Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code. (f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 7 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2013-A), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2013-A), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersholders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Depositor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 7 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2012-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2012-2)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may is not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a Benefit Plan and (iiiplan described in Section 4975(e)(1) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (yc) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding plan’s investment in the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedentity. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuerissuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, ) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, if after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer ) there would have be more than 95 Certificateholders. For 50 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 number of Certificateholders, each Person indirectly a person (beneficial owner) owning an interest through in a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes)partnership, a grantor trust trust, or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be ), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less if more than substantially all 50 percent of the value of the such beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
(e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be permitted if effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the same Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and the Certificateholders that:
(i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates;
(ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) market” within the meaning of Section 7704 7704(a)(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 or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or would make final Treasury regulations thereunder; and
(iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer ineligible to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the CodeIssuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Finance Trust 2004-A), Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Receivables LLC), Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Finance Trust 2005-A)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by other plan that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or for the account Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf with the assets of a Benefit PlanPlan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by (i) a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably requirerequire and (ii) such other documentation as may be required by the Owner Trustee to comply with applicable law. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Owner Trustee shall not have any obligation to determine the total number of direct or indirect holders or whether any transfer would cause the number of direct or indirect holders to exceed the 95-holder limitation.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association (or publicly traded partnership partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership or trust for United States Federal U.S. federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners (or beneficiaries in the case of a trust) for such purposes are United States persons under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code; provided provided, that the condition set forth in clause (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof (and if the Holder is a plan, its fiduciary) shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the acquiring and will not hold this Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of with the assets of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by (i) a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require, (ii) IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) and (iii) such other documentation as may be required by the Owner Trustee to comply with applicable law. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (or a disregarded entity the single owner of which is any of the foregoing) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) No interest in any Certificate shall be transferred, assigned, sold or conveyed if, as the result of such transfer, assignment, sale or conveyance, the Origination Trust would become a publicly traded partnership for purposes of the Code (as determined by the Administrator).
(g) No transfer of a Certificate (or interest therein) shall be permitted (nor shall a Certificate be so held) if (as determined by the Administrator) (i) it causes the Issuer to be a Section 385 Controlled Partnership (i.e., 80 percent or more of the Issuer’s ownership interests are controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Section 385 Expanded Group) that has an expanded group partner (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)) which is a Domestic Corporation and (ii) either (x) a member of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes or (y) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes (in the case of clause (x), unless such member, or in the case of clause (y), unless each member of the Section 385 Expanded Group that is a partner in the Section 385 Controlled Partnership, is a member of the consolidated group (as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-1(h)) which includes such Domestic Corporation). No transfer of a Certificate (or interest therein) shall be permitted (nor shall a Certificate be so held) if (as determined by the Administrator) (i) it results in the Issuer becoming disregarded as an entity separate for U.S. federal income tax purposes from a Domestic Corporation and (ii) either (x) a member of a Section 385 Expanded Group that includes such Domestic Corporation owns any Notes or (y) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes (in the case of clause (x), unless such member, or in the case of clause (y), unless each member of the Section 385 Expanded Group that is a partner in the Section 385 Controlled Partnership, is a member of the consolidated group (as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-1(h)) which includes such Domestic Corporation). For purposes of determining the Issuer’s ownership interests in this paragraph, any Notes beneficially owned by either the Issuer or an entity that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and have not received an Opinion of Counsel as described in clause (x) of the last paragraph of Section 2.4 of the Indenture) shall be taken into account either as debt interests or ownership interests based on whichever treatment, if any, would result in the Issuer being treated as a Section 385 Controlled Partnership or a disregarded entity for purposes of applying the paragraph’s restriction (it being understood that if such Notes are taken into account as ownership interests for this purpose then such Notes are not also considered Notes for the Note ownership restriction of this paragraph).
(h) In the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code if so required under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or IRS guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(i) With respect to paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (eg) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and ), (e), (f) or (g) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.. 6 Amended & Restated Trust Agreement
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersholders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2013-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2013-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2013-1)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by other plan that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or for the account Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d).
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersholders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Depositor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2008-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2008-1)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association (or publicly traded partnership partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership or trust for United States Federal U.S. federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners (or beneficiaries in the case of a trust) for such purposes are United States persons under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code; provided provided, that the condition set forth in clause (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and is not purchasing acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf with the assets of a Benefit PlanPlan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by (i) a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require, (ii) IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) and (iii) such other documentation as may be required by the Owner Trustee to comply with applicable law. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (or a disregarded entity the single owner of which is any of the foregoing) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) No interest in any Certificate shall be transferred, assigned, sold or conveyed if, as the result of such transfer, assignment, sale or conveyance, the Origination Trust would become a publicly traded partnership for purposes of the Code (as determined by the Administrator).
(g) No transfer of a Certificate (or interest therein) shall be permitted (nor shall a Certificate be so held) if (as determined by the Administrator) (i) it causes the Issuer to be a Section 385 Controlled Partnership (i.e., 80 percent or more of the Issuer’s ownership interests are controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Section 385 Expanded Group) that has an expanded group partner (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)) which is a Domestic Corporation and (ii) either (x) a member of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes or (y) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes (in the case of clause (x), unless such member, or in the case of clause (y), unless each member of the Section 385 Expanded Group that is a partner in the Section 385 Controlled Partnership, is a member of the consolidated group (as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-1(h)) which includes such Domestic Corporation). No transfer of a Certificate (or interest therein) shall be permitted (nor shall a Certificate be so held) if (as determined by the Administrator) (i) it results in the Issuer becoming disregarded as an entity separate for U.S. federal income tax purposes from a Domestic Corporation and (ii) either (x) a member of a Section 385 Expanded Group that includes such Domestic Corporation owns any Notes or (y) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes (in the case of clause (x), unless such member, or in the case of clause (y), unless each member of the Section 385 Expanded Group that is a partner in the Section 385 Controlled Partnership, is a member of the consolidated group (as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-1(h)) which includes such Domestic Corporation). For purposes of determining the Issuer’s ownership interests in this paragraph, any Notes beneficially owned by either the Issuer or an entity that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and have not received an Opinion of Counsel as described in clause (x) of the last paragraph of Section 2.4 of the Indenture) shall be taken into account either as debt interests or ownership interests based on whichever treatment, if any, would result in the Issuer being treated as a Section 385 Controlled Partnership or a disregarded entity for purposes of applying the paragraph’s restriction (it being understood that if such Notes are taken into account as ownership interests for this purpose then such Notes are not also considered Notes for the Note ownership restriction of this paragraph).
(h) In the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code if so required under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or IRS guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(i) With respect to paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (eg) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and ), (e), (f) or (g) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2014-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2014-2)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (Plan or any interest therein) governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersholders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Depositor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2010-1), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2010-1)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Certificateholder provides, at its expense, to the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuerissuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2005-A), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Public Auto Loan Securitization LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by other plan that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or for the account Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf with the assets of a Benefit PlanPlan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d).
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer (a) will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class that were characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes at the time of their issuance; (b) will not cause the Issuer to be treated deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposescorporation; and (c) will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) whether or not subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (b) a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account plan described in Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (yc) any person considered entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an employee benefit plan's or a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under plan's investment in the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)entity. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein)Certificate, the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a the Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a the Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuerissuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any the Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a the Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Public Auto Loan Securitization LLC), Trust Agreement (Vw Credit Leasing LTD)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersholders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by other plan that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or for the account Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf with the assets of a Benefit PlanPlan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Owner Trustee shall not have any obligation to determine the total number of direct or indirect holders or whether any transfer would cause the number of direct or indirect holders to exceed the 95-holder limitation.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by other plan that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or for the account Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d).
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association (or publicly traded partnership partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership or trust for United States Federal U.S. federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners (or beneficiaries in the case of a trust) for such purposes are United States persons under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code; provided provided, that the condition set forth in clause (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof (and if the Holder is a plan, its fiduciary) shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is acquiring and will not purchasing the hold this Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of with the assets of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by (i) a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require, (ii) IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) and (iii) such other documentation as may be required by the Owner Trustee to comply with applicable law. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (or a disregarded entity the single owner of which is any of the foregoing) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) No interest in any Certificate shall be transferred, assigned, sold or conveyed if, as the result of such transfer, assignment, sale or conveyance, the Origination Trust would become a publicly traded partnership for purposes of the Code (as determined by the Administrator).
(g) No transfer of a Certificate (or interest therein) shall be permitted (nor shall a Certificate be so held) if (as determined by the Administrator) (i) it causes the Issuer to be a Section 385 Controlled Partnership (i.e., 80 percent or more of the Issuer’s ownership interests are controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Section 385 Expanded Group) that has an expanded group partner (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)) which is a Domestic Corporation and (ii) either (x) a member of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes or (y) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes (in the case of clause (x), unless such member, or in the case of clause (y), unless each member of the Section 385 Expanded Group that is a partner in the Section 385 Controlled Partnership, is a member of the consolidated group (as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-1(h)) which includes such Domestic Corporation). No transfer of a Certificate (or interest therein) shall be permitted (nor shall a Certificate be so held) if (as determined by the Administrator) (i) it results in the Issuer becoming disregarded as an entity separate for U.S. federal income tax purposes from a Domestic Corporation and (ii) either (x) a member of a Section 385 Expanded Group that includes such Domestic Corporation owns any Notes or (y) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such Section 385 Expanded Group owns any Notes (in the case of clause (x), unless such member, or in the case of clause (y), unless each member of the Section 385 Expanded Group that is a partner in the Section 385 Controlled Partnership, is a member of the consolidated group (as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-1(h)) which includes such Domestic Corporation). For purposes of determining the Issuer’s ownership interests in this paragraph, any Notes beneficially owned by either the Issuer or an entity that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and have not received an Opinion of Counsel as described in clause (x) of the last paragraph of Section 2.4 of the Indenture) shall be taken into account either as debt interests or ownership interests based on whichever treatment, if any, would result in the Issuer being treated as a Section 385 Controlled Partnership or a disregarded entity for purposes of applying the paragraph’s restriction (it being understood that if such Notes are taken into account as ownership interests for this purpose then such Notes are not also considered Notes for the Note ownership restriction of this paragraph).
(h) In the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code if so required under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or IRS guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).
(i) With respect to paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (eg) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and ), (e), (f) or (g) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (Investor or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-US., or for the account church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Section 406 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code“Similar Law”); provided provided, that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor Depositor or its designated nominee if nominee, provided such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is considered a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit PlanPlan or any governmental, non-US., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any Person in the event the Holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to, clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after unless the Issuer receives an Opinion of Counsel from nationally recognized tax counsel that such transfer (or purported transfer), will not cause the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a partnership corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer (a) will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class that were characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes at the time of their issuance; (b) will not cause the Issuer to be treated deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposescorporation; and (c) will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) whether or not subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (b) a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account plan described in Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (yc) any person considered entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under plan’s investment in the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)entity. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein)Certificate, the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a the Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a the Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuerissuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any the Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a the Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2005-1)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may is not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 100 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 100 Certificateholders, each Person person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.through
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 100 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 100 Certificateholders, each Person person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Depositor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2007-1)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Certificateholder provides, at its expense, to the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuerissuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may is not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the first sentence hereof above is satisfiedCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 100 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 100 Certificateholders, each Person person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Depositor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by governmental, non-U.S., or for church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the account fiduciary responsibility provisions of (x) any person which is not a United States person under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, a Benefit Plan. By accepting Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law.. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholdersdirect or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (ii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by Plan that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or for the account Section 4975 of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding the a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of of, or with the assets of, a Benefit PlanPlan or Plan that is subject to Similar Law. By accepting The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and holding shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfieddoes not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied at its Corporate Trust Office designated for such purpose by a written instrument of transfer and with such other documentation, signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee Trustee, the Depositor or the Administrator may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificaterequire to comply with applicable law, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issueincluding, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuerwithout limitation, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flowAnti-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.Money Laundering Laws and
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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Certificateholder provides, at its expense, to the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code)Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iii) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuerissuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(ba) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(cb) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2004-A)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iiiiv) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iiiiv) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)
Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iiiii) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (iiiiv) the Certificate (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (x) any person which is not a United States person under the Code or (y) any person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Transferor or its designated nominee if such Affiliate certifies in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iiiiv) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any transfer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)