Exchange of Certificates (a) Substantially contemporaneously with the Effective Time, Mergerco shall cause to be deposited with a paying agent (the "Paying Agent") to be jointly selected by the Company (acting through the Independent Director) and Mergerco, for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock (other than Treasury Shares, Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares), for payment in accordance with this Article III, the funds necessary to pay the Merger Consideration for each share as to which the Merger Consideration shall be payable.
(b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, and using its reasonable best efforts to do so within three business days thereafter, the Paying Agent shall mail to each holder of an outstanding certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common Stock (other than Treasury Shares and Cancelled Shares, if any), (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to such certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such certificates to the Paying Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Mergerco and the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of each certificate in exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, each holder of an outstanding certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented such shares of Company Common Stock, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of such certificate or certificates, together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, and acceptance thereof by the Paying Agent, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Consideration or the Nybor Consideration (as appropriate in accordance with Section 3.2) multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate. No interest shall be paid or accrue on the Merger Consideration. The Paying Agent shall accept such certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Paying Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with customary exchange practices. After the Effective Time, there shall be no further transfer on the records of the Company or its transfer agent of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock that have been converted, in whole or in part, pursuant to this Agreement, into the right to receive cash, and if such certificates are presented to the Company for transfer, they shall be canceled against delivery of such cash. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.3(b), each certificate formerly representing shares of such Company Common Stock shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration for each such share of Company Common Stock.
(c) Subject to the provisions of the DGCL, all cash paid upon the surrender for exchange of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Article III shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares exchanged for cash theretofore represented by such certificates.
(d) Any cash deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.3 (the "Exchange Fund") that remains undistributed to the holders of the certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation at such time and any former holders of shares of Company Common Stock prior to the Merger who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation and only as general unsecured creditors thereof for payment of their claim for cash, if any.
(e) None of Mergerco, the Company or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public office pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(f) In the event any certificate formerly representing Company Common Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger Consideration.
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates (a) A Certificate may be transferred by the Holder thereof only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by such Holder or such Holder's duly authorized attorney in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Upon the transfer of any Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence, and subject to the restrictions set forth in the other subsections of this Section 3.3, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and evidencing, in the aggregate, the same aggregate initial Certificate Balance, initial Notional Amount or Percentage Interest, as the case may be, as the Certificate being transferred. No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any registration of transfer of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or transfer of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar may decline to accept any request for a registration of transfer of any Certificate during the period beginning five calendar days prior to any Distribution Date.
(b) A Certificate may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for any number of new Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations, representing in the aggregate the same initial Certificate Balance, initial Notional Amount or Percentage Interest, as the case may be, as the Certificate surrendered, upon surrender of the Certificate to be exchanged at the offices of the Certificate Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of exchange duly executed by such Holder or such Holder's duly authorized attorney in such form as is satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Certificates delivered upon any such exchange will evidence the same obligations, and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges, as the Certificates surrendered. No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange of Certificates. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Certificate Registrar shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, date and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(c) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Non-Registered Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state securities laws. If a transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate held as a Definitive Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates or a transfer of such Non-Registered Certificate by the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-1 hereto and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached either as Exhibit D-2A hereto or as Exhibit D-2B hereto; or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect that such transfer shall be made without registration under the Securities Act, together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such Certificateholder's prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is based (such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such). If a transfer of any interest in a Non-Registered Certificate that constitutes a Book-Entry Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates or a transfer of any interest in such Non-Registered Certificate by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Owner desiring to effect such transfer shall be required to obtain either (i) a certificate from such Certificate Owner's prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-3A hereto or as Exhibit D-3B hereto, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act. None of the Depositor, the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify any Class of Non-Registered Certificates under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of any Certificate. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Non-Registered Certificates or interests therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositor, each Underwriter, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not exempt from such registration or qualification or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
(d) No transfer of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company general accounts, that is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable federal, state or local law ("Similar Laws") materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), (B) in book-entry form to an Institutional Accredited Investor who is not also a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (C) to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with "plan assets" of a Plan, unless: (i) in the case of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate that constitutes a Book-Entry Certificate and is being sold to a Qualified Institutional Buyer, the purchase and holding of such Certificate or interest therein qualifies for the exemptive relief available under Sections I and III of U.S. Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60; or (ii) in the case of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate held as a Definitive Certificate, the prospective Transferee provides the Certificate Registrar with a certification of facts and an Opinion of Counsel which establish to the satisfaction of the Certificate Registrar that such transfer will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agent, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement. Each Person who acquires any Non-Investment Grade Certificate or Residual Certificate or interest therein (unless it shall have acquired such Certificate or interest therein from the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof or unless it shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar the certification of facts and Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence) shall be required to deliver to the Certificate Registrar (or, in the case of an interest in a Non-Investment Grade Certificate that constitutes a Book-Entry Certificate, to the Certificate Owner that is transferring such interest) a certification to the effect that: (i) it is neither a Plan nor any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with "plan assets" of a Plan; or (ii) that, in the case of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate, the purchase and holding of such Certificate or interest therein by such person qualifies for the exemptive relief available under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or another exemption from the "prohibited transactions" rules under ERISA by the U.S. Department of Labor or similar exemption under Similar Laws.
(e) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Paying Agent under clause (F) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Registrar under clause (G) below to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of such person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(1) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and a United States Tax Person and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee and (2) each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Qualified Institutional Buyer and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status as a Qualified Institutional Buyer.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and no Transfer of any Residual Certificate shall be registered until the Certificate Registrar receives, an affidavit and agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-1 (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement") from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, that it is a United States Tax Person, that if such Transferee is a partnership, trust or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then each Person that may be allocated income from a Residual Certificate is a United States Tax Person, that it is not a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty, of any United States Tax Person, that it has historically paid its debts as they have come due and will continue to do so in the future, that it understands that its tax liability with respect to the Residual Certificates may exceed cash flows thereon and it intends to pay such taxes as they come due, that it will not cause income with respect to the Residual Certificates to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed Transferee or any other United States Tax Person, that it will provide the Certificate Registrar with all information necessary to determine that the applicable paragraphs of Section 13 of such Transfer Affidavit and Agreement are true or that Section 13 is not applicable, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.3(e) and agrees to be bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee or is not a United States Tax Person, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (1) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any prospective Transferee to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in such Residual Certificate and (2) not to transfer its Ownership Interest in such Residual Certificate unless it provides to the Certificate Registrar a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2 among other things stating that (x) it has conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the proposed Transferee and, as a result of the investigation, the Transferor determines that the proposed Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due and found no significant evidence that the proposed Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as they come due in the future and, (y) it has no actual knowledge that such prospective Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, is not a United States Tax Person, is a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty, of any United States Tax Person or is a Person with respect to which income on the Residual Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate that is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of temporary Treasury Regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of a "pass-through interest holder", by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice of its status as such immediately upon holding or acquiring such Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate.
(F) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.3(e) or if any Holder of a Residual Certificate shall lose its status as a Permitted Transferee or a United States Tax Person, then the last preceding Holder of such Residual Certificate that was in compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.3(e) shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual Certificate. None of the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent shall be under any liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.3(e) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(G) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 3.3(e), or if any Holder of a Residual Certificate shall lose its status as a Permitted Transferee or a United States Tax Person, and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights and obligations of the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate as described in claus
Registration of Certificates; Transfer and Exchange of Certificates (a) The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the registrar (the “Certificate Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Certificates and Transfers of Certificates as herein provided. The Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, a register (the “Certificate Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and the registration of Transfers of Certificates. Upon any resignation of any Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee shall, upon receipt of written instructions from the Depositor, promptly appoint a successor.
(b) The Certificates may not be acquired with the plan assets of any (i) “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) “plan” described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, including individual retirement accounts and ▇▇▇▇▇ plans, that is subject to the provisions of Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulation by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in such entity or (iv) employee benefit plan or arrangement not subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (each of (i) through (iv), a “Plan”), other than any Plan that is not subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and whose acquisition of a Certificate would not constitute or result in a violation of any applicable law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such Certificateholder is either (i) not a Plan and is not a Person acting on behalf of a Plan or a Person using the assets of a Plan to effect the transfer of such Certificate, or (ii) a Plan that is not subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and whose acquisition of a Certificate would not constitute or result in a violation under any Similar Law. Any person who is not an affiliate of the Seller and acquires more than 49.9% of the Certificates will be deemed to represent that it is not a “party in interest” (within the meaning of ERISA) or a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) with respect to any Plan, other than a Plan that it sponsors for the benefit of its employees, and that no Plan with respect to which it is a party in interest or disqualified person has or will acquire any interest in the Notes. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), neither the Owner Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be under any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any Certificate that is in fact not permitted or for taking any other action with respect to such Certificate under the provisions of this Trust Agreement so long as such transfer was registered by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
(c) Upon surrender for registration of Transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency of the Certificate Registrar to be maintained as provided in Section 3.8, and upon compliance with any provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to such Transfer, the Owner Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Owner Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Certificateholder making such surrender, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in any authorized denomination evidencing the same aggregate interest in the Trust. Each Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form ▇-▇▇▇▇-▇, ▇-▇▇▇▇ or W-9, as applicable, and such other documentation as may be reasonably required by the Owner Trustee in order to comply with Applicable Anti-Money Laundering Law, each in a form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates. Further, in the event of any subsequent transfer of a Certificate (or any interest therein), each owner of a beneficial interest shall comply with Section 1446(f) of the Code (including with respect to deducting and withholding from the purchase price paid in respect of such Certificate unless the transferee obtained a certificate providing for an exemption from such withholding).
(d) As a condition to the registration of any Transfer of any Certificate:
(i) the prospective transferee shall be required to represent in writing to the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar that it has neither acquired nor will it transfer any Certificate it purchases (or any interest therein) or cause any such Certificate (or any interest therein) to be marketed on or through an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including, without limitation, an over-the-counter-market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations;
(ii) the prospective transferee shall be required to represent in writing to the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar that it either (A) is not, and will not become, a partnership, Subchapter S corporation or grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or (B) is such an entity, but none of the direct or indirect beneficial owners of any of the interests in such transferee have allowed or caused, or will allow or cause, 50% or more (or such other percentage as the transferor may establish prior to the time of such proposed transfer) of the value of such interests to be attributable to such transferee’s ownership of Certificates;
(iii) the prospective transferee shall be required to represent in writing to the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar that it is either (i) not a Plan and is not a Person acting on behalf of a Plan or a Person using the assets of a Plan to effect the transfer of such Certificate, or (ii) a Plan that is not subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and whose acquisition of a Certificate would not constitute or result in a violation under any Similar Law;
(iv) the Certificateholder provides to the Owner Trustee and the Depositor an opinion of independent counsel that such action will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes;
(v) such transferee or assignee agrees to take positions for tax purposes consistent with the tax positions agreed to be taken by the Certificateholder; and
(vi) in connection with any transfer of less than all of the interests in the Certificates, the transferor and transferee shall specify the respective interests in the Certificates to be held by the transferor and transferee, which interests may be determined by a formula or on any other basis agreed by the transferor and transferee. No Certificate (other than the Certificates issued to and held by the Depositor) may be subdivided upon transfer or exchange in a manner such that the resulting Certificate represents less than a 2.50% fractional undivided interest in the Issuer (or such other amount as the Depositor may determine in order to prevent the Issuer from being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704 of the Code).
(e) No Certificateholder shall Transfer any Certificate initially held by it unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in accordance with the requirements under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable State securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. If a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and under applicable State securities laws, (i) the Certificate Registrar may require an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor substantially to the effect that such Transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and applicable State securities laws and describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee, and (ii) the Certificate Registrar may require the transferee to execute a certification acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor setting forth the facts surrounding such Transfer.
(f) No Transfer of any Certificate shall be permitted, recognized or recorded unless the Depositor has consented in writing to such Transfer, which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of the Depositor; provided, however, that no such consent of the Depositor shall be required where the proposed transferee is, and at the time of such Transfer will be, a Certificateholder.
(g) During the period described in 17 CFR Part 246.12(f)(1), no Certificateholder may Transfer any Certificate until the expiration of such period; provided, that, during such period, such Certificateholder may Transfer any Certificate to CarMax or any “majority-owned affiliate” (as such term is defined in 17 CFR Part 246.2) of CarMax in accordance with the restrictions contained in 17 CFR Part 246.12. Any purported transfer of a Certificate not in accordance with this Section 3.4(g) shall be null and void and shall not be given effect for any purpose whatsoever.