Transfer of the 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 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 (ii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; 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 Seller or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate 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 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 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 such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered). For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicable, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the 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 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) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee).
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-2)
Transfer of the 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 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 (ii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; 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 Seller Depositor or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate 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 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 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 such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered). For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicable, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the Seller 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 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) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Seller Depositor or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller Depositor or the Owner Trustee).
Appears in 8 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2011-4), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2011-4), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2011-3)
Transfer of the 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 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 (ii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; 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 Seller Depositor or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate 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 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 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 such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered)Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicableCertificates, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the Seller 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 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) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee).
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-3), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-3), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-2)
Transfer of the 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 and the Insurer has given its prior written consent (other than: (1) to Drive Residual Holdings LP; (2) pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined in the reimbursement agreement relating to the initial Reserve Account Letter of Credit); (3) in connection with the exercise of remedies by the secured party under the Credit Agreement; and (4) in connection with the issuance of any Reserve Account Letter of Credit issued by a financial institution previously approved by the Insurer), (ii) the Owner Trustee Trustee, the Insurer and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel 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 purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any the assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other (a) an employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Similar Law; provided the provision of Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in the entity and (iv) if the Certificateholder is a governmental plan, certain church plan or foreign plan, it shall be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% its acquisition, holding and disposition of the Certificate or Certificates interest therein will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under, or a violation of, any applicable law that is substantially similar to an Affiliate ERISA or Section 4975 of the Seller or its designated nomineeCode; provided, provided further, that the number of Certificateholders at no time may exceed 95 as determined for tax purposes under Section 7704 of the Code and that the transfer of the Certificate to such Affiliate shall certify transferee will not result in writing to the Owner Trustee that it is Issuer becoming a C Corporation publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictionspurposes. 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 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, 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 shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like class and aggregate face amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office.
(i) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange 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 in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and with such signature guarantees guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Certificate Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Certificate Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon ; provided, however, no signature guarantee shall be required for the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee Seller or any Affiliate 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 IssuerSeller. 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 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.
(bii) As a condition precedent to No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates under this Section 3.5, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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 transferany transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate Residual Interest 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 including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5herein. 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 Certificate (or any economic interest therein), whether to another a 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 ifCertificateholder, after and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Residual Interestholders will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in and the Residual Interestholders that:
(i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the Nonsole beneficial owner of such Certificates;
(ii) it is not a Benefit Plan;
(iii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-Investment Grade Notes the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (unlessy) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered). For purposes of determining whether temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and
(iv) such transfer will not cause the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicable, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust and such purchaser or an S corporation (each transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such entityCertificates or economic interest therein, a “flow-through entity”) shall that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a Certificateholder or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income 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 Issuerpurposes.
(e) No The Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act or any State securities laws. The Certificate Registrar shall not register the transfer of any Certificate or unless such resale or transfer is: (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) to the Seller; or (iii) unless it shall be permitted if have received a representation letter or such other representations and an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the same Seller and, prior to the Termination Date, the Controlling Party, to the effect that such resale or transfer is effected through an established made (A) in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable State securities market laws or secondary market or substantial equivalent thereof (B) to a Person who the transferor of the Certificate reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (within the meaning of Section 7704 of Rule 144A under the Code Securities Act) that is aware that such resale or would make other transfer is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A. Until the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) Each transferee earlier of: (i) such time as the Certificates shall be required registered pursuant to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person registration statement filed under the Securities Act; and (ii) shall provide a certification the date three years from the later of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the date of the original authentication and delivery of the Certificates and the date any Certificate was acquired from the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, the Certificates shall bear a legend substantially to the effect set forth in the preceding two sentences. Neither the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer nor the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed is obligated to register the Certificates under penalties the Securities Act or to take any other action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee)Certificates without registration.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2007-2), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2007-1), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2007-3)
Transfer of the Certificate. (a) The Any Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the related Certificate; provided, that (i) such transferee is either an Affiliate of the Depositor or is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association (or a publicly traded partnership partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes and purposes, (iiiii) the such Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any the assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmentalPlan, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that (iv) such transfer is subject to Similar Law; provided that the condition set forth in (i) above will not apply made to a transfer U.S. Tax Person and (v) the transferee provides a certificate substantially in the form of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Seller or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). Exhibit B. By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that (a) it is not, not (and will not be) a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the (and will not be) accepting or holding such Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, of a Benefit Plan and (b) either it (x) is not (and it will not be) and is not (and will not be) acting on behalf of or any using assets of a governmental, non-U.S.U.S. or church plan, church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that which is subject to any Similar Law or (y) its purchase, ownership and disposition of such Certificate or any interest therein will not result in a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iiiii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person Person in the event the holder of the Certificate Certificateholder does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the CertificateCertificates, the any 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 (including the Opinion of Counsel) required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the a 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 (including the Opinion of Counsel) 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 and shall issue, execute and deliver to such transferee a new Certificate evidencing such transferee’s percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a each transfer of beneficial interest 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.
(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 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 beneficial 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 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered)Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicableCertificates, 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 or a Noteholder, as applicable, unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all 50% 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 thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) Each prospective transferee (i) of a Certificate shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a U.S. Tax Person. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each prospective Holder agrees and acknowledges that no legal or beneficial interest in all or any portion of any Certificate may be transferred directly or indirectly to an individual, corporation, partnership or other Person who unless such transferee is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) any such purported transfer shall be void and of no effect. Each such transferee or holder of a Certificate shall provide a certification of non-foreign statusproperly completed, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. signed and maintained IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury W-9 (or applicable successor form) to the Indenture Trustee and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee).
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Bank of America Auto Trust 2010-2), Trust Agreement (Bank of America Auto Trust 2010-2), Trust Agreement (Bank of America Auto Receivables Securitization, LLC)
Transfer of the 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 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 (ii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; 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 Seller or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate 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 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 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 such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered). For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicable, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the 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 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) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee).. 7 Amended and Restated
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-3), Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-3)
Transfer of the 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 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 (iiiii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any the assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other (a) an employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Similar Law; provided that the condition set forth provision of Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan described in (i) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to an Affiliate of the Seller or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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)(24975(e)(1) of the CodeCode or (c) or a disregarded any entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) whose underlying assets include plan assets by a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning reason of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other an employee benefit plan plan’s 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 shall incur no liability to any person other plan’s investment in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictionsentity. 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 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 including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, if after such transfer (or purported transfer) there would be more than 50 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining the number of Certificateholders, a person (beneficial owner) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust, or S corporation (“flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder if more than 50 percent of the value of 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 all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest Certificate (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 ifCertificateholder, after and none of the 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 would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in and the Certificateholders that:
(i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered). For purposes sole beneficial owner of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicable, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the 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.Certificates;
(eii) No the transfer shall be permitted if the same is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market or secondary market or 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 of the Code.
(f) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign statusfederal income tax purposes, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certificationpurchaser or transferee will not take any action, representations including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or opinion of counsel economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee)a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2006-1), Trust Agreement (Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2005-1)
Transfer of the 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 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 purposes, (iiiii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any the assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law; 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 Seller or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 (iiiii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate 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 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 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 such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered)Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicableCertificates, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the Seller 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 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) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee).
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC)
Transfer of the 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 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 (ii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with any assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; 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 Seller or its designated nominee, provided such Affiliate shall certify 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) or a disregarded entity 100% owned (directly or indirectly) by 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 a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., 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 shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate 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 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 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 such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes (unless, with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes, a Debt-For-Tax Opinion has been delivered)Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates and the Non-Investment Grade Notes, as applicableCertificates, 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 or Noteholder, as applicable, unless the 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 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) Each transferee (i) shall be required to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person and (ii) shall provide a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee (e.g. IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Seller or the Owner Trustee).
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC)