Master Loan Purchase Agreement.
“ Transaction Documents
” shall mean, collectively, this Indenture, the Term Purchase
Agreement, the Sale and Assignment Agreement, the Purchase
Agreements, the assignment agreements executed by the Sellers and
related to the periodic sale of Pledged Loans, the Custodial
Agreement, the Performance Guaranty, the Control Agreement, the
Title Clearing Agreements, the Collateral Agency Agreement, the
Administrative Services Agreements, the Financing Statements and
all other agreements, documents and instruments delivered pursuant
thereto or in connection therewith, and “ Transaction
Document ” shall mean any of them.
“ Transferred Assets
” shall, with respect to each Pledged Loan, have the meaning
set forth in the Purchase Agreement under which such Loan was
transferred to the Depositor.
“ Trustee ” shall
mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or its successor in
interest, or any successor trustee appointed as provided in this
Indenture.
“ Trustee Fee Letter
” shall mean the schedule of fees attached as
Schedule 1, and all amendments thereof and supplements
thereto.
“ 2002 Performance
Guaranty ” shall mean that Performance Guaranty dated as
of May 7, 2006 made by Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in favor
of the Depositor, Sierra 2002 and the Sierra 2002 Trustee.
“ UCC ” shall mean
the Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to time, as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
“ UDI ” shall mean
an undivided interest in fee simple (as tenants in common with all
other undivided interest owners) in a lodging unit or group of
lodging units at a Resort.
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“ U.S. Government
Obligations ” shall mean (i) obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S.
Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, when these
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States and (ii) certain obligations of government-sponsored
agencies that are not backed by the full faith credit of the United
States which are limited to: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. debt
obligations; Farm Credit System (formerly Federal Land Banks,
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, and Banks for Cooperatives)
consolidated system-wide bonds and notes; Federal Home Loan Banks
consolidated debt obligations; Federal National Mortgage
Association debt obligations; Student Loan Marketing Association
debt obligations which mature before September 30, 2008;
Financing Corp. debt obligations; and Resolution Funding Corp. debt
obligations.
“ Vacation Credits
” shall mean ownership interests in WorldMark that entitle
the owner thereof to use the Resorts owned by WorldMark.
“ Vacation Ownership
Interest ” shall mean the underlying ownership interest
that is the subject of a Loan, which ownership interest may be
either a Fixed Week, a UDI, an Interval Interest, the Points with
respect thereto under FairShare Plus, Vacation Credits or
Fractional Interests.
“ Vacation Ownership
Interest Regime ” shall mean any of the various interval
ownership regimes located at a Resort, each of which is an
arrangement established under applicable state law whereby all or a
designated portion of a development is made subject to a
declaration permitting the transfer of Vacation Ownership Interests
therein, which Vacation Ownership Interests shall, in the case of
Fixed Weeks and UDIs, constitute real property under the applicable
local law of each of the jurisdictions in which such regime is
located.
“ VB Subsidiaries
” shall mean Sea Gardens Beach and Tennis Resorts, Inc.,
Vacation Break Resorts, Inc. and Vacation Break Resorts at Star
Island, Inc.
“ WCF ” shall mean
Wyndham Consumer Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its
successors and assigns.
“ WorldMark ”
shall mean WorldMark, The Club, a California not-for-profit mutual
benefit corporation.
“ WRDC ” shall
mean Wyndham Resort Development Corporation, an Oregon corporation,
a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide, and its
successors and assigns.
“ WRDC Loan ”
shall mean a Pledged Loan which was originated by WRDC.
“ WRDC Master Loan Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean that Master Loan Purchase
Agreement dated as of August 29, 2002, and the
Series 2002-1 Supplement thereto, each as amended or amended
and restated from time to time, by and between WRDC and the
Depositor and the Confirmation and Consent Agreements dated as of
May 23, 2007, June 13, 2007, July 13, 2007,
August 13, 2007, September 13, 2007 each among WCF, as a
Seller, WRDC, as the Originator and the Depositor, as purchaser,
each as amended or amended and restated from time to time.
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“ WRDC Originator
” shall mean WRDC.
“ WRDC Resort ”
shall mean a resort developed by WRDC or in which WRDC sells
Vacation Ownership Interests.
“ WRDC Timeshare Upgrade
” shall mean a WRDC Loan with respect to which the Obligor
purchases a Timeshare Upgrade.
“ WVRI ” shall
mean Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ WVRI Loan ”
shall mean a Pledged Loan which was sold to the Depositor under the
WVRI Master Loan Purchase Agreement.
“ WVRI Master Loan Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean the Master Loan Purchase Agreement
dated as of August 29, 2002, as amended and restated as of
October 30, 2007, as thereafter amended or amended and
restated from time to time, by and between WCF, as Seller and the
Depositor, as Purchaser, WRDC, WVRI and various other entities from
time to time party thereto, together with the Series 2002-1
Supplement thereto also dated as of August 29, 2002, as
amended and restated as of October 30, 2007, as thereafter
amended or amended and restated from time to time.
“ WVRI Originator
” shall mean WVRI, Fairfield Myrtle Beach, Inc., Kona
Hawaiian Vacation Ownership, LLC, Shawnee Development, Inc., BHV
Development, Inc., Eastern Resorts Company, LLC, Sea Gardens Beach
and Tennis Resort, Inc., Vacation Break Resorts, Inc., Vacation
Break Resorts at Star Island, Inc., Palm Vacation Group, Ocean
Ranch Vacation Group, or any other Subsidiary of Wyndham (other
than WRDC) that originates Loans in accordance with the Credit
Standards and Collection Policies for sale to WCF.
“ WVRI Resort ”
shall mean a resort developed by WVRI or its Subsidiaries or in
which WVRI or its Subsidiaries sell Vacation Ownership
Interests.
“ Wyndham Worldwide
” shall mean Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Section 1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions .
(a) Terms used in this Indenture
and not otherwise defined herein such terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Term Purchase Agreement.
(b) All terms defined in this
Indenture shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As used in this Indenture
and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1, and
accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1 to the extent
not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
GAAP as in effect from time to time. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms herein or in any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant
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hereto
are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under GAAP, the
definitions contained herein or in any such certificate or other
document shall control.
(d) Any reference to each Rating
Agency shall only apply to any specific rating agency if such
rating agency is then rating any outstanding Class of Notes.
(e) Unless otherwise specified,
references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any
particular date shall mean such amount at the close of business on
such day.
(f) Terms used herein that are
defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the New York
Uniform Commercial Code, unless the context requires otherwise. Any
reference herein to a “beneficial interest” in a
security also shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a
security entitlement with respect to such security, and any
reference herein to a “beneficial owner” or
“beneficial holder” of a security also shall mean,
unless the context otherwise requires, the holder of a security
entitlement with respect to such security. Any reference herein to
money or other property that is to be deposited in or is on deposit
in a securities account shall also mean that such money or other
property is to be credited to, or is credited to, such securities
account.
(g) The words
“hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Indenture; and Article, Section,
subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this
Indenture are references to Articles, Sections, subsections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Indenture unless otherwise
specified.
(h) In determining whether the
requisite percentage of Noteholders of any Class or of all
Noteholders have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Notes owned by the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer shall be
considered as though they are not outstanding, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
making such determination or relying on any such direction, waiver
or consent, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
knows pursuant to written notice (or in the case of the Issuer, by
reference to the Note Register if the Trustee is also the Note
Registrar) are so owned shall be so disregarded and except that if
all outstanding Notes are owned by the Issuer or an Affiliate of
the Issuer, then this clause (h) shall be disregarded.
Section 1.3 Intent and
Interpretation of Documents
The arrangement established by this
Indenture, the Term Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Assignment
Agreement, the Purchase Agreements, the Custodial Agreements, the
Collateral Agency Agreement and the other Transaction Documents is
intended not to be a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax
purposes, and is intended to constitute a sale of the Loans by the
applicable Seller to the Depositor for commercial law purposes.
Each of the Depositor and the Issuer are and are intended to be a
legal entity separate and distinct from each Seller for all
purposes other than tax purposes. This Indenture and the other
Transaction Documents shall be interpreted to further these
intentions.
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ARTICLE II
THE
NOTES
Section 2.1
Designation.
There is hereby created a series of
Notes of the Issuer to be issued pursuant to this Indenture and
which are hereby designated as “ Sierra Timeshare 2008-1
Receivables Funding, LLC Vacation Timeshare Loan Backed Notes,
Series 2008-1 ” (the “ Notes ”).
The Issuer will issue Notes in four classes as follows: (i)
$79,900,000 7.24% Vacation Timeshare Loan Backed Notes,
Series 2008-1, Class A-1, due 2020, (ii) $50,000,000
Floating Rate Vacation Timeshare Loan Backed Notes,
Series 2008-1, Class A-2, due 2020, (iii) $29,590,000
8.21% Vacation Timeshare Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1,
Class B, due 2020, and (iv) $40,510,000 9.17% Vacation
Timeshare Loan Backed Notes, Series 2008-1, Class C, due
2020. The terms of the Notes shall be as set forth in this
Indenture.
Section 2.2
Form Generally .
The Notes and the Trustee’s or
Authentication Agent’s certificate of authentication thereon
(the “ Certificate of Authentication ”) shall be
in substantially the forms set forth in the Exhibits to this
Indenture with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon,
as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the Authorized
Officers of the Issuer executing such Notes as evidenced by their
execution of such Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be
set forth on the reverse or subsequent pages thereof, with an
appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
The Notes shall be typewritten, word
processed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods, all as determined by the officers
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such
Notes.
Section 2.3 [ Reserved
].
Section 2.4 Determination of
LIBOR .
On each LIBOR Determination Date, the
Trustee shall determine LIBOR on the basis of the rate for deposits
in United States dollars for a one-month period which appears on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or such other Page, as may replace
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates
Service, or such other service as may be nominated as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates or prices
comparable to the interest rate on the Notes) as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on such date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page (or such other page) the rate for that LIBOR
Determination Date will be determined on the basis of the rates at
which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the
Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
that day to prime banks in the London interbank market for a
one-month period. If on such LIBOR Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for such
related Interest Accrual Period will be the arithmetic mean of such
offered quotations (rounded upwards if
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necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.0001%). If on such
LIBOR Determination Date fewer than two Reference Banks provide
such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual
Period will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to
the nearest whole multiple of 0.0001%) of the one-month U.S. dollar
lending rates that three New York City banks selected by the
Trustee are quoting at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on the relevant LIBOR Determination Date to leading European
banks.
The establishment of LIBOR on each
LIBOR Determination Date by the Trustee and the Trustee’s
calculation of the rate of interest applicable to the
Class A-2 Notes for the related Interest Accrual Period will
(in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. The
Trustee shall, upon the establishment of LIBOR on each LIBOR
Determination Date, notify the Issuer and the Servicer of the
rate.
Section 2.5 Execution,
Authentication and Delivery.
The Notes shall be executed on behalf
of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of
any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile
signature of individuals who were at the time of execution of such
Notes Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Trustee shall, upon written order
of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue in
an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000, comprising
$79,900,000 principal amount of Class A-1 Notes, $50,000,000
principal amount of Class A-2 Notes, $29,590,000 principal
amount of Class B Notes and $40,510,000 principal amount of
Class C Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon such
written order as authority to so authenticate and deliver the Notes
without further inquiry of any Person.
Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. Notes and beneficial interests in the Notes may
be purchased in minimum denominations of $500,000 and in integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
No Note shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.6 Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange; Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The Issuer shall cause to be
kept a register (the “ Note Register ”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the
registration of transfers of Notes. The Trustee shall be the
initial “ Note Registrar ” for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon
any
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resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an
appointment, assume the duties of the Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Trustee is
appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the
Trustee and the Swap Counterparty prompt written notice of the
appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any
change in the location, of the Note Registrar, and the Trustee
shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable
times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Trustee shall have the
right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note
Registrar as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes
and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Note at the office of the Note Registrar as
provided in this Section 2.6, if the requirements of
Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute,
and upon receipt of such surrendered Note, the Trustee shall
authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Trustee, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Notes in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and of
a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes
may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized denominations,
of the same Class and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the
requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute, and upon receipt of such surrendered Notes
and an Issuer Order to authenticate the Notes, the Trustee shall
authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Trustee, the
Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or
such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and such
other documents as the Trustee may require.
No service charge shall be made to a
Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but
the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge or expense that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes,
other than exchanges pursuant to subsection 15.1(e) not involving
any transfer.
The preceding provisions of this
section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make,
and the Note Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of
Notes (i) for a period of 20 days preceding the due date
for any payment with respect to the Notes or (ii) after the
Trustee sends a notice of redemption with respect to such Note in
accordance with Section 2.18.
(b) The Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any state securities law.
None of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Note Registrar or the Trustee
is obligated to register
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the
Notes under the Securities Act or any other securities or
“Blue Sky” laws or to take any other action not
otherwise required under this Indenture to permit the transfer of
any Note without registration.
(c) No transfer of any Note or
any interest therein (including, without limitation, by pledge or
hypothecation) shall be made except in compliance with the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.6
(including the applicable legend to be set forth on the face of
each Note as provided in the Exhibits to this Indenture) and in
Section 2.12 and Section 2.13 in a transaction exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws. The
transfer of the Notes shall be restricted to transfers (i) to
a person (A) that the transferor reasonably believes is a
“qualified institutional buyer” (a “ QIB
”) within the meaning thereof in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”) in the form
of beneficial interests in the Rule 144A Global Note, and
(B) that is aware that the resale or other transfer is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A or (ii) in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, in the form of
beneficial interests in the applicable Regulation S Global
Note.
(d) Each Note Owner, by its
acceptance of its beneficial interest in a Note, will be deemed to
have acknowledged, represented to and agreed with the Issuer and
the Initial Purchasers as follows:
(i) It understands and acknowledges
that the Notes will be offered and may be resold by each Initial
Purchaser (A) in the United States to QIBs pursuant to
Rule 144A in the form of beneficial interests in the
Rule 144A Global Note or (B) outside the United States to
non U.S. Persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities
Act, initially in the form of beneficial interests in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note. As set forth in Section 2.13,
beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note
may be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Permanent
Regulation S Global Note.
(ii) It understands that the Notes
have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act
or any state or other applicable securities law and that the Notes,
or any interest or participation therein, may not be offered, sold,
pledged or otherwise transferred unless registered pursuant to, or
exempt from registration under, the Securities Act and any state or
other applicable securities law.
(iii) It acknowledges that none of
the Issuer or the Initial Purchasers or any person representing the
Issuer or the Initial Purchasers has made any representation to it
with respect to the Issuer or the offering or sale of any Notes,
other than the information contained in the Offering Circular,
which has been delivered to it and upon which it is relying in
making its investment decision with respect to the Notes. It has
had access to such financial and other information concerning the
Issuer, the Depositor and the Notes as it has deemed necessary in
connection with its decision to purchase the Notes.
(iv) It acknowledges that the Notes
will bear a legend to the following effect unless the Issuer
determines otherwise, consistent with applicable law:
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“THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY
PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE, OR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN, MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) TO THE ISSUER OR, WITH
THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER, TO AN AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER,
(2) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON
THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A
“QIB”) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB
PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED,
IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR
RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH NOTE OWNER
BY ACCEPTING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS NOTE, UNLESS SUCH PERSON
ACQUIRED THIS NOTE IN A TRANSFER DESCRIBED IN CLAUSE (1) OR
CLAUSE (3) ABOVE, IS DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT IT IS EITHER A
QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QIB.
PRIOR TO
PURCHASING ANY NOTES, PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT COUNSEL WITH
RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY AND CONDITIONS OF EXEMPTION FROM THE
RESTRICTION ON RESALE OR TRANSFER. THE ISSUER HAS NOT AGREED TO
REGISTER THE NOTES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO QUALIFY THE NOTES
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR TO PROVIDE REGISTRATION
RIGHTS TO ANY PURCHASER.
AS SET FORTH
HEREIN, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME
MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.”
(v) If it is acquiring any Note, or
any interest or participation therein, as a fiduciary or agent for
one or more investor accounts, it represents that it has sole
investment discretion with respect to each such account and that it
has full power to make the acknowledgments, representations and
agreements contained herein on behalf of each such account.
(vi) It (A)(i) is a QIB, (ii) is
aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and if it is acquiring such Notes or any interest or
participation therein for the account of another QIB, such other
QIB is aware that the sale is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and (iii) is acquiring such Notes or any
interest or participation therein for its own account or for the
account of a QIB, (B) is not a U.S. person and is purchasing
such Notes or any interest or participation therein in an offshore
transaction
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meeting the
requirements of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or
(C) is an Affiliate of the Issuer and the Issuer has consented
to its acquisition of the Notes.
(vii) It is purchasing the Notes for
its own account, or for one or more investor accounts for which it
is acting as fiduciary or agent, in each case for investment, and
not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, subject to
any requirements of law that the disposition of its property or the
property of such investor account or accounts be at all times
within its or their control and subject to its or their ability to
resell such Notes, or any interest or participation therein as
described in the Offering Circular and pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture.
(viii) It agrees that if in the
future it should offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Note or any
interest or participation therein, it will do so only (A) to
the Issuer, (B) pursuant to Rule 144A to a person it
reasonably believes is a QIB in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A, purchasing for its own account or
for the account of a QIB, whom it has informed that such offer,
sale or other transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A
or (C) in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of
Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
(ix) If it is acquiring such Note or
any interest or participation therein in an “offshore
transaction” (as defined in Regulation S under the
Securities Act), it acknowledges that the Notes will initially be
represented by the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and that
transfers thereof or any interest or participation therein are
restricted as set forth in this Indenture. If it is a QIB, it
acknowledges that the Notes offered in reliance on Rule 144A
will be represented by a Rule 144A Global Note and that
transfers thereof or any interest or participation therein are
restricted as set forth in this Indenture.
(x) It understands that the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note will bear a legend to the following
effect unless the Issuer determines otherwise, consistent with
applicable law:
“THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT
AS PERMITTED UNDER THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. NO BENEFICIAL
OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED
CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW.”
(xi) With respect to any foreign
purchaser claiming an exemption from United States income or
withholding tax, it has delivered to the Trustee a true and
complete Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, indicating such exemption or any
successor or other forms and documentation as may be sufficient
under the applicable regulations for claiming such exemption.
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(xii) It acknowledges that the
Depositor, the Issuer, the Initial Purchasers and others will rely
on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments,
representations and agreements, and agrees that if any of the
foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements deemed to
have been made by it are no longer accurate, it shall promptly
notify the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers.
(xiii) It acknowledges that transfers
of the Notes or any interest or participation therein shall
otherwise be subject in all respects to the restrictions applicable
thereto contained in this Indenture.
(xiv) Either (A) it is not
(i) an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of
ERISA, (ii) a plan, individual retirement account or other
arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or
(iii) an entity the underlying assets of which are considered
to include “plan assets” of, and it is not purchasing
the Notes on behalf of, any such plan, account or arrangement; or
(B) its purchase, holding and subsequent disposition of the
Notes either (i) will not constitute or result in a prohibited
transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or
(ii) are exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of
ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code in accordance with one or
more available statutory, class or individual prohibited
transaction exemptions. It will not transfer the Notes to any
person or entity, unless such person or entity could itself
truthfully make the foregoing representations and covenants as
presented in this clause (xiv).
Any
transfer, resale, pledge or other transfer of the Notes contrary to
the restrictions set forth above and elsewhere in this Indenture
shall be deemed void ab initio by the Issuer and the Trustee. As
used in this Section 2.6, the terms “United
States” and “U.S. persons” have the respective
meanings given them in Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
(e) Each Note Owner and Holder
of any Notes understands and acknowledges that the Issuer has
structured this Indenture and the Notes with the intention that the
Notes will qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness of the
Issuer, and the Issuer and each Noteholder by acceptance of its
Note agree to treat the Notes (or interests therein) as
indebtedness for purposes of federal, state, local and foreign
income or franchise taxes or any other applicable tax.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, each Note and this Indenture may be
amended or supplemented to modify the restrictions on and
procedures for resale and other transfers of the Notes to reflect
any change in applicable law or regulation (or the interpretation
thereof) or in practices relating to the resale or transfer of
restricted securities generally ( provided , however
, that no such amendment or supplement shall in any way impact the
Interest Rate Swap). Each Noteholder shall, by its acceptance of
such Note, have agreed to any such amendment or supplement.
Section 2.7 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
If (i) any mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and
(ii) in the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note, there is
delivered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by
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it to
hold the Issuer and the Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Trustee that such
Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, and
provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the
UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a
replacement Note; provided , however , that if any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note,
shall have become or within twenty (20) days shall become due
and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of
issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost
or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the redemption date
without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such
replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected
purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement
Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer
and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note
(or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any
Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such
replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person,
except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon
the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any
loss, damage, claim, liability, cost or expense incurred by the
Issuer or the Trustee, its agents and/or counsel, in connection
therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement
Note under this Section 2.7, the Issuer may require the
payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee, its agents and/or counsel) connected
therewith.
Except as set forth in the first
paragraph of this Section 2.7, every replacement Note issued
pursuant to this Section 2.7 in replacement of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this
Section 2.7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes.
Section 2.8 Persons Deemed
Owner.
Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and
any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination)
as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of
principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and
neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.9 Payment of
Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest .
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(a) The Notes of each Class
shall accrue interest from and including the Closing Date at the
Note Interest Rate for that Class. Interest on the Class A-1
Notes, Class B Notes and Class C Notes will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Interest on the Class A-2 Notes will be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days that elapsed
during the related Interest Accrual Period. Interest shall be due
and payable on the Payment Date in May 2008 and each Payment
Date thereafter until all principal amounts on the Notes have been
repaid. The amount of interest due and payable on the Notes with
respect to each Payment Date shall be an amount equal to the
Accrued Interest with respect to such Payment Date plus any
Interest Carry Forward Amount. Any installment of interest or
principal, if any, or any other amount, payable on any Note which
is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the
applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the
Record Date, by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such
Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such
Record Date, (i) except that with respect to Notes registered
on the Record Date in the name of the Clearing Agency or the
nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede
& Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account designated by such nominee, and (ii)
except for (A) the final installment of principal payable with
respect to such Note on a Payment Date and (B) the redemption
price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to
Section 2.18, in each case which shall be payable as provided
below.
(b) To the extent of Available
Funds, principal shall be due and payable on the Notes as provided
in Section 3.1(a), or if a Sequential Order Event has occurred
and is continuing as provided in Section 3.1(b). The principal
amount of the Notes, to the extent not previously paid, shall be
due and payable on the Rated Final Maturity Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes
shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on
which an Event of Default described in Section 11.1 shall have
occurred and be continuing, if the Notes have been declared to be
immediately due and payable as provided in Section 11.1.
Principal payments on the Notes shall be made pro rata to the
Noteholders entitled thereto.
Notices in connection with
redemptions of Notes shall be mailed or sent by facsimile to the
Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty as provided in
Section 15.6.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a
payment of interest on the Notes when such interest becomes due and
payable on any Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay defaulted
interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent
lawful) at the applicable Note Interest Rate in any lawful manner.
The Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the persons who are
Noteholders on a subsequent special record date, which special
record date shall be fixed or caused to be fixed by the Issuer and
shall be at least three Business Days prior to the payment date.
The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such payment date,
and, prior to the third Business Day prior to any such special
record date, the Issuer shall mail or transmit by facsimile to each
Noteholder and the Swap Counterparty a notice that states the
special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest to be paid.
(d) Holders of a beneficial
interest in Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S as
Temporary Regulation S Global Notes are prohibited from
receiving payments or from
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exchanging beneficial interests in such Temporary Regulation S
Global Notes for Permanent Regulation S Global Notes until the
later of (i) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance
Period (the “ Exchange Date ”) and (ii) the
furnishing of a certificate, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C attached hereto, certifying that the beneficial
owner of the Temporary Regulation S Global Note is a non-U.S.
person (a “ Regulation S Certificate ”) as
provided in Section 2.12.
Section 2.10 Cancellation
.
All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee and shall, following its receipt thereof, be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall, following its
receipt thereof, be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Notes
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes
canceled as provided in this Section 2.10, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes shall be returned
to the Issuer.
Section 2.11 Global Notes
.
The Notes, upon original issuance,
will be issued in global form (i) to QIBs in transactions
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
reliance on Rule 144A, as a single note in fully registered
form, without interest coupons (the “ Rule 144A
Global Note ”), authenticated and delivered in
substantially the forms attached hereto included in Exhibit A
and/or (ii) as a single note in “offshore
transactions” (within the meaning of Regulation S), in fully
registered form, without interest coupons (the “ Temporary
Regulation S Global Note ”), authenticated and
delivered in substantially the forms attached hereto included in
Exhibit A. Such Notes shall be delivered to The Depository
Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of,
the Issuer and shall initially be registered on the Note Register
in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing
Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive Note
representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note, except
as provided in Section 2.15. Unless and until definitive,
fully registered Notes (the “ Definitive Notes
”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to
Section 2.15:
(i) the provisions of this
Section 2.11 shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the
Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all
purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of
and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or
directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall
have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the
provisions of this Section 2.11 conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this
Section 2.11 shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall
be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited
to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners
and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants in
accordance with the Depository Agreement. Unless and until
Definitive Notes are issued
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pursuant to
Section 2.15, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such
Clearing Agency Participants;
(v) whenever this Indenture requires
or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or
directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a specified percentage of
the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes, the Clearing Agency
shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent
that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners
and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing such
required percentage of the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes
and has delivered such instructions to the Trustee; and
(vi) the Notes may not be transferred
as a whole except by the Clearing Agency to a nominee of the
Clearing Agency or by a nominee of the Clearing Agency to the
Clearing Agency or another nominee of the Clearing Agency or by the
Clearing Agency or any such nominee to a successor Clearing Agency
or a nominee of such successor Clearing Agency.
Section 2.12
Regulation S Global Notes .
(a) Notes issued in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act will initially be in the
form of a Temporary Regulation S Global Note. Any beneficial
interest in a Note evidenced by the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note is exchangeable for a beneficial interest in a Note in
fully registered, global form, without interest coupons,
authenticated and delivered in substantially the form attached
hereto in Exhibit A (the “ Permanent
Regulation S Global Note ”), upon the later of
(i) the Exchange Date and (ii) the furnishing of a
Regulation S Certificate.
(b) (i) On or prior to the
Exchange Date, each owner of a beneficial interest in a Temporary
Regulation S Global Note shall deliver to Euroclear or
Clearstream (as applicable) a Regulation S Certificate;
provided , however , that any owner of a beneficial
interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note on the
Exchange Date or on any Payment Date that has previously delivered
a Regulation S Certificate hereunder shall not be required to
deliver any subsequent Regulation S Certificate (unless the
certificate previously delivered is no longer true as of such
subsequent date, in which case such owner shall promptly notify
Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, thereof and shall deliver
an updated Regulation S Certificate). Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, as applicable, shall deliver to the Paying Agent or
the Trustee a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C (a “ Non-U.S. Certificate ”)
attached hereto promptly upon the receipt of each such
Regulation S Certificate, and no such owner (or transferee
from such owner) shall be entitled to receive a beneficial interest
in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note or any payment of or
principal of interest on or any other payment with respect to its
beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note
prior to the Paying Agent or the Trustee receiving such Non-U.S.
Certificate from Euroclear or Clearstream with respect to the
portion of the Temporary Regulation S Global Note owned by
such owner (and, with respect to a beneficial interest in the
Permanent Regulation S Global Note, prior to the Exchange
Date).
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(c) Any payments of principal
of, interest on or any other payment on a Temporary
Regulation S Global Note received by Euroclear or Clearstream
with respect to any portion of such Regulation S Global Note
owned by a Note Owner that has not delivered the Regulation S
Certificate required by this Section 2.12 shall be held by
Euroclear and Clearstream solely as agents for the Paying Agent and
the Trustee. Euroclear and Clearstream shall remit such payments to
the applicable Note Owner (or to a Euroclear or Clearstream member
on behalf of such Note Owner) only after Euroclear or Clearstream
has received the requisite Regulation S Certificate. Until the
Paying Agent or the Trustee has received a Non-U.S. Certificate
from Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, that it has received
the requisite Regulation S Certificate with respect to the
ownership of a beneficial interest in any portion of a Temporary
Regulation S Global Note, the Paying Agent or the Trustee may
revoke the right of Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, to
hold any payments made with respect to such portion of such
Temporary Regulation S Global Note. If the Paying Agent or the
Trustee exercises its right of revocation pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence, Euroclear or Clearstream, as
applicable, shall return such payments to the Paying Agent or the
Trustee and the Trustee shall hold such payments in the Collection
Account until Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, has provided
the necessary Non-U.S. Certificates to the Paying Agent or the
Trustee (at which time the Paying Agent shall forward such payments
to Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, to be remitted to the
Note Owner that is entitled thereto on the records of Euroclear or
Clearstream (or on the records of their respective members)).
Each Note Owner with respect to a
Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall exchange its
beneficial interest therein for a beneficial interest in a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note on or after the Exchange
Date upon furnishing to Euroclear or Clearstream (as applicable)
the Regulation S Certificate and upon receipt by the Paying Agent
or the Trustee, as applicable, of the Non-U.S. Certificate thereof
from Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, in each case pursuant
to the terms of this Section 2.12. On and after the Exchange
Date, upon receipt by the Paying Agent or the Trustee of any
Non-U.S. Certificate from Euroclear or Clearstream described in the
immediately preceding sentence (i) with respect to the first
such certification, the Issuer shall execute, upon receipt of an
order to authenticate, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Clearing Agency Custodian the applicable Permanent
Regulation S Global Note and (ii) with respect to the
first and all subsequent certifications, the Clearing Agency
Custodian shall exchange on behalf of the applicable owners the
portion of the applicable Temporary Regulation S Global Note
covered by such certification for a comparable portion of the
applicable Permanent Regulation S Global Note. Upon any
exchange of a portion of a Temporary Regulation S Global Note
for a comparable portion of a Permanent Regulation S Global
Note, the Clearing Agency Custodian shall endorse on the schedules
affixed to each such Regulation S Global Note (or on
continuations of such schedules affixed to each such
Regulation S Global Note and made parts thereof) appropriate
notations evidencing the date of transfer and (x) with respect
to the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, a decrease in the
principal amount thereof equal to the amount covered by the
applicable certification and (y) with respect to the Permanent
Regulation S Global Note, an increase in the principal amount
thereof equal to the principal amount of the decrease in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note pursuant to clause
(x) above.
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Section 2.13 Special Transfer
Provisions .
(a) If a holder of a beneficial
interest in the Rule 144A Global Note wishes at any time to
exchange its beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note
for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, or
to transfer a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note
to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, such
holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Clearing
Agency and to the requirements set forth in the following sentence,
exchange or cause the exchange or transfer or cause the transfer of
the beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Note. Upon receipt by the Trustee of
(1) instructions given in accordance with the Clearing
Agency’s procedures from or on behalf of a Note Owner of the
Rule 144A Global Note, directing the Trustee (via the Clearing
Agency’s Deposit/Withdrawal of Custodian System (“
DWAC ”)), as transfer agent, to credit or cause to be
credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note
in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A
Global Note to be exchanged or transferred, (2) a written
order in accordance with the Clearing Agency’s procedures
containing information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream
account to be credited with such increase and the name of such
account, and (3) a certificate given by such Note Owner
stating that the exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest
has been made pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, the
Trustee, as transfer agent, shall promptly deliver appropriate
instructions to the Clearing Agency (via DWAC), its nominee, or the
custodian for the Clearing Agency, as the case may be, to reduce or
reflect on its records a reduction of the Rule 144A Global
Note by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest
in the Rule 144A Global Note to be so exchanged or transferred
from the relevant participant, and the Trustee, as transfer agent,
shall promptly deliver appropriate instructions (via DWAC) to the
Clearing Agency, its nominee, or the custodian for the Clearing
Agency, as the case may be, concurrently with such reduction, to
increase or reflect on its records an increase of the principal
amount of such Regulation S Global Note by the aggregate
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A
Global Note to be so exchanged or transferred, and to credit or
cause to be credited to the account of the person specified in such
instructions (who may be Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of
Euroclear or Clearstream or another agent member of Euroclear, or
Clearstream, or both, as the case may be, acting for and on behalf
of them) a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global
Note equal to the reduction in the principal amount of the
Rule 144A Global Note. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon the completed
schedule set forth in the certificate representing the Notes.
(b) If a holder of a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Note wishes at any time to
exchange its beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Note for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note,
or to transfer a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Global Note to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the
form of beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note, such
holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or
Clearstream and the Clearing Agency, as the case may be, and to the
requirements set forth in the following sentence, exchange or cause
the exchange or transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial
interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the
Rule 144A Global Note. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as
transfer agent, of (1) instructions given in accordance with
the procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream and the Clearing Agency,
as the case may be, from or on behalf of a Note Owner of the
Regulation S Global Note directing the Trustee, as transfer
agent,
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credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the
Rule 144A Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Note to be exchanged or
transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the
procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream and the Clearing Agency, as
the case may be, containing information regarding the account with
the Clearing Agency to be credited with such increase and the name
of such account, and (3) prior to the expiration of the
Distribution Compliance Period, a certificate given by such Note
Owner stating that the person transferring such beneficial interest
in such Regulation S Global Note reasonably believes that the
person acquiring such beneficial interest in the Rule 144A
Global Note is a QIB and is obtaining such beneficial interest for
its own account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting
the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any
other jurisdiction, the Trustee, as transfer agent, shall promptly
deliver (via DWAC) appropriate instructions to the Clearing Agency,
its nominee, or the custodian for the Clearing Agency, as the case
may be, to reduce or reflect on its records a reduction of the
Regulation S Global Note by the aggregate principal amount of
the beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Note to be
exchanged or transferred, and the Trustee, as transfer agent, shall
promptly deliver (via DWAC) appropriate instructions to the
Clearing Agency, its nominee, or the custodian for the Clearing
Agency, as the case may be, concurrently with such reduction, to
increase or reflect on its records an increase of the principal
amount of the Rule 144A Global Note by the aggregate principal
amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Note to be so exchanged or transferred, and to credit or cause to
be credited to the account of the person specified in such
instructions a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global
Note equal to the reduction in the principal amount of the
Regulation S Global Note. After the expiration of the
Distribution Compliance Period, the certification requirement set
forth in clause (3) of the second sentence of this subsection
2.13(b) will no longer apply to such exchanges and transfers.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Trustee may
conclusively rely upon the completed schedule set forth in the
certificate representing the Notes.
(c) Any beneficial interest in
one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a person who takes
delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the other Global
Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global
Note and become a beneficial interest in the other Global Note and,
accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer
restrictions and other procedures applicable to beneficial
interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such
a beneficial interest.
(d) Until the later of the
Exchange Date and the provision of the certifications required by
Section 2.9(d), beneficial interests in a Regulation S
Global Note may only be held through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as
operator of Euroclear or Clearstream, or another agent member of
Euroclear and Clearstream acting for and on behalf of them. During
the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial
interests in the Rule 144A Global Note only in accordance with
the certification requirements described above.
Section 2.14 Notices to
Clearing Agency .
Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Holders of the Notes is required under this
Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued
to Note Owners pursuant
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Section 2.15, the Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes
to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to the Note
Owners.
Section 2.15 Definitive
Notes .
If (i) the Issuer advises the
Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or
able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Notes, and the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor, or
(ii) to the extent permitted by law, the Issuer, at its option
advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, or (iii) after
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, the
Majority Holders advise the Issuer and the Clearing Agency in
writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Note
Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and
the Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners. Upon surrender to
the Trustee of the word-processed Note or Notes representing the
Global Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note
Registrar or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery
of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Notes to Note Owners, the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of such Definitive Notes as Noteholders.
Section 2.16 Payments on the
Notes .
(a) Subject to the availability
of Available Funds and to the Priority of Payments, the Notes will
provide for (i) the payment of Accrued Interest and any
Interest Carry-Forward Amount on each Payment Date until the
earlier of the date on which all Notes are paid in full and the
Rated Final Maturity Date and (ii) (A) absent the occurrence
and continuation of a Sequential Order Event or the sale of the
Collateral and distribution under Section 11.7, the payment of
the Principal Distribution Amount on each Payment Date until the
earlier of the date on which all Notes are paid in full and the
Rated Final Maturity Date, (B) if a Sequential Order Event has
occurred and is continuing, the payment in accordance with
Section 3.1(b) of all Available Funds remaining after the
application of clause “EIGHTH” in subsection 3.1(a) in
respect of principal until the earlier of the date on which all
Notes are paid in full and the Rated Final Maturity Date or
(C) if the Collateral has been sold under Article XI,
distribution as provided in Section 11.7. All outstanding
principal of the Notes will be due and payable (unless paid on an
earlier date) on the Rated Final Maturity Date. On the Rated Final
Maturity Date Noteholders will be entitled to the Reserve Account
Draw Amount for such date, if any and all remaining Available Funds
necessary to reduce the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes to
zero.
(b) Interest and principal
payable in respect of the Notes of any Class on any Payment Date
shall be paid to the Holders of the Notes of such Class as of the
related Record Date.
(c) All reductions in the
principal amount of a Note (or one or more predecessor Notes)
effected by payments of installments of principal made on any
Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of such Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of
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thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not
such payment is noted on such Note.
(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, principal of, interest on and all
other amounts payable on or in respect of the Notes will constitute
limited recourse obligations of the Issuer secured by, and payable
from and to the extent of available proceeds of, the Collateral.
The Holders of the Notes shall have recourse to the Issuer only to
the extent of the Collateral, and following realization of the
Collateral, any claims of the Holders of the Notes shall be
extinguished and shall not revive thereafter. Neither the Issuer,
nor any of its respective agents, members, partners, beneficiaries,
officers, directors, employees or any Affiliate of any of them or
any of their respective successors or assigns or any other Person
or entity shall be personally liable for any amounts payable, or
performance due, under the Notes or this Indenture. It is
understood that the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall
not (i) prevent recourse to the Collateral for the sums due or
to become due under any security, instrument or agreement which is
secured by the Collateral, or (ii) constitute a waiver,
release or discharge of any indebtedness or obligation evidenced by
the Notes or secured by this Indenture until such Collateral has
been realized whereupon any outstanding indebtedness or obligation
shall be extinguished. It is further understood that the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph shall not limit the right of any
Person to name the Issuer as party defendant in any action, suit or
in the exercise of any other remedy under the Notes or in this
Indenture, so long as no judgment in the nature of a deficiency
judgment or seeking personal liability shall be asked for or (if
obtained) enforced against the Issuer.
(e) For so long as any of the
Notes are admitted on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange and to trading on the Euro MTF market, or listed on any
other stock exchange, to the extent required by the rules of such
exchange, the Issuer or, upon Issuer Order, the Trustee, in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall notify such stock
exchange in the event that the Notes do not receive scheduled
payments of principal or interest on any Payment Date and the
Servicer at the expense of the Issuer will arrange for publication
of such information in a daily newspaper in Luxembourg or as
otherwise required by such stock exchange.
Section 2.17 [ Reserved
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Section 2.18 Clean-Up
Call.
The Notes are subject to redemption
by the Issuer on any Payment Date on or after the date on which the
Aggregate Loan Balance as of the end of the related Due Period is
10% or less of the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date
(such Payment Date, the “ Redemption Date ”).
The redemption price will be equal to the Aggregate Principal
Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption;
provided that any Termination Payments due to the Swap
Counterparty under the Interest Rate Swap will be required to be
paid concurrently with or prior to any such redemption.
At any time after the Issuer has
delivered notice of an optional redemption (but at least one
Business Day prior to the Redemption Date), the Issuer will deposit
or cause to be deposited funds into the Collection Account
sufficient to pay all principal and interest due or to become
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the Notes in connection with such redemption, plus related costs
and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Trustee, plus all
amounts then due and owing to the Swap Counterparty. The Trustee
will invest the funds in the Collection Account in Permitted
Investments as directed by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture
and on the Redemption Date will apply such funds deposited into the
Collection Account and earnings on such funds to the payment in
full of all principal and interest due on the Notes and amounts
owing to the Swap Counterparty. Upon the full and final payment of
the Notes and all interest thereon and upon payment of all amounts
due to the Swap Counterparty, and at the written direction of the
Issuer, the Collateral Agent will release its Lien on the
Collateral.
Section 2.19 Authentication
Agent .
(a) The Trustee may appoint one
or more Authentication Agents with respect to the Notes which shall
be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee in authenticating the
Notes in connection with the issuance, delivery, registration of
transfer, exchange or repayment of the Notes. Whenever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication of Notes by the
Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such
reference shall be deemed to include authentication on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authentication Agent and a certificate of
authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authentication Agent. Each Authentication Agent must be reasonably
acceptable to the Issuer and the Servicer.
(b) Any institution succeeding
to the corporate agency business of an Authentication Agent shall
continue to be an Authentication Agent without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or such Authentication Agent.
(c) An Authentication Agent may
at any time resign by giving notice of resignation to the Trustee,
the Swap Counterparty and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of an Authentication Agent by giving
notice of termination to such Authentication Agent and to the
Issuer, the Swap Counterparty and the Servicer. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at
any time an Authentication Agent shall cease to be acceptable to
the Trustee or the Issuer, the Trustee may promptly appoint a
successor Authentication Agent. Any successor Authentication Agent
upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested
with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authentication Agent. No successor Authentication Agent shall be
appointed unless acceptable to the Issuer and the Servicer.
(d) The Issuer agrees to pay to
each Authentication Agent from time to time reasonable compensation
for its services under this Section 2.19.
(e) The provisions of
Sections 13.1 and 13.3 shall be applicable to any
Authentication Agent.
(f) Pursuant to an appointment
made under this Section 2.19, the Notes may have endorsed
thereon, in lieu of or in addition to the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of
authentication in substantially the following form:
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“This is one of the Notes
described in the within-mentioned Agreement.
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Section 2.20 Appointment of
Paying Agent .
The Trustee is hereby appointed as
the Paying Agent. The Issuer reserves the right at any time to
appoint additional Paying Agents, provided that it will at
all times maintain the Trustee as a Paying Agent. If the Issuer has
appointed any additional Paying Agent, the Trustee reserves the
right at any time and for any reason to remove such additional
Paying Agent. Any reference in this Indenture to the Paying Agent
shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires
otherwise. The Paying Agent shall make payments to Noteholders
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