EXHIBIT 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
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DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE RECEIVABLES LLC
Seller
DAIMLERCHRYSLER SERVICES NORTH AMERICA LLC
Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
CARCO Auto Loan Master Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 5, 2001
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.................................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions..............................................................22
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Receivables..................................................................23
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee......................................................................24
SECTION 2.03. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Seller and the
Agreement..................................................................................24
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Receivables...................27
SECTION 2.05. Addition of Accounts.......................................................................29
SECTION 2.06. Covenants of the Seller....................................................................31
SECTION 2.07. Removal of Eligible Accounts...............................................................33
SECTION 2.08. Removal of Ineligible Accounts.............................................................36
SECTION 2.09. Sale of Ineligible Receivables.............................................................37
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
SECTION 3.01. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer.......................37
SECTION 3.02. Servicing Compensation.....................................................................39
SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer..................................39
SECTION 3.04. Reports and Records for the Trustee; Bank Account Statements...............................42
SECTION 3.05. Annual Servicer's Certificate..............................................................42
SECTION 3.06. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report....................................42
SECTION 3.07. Tax Treatment..............................................................................43
SECTION 3.08. Notices to DCS.............................................................................43
SECTION 3.09. Adjustments................................................................................43
ARTICLE IV
Rights of Certificateholders and Allocation and Application of Collections
SECTION 4.01. Rights of Certificateholders...............................................................44
SECTION 4.02. Establishment of the Collection Account....................................................44
SECTION 4.03. Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds................................45
SECTION 4.04. Unallocated Principal Collections..........................................................47
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ARTICLE V
Distributions and Reports to Certificateholders
ARTICLE VI
The Certificates
SECTION 6.01. The Certificates...........................................................................48
SECTION 6.02. Authentication of Certificates.............................................................48
SECTION 6.03. New Issuances..............................................................................48
SECTION 6.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates......................................50
SECTION 6.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..........................................52
SECTION 6.06. Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................53
SECTION 6.07. Access to List of Registered Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.......................53
SECTION 6.08. Book-Entry Certificates....................................................................54
SECTION 6.09. Notices to Depository......................................................................54
SECTION 6.10. Definitive Certificates....................................................................55
SECTION 6.11. Global Certificate; Exchange Date..........................................................55
SECTION 6.12. Meetings of Certificateholders.............................................................56
ARTICLE VII
Other Matters Relating to the Seller
SECTION 7.01. Liability of the Seller....................................................................58
SECTION 7.02. Limitation on Liability of the Seller......................................................58
SECTION 7.03. Seller Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee........................................59
SECTION 7.04. Transfer of Seller's Interest to Designated Affiliate......................................59
ARTICLE VIII
Other Matters Relating to the Servicer
SECTION 8.01. Liability of the Servicer..................................................................60
SECTION 8.02. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the Obligations of the Servicer..............60
SECTION 8.03. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.........................................61
SECTION 8.04. Servicer Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee......................................61
SECTION 8.05. The Servicer Not To Resign.................................................................61
SECTION 8.06. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Receivables..................62
SECTION 8.07. Delegation of Duties.......................................................................62
SECTION 8.08. Examination of Records.....................................................................62
ARTICLE IX
Early Amortization Events
SECTION 9.01. Early Amortization Events..................................................................62
SECTION 9.02. Additional Rights Upon the Occurrence of Certain Events....................................64
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ARTICLE X
Service Defaults
SECTION 10.01. Service Defaults...........................................................................65
SECTION 10.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor...................................................67
ARTICLE XI
The Trustee
SECTION 11.01. Duties of Trustee..........................................................................68
SECTION 11.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee......................................................70
SECTION 11.03. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Certificates............................................71
SECTION 11.04. Trustee May Own Certificates...............................................................71
SECTION 11.05. The Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses............................................71
SECTION 11.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.......................................................71
SECTION 11.07. Resignation or Removal of Trustee..........................................................72
SECTION 11.08. Successor Trustee..........................................................................72
SECTION 11.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.........................................................72
SECTION 11.10. Appointment of Co-trustee or Separate Trustee..............................................73
SECTION 11.11. Tax Returns................................................................................74
SECTION 11.12. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Certificates..............................74
SECTION 11.13. Suits for Enforcement......................................................................74
SECTION 11.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee..................................................74
SECTION 11.15. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................75
ARTICLE XII
Termination
SECTION 12.01. Termination of Trust.......................................................................75
SECTION 12.02. Final Distribution.........................................................................75
SECTION 12.03. Seller's Termination Rights................................................................76
ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 13.01. Amendment..................................................................................77
SECTION 13.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Trust...........................................78
SECTION 13.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.................................................79
SECTION 13.04. No Petition................................................................................79
SECTION 13.05. Governing Law..............................................................................80
SECTION 13.06. Notices....................................................................................80
SECTION 13.07. Severability of Provisions.................................................................80
SECTION 13.08. Assignment.................................................................................80
SECTION 13.09. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid..................................................80
SECTION 13.10. Further Assurances.........................................................................81
SECTION 13.11. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.............................................................81
SECTION 13.12. Counterparts...............................................................................81
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SECTION 13.13. Third-Party Beneficiaries..................................................................81
SECTION 13.14. Actions by Certificateholders..............................................................81
SECTION 13.15. Rule 144A Information......................................................................81
SECTION 13.16. Merger and Integration.....................................................................81
SECTION 13.17. Headings...................................................................................82
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of CARCO Certificate
EXHIBIT B Form of Assignment of Receivables in Additional Accounts
EXHIBIT C Form of Annual Servicer's Certificate
EXHIBIT D-1 Private Placement Legend
EXHIBIT D-2 ERISA Legend
EXHIBIT E Form of Depository Agreement
EXHIBIT F-1 Form of Certificate of Foreign Clearing Agency
EXHIBIT F-2 Form of Alternate Certificate to be delivered to Foreign
Clearing Agency
EXHIBIT F-3 Form of Certificate to be delivered to Foreign Clearing Agency
EXHIBIT G-1 Form of Opinion of Counsel with respect to Amendments
EXHIBIT G-2 Form of Opinion of Counsel with respect to Accounts
EXHIBIT H Form of Reassignment Agreement
EXHIBIT I Form of Receivables Purchase Agreement
EXHIBIT J Form of Subordinated Note of the Seller
EXHIBIT K Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 List of Accounts
SCHEDULE 2 Identification of the Collection Account
AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated
as of December 5, 2001, among DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE
RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
Seller (as transferee from U.S. Auto Receivables Company, which
itself was the transferee from Chrysler Auto Receivables
Company), DAIMLERCHRYSLER SERVICES NORTH AMERICA LLC, a
Michigan limited liability company, as Servicer (as successor
to Chrysler Financial Company, L.L.C., which itself was the
successor to Chrysler Financial Corporation, which itself was
the successor to Chrysler Credit Corporation), and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (as
successor Trustee to Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company).
WHEREAS, Chrysler Auto Receivables Company, a Delaware corporation
(in respect of which DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC is the ultimate
transferee hereunder), entered into a pooling and servicing agreement, as
seller, dated as of May 31, 1991 (the "Original Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") with Chrysler Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation (in
respect of which DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC is the ultimate
successor), as servicer, and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, a New
York banking corporation (predecessor Trustee to The Bank of New York), as
trustee.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto and their predecessor parties have
previously entered into five amendments to the Original Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, which are dated as of the following dates:
First Amendment August 6, 1992
Second Amendment September 21, 1993
Third Amendment October 23, 1998
Amendment ▇▇. ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ May 21, 2000
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to reflect the current parties to
the Original Agreement, to adopt certain additional amendments to the Original
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to amend and restate the Original Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in its entirety.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties
and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries to
the extent provided herein:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Account" shall mean each Initial Account and, from and after the
related Addition Date, each Additional Account. The term "Account" shall not
apply to any Removed Accounts reassigned or assigned to the Seller or the
Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to Additional Accounts, the
date from and after which such Additional Accounts are to be included as
Accounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c).
"Addition Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.05(c).
"Additional Accounts" shall mean each individual wholesale financing
account established by DCS with a Dealer pursuant to a Floorplan Financing
Agreement, which account is designated pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or (b) to
be included as an Account and is identified in the computer file or microfiche
or written list delivered to the Trustee by the Seller pursuant to Section
2.01 and 2.05(d).
"Additional Cut-Off Date" shall mean, with respect to Additional
Accounts, the day specified in the Addition Notice delivered with respect to
such Additional Accounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c).
"Adjustment Payment" shall have the meaning specified in Section
3.09.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any
other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise: and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the Person so
designated in the related Supplement.
"Agreement" shall mean this Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or
otherwise supplemented, including, with respect to any Series or Class, the
related Supplement.
"Applicants" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.07.
"Appointment Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02.
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"Assignment" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).
"Assignment and Assumption Agreement" shall mean an agreement among
the Seller, the Designated Affiliate and the Trustee substantially in the form
of Exhibit K.
"Authorized Newspaper" shall mean any newspaper or newspapers of
general circulation in New York City customarily published on each Business
Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
"Automatic Additional Accounts" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(f).
"Automatic Removal Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(f).
"Automatic Removed Accounts" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.07(g).
"Available Subordinated Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Series at any time of determination, an amount equal to the available
subordinated amount specified in the related Supplement at such time.
"Bearer Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.01.
"Beneficiary" shall mean any of the holders of the Investor
Certificates and any Enhancement Provider.
"Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.04(c).
"Book-Entry Certificates" shall mean beneficial interests in the
Investor Certificates, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through
book entries by a Depository as described in Section 6.08.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than (a) a Saturday or a
Sunday or (b) another day on which banking institutions or trust companies in
the State of New York generally or New York City are authorized or obligated
by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.
"CARCO" shall mean Chrysler Auto Receivables Company, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors in interest to the extent permitted hereunder.
"CARCO Certificate" shall mean the certificate executed by the Seller
and authenticated by the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Cash Management Accounts" shall mean the deposit accounts maintained
by DCS for the benefit of the Dealers; provided, however, that any amounts
held by DCS with respect to Installment Balances shall not be deemed to be
amounts on deposit in Cash Management Accounts.
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"CCC" shall mean Chrysler Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and its successors in interest. As of the date of this Agreement, DCS is the
successor in interest to Chrysler Credit Corporation.
"Certificate" shall mean any of the Investor Certificates or the
Seller's Certificates.
"Certificate Owner" shall mean, with respect to a Book-Entry
Certificate, the person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry
Certificate.
"Certificate Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Series or Class,
the certificate rate specified therefor in the related Supplement.
"Certificate Register" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.04.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder" shall mean an Investor
Certificateholder or a Person in whose name any one of the Seller's
Certificates is registered.
"Certificateholders' Interest" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.01.
"CFC" shall mean Chrysler Financial Company L.L.C., a Michigan
limited liability company, and its successors in interest. As of the date of
this Agreement, DCS is the successor in interest to CFC.
"CFC Corp." shall mean Chrysler Financial Corporation, a Michigan
corporation, and its successor in interest. As of the date of this Agreement,
DCS is the indirect successor in interest to CFC Corp.
"Class" shall mean, with respect to any Series, any one of the
classes of Investor Certificates of that Series.
"Clearstream" shall mean Clearstream, Luxembourg, an entity
incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depository, and
its successors in interest.
"Closing Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the Closing
Date specified in the related Supplement.
"Collateral Security" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable, all
collateral security granted by or on behalf of the related Dealer with respect
thereto, including a first priority perfected security interest in the related
Vehicle, certain parts inventory, equipment, fixtures, service accounts or
realty with respect to such Dealer and all guarantees of any Receivable.
"Collection Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.02.
"Collection Period" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
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"Collections" shall mean, without duplication, all payments by or on
behalf of Dealers received by the Servicer in respect of the Receivables, in
the form of cash, checks, wire transfers or any other form of payment,
including amounts paid by Dealers for deposit to such Dealers' cash management
account and such Dealer's wholesale deposit account as provided in such
Dealers' Floorplan Financing Agreements. Collections of Non-Principal
Receivables shall include all Recoveries.
"Common Depositary" shall mean the Person specified in the applicable
Supplement, in its capacity as common depositary for the respective accounts
of any Foreign Clearing Agencies.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean the principal office of the
Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at ▇ ▇▇▇▇
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"Coupon" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"Cut-Off Date" shall mean May 31, 1991.
"DaimlerChrysler" shall mean DaimlerChrysler Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors in interest. As of the date of this Agreement,
DaimlerChrysler is the successor in interest to Chrysler Corporation.
References to DaimlerChrysler include its predecessor Chrysler Corporation.
"Date of Processing" shall mean, with respect to any transaction, the
date on which such transaction is first recorded on the Servicer's computer
file of accounts (without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
"DCS" shall mean DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC, a
Michigan limited liability company, and its successors in interest. DCS is the
successor by merger to Chrysler Financial Company L.L.C., a Michigan limited
liability company, which itself is the successor by merger to Chrysler
Financial Corporation, a Michigan corporation. CCC was merged into Chrysler
Financial Corporation. References in this Agreement to DCS will include, as
appropriate, references to Chrysler Financial Company L.L.C., Chrysler
Corporation or CCC. By way of example and not limitation of the preceding
sentence, the phrase "an account originated by DCS" will, unless otherwise
expressly specified, include an account originated by CCC, Chrysler Financial
Corporation or Chrysler Financial Company L.L.C., as appropriate.
"DCWR" shall mean DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, which is the transferee hereunder from
U.S. Auto Receivables Company, and its successors in interest.
"Dealer" shall mean a Person engaged generally in the business of
purchasing Vehicles from a manufacturer thereof and holding such Vehicles for
sale or lease in the ordinary course of business.
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"Dealer Overconcentration" on any Determination Date shall mean, with
respect to any Dealer or group of affiliated Dealers, the excess of (a) the
aggregate of all amounts of Principal Receivables due from such Dealer or
group of affiliated Dealers on the last day of the Collection Period
immediately preceding such Determination Date over (b) 2% of the Pool Balance
on the last day of such immediately preceding Collection Period.
"Dealer Trouble Status" shall mean, with respect to an Account, that
any of the following circumstances apply to such Account: (i) the related
Dealer has failed to remit any principal or interest due on a Receivable in
such Account when due; (ii) the Servicer has been notified of any liens,
levies or attachments on the related Collateral Security or (iii) the related
Dealer has experienced a general deterioration of its financial condition as
determined by the Servicer.
"Defaulted Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean an amount
(which shall not be less than zero) equal to (a) the sum for all the Accounts
of the amount of Principal Receivables which became Defaulted Receivables
during the immediately preceding Collection Period minus (b) the sum of (i)
the full amount of any such Defaulted Receivables which are subject to
reassignment or assignment to the Seller or the Servicer in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the excess, if any, for the immediately
preceding Determination Date of the amount determined pursuant to this clause
(b) for such Determination Date over the amount determined pursuant to clause
(a) for such Determination Date; provided, however, that, if an Insolvency
Event occurs with respect to the Seller, the amounts of such Defaulted
Receivables which are subject to reassignment to the Seller shall not be added
to the sum so subtracted and, if an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to
the Servicer, the amount of such Defaulted Receivables which are subject to
assignment to the Servicer shall not be added to the sum so subtracted.
"Defaulted Receivables" on any Determination Date shall mean (a) all
Receivables in an Account which are charged off as uncollectible in respect of
the immediately preceding Collection Period in accordance with the Servicer's
customary and usual servicing procedures for servicing Dealer floorplan
receivables comparable to the Receivables which have not been sold to third
parties and (b) all Receivables which were Eligible Receivables when
transferred to the Trust on the initial Closing Date or the related Addition
Date or on their respective Transfer Date, which arose in an Account that
thereafter became an Ineligible Account and which remained outstanding for any
six consecutive Determination Dates (inclusive of the Determination Date on
which such determination is being made) after such Account became an
Ineligible Account.
"Definitive Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.10.
"Definitive Euro-Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.11.
"Deposit Date" shall mean each day on which the Servicer deposits
Collections in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof.
"Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, as initial
Depository, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing
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agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York.
"Depository Agreement" shall mean, with respect to any Series or
Class, the agreement among the Seller, the Trustee and the initial Depository,
dated as of the related Closing Date substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
"Depository Participant" shall mean a broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
"Designated Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(b).
"Designated Affiliate" shall mean a corporation or limited liability
company which is (a) a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DCS, (b)
which is a corporation or limited liability company, and (c) which is formed
for limited purposes which shall be substantially the same purposes for which
CARCO is formed.
"Designated Affiliate Transfer" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.04(a).
"Designated Balance" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(b).
"Designated Receivables" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(c).
"Determination Date" with respect to any Distribution Date shall mean
the day that is two Business Days prior to such Distribution Date.
"Distribution Date" shall mean the fifteenth day of each month or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Distribution Date Statement" shall mean, with respect to any Series,
a report prepared by the Servicer on each Determination Date for the
immediately preceding Collection Period in substantially the form set forth in
the related Supplement.
"DTS Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(e).
"DTS Designated Balance" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(e).
"DTS Removal Commencement Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.07(e).
"DTS Removal Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(e).
"Due Date" shall mean the close of business on the last Business Day
of each month.
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"Early Amortization Event" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 9.01 and, with respect to any Series, shall also mean any Early
Amortization Event specified in the related Supplement.
"Early Amortization Period" shall mean, with respect to any Series,
the period beginning at the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the day on which the Early Amortization Event is deemed to have
occurred, and in each case ending upon the earlier to occur of (a) the payment
in full to the Investor Certificateholders of such Series of the Invested
Amount with respect to such Series, (b) the Termination Date with respect to
such Series and (c) if such Early Amortization Period has resulted from the
occurrence of an Early Amortization Event described in Section 9.01(a), the
end of the first Collection Period during which an Early Amortization Event
would no longer be deemed to exist pursuant to Section 9.01(a), so long as no
other Early Amortization Event with respect to such Series shall have occurred
and the scheduled termination of the Revolving Period with respect to such
Series shall not have occurred.
"Eligible Account" shall mean each individual wholesale financing
account established by DCS, directly or as successor to CFC, CFC Corp. or CCC,
with a Dealer pursuant to a Floorplan Financing Agreement in the ordinary
course of business, which, as of the date of determination with respect
thereto: (a) is in favor of a Dealer which is an Eligible Dealer, (b) is in
existence and maintained and serviced by DCS and (c) is an Account in respect
of which no amounts have been charged off as uncollectible or are classified
as past due or delinquent.
"Eligible Deposit Account" shall mean either (a) a segregated account
with an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the
corporate trust department of a depository institution organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof,
including the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank),
having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in
such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository institution
shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic
rating categories which signifies investment grade.
"Eligible Dealer" shall mean a Dealer, as of the date of
determination thereof, (a) which is located in the United States of America
(including its territories and possessions), (b) which has not been identified
by the Servicer as being the subject of any voluntary or involuntary
bankruptcy proceeding or in voluntary or involuntary liquidation, (c) in which
DaimlerChrysler or any Affiliate thereof does not have an equity investment
and (d) which is not in "dealer trouble status" as determined by the Servicer
under the Floorplan Financing Guidelines.
"Eligible Institution" shall mean (a) the corporate trust department
of the Trustee or (b) a depository institution organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any one of the states thereof, or the District of
Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which at all times (i)
has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A2 or better by Moody's
and of AAA or better by Standard & Poor's or (B) a certificate of deposit
rating of P-1 by Moody's or A-1+ by Standard & Poor's and (ii) whose deposits
are insured by the FDIC. If so qualified, the Trustee may be considered an
Eligible Institution for the purposes of clause (b) this definition.
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"Eligible Investments" shall mean, unless otherwise provided in the
related Supplement, (a) book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or
securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form (x) which
have original or remaining maturities no later than the Distribution Date
related to the Collection Period in which the Servicer received funds from
which such investment was made (unless each Rating Agency confirms in writing
that a longer maturity will not result in the downgrade or withdrawal of such
Rating Agency's ratings of on outstanding Series of Certificates then rated by
it) and (y) which evidence:
(i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment by, the United States of America;
(ii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of
any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic
branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by
Federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; provided,
however, that at the time of the Trust's investment or contractual
commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term
unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of
which is based on the credit of a person or entity other than such
depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit
rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment
category granted thereby;
(iii) commercial paper having, at the time of the Trust's investment
or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the
Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby;
(iv) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of
the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby or
otherwise approved in writing thereby;
(v) bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company referred to in clause (ii) above;
(vi) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a
direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America,
in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust
company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) or a counterparty
whose credit rating from each Rating Agency is in the highest rating
category;
(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole
loan entered into with (i) a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above (except that the
rating referred to in the proviso in such clause (ii) shall be A-1 or
higher in the case of Standard & Poor's) (such depository institution or
trust company being referred to in this definition as a "Financial
Institution"), (ii) a broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a
broker or dealer under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (a "Broker/Dealer"), the unsecured short-term debt obligations
of which are rated P-1 by Moody's and at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's
at the time of entering into such repurchase obligation (a "Rated
Broker/Dealer"), (iii) an unrated Broker/Dealer (an "Unrated
Broker/Dealer"), acting as principal, that is a wholly owned subsidiary
of a nonbank holding company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of
which are rated P-1 by Moody's and at least A-1 by
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Standard & Poor's at the time of entering into such repurchase obligation
(a "Rated Holding Company") or (iv) an unrated subsidiary (a "Guaranteed
Counterparty"), acting as principal, that is a wholly owned subsidiary of
a direct or indirect parent Rated Holding Company, which guarantees such
subsidiary's obligations under such repurchase agreement; provided that
the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) the aggregate amount of funds invested in repurchase
obligations of a Financial Institution, a Rated Broker/Dealer, an
Unrated Broker/Dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty in respect of which
the Standard & Poor's unsecured short-term ratings are A-1 (in the
case of an Unrated Broker/Dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such
rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall not
exceed 20% of the sum of the then outstanding principal balance of
the Investor Certificates (there being no limit on the amount of
funds that may be invested in repurchase obligations in respect of
which such Standard & Poor's rating is A-l+ (in the case of an
Unrated Broker/Dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being
that of the related Rated Holding Company));
(B) in the case of any Account (other than the Collection
Account and any Yield Supplement Account), the rating from Standard
& Poor's in respect of the unsecured short-term debt obligations of
the Financial Institution, Rated Broker/Dealer, Unrated
Broker/Dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty (in the case of an Unrated
Broker/Dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of
the related Rated Holding Company) shall be A-1+;
(C) the repurchase obligation must mature within 30 days of the
date on which the Trustee enters into such repurchase obligation;
(D) the repurchase obligation shall not be subordinated to any
other obligation of the related Financial Institution, Rated
Broker/Dealer, Unrated Broker/Dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty;
(E) the collateral subject to the repurchase obligation is
held, in the appropriate form, by a custodial bank on behalf of the
Trustee;
(F) the repurchase obligation shall require that the collateral
subject thereto shall be marked to market daily;
(G) in the case of a repurchase obligation of a Guaranteed
Counterparty, the following conditions shall also be satisfied:
(i) the Trustee shall have received an opinion of counsel
(which may be in-house counsel) to the effect that the
guarantee of the related Rated Holding Company is a legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Rated Holding Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms,
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subject as to enforceability to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and to general equitable principles;
(ii) the Trustee shall have received (x) an incumbency
certificate for the signer of such guarantee, certified by an
officer of such Rated Holding Company, and (y) a resolution,
certified by an officer of the Rated Holding Company, of the
board of directors (or applicable committee thereof) of the
Rated Holding Company authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of such guarantee by the Rated Holding Company;
(iii) the only conditions to the obligation of such Rated
Holding Company to pay on behalf of the Guaranteed Counterparty
shall be that the Guaranteed Counterparty shall not have paid
under such repurchase obligation when required (it being
understood that no notice to, demand on or other action in
respect of the Guaranteed Counterparty is necessary) and that
the Trustee shall make a demand on the Rated Holding Company to
make the payment due under such guarantee;
(iv) the guarantee of the Rated Holding Company shall be
irrevocable with respect to such repurchase obligation and
shall not be subordinate to other obligations of the Rated
Holding Company; and
(v) each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's has confirmed in
writing to the Trustee that it has reviewed the form of the
guarantee of the Rated Holding Company and has determined that
the Trust's investment in such repurchase obligation, taking
into account the issuance of such guarantee, will not result in
the downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings assigned to the
Investor Certificates; and
(H) the repurchase obligations shall require that the
repurchase obligation be over-collateralized and shall provide that,
upon any failure to maintain such overcollateralization, the
repurchase obligation shall become due and payable, and unless the
repurchase obligation is satisfied immediately, the collateral
subject to the repurchase agreement shall be liquidated and the
proceeds applied to satisfy the unsatisfied portion of the
repurchase obligation;
(viii) repurchase obligations with respect to direct obligations of,
and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United
States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, the
obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America, where the counterparty for such repurchase
obligations has a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the
highest short-term rating category;
(ix) master notes issued by a corporate issuer whose credit rating
from each Rating Agency is in its highest short-term rating category; and
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(b) any other investment consisting of a financial asset that by its
terms converts to cash within a finite period of time; provided that each
Rating Agency shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
that the Trust's investment therein will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding class or Series with respect to
which it is a Rating Agency.
"Eligible Receivable" shall mean each Receivable:
(a) which was originated or acquired by DCS, directly or as
successor to CFC, CFC Corp. or CCC, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) which arose under an Eligible Account and is payable in United
States dollars;
(c) which is owned by DCS, CFC, CFC Corp. or CCC at the time of sale
by that entity to the Seller;
(d) which represents the obligation of a Dealer to repay an advance
made to such Dealer to finance the acquisition of Vehicles;
(e) which at the time of creation and at the time of transfer to the
Trust is secured by, inter alia, a first priority perfected security
interest in the Vehicle relating thereto;
(f) which was created in compliance in all respects with all
Requirements of Law applicable thereto and pursuant to a Floorplan
Financing Agreement which complies in all respects with all Requirements
of Law applicable to any party thereto;
(g) with respect to which all consents, licenses, approvals or
authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with, any
Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by
DaimlerChrysler, CCC, CFC Corp., CFC, DCS or the Seller in connection
with the creation of such Receivable or the transfer thereof to the Trust
or the execution, delivery and performance by CCC, CFC Corp., CFC or DCS
of the Floorplan Financing Agreement pursuant to which such Receivable
was created, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full
force and effect;
(h) as to which at all times following the transfer of such
Receivable to the Trust, the Trust will have good and marketable title
thereto free and clear of all Liens arising prior to the transfer or
arising at any time other than Liens permitted by this Agreement;
(i) which has been the subject of a valid transfer and assignment
from the Seller to the Trust of all the Seller's right, title and
interest therein (including any proceeds thereof);
(j) which will at all times be the legal, valid, binding and
assignable payment obligation of the Dealer relating thereto, enforceable
against such Dealer in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in
effect, affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and
except as such enforceability
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may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a
suit at law or in equity);
(k) which at the time of transfer to the Trust is not subject to any
right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or any other defense (including
defenses arising out of violations of usury laws) of the Dealer;
(l) as to which, at the time of transfer of such Receivable to the
Trust, DaimlerChrysler, CCC, CFC Corp., CFC, DCS, and the Seller have
satisfied all their respective obligations with respect to such
Receivable required to be satisfied at such time;
(m) as to which, at the time of transfer of such Receivable to the
Trust, neither DaimlerChrysler, CCC, CFC Corp. CFC, DCS nor the Seller
has taken nor failed to take any action which would impair the rights of
the Trust or the Certificateholders therein;
(n) which constitutes "chattel paper" as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC as then in effect in the State of Michigan; and
(o) with respect to which the representations set forth in Sections
2.04(a)(i) and (ii) were correct as of the Transfer Date with respect
thereto.
"Eligible Servicer" shall mean the Trustee or an entity which, at the
time of its appointment as Servicer, (a) is legally qualified and has the
capacity to service the Accounts, (b) in the sole determination of the
Trustee, which determination shall be conclusive and binding, has demonstrated
the ability to professionally and competently service a portfolio of similar
accounts in accordance with high standards of skill and care and (c) is
qualified to use the software that is then currently being used to service the
Accounts or obtains the right to use or has its own software which is adequate
to perform its duties under this Agreement.
"Enhancement" shall mean the rights and benefits provided to the
Investor Certificateholders of any Series or Class pursuant to any letter of
credit, surety bond, cash collateral account, spread account, guaranteed rate
agreement, maturity liquidity facility, tax protection agreement, interest
rate swap agreement or other similar arrangement. The subordination of any
Series or Class to any other Series or Class or of the Seller's Interest to
any Series or Class shall be deemed to be an Enhancement.
"Enhancement Agreement" shall mean any agreement, instrument or
document governing the terms of any Series Enhancement or pursuant to which
any Series Enhancement is issued or outstanding.
"Enhancement Provider" shall mean the Person providing any
Enhancement, other than any Certificateholders (including any holders of the
Seller's Certificates) the Certificates of which are subordinated to any
Series or Class.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
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"Euroclear Operator" shall mean Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator
of the Euroclear System, and its successor in interest.
"Exchange Date" shall mean any date that is after the Series Issuance
Date, in the case of Definitive Euro Certificates in registered form, or upon
presentation of certification of non-United States beneficial ownership (as
described in Section 6.11), in the case of Definitive Euro Certificates in
bearer form.
"Excluded Series" shall mean any Series designated as such in the
relevant Supplement.
"FDIC" shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
successor entity thereto.
"Final Maturity Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.01.
"Fleet Receivables" shall mean all amounts shown in special accounts
on the Servicer's records as amounts payable by any Dealer designated by DCS
as a "fleet dealer" in respect of advances made by DCS to such Dealer or
advances made by DaimlerChrysler to such Dealer and purchased by DCS, in each
case to finance the acquisition of Vehicles in lots of five or more.
"Floorplan Financing Agreement" shall mean, collectively, the group
of related agreements between and among DCS, the Dealer with respect thereto
and, in the case of new Vehicles, a Vehicle manufacturer, pursuant to which
(a) DCS agrees to extend credit to such Dealer to finance the acquisition of
used Vehicles and new Vehicles manufactured by such manufacturer, (b) such
Dealer grants to DCS a security interest in the specific Vehicles financed by
DCS, certain other Vehicles, certain other collateral and the proceeds
thereof, (c) such Dealer agrees to repay advances made by DCS on demand but in
any event such Dealer agrees to repay not less than 90% of each such advance
upon the sale of the Vehicle to which such advance relates and the remaining
balance of such advance not later than the tenth day of the second calendar
month following the month in which such sale occurs, and (d) the obligations
of such Dealer to repay such advances is evidenced by one or more demand
promissory notes of such Dealer.
"Floorplan Financing Guidelines" shall mean DCS's written policies
and procedures, as such policies and procedures may be amended from time to
time, (a) relating to the operation of its floorplan financing business,
including the written policies and procedures for determining the interest
rate charged to Dealers, the other terms and conditions relating to DCS's
wholesale financing accounts, the creditworthiness of Dealers and the
extension of credit to Dealers, and (b) relating to the maintenance of
accounts and collection of receivables.
"Foreign Clearing Agency" shall mean Clearstream and the Euroclear
Operator.
"Global Certificate" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.11.
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"Governmental Authority" shall mean the United States of America, any
state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
"Incremental Default Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean (a)
the sum of (i) all the Ineligible Receivables which became Defaulted
Receivables during the immediately preceding Collection Period, (ii) the
overconcentration Default Amount on such Determination Date and (iii) the
Installment Balance Default Amount on such Determination Date minus (b) the
full amount of any such Defaulted Receivables which are subject to a
reassignment or assignment to the Seller or the Servicer in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement (but not less than zero); provided, however, that,
if an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Seller, the amount of such
Defaulted Receivables which are subject to reassignment to the Seller shall
not be so subtracted and, if an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the
Servicer, the amount of such Defaulted Receivables which are subject to
assignment to the Servicer shall not be so subtracted; provided further that
the Incremental Default Amount for any Determination Date shall not exceed the
sum of the Overconcentration Amount, the Installment Balance Amount and the
Ineligible Amount, in each case, on such Determination Date.
"Ineligible Account" shall mean an Account that at the time of
determination is not an Eligible Account.
"Ineligible Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean the amount
of Ineligible Receivables included in the Trust on such Determination Date
pursuant to Section 2.09.
"Ineligible Receivable" shall mean any Receivable that arises in an
Eligible Account, was not an Eligible Receivable at the time of its transfer
to the Trust and was transferred to the Trust in accordance with Section 2.09.
"Initial Account" shall mean each individual wholesale financing
account established by CCC with a Dealer pursuant to a Floorplan Financing
Agreement which is identified in the computer file or microfiche or written
list delivered to the Trustee on the first Closing Date by the Seller pursuant
to Section 2.01.
"Initial Invested Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Series and
for any date, an amount equal to the initial invested amount specified in the
related Supplement. The Initial Invested Amount for any Series may be
increased or decreased from time to time as specified in the related
Supplement.
"Insolvency Event" shall mean any event specified in Section 9.01(b)
or 9.01(c).
"Insolvency Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in Section
9.02.
"Installment Balance" with respect to any Dealer shall mean the
balance outstanding after the initial payment by such Dealer on any Receivable
and not immediately required to be remitted pursuant to the related Floorplan
Financing Agreement and Floorplan Financing Guidelines following the date of
sale of the related Vehicle.
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"Installment Balance Amount" shall mean, on any Determination Date,
the aggregate amount of Installment Balances on such Determination Date in
respect of which DCS has not received an offsetting payment from the related
Dealers.
"Installment Balance Default Amount" on any Determination Date shall
mean the sum for all Installment Balances during the immediately preceding
Collection Period of the amount of Principal Receivables contained in such
Installment Balances which became Defaulted Receivables during such Collection
Period.
"Insurance Proceeds" with respect to an Account shall mean any
amounts received by the Servicer pursuant to any policy of insurance which is
required to be paid to DCS pursuant to a Floorplan Financing Agreement.
"Interest Collections" shall mean Collections of interest and other
nonprincipal charges (including insurance service fees, handling fees,
Recoveries and Insurance Proceeds).
"Internal Revenue Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
"Invested Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Series and for any
date, an amount equal to the invested amount specified in the related
Supplement.
"Investment Company Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
"Investor Certificateholder" shall mean the Person in whose name a
Registered Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register or the bearer
of any Bearer Certificate (or the Global Certificate, as the case may be) or
Coupon.
"Investor Certificates" shall mean any one of the certificates
(including the Bearer Certificates, the Registered Certificates or any Global
Certificate) executed by the Seller and authenticated by or on behalf of the
Trustee, substantially in the form attached to the related Supplement, other
than the Seller's Certificates.
"Investors' Servicing Fee" shall mean the portion of the Servicing
Fee allocable to the Investor Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of the
Supplements.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other),
preference, participation interest, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.
"Manager" shall mean the lead manager, manager or co-manager or
person performing a similar function with respect to an offering of Definitive
Euro-Certificates.
"Miscellaneous Payments" shall mean, with respect to any Collection
Period, the sum of (a) Adjustment Payments and Transfer Deposit Amounts on
deposit in the Collection
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Account on the related Distribution Date and (b) Unallocated Principal
Collections available to be treated as Miscellaneous Payments pursuant to
Section 4.04 on such Distribution Date.
"Monthly Servicing Fee" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
amount specified therefor in the related Supplement.
"Moody's" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc., or its
successor.
"Non-Principal Receivables" with respect to any Account shall mean
all amounts billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other
non-principal charges, including insurance service fees and handling fees.
"Notice Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"Officers' Certificate" with respect to any corporation shall mean,
unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, a certificate signed by (a) the
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice
President and (b) a Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of such corporation.
"Opinion of Counsel" shall mean a written opinion of counsel, who may
be counsel of the Seller or DCS and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Overconcentration Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean the
sum of the Dealer Overconcentrations on such Determination Date.
"Overconcentration Default Amount" on any Determination Date shall
mean, with respect to each Dealer or group of affiliated Dealers with respect
to which there existed a Dealer Overconcentration during the immediately
preceding Collection Period, the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of
Receivables in the Accounts of such Dealers which became Defaulted Receivables
during such Collection Period and (b) the aggregate amount of such Dealer
Overconcentrations on such Determination Date.
"Partial Account" shall mean any Account pursuant to which any
Purchased Receivables have arisen.
"Permitted Transaction" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.06(f).
"Person" shall mean any legal person, including any individual,
corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other entity of similar
nature.
"Pool Balance" shall mean, as of the time of determination thereof,
the aggregate of Principal Receivables in the Trust at such time.
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate designated as the "prime rate" from
time to time by certain financial institutions selected by DCS.
"Principal Collections" shall mean Collections of principal under the
Receivables.
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"Principal Receivables" with respect to an Account shall mean amounts
shown on the Servicer's records as Receivables (other than such amounts which
represent Non-Principal Receivables) payable by the related Dealer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Purchased
Receivables and Fleet Receivables shall not be deemed to be Principal
Receivables for the purposes of this Agreement and (ii) the amount of
Principal Receivables on any date of determination for all purposes of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be the actual amount thereof at such time minus
the aggregate amount on deposit at such time in the Cash Management Accounts
maintained for the benefit of the related Dealers.
"Principal Terms" shall mean, with respect to any Series: (a) the
name or designation; (b) the initial principal amount (or method for
calculating such amount); (c) the Certificate Rate (or method for the
determination thereof); (d) the payment date or dates and the date or dates
from which interest shall accrue; (e) the method for allocating collections to
Investor Certificateholders; (f) the designation of any Series Accounts and
the terms governing the operation of any such Series Accounts; (g) the Monthly
Servicing Fee and the Investors' Servicing Fee; (h) the issuer and terms of
any form of Enhancement with respect thereto; (i) the terms on which the
Investor Certificates of such Series may be exchanged for Investor
Certificates of another Series, repurchased by the Seller or remarketed to
other investors; (j) the Termination Date; (k) the number of Classes of
Investor Certificates of such Series and, if more than one Class, the rights
and priorities of each such Class: (1) the extent to which the Investor
Certificates of such Series will be issuable in temporary or permanent global
form (and, in such case, the depositary for such global certificate or
certificates, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such global
certificate may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Definitive
Certificates, and the manner in which any interest payable on a temporary or
global certificate will be paid); (m) whether the Investor certificates of
such Series may be issued in bearer form and any limitations imposed thereon;
(n) the priority of such series with respect to any other Series; (o) whether
such Series will be part of a group; and (p) any other terms of such Series.
"Purchased Receivables" shall mean, with respect to an Initial
Account or Additional Account, the principal amounts shown on the Servicer's
records as amounts payable by the related Dealer (and interest accrued
thereon), from time to time in respect of advances made by DCS to such Dealer
prior to the Cut-Off Date or the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, as the
case may be, or advances made by DaimlerChrysler to such Dealer and purchased
by DCS prior to the Cut-Off Date or the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, as
the case may be, in each case to finance the acquisition of Vehicles by such
Dealer, in which an interest has been sold, transferred, assigned or otherwise
conveyed by DCS prior to the Cut-Off Date or the applicable Additional Cut-Off
Date, as the case may be, to any Person other than DCS, CARCO or the Trust.
"Purchased Receivables Owners" shall mean any Person that has
acquired an interest in any Purchased Receivable other than DCS.
"Purchase Price" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable for any
date on which such Receivable is to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.03, (a)
an amount equal to the amount payable by the Dealer in respect thereof as
reflected in the records of the Servicer as of the date of purchase plus (b)
interest accrued from the end of the last Collection Period in respect
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of which interest on such Receivable was billed by the Servicer, at a per
annum rate of the Prime Rate plus 1.00%, based on the actual number of days
elapsed over a year of 360 days.
"Rating Agency" shall mean, with respect to any outstanding Series or
Class, each statistical rating agency selected by the Seller to rate the
Investor Certificates of such Series or Class.
"Rating Agency Condition" shall mean, with respect to any action,
that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer and the
Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or Class with respect to
which it is a Rating Agency.
"Reassignment" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).
"Receivables" shall mean, with respect to an Account, all amounts
shown on the Servicer's records as amounts payable by the related Dealer, from
time to time in respect of advances made by DCS (directly or as successor to
CCC, CFC Corp. or CFC) to such Dealer or advances made by DaimlerChrysler to
such Dealer and purchased by DCS (directly or as successor to CCC, CFC Corp.
or CFC), in each case to finance the acquisition of Vehicles by such Dealer,
together with the group of writings evidencing such amounts and the security
interest created in connection therewith. Receivables which become Defaulted
Receivables shall not be shown on the Servicer's records as amounts payable
(and will cease to be included as Receivables) on the day on which they become
Defaulted Receivables. Receivables which DCS is unable to transfer to the
Seller pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement or which the Seller is,
unable to transfer to the Trust as provided in Section 2.06(b) and Receivables
which arise in Designated Accounts from and after the related Removal
Commencement Date shall not be included in calculating the amount of
Receivables. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
Purchased Receivables and Fleet Receivables shall not be deemed to be
Receivables for the purposes of this Agreement.
"Receivables Purchase Agreement" shall mean the agreement between CCC
(now succeeded by DCS) and the Seller, in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I, dated as of the date, hereof, governing the terms and
conditions upon which the Seller is acquiring the initial Receivables
transferred to the Trust on the Closing Date and all Receivables acquired
thereafter, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or
otherwise supplemented.
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
close of business on the day preceding such Distribution Date.
"Recoveries" on any Determination Date shall mean all amounts
received, including Insurance Proceeds, by the Servicer during the Collection
Period immediately preceding such Determination Date with respect to
Receivables which have previously become Defaulted Receivables.
"Registered Certificateholder" shall mean the Holder of a Registered
Certificate.
"Registered Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.01.
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"Related Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the Subordinated Note and, with respect to any Series, any
applicable Enhancement Agreement.
"Removal and Repurchase Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.07(c).
"Removal and Repurchase Notice Date" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.07(c).
"Removal Commencement Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.07(b).
"Removal Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b).
"Removal Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b).
"Removed Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.07(c).
"Repurchased Receivables Purchase Price" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.07(c).
"Required Participation Amount" shall mean, at any time of
determination, an amount equal to (a) the sum of the amounts for each Series
(other than any Series or portion thereof which is designated in the relevant
Supplement as being an Excluded Series until the Invested Amount of the Series
relating to such Excluded Series is reduced to $0) obtained by multiplying the
Required Participation Percentage for such Series by the Initial Invested
Amount for such Series at such time plus (b) the Trust Available Subordinated
Amount on the immediately preceding Determination Date (after giving effect to
the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on the
Distribution Date following such Determination Date).
"Required Participation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
Series, the percentage specified therefor in the related Supplement.
"Requirements of Law" for any Person shall mean the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of
such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of an
arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding
upon such Person or to which such Person is subject, whether Federal, state or
local (including usury laws and the Federal Truth in Lending Act).
"Responsible Officer" shall mean the Chairman or any Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors or Trustees of the Trustee, the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of Directors or
Trustees of the Trustee, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior
Vice President, Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary,
any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Cashier,
any Assistant or Deputy Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer,
the Controller and any Assistant Controller or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar
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to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with
respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Seller" shall mean DCWR and its successors in interest to the extent
permitted hereunder. References to the Seller includes references to CARCO and
U.S. Auto Receivables Company, as appropriate. DCWR succeeded to the rights of
the Seller by way of assignments from CARCO to U.S. Auto Receivables and then
from U.S. Auto Receivables Company to DCWR.
"Seller's Certificates" shall mean, collectively, the CARCO
Certificate and any outstanding Supplemental Certificates.
"Seller's Interest" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.01.
"Seller's Participation Amount" shall mean, at any time of
determination, an amount equal to the Pool Balance at such time minus the
aggregate Invested Amounts for all outstanding Series at such time.
"Series" shall mean any series of Investor Certificates.
"Series Account" shall mean any deposit, trust, escrow, reserve or
similar account maintained for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders
of any Series or class, as specified in any Supplement.
"Series Adjusted Invested Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
outstanding series and for any Collection Period, the sum of (a) the Initial
Invested Amount of the Investor Certificates of such Series on the
Determination Date occurring in such Collection Period (after giving effect to
any changes therein to be made on the following Distribution Date pursuant to
the applicable Supplement) after subtracting therefrom the excess, if any, of
the cumulative amount (calculated in accordance with the terms of the related
Supplement) of investor charge-offs for such Series as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Collection Period over the aggregate reimbursement of
such investor charge-offs as of such last day, and (b) the Available
Subordinated Amount, if any, with respect to such Series, on the Determination
Date occurring in such Collection Period (after giving effect to the
allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on the
Distribution Date following such Determination Date pursuant to the applicable
Supplement) (or the initial Available Subordinated Amount with respect to any
Collection Period occurring prior to the first Determination Date following
the related Series Issuance Date).
"Series Allocable Defaulted Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Series and for any Collection Period, the product of the Series Allocation
Percentage and the Defaulted Amount with respect to such Collection Period.
"Series Allocable Non-Principal Collections" shall mean, with respect
to any Series and for any Collection Period, the product of the Series
Allocation Percentage and the amount of Collections of Non-Principal
Receivables deposited in the Collection Account for such Collection Period.
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"Series Allocable Principal Collections" shall mean, with respect to
any Series and for any Collection Period, the product of the Series Allocation
Percentage and the amount of Collections of Principal Receivables deposited in
the Collection Account for such Collection Period.
"Series Allocable Miscellaneous Payments" shall mean, with respect to
any Series and for any Collection Period, the product of the Series Allocation
Percentage and the amount of Miscellaneous Payments for such Collection
Period.
"Series Allocation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any Series
and for any Collection Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Series Adjusted Invested Amount for such Collection
Period and the denominator of which is the Trust Adjusted Invested Amount for
such Collection Period.
"Series Cut-Off Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
date specified as such in the related Supplement.
"Series Issuance Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
date on which the Investor Certificates of such Series are to be originally
issued in accordance with Section 6.03 and the related Supplement.
"Service Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Service Transfer" shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Servicer" shall initially mean DCS, in its capacity as Servicer
under this Agreement, and after any Service Transfer, the Successor Servicer.
"Servicing Fee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
"Servicing Officer" shall mean any officer of the Servicer involved
in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Receivables
whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by
the Servicer as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Standard & Poor's" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or
its successor.
"Subordinated Note" shall mean the subordinated note of the Seller
the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit J.
"Successor Servicer" shall have the meaning specified in Section
10.02(a).
"Supplement" shall mean, with respect to any Series, a Supplement to
this Agreement, executed and delivered in connection with the original
issuance of the Investor Certificates of such Series pursuant to Section 6.03,
and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto.
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"Supplemental Certificate" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.03.
"Tax Opinion" shall mean, with respect to any action, an opinion of
Counsel to the effect that, for Federal income and Michigan state income and
single business tax purposes, (a) other than in the case of a Designated
Affiliate Transfer, such action will not adversely affect the characterization
of the Investor Certificates of any outstanding Series or Class as debt of
DCWR (or, in the case of Section 7.04(b)(iv), following a Designated Affiliate
Transfer, the Investor Certificates of all outstanding Series will be
characterized as debt of the Designated Affiliate), (b) such action will not
cause or constitute a taxable event with respect to any Investor
Certificateholders or the Trust and (c) in the case of Section 6.03(b), the
Investor certificates of the new Series will be characterized as debt of DCWR.
"Termination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
termination date specified in the related Supplement.
"Termination Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section
10.01.
"Termination Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in section
12.02(c).
"Transfer Agent and Registrar" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.04.
"Transfer Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Transfer Deposit Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable
reassigned or assigned to the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, pursuant
to Section 2.04 (c) or Section 3.03, the amounts specified in such Sections.
"Trust" shall mean the CARCO Auto Loan Master Trust continued by this
Agreement, the corpus of which shall consist of the Trust Assets.
"Trust Adjusted Invested Amount" shall mean, at any time of
determination, the sum of the Series Adjusted Invested Amounts for all
outstanding Series at such time.
"Trust Assets" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Trust Available Subordinated Amount" shall mean, at any time of
determination, the sum of the Available Subordinated Amounts, if any, for all
outstanding Series at such time.
"Trustee" shall mean The Bank of New York, or its successor in
interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided. The Bank of
New York is the successor Trustee hereunder to Manufacturers and Traders Trust
Company.
"Trust Incremental Subordinated Amount" on any Determination Date
shall mean the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the Overconcentration Amount,
the Installment Balance Amount and the Ineligible Amount, in each case, on
such Determination Date over (b) the Incremental Default Amount for such
Determination Date.
"Trust Termination Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.01.
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"UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to
time, as in effect in any specified jurisdiction.
"Used Vehicle" shall mean any Vehicle held for sale by a Dealer that
is determined to be a "used" Vehicle in accordance with the Servicer's
standard wholesale servicing practices.
"Vehicle" shall mean an automobile or light-duty truck.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Seller, Servicer and
DCS shall mean any vice president whether or not designated by a number or
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) All terms defined in
this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate
or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective
meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the
extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any
such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such
terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall
control.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and
monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and
all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-315 of the UCC as
in effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof. Such property,
together with all monies on deposit in, and Eligible Investments credited to,
the Collection Account or any Series Account, any Enhancements and the
Collateral Security with respect to the Receivables shall collectively
constitute the assets of the Trust (the "Trust Assets"). The foregoing sale,
transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance and any subsequent sales,
transfers, assignments, set-overs and conveyances do not constitute, and are
not intended to result in, the creation or an assumption by the Trust, the
Trustee, any Agent or any Beneficiary of any obligation of the Servicer, DCS,
the Seller, DaimlerChrysler or any other Person in connection with the
Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or instrument relating
thereto, including any obligation to any Dealers.
In connection with such sales, the Seller agrees to record and file,
at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and continuation
statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now existing and
hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper (as defined in Section 9-102
of the UCC as in effect in any state where the Seller's or the Servicer's
chief executive offices or books and records relating to the Receivables are
located)
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meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the sale and assignment of the
Receivables and the Collateral Security to the Trust, and to deliver a
file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of such
filing to the Trustee on or prior to the first Closing Date, in the case of
the Initial Accounts, and (if any additional filing is so necessary) the
applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts. The Trustee
shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a
continuation statement to such financing statement, or to make any other
filing under the UCC in connection with such sales.
In connection with such sales, the Seller further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial
Accounts, the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts,
and the applicable Removal Commencement Date, in the case of Removed Accounts,
(a) to indicate in its computer files and to cause CCC and CFC to indicate in
their computer files as required by the Receivables Purchase Agreement, that
the Receivables Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references
to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified; and the term "including" shall mean "including without limitation".
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Receivables. By execution of this
Agreement, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey, without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to
the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries on the first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts,
and on the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, (a)
all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in each
Account and all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller
at the close of business on the Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial
Accounts, and on the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts, and all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as
defined in Section 9-315 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Michigan and
Recoveries) thereof and (b) all of the Seller's rights, remedies, powers and
privileges with respect to such Receivables under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement. As of each Business Day prior to the earlier of (i) the occurrence
of an Early Amortization Event specified in Section 9.01(b), (c), (d) or (e)
and (ii) the Trust Termination Date, on which Receivables are created in the
Accounts (a "Transfer Date"), the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey, without recourse (except as expressly provided
herein), to the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries, all of its right, title and interest into and under the
Receivables in each Account (other than any Receivables created in any
Designated Account from and after the applicable Removal Commencement Date)
and all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the
close of business on such Transfer Date and not theretofore conveyed to the
Trust, all created in connection with the
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Accounts (other than Removed Accounts) have been sold, and the Collateral
Security assigned, to the Seller in accordance with the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and sold to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries and (b) to deliver to the
Trustee (or cause DCS to do so) a computer file or microfiche or written list
containing a true and complete list of all such Accounts (other than Removed
Accounts) specifying for each such Account, as of the Cut-Off Date, in the
case of the Initial Accounts, and the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in
the case of Additional Accounts, (i) its account number, (ii) the aggregate
amount of Receivables outstanding in such Account and (iii) the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or list, as
supplemented from time to time to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed
Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be
under no obligation whatsoever to verify the accuracy or completeness of the
information contained in Schedule 1 from time to time.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee. (a) The Trustee hereby
acknowledges its acceptance, on behalf of the Trust, of all right, title and
interest previously held by the Seller to the property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01 and declares
that it shall maintain such right, title and interest, upon the trust herein
set forth, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries. The Trustee further acknowledges that, prior to or
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller
delivered to the Trustee the computer file or microfiche or written list
relating to the Initial Accounts described in the last paragraph of Section
2.01.
(b) The Trustee shall have no power to create, assume or incur
indebtedness or other liabilities in the name of the Trust other than as
contemplated in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.03. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating
to the Seller and the Agreement. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to
the Trust as of each Closing Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a limited
liability company duly organized and validly existing and in good
standing under the law of the State of Delaware and has, in all material
respects, full corporate power, authority and legal right to own its
properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently
owned and such business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to execute and
deliver to the Trustee pursuant hereto the Certificates.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is
exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify or
obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse effect on
its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the applicable Supplement and the Related Documents and the execution
and delivery to the
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Trustee of the Certificates by the Seller and the consummation of the
transactions provided for or contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement and the Related Documents, have been duly
authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Seller.
(d) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
applicable Supplement, the Related Documents and the Certificates, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement and the Related Documents and the fulfillment of
the terms hereof and thereof, will not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default
under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or its
properties are bound.
(e) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
applicable Supplement, the Related Documents and the Certificates, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement and the Related Documents and the fulfillment of
the terms hereof and thereof applicable to the Seller, will not conflict
with or violate any material Requirements of Law applicable to the
Seller.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened against the
Seller before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Agreement, the applicable Supplement, any of the Related Documents
or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the applicable Supplement or the Related Documents,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable
judgment of the Seller, would materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement or the Related Documents, (iv) seeking any
determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the applicable
Supplement, the Related Documents or the Certificates or (v) seeking to
affect adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under the United
States Federal or any State income, single business or franchise tax
systems.
(g) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations, consents,
orders, approvals or other actions of any Person or of any governmental
body or official required in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the applicable Supplement, the Related Documents and
the Certificates, the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, the applicable Supplement and any of the Related
Documents, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, have been
obtained.
(h) Enforceability. This Agreement and the applicable Supplement and
the Related Documents each constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability
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may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity).
(i) Record of Accounts. As of the first Closing Date, in the case of
the Initial Accounts, as of the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
the Additional Accounts, and, as of the applicable Removal Commencement
Date, in the case of Designated Accounts, Schedule 1 to this Agreement is
an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all the
Accounts as of the Cut-Off Date, the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date
or the applicable Removal Commencement Date, as the case may be, and the
information contained therein with respect to the identity of such
Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct in
all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date, such applicable Additional
Cut-Off Date or such Removal Commencement Date, as the case may be.
(j) Valid Transfer. This Agreement or, in the case of Additional
Accounts, the related Assignment constitutes a valid sale, transfer and
assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest of the Seller in
the Receivables and the Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof and
all of the Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect
to the Receivables under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and, upon the
filing of the financing statements described in Section 2.01 with the
Secretary of State of the State of Michigan and, in the case of the
Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation
thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority perfected ownership
interest in such property, subject to the rights of the Purchased
Receivables Owners in any Collateral Security in respect of the Partial
Accounts (other than the Vehicles relating to Principal Receivables
arising in the Partial Accounts), except for Liens permitted under
Section 2.07(a). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither
the Seller nor any Person claiming through or under the Seller has any
claim to or interest in the Trust Assets.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03
shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Trust and
the issuance of the Certificates. Upon discovery by the Seller, the Servicer,
any Agent or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations
and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties, any Agent and to any Enhancement Providers.
In the event of any breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 having a material adverse effect on
the interests of the Investor Certificateholders, then either the Trustee or
the Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing not less than a majority in
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Investor Certificates, by
notice then given in writing to the Seller (and to the Trustee, any
Enhancement Providers and the Servicer if given by the Investor
Certificateholders), may direct the Seller to purchase the Certificateholders'
Interest within 60 days of such notice (or within such longer period as may be
specified in such notice), and the Seller shall be obligated to make such
purchase on a Distribution Date occurring within such 60-day period on the
terms and conditions set forth below; provided, however, that no such purchase
shall be required to be made if, by the end of
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such 60-day period (or such longer period as may be specified), the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall be
satisfied in all material respects, and any material adverse effect on the
Certificateholders' Interest caused thereby shall have been cured.
The Seller shall deposit in the Collection Account in immediately
available funds on the Business Day preceding such Distribution Date, in
payment for such purchase, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts specified
therefor with respect to each outstanding Series in the related Supplement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, such amounts shall
be distributed to the Investor Certificateholders on such Distribution Date in
accordance with Article IV and the terms of each Supplement. If the Trustee or
the Investor Certificateholders give notice directing the Seller to purchase
the Certificateholders' Interest as provided above, the obligation of the
Seller to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest pursuant to this Section
2.03 shall constitute the sole remedy respecting an event of the type
specified in the first sentence of this Section 2.03 available to the Investor
Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of the Investor
Certificateholders).
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating
to the Receivables. (a) Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Trust that:
(i) Each Receivable and all Collateral security existing on the
first Closing Date or, in the case of Additional Accounts, on the
applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, has been conveyed to
the Trust free and clear of any Lien, subject to the rights of the
Purchased Receivables Owners in any Collateral Security in respect of the
Partial Accounts (other than the Vehicles relating to Principal
Receivables arising in the Partial Accounts).
(ii) With respect to each Receivable and all Collateral Security
existing on the first Closing Date or, in the case of Additional
Accounts, on the applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, all
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or
declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained,
effected or given by the Seller in connection with the conveyance of such
Receivable or Collateral Security to the Trust have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect.
(iii) On the Cut-Off Date and each Closing Date, each Initial
Account is an Eligible Account and, in the case of Additional Accounts,
on the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date and each subsequent Closing
Date, each such Additional Account is an Eligible Account.
(iv) On the first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts,
and, in the case of the Additional Accounts; on the applicable Additional
Cut-Off Date, and on each Transfer Date, each Receivable conveyed to the
Trust on such date is an Eligible Receivable or, if such Receivable is
not an Eligible Receivable, such Receivable is conveyed to the Trust in
accordance with Section 2.09.
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(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.04 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables
to the Trust and the issuance of the Certificates. Upon discovery by the
Seller, the Servicer, any Agent or the Trustee of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.04, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties
and to any Enhancement Providers.
(c) Reassignment. In the event any representation or warranty under
Section 2.04 (a) is not true and correct as of the date specified therein with
respect to any Receivable or Account and such breach has a material adverse
effect on the Certificateholders' Interest in any such Receivable or Account,
then, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the
Trustee) of the earlier to occur of the discovery of any such event by the
Seller or the Servicer, or receipt by the Seller or the Servicer of written
notice of any such event given by the Trustee, any Agent or any Enhancement
Providers, the Seller shall accept a reassignment of such Receivable or, in
the case of such an untrue representation or warranty with respect to an
Account, all Receivables in such Account, on the Determination Date
immediately succeeding the day of such discovery or notice on the terms and
conditions set forth in the next succeeding paragraph; provided, however, that
no such reassignment shall be required to be made with respect to such
Receivable if, by the end of such 30-day period (or such longer period as may
be agreed to by the Trustee), the breached representation or warranty shall
then be true and correct in all material respects and any material adverse
effect caused thereby shall have been cured.
The Seller shall accept a reassignment of each such Receivable by
directing the Servicer to deduct, subject to the next sentence, the principal
amount of such Receivables from the Pool Balance on or prior to the end of the
Collection Period in which such reassignment obligation arises. If, following
such deduction, the Seller's Participation Amount would be less than the Trust
Available Subordinated Amount on the immediately preceding Determination Date
(after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and
deposits to be made on the Distribution Date following such Determination
Date), then not later than 12:00 noon on the day on which such reassignment
occurs, the Seller shall deposit in the Collection Account in immediately
available funds the amount (the "Transfer Deposit Amount") by which the
Seller's Participation Amount would be less than such Trust Available
Subordinated Amount (up to the principal amount of such Receivables); provided
that if the Transfer Deposit Amount is not deposited as required by this
sentence, then the principal amounts of such Receivables shall only be
deducted from the Pool Balance to the extent that the Seller's Participation
Amount is not reduced below the Trust Available Subordinated Amount and the
Receivables the principal amounts of which have not been so deducted shall not
be reassigned to the Seller and shall remain part of the Trust. Upon
reassignment of any such Receivable, but only after payment by the Seller of
the Transfer Deposit Amount, if any, the Trust shall automatically and without
further action be deemed to sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the Seller, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the
right, title and interest of the Trust in and to such Receivable, all
Collateral Security and all moneys due or to become due with respect thereto
and all proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall execute such documents and
instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall
reasonably be requested by the Seller to effect the conveyance of such
Receivables pursuant to this Section. The obligation of the Seller to accept a
reassignment of any such Receivable and to pay any related Transfer Deposit
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Amount shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to
such obligation available to Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders).
SECTION 2.05. Addition of Accounts. (a) If, as of the close of
business on the last day of any Collection Period, (i) the Pool Balance on
such day is less than the Required Participation Amount as of the following
Distribution Date (after giving effect to the allocations, distributions,
withdrawals and deposits to be made on such Distribution Date), or (ii) the
result obtained by multiplying (x) the Seller's Participation Amount as of the
following Distribution Date (after giving effect to the allocations,
distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on such Distribution Date),
by (y) the percentage equivalent of the portion of the Seller's Interest
represented by the CARCO Certificate, is less than 2% of the Pool Balance on
such last day, then the Seller shall, within 10 Business Days following the
end of such Collection Period, designate and transfer to the Trust the
Receivables (and the related Collateral Security) of additional Eligible
Accounts of the Seller to be included as Accounts in a sufficient amount such
that after giving effect to such addition (i) the Pool Balance as of the close
of business on the Addition Date is at least equal to such Required
Participation Amount or (ii) the result obtained by multiplying (x) such
Seller's Participation Amount by (y) the percentage equivalent of the portion
of the Seller's Interest represented by the CARCO Certificate, is at least
equal to 2% of such Pool Balance, as the case may be. The Seller shall satisfy
the conditions specified in Section 2.05(d) in designating such Additional
Accounts and conveying the related Receivables to the Trust. The failure of
the Seller to transfer Receivables to the Trust as provided in this paragraph
solely as a result of the unavailability of a sufficient amount of Eligible
Receivables shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement; provided,
however, that any such failure will nevertheless result in the occurrence of
an Early Amortization Event described in Section 9.01(a).
(b) The Seller may from time to time, at its sole discretion, subject
to the conditions specified in paragraph (d) below, voluntarily designate
additional Eligible Accounts (including Partial Accounts) to be included as
Accounts and transfer to the Trust the Receivables (and the related Collateral
Security) of such Additional Accounts.
(c) Receivables and Collateral Security from such Additional Accounts
shall be sold to the Trust effective on a date (the "Addition Date") specified
in a written notice provided by the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) to
the Trustee, the Rating Agencies, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers
specifying the Additional Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date for such
Additional Accounts (the "Addition Notice") on or before the fifth Business
Day but not more than the 30th day prior to the related Addition Date (the
"Notice Date"). The Addition Notice shall also specify whether any such
Additional Accounts are Partial Accounts.
(d) The Seller shall be permitted to convey to the Trust the
Receivables and all Collateral Security related thereto in any Additional
Accounts designated by the Seller as such pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or (b)
only upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the
related Addition Date:
(i) the Seller shall have provided the Trustee, any Agent, the
Rating Agencies and any Enhancement Providers with a timely Addition
Notice;
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(ii) such Additional Accounts shall all be Eligible Accounts;
(iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee a duly executed
written assignment (including an acceptance by the Trustee) in
substantially the form of Exhibit B (the "Assignment") and the computer
file or microfiche or written list required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.01;
(iv) the Seller shall, to the extent required by Section 4.03, have
deposited in the Collection Account all Collections with respect to such
Additional Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(v) (A) no selection procedures believed by the Seller to be adverse
to the interests of the Beneficiaries were used in selecting such
Additional Accounts; (B) the list of Additional Accounts delivered
pursuant to clause (iii) above is true and correct in all material
respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and (C) as of each of the
Notice Date and the Addition Date, neither CFC, CCC, nor the Seller were
insolvent nor will any of them have been made insolvent by such transfer
nor are any of them aware of any pending insolvency;
(vi) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such addition;
(vii) the addition of the Receivables arising in such Additional
Accounts shall not result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization
Event;
(viii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Providers a certificate of a Vice President or more senior
officer confirming (A) the items set forth in paragraphs (ii) through
(vii) above and (B) that the Seller reasonably believes that the addition
of the Receivables arising in such Additional Accounts will not result in
the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event; and
(ix) on or before each Addition Date, the Seller shall have
delivered to the Trustee and any Enhancement Providers (A) an Opinion of
Counsel with respect to the Receivables in the Additional Accounts
substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 and (B) except in the case of an
addition required by Section 2.05(a), a Tax Opinion with respect to such
addition.
(e) The Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the applicable
Addition Date as to the matters set forth in Section 2.05(d)(v). Upon
discovery by the Seller, the Servicer, any Agent, the Trustee or any
Enhancement Providers of a breach of the foregoing representations and
warranties, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice
to the other parties, to any Agent and to any Enhancement Providers.
(f) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Rating Agencies,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Seller may
from time to time, at its discretion, and subject only to the limitations
specified in this paragraph, designate Additional Accounts to be added to the
Trust. (Additional Accounts designated to be added to the Trust in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 2.05(f) are referred to herein as
"Automatic Additional Accounts".) On
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the Addition Date with respect to any Automatic Additional Accounts, the Trust
shall purchase the Receivables in such Automatic Additional Accounts (and such
Automatic Additional Accounts shall be deemed to be Accounts for purposes of
this Agreement) as of the close of business on the applicable Additional
Cut-Off Date, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) such Automatic Additional Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts;
(ii) the Seller shall, to the extent required by Section 4.03, have
deposited in the Collection Account all Collections with respect to such
Automatic Additional Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(iii) no selection procedures believed by the Seller to be adverse
to the interests of the Certificateholders were used in selecting such
Automatic Additional Accounts,
(iv) as of each of the Additional Cut-Off Date and the Addition
Date, no Insolvency Event with respect to DCS or the Seller shall have
occurred nor shall the transfer of the Receivables arising in the
Automatic Additional Accounts to the Trust have been made in
contemplation of the occurrence thereof;
(v) the addition of the Receivables arising in the Automatic
Additional Accounts shall not cause an early amortization event or any
event that, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would
constitute a early amortization event to occur with respect to any
Series;
(vi) on or before each Addition Date with respect to Automatic
Additional Accounts, the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and
the Rating Agencies (A) an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
Receivables in the Automatic Additional Accounts substantially in the
form of Exhibit G-2 to this Agreement and (B) a Tax Opinion with respect
to such addition;
(vii) within ten Business Days of the date on which any such
Receivables are added to the Trust, the Seller shall have delivered to
the Trustee a written assignment and a computer file or a microfiche list
containing a true and complete list of the related Automatic Additional
Accounts specifying for each such Account its account number, the
collection status, the aggregate amount outstanding in such Account and
the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables outstanding in such
Account; and
(viii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate of the Seller, dated the Addition Date, to the effect that
conditions (i) through (v) and (vii) above have been satisfied.
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The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trust as of the
related Addition Date as to the matters relating to it set forth in paragraphs
(iii) and (iv) above and that the file or list described below is, as of the
applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, true and complete in all material
respects.
In connection with the designation of Automatic Additional Accounts
to be added to the Trust, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee (i) the
computer file or microfiche list required to be delivered pursuant to Section
2.01 with respect to such Automatic Additional Accounts and (ii) a duly
executed written Assignment (including an acceptance by the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders), substantially in the form of Exhibit B to
this Agreement.
Unless each Rating Agency otherwise consents, the number of Automatic
Additional Accounts added to the Trust with respect to any of the three
consecutive Collection Periods beginning in January, April, July and October
of each calendar year shall not exceed 8% of the number of Accounts as of the
first day of the calendar year during which such Collection Periods commence
and the number of Automatic Additional Accounts designated during any such
calendar year shall not exceed 20% of the number of Accounts as of the first
day of such calendar year. On or before the first business day of each
Collection Period beginning in January, April, July and October of each
calendar year, the Seller shall have requested and obtained notification from
each Rating Agency of any limitations to the right of the Seller to designate
Eligible Accounts as Automatic Additional Accounts during any period which
includes such Collection Period. To the extent that Automatic Additional
Accounts have been added to the Trust during the three consecutive Collection
Periods. ending in the calendar month prior to such date, on or before January
31, April 30, July 31, October 31 of each calendar year, the Trustee shall
have received confirmation from each Rating Agency that the addition of all
Automatic Additional Accounts included as Accounts during the three
consecutive Collection Periods ending in the calendar month prior to such date
shall not have resulted in any applicable Rating Agency reducing or
withdrawing its rating of any outstanding Series or Class of Certificates. If
such Rating Agency confirmation with respect to any Automatic Additional
Accounts is not so received, such Automatic Additional Accounts will be
removed from the Trust.`
SECTION 2.06. Covenants of the Seller. The Seller hereby covenants
that:
(a) No Liens. Except for the conveyances hereunder or as provided in
Section 6.03(c), the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to
any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or (subject to the
rights of the Purchased Receivables owners with respect to the Collateral
Security arising in the Partial Accounts (other than the Vehicles
relating to any Principal Receivables)) suffer to exist any Lien on, any
Receivable or any Collateral Security, whether now existing or hereafter
created, or any interest therein, or the Seller's rights, remedies,
powers or privileges with respect to the Receivables under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, or the Seller's Interest or the Seller's
Certificates and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of
the Trust in, to and under the Receivables and the Collateral Security,
whether now existing or hereafter created, and such rights, remedies,
powers and privileges, against all claims of third parties claiming
through or under the Seller.
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(b) Account Allocations. In the event that the Seller is unable for
any reason to transfer Receivables to the Trust, then the Seller agrees
that it shall allocate, after the occurrence of such event, payments on
each Account with respect to the principal balance of such Account first
to the oldest principal balance of such Account and to have such payments
applied as Collections in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
provided, however, that, in the case of Partial Accounts, Collections of
Principal Receivables shall be allocated to the Principal Receivables to
which such Collections relate. The parties hereto agree that
Non-Principal Receivables, whenever created, accrued in respect of
Principal Receivables which have been conveyed to the Trust shall
continue to be a part of the Trust notwithstanding any cessation of the
transfer of additional Principal Receivables to the Trust and Collections
with respect thereto shall continue to be allocated and paid in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Delivery of Collections. In the event that the Seller, DCS or
any Affiliate thereof receives payments in respect of Receivables, the
Seller and DCS agree to pay or cause to be paid to the Servicer or any
Successor Servicer all payments received thereby in respect of the
Receivables as soon as practicable after receipt thereof, but in no event
later than two Business Days after the receipt by the Seller, DCS or any
Affiliate thereof.
(d) Notice of Liens. The Seller shall notify the Trustee promptly
after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable other than the
conveyances hereunder.
(e) Compliance with Law. The Seller hereby agrees to comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
(f) Activities of the Seller. The Seller will not engage in any
business or activity of any kind or enter into any transaction other than
(x) the businesses, activities and transactions contemplated and
authorized by this Agreement or the Related Documents or (y) the business
of acquiring, selling or financing wholesale and retail receivables and
related activities and transactions (such businesses, activities and
transactions, collectively, "Permitted Transactions").
(g) Indebtedness. The Seller will not create, incur or assume any
indebtedness or issue any securities or sell or transfer any receivables
to a trust or other Person which issues securities in respect of any such
receivables, unless (i) any such indebtedness or securities have no
recourse to any assets of the Seller other than the specified assets to
which such indebtedness or securities relate and (ii) the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied in connection therewith prior to the
incurrence or issuance thereof.
(h) Guarantees. The Seller will not become or remain liable,
directly or contingently, in connection with any indebtedness or other
liability of any other Person, whether by guarantee, endorsement (other
than endorsements of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in
the ordinary course of business), agreement to purchase or purchase,
agreement to supply or advance funds, or otherwise, except in connection
with Permitted Transactions and unless the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied with respect thereto.
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(i) Investments. The Seller will not make or suffer to exist any
loans or advances to, or extend any credit to, or make any investments
(by way of transfer of property, contributions to capital purchase of
stock or securities or evidences of indebtedness, acquisition of the
business or assets, or otherwise) in, any Affiliate, unless prior thereto
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect
thereto; provided, however, that the Seller shall not be prohibited under
this Section 2.06(i) from declaring or paying any dividends in respect of
its common stock.
(j) Stock; Merger. The Seller will not (i) sell any shares of any
class of its capital stock or membership interests, as applicable, to any
Person (other than DCS and its Affiliates), or enter into any transaction
of merger or consolidation unless (A) the surviving Person of such merger
or consolidation assumes all of the Seller's obligations under this
Agreement, (B) the Seller shall have given the Rating Agencies at least
10 days' prior notice and the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such transaction and (C) such merger or
consolidation does not conflict with any provisions of the certificate of
incorporation or other governing document of the Seller, or (ii)
terminate, liquidate or dissolve itself (or suffer any termination,
liquidation or dissolution), or (iii) acquire or be acquired by any
Person, or (iv) otherwise make (or suffer) any material change in the
organization of or method of conducting its business.
(k) Agreements. The Seller will not become a party to, or permit any
of its properties to be bound by, any indenture, mortgage, instrument,
contract, agreement, lease or other undertaking, except this Agreement,
the Related Documents and any document relating to a Permitted
Transaction, or amend or modify its certificate of incorporation or other
governing document or cancel, terminate, amend, supplement, modify or
waive any of the provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any
of the other Related Documents or request, consent or agree to or suffer
to exist or permit any such cancellation, termination, amendment,
supplement, modification or waiver unless, in any such case, the Rating
Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.
SECTION 2.07. Removal of Eligible Accounts. (a) On each Determination
Date the Seller shall have the right to remove from the Trust Accounts in the
manner prescribed in Section 2.07(b). In addition, on each Determination Date
the Seller shall have the right to remove Accounts from the Trust and, in
connection therewith, repurchase the then existing Receivables in such
Accounts, in the manner prescribed in Section 2.07(c). In addition, on each
Determination Date the Seller shall have the right to remove DTS Accounts in
the manner prescribed in Section 2.07(f). None of the Receivables that have
been removed from the Trust shall be sold or otherwise transferred to DCS, and
DCS agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Receivables
Purchase Ageement, it will not purchase or otherwise acquire such Receivables.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Seller shall not remove Accounts from the
Trust more often than once a month.
(b) To remove Accounts, the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf)
shall take the following actions and make the following determinations:
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(i) not less than five Business Days prior to the Removal
Commencement Date, furnish to the Trustee, any Agent, any Enhancement
Providers and the Rating Agencies a written notice (the "Removal Notice")
specifying the Determination Date (which may be the Determination Date on
which such notice is given) on which removal of the Receivables of one or
more Accounts will commence (a "Removal Commencement Date") and the
Accounts the future generated Receivables of which are to be removed from
the Trust (the "Designated Accounts");
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect to such
Designated Accounts the aggregate balance of Principal Receivables in
respect of each such Designated Account (the "Designated Balance") and
amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Trustee a computer file or
microfiche or written list containing a true and complete list of the
Removed Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the Removal
Commencement Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of
Receivables outstanding in such Account and the Designated Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Trust any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts;
(iv) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, allocate all
Collections of Principal Receivables in respect of each such Designated
Account, first to the oldest outstanding principal balance of such
Designated Account, until the Determination Date on which the Designated
Balance with respect to such Designated Account is reduced to zero (the
"Removal Date");
(v) on each Business Day from and after such Removal Commencement
Date to and until the related Removal Date, allocate (A) to the Trust (to
be further allocated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), Defaulted
Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in respect of
each Designated Account, based on the ratio of the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the Trust on
such Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal Receivables
in all such Designated Accounts on such Business Day and (B) to the
Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such
Business Day;
(vi) represent and warrant that the removal of any such Eligible
Account on any Removal Date shall not, in the reasonable belief of the
Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool
Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(vii) represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by
the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were
utilized in selecting the Designated Accounts and that the selection
procedures were applied so as to randomly select the Designated Accounts
from the entire population of Accounts;
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(viii) represent and warrant as of the Removal Date that the list of
Removed Accounts delivered pursuant to clause (ii) above, as of the
Removal Commencement Date, is true and complete in all material respects;
(ix) represent and warrant that such removal will not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or Class
by the applicable Rating Agency;
(x) deliver to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, any Agent and any
Enhancement Providers a Tax Opinion, dated the Removal Commencement Date,
with respect to such removal; and
(xi) on or before the related Removal Commencement Date, deliver to
the Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers an Officers'
Certificate confirming the items set forth in clauses (vi) through (ix)
above and confirming that the Seller reasonably believes that the removal
of the Removed Accounts will not result in the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event; the Trustee may conclusively rely on such officers'
Certificate and shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the
matters set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
No Designated Accounts shall be so removed if such removal will
result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or
Class by the applicable Rating Agency.
(c) To remove Accounts and repurchase the then existing Receivables
in such Accounts, the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the
following actions and make the following determinations:
(i) not less than five Business Days prior to the Removal and
Repurchase Date (the "Removal and Repurchase Notice Date"), furnish to
the Trustee, any Agent, any Enhancement Providers and the Rating Agencies
a Removal Notice specifying the Designated Accounts which are to be
removed, and the then existing Receivables in such Designated Accounts
(the "Designated Receivables") which are to be repurchased, from the
Trust and the Determination Date (which may be the Determination Date on
which such notice is given) on which the removal of such Designated
Accounts and the repurchase of such Designated Receivables will occur (a
"Removal and Repurchase Date");
(ii) on the Removal and Repurchase Date with respect to such
Designated Accounts, amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Trustee a
computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of the Removed Accounts specifying for each such Account,
as of the Removal and Repurchase Notice Date, its account number and the
aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such Account;
(iii) on the Removal and Repurchase Date, deposit into the
Collection Account funds in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding
balance of the Repurchased Receivables on such date (the "Repurchased
Receivables Purchase Price"), which funds,
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notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, will not be
released from the Collection Account other than pursuant to Section 4.03
(f) of this Agreement;
(iv) represent and warrant that the removal of any such Eligible
Account and the repurchase of the Receivables then existing in such
Account on any Removal and Repurchase Date shall not, in the reasonable
belief of the Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause
the Pool Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(v) represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by
the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were
utilized in selecting the Designated Accounts; further, represent and
warrant that the selection procedures were applied so as to randomly
select the Designated Accounts from the entire population of Accounts;
(vi) represent and warrant as of the Removal and Repurchase Date
that the list of Removed Accounts delivered pursuant to clause (ii)
above, as of the Removal and Repurchase Date, is true and complete in all
material respects;
(vii) represent and warrant that such removal and repurchase will
not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding
Series or Class by the applicable Rating Agency;
(viii) deliver to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, any Agent and any
Enhancement Providers a Tax Opinion, dated the Removal and Repurchase
Date, with respect to such removal and repurchase; and
(ix) on or before the related Removal and Repurchase Date, deliver
to the Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers an Officers'
Certificate confirming the items set forth in clauses (iv) through (vii)
above and confirming that the Seller reasonably believes that the removal
of the Removed Accounts and the repurchase of the Repurchased Receivables
will not result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event; the
Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers' Certificate and shall
have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth
therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
No Designated Accounts shall be so removed and no Designated
Receivables shall be so repurchased unless each Rating Agency shall have
notified the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that such removal
and repurchase will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of
any outstanding Series or Class by such Rating Agency.
(d) In the case of any removal of a Designated Account pursuant to
Section 2.07(b), subject to such Section 2.07(b), on the Removal Date with
respect to any such Designated Account, the Seller shall cease to allocate any
Collections therefrom in accordance with Section 2.07 (b) and such Designated
Account shall be deemed removed from the Trust for all purposes (a "Removed
Account"). Within five Business Days after the Removal Date, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Seller a reassignment in substantially the form of Exhibit H
(the "Reassignment"), together with appropriate UCC financing statements.
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(e) In the case of any removal of Designated Accounts and repurchase
of Designated Receivables pursuant to Section 2.07(c), subject to such Section
2.07(c), on the Removal and Repurchase Date with respect to any such
Designated Account and Designated Receivables, such Designated Account shall
be deemed removed, and such Designated Receivables ("Repurchased Receivables")
shall be deemed repurchased, from the Trust for all purposes and the Trustee
shall, without further action, be deemed to sell, transfer, assign, set over
and otherwise convey to the Seller, effective as of the Removal and Repurchase
Date, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and
interest of the Trust in and to the Repurchased Receivables, all moneys due
and to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all
proceeds thereof. Within five Business Days after the Removal and Repurchase
Date, the Trustee shall execute and deliver (but shall have no duty to
prepare) to the Seller a Reassignment, together with appropriate UCC financing
statements.
(f) To remove Accounts in respect of which the related Dealer is in
Dealer Trouble Status (each, a "DTS Account"), the Seller (or the Servicer on
its behalf) shall take the following actions and make the following
determinations:
(i) determine on the Business Day on which each such Dealer is
placed in Dealer Trouble Status (the "DTS Removal Commencement Date") the
aggregate balance of Principal Receivables in each such DTS Account (the
"DTS Designated Balance") and amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the
Trustee a computer file or microfiche or written list containing for each
such DTS Account, as of the DTS Removal Commencement Date for such
Account, its account number, the aggregate amount of Receivables
outstanding in such DTS Account and the DTS Designated Balance;
(ii) from and after such DTS Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Trust any and all Receivables arising in such DTS
Account;
(iii) from and after each such DTS Removal Commencement Date,
allocate all Collections of Principal Receivables in respect of each such
DTS Account, first, to the oldest outstanding principal balance of such
DTS Account, until the Determination Date on which the DTS Balance with
respect to such Designated Account is reduced to zero (the "DTS Removal
Date");
(iv) on each Business Day from and after such DTS Removal
Commencement Date to and until the related DTS Removal Date, allocate (A)
to the Trust (to be further allocated pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement), Defaulted Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal
Receivables in respect of each DTS Account, based on the ratio of the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in all DTS Accounts sold to the
Trust on such Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in all such DTS Accounts on such Business Day and (B) to the
Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such
Business Day;
(v) represent and warrant as of the DTS Removal Date that the DTS
Accounts specified in clause (i) above and the DTS Designated Balances of
such DTS Accounts, as of the DTS Removal Commencement Date, is true and
complete in all material respects;
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(vi) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee, each Rating
Agency and any Enhancement Providers an officers' certificate, dated the
Automatic Removal Date, to the effect that the Seller reasonably believes
that such removal will not cause an early amortization event to occur
with respect to any Series; and
(vii) deliver to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, any Agent and any
Enhancement Providers a Tax Opinion, dated the DTS Removal Commencement
Date, with respect to such removal.
In the case of any removal of a DTS Account, on the DTS Removal Date
with respect to any such DTS Account, the Seller shall cease to allocate any
Collections therefrom in accordance with this Section 2.07(f) and such DTS
Account shall be deemed removed from the Trust for all purposes (also a
"Removed Account"). Within five Business Days after the DTS Removal Date, the
Trustee shall execute and deliver (but shall have no duty to prepare) to the
Seller a Reassignment, together with appropriate UCC financing statements.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Seller shall have the right to require the reassignment to it of all the
Trust's right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables then
existing and thereafter created, all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof in or with
respect to the Accounts ("Automatic Removed Accounts") designated by the
Seller, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) on or before the fifth business day immediately preceding the
date upon which such Accounts are to be removed, the Seller shall
have given the Trust, each Enhancement Provider and the Rating
Agencies a Removal Notice specifying the date for removal of the
Automatic Removed Accounts (the "Automatic Removal Date");
(ii) on or prior to the date that is five Business Days after the
Automatic Removal Date, the Seller shall have delivered to the
Trustee a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a
true and complete list of the Automatic Removed Accounts specifying
for each such Account, as of the removal notice date, its account
number and the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such
Account;
(iii) the Seller shall have represented and warranted as of each
Automatic Removal Date that the list of Automatic Removed Accounts
delivered pursuant to clause (ii) above, as of the Automatic Removal
Date, is true and complete in all material respects and that the
selection procedures for selecting the Automatic Removed Accounts
were applied so as to randomly select the Automatic Removed Accounts
from the entire population of Accounts;
(iv) the Trustee shall have received confirmation from each Rating
Agency that such removal will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of such Rating Agency's rating of any outstanding Series
or Class of Certificates;
(v) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee, each Rating
Agency and any Enhancement Providers an officers' certificate, dated
the Automatic Removal
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Date, to the effect that the Seller reasonably believes that such
removal will not cause an early amortization event (including an
Early Termination Event) to occur with respect to any Series or
cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required Participation
Amount; and
(vi) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee, each Rating
Agency and any Enhancement Providers a Tax Opinion, dated the
Automatic Removal Date, with respect to such removal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, from and after the date on which no
Series issued prior to March 10, 1999, is outstanding, the conditions
specified in (i) that relate to Enhancement Providers and Rating Agencies and
the conditions specified in (iv), (v) and (vi) above will not be required if
all of the Accounts to be removed have liquidated and have zero balances. For
the avoidance of doubt, the Seller shall not remove Accounts from the Trust
more than once a month.
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, on the Automatic Removal
Date all the right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the Receivables
arising in the Automatic Removed Accounts, all monies due and to become due
and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof shall
be deemed removed from the Trust for all purposes and shall be a Removed
Account.
SECTION 2.08. Removal of Ineligible Accounts. (a) On any date on
which an Account becomes an Ineligible Account (which date shall be deemed to
be the Removal Commencement Date) the Seller shall commence removal of the
Receivables of such Ineligible Account in the manner prescribed in Section
2.08(b).
(b) With respect to each Account that becomes an Ineligible Account,
the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following actions
and make the following determinations:
(i) furnish to the Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers
a Removal Notice specifying the Removal Commencement Date and the
Ineligible Accounts to be treated as Designated Accounts;
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect to such
Designated Accounts the Designated Balance with respect to each such
Designated Account and amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Trustee a
computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of the Removed Accounts specifying for each such Account,
as of the Removal Commencement Date, its account number, the aggregate
amount of Receivables outstanding in such Account and the Designated
Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Trust any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts:
(iv) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, allocate
Collections of Principal Receivables in respect of each Designated
Account, first to the oldest
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outstanding principal balance of such Designated Account, until the
Removal Date with respect thereto; and
(v) on each Business Day from and after such Removal Commencement
Date to and until the related Removal Date, allocate (A) to the Trust (to
be further allocated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), Defaulted
Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in respect of
each Designated Account, based on the ratio of the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the Trust on
such Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal Receivables
in all such Designated Accounts on such Business Day and (B) to the
Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such
Business Day.
(c) Subject to Section 2.07(b), on the Removal Date with respect to
any such Designated Account, the Seller shall cease to allocate any
Collections therefrom in accordance with Section 2.07(b) and such Designated
Account shall be deemed removed from the Trust for all purposes (a "Removed
Account"). After the Removal Date and upon the written request of the
Servicer, the Trustee shall deliver to the Seller a reassignment in
substantially the form of Exhibit H (the "Reassignment").
SECTION 2.09. Sale of Ineligible Receivables. The Seller shall sell
to the Trust on each Transfer Date any and all Receivables arising in any
Eligible Accounts that are Ineligible Receivables, provided that (a) on the
Cut-Off Date or, in the case of Receivables arising in Additional Accounts, on
the related Additional Cut-Off Date, and on the applicable Transfer Date, the
Account in which such Receivables arise is an Eligible Account and (b) the
Incremental Subordinated Amount is adjusted in accordance with the definition
of Incremental Subordinated Amount.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing
of Receivables
SECTION 3.01. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to
the Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall service and administer the Receivables,
shall collect payments due under the Receivables and shall charge-off as
uncollectible Receivables, all in accordance with its customary and usual
servicing procedures for servicing wholesale receivables comparable to the
Receivables which the Servicer services for its own account and in accordance
with the Floorplan Financing Guidelines. The Servicer shall have full power
and authority, acting alone or through any party properly designated by it
hereunder, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and
administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing and subject to Section 10.01, the Servicer is
hereby authorized and empowered, unless such power and authority is revoked by
the Trustee on account of the occurrence of a Service Default pursuant to
Section 10.01, (i) to instruct the Trustee to make withdrawals and payments
from the Collection Account and any Series Account as set forth in this
Agreement, (ii) to instruct the Trustee to take any action required or
permitted under any Enhancement, (iii) to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Trust for the benefit of the
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Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and
all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables and, after
the delinquency of any Receivable and to the extent permitted under and in
compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, to commence enforcement
proceedings with respect to such Receivables, (iv) to make any filings,
reports, notices, applications, registrations with, and seek any consents or
authorizations from, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any State
securities authority on behalf of the Trust as may be necessary or advisable
to comply with any Federal or State securities laws or reporting requirement,
and (v) to delegate certain of its servicing, collection, enforcement and
administrative duties hereunder with respect to the Accounts and the
Receivables to any Person who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with
the Floorplan Financing Guidelines and this Agreement; provided, however, that
the Servicer shall notify the Trustee, the Rating Agencies, any Agent and any
Enhancement Providers in writing of any such delegation of its duties which is
not in the ordinary course of its business, that no delegation will relieve
the Servicer of its liability and responsibility with respect to such duties
and that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to
any such delegation. The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of
attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer
to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(b) In the event that the Seller is unable for any reason to transfer
Receivables to the Trust in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
(including by reason of the application of the provisions of Section 9.02 or
any court of competent jurisdiction ordering that the Seller not transfer any
additional Principal Receivables to the Trust) then, in any such event, the
Servicer agrees (i) to give prompt written notice thereof to any Enhancement
Providers, any Agent and each Rating Agency and (ii) that it shall in any such
event allocate after the occurrence of such event, payments on each Account
with respect to the principal balance of such Account first to the oldest
principal balance of such Account, subject to the proviso set forth in Section
2.06(b), and to have such payments applied as Collections in accordance with
Section 4.02. The parties hereto agree that Non-Principal Receivables,
whenever created, accrued in respect of Principal Receivables which have been
conveyed to the Trust shall continue to be a part of the Trust notwithstanding
any cessation of the transfer of additional Principal Receivables to the Trust
and Collections with respect thereto shall continue to be allocated and paid
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The Servicer shall not, and any Successor Servicer shall not be
obligated to, use separate servicing procedures, offices, employees or
accounts for servicing the Receivables from the procedures, offices, employees
and accounts used by the Servicer in connection with servicing other wholesale
receivables.
(d) The Servicer shall comply with and perform its servicing
obligations with respect to the Accounts and Receivables in accordance with
the Floorplan Financing Agreements relating to the Accounts and the Floorplan
Financing Guidelines, except insofar as any failure to so comply or perform
would not materially and adversely affect the rights of the Trust or any of
the Beneficiaries. Subject to compliance with all Requirements of Law, the
Servicer (or DCS) may change the terms and provisions of the Floorplan
Financing Agreements or the Floorplan Financing Guidelines in any respect
(including the calculation of the amount or the timing of charge-offs and the
rate of the finance charge assessed thereon), only if (i) as a result of such
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change, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer no Early Amortization Event
will occur at any time and none of the Enhancement Providers, if any, or the
Certificateholders shall be adversely affected, (ii) such change is made
applicable to the comparable segment of wholesale accounts owned or serviced
by the Servicer which have characteristics the same as, or substantially
similar to, the Accounts which are the subject of such change and (iii) in the
case of a reduction in the rate of such finance charges, the Servicer (or DCS)
does not, reasonably expect any such reduction to result in the Net
Receivables Rate for any Collection Period being less than the weighted
average of the sum of the Certificate Rates and the Servicing Fee Rates for,
all outstanding Series for the related Interest Period (each such term as
defined in the related Supplement).
SECTION 3.02. Servicing Compensation. As full compensation for its
servicing activities hereunder and reimbursement for its expenses as set forth
in the immediately following paragraph, the Servicer shall be entitled to
receive the Servicing Fee on each Distribution Date on or prior to the Trust
Termination Date payable in arrears. The "Servicing Fee" shall be the
aggregate of the Monthly Servicing Fees specified in the Supplements. The
Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent amounts
are available for payment in accordance with the terms of the Supplements.
The Servicer's expenses include the amounts due to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 11.05 and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
independent accountants and all other expenses incurred by the Servicer in
connection with its activities hereunder, and including all other fees and
expenses of the Trust not expressly stated herein to be for the account of the
Certificateholders. The Servicer shall be required to pay such expenses for
its own account, and shall not be entitled to any payment therefor other than
the Servicing Fee. The Servicer will be solely responsible for all fees and
expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Servicer in connection herewith and
the Servicer will not be entitled to any fee or other payment from, or claim
on, any of the Trust Assets (other than the Servicing Fee).
SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Servicer. (a) DCS, as Servicer, hereby makes, and any Successor Servicer by
its appointment hereunder shall make, on each Closing Date (and on the date of
any such appointment) the following representations, warranties and covenants:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. Such party is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the applicable laws of the state of its formation and has, in all
material respects, full corporate power, authority and legal rights to
own its properties and conduct its wholesale receivable servicing
business as such properties are presently owned and as such business is
presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the applicable Supplement.
(ii) Due Qualification. Such party is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing as a foreign limited liability company (or is
exempt from such requirements) and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the servicing of the
Receivables as required by this Agreement requires such
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qualification except where the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses
or approvals would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(iii) Due Authorization. The execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement and the applicable Supplement has been duly authorized by
such party by all necessary corporate action on the part thereof.
(iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the applicable
Supplement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereinafter in effect, affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights and except as such enforceability
may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(v) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the applicable Supplement by such party, the performance of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable Supplement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable to such
party will not conflict with, violate, result in any breach of any of the
material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any Requirement of
Law applicable to such party or any indenture, contract, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which such party is a
party or by which it is bound.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of such party, investigations, pending or threatened against
such party before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
other tribunal or governmental instrumentality seeking to prevent the
issuance of the Certificates or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable
Supplement, seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable
judgment of such party, would materially and adversely affect the
performance by such party of its obligations under this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement, or seeking any determination or ruling that would
materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement and the applicable Supplement.
(vii) Compliance with Requirements of Law. Such party shall duly
satisfy all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in
connection with the Receivables and the Accounts, will maintain in effect
all qualifications required under Requirements of Law in order to service
properly the Receivables and the Accounts and will comply in all material
respects with all Requirements of Law in connection with servicing the
Receivables and the Accounts the failure to comply with which would have
a material adverse effect on the interests of Beneficiaries.
(viii) No Rescission or Cancellation. Such party shall not permit
any rescission or cancellation of a Receivable except as ordered by a
court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority.
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(ix) Protection of Beneficiaries Rights. Such party shall take no
action, nor omit to take any action, which would impair the rights of
Beneficiaries in the Receivables nor shall it reschedule, revise or defer
payments due on any Receivable except in accordance with the Floorplan
Financing Guidelines.
(x) Servicer Concentration Account. The Servicer maintains deposit
accounts (collectively, the "Concentration Account") into which it shall
deposit all amounts paid by the Dealers under Floorplan Financing
Agreements. The Servicer agrees (i) that it will not change this method
of collection without the prior written consent of any Enhancement
Providers and any Agents; (ii) with respect to amounts deposited into the
Concentration Account in respect of a particular day, that it will not
transfer such amounts from the Concentration Account until the Servicer
has posted all Collections in respect of the Receivables for such day and
(iii) concurrently with the transfer of amounts from the Concentration
Account in respect of a particular day, the Servicer will make the
deposits and transfers required by the terms of this Agreement for such
day.
(xi) Negative Pledge. Except for the conveyance hereunder to the
Trustee, the Servicer will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any
other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
on, any Receivable sold and assigned to the Trust, whether now existing
or hereafter created, or any interest therein, and the Servicer shall
defend the rights, title and interest of the Trust in, to and under any
Receivable sold and assigned to the Trust, whether now existing or
hereafter created, against all claims of third parties claiming through
or under the Seller or the Servicer.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 3.03 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables
to the Trust and the issuance of the Certificates. Upon discovery by the
Seller, the Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations
and warranties set forth in this Section 3.03, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and to any
Enhancement Providers.
(c) Purchase. In the event any representation or warranty under
Section 3.03(a) (vii), (viii) or (ix) is not true and correct in any material
respect as of the date specified therein with respect to any Receivable or
Account and such breach has a material adverse effect on the
Certificateholders' Interest in such Receivable, then, within 30 days (or such
longer period as may be agreed to by the Trustee) of the earlier to occur of
the discovery of any such event by the Seller or the Servicer, or receipt by
the Seller or the Servicer of written notice of any such event given by the
Trustee or any Enhancement Providers, the Servicer shall purchase such
Receivable or, in the case of an untrue representation with respect to an
Account, all Receivables in such Account, on the Determination Date
immediately succeeding the expiration of such 30-day period on the terms and
conditions set forth in the next succeeding paragraph; provided, however, that
no such purchase shall be required to be made with respect to such Receivable
if, by the end of such 30-day period (or such longer period as may be agreed
to by the Trustee) the breached representation or warranty shall then be true
and correct in all material respects and any material adverse effect caused
thereby shall have been cured. The Servicer shall effect such purchase by
depositing in the Collection Account in immediately available funds an amount
equal to the Purchase Price of such Receivable. Any such deposit of such
Purchase Price into the
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Collection Account shall be considered a Transfer Deposit Amount and shall be
applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Upon each such payment of such Purchase Price, the Trust shall
automatically and without further action be deemed to sell, transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey to the Servicer, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all right, title and interest of the Trust in and
to such Receivables, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and
all proceeds thereof and the related Collateral Security. The Trustee shall
execute such documents and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such
other actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Servicer to effect the
conveyance of any such Receivables pursuant to this Section. The obligation of
the Servicer to purchase such Receivables, and to make the deposits required
to be made to the Collection Account as provided in the preceding paragraph,
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to such
obligation available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders.
SECTION 3.04. Reports and Records for the Trustee; Bank Account
Statements. On or before each Distribution Date, with respect to each
outstanding Series, the Servicer shall deliver to any Enhancement Providers,
the Rating Agencies, the Trustee and each Investor Certificateholder a
Distribution Date Statement for such Distribution Date substantially in the
form set forth in the related Supplement.
SECTION 3.05. Annual Servicer's Certificate. The Servicer will
deliver to the Rating Agencies, the Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement
Providers on or before March 31 of each calendar year, beginning with March
31, 1992, an Officers' Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C
stating that (a) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the
preceding calendar year and of its performance under this Agreement was made
under the supervision of the officer signing such certificate and (b) to the
best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
performed in all material respects its obligations under this Agreement
throughout such year, or, if there has been a material default in the
performance of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officer and the nature and status thereof. A copy of such certificate may be
obtained by any Investor Certificateholder by a request in writing to the
Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 3.06. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report. The Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public
accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or to the
Seller, to deliver to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies, each Agent and each
Enhancement Provider on or before March 31 of each year, beginning March 31,
1992, a report addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and to the
Trustee, to the effect that such firm has examined the financial statements of
the Servicer or, if applicable, the parent corporation of the Servicer, and
issued its report thereon and that such examination: (a) was made in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly
included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing
procedures as such firm considered necessary in the circumstances, (b)
included tests relating to wholesale receivables (including financing
arrangements with automobile dealers to finance their automobile and
light-duty truck inventory) serviced for others in accordance with the
requirements of the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers, to the
extent the procedures in such program are applicable to the servicing
obligations set forth in the Agreement and (c) except as described in the
report,
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disclosed no exceptions or errors in the records relating to wholesale
receivables (including financing arrangements with automobile dealers to
finance their automobile and light-duty truck inventory) serviced for others
that, in the firm's opinion, paragraph four of such Uniform Single Audit
Program requires such firm to report. A copy of such report may be obtained by
any Investor Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Trustee
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 3.07. Tax Treatment. The Seller has entered into this
Agreement and the Investor Certificates have been (or will be) issued with the
intention that the Investor Certificates will qualify under applicable tax law
as indebtedness of CARCO secured by the Receivables. The Seller, each
Beneficiary and each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner, by the
acceptance of its Certificate or Book-Entry Certificate, as applicable, agrees
to treat the Investor Certificates as indebtedness of CARCO secured by the
Receivables for Federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise
taxes, Michigan Single Business tax and any other taxes imposed on or measured
by income.
SECTION 3.08. Notices to DCS. In the event DCS is no longer acting as
Servicer, any Successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall
deliver or make available to DCS, as the case may be, each certificate and
report required to be prepared, forwarded or delivered thereafter pursuant to
Sections 3.04, 3.05 or 3.06.
SECTION 3.09. Adjustments. (a) If the Servicer adjusts downward the
amount of any Principal Receivable because of a rebate, refund, credit
adjustment or billing error to a Dealer, or because such Receivable was
created in respect of a Vehicle which was refused or returned by a Dealer,
then, in any such case, the Seller's Participation Amount will be
automatically reduced by the amount of the adjustment subject to the last
sentence of this Section. Furthermore, if following such a reduction the
Seller's Participation Amount would be less than the Trust Available
Subordinated Amount on the immediately preceding Determination Date (after
giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to
be made on the Distribution Date following such Determination Date), then the
Seller shall be required to pay an amount equal to such deficiency (up to the
amount of such adjustment) into the Collection Account on the Business Day on
which such adjustment or reduction occurs (each such payment an "Adjustment
Payment"). If the Seller shall fail to make any deposit to the Collection
Account with respect to such Adjustment Payment or portion thereof by the
Determination Date relating to the Collection Period with respect to which
such Adjustment Payment is payable, the amount of such Adjustment Payment or
portion thereof shall be allocated on such related Determination Date pro rata
among the then outstanding Series based on their respective Series Allocation
Percentages for the Collection Period with respect to which such deposit
should have been made.
(b) If (i) the Servicer makes a deposit into the Collection Account
in respect of a Collection of a Receivable and such collection was received by
the Servicer in the form of a check which is not honored for any reason or
(ii) the Servicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Collection
and deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of
such Collection, the Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount
subsequently deposited into the Collection Account to reflect such dishonored
check or mistake. Any Receivable in respect of which a dishonored check is
received shall be deemed not to have been paid.
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ARTICLE IV
Rights of Certificateholders and
Allocation and Application of Collections
SECTION 4.01. Rights of Certificateholders. The Investor Certificates
shall represent fractional undivided interests in the Trust, which, with
respect to each Series, shall consist of the right to receive, to the extent
necessary to make the required payments with respect to the Investor
Certificates of such Series at the times and in the amounts specified in the
related Supplement, the portion of Collections allocable to Investor
Certificateholders of such Series pursuant to this Agreement and such
Supplement, funds on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to
Certificateholders of such series pursuant to this Agreement and such
Supplement, funds on deposit in any related Series Account and funds available
pursuant to any related Enhancement (collectively, with respect to all Series,
the "Certificateholders' Interest"), it being understood that the Investor
Certificates of any Series or Class shall not represent any interest in any
Series Account or Enhancement for the benefit of any other Series or Class.
The Seller's Certificate shall represent the ownership interest in the
remainder of the Trust Assets not allocated pursuant to this Agreement or any
Supplement to the Certificateholders' Interest, including the right to receive
Collections with respect to the Receivables and other amounts at the times and
in the amounts specified in any Supplement to be paid to the Seller on behalf
of all holders of the Seller's Certificates (the "Seller's Interest");
provided, however, that the Seller's Certificates shall not represent any
interest in the Collection Account, any Series Account or any Enhancement,
except as specifically provided in this Agreement or any Supplement.
SECTION 4.02. Establishment of the Collection Account. The Servicer,
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, shall
cause to be established and maintained in the name of the Trust an Eligible
Deposit Account bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
other Beneficiaries (the "Collection Account"). The Trustee shall possess all
right, title and interest in all funds from time to time on deposit in, and
all Eligible Investments credited to, the Collection Account and in all
proceeds thereof. The Collection Account shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries. If, at any time, the Collection Account ceases to be an
Eligible Deposit Account, the Servicer shall establish a substitute Eligible
Deposit Account as the Collection Account, instruct the Trustee to transfer
any cash and/or any Eligible Investments to such new Collection Account and,
from the date any such substitute account is established, such account shall
be the Collection Account. Neither the Seller nor the Servicer, nor any person
or entity claiming by, through or under the Seller or Servicer, shall have any
right, title or interest in, or any right to withdraw any amount from, the
Collection Account. Pursuant to the authority granted to the Servicer in
Section 3.01, the Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Trustee, to
instruct the Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Collection
Account for the purposes of carrying out the Servicer's or Trustee's duties
specified in this Agreement.
All Eligible Investments shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries. Funds on deposit in the
Collection Account shall at the direction of the Servicer be invested by the
Trustee solely in Eligible Investments that will mature so that such funds
will be available by 10:00 a.m. on or before the Distribution Date
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related to the Collection Period in which such funds were received by the
Servicer. As of each Determination Date, all interest and other investment
earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the
Collection Account received on such Determination Date shall be credited to
the Collection Account. Schedule 2, which is hereby incorporated into and made
part of this Agreement, identifies the Collection Account by setting forth the
account number of such account, the account designation of such account and
the name of the institution with which such account has been established. If a
substitute Collection Account is established pursuant to this Section 4.02,
the Servicer shall provide to the Trustee an amended Schedule 2, setting forth
the relevant information for such substitute Collection Account.
SECTION 4.03. Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other
Funds. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.03(b), the Servicer shall
deposit Collections into the Collection Account as promptly as possible after
the Date of Processing of such Collections, but in no event later than the
second Business Day after such Date of Processing.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for
so long as (i) DCS remains the Servicer hereunder, (ii) no Service Default has
occurred and is continuing and (iii) (x) DCS maintains a short-term rating of
at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's and P-1 by Moody's (and for five Business
Days following any reduction of either such rating), (y) DCS arranges for and
maintains a letter of credit or other form of Enhancement in respect of the
Servicer's obligations to make deposits of collections on the Receivables in
the Collection Account that is acceptable in form and substance to each Rating
Agency and any Agents or (z) DCS otherwise obtains the Rating Agency
confirmations described below, then, subject to any limitations in the
confirmations described below, the Servicer need not make the daily deposits
of Collections into the Collection Account as provided in Section 4.02, but
may make a single deposit into the Collection Account in same-day or next-day
funds not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Distribution Date
in a net amount equal to the amount which would have been on deposit with
respect to the immediately preceding Collection Period in the Collection
Account; provided, however, that prior to ceasing daily deposits as described
above the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee written confirmation from
each of the Rating Agencies that the failure by DCS to make daily deposits
will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding
Series or Class.
(c) Subject to Section 4.04, but notwithstanding anything else in
this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Collection Period, whether
the Servicer is required to make deposits of Collections pursuant to paragraph
(a) or (b) above, (i) the Servicer will only be required to deposit
Collections into the Collection Account up to the aggregate amount of
Collections required to be deposited into any Series Account or, without
duplication, distributed on the related Distribution Date to Investor
Certificateholders, to any Agent or to any Enhancement Provider pursuant to
the terms of any Supplement or Enhancement Agreement and (ii) if at any time
prior to such Distribution Date the amount of Collections deposited in the
Collection Account exceeds the amount required to be deposited pursuant to
clause (i) above, the Servicer will be permitted to withdraw the excess from
the Collection Account.
(d) Subject to and in accordance with Section 4.03(e), collections of
Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and
Miscellaneous Payments will be allocated to each Series from and after the
related Series Cut-Off Date on the
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basis of such Series' Series Allocable Non-Principal Collections, Series
Allocable Principal Collections, Series Allocable Defaulted Amount and Series
Allocable Miscellaneous Payments and amounts so allocated to any Series will
not, except as specified in the related Supplement, be available to the
Investor Certificateholders of any other Series. Allocations thereof between
the Certificateholders' Interest and the Seller's Interest, among the Series
in any group and among the Classes in any Series shall be set forth in the
related Supplement or Supplements; provided, however, Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and
Miscellaneous Payments shall not be allocated to any Excluded Series until the
Invested Amount of the Series relating to such Excluded Series is reduced to
$0.
(e) For purposes of determining each Series' Series Allocation
Percentage in connection with the allocation of Non-Principal Receivables and
Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments for
the specified Collection Period:
(i) unless the related Supplement shall provide otherwise, each
Series upon issuance, shall be deemed to have been created and in
existence as of the first day of the Collection Period in which the
related Series Cut-Off Date falls and, as a result, shall be allocated
(based on its Series Allocation Percentage) its allocable portion of
Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted
Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments for such Collection Period; and
(ii) unless the related Supplement shall provide otherwise, with
respect to any Series, if (x) as of the last day of any Collection Period
the amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the related Series
Accounts with respect to such Collection Period are sufficient to pay in
full all amounts payable by the Trust on or with respect to such Series'
Certificates on the Distribution Date relating to such Collection Period
(after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and
deposits to be made on such related Distribution Date) then (y) such
Series shall be deemed to have been paid in full on such last day and, as
a result, shall not be allocated any portion of Non-Principal Receivables
and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous
Payments for any subsequent Collection Period. For purposes of making the
determination in clause (x) above, on the date of any such determination
it shall be assumed that any theretofore unpaid Adjustment Payments with
respect to the immediately preceding Collection Period shall be allocated
to such Series on the related Determination Date and shall be payable
from amounts allocated to or available with respect to such Series on the
related Distribution Date.
(f) On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Collection
Account on such Distribution Date resulting from payment by the Seller of the
Repurchased Receivables Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.06(d) shall be
applied as follows: first, to fund any unpaid Miscellaneous Payments due on or
prior to such Distribution Date and second, an amount equal to the product of
(i) the amount of the Repurchased Receivables Purchase Price initially
deposited by the seller in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 2.06(d)
and (ii) the Monthly Payment Rate for the immediately preceding Collection
Period, shall be treated as Principal Collections collected in the immediately
preceding Collection Period.
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SECTION 4.04. Unallocated Principal Collections. On each Distribution
Date, (a) the Servicer shall allocate Excess Principal Collections (as
described below) to each Series as set forth in the related Supplement and (b)
the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee to withdraw from the Collection
Account and pay to the Seller (i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of
(x) the aggregate amount for all outstanding Series of Collections of
Principal Receivables which the related Supplements specify are to be treated
as "Excess Principal Collections" with respect to such Distribution Date over
(y) the aggregate amount for all outstanding Series which the related
Supplements specify are "Principal Shortfalls" with respect to such
Distribution Date and, without duplication, (ii) the aggregate amount for all
outstanding Series of that portion of Series Allocable Principal Collections
which the related Supplements specify are to be allocated and paid to the
Seller with respect to such Distribution Date; provided, however, that, in the
case of clauses (i) and (ii), such amounts shall be paid to the Seller only if
the Seller's Participation Amount for such Distribution Date (determined after
giving effect to any Principal Receivables transferred to the Trust on such
date) exceeds the Trust Available Subordinated Amount for the immediately
preceding Determination Date (after giving effect to the allocations,
distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on such Distribution Date).
The amount held in the Collection Account as a result of the proviso in the
preceding sentence ("Unallocated Principal Collections") shall be paid to the
Seller at the time the Seller's Participation Amount exceeds the Trust
Available Subordinated Amount for the immediately preceding Determination Date
(after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and
deposits to be made on the Distribution Date immediately following such
Determination Date); provided, however, that any Unallocated Principal
Collections on deposit in the Collection Account at any time during which any
Series is in its amortization period, accumulation period or Early
Amortization Period shall be deemed to be "Miscellaneous Payments" and shall
be allocated and distributed in accordance with Section 4.03 and the terms of
each Supplement.
ARTICLE V
Distributions and Reports to
Certificateholders
Distributions shall be made to, and reports shall be provided to,
Certificateholders as set forth in the applicable Supplement.
ARTICLE VI
The Certificates
SECTION 6.01. The Certificates. The Investor Certificates of any
Series or Class may be issued in bearer form ("Bearer Certificates") with
attached interest coupons and one or more special coupons (collectively, the
"Coupons") pursuant to Section 6.11, or in fully registered form ("Registered
Certificates") and shall be substantially in the form of the exhibits with
respect thereto attached to the applicable Supplement. The CARCO Certificate
will be issued in registered form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, and
shall upon issue, be executed and delivered by the Seller to the Trustee for
authentication and redelivery as provided in Section 6.02. Except as otherwise
provided in any Supplement, Bearer Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $5,000, $50,000 and $100,000 and Registered Certificates
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shall be issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof. If specified in any Supplement, the Investor
Certificates of any Series or Class shall be issued upon initial issuance as a
single certificate evidencing the aggregate original principal amount of such
Series or Class as described in Section 6.11. The CARCO Certificate shall be a
single certificate and shall initially represent the entire Seller's Interest.
Each Certificate shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf
of the Seller by its President or any Vice President. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signature of the individual who was, at the time when such
signature was affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Seller shall not be
rendered invalid, notwithstanding that such individual ceased to be so
authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or
does not hold such office at the date of such Certificates. No Certificates
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any
purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by or on
behalf of the Trustee by the manual signature of a duly authorized signatory,
and such certificate upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Bearer Certificates shall be dated the Series Issuance
Date. All Registered Certificates and Seller's Certificates shall be dated the
date of their authentication.
SECTION 6.02. Authentication of Certificates. The Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver the Investor Certificates of each Series and Class
that are issued upon original issuance to or upon the order of the Seller
against payment to the Seller of the purchase price therefor. The Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver the CARCO Certificate to the Seller
simultaneously with its delivery of the Investor Certificates of the first
Series to be issued hereunder. If specified in the related Supplement for any
Series or Class, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver outside the United
States the Global Certificate that is issued upon original issuance thereof.
SECTION 6.03. New Issuances. (a) The Seller may from time to time
direct the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to issue one or more new Series of
Investor certificates. The Investor Certificates of all outstanding Series
shall be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits of
this Agreement without preference, priority or distinction, all in accordance
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the applicable Supplement
except, with respect to any Series or Class, as provided in the related
Supplement.
(b) On or before the series Issuance Date relating to any new Series,
the parties hereto will execute and deliver a Supplement which will specify
the Principal Terms of such new Series. The terms of such Supplement may
modify or amend the terms of this Agreement solely as applied to such new
Series. The obligation of the Trustee to issue the Investor Certificates of
such new Series and to execute and deliver the related Supplement is subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) on or before the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the
Series Issuance Date, the Seller shall have given the Trustee, the
Servicer, each Rating Agency, any Agent and any Enhancement Provider
notice of such issuance and the Series Issuance Date;
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(ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee the related
Supplement, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, executed by each party
hereto other than the Trustee;
(iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee any related
Enhancement Agreement executed by each of the parties thereto, other than
the Trustee;
(iv) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such issuance;
(v) such issuance will not result in the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event and the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee,
any Agent and any Enhancement Provider a certificate of a Vice President
or more senior officer, dated the Series Issuance Date, to the effect
that the Seller reasonably believes that such issuance will not result in
the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event and is not reasonably
expected to result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event at
any time in the future;
(vi) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Provider a Tax Opinion, dated the Series Issuance Date, with
respect to such issuance;
(vii) the result obtained by multiplying (x) the Seller's
Participation Amount by (y) the percentage equivalent of the portion of
the Seller's Interest represented by the CARCO Certificate, shall not be
less than 2% of the Pool Balance, in each case as of the Series Issuance
Date, and after giving effect to such issuance; and
(viii) if such Series pursuant to Section 4.03(e)(i) is to be
allocated Collections with respect to the Collection Period in which the
Series Cut-Off Date falls, the Pool Balance on the first day of such
Collection Period (after giving effect to any Accounts added to the Trust
on or prior to the Series Issuance Date) shall equal or exceed the
Required Participation Amount on the first day of such Collection Period
(after giving effect to each Series (including such Series) theretofore
issued which are to be allocated Collections with respect to such
Collection Period) and the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee,
any Agent and any Enhancement Provider a certificate of a Vice President
or more senior officer, dated the Series Issuance Date, to such effect.
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, the Trustee shall execute
the Supplement and issue to the Seller the Investor Certificates of such
Series for execution and redelivery to the Trustee for authentication.
With respect to any Enhancement that consists of an interest rate
swap or any other swap or derivative instrument (each, a "derivative
instrument"), such derivative instrument shall be entered into at the time of
issuance of the related series of Investor Certificates, at the time of
issuance shall not have a notional amount in excess of the principal amount of
the related Investor Certificates and is not thereafter expected to exceed
such principal amount, shall not require the Trust to make discretionary
decisions (other than decisions relating to the servicing of the Receivables)
and shall have characteristics that relate to and are intended to hedge
(partly or fully) against some risk or risks related to such Investor
Certificates or the Receivables or Eligible Investments.
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(c) The Seller may surrender the CARCO Certificate to the Trustee in
exchange for a newly issued CARCO Certificate and a second certificate (a
"Supplemental Certificate"), the terms of which shall be defined in a
supplement to this Agreement (which supplement shall be subject to Section
13.01 to the extent that it amends any of the terms of this Agreement), to be
delivered to or upon the order of the Seller (or the holder of a Supplemental
Certificate, in the case of the transfer or exchange thereof, as provided
below), upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the result obtained by multiplying (x) the Seller's
Participation Amount by (y) the percentage equivalent of the portion of
the Seller's Interest represented by the CARCO Certificate, shall not be
less than 2% of the Pool Balance, in each case as of the date of, and
after giving effect to, such exchange;
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect such exchange (or transfer or exchange as provided below); and
(iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee, any Agent and
any Enhancement Provider a Tax opinion, dated the date of such exchange
(or transfer or exchange as provided below), with respect thereto.
The CARCO Certificate will at all times be beneficially owned by the
Seller. Any Supplemental Certificate may be transferred or exchanged only upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
SECTION 6.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at the office or agency to be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.16 a register (the
"Certificate Register") in which, subject to such reasonable' regulations as
it may prescribe, a transfer agent and registrar (which shall initially be the
Trustee) (the "Transfer Agent and Registrar") shall provide for the
registration of the Registered Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
the Registered Certificates as herein provided. The Transfer Agent and
Registrar shall initially be the Trustee and any co-transfer agent and
co-registrar chosen by the Seller and acceptable to the Trustee. So long as
any Investor Certificates are outstanding, the Seller shall maintain a
co-transfer agent and co-registrar in New York City. Any reference in this
Agreement to the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall include any cotransfer
agent and coregistrar unless the context requires otherwise.
Subject to paragraph (c) below, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Registered Certificate at any office or agency of the Transfer
Agent and Registrar maintained for such purpose, one or more new Registered
Certificates (of the same Series and Class) in authorized denominations of
like aggregate fractional undivided interests in the Certificateholders'
Interest shall be executed, authenticated and delivered, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees.
At the option of a Registered Certificateholder, Registered
Certificates (of the same Series and Class) may be exchanged for other
Registered Certificates of authorized denominations of like aggregate
fractional undivided interests in the Certificateholders' Interest, upon
surrender of the Registered Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or
agency;
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Registered Certificates, including Registered Certificates received in
exchange for Bearer Certificates, may not be exchanged for Bearer
Certificates. At the option of the Holder of a Bearer Certificate, subject to
applicable laws and regulations, Bearer Certificates may be exchanged for
other Bearer Certificates or Registered Certificates (of the same Series and
Class) of authorized denominations of like aggregate fractional undivided
interests in the Certificateholders' Interest, upon surrender of the Bearer
Certificates to be exchanged at an office or agency of the Transfer Agent and
Registrar located outside the United States. Each Bearer Certificate
surrendered pursuant to this Section shall have attached thereto all unmatured
Coupons; provided that any Bearer Certificate, so surrendered after the close
of business on the Record Date preceding the relevant payment date or
distribution date after the expected final payment date need not have attached
the Coupon relating to such payment date or distribution date (in each case,
as specified in the applicable Supplement).
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Trustee
or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, as the case may be, shall not be required
to register the transfer of or exchange any Certificate for a period of 15
days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Certificate.
Whenever any Investor Certificates are so surrendered for exchange,
the Seller shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and the Transfer
Agent and Registrar shall deliver (in the case of Bearer Certificates, outside
the United States) the Investor Certificates which the Investor
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Investor
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in a form
satisfactory to the Trustee or the Transfer Agent and Registrar duly executed
by the Investor Certificateholder or the attorney-in-fact thereof duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Investor Certificates, but the Transfer Agent and Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any such transfer or exchange.
All Investor Certificates (together with any Coupons) surrendered for
registration of transfer and exchange or for payment shall be canceled and
disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee. The Trustee shall cancel
and destroy any Global Certificate upon its exchange in full for Definitive
Euro-Certificates and shall deliver a certificate of destruction to the
Seller. Such certificate shall also state that a certificate or certificates
of a Foreign Clearing Agency to the effect referred to in Section 6.11 was
received with respect to each portion of the Global Certificate exchanged for
Definitive Euro-Certificates.
The Seller shall execute and deliver to the Trustee Bearer
Certificates and Registered Certificates in such amounts and at such times as
are necessary to enable the Trustee to fulfill its responsibilities under this
Agreement and the Certificates.
(b) The Transfer Agent and Registrar will maintain at its expense in
each of the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency
where Investor Certificates
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may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (except that
Bearer Certificates may not be surrendered for exchange at any such office or
agency in the United States).
(c) (i) Registration of transfer of Investor Certificates containing
a legend to the effect set forth on Exhibit D-1 shall be effected only if such
transfer (x) is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Act, or is exempt from the registration requirements under the Act, and (y) is
made to a Person which is not an employee benefit plan, trust or account,
including an individual retirement account, that is subject to ERISA or that
is described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or an entity whose underlying
assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in such entity (a
"Benefit Plan"). In the event that registration of a transfer is to be made in
reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements under the Act,
the transferor or the transferee shall deliver, at its expense, to the Seller,
the Servicer and the Trustee, an investment letter from the transferee,
substantially in the form attached to the applicable Supplement, and no
registration of transfer shall be made until such letter is so delivered.
Investor Certificates issued upon registration or transfer of, or
Investor Certificates issued in exchange for, Investor Certificates bearing
the legend referred to above shall also bear such legend unless the Seller,
the Servicer, the Trustee and the Transfer Agent and Registrar receive an
opinion of counsel, satisfactory to each of them, to the effect that such
legend may be removed.
Whenever an Investor Certificate containing the legend referred to
above is presented to the Transfer Agent and Registrar for registration of
transfer, the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall promptly seek instructions
from the Servicer regarding such transfer and shall be entitled to receive
instructions signed by a Servicing Officer prior to registering any such
transfer. The Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the Transfer Agent and
Registrar and the Trustee and to hold each of them harmless against any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part
arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by them in
relation to any such instructions furnished pursuant to this clause (i).
(ii) Registration of transfer of Investor Certificates containing a
legend to the effect set forth on Exhibit D-2 shall be effected only if
such transfer is made to a Person which is not a Benefit Plan. By
accepting and holding any such Investor Certificate, an Investor
Certificateholder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that
it is not a Benefit Plan. By acquiring any interest in a Book-Entry
Certificate, a Certificate Owner shall be deemed to have represented and
warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
SECTION 6.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificate (together, in the case of Bearer Certificates,
with all unmatured Coupons (if any) appertaining thereto) is surrendered to
the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or the Transfer Agent and Registrar receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Seller shall
execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and the Transfer Agent and Registrar
shall deliver (in the case of Bearer Certificates, outside the United States),
in exchange for or in lieu of
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any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate
of like tenor and aggregate fractional undivided interest. In connection with
the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar may require the payment by the Certificateholder
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and Transfer Agent and Registrar) connected therewith.
Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute
complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be
found at any time.
SECTION 6.06. Persons Deemed Owners. The Trustee, the Transfer Agent
and Registrar and any agent of any of them may (a) prior to due presentation
of a Registered Certificate for registration of transfer, treat the Person or
Persons in whose name any Registered Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Registered Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to the terms of the applicable Supplement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and (b) treat the bearer of a Bearer Certificate or Coupon as the
owner of such Bearer Certificate or Coupon for the purpose of receiving
distributions pursuant to the terms of the applicable Supplement and for all
other purposes whatsoever; and, in any such case, neither the Trustee, the
Transfer Agent and Registrar nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite Investor Certificates have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, Certificates owned by the Seller, the Servicer, any other holder of
a Seller's Certificate or any Affiliate thereof, shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Certificates which the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Certificates so owned which have
been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded and may be regarded as
outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Certificates and that the
pledgee is not the Seller, the Servicer, any other holder of a Seller's
Certificate or any Affiliate thereof.
SECTION 6.07. Access to List of Registered Certificateholders' Names
and Addresses. The Trustee will furnish or cause to be furnished by the
Transfer Agent and Registrar to the Servicer, within five business days after
receipt by the Trustee of a request therefor, a list in such form as the
Servicer may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered
Certificateholders. If three or more holders of Investor Certificates (the
"Applicants") apply to the Trustee, and such application states that the
Applicants desire to communicate with other Investor Certificateholders with
respect to their rights under this Agreement or any Supplement or under the
Investor Certificates and is accompanied by a copy of the communication which
such Applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee, after having been
adequately indemnified by such Applicants for its costs and expenses, shall
afford or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to afford such
Applicants access during normal business hours to the most recent list of
Registered Certificateholders of such Series or all outstanding Series, as
applicable, held by the Trustee, within five Business Days after the receipt
of such application. Such list shall be as of a date no more than 45 days
prior to the date of receipt of such Applicants' request.
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Every Registered Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a
Registered Certificate, agrees with the Trustee that neither the Trustee, the
Transfer Agent and Registrar, nor any of their respective agents, shall be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the
names and addresses of the Registered Certificateholders hereunder, regardless
of the sources from which such information was derived.
SECTION 6.08. Book-Entry Certificates. Unless otherwise specified in
the related Supplement for any Series or Class, the Investor Certificates,
upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten
Investor Certificates representing the Book-Entry Certificates, to be
delivered to the Depository, by, or on behalf of, the Seller. The Investor
Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the
name of the Depository or its nominee, and no Certificate Owner will receive a
definitive certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in the
Investor Certificates, except as provided in section 6.10. Unless and until
definitive, fully registered Investor Certificates.("Definitive Certificates")
have been issued to the applicable Certificate owners pursuant to Section 6.10
or as otherwise specified in any such Supplement:
(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect;
(b) the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee may deal with the
Depository and the Depository Participants for all purposes (including
the making of distributions) as the authorized representatives of the
respective Certificate owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with
any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section
shall control; and
(d) the rights of the respective Certificate owners shall be
exercised only through the Depository and the Depository Participants and
shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Certificate Owners and the Depository and/or the Depository Participants.
Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 6.10, the Depository will
make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive
and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the related
Investor Certificates to such Depository Participants.
For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or
permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Investor
Certificateholders evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of Investor Certificates, such direction or consent may be
given by Certificate Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository
Participants) owning Investor Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage
of principal amount of Investor Certificates.
SECTION 6.09. Notices to Depository. Whenever any notice or other
communication is required to be given to Investor Certificateholders of any
Series or Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates have been
issued, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to the
related Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications to the applicable Depository.
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SECTION 6.10. Definitive Certificates. If Book-Entry Certificates
have been issued with respect to any series or Class and (a) the Seller
advises the Trustee that the Depository is no longer willing or able to
discharge properly its responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with
respect to such Series or Class and the Trustee or the Seller is unable to
locate a qualified successor, (b) the Seller, at its option, advises the
Trustee that it elects to terminate the book-entry system with respect to such
Series or Class through the Depository or (c) after the occurrence of a
Service Default, Certificate Owners of such Series or Class evidencing not
less than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Series or Class
advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants that
the continuation of a book-entry system with respect to the Investor
Certificates of such Series or Class through the Depository is no longer in
the best interests of the Certificate owners with respect to such
Certificates, then the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners of such
Certificates, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and
of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners
requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of any such Certificates by
the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository
for registration, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Seller nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of such
Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or
to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such
Definitive Certificates as Investor Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 6.11. Global Certificate; Exchange Date. (a) If specified in
the related Supplement for any Series or Class, the Investor Certificates will
initially be issued in the form of a single temporary global Certificate (the
"Global Certificate") in bearer form, without interest coupons, in the
denomination of the entire aggregate principal amount of such Series or Class
and substantially in the form set forth in the exhibit with respect thereto
attached to the related Supplement. The Global Certificate will be
authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions, in substantially the
same manner and with the same effect as the Definitive Certificates she Global
Certificate may be exchanged as described below for Bearer or Registered
Certificates in definitive form (the "Definitive Euro-Certificates").
(b) The Manager shall, upon its determination of the date of
completion of the distribution of the Investor certificates of such Series or
Class, so advise the Trustee, the Seller, the Common Depositary, and each
Foreign Clearing Agency forthwith. Without unnecessary delay, but in any event
not prior to the Exchange Date, the Seller will execute and deliver to the
Trustee at its London office or its designated agent outside the United States
definitive Bearer Certificates in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
entire aggregate principal amount of such Series or Class. All Bearer
Certificates so issued and delivered will have Coupons attached. The Global
Certificate may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Euro-Certificates only on or after the Exchange Date. A United
States institutional investor may exchange the portion of the Global
Certificate beneficially owned by it only for an equal aggregate principal
amount of Registered Certificates bearing the applicable legend set forth in
the form of Registered Certificate attached to the related Supplement and
having a minimum denomination of $500,000, which may be in temporary form if
the Seller so elects. The Seller may waive the $500,000 minimum denomination
requirement if it so elects. Upon any demand
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for exchange for Definitive Euro-Certificates in accordance with this
paragraph, the Seller shall cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the
Definitive Euro-Certificates to the Holder (x) outside the United States, in
the case of Bearer Certificates, and (y) according to the instructions of the
Holder, in the case of Registered Certificates, but in either case only upon
presentation to the Trustee of a written statement substantially in the form
of Exhibit F-1 with respect to the Global Certificate or portion thereof being
exchanged, signed by a Foreign Clearing Agency and dated on the Exchange Date
or a subsequent date, to the effect that it has received in writing or by
tested telex a certification substantially in the form of (i) in the case of
beneficial ownership of the Global Certificate or a portion thereof being
exchanged by a United States institutional investor pursuant to the second
preceding sentence, the certificate in the form of Exhibit F-2 signed by the
Manager which sold the relevant Certificates or (ii) in all other cases, the
certificate in the form of Exhibit F-3, the certificate referred to in this
clause (ii) being dated on the earlier of the first actual payment of interest
in respect of such Certificates and the date of the delivery of such
Certificate in definitive form. Upon receipt of such certification, the
Trustee shall cause the Global Certificate to be endorsed in accordance with
paragraph (d) below. Any exchange as provided in this Section shall be made
free of charge to the holders and the beneficial owners of the Global
Certificate and to the beneficial owners of the Definitive Euro-Certificates
issued in exchange, except that a person receiving Definitive
Euro-Certificates must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and
the like in the event that such person does not receive such Definitive
Euro-Certificates in person at the offices of a Foreign Clearing Agency.
(c) The delivery to the Trustee by a Foreign Clearing Agency of any
written statement referred to above may be relied upon by the Seller and the
Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certification or
certifications has or have been delivered to such Foreign Clearing Agency
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Upon any such exchange of all or a portion of the Global
Certificate for a Definitive Euro-Certificate or Certificates, such Global
Certificate shall be endorsed by or on behalf of the Trustee to reflect the
reduction of its principal amount by an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of such Definitive Euro-Certificate or Certificates. Until so
exchanged in full, such Global Certificate shall in all respects, be entitled
to the same benefits under this Agreement as Definitive Euro-Certificates
authenticated and delivered hereunder except that the beneficial owners of
such Global Certificate shall not be entitled to receive payments of interest
on the Certificates until they have exchanged their beneficial interests in
such Global Certificate for Definitive Euro-Certificates.
SECTION 6.12. Meetings of Certificateholders. (a) If at the time any
Bearer Certificates are issued and outstanding with respect to any Series or
Class to which any meeting described below relates, the Servicer or the
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Investor Certificateholders of any
Series or Class or of all Series, to be held at such time and at such place as
the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall determine, for the
purpose of approving a modification of or amendment to, or obtaining a waiver
of any covenant or condition set forth in, this Agreement, any Supplement or
the Investor Certificates or of taking any other action permitted to be taken
by Investor Certificateholders hereunder or under any Supplement. Notice of
any meeting of Investor Certificateholders, setting forth the time and place
of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such
meeting, shall be given in
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accordance with Section 13.05, the first mailing and publication to be not
less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Investor Certificateholders a person
shall be (i) a Holder of one or more Investor Certificates of the applicable
series or class or (ii) a person appointed by an instrument in writing as
proxy by the Holder of one or more such Investor Certificates. The only
persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Investor Certificateholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such
meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Seller, the Servicer
and the Trustee and their respective counsel.
(b) At a meeting of Investor Certificateholders, persons entitled to
vote Investor Certificates evidencing a majority of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the applicable Series or Class or all outstanding Series,
as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum. No business shall be transacted
in the absence of a quorum, unless a quorum is present when the meeting is
called to order. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, the meeting
may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; in the absence of a
quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; at the reconvening of any
meeting further adjourned for lack of a quorum, the persons entitled to vote
Investor Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the applicable Series or Class or all outstanding Series,
as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set
forth in the notice of the original meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided above except that such notice
must be given not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting
is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned
meeting shall state expressly the percentage of the aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding applicable Investor Certificates which shall constitute a
quorum.
(c) Any Investor Certificateholder who has executed an instrument in
writing appointing a person as proxy shall be deemed to be present for the
purposes of determining a quorum and be deemed to have voted; provided that
such Investor Certificateholder shall be considered as present or voting only
with respect to the matters covered by such instrument in writing. Subject to
the provisions of Section 13.01, any resolution passed or decision taken at
any meeting of Investor Certificateholders duly held in accordance with this
Section shall be binding on all Investor Certificateholders whether or not
present or represented at the meeting.
(d) The holding of Bearer Certificates shall be proved by the
production of such Bearer Certificates or by a certificate, satisfactory to
the Servicer, executed by any bank, trust company or recognized securities
dealer, wherever situated, satisfactory to the Servicer. Each such certificate
shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Bearer Certificate
bearing a specified serial number was deposited with or exhibited to such
bank, trust company or recognized securities dealer by the person named in
such certificate. Any such certificate may be issued in respect of one or more
Bearer Certificates specified therein. The holding by the person named in any
such certificate of any Bearer Certificate specified therein shall be presumed
to continue for a period of one year from the date of such certificate unless
at the time of any determination of such holding (i) another certificate
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Certificate shall be
produced, (ii) the Bearer Certificate specified in such certificate shall be
produced by some other person or (iii) the Bearer Certificate specified in
such certificate shall have ceased to be outstanding. The appointment of any
proxy shall be proved by having
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the signature of the person executing the proxy guaranteed by any bank, trust
company or recognized securities dealer satisfactory to the Trustee.
(e) The Trustee shall appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the holders of Investor Certificates evidencing a majority of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of Investor Certificates of the applicable
Series or Class or all outstanding Series, as the case may be, represented at
the meeting. No vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Investor Certificate challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman
of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have
no right to vote except as an Investor Certificateholder or proxy. Any meeting
of Investor Certificateholders duly called at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned
without further notice.
(f) The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Investor
Certificateholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of Investor Certificateholders or proxies and on which shall be
inscribed the serial number or numbers of the Investor Certificates held or
represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two
inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or
against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the
meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the
meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Investor
Certificateholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there
shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of
votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of
the meeting and showing that said notice was published as provided above. The
record shall be signed and verified by the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Servicer and
the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and
verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE VII
Other Matters Relating
to the Seller
SECTION 7.01. Liability of the Seller. The Seller shall be liable for
all obligations, covenants, representations and warranties of the Seller
arising under or related to this Agreement. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, the Seller shall be liable only to the extent of the
obligations specifically undertaken by it in its capacity as Seller hereunder.
SECTION 7.02. Limitation on Liability of the Seller. Subject to
Sections 7.01 and 7.03, neither the Seller nor any of the directors or
officers or employees or agents of the Seller in its capacity as Seller shall
be under any liability to the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificateholders or
any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in the capacity as Seller pursuant to this Agreement whether arising
from express or implied duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the
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Seller or any such person against any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Seller and any director or officer or employee or agent
of the Seller may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. Seller Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee.
The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, and the Trustee, from and
against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained
by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of
activities of the Trust or the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, including
any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs or
expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or threatened
action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the Seller shall not
indemnify the Trust or the Trustee if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or
omissions constitute fraud, gross negligence, breach of fiduciary duty or
willful misconduct by the Trustee; and provided, further, that the Seller
shall not indemnify the Trust, the Trustee or the Certificateholders or any
other Beneficiaries for any liabilities, cost or expense of the Trust with
respect to any action taken by the Trustee at the request of any such
Certificateholders or other Beneficiaries to the extent the Trustee is
indemnified by such Certificateholders or other Beneficiaries with respect to
such action nor with respect to any Federal, state or local income or
franchise taxes (or any interest or penalties with respect thereto) required
to be paid by the Trust or any Certificateholder or other Beneficiary in
connection herewith to any taxing authority. Subject to Section 7.01, any
indemnification pursuant to this Section shall only be from (i) the excess of
the Seller's Interest for any date of determination over the Required
Participation Amount as of such date and (ii) any other assets of the Seller
not pledged to third parties or otherwise encumbered in a manner permitted by
the Seller's Certificate of Incorporation and shall only be made after payment
in full of any amounts that the Seller is obligated to deposit in the
Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement. Any indemnification under this
Article VII shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.04. Transfer of Seller's Interest to Designated Affiliate.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, DCWR
may sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey all, but not less than all, of
its right, title and interest in the Trust Assets, the Seller's Interest, the
CARCO Certificate, this Agreement, the Related Documents and any other
agreement, document or instrument relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby and its obligations as Seller hereunder and
thereunder to a Designated Affiliate (such transaction is referred to herein
as the "Designated Affiliate Transfer"); provided that such Designated
Affiliate assumes the performance of every covenant and obligation of DCWR
under this Agreement, the Related Documents and any such other agreement,
document or instrument. Such assignment and assumption shall automatically
occur 10 Business Days following the date notice thereof is given by DCWR to
the Trustee, the Rating Agencies, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers or
on such later date as of which the conditions set forth in Section 7.04(b) are
satisfied.
(b) The Designated Affiliate Transfer may not be effected unless and
until the following conditions precedent are satisfied:
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(i) DCWR, the Designated Affiliate and the Trustee shall have
executed and delivered an Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the
Designated Affiliate shall have delivered to the Trustee the opinion of
Counsel substantially in the form attached to the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement;
(ii) DCWR shall have delivered to the Trustee an officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that each condition
precedent (including the requirement with respect to all required
filings) provided by this Section 7.04 (b) have been complied with;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such Designated Affiliate Transfer;
(iv) DCWR shall have delivered to the Trustee a Tax opinion with
respect to such Designated Affiliate Transfer; and
(v) all filings required to continue the perfected interest of the
Trustee in the Receivables and the Collateral Security shall have been
duly made by such Designated Affiliate.
(c) Upon such transfer, the Designated Affiliate shall be deemed to
have made all the representations and warranties of the Seller made in this
Agreement as of the date of effectiveness of the Designated Affiliate
Transfer. Upon the effectiveness of the Designated Affiliate Transfer, the
Seller shall surrender the CARCO Certificate to the Transfer Agent and
Registrar for registration of transfer and, upon the issuance of the new CARCO
Certificate in the name of the Designated Affiliate, the term "Seller" or
"DCWR" in this Agreement shall refer to such Designated Affiliate.
ARTICLE VIII
Other Matters Relating
to the Servicer
SECTION 8.01. Liability of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable
under this Article VIII only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer.
SECTION 8.02. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the
Obligations of the Servicer. The Servicer shall not consolidate with or merge
into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Servicer is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer
the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as an entirety
shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and, if the
Servicer is not the surviving entity, such Person shall assume, without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, the performance of every covenant and
obligation of the Servicer hereunder; and
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(b) the Servicer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer comply with this Section
8.02 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 8.03. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.
Except as provided in Section 8.04, neither the Servicer nor any of the
directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer, shall be under
any liability to the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificateholders or any other
Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in
its capacity as Servicer pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director
or officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not
incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement which in its reasonable opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability.
SECTION 8.04. Servicer Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee.
The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, and the Trustee, from and
against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained
by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of
activities of the Servicer, the Trust or the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys'
fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of
any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that
the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust or the Trustee if such acts,
omissions or alleged acts or omissions constitute fraud, gross negligence,
breach of fiduciary duty or willful misconduct by the Trustee; and provided
further that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust, the Trustee or the
Certificateholders or the other Beneficiaries for any liabilities, cost or
expense of the Trust with respect to any action taken by the Trustee at the
request of the Certificateholders or any other Beneficiaries to the extent the
Trustee is indemnified by such Certificateholders or other Beneficiaries with
respect to such action or with respect to any Federal, state or local income
or franchise taxes (or any interest or penalties with respect thereto)
required to be paid by the Trust or the Certificateholders or the other
Beneficiaries in connection herewith to any taxing authority. Any
indemnification under this Article VIII shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the resignation and removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. The Servicer Not To Resign. The Servicer shall not
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon
determination that (a) the performance of its duties hereunder is no longer
permissible under applicable law and (b) there is no reasonable action which
the Servicer could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a) above by an
opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such
resignation shall become effective until the Trustee or a Successor Servicer
shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in
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accordance with Section 10.02 hereof. If the Trustee is unable within 120 days
of the date of such determination to appoint a Successor Servicer, the Trustee
shall serve as Successor Servicer hereunder.
SECTION 8.06. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee access to
the documentation regarding the Accounts and the Receivables in such cases
where the Trustee is required in connection with the enforcement of the rights
of the Certificateholders, or by applicable statutes or regulations to review
such documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (a)
upon reasonable request, (b) during normal business hours, (c) subject to the
Servicer's, normal security and confidentiality procedures and (d) at offices
designated by the Servicer. Nothing in this Section 8.06 shall derogate from
the obligation of the Seller, the Trustee or the Servicer to observe any
applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Dealers and
the failure of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 8.06
as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section
8.06.
SECTION 8.07. Delegation of Duties. Subject to Section 3.01, in the
ordinary course of business, the Servicer may at any time delegate any duties
hereunder to any Person who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with
the Floorplan Financing Guidelines and this Agreement. The Servicer shall give
prompt written notice of any such delegation of a material function to the
Rating Agencies, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers. Such delegation
shall not relieve the Servicer of its liability and responsibility with
respect to such duties, and shall not constitute a resignation within the
meaning of Section 8.05 and the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such delegation prior to such delegation.
SECTION 8.08. Examination of Records. The Seller and the Servicer
shall indicate generally in its computer files or other records that the
Receivables arising in the Accounts have been conveyed to the Trust pursuant
to this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries. The Seller and the Servicer shall, prior to the sale or
transfer to a third party of any receivable held in its custody, examine its
computer and other records to determine that such receivable is not a
Receivable.
ARTICLE IX
Early Amortization Events
SECTION 9.01. Early Amortization Events. If any one of the following
events shall occur:
(a) a failure by the Seller to convey Receivables in Additional
Accounts to the Trust within five Business Days after the day on which it
is required to convey such Receivables pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) the Seller or the Servicer (or DCS, if it is not the Servicer)
shall file a petition commencing a voluntary case under any chapter of
the Federal bankruptcy laws; or the Seller or the Servicer (or DCS, as
aforesaid) shall file a petition or answer or consent
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seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition under any
other similar applicable Federal law, or shall consent to the filing of
any such petition, answer, or consent; or the Seller or the Servicer (or
DCS, as aforesaid) shall appoint, or consent to the appointment of, a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee, sequestrator or other
similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of any substantial
part of its property; or the Seller or the Servicer (or DCS, as
aforesaid) shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due;
(c) any order for relief against the Seller or the Servicer (or DCS,
if it is not the Servicer shall have been entered by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises under any chapter of the Federal bankruptcy
laws, and such order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a
period of 60 days; or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises shall have been entered approving as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition
of the Seller or the Servicer (or DCS, as aforesaid) under any other
similar applicable Federal law, and such decree or order shall have
continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 120 days; or a decree
or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee,
sequestrator, or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of
the Seller or the Servicer (or DCS, as aforesaid) or of any substantial
part of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its
affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 120 days;
(d) DCS or DaimlerChrysler shall file a petition commencing a
voluntary case under any chapter of the Federal bankruptcy laws; or DCS
or DaimlerChrysler shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition under any other
similar applicable Federal law, or shall consent to the filing of any
such petition, answer, or consent; or DCS or DaimlerChrysler shall
appoint, or consent to the appointment of, a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, trustee, assignee, sequestrator or other similar official in
bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of any substantial part of its
property; or DCS or DaimlerChrysler shall make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due;
(e) any order for relief against DCS or DaimlerChrysler shall have
been entered by a court having jurisdiction in the premises under any
chapter of the Federal bankruptcy laws, and such order shall have
continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or a decree
or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been
entered approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, or composition of DCS or DaimlerChrysler under
any other similar applicable Federal law, and such decree or order shall
have continued undischarged or unstayed for period of 120 days; or a
decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee,
sequestrator, or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of
DCS or DaimlerChrysler or of any substantial part of its property, or for
the winding up
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or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree
or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a
period of 120 days;
(f) failure on the part of the Seller, the Servicer or DCS, as
applicable, (i) to make any payment or deposit (including any Transfer
Deposit Amount or Adjustment Payment) required by the terms of this
Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement on or before the date
occurring two Business Days after the date such payment or deposit is
required to be made herein, or (ii) with respect to any Series, to
deliver a Distribution Date Statement within five Business Days of the
day such item is due to be delivered under this Agreement, or (iii) duly
to observe or perform in any material respect the covenant of the Seller
set forth in Section 2.06(a) or (iv) duly to observe or perform in any
material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, set forth in this Agreement or the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, which failure in the case of this clause
(iv) continues unremedied for a period of 45 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall
have been given to the Seller by the Trustee or any Enhancement Provider;
(g) any representation or warranty made by DCS in the Receivables
Purchase Agreement or the Seller in this Agreement or any information
contained in a computer file or microfiche or written list required to be
delivered by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.05, 2.07 or 2.08, (i)
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or
when delivered, and shall continue to be incorrect in any material
respect for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Seller by the Trustee and (ii) as a result of such incorrectness the
interests of the Holders of the Investor Certificates are materially and
adversely affected; provided, however, that an Early Amortization Event
shall not be deemed to have occurred under this paragraph if the Seller
has repurchased the related Receivable or all such Receivables, if
applicable, during such period in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement; or
(h) the Trust or the Seller shall become an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;
then, subject to applicable law, and after the applicable grace period, if
any, an amortization event (an "Early Amortization Event") shall occur without
any notice or other action on the part of the Trustee, any Agent, the
Certificateholders or any other Beneficiary, immediately upon the occurrence
of such event.
SECTION 9.02. Additional Rights Upon the Occurrence of Certain
Events. (a) If an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Seller or the
Seller violates Section 2.06(a) for any reason, the Seller shall on the day
such Insolvency Event or violation occurs (the "Appointment Date") immediately
cease to transfer Receivables to the Trust and shall promptly give notice to
the Trustee of such Insolvency Event or violation. Notwithstanding any
cessation of the transfer to the Trust of additional Receivables, Receivables
transferred to the Trust prior to the occurrence of such Insolvency Event or
violation and Collections in respect of such Receivables whenever created or
accrued in respect of such Receivables, shall continue to be a
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part of the Trust. Within 15 days of the Appointment Date, the Trustee shall
(i) publish a notice in an Authorized Newspaper that an Insolvency Event or
violation has occurred and that the Trustee intends to sell, dispose of or
otherwise liquidate the Receivables on commercially reasonable terms and in a
commercially reasonable manner and (ii) give notice to Investor
Certificateholders describing the provisions of this Section and requesting
instructions from such Holders. Unless the Trustee shall have received
instructions within 90 days from the date notice pursuant to clause (ii) above
is first given from (x) Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing more than
50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of each Series or, with respect
to any Series with two or more Classes, of each Class, to the effect that such
Investor Certificateholders disapprove of the liquidation of the Receivables
and wish to continue having Principal Receivables transferred to the Trust as
before such Insolvency Event or violation, and (y) each holder of a
Supplemental Certificate to such effect, then the Trustee shall promptly sell,
dispose of or otherwise liquidate the Receivables in a commercially reasonable
manner and on commercially reasonable terms, which shall include the
solicitation of competitive bids. The Trustee may obtain a prior determination
from any applicable conservator, receiver or liquidator that the terms and
manner of any proposed sale, disposition or liquidation are commercially
reasonable. The provisions of Sections 9.01 and 9.02 shall not be deemed to be
mutually exclusive.
(b) The proceeds from the sale, disposition or liquidation of the
Receivables pursuant to paragraph (a) ("Insolvency Proceeds") shall be
immediately deposited in the Collection Account. The Trustee shall determine
conclusively the amount of the Insolvency Proceeds which are deemed to be
Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables. The Insolvency Proceeds
shall be allocated and distributed to Investor Certificateholders in
accordance with Article IV and the terms of each Supplement and the Trust
shall terminate immediately thereafter.
ARTICLE X
Service Defaults
SECTION 10.01. Service Defaults. If any one of the following events
(a "Service Default") shall occur and be continuing with respect to the
Servicer:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer or
deposit or to give instructions or to give notice to the Trustee to make
such payment, transfer or deposit or to give notice to the Trustee as to
any action to be taken under any Enhancement Agreement on or before the
date occurring five days after the date such payment, transfer or deposit
or such instruction or notice is required to be made or given, as the
case may be, under the terms of this Agreement;
(b) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform
any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this
Agreement which has a material adverse effect on the Investor
Certificateholders of any Series, which continues unremedied for a period
of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer
by the Trustee;
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or the Servicer shall delegate its duties under this Agreement, except as
permitted by Sections 3.01 and 8.07;
(c) any representation, warranty or certification made by the
Servicer in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to
this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect when made, which has a
material adverse effect on the rights of the Investor Certificateholders
of any Series and which material adverse effect continues for a period of
60 days after the date on which written notice thereof, requiring the
same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the
Trustee;
(d) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator or other similar official in any bankruptcy,
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities
or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating
to all or substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a
court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator
or other similar official in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against
the Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force
undischarged or unstayed; or the Servicer shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition
to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization statute, make any assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; then, in the
event of any service Default, so long as the Service Default shall not
have been remedied, the Trustee, by notice then given in writing to the
Servicer (a "Termination Notice"), may terminate all but not less than
all of the rights and obligations (other than its obligations that have
accrued up to the time of such termination) of the Servicer as Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Receivables and the proceeds
thereof. After receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice, and on
the date that a Successor Servicer shall have been appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.02, all authority and power of the
Servicer under this Agreement shall pass to and be vested in a successor
Servicer (a "Service Transfer") and, without limitation, the Trustee is
hereby authorized and empowered (upon the failure of the Servicer to
cooperate) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments upon
the failure of the Servicer to execute or deliver such documents or
instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary
or appropriate to effect the purposes of such Service Transfer. The
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and such Successor Servicer
in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the
Servicer to conduct servicing hereunder, including the transfer to such
Successor Servicer of all authority of the Servicer to service the
Receivables provided for under this Agreement, including all authority
over all Collections which shall on the date of transfer be held by the
Servicer for deposit, or which have been deposited by the Servicer, in
the Collection Account, or which shall thereafter be received with
respect to the Receivables, and in assisting the Successor Servicer. The
Servicer shall promptly transfer its electronic records relating to the
Receivables to the Successor Servicer in such electronic form as the
Successor Servicer may reasonably request and shall promptly transfer to
the Successor Servicer all other records, correspondence and documents
necessary for the continued servicing of the
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Receivables in the manner and at such times as the Successor Servicer
shall reasonably request. To the extent that compliance with this Section
10.01 shall require the Servicer to disclose to the Successor Servicer
information of any kind which the Servicer reasonably deems to be
confidential, the Successor Servicer shall be required to enter into such
customary licensing and confidentiality agreements as the Servicer shall
deem necessary to protect its interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance
under Section 10.01(a) for a period of 10 Business Days or under section
10.01(b) or (c) for a period of 60 Business Days, shall not constitute a
Service Default if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the
exercise of reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was
caused by an act of God or the public enemy, acts of declares or undeclared
war, public disorder, rebellion or sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning,
fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or similar causes. The preceding
sentence shall not relieve the Servicer from using its best efforts to perform
its respective obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and the Servicer shall provide the Trustee, any Agents, any
Enhancement Providers, the Seller and the Certificateholders with an Officers'
Certificate giving prompt notice of such failure or delay by it, together with
a description of its efforts so to perform its obligations. The Servicer shall
immediately notify the Trustee in writing of any Service Default.
SECTION 10.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. (a) On and
after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section
10.01, the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under
this Agreement until the date specified in the Termination Notice or otherwise
specified by the Trustee in writing or, if no such date is specified in such
Termination Notice, or otherwise specified by the Trustee, until a date
mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and Trustee. The Trustee shall as
promptly as possible after the giving of a Termination Notice appoint an
Eligible Servicer as a successor servicer (the "Successor Servicer"), subject
to the consent of any Enhancement Providers and any Agents, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, and such Successor Servicer shall accept
its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Trustee.
In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed or has not
accepted its appointment at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as
Servicer, the Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed
the Successor Servicer. The Trustee may delegate any of its servicing
obligations to an affiliate or agent in accordance with sections 3.01 and
8.07. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee shall, if it is legally unable so
to act, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established
institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular
business includes the servicing of wholesale receivables as the Successor
Servicer hereunder. The Trustee shall immediately give notice to the Rating
Agencies, any Enhancement Providers, any Agents and the Certificateholders
upon the appointment of a Successor, any Agents Servicer.
(b) Upon its appointment, the Successor Servicer shall be the
successor in all respects to the Servicer with respect to servicing functions
under this Agreement and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and
provisions hereof (except that the Successor Servicer shall not be liable for
any liabilities incurred by the predecessor Servicer), and all references in
this Agreement to the Servicer shall be deemed to refer to the Successor
Servicer. Any Successor Servicer, by its
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acceptance of its appointment, will automatically agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions of any Enhancement Agreement.
(c) In connection with any Termination Notice, the Trustee will
review any bids which it obtains from Eligible Servicers and shall be
permitted to appoint any Eligible Servicer submitting such a bid as a
Successor Servicer for servicing compensation not in excess of the Servicing
Fee (provided that if all such bids exceed the Servicing Fee the Seller at its
own expense shall pay when due the amount of any compensation in excess of the
Servicing Fee); provided, however, that the Seller shall be responsible for
payment of the Seller's portion of the Servicing Fee as determined pursuant to
this Agreement and all other amounts in excess of the Investors' Servicing
Fee, and that no such monthly compensation paid out of Collections shall be in
excess of the Investors' Servicing Fee permitted to the Servicer. The holders
of the Seller's Certificates agree that if DCS (or any Successor Servicer) is
terminated as Servicer hereunder, the portion of Collections to be paid to the
Seller shall be reduced by an amount sufficient to pay Seller's share of the
compensation of the Successor Servicer.
(d) All authority and power granted to the Successor Servicer under
this Agreement shall automatically cease and terminate upon termination of the
Trust pursuant to Section 12.01, and shall pass to and be vested in the Seller
and, without limitation, the Seller is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Successor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact
or otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do and accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of
such transfer of servicing rights. The Successor Servicer agrees to cooperate
with the Seller in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and
rights of the Successor Servicer to conduct servicing on the Receivables. The
Successor Servicer shall transfer its electronic records relating to the
Receivables to the Seller in such electronic form as the Seller may reasonably
request and shall transfer all other records, correspondence and documents to
the Seller in the manner and at such times as the Seller shall reasonably
request. To the extent that compliance with this Section 10.02 shall require
the Successor Servicer to disclose to the Seller information of any kind which
the Successor Servicer deems to be confidential, the Seller shall be required
to enter into such customary licensing and confidentiality agreements as the
Successor Servicer shall deem necessary to protect its interests.
ARTICLE XI
The Trustee
SECTION 11.01. Duties of Trustee. (a) The Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of a Service Default of which it has knowledge and after the curing
of all Service Defaults which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.
If a Service Default to the knowledge of the Trustee has occurred (which has
not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Agreement and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished to the Trustee which are specifically
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required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall
examine them to determine whether they substantially conform to the
requirements of this Agreement.
(c) Subject to Section 11.01(a), no provision of this Agreement shall
be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own misconduct: provided,
however, that;
(i) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Service
Default or the failure by the Servicer to comply with the obligations of
the Servicer referred to in Section 10.01(a) and (b) unless a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such failure; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Early
Amortization Event unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains
actual knowledge thereof.
(d) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and
none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require
the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of,
any obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement except during such time,
if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the
rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Servicer in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(e) Except for actions expressly authorized by this Agreement, the
Trustee shall take no action reasonably likely to impair the interests of the
Trust in any Receivable now existing or hereafter created or to impair the
value of any Receivable now existing or hereafter created.
(f) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Trustee shall
have no power to vary the corpus of the Trust including the power to (i)
accept any substitute obligation for a Receivable initially assigned to the
Trust under Section 2.01 or 2.05, (ii) add any other investment, obligation or
security to the Trust or (iii) withdraw from the Trust any Receivables.
(g) In the event that the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall fail to
perform any obligation, duty or agreement in the manner or on the day required
to be performed by the Transfer Agent and Registrar, as the case may be, under
this Agreement, the Trustee shall be obligated promptly upon its actual
knowledge thereof to perform such obligation, duty or agreement in the manner
so required.
(h) If the Seller has agreed to transfer any of its wholesale
receivables (other than the Receivables) to another Person, then upon the
written request of the Seller, the Trustee will enter into such intercreditor
agreements with the transferee of such receivables as are customary
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and necessary to identify separately the rights of the Trust and such other
Person in the Seller's wholesale receivables; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall not be required to enter into any intercreditor agreement which
could adversely affect the interests of the Investor Certificateholders or the
Trustee and, upon the request of the Trustee, the Seller will deliver an
Opinion of Counsel on any matters relating to such intercreditor agreement,
reasonably requested by the Trustee.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Trustee
is not acting as, and shall not be deemed to be, a fiduciary for any
Enhancement Provider in its capacity as such or as a Beneficiary, and the
Trustee's sole responsibility with respect to said parties shall be to perform
those duties with respect to said parties as are specifically set forth herein
and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against
the Trustee with respect to any such party.
SECTION 11.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01: (a) the Trustee may rely on and shall be
protected in acting on, or in refraining from acting in accord with, any
resolution, Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented to it pursuant to this Agreement by the
proper party or parties;
(b) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such opinion of Counsel;
(c) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto, at the request, order
or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(d) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other
paper or document;
(f) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys or a custodian, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or custodian
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(g) except as may be required by Section 11.01(a) hereof, the Trustee
shall not be required to make any initial or periodic examination of any
documents or records related to the
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Receivables or the Accounts for the purpose of establishing the presence or
absence of defects, the compliance by the Seller with its representations and
warranties or for any other purpose.
SECTION 11.03. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Certificates. The
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals
contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates). Except as set forth in Section 11.14, the
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement or of the Certificates (other than the certificate of authentication
on the Certificates) or of any Receivable or related document. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Seller of any of
the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or
application of any funds paid to the Seller in respect of the Receivables or
deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or any Series Account.
SECTION 11.04. Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Investor
Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
SECTION 11.05. The Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The
Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of the
trust hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers
and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, subject to Section 8.04, the
Servicer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of its agents, any co-trustee and counsel) except
any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its gross
negligence or bad faith and except as provided in the second following
sentence. The Servicer's covenant to pay the expenses, disbursements and
advances provided for in the preceding sentence shall survive the termination
of this Agreement. If the Trustee is appointed Successor Servicer pursuant to
Section 10.02, the provisions of this Section 11.05 shall not apply to
expenses, disbursements and advances made or incurred by the Trustee in its
capacity as Successor Servicer, which shall be covered out of the Servicing
Fee.
SECTION 11.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then, for the purpose of this
Section 11.06, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.06, the
Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in Section 11.7.
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SECTION 11.07. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created by giving
written notice thereof to the Seller and the Servicer. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Seller shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee.
(b) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06 hereof and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Servicer, or if at any time the
Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or if a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee
or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation, then the Servicer may remove the Trustee and promptly appoint
a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee.
(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 11.07
shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee as provided in Section 11.08 hereof.
SECTION 11.08. Successor Trustee. (a) Any successor trustee appointed
as provided in Section 11.07 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Seller and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like
effect as if originally named as Trustee herein. The predecessor Trustee shall
deliver to the successor trustee all documents or copies thereof, at the
expense of the Servicer, and statements held by it hereunder; and the Seller
and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do
such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly
vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, power, duties
and obligations. The Servicer shall immediately give notice to each Rating
Agency and the Certificateholders upon the appointment of a successor trustee.
(b) No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 11.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 11.06 hereof.
SECTION 11.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. Any Person into
which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding
to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the
Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be eligible under the
provisions of section 11.06 hereof, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
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SECTION 11.10. Appointment of Co-trustee or Separate Trustee. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power
and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to
act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees,
of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in
such capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the
Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 11.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee
hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under Section 11.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 11.08 hereof.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly
(it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act),
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder
or as successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of
title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall
be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee,
but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement
and the conditions of this Article XI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee,
upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates
or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with
the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Servicer.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any
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separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign
or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts
shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law,
without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 11.11. Tax Returns. In the event the Trust shall be required
to file tax returns, the Trustee shall prepare, or shall cause to be prepared,
and file any tax returns required to be filed by the Trust. The Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Supplements shall also prepare or shall cause
to be prepared all tax information required by law to be distributed to the
Investor Certificateholders. The Trustee will distribute or cause to be
distributed such information to the Investor Certificateholders. The Servicer,
upon request, will furnish the Trustee with all such information known to the
Servicer as may be reasonably required in connection with the preparation of
all tax returns of the Trust or in connection with the distribution of tax
information to the Investor Certificateholders.
SECTION 11.12. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates. All rights of action and claims under this Agreement or the
Certificates may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Certificates or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee. Any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Certificateholders in respect of which such judgment
has been obtained.
SECTION 11.13. Suits for Enforcement. If a Service Default shall
occur and be continuing, the Trustee, in its discretion may, subject to the
provisions of Section 10.01, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the
rights of the Certificateholders under this Agreement by suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific
performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid
of the execution of any power granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement
of any other legal, equitable or other remedy as the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the rights of
the Trustee or the Certificateholders. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt
on behalf of any Certificateholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Certificates or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of
any Certificateholder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 11.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee. The Trustee
represents and warrants that:
(i) the Trustee is a banking corporation organized, existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of New York:
(ii) the Trustee has full power, authority and right to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and each Supplement, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by
it of this Agreement and each Supplement; and
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(iii) this Agreement and each Supplement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Trustee.
SECTION 11.15. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee will
maintain at its expense in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or offices or agency or agencies where notices and demands to or upon
the Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served.
The Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office as its office for
such purposes in New York. The Trustee will give prompt written notice to the
Servicer and to Holders of the Certificates of any change in the location of
the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
ARTICLE XII
Termination
SECTION 12.01. Termination of Trust. The Trust and the respective
obligations and responsibilities of the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
created hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make payments to
Investor Certificateholders as hereafter set forth) shall terminate, except
with respect to the duties described in Sections 7.03, 8.04 and 12.02(b), upon
the earlier of (i) May 31, 2012 (the "Final Maturity Date"), (ii) the day
following the Distribution Date on which the Invested Amount for all Series is
zero and (iii) the time provided in Section 9.02(b) (the "Trust Termination
Date"). The Servicer will give the Rating Agencies prompt notice of the
termination of the Trust.
SECTION 12.02. Final Distribution. (a) The Servicer shall give the
Trustee at least 30 days prior notice of the Distribution Date on which the
Investor Certificateholders of any Series or Class may surrender their
Investor Certificates for payment of the final distribution on and
cancellation of such Investor Certificates (or, in the event of a final
distribution resulting from the application of Section 2.03 or 9.01, notice of
such Distribution Date promptly after Servicer has determined that a final
distribution will occur, if such determination is made less than 30 days prior
to such Distribution Date). Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the information specified in Section 3.05 covering
the period during the then-current calendar year through the date of such
notice. Not later than the fifth day of the month in which the final
distribution in respect of such Series or Class is payable to Investor
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall provide notice to Investor
Certificateholders of such Series or Class specifying (i) the date upon which
final payment of such Series or Class will be made upon presentation and
surrender of Investor Certificates of such Series or Class at the office or
offices therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such payment date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of such
Investor Certificates at the office or offices therein specified (which, in
the case of Bearer Certificates, shall be outside the United States). The
Trustee shall give such notice to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the
Rating Agencies at the time such notice is given to Investor
Certificateholders.
(b) Notwithstanding a final distribution to the Investor
Certificateholders of any Series or Class (or the termination of the Trust),
except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, all funds then on deposit in
the Collection Account and any Series Account allocated to such
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Investor Certificateholders shall continue to be held in trust for the benefit
of such Investor Certificateholders and the Trustee shall pay such funds to
such Investor Certificateholders upon surrender of their Investor Certificates
(and any excess shall be paid in accordance with the terms of any Enhancement
Agreement). In the event that all such Investor Certificateholders shall not
surrender their Investor Certificates for cancellation within six months after
the date specified in the notice from the Trustee described in paragraph (a),
the Trustee shall give a second notice to the remaining such Investor
Certificateholders to surrender their Investor Certificates for cancellation
and receive the final distribution with respect thereto (which surrender and
payment, in the case of Bearer Certificates, shall be outside the United
States). If within one year after the second notice all such Investor
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining such Investor Certificateholders concerning surrender of
their Investor Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the
funds in the Collection Account or any Series Account held for the benefit of
such Investor Certificateholders. The Trustee shall pay to the Seller any
monies held by it for the payment of principal or interest that remain
unclaimed for two years. After payment to the Seller, Investor
Certificateholders entitled to the money must look to the Seller for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another Person.
(c) In the event that the Invested Amount with respect to any Series
is greater than zero on its Termination Date (after giving effect to deposits
and distributions otherwise to be made on such Termination Date), the Trustee
will sell or cause to be sold on such Termination Date Receivables (or
interests therein) in an amount equal to the sum of (i) 1105 of the Invested
Amount with respect to such Series on such Termination Date (after giving
effect to such deposits and distributions) and (ii) the Available Subordinated
Amount with respect to such Series on the preceding Determination Date (after
giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to
be made on the Distribution Date following such Determination Date); provided,
however, that in no event shall such amount exceed such Series' Series
Allocation Percentage (for the Collection Period in which such Termination
Date occurs) of Receivables on such Termination Date. The proceeds (the
"Termination Proceeds") from such sale shall be immediately deposited into the
Collection Account for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders of such
Series. The Termination Proceeds shall be allocated and distributed to the
Investor Certificateholders of such Series in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Supplement.
SECTION 12.03. Seller's Termination Rights. Upon the termination of
the Trust pursuant to Section 12.01 and the surrender of the Seller's
Certificates, the Trustee shall sell, assign and convey to the Seller or its
designee, without recourse, representation or warranty, all right, title and
interest of the Trust in the Receivables, whether then existing or thereafter
created, all Collateral Security with respect thereto, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
thereof, except for amounts held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.02(b),
and all of the Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect
to such Receivables under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer and assignment, in each
case without recourse, as shall be reasonably requested by the Seller to vest
in the Seller or its designee all right, title and interest which the Trust
had in all such property.
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ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 13.01. Amendment. (a) This Agreement or any Supplement may be
amended from time to time (including in connection with the issuance of a
Supplemental Certificate) by the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee without
the consent of any of the Certificateholders, provided that such action shall
not, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel for the Seller, addressed and
delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Investor Certificateholder. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the Trustee, with the consent of any
Enhancement Providers, may at any time and from time to time amend, modify or
supplement the form of Distribution Date Statement.
(b) This Agreement or any Supplement may also be amended from time to
time (including in connection with the issuance of a Supplemental Certificate)
by the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders
of Investor Certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Investor Certificates of all adversely affected
Series, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Supplement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of
or delay the timing of any distributions to be made to Investor
Certificateholders or deposits of amounts to be so distributed or the amount
available under any Enhancement without the consent of each affected Investor
Certificateholder, (ii) change the definition of or the manner of calculating
the interest of any Investor Certificateholder without the consent of each
affected Investor Certificateholder, (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of each Investor
Certificateholder or (iv) adversely affect the rating of any Series or Class
by each Rating Agency without the consent of the Holders of Investor
Certificates of such Series or Class evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Investor Certificates of such Series
or Class. Any amendment to be effected pursuant to this paragraph shall be
deemed to adversely affect all outstanding Series, other than any Series with
respect to which such action shall not, as evidenced by an opinion of Counsel
for the Seller, addressed and delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Investor Certificateholder of such
Series. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
amendment which affects the Trustee's rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent
(other than an amendment pursuant to paragraph (a)), the Trustee shall furnish
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Investor
Certificateholder, and the Servicer shall furnish notification of the
substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency, each Agent and each
Enhancement Provider.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Investor
Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and
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of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Investor
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no
amendment may be made to this Agreement or any Supplement which would
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Enhancement
Provider without the consent of such Enhancement Provider.
(f) Any Supplement executed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.03 shall not be considered an amendment to this Agreement for the
purposes of this Section.
SECTION 13.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Trust. (a)
The Servicer shall cause this Agreement, all amendments hereto and/or all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Certificateholders' and the Trustee's right, title, and
interest in and to the Trust to be promptly recorded, registered and filed,
and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such manner
and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and protect the
right, title and interest of the Certificateholders and the Trustee hereunder
to all property comprising the Trust. The Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document recorded,
registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following such
recording, registration or filing. The Seller shall cooperate fully with the
Servicer in connection with the obligations set forth above and will execute
any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of this
Section 13.02(a).
(b) Within 30 days after the Seller or the Servicer makes any change
in its name, identity or corporate structure which would make any financing
statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 13.02 (a)
seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507 of the UCC as in
effect in Michigan (including as a result of a Designated Affiliate Transfer),
the Seller shall give the Trustee and any Agent notice of any such change and
shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to
continue the perfection of the Trust's security interest in the Receivables
and the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Seller and the Servicer will give the Trustee and any Agent
prompt written notice of any relocation of any office from which it services
Receivables or keeps records concerning the Receivables or of its principal
executive office and whether, as a result of such relocation, the applicable
provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any
previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing
statement and shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be
necessary to perfect or to continue the perfection of the Trust's security
interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. The Seller and the
Servicer will at all times maintain each office from which it services
Receivables and its principal executive officer within the United States of
America.
(d) The Servicer will deliver to the Trustee, any Agent and any
Enhancement Provider: (i) upon the execution and delivery of each amendment of
this Agreement or any Supplement, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
specified in Exhibit G-1; (ii) on each Addition Date on which any Additional
Accounts are to be included as the Accounts pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or
(b), an Opinion of Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2; and (iii)
on or
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before March 31 of each year, beginning with March 31, 1992, an opinion of
Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2.
SECTION 13.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. (a) The
death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate
this Agreement or the Trust, nor shall such death or incapacity entitle such
Certificateholders' legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or
to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a partition or
winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
(b) No Investor Certificateholder shall have any right to vote
(except as expressly provided in this Agreement) or in any manner otherwise
control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Investor
Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association,
nor shall any Investor Certificateholder be under any liability to any third
person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant
to any provision hereof.
(c) No Investor Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of
any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding
in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless
such Investor Certificateholder previously shall have made, and unless the
Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Investor Certificates (or, with respect to any
such action, suit or proceeding that does not relate to all Series, 50% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Investor Certificates of all Series
to which such action, suit or proceeding relates) shall have made, a request
to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after such request
and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Investor Certificateholder with every other
Investor Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Investor
Certificateholders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by
availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of the Investor
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to
any other such Investor Certificateholder, or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and
common benefit of all Investor Certificateholders except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section, each and every Investor Certificateholder and
the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or
in equity.
SECTION 13.04. No Petition. DCS and the Trustee, by entering into
this Agreement, each Investor Certificateholder, by accepting an Investor
Certificate, each holder of a Supplemental Certificate by accepting a
Supplemental Certificate and any Successor Servicer and each other
Beneficiary, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants and
agrees that they will not at any time institute against DCWR any bankruptcy,
reorganization,
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arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
SECTION 13.05. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 13.06. Notices. (a) All demands, notices, instructions,
directions and communications (collectively, "Notices") under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if sent via
facsimile, receipt confirmed, or personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, return receipt requested, to (i) in the case of DCWR, ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Assistant Secretary;
facsimile no.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, (ii) in the case of DCS, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Assistant Secretary; facsimile no.:
(▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, and (iii) in the case of the Trustee, ▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust Department; facsimile no.: (212)
328-7623; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated
by such party in a written notice to each other party.
(b) Any Notice required or permitted to be given to a Holder of
Registered Certificates shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
at the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. No Notice
shall be required to be mailed to a Holder of Bearer Certificates or coupons
but shall be given as provided below. Any Notice so mailed within the time
prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Investor Certificateholder receives such Notice. In
addition, in the case of any Series or Class with respect to which any Bearer
Certificates are outstanding, any Notice required or permitted to be given to
Investor Certificateholders of such Series or Class shall be published in an
Authorized Newspaper within the time period prescribed in this Agreement.
SECTION 13.07. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the
Certificates or rights of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 13.08. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, except as provided in Section 8.02, this Agreement may not
be assigned by the Servicer.
SECTION 13.09. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. It is the
intention of the parties to this Agreement that the Investor
Certificateholders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the
Trust, that the interests in the Trust represented by the Investor
Certificates shall be nonassessable for any losses or expenses of the Trust or
for any reason whatsoever and that Investor Certificates upon authentication
thereof by the Trustee are and shall be deemed fully paid.
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SECTION 13.10. Further Assurances. The Seller and the Servicer agree
to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and
all further instruments required or reasonably requested by the Trustee more
fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the Receivables
for filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
SECTION 13.11. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise
and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Trustee or the
Certificateholders, any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power
or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided under this
Agreement are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers
and privileges provided by law.
SECTION 13.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 13.13. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries and their respective successors
and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, no other Person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION 13.14. Actions by Certificateholders. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act by a
Certificateholder shall bind such Certificateholder and every subsequent
holder of any Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer of the
Certificates of such Certificateholder or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the Trustee or
the Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon any such Certificate.
SECTION 13.15. Rule 144A Information. For so long as any of the
Investor Certificates of any Series or Class are "restricted securities"
within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act, each of the Seller, the
Trustee, the Servicer and any Enhancement Providers agree to cooperate with
each other to provide to any Investor Certificateholders of such Series or
Class and to any prospective purchaser of Investor Certificates designated by
such an Investor Certificateholder, upon the request of such Investor
Certificateholder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be
provided to such holder or prospective purchaser to satisfy the condition set
forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act.
SECTION 13.16. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
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SECTION 13.17. Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of
reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation or
any provision hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee have
caused this Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE
RECEIVABLES LLC, Seller,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Secretary
DAIMLERCHRYSLER SERVICES NORTH
AMERICA LLC, Servicer,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, Trustee,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF FACE OF CARCO CERTIFICATE
THIS CARCO CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. NEITHER THIS CARCO CERTIFICATE NOR ANY PORTION HEREOF
MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS
OF SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION
PROVISIONS.
THIS CARCO CERTIFICATE IS NOT PERMITTED TO BE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED,
EXCHANGED OR OTHERWISE PLEDGED OR CONVEYED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS
OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
No. R One Unit
CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST
CARCO CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN CERTAIN
ASSETS OF THE CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST
Evidencing an interest in a trust, the corpus of which consists
primarily of wholesale (i.e., dealer floorplan) receivables (the
"Receivables") generated from time to time in the ordinary course of business
in a portfolio of revolving financing arrangements (the "Accounts") of
DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC meeting certain eligibility
criteria. This certificate (the "CARCO Certificate") does not represent an
interest in or obligation of DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC (the
"Seller" or "CARCO"), DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC or any
affiliate thereof.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this CARCO Certificate shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to on the reverse side hereof, or be valid for
any purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller has caused this CARCO Certificate to
be duly executed.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE RECEIVABLES LLC,
by
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the CARCO Certificate described in the within-mentioned
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee,
by
____________________________
Authorized Officer
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FORM OF REVERSE OF CARCO CERTIFICATE
This certifies that DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC
("DCWR") is the registered owner of a fractional interest in the assets of the
CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST (the "Trust") not allocated to the
Certificateholders' Interest or the interest of any holder of a Supplemental
Certificate, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of December 5, 2001 (as amended and supplemented, the
"Agreement"), by and among DCWR, as seller, DaimlerChrysler Services North
America LLC, as servicer, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). The corpus of the Trust will include (a) all of the Seller's
right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account and
all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the close
of business on the Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on
the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of Additional Accounts,
and all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-315 of
the UCC as in effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof, (b) all
of the Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to such
Receivables under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (c) all of the Seller's
right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account
(other than any newly created Receivables in any Designated Account) and all
Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the close of
business of each Transfer Date and not theretofore conveyed to the Trust, all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and
all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-315 of the UCC as
in effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof, (d) all monies on
deposit in, and Eligible Investments credited to, the Collection Account or
any Series Account, (e) any Enhancements and (f) all other assets and
interests constituting the Trust. Although a summary of certain provisions of
the Agreement is set forth below, this Certificate does not purport to
summarize the Agreement and reference is made to the Agreement for information
with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and
duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee.
A copy of the Agreement may be requested from the Trustee by writing to the
Trustee at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate
Trust Department. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
This CARCO Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement, as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the Seller by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and is bound.
It is the intent of the Seller and the holder of the CARCO
Certificate that, for Federal income taxes, state and local income, single
business and franchise taxes and any other taxes imposed on or measured by
income, the CARCO Certificate will be treated as indebtedness of DCWR secured
by the Receivables. The Servicer, by entering into the Agreement, the Seller,
the holder of the CARCO Certificate and each Holder of an Investor Certificate
for any Series, by acceptance of its Certificate, agrees to treat, and to take
no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the CARCO Certificate for
purposes of Federal income taxes, state and local income, single business and
franchise taxes and any other taxes imposed on or measured by income as
indebtedness of DCWR.
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This Certificate is not permitted to be transferred, assigned,
exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed except in accordance with the
Agreement, including Sections 6.03(c) and 7.04 of the Agreement.
The Receivables consist of advances made directly or indirectly by
DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC to domestic automobile dealers
franchised by DaimlerChrysler Corporation and/or other automobile
manufacturers. Generally, the principal amount of an advance is equal to the
wholesale purchase price of new automobiles, light duty trucks and certain
other vehicles manufactured or distributed by such manufacturers and, subject
to certain exceptions, is due upon the retail sale of such vehicles.
This Certificate is the CARCO Certificate, which represents the
Seller's interest in certain assets of the Trust, including the right to
receive a portion of the Collections and other amounts at the times and in the
amounts specified in the Agreement. The aggregate interest represented by the
CARCO Certificate at any time in the Receivables in the Trust shall not exceed
the Seller's Interest at such time. In addition to the CARCO Certificate, (i)
Investor Certificates will be issued to investors pursuant to the Agreement,
which will represent the Certificateholders' Interest and (ii) Supplemental
Certificates will be issued pursuant to the Agreement, which will represent
that portion of the Seller's Interest not allocated to the Seller. This CARCO
Certificate shall not represent any interest in the Collection Account, the
Series Accounts or any Enhancements, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust created
thereby shall terminate upon the Trust Termination Date.
Upon the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 12.01 of the
Agreement and the surrender of the Seller's Certificate, the Trustee shall
sell, assign and convey to the Seller or its designee, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all right, title and interest of the Trust in the
Receivables, whether then existing or thereafter created, all Collateral
Security with respect thereto, all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof, except for amounts
held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.02 (b) of the Agreement, and all of
the Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to such
Receivables under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer and assignment, in each case
without recourse, as shall be reasonably requested by the Seller to vest in
the Seller or its designee all right, title and interest which the Trust had
in all such property.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.05
of the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated as of
, , among DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC,
as seller (the "Seller"), DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC, as
servicer (the "Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee are parties to an
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 5,
2001 (as amended or supplemented, the "Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller wishes to designate
Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to convey the Receivables
and related Collateral Security of such Additional Accounts, whether now
existing or hereafter created, to the Trust as part of the corpus of the Trust
(as each such term is defined in the Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Trustee is willing to accept such designation and
conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee hereby agree
as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts
designated hereby, , .
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. The Seller hereby delivers
herewith a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of all such Additional Accounts specifying for each such
Account, as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, its account number, the aggregate
amount of Receivables outstanding in such Account and the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or list shall, as of the date
of this Assignment, supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
3. Conveyance of Receivables. (a) The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse (except as
expressly provided in the Agreement), to the Trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, all
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its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in such
Additional Accounts and all Collateral Security with respect thereto, owned by
the Seller and existing at the close of business on the Additional Cut-Off
Date and thereafter created from time to time until the termination of the
Trust, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-315 of
the UCC as in effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof. The
foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance does not
constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or an assumption by
the Trust, the Trustee, any Agent or any Beneficiary of any obligation of the
Servicer, the Seller, DCS, DaimlerChrysler or any other Person in connection
with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, including any obligation to any Dealers.
(b) In connection with such sale, the Seller agrees to record and
file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and
continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now
existing and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper (as defined in
Section 9-102 of the UCC as in effect in any state where the Seller's or the
Servicer's chief executive offices or books and records relating to the
Receivables are located) meeting the requirements of applicable state law in
such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the sale and
assignment of the Receivables and the Collateral Security to the Trust, and to
deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of
such filing to the Trustee on or prior to the Addition Date. The Trustee shall
be under no obligation whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a
continuation statement to such financing statement, or to make any other
filing under the UCC in connection with such sales.
(c) In connection with such sale, the Seller further agrees, at its
own expense, on or prior to the Addition Date, to indicate in its computer
files that the Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts
designated hereby have been sold and the Collateral Security assigned to the
Trust pursuant to this Assignment for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and the other Beneficiaries.
4. Acceptance by Trustee. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 6 of this Assignment, the Trustee hereby
acknowledges its acceptance, on behalf of the Trust, of all right, title and
interest previously held by the Seller to the property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 3(a) of this
Assignment, and declares that it shall maintain such right, title and
interest, upon the trust set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and other Beneficiaries. The Trustee further acknowledges
that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Assignment, the Seller delivered to the Trustee the computer file or
microfiche or written list relating to the Additional Accounts described in
Section 2 of this Assignment. The Trustee shall be under no obligation
whatsoever to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information contained
in such file or list.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, as of the date
of this Assignment and as of the Addition Date that:
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against
the Seller in accordance
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with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting creditors' rights in
general and except as such enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) Eligible Accounts. Each Additional Account designated hereby is
an Eligible Account;
(c) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were utilized
in selecting the Additional Accounts designated hereby;
(d) Insolvency. As of the Notice Date and the Addition Date, neither
CFC, CCC nor the Seller are insolvent nor, after giving effect to the
conveyance set forth in Section 3 of this Assignment, will any of them
have been made insolvent, nor are any of them aware of any pending
insolvency;
(e) Valid Transfer. This Assignment constitutes a valid sale,
transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest of
the Seller in the Receivables and the Collateral Security and the
proceeds thereof and upon the filing of the financing statements
described in Section 3 of this Assignment with the Secretary of State of
the State of Michigan [and other applicable states] and, in the case of
the Receivables and the Collateral Security hereafter created and the
proceeds thereof, upon the creation thereof, the Trust shall have a first
priority perfected ownership interest in such property, subject to the
rights of the Purchased Receivables Owners in any Collateral Security in
respect of the Partial Accounts (other than the Vehicles relating to
Principal Receivables arising in the Partial Accounts), except for Liens
permitted under Section 2.06(a) of the Agreement. Except as otherwise
provided in the Agreement, neither the Seller nor any Person claiming
through or under the Seller has any claim to or interest in the Trust
Assets;
(f) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Assignment, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof, will not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default
under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or its
properties are bound;
(g) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Assignment by
the Seller, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the
Seller will not conflict with or violate any material Requirements of Law
applicable to the Seller;
(h) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened against the
Seller before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Assignment, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller,
would
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materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Assignment, (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of this Assignment or (v) seeking to affect adversely the
income tax attributes of the Trust under the United States Federal or any
State income, single business or franchise tax systems;
(i) Record of Accounts. As of the Addition Date Schedule 1 to this
Assignment is an accurate and complete listing in all material respects
of all the Additional Accounts as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and the
information contained therein with respect to the identity of such
Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct in
all material respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(j) No Liens. Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing
on the Addition Date has been conveyed to the Trust free and clear of any
Lien;
(k) All Consents Required. With respect to each Receivable and all
Collateral Security existing on the Addition Date, all consents,
licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations
with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or
given by the Seller in connection with the conveyance of such Receivable
or Collateral Security to the Trust, the execution and delivery of this
Assignment and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and
effect; and
(l) Eligible Receivables. On the Additional Cut-Off Date each
Receivable conveyed to the Trust as of such date is an Eligible
Receivable or, if such Receivable is not an Eligible Receivable, such
Receivable is conveyed to the Trust in accordance with Section 2.09 of
the Agreement.
6. Conditions Precedent. The acceptance of the Trustee set forth in
Section 4 of this Assignment is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to
the Addition Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(m) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by the Seller in Section 5 of this Assignment shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Assignment and as of the Addition
Date;
(n) Agreement. Each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(d)
of the Agreement applicable to the designation of the Additional Accounts
to be designated hereby shall have been satisfied; and
(o) Officer's Certificate. The Seller shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate, dated the date of this Assignment, in
which an officer of the Seller shall state that the representations and
warranties of the Seller under Section 5 hereof are true and correct. The
Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers' Certificate, shall have
no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein
and shall incur no liability in so relying.
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7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Assignment, the
Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Agreement as so
supplemented by this Assignment shall be read, taken and construed as one and
the same instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF
LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee have
caused this Assignment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective
duly authorized officers as of the day and the year first above written.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE
RECEIVABLES LLC, as Seller,
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
DAIMLERCHRYSLER SERVICES NORTH
AMERICA LLC, as Servicer,
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee,
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ANNUAL SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE
(As required to be delivered on or before each calendar year beginning with
March 31, 1992, pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
DAIMLERCHRYSLER SERVICES NORTH AMERICA LLC
______________________________________________
CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST
______________________________________________
The undersigned, duly authorized representatives of DaimlerChrysler
Services North America LLC ("DCS"), as Servicer, pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 5, 2001 (as
amended and supplemented, the "Agreement"), by and among DaimlerChrysler
Wholesale Receivables LLC, as seller, DCS, as servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as trustee, do hereby certify that:
1. DCS is, as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the
Agreement.
2. The undersigned are Servicing Officers and are duly
authorized pursuant to the Agreement to execute and deliver this
Certificate to the Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers.
3. A review of the activities of the Servicer during the
calendar year ended December 31, , and of its performance under the
Agreement was conducted under our supervision.
4. Based on such review, the Servicer has, to the best of our
knowledge, performed in all material respects all of its obligations
under the Agreement throughout such year and no default in the
performance of such obligations has occurred or is continuing except as
set forth in paragraph 5 below.
5. The following is a description of each default in the
performance of the Servicer's obligations under the provisions of the
Agreement known to us to have been made by the Servicer during the year
ended December 31, , which sets forth in detail the (a) nature of each
such default, (b) the action taken by the Servicer, if any, to remedy
each such default and (c) the current status of each such default: [If
applicable, insert "None."]
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in
the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this
Certificate this day of , .
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"). NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY PORTION
HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION
PROVISIONS OF THE 1933 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE BLUE SKY
OR SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION PROVISIONS. THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO
CERTAIN CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED BELOW). */
___________________________
*/ The following should be inserted in any Certificate bearing such legend:
The [Certificates] may not be acquired by or for the account of any
employee benefit plan, trust or account, including an individual retirement
account, that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or that is described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or an entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in such entity (a "Benefit
Plan"). By accepting and holding this Certificate, the Holder hereof shall be
deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan. By
acquiring any interest in this Certificate, the applicable Certificate Owner
or Owners shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it or they
are not Benefit Plans.
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THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED BELOW). */
___________________________
*/ The following should be inserted in any Certificate bearing such legend:
The [Certificates] may not be acquired by or for the account of any
employee benefit plan, trust or account, including an individual retirement
account, that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or that is described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or an entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in such entity (a "Benefit
Plan"). By accepting and holding this Certificate, the Holder hereof shall be
deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan. By
acquiring any interest in this Certificate, the applicable Certificate Owner
or Owners shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it or they
are not Benefit Plans.
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EXHIBIT E
B-E-O COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATION (CMO)--ASSET-BACKED
Letter of Representations
________________________________________
[Name of Issuer]
________________________________________
[Name of Trustee]
___________
Date
Attention: General Counsel's Office
The Depository Trust Company
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Re:__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Issue Descriptions
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter sets forth our understanding with respect to certain
matters relating to the above-referenced issue (the "Bonds"). Trustee will act
as trustee with respect to the Bonds pursuant to a trust indenture dated
_______________________, 199__ (the "Indenture"). Pursuant to an underwriting
agreement dated ________________________, 199__ (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), by and between Issuer and _______________________. Issuer has
agreed to issue,
"Underwriter"
and Underwriter has agreed to purchase the Bonds.
To induce The Depository Trust Company ("DTC",) to accept the Bonds
as eligible for deposit at DTC. and to act in accordance with its Rules with
respect to the Bonds. Issuer and Trustee make the following representations to
DTC:
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1. Subsequent to closing on the Bonds on ___________________, 199__,
there shall be deposited with DTC one Bond certificate registered in the name
of DTC's nominee, Cede & Co., for each stated maturity of the Bonds in the
face amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto, the total of which represents
100% of the principal amount of such Bonds. If, however, the aggregate
principal amount of any maturity exceeds $150 million, one certificate will be
issued with respect to each $150 million of principal amount and an additional
certificate will be issued with respect to any remaining principal amount.
Each $150 million Bond certificate shall bear the following legend: Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC). ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof. Cede & Co. has an interest herein.
2. In the event of any solicitation of consents from or voting by
holders of the Bonds, Issuer or Trustee shall establish a record date for such
purposes (with no provision for revocation of consents or votes by subsequent
holders) and shall, to the extent possible, send notice of such record date to
DTC not less than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date.
3. In the event of a full or partial redemption or advance refunding
of outstanding Bonds, Issuer or Trustee shall send notice of such event to DTC
not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date or,
in the case of an advance refunding, the date the proceeds are deposited in
escrow.
4. In the event of a partial redemption or an advance refunding of
part of the outstanding Bonds. Issuer or Trustee shall send a notice to DTC
specifying; (a) the amount of the redemption or refunding: (b) in the case of
a refunding, the maturity date(s) established under the refunding; and (c) the
date such notice is to be mailed to Bondholders or published (the "Publication
Date"). Such notice shall be sent to DTC by a secure means (e.g., legible
telecopy registered or certified mail, overnight delivery) in a timely manner
designed to assure that such notice is in DTC's possession no later than the
close of business day before the Publication Date. Issuer or Trustee will
forward such notice either in a separate secure transmission for each CUSIP
number or in a secure transmission for multiple CUSIP numbers (if applicable)
which includes a manifest or list of each CUSIP submitted in that
transmission. (The party sending such notice shall have a method to verify
subsequently the use of such means and the timeliness of such notice.) The
Publication Date shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to
the redemption date.
5. In the event of an invitation to tender the Bonds, notice by
Issuer or Trustee to Bondholders specifying the terms of the tender and the
Publication Date of such notice shall be sent to DTC by a secure means in the
manner set forth in the preceding Paragraph.
6. All notices and payment advices sent to DTC shall contain the
CUSIP number of the Bonds.
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7. Notices to DTC pursuant to Paragraph 2 by telecopy shall be sent
to DTC's Reorganization Department at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, and
receipt of such notices shall be confirmed by telephoning (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇.
Notices to DTC pursuant to Paragraph 2 by mail or by any other means shall be
sent to:
Supervisor: Proxy
Reorganization Department
The Depository Trust Company
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8. Notices to DTC pursuant to Paragraphs 3 and 4 by telecopy shall be
sent to DTC's Call Notification Department at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or (516)
227-4190, and receipt of such notices shall be confirmed by telephoning (516)
227-4070. Notices to DTC pursuant to Paragraphs 3 and 4 by mail or by any
other means shall be sent to:
Call Notification Department
The Depository Trust Company
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9. Notices to DTC pursuant to Paragraph 5 and notices of other
corporate actions (including mandatory tenders, exchanges, and capital
changes) by telecopy shall be sent to DTC's Reorganization Department at (212)
709-1093 or (212) 709-194, and receipt of such notices shall be confirmed by
telephoning (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. Notices to DTC pursuant to the above by mail or by
any other means shall be sent to:
Manager, Reorganization Department
Reorganization Window
The Depository Trust Company
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10. Trustee shall send DTC written notice with respect to the dollar
amount per $1,000 original face value (or other minimum authorized
denomination if less than $1.000 face value) payable on each payment date
allocated as to the interest and principal portions thereof preferably 5, but
not less than 2 business days prior to such payment date. Such notices, which
shall also contain Trustee contact's name and telephone number, shall be sent
by telecopy to DTC's Dividend Department at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or by mail or by
any other means to:
Manager, Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
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11. Interest payments and payments of principal that are part of
periodic principal-and-interest payments shall be received by Cede & Co., as
nominee of DTC, or its
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registered assigns in same-day funds on each payment date (or the equivalent
in accordance with existing arrangements between Issuer or Trustee and DTC).
Such payments shall be made payable to the order of Cede & Co. Absent any
other existing arrangements such payments shall be addressed as follows:
Manager: Cash Receipts
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
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12. Securities Eligible for DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System
("SDFS")
Other payments of principal (redemption payments) shall be made in
same-day funds by Trustee in the manner set forth in the SDFS Paying Agent
Operating Procedures, a copy of which previously has been furnished to
Trustee.
Securities Eligible for DTC's Next-Day Funds Settlement System
("NDFS")
Other payments of principal (redemption payments) shall be made in
next-day funds by Trustee to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or its registered
assigns, on each payment date. Such payments shall be made payable to the
order of Cede & Co., and shall be addressed as follows:
NDFS Redemption Department
The Depository Trust Company
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13. DTC may direct Issuer or Trustee to use any other telephone
number or address as the number or address to which notices or payments of
interest or principal may be sent.
14. In the event of a redemption, acceleration, or any other similar
transaction (e.g., tender made and accepted in response to Issuer's or
Trustee's invitation) necessitating a reduction in the aggregate principal
amount of Bonds outstanding or an advance refunding of part of the Bonds
outstanding, DTC, in its discretion; (a) may request Issuer or Agent to issue
and authenticate a new Bond certificate, or (b) may make an appropriate
notation on the Bond certificate indicating the date and amount of such
reduction in principal except in the case of final maturity, in which case the
certificate will be presented to Issuer or Agent prior to payment if required.
15. In the event that Issuer determines that beneficial owners of
Bonds shall be able to obtain certificated Bonds, Issuer or Trustee shall
notify DCT of the availability of Bond certificates. In such event, Issuer or
Trustee shall issue, transfer, and exchange Bond certificates in appropriate
amounts, as required by DTC and others.
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▇▇. DTC may discontinue its services as securities depository with
respect to the Bonds at any time by giving reasonable notice to Issuer or
Trustee (at which time DTC will confirm with Issuer or Trustee the aggregate
principal amount of Bonds outstanding). Under such circumstances, at DTC's
request Issuer and Trustee shall cooperate fully with DTC by taking
appropriate action to make available one or more separate certificates
evidencing Bonds to any DTC Participant having Bonds credited to its DTC
accounts.
17. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Trustee to advance
funds on behalf of Issuer.
Notes: Very truly yours,
A. If there is a Trustee (as defined in
this Letter of Representations). Trustee
as well as Issuer must sign this Letter.
If there is no Trustee, in signing this
Letter Issuer itself undertakes to
perform all of the obligations _________________________________
Set forth herein. (Issuer)
B. Neither DTC nor Cede & Co.
provides consents or votes with respect
to any security. Under its usual
procedures DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to
Issuer as soon as possible after the
record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns
Cede & Co. voting rights to those _________________________________
Participants having the security Tristee
credited to their accounts on the record
date identified in a listing attached to
the Omnibus Proxy. The requirement to
advice DTC of the record date for the By:_______________________________
solicitation of consents or voting set (Authorized Officer's Signature)
forth in Paragraph 2 of this Letter
Received and Accepted:
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
By: ____________________________________
(Authorized Officer)
cc: Underwriter
Underwriter's Counsel
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SCHEDULE A
(Describe Issue)
Principal Amount Maturity Date Interest Rate
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EXHIBIT F-1
[FORM OF CLEARANCE SYSTEM CERTIFICATE
TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRUSTEE BY
EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM FOR
DELIVERY OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES
IN EXCHANGE FOR A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST
[_____________________] Auto Loan
Asset Backed Certificates. Series [_________]
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Certificates to be delivered]
We refer to that portion of the temporary Global Certificate in
respect of the above-captioned issue which is herewith submitted to be
exchanged for definitive Certificates (the "Submitted Portion") as provided in
the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December
5, 2001 (as amended and supplemented, the "Agreement"), in respect of such
issue. This is to certify that (i) we have received a certificate or
certificates, in writing or by tested telex, with respect to each of the
persons appearing in our records as being entitled to a beneficial interest in
the Submitted Portion and with respect to such persons beneficial interest
either (a) from such person, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 to the
Agreement, or (b) from [ ], substantially in the form of Exhibit F-3 to the
Agreement, and (ii) the Submitted Portion includes no part of the temporary
Global Certificate excepted in such certificates.
We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received
any notification from any of the persons giving such certificates to the
effect that the statements made by them with respect to any part of the
Submitted Portion are no longer true and cannot be relied on as of the date
hereof.
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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities and tax laws in the United States of America. If
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in
such proceedings.
Dated: 1/ [Euroclear Bank S.A./B.V.] 2/
[Clearstream, Luxembourg] 2/
By:_______________________________
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1/ To be dated on the Exchange Date.
2/ Delete the inappropriate reference.
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EXHIBIT F-2
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
TO EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM
BY [ ]
WITH RESPECT TO REGISTERED CERTIFICATES SOLD TO
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS]
CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST,
[ ] Auto Loan
Asset Backed Certificates. Series [ ]
In connection with the initial issuance and placement of the above
referenced Auto Loan Asset Backed Certificates (the "Certificates"), an
institutional investor in the United States ("institutional investor") is
purchasing U.S. $ aggregate principal amount of the Certificates held in our
account at [Euroclear Bank S.A./B.V., as operator of the Euroclear System]
[Clearstream, Luxembourg] on behalf of such investor.
We reasonably believe that such institutional investor is a qualified
institutional buyer as such term is defined under Rule 144A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
[We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
United States laws. We irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate
or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered by this
certificate.]
The Definitive Certificates in respect of this certificate are to be
issued in registered form in the minimum denomination of U.S. $500,000 and
such Definitive Certificates (and, unless the Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or Supplement relating to the Certificates otherwise
provides, any Certificates issued in exchange or substitution for or on
registration of transfer of Certificates) shall bear the following legend:
"THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY PORTION
HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS (EACH AS DEFINED HEREIN), EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS OF SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT
TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.
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THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS
SET FORTH IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. THIS CERTIFICATE CANNOT BE EXCHANGED
FOR A BEARER CERTIFICATE."
Dated:
[
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT F-3
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
TO EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER
OF CERTIFICATES, OTHER THAN A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER]
CARCO AUTO LOAN MASTER TRUST,
[ ] Auto Loan
Asset Backed Certificates. Series [ ]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as provided
in the third paragraph hereof, the above-captioned Certificates held by you
for our account (i) are not owned by a person that is a United States person,
(ii) are owned by a United States person that is (A) the foreign branch of a
United States financial institution (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v)) (a "financial institution") purchasing for its own
account or for resale, or (B) a United States person who acquired the
Certificates through the foreign branch of a financial institution and who
holds the Certificates through the financial institution on the date hereof
(and in either case (A) or (B), the financial institution hereby agrees to
comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or
(iii) are owned by a financial institution for purposes of resale during the
Restricted Period (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)). In addition, financial institutions described in
clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (whether or not also described in
clause (i) or (ii)) certify that they have not acquired the Certificates for
purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a
person within the United States or its possessions.
We undertake to advise you by tested telex if the above statement as
to beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the
above-captioned Certificates in bearer form with respect to such of said
Certificates as then appear in your books as being held for our account.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S. $ principal
amount of Certificates held by you for our account, as to which we are not yet
able to certify beneficial ownership. We understand that delivery of
Definitive Certificates in such principal amount cannot be made until we are
able to so certify.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities and tax laws in the United States of America. If
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in
such proceedings. As used herein, "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and "United
States Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate
or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income
taxation regardless of its source.
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Dated: 1/ By:_________________________
As, or as agent for, the
beneficial owner(s) of the
interest in the Certificates
to which this certificate
relates.
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1/ This Certificate must be dated on the earlier of the date of the
first actual payment of interest in respect of the Certificates and
the date of the delivery of the Certificates in definitive form.
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EXHIBIT G-1
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
Provisions to be Included in
Opinion of Counsel Delivered Pursuant
to Section 13.02(d)(i)
(p) The Amendment to the [Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement] [Supplement], attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the "Amendment"),
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Seller,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally from
time to time in effect. The enforceability of the Seller's obligations is
also subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(q) The Amendment has been entered into in accordance with the terms
and provisions of Section 13.01 of the Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(r) The Amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of the Investor Certificateholders. [Include this clause
(iii) only in the case of amendments effected pursuant to Section
13.01(a) of the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement.]
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EXHIBIT G-2
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
Provisions to be Included in Opinion of Counsel to be
Delivered Pursuant to Section 13.021d)(ii) and (iii)*
The opinions set forth below may be subject to all the
qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions taken or made in the
opinion of counsel to DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC (the "Seller")
delivered on any Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
are used as defined in the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of December [__], 2001 (as amended and supplemented, the
"Agreement"), among the Seller, as seller, DaimlerChrysler Services North
America LLC, as servicer, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
[(a) The Assignment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Seller, and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms.]
(b) Assuming the Receivables [in the Additional Accounts] are created
under, and are evidenced solely by, Floorplan Financing Agreements, such
Receivables will constitute "chattel paper" as defined under Section 9-102 of
the UCC. We note that the Seller has given us an Officer's Certificate to the
effect that the Receivables are created under Floorplan Financing Agreements.
(c) If the transfer of the Receivables [in the Additional Accounts]
and all [of the related] Collateral Security to the Trust pursuant to the
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement constitutes a true sale
of such Receivables and Collateral Security to the Trust:
(i) with respect to such Receivables and Collateral Security in
existence on the date hereof, such sale transfers all of the right, title
and interest of the Seller in and to such Receivables and Collateral
Security to the Trust, free and clear of any liens now existing or
hereafter created, but subject to the rights of the Seller as holder of
the CARCO Certificate;
(ii) with respect to such Receivables and Collateral Security which
come into existence after the date hereof, upon the creation of such
Receivables and Collateral Security and the subsequent transfer of such
Receivables and Collateral Security to the Trust in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt by the
Seller of the consideration therefor required pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such sale will transfer all of
the right, title and interest of the Seller in and to such Receivables
and Collateral Security to the
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* Include bracketed language only in the case of additions of Accounts
effected pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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Trust free and clear of any liens but subject to the rights of the Seller
as holder of the CARCO Certificate;
and, in either case, no further action will thereafter be required under
Michigan or federal law to protect the Trust's ownership interest in the
Receivables and the Collateral Security against creditors of, or
subsequent purchasers from, the Seller.
(d) If the transfer of the Receivables and Collateral Security to the
Trust pursuant to the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement
does not constitute a true sale of the Receivables and the Collateral Security
to the Trust, then the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement as
amended and supplemented by the Assignment creates a valid security interest
in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in the
Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and the
Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof securing the obligations of the
Seller thereunder. Financing statements on form UCC-1 having been filed in the
offices of the Secretaries of State of the States of Michigan and [other
applicable states] and accordingly, such security interest constitutes a
perfected security interest in such Receivables and Collateral Security and
the proceeds thereof subject to no prior liens, enforceable as such against
creditors of, and subsequent purchasers from, the Seller, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general equity principles.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.07 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to below)
REASSIGNMENT NO. OF RECEIVABLES, dated as of , ,
by and between DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE RECEIVABLES LLC, a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Seller"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation,
as trustee (the "Trustee") pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Seller, DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC, as
servicer (the "Servicer"), and the Trustee are parties to the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 5, 2001 (as
amended or supplemented, the "Agreement"):
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller wishes to remove all
Receivables from certain designated Accounts and the Collateral Security
thereof (the "Removed Accounts") and to cause the Trustee to reconvey the
Receivables of such Removed Accounts and such Collateral Security, whether now
existing or hereafter created, from the Trust to the Seller (as each such term
is defined in the Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Trustee is willing to accept such designation and to
reconvey the Receivables in the Removed Accounts and such Collateral Security
subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used herein
shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined
herein.
"Removal Commencement Date" shall mean, with respect to the
Removal Accounts designated hereby,
"Removal Date" shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts
designated hereby, , .
2. Designation of Removed Accounts. The Seller shall deliver to the
Trustee, any Enhancement Providers and the Rating Agencies a computer file or
microfiche or written list containing a true and complete list of the Removed
Accounts, specifying for each such Account, as of the Removal Commencement
Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in
such Accounts and the Designated Balance. Such list shall
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be marked as Schedule 1 to this Reassignment and shall be incorporated into
and made a part of this Reassignment as of the Removal Date and shall amend
Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
3. Conveyance of Receivables and Accounts. (a) The Trustee does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without
recourse, representation or warranty on and after the Removal Date, all right,
title and interest of the Trust in, to and under all Receivables now existing
at the close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created from time
to time until the termination of the Trust in Removed Accounts designated
hereby, all Collateral Security thereof, all monies due or to become due and
all amounts received with respect thereto (including all Non-Principal
Receivables), all proceeds (as defined in Section 9-315 of the UCC as in
effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof relating thereto.
(b) If requested by the Seller, in connection with such transfer, the
Trustee agrees to execute and deliver to the Seller on or prior to the date of
this Reassignment, a termination statement with respect to the Receivables
existing at the close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created
from time to time and Collateral Security thereof in the Removed Accounts
reassigned hereby (which may be a single termination statement with respect to
all such Receivables and Collateral Security) evidencing the release by the
Trust of its lien on the Receivables in the Removed Accounts and the
Collateral Security, and meeting the requirements of applicable state law, in
such manner and such jurisdictions as are necessary to remove such lien.
4. Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee hereby acknowledges that, prior
to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Reassignment, the
Seller delivered to the Trustee the computer file or such microfiche or
written list described in Section 2 of this Reassignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, as of the date
of this Reassignment and as of the Removal Date:
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or
in equity);
(b) No Early Amortization Event. The removal of the Accounts
hereby removed shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Seller,
cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool Balance
to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(c) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by
the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were
utilized in selecting the Designated
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Accounts [and the selection procedures were applied so as to
randomly select the Designated Account from the entire population of
Accounts]; and
(d) True and Complete List. The list of Removed Accounts
described in Section 2 of this Assignment is, as of the Removal
Commencement Date, true and complete in all material respects;
provided, however, that in the event that the removal on such Removal Date
relates solely to Ineligible Accounts, the Seller shall be deemed to make only
the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5(a) above.
6. Conditions Precedent. In addition to the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 2.07 of the Agreement, the obligation of the Trustee to
execute and deliver this Reassignment is subject to the satisfaction, on or
prior to the Removal Commencement Date, of the following additional condition
precedent:
Officers' Certificate. The Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate certifying that (i) as of the Removal Commencement
Date, all requirements set forth in Section 2.07 of the Agreement for
designating Removed Accounts and reconveying the Receivables of such Removed
Accounts and the Collateral Security, whether existing at the close of
business on the Removal Date or thereafter created from time to time until the
termination of the Trust, have been satisfied, and (ii) each of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5 hereof is true
and correct as of the date of this Reassignment and as of the Removal
Commencement Date. The Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers'
Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters
set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Reassignment,
the Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Agreement as
so supplemented by this Reassignment shall be read, taken and construed as one
and the same instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF
LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Reassignment to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on
the day and year first above written.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE
RECEIVABLES LLC, Seller,
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, Trustee,
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT I
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CHRYSLER AUTO RECEIVABLES COMPANY LLC,
Buyer
and
CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION,
Seller
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
Dated as of May 31, 1991
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms.......................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions...............................................................1
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Receivables...................................................................1
SECTION 2.02. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Seller and
the Agreement...............................................................................3
SECTION 2.03. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Receivables....................5
SECTION 2.04. Addition of Accounts........................................................................6
SECTION 2.05. Covenants of the Seller.....................................................................8
SECTION 2.06. Removal of Eligible Accounts................................................................9
SECTION 2.07. Removal of Ineligible Accounts.............................................................10
SECTION 2.08. Sale of Ineligible Receivables.............................................................11
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.01. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer.......................11
SECTION 3.02. Servicing. Compensation....................................................................12
ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND ALLOCATION AND
APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
SECTION 4.01. Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds................................12
ARTICLE V
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SELLER
SECTION 5.01. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the Obligations of the
Seller.....................................................................................12
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 7.01. Amendment..................................................................................13
SECTION 7.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables.....................................14
SECTION 7.03. Limited Recourse...........................................................................15
SECTION 7.04. No Petition................................................................................15
SECTION 7.05. GOVERNING LAW..............................................................................15
SECTION 7.06. Notices....................................................................................15
SECTION 7.07. Severability of Provisions.................................................................16
SECTION 7.08. Assignment.................................................................................16
SECTION 7.09. Further Assurances.........................................................................16
SECTION 7.10. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.............................................................16
SECTION 7.11. Counterparts...............................................................................16
SECTION 7.12. Third-Party Beneficiaries..................................................................16
SECTION 7.13. Merger and Integration.....................................................................16
SECTION 7.14. Headings...................................................................................16
Exhibit A.........Form of Assignment
Exhibit B.........Form of Opinion of Counsel
Exhibit C.........Form of Opinion of Counsel
Exhibit D.........Form of Reassignment
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 31, 1991, between
CHRYSLER AUTO RECEIVABLES COMPANY LLC, a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Buyer"), and CHRYSLER CREDIT
CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the "Seller").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Seller in the ordinary course of its business finances
the purchase of floorplan inventory by automotive dealers thereby generating
certain payment obligations;
WHEREAS the Seller wishes to sell certain of such existing and future
payment obligations from time to time to the Buyer; and
WHEREAS the Buyer desires to sell such payment obligations to CARCO
Auto Loan Master Trust, pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of May 31, 1991 (as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Buyer,
as seller, the Seller, as servicer, and Manufacturers and Traders Trust
Company, as trustee (the "Trustee").
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. In addition, the term "Agreement" means this Receivables
Purchase Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified.
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions. The words "hereof",
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and Article, section, subsection, schedule, and
exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Receivables. By execution of this
Agreement, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey, without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to
the Buyer on the first Closing Date, in the case of Initial Accounts, and on
the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, all of its
right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account and
all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the close
of business on the Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on
the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of Additional Accounts,
and all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
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thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of
the UCC as in effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof. Subject
to Article VI, as of each Business Day prior to the earlier of (x) the
occurrence of an Early Amortization Event specified in Section 9.01(b), (c),
(d), or (e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (y) the Trust
Termination Date, on which Receivables are created in the Accounts (a
"Transfer Date"), the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey, without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to
the Buyer, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Receivables in each Account (other than any Receivables created in any
Designated Account from and after the applicable Removal Commencement Date)
and all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the
close of business on such Transfer Date and not theretofore conveyed to the
Buyer, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of
the UCC as in effect in the State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof. The
foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance and any
subsequent sales, transfers, assignments, set-overs and conveyances do not
constitute, and are not intended to result in, the creation or an assumption
by the Buyer of any obligation of the Servicer, the Seller, CFC, Chrysler or
any other Person in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to any
Dealers.
In connection with such sales, the Seller agrees to record and file,
at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and continuation
statements when applicable) naming the Seller as "seller" and the Buyer as
"buyer" thereon with respect to the Receivables now existing and hereafter
created for the sale of chattel paper (as defined in Section 9-105 of the UCC
as in effect in any state where the Seller's or the Servicer's chief executive
offices or books and records relating to the Receivables are located) meeting
the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the sale and assignment of the
Receivables and the Collateral Security to the Buyer, and to deliver a file-
stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of such filing to
the Buyer on or prior to the first Closing Date, in the case of Initial
Accounts, and (if any additional filing is so necessary) the applicable
Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts. In addition, the Seller
shall cause to be timely filed in the appropriate filing office any UCC-1
financing statement and continuation statement necessary to perfect any sale
of Receivables to the Seller. The Buyer shall be under no obligation
whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a continuation statement to
such financing statement, or to make any other filing under the UCC in
connection with such sales. The parties hereto intend that the transfers of
Receivables effected by this Agreement be sales. In connection with such
sales, the Seller further agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to the first
Closing Date, in the case of Initial Accounts, the applicable Addition Date,
in the case of Additional Accounts, and the applicable Removal Commencement
Date, in the case of Removed Accounts, (a) to indicate in its computer files
and to cause CFC to indicate in its computer files as required by the
Receivables Sales Agreement dated as of the date hereof between CFC and the
Seller (the "Receivables Sale Agreement"), that the Receivables created in
connection with the Accounts (other than Removed Accounts) have been sold, and
the Collateral Security assigned, to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and
sold to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries and (b) to
deliver to the Buyer a computer file or microfiche or written list containing
a true and complete list of all such Accounts (other than Removed Accounts)
specifying for each such Account, as of the Cut-Off Date, in the case of
Initial Accounts, and the
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applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, (i)
its account number, (ii) the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in
such Account and (iii) the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in such
Account. Such file or list, as supplemented from time to time to reflect
Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 1 to
this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement.
In consideration for the sale of Receivables, together with the
related Collateral Security, sold to the Buyer on first Closing Date, the
Buyer shall pay to the Seller $495,855,802.38 in cash. Subject to Article VI,
the purchase price for the Receivables sold by the Seller to the Buyer on each
Addition Date and on each Transfer Date thereafter shall be a price agreed to
by the Buyer and the Seller at the time of acquisition by the Buyer, which
price shall not, in the opinion of the Buyer, be materially less favorable to
the Buyer than prices for transactions of a generally similar character at the
time of the acquisition taking into account the quality of such Receivables
and other pertinent factors; provided that such consideration shall in any
event not be less than reasonably equivalent value therefor.
SECTION 2.02. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating
to the Seller and the Agreement. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to
the Buyer as of each Closing Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the
law of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, full
corporate power, authority and legal right to own its properties and
conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such
business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do
business and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign
corporation (or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where
the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not
have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the
Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller.
(d) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which the
Seller is a party or by which it or its properties are bound.
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(e) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable to
the Seller, will not conflict with or violate any material
Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations, pending or threatened
against the Seller, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting
the invalidity of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Seller, would materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this
Agreement, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would
materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or (v) seeking to affect adversely the income tax
attributes of the Trust under the United States Federal or any State
income, single business or franchise tax systems.
(g) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations,
consents, orders, approvals or other actions of any Person or of any
governmental body or official required in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of
the terms hereof or thereof, have been obtained.
(h) Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and except
as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of
equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).
(i) Record of Accounts. As of the first Closing Date, in the
case of initial Accounts and, as of the applicable Addition Date, in
the case of the Additional Accounts, Schedule 1 to this Agreement is
an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all the
Accounts as of the Cut-Off Date or the applicable Additional Cut-Off
Date, as the case may be, and the information contained therein with
respect to the identity of such Accounts and the Receivables
existing thereunder is true and correct in all material respects as
of the Cut-Off Date or such applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, as
the case may be.
(j) Valid Transfer. This Agreement or, in the case of
Additional Accounts, the related Assignment constitutes a valid
sale, transfer and assignment to the Buyer of all right, title and
interest of the Seller in the Receivables and the Collateral
Security and the proceeds thereof. Upon the filing of the financing
statements described in Section 2.01 with the Secretary of State of
the State of Michigan and, in the case of the Receivables hereafter
created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation thereof, the
Buyer shall have a first priority perfected ownership interest in
such property, subject to the rights of the Purchasers in any
Collateral Security in respect of the Partial Accounts (other than
the
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vehicles relating to Principal Receivables arising in the
Partial Accounts), except for Liens permitted under Section 2.05(a).
Except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
neither the Seller nor any Person claiming through or under the
Seller has any claim to or interest in the Trust Assets.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.02
shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Buyer.
Upon discovery by the Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other party.
In the event of any breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.02 and if, in connection therewith, the
Buyer shall be obligated to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest pursuant
to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall
repurchase the Receivables and the Collateral Security and shall pay to the
Buyer on the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date on which such
purchase of the Certificateholders' Interest is to be made an amount equal to
the purchase price for the Certificateholders' Interest as specified in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The obligation of the Seller to purchase the
Receivables pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall constitute the sole remedy
against the Seller respecting an event of the type specified in the first
sentence of this Section 2.02 available to the Buyer and to the Investor
Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of the Investor
Certificateholders).
SECTION 2.03. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating
to the Receivables.
(a) Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Buyer that:
(i) Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing on the
first Closing Date or, in the case of Additional Accounts, on the
applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, has been conveyed to
the Buyer free and clear of any Lien, subject to the rights of the
Purchasers in any Collateral Security in respect of the Partial Accounts
(other than the Vehicles relating to the Principal Receivables arising in
the Partial Accounts).
(ii) With respect to each Receivable and all Collateral Security
existing on the first Closing Date or, in the case of Additional
Accounts, on the applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, all
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or
declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained,
effected or given by the Seller in connection with the conveyance of such
Receivable or Collateral Security to the Buyer have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect.
(iii) On the Cut-off Date and each Closing Date, each Initial
Account is an Eligible Account and, in the case of Additional Accounts,
on the applicable Additional
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Cut-Off Date and each subsequent Closing Date, each such Additional
Account is an Eligible Account.
(iv) On the first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts,
and, in the case of the Additional Accounts, on the applicable Additional
Cut-Off Date, and on each Transfer Date, each Receivable conveyed to the
Buyer on such date is an Eligible Receivable or, if such Receivable is
not an Eligible Receivable, such Receivable is conveyed to the Buyer in
accordance with Section 2.08.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.03 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables
to the Buyer. Upon discovery by the Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of
the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other party.
(c) Repurchase. In the event any representation or warranty under
Section 2.03(a) is not true and correct as of the date specified therein with
respect to any Receivable or Account and the Buyer is, in connection
therewith, required to purchase such Receivable or all Receivables in such
Account pursuant to Section 2.04(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
then, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Buyer)
of the earlier to occur of the discovery of any such event by the Seller or
the Buyer, or receipt by the Seller or the Buyer of written notice of any such
event given by the Trustee or any Enhancement Providers, the Seller shall
repurchase the Receivable or Receivables of which the Buyer is required to
accept reassignment pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on the
Business Day preceding the Distribution Date on which such reassignment is to
occur.
The Seller shall purchase each such Receivable by making a payment to
the Buyer in immediately available funds on the Business Day preceding the
Distribution Date on which such reassignment is to occur in an amount equal to
the Purchase Price for such Receivable. Upon payment of the Purchase Price,
the Buyer shall automatically and without further action be deemed to sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without
recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the
Buyer in and to such Receivable, all Collateral Security and all monies due or
to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. The Buyer shall
execute such documents and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such
other actions as shall reasonably be requested by the Seller to effect the
conveyance of such Receivables pursuant to this Section. The obligation of the
Seller to repurchase any such Receivable shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting the event giving rise to such obligation available to the Buyer and
to the Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders).
SECTION 2.04. Addition of Accounts. (a) The Seller may from time to
time offer to voluntarily designate additional Eligible Accounts (including
Partial Accounts) to be included as Accounts, subject to the conditions
specified in paragraph (b) below. If any such offer is accepted by the Buyer,
Receivables and Collateral Security from such Additional Accounts shall be
sold to the Buyer effective on a date (the "Addition Date") specified in a
written notice provided by the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) to the
Buyer and any Enhancement Providers specifying the Additional Cut-Off Date and
the Addition Date for such
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Additional Accounts (the "Addition Notice") on or before the fifth Business
Day but not more than 30th day prior to the related Addition Date (the `Notice
Date"). The Addition Notice shall also specify whether such Additional
Accounts are Partial Accounts.
(b) The Seller shall be permitted to convey to the Buyer the
Receivables and all Collateral Security related thereto in any Additional
Accounts designated by the Seller as such pursuant to Section 2.04(a) only
upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the
related Addition Date:
(i) The Seller shall provide the Buyer and any Enhancement Providers
with a timely Addition Notice.
(ii) Such Additional Accounts shall all be Eligible Accounts.
(iii) The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer a duly executed
written assignment (including an acceptance by the Buyer) in
substantially the form of Exhibit A (the "Assignment") and the computer
file microfiche or written list required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.01.
(iv) The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer for deposit in the
Collection Account all Collections with respect to such Additional
Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date.
(v) (A) No selection procedures believed by the Seller to be adverse
to the interests of the Buyer or the Beneficiaries were used in selecting
such Additional Accounts; (B) the list of Additional Accounts delivered
pursuant to clause (iii) above is true and correct in all material
respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and (C) as of each of the
Notice Date and the Addition Date, neither the Seller, the Buyer nor the
Servicer are insolvent nor will have been made insolvent by such transfer
nor are aware of any pending insolvency.
(vi) The Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied.
(vii) The addition of the Receivables arising in such Additional
Accounts shall not result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization
Event.
(viii) The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer and any
Enhancement Providers a certificate of a Vice President or more senior
officer confirming the items set forth in paragraphs (ii) through (vii)
above.
(ix) On or before each Addition Date, the Seller shall deliver to
the Buyer and any Enhancement Providers an opinion of counsel with
respect to the Receivables in the Additional Accounts substantially in
the form of Exhibit B.
(b) The Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the applicable
Addition Date as to the matters set forth in Section 2.04(b)(v). The
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.04(b)(v) shall survive
the sale and assignment of the respective Receivables and Collateral Security
to the Buyer. Upon discovery by the Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of
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the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering the breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other party and to any Enhancement
Providers.
(c) At least 20 days prior to each Addition Date in respect of the
designation of any Additional Accounts pursuant to this Section 2.04, the
Seller shall have given written notice of such designation to the Rating
Agencies.
SECTION 2.05. Covenants of the Seller. The Seller hereby covenants
that:
(a) No Liens. Except for the conveyances hereunder, the Seller will
not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create,
incur, assume or (subject to the rights of the Purchasers with respect to the
Collateral Security arising in the Partial Accounts (other than the Vehicles
relating to any Principal Receivables)) suffer to exist any Lien on, any
Receivable or any Collateral Security, whether now existing or hereafter
created, or any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title
and interest of the Buyer and the Trust in, to and under the Receivables and
the Collateral Security, whether now existing or hereafter created, against
all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.
(b) Floorplan Financing Agreements and Guidelines. The Seller shall
comply with and perform its servicing obligations with respect to the Accounts
and Receivables in accordance with the Floorplan Financing Agreements relating
to the Accounts and the Floorplan Financing Guidelines, except insofar as any
failure to so comply or perform would not materially and adversely affect the
rights of the Trust or any of the Beneficiaries. Subject to compliance with
all Requirements of Law, the Seller may change the terms and provisions of the
Floorplan Financing Agreement or the Floorplan Financing Guidelines in any
respect (including the calculation of the amount or the timing of charge-offs
and the rate of the finance charge assessed thereon) only if such change would
be permitted pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(c) Account Allocations. In the event that the Seller is unable for
any reason to transfer Receivables to the Buyer then the Seller agrees that it
shall allocate, after the occurrence of such event, payments on each Account
with respect to the principal balance of such Account first to the oldest
principal balance of such Account and to have such payments applied as
Collections in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; provided, however, that in the case of Partial Accounts Collections
of Principal Receivables shall be allocated to the Principal Receivables to
which such Collections relate. The parties hereto agree that Non-Principal
Receivables, whenever created, accrued in respect of Principal Receivables
which have been conveyed to the Buyer and by the Buyer to the Trust shall
continue to be a part of the Trust notwithstanding any cessation of the
transfer of additional Principal Receivables to the Buyer and Collections with
respect thereto shall continue to be allocated and paid in accordance with
Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(d) Delivery of Collections. In the event that the Seller receives
Collections, the Seller agrees to pay the Servicer or any Successor Servicer
all payments received by the Seller in respect of the Receivables as soon as
practicable after receipt thereof by the Seller, but in no event later than
two days after the receipt by the Seller thereof.
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(e) Notice of Liens. The Seller shall notify the Buyer and the
Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable other than
the conveyances hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(f) Compliance with Law. The Seller hereby agrees to comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
SECTION 2.06. Removal of Eligible Accounts. (a) On each Determination
Date on which Accounts are removed from the Trust pursuant to Section 2.07 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Buyer shall be deemed to have offered
to the Seller automatically and without notice to or action by or on behalf of
the Buyer, the right to remove Eligible Accounts from the operation of this
Agreement in the manner prescribed in Section 2.06(b).
(b) To accept such offer and remove Accounts, the Seller (or the
Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following actions and make the
following determinations:
(i) not less than five Business Days prior to the Removal
Commencement Date, furnish to the Buyer, the Trustee, any Enhancement
Providers and the Rating Agencies a written notice (the "Removal Notice")
specifying the Determination Date (which may be the Determination Date on
which such notice is given) on which removal of the Receivables of one or
more Accounts will commence (a "Removal Commencement Date") and the
Accounts the future generated Receivables of which are to be removed from
the Trust and retransferred (the "Designated Accounts");
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect to such
Designated Accounts the aggregate balance of Principal Receivables in
respect of each such Designated Account (the "Designated Balance") and
amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Buyer a computer file or microfiche
or written list containing a true and complete list of the Removed
Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the Removal Commencement
Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding
in such Account and the Designated Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Buyer any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts;
(iv) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, allocate all
Collections of Principal Receivables in respect of each Designated
Account, first to the oldest outstanding principal balance of such
Designated Account, until the Determination Date on which the Designated
Balance with respect to such Designated Account is reduced to zero (the
"Removal Date");
(v) on each Business Day from and after such Removal Commencement
Date to and until the related Removal Date, allocate (A) to the Buyer
Defaulted Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in
respect of each Designated Account, based on the ratio of the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the
Buyer on such Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such Business Day and (B)
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the Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such
Business Day;
(vi) represent and warrant that the removal of any such Eligible
Account on any Removal Date shall not, in the reasonable belief of the
Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool
Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(vii) represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by
the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were
utilized in selecting the Designated Accounts;
(viii) represent and warrant as of the Removal Date that the list of
Removed Accounts delivered pursuant to clause (ii) above, as of the
Removal Commencement Date, is true and complete in all material respects;
and
(ix) on or before the related Removal Commencement Date, deliver to
Buyer, the Trustee and any Enhancement Providers an Officers' Certificate
confirming the items set forth in clauses (vi) and (viii) above and
confirming that the Seller reasonably believes that the removal of the
Removed Accounts will not result in the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event; the Buyer may conclusively rely on such officers'
Certificate and shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the
matters set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
(b) Subject to Section 2.06(b), on the Removal Date with respect to
any such Designated Account, the Seller shall cease to allocate any
Collections therefrom in accordance with Section 2.06(b) and such Designated
Account shall be deemed removed by operation of this Agreement for all
purposes (a "Removed Account"). After the Removal Date and upon the written
request of the Servicer, the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller a reassignment
in substantially the form of Exhibit D (the "Reassignment").
SECTION 2.07. Removal of Ineligible Accounts. (a) On any date on
which an Account becomes an ineligible Account (which shall be deemed the
Removal Commencement Date with respect to such Account), the Seller shall
commence removal of the Receivables of such ineligible Account in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.07(b).
(b) With respect to each Account that becomes an Ineligible Account,
the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following actions
and make the following determinations:
(i) furnish to the Buyer, the Trustee and any Enhancement Providers
a Removal Notice specifying a Removal Commencement Date and the
Ineligible Accounts to be treated as Designated Accounts;
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect to such
Designated Accounts the Designated Balance with respect to each such
Designated Account and amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Buyer a
computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of the Removed Accounts specifying for
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each such Account, as of the Removal Commencement Date, its account
number, the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such Account
and the Designated Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Buyer any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts;
(iv) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, allocate
Collections of Principal Receivables in respect of each Designated
Account, first to the oldest outstanding principal balance of such
Designated Account, until the Removal Date with respect thereto; and
(v) on each Business Day from and after such Removal Commencement
Date to and until the related Removal Date, allocate (A) to the Buyer
Defaulted Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in
respect of each Designated Account, based on the ratio of the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the
Buyer on such Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such Business Day and (B)
to the Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections
of Non-Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such
Business Day.
(c) On the Removal Date with respect to any such Designated Account,
the Seller shall cease to allocate any Collections therefor in accordance
herewith and such Designated Account shall be deemed a Removed Account. After
the Removal Date and upon the written request of the Servicer, the Buyer shall
deliver to the Seller a Reassignment.
SECTION 2.08. Sale of Ineligible Receivables. The Seller shall sell
to the Buyer on each Transfer Date any and all Receivables arising in any
Eligible Accounts that are Ineligible Receivables, provided that on the
Cut-Off Date or, in the case of Receivables arising in Additional Accounts, on
the related Additional Cut-Off Date, and on the applicable Transfer Date, the
Account in which such Receivables arise is an Eligible Account.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.01. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to
the Servicer. (a) The Seller agrees to act as the Servicer under this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the Buyer consents to
the Seller acting as Servicer. The Seller will have ultimate responsibility
for servicing, managing and making collections on the Receivables and will
have the authority to make any management decisions relating to such
Receivables, to the extent such authority is granted to the Servicer under
this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The servicer shall service and administer the Receivables in
accordance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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SECTION 3.02. Servicing. Compensation. As full compensation for its
servicing activities hereunder and under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee on each
Distribution Date. The Servicing Fee shall be paid in accordance with the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND
ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
SECTION 4.01. Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other
Funds. The Servicer will apply all Collections with respect to the Receivables
and all funds on deposit in the Collection Account as described in Article IV
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE V
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SELLER
SECTION 5.01. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the
Obligations of the Seller. The Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) The corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Seller is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of the Seller substantially as an entirety shall be a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any State or the District of Columbia and, if the Seller is not the
surviving entity, such corporation shall assume, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, the performance of every covenant and obligation of the Seller
hereunder; and
(b) the Seller has delivered to the Buyer and the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer comply with this Section 5.01
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with. Section 5.02. Seller Indemnification of
the Buyer. The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer, from and
against any loss, liability, expense, claim, damage or injury suffered or
sustained by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions
arising out of activities of the seller pursuant to this Agreement arising out
of or based on the arrangement created by this Agreement and the activities of
the Seller taken pursuant thereto, including any judgment, award, settlement,
reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection
with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim;
provided, however, that the Seller shall not indemnify the Buyer if such acts,
omissions or alleged acts or omissions constitute fraud, gross negligence or
wilful misconduct by the Buyer: and provided further, that the Seller shall
not indemnify the Buyer for any liabilities, cost or expense of the Buyer with
respect to any Federal, state or local income or franchise taxes or the
Michigan Single Business tax (or any interest or penalties with respect
thereto) required to be paid by the Buyer in connection herewith to any taxing
authority. Any indemnification under this Article V shall survive the
termination of the Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
This Agreement will terminate immediately after the Trust terminates
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, the Buyer shall
not purchase Receivables nor shall the Seller designate Additional Accounts if
the Seller shall become an involuntary party to (or be made the subject of)
any proceeding provided for by any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Seller or relating to all or substantially all of its property (an
"Involuntary Case") and such Involuntary Case shall have continued for a
period of ten Business Days from and including the day of receipt by the
Seller at its principal corporate office of notice of such Involuntary case;
provided, that during such ten Business Day period, the Buyer shall suspend
its purchase of Receivables and shall hold all Collections of Principal
Receivables that would have been available to purchase Receivables in the
Collection Account and (a) if by the first Business Day after such ten
Business Day period, the Buyer has not obtained an order from the court having
jurisdiction of such case or filing which order approves the continuation of
the sale of Receivables by the Seller to the Buyer and which provided that the
Buyer and any of its transferees (including the Trustee) may rely on such
order for the validity and nonavoidance of such transfer (the "Order"), the
Buyer shall hold such Collections in the Collection Account until such time as
they may be paid as elsewhere provided herein and shall not purchase
Receivables thereafter or designate Additional Accounts for transfer to the
Buyer, or (b) if by such first Business Day, the Buyer has obtained such
Order, the Seller may continue selling Receivables, and the Buyer may continue
purchasing Receivables, pursuant to the terms hereof, as modified by the
immediately succeeding sentence. During the period after the 10 Business Day
period described above and before the 60-day period before filing described
below, the purchase price of the Receivables transferred during such period,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall be paid to
the Seller by the Buyer in cash not later than the same Business Day of any
sale of Receivables. During such period, Receivables will be considered
transferred to the Buyer only to the extent that the purchase price therefor
has been paid in cash on the same Business Day. If an order is obtained but
subsequently is reversed or rescinded or expires, the Seller shall immediately
cease selling Receivables to the Buyer and the Buyer shall immediately cease
buying Receivables. If by the first Business Day after the sixty-day period
after such involuntary filing, such involuntary Case has not been dismissed,
the Buyer shall not purchase thereafter Receivables or designated Additional
Accounts for transfer to the Issuer.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 7.01. Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time
to time by the Seller and the Buyer; provided, however, that such action shall
not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel for the Seller addressed and
delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Investor Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Buyer
and Seller with the consent of the Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing
not less than 66-2/3%
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of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Investor Certificates of all
adversely affected Series, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Seller; provided, however,
that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of or delay
the timing of any distributions to be made to Investor Certificateholders or
deposits of amounts to be so distributed with the amount available under any
Enhancement without the consent of each affected Investor Certificateholder,
(ii) change the definition of or the manner of calculating the interest of any
Investor Certificateholders without the consent of each affected
Certificateholder, (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent
to any such amendment without the consent of each Certificateholder or (iv)
adversely affect the rating of any Series or Class by each Rating Agency
without the consent of the Holders of Investor Certificates of such Series or
Class evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Investor Certificates of such Series or Class. Any amendment to
be effected pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to adversely affect all
outstanding Series, other than any series with respect to which such action
shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel for the Seller, addressed and
delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Investor Certificateholder of such Series. The Trustee may,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the
Trustee's rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent
(other than an amendment pursuant to paragraph (a)), the Seller shall furnish
notification of the substance of such amendment to each investor
Certificateholder Enhancement Providers and to each Rating Agency.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Investor
Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing
the authorization of the execution thereof by Investor Certificateholders
shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no
amendment may be made to this Agreement which would adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Enhancement Provider without the consent
of such Enhancement Provider.
SECTION 7.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables.
(a) The Seller shall cause this Agreement, all amendments hereto and/or all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Buyer's right, title and interest to the Receivables
and Collateral Security relating thereto to be promptly recorded, registered
and filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in
such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and
protect the right, title and interest of the Buyer hereunder. The Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such recording, registration or filing. The Buyer shall cooperate
fully with the Seller in connection with the obligations set forth above and
will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent
of this Section 7.02(a).
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(b) Within 30 days after the Seller makes any change in its name,
identity or corporate structure which would make any financing statement or
continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 7.02(a) seriously
misleading within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC as in effect in
Michigan, the Seller shall give the Buyer notice of any such change and shall
file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue
the perfection of the Buyer's security interest in the Receivables and the
proceeds thereof.
(c) The Seller will give the Buyer prompt written notice of any
relocation of any office at which it keeps records concerning the Receivables
or of its principal executive office and whether, as a result of such
relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of
any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or
of any new financing statement and shall file such financing statements or
amendments as may be necessary to perfect or to continue the perfection of the
Buyer's security interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. The
Seller will at all times maintain its principal executive officer within the
United States of America.
(d) The Seller will deliver to the Buyer: (i) upon the execution and
delivery of each amendment of this Agreement, an opinion of Counsel to the
effect specified in Exhibit B; (ii) on each Addition Date on which any
Additional Accounts are to be included as the Accounts pursuant to Section
2.04 hereof, an opinion of Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit C; and
(iii) on or before March 31 of each year, beginning with March 31, 1992, an
opinion of Counsel dated as of a date during such 90-day period, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C.
SECTION 7.03. Limited Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the obligations of the Buyer hereunder shall not be
recourse to the Buyer (or any person or organization acting on behalf of the
Buyer or any affiliate, officer or director of the Buyer), other than to (a)
the portion of the Seller's Interest on any date of determination which is in
excess of the Required Participation Amount and (b) any other assets of the
Buyer not pledged to third parties or otherwise encumbered in a manner
permitted by the Seller's Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however,
that any payment by the Seller made in accordance with this Section 7.03 shall
be made only after payment in full of any amounts that the Seller is obligated
to deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement; provided
further that the Investor Certificateholders shall be entitled to the benefits
of the subordination of the Collections allocable to the Seller's Interest to
the extent provided in the Supplements.
SECTION 7.04. No Petition. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees
that it will not at any time institute against the Buyer any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar
law.
SECTION 7.05. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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SECTION 7.06. Notices. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt
requested, to the parties at such addresses specified in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 7.07. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement and of the
Certificates or rights of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 7.08. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by the seller without the
prior consent of the Buyer and the Trustee. The Buyer may assign its rights,
remedies, powers and privileges under this Agreement to the Trust pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, the Buyer may assign its
rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Designated Affiliate pursuant
to Section 7.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 7.09. Further Assurances. The Seller agrees to do and
perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all
further instruments required or reasonably requested by the Buyer more fully
to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the Receivables
for filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.10. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise
and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Buyer, any right, remedy, power
or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under
this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers
and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
SECTION 7.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 7.12. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Certificateholders
and the other Beneficiaries and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person will
have any right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION 7.13. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
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SECTION 7.14. Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of
reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of
any provision hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Buyer have caused this
Receivables Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
officers as of the day and year first above written.
CHRYSLER AUTO RECEIVABLES COMPANY LLC,
Buyer,
By:
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Name:
Title:
CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION,
Seller,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A to RPA
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.04 of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. __ OF RECEIVABLES IN
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated as of __________,
____, between Chrysler Auto Receivables Company,
as buyer (the "Buyer") and Chrysler Credit
Corporation, as seller (the "Seller"), pursuant
to the Receivables Purchase Agreement referred
to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS the Seller and the Buyer are parties to a Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 31, 1991 (as amended or supplemented, the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Seller
wishes to designate Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to
convey the Receivables of such Additional Accounts, whether now existing or
thereafter created, to the Buyer (as each such term is defined in the
Receivables Purchase Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Buyer is willing to accept such designation and
conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
(i) Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Receivables Purchase Agreement unless
otherwise defined herein.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts
designated hereby, _________________, ____________.
(ii) Designation of Additional Accounts. The Seller hereby delivers
herewith a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true
and complete list identifying all such Additional Accounts specifying for
each such Account, as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, its account number,
the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such Account and the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or
list shall, as of the date of this Assignment supplement Schedule 1, to
the Agreement.
(iii) Conveyance of Receivables. (1) The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse (except
as expressly provided in
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the Receivables Purchase Agreement), to the Buyer, on the Addition Date
all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in
such Additional Accounts and all Collateral Security with respect thereto
owned by the Seller and existing at the close of business on the
Additional Cut-Off Date and all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including
"proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the
State of Michigan and Recoveries) thereof. The foregoing sale, transfer,
assignment, set-over and conveyance does not constitute and is not
intended to result in the creation or an assumption by the Buyer of any
obligation of the Servicer, the Seller, CFC, Chrysler or any other Person
in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement
or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to any Dealers.
(2) In connection with such sale, the Seller agrees to record and
file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and
continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now
existing and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper (as defined in
Section 9-105 of the UCC as in effect in any state where the Seller's or the
Servicer's chief executive offices or books and records relating to the
Receivables are located) meeting the requirements of applicable state law in
such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the sale and
assignment of the Receivables and the Collateral Security to the Buyer, and to
deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of
such filing to the Buyer on or prior to the Addition Date. In addition, the
Seller shall cause to be timely filed in the appropriate filing office any
UCC-1 financing statement and continuation statement necessary to perfect any
sale of Receivables to the Seller. The Buyer shall be under no obligation
whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a continuation statement to
such financing statement, or to make any other filing under the UCC in
connection with such sale. The parties hereto intend that the sales of
Receivables effected by this Agreement be sales.
(3) In connection with such sale, the Seller further agrees, at its
own expense, on or prior to the Addition Date to indicate in its computer
files that the Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts
designated hereby have been sold and the Collateral Security assigned, to the
Buyer pursuant to this Assignment and sold to the Trust pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the other Beneficiaries.
(iv) Acceptance by the Buyer. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 6 of this Assignment, the Buyer hereby
acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest to the
property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to the Buyer
pursuant to Section 3(a) of this Assignment. The Buyer further
acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Assignment, the Seller delivered to the Buyer the
computer file or microfiche or written list described in Section 2 of
this Assignment.
(v) Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Buyer as of the date of this Assignment
and as of the Addition Date that:
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(1) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or
equity).
(2) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the
law of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, full
corporate power, authority and legal right to own its properties and
conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such
business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under this Assignment.
(3) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do
business and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign
corporation (or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where
the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not
have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(4) Eligible Accounts. Each Additional Account designated
hereby is an Eligible Account.
(5) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by
the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Buyer or the
Beneficiaries were used in selecting the Additional Accounts
designated hereby.
(6) Insolvency. As of the Notice Date and the Addition Date,
neither the Seller, the Buyer nor the Servicer are insolvent nor
will any of them have been made insolvent after giving effect to the
conveyance set forth in Section 3 of this Assignment, nor are any of
them aware of any pending insolvency.
(7) Valid Transfer. This Assignment constitutes a valid sale,
transfer and assignment to the Buyer of all right, title and
interest of the Seller in the Receivables and the Collateral
Security thereof. Upon the filing of the financing statements
described in Section 3 of this Assignment with the Secretary of
State of the State of Michigan [and other applicable states] and, in
the case of the Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds
thereof, upon the creation thereof, the Buyer shall have a first
priority perfected ownership interest in such property subject to
the rights of the Purchasers in any Collateral Security in respect
of the Partial
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Accounts (other than vehicles relating to Principal Receivables
arising in the Partial Accounts, except for liens permitted under
Section 2.06(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Except as
otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, neither
the Seller nor any Person claiming through or under the Seller has
any claim to or interest in the Trust Assets.
(8) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Assignment and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Assignment have been duly authorized by the
Seller by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller.
(9) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Assignment,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which
such Seller is a party or by which it or its properties are bound.
(10) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this
Assignment by the Seller, the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Assignment and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof and thereof, will not conflict with, result in any breach of
any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under,
any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or
its properties are bound.
(11) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened
against the Seller, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting
the invalidity of this Assignment, (ii) seeking to prevent the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Seller, would materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this
Assignment, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would
materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of
this Assignment, (v) seeking any determination or ruling that would
materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or the Certificates or (vi) seeking to affect
adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under the United
States Federal or any State income, single business or franchise tax
systems.
(12) Record of Accounts. As of the Addition Date Schedule 1 to
this Assignment is an accurate and complete listing in all material
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respects of all the Additional Accounts as of the Additional Cut-Off
Date and the information contained therein with respect to the
identity of such Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is
true and correct in all material respects as of the Additional
Cut-Off Date.
(13) No Liens. Each Receivable and all Collateral Security
existing on the Addition Date has been conveyed to the Buyer free
and clear of any Lien, subject to the rights of the Purchasers in
any Collateral Security in respect of the Partial Accounts (other
than the vehicles relating to the Principal Receivables arising in
the Partial Accounts).
(14) All Consents Required. With respect to each Receivable and
all Collateral Security existing on the Addition Date, all
appraisals, authorizations, consents, orders, approvals or other
actions of any Person or of any governmental body or official
required in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Assignment and the Certificates, the conveyance of each Receivable
and Collateral Security, the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Assignment, and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof or thereof, have been obtained, effected or given and are in
full force and effect.
(15) Eligible Receivables. On the Additional Cut-Off Date each
Receivable conveyed to the Buyer as of such date is an Eligible
Receivable or, if such Receivable is not an Eligible Receivable,
such Receivable is conveyed to the Buyer in accordance with Section
2.08 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(vi) Conditions Precedent. The acceptance of the Buyer set forth in
Section 4 of this Assignment are subject to the satisfaction, on or prior
to the Addition Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(1) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5 of this Assignment
shall be true and correct as of the date of this Assignment and as
of the Addition Date;
(2) Agreement. Each of the conditions set forth in Section
2.04(b) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement applicable to the
designation of the Additional Accounts to be designated hereby shall
have been satisfied; and
(3) Additional Information. The Seller shall have delivered to
the Buyer such information as was reasonably requested by the Buyer
to satisfy itself as to the accuracy of the representation and
warranty set forth in Section 5(d) of this Assignment.
(vii) Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Assignment,
the Receivables Purchase Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the
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Receivables Purchase Agreement as so supplemented by this Assignment
shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
(ix) Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
(x) GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Buyer have caused this
Assignment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly
authorized officers as of the day and the year first above written.
CHRYSLER AUTO RECEIVABLES COMPANY,
Buyer,
By:
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Name:
Title:
CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION,
Seller,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit B to RPA
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
(As required by Section 7.02(d) of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement)
(a) The Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the "Amendment"), has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in
effect. The enforceability of the Seller's obligations is
also subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(b) The Amendment has been entered into in accordance with
the terms and provisions of Section 7.01 of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement.
(c) The Amendment will not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the Investor Certificateholders.
[Include this clause (iii) only in the case of amendments
effected pursuant to Section 7.01(a) of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement.]
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EXHIBIT C TO RPA
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
Provisions to Be Included in Opinion of
Counsel Delivered Pursuant to Section 7.02(d)
of the Receivables Purchase Agreement*
The opinions set forth below may be subject to all the applicable
qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions taken or made in the
opinion of counsel to Chrysler Credit Corporation (the "Seller"), delivered on
any Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as
defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 1991 (the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement"), between Chrysler Auto Receivables Company,
as buyer (the "Buyer") and the Seller.
[(a) The Assignment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Seller, and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms.]
(b) Assuming Receivables [in the Additional Accounts] are created
under, and are evidenced solely by, Floorplan Financing Agreements, such
Receivables will constitute "chattel paper" as defined under Section 9-105 of
the UCC.
(c) With respect to Receivables [in the Additional Accounts] in
existence on the date hereof with respect to Receivables [in the Additional
Accounts] that come into existence after the date hereof, upon the creation of
such Receivables and the subsequent transfer of such Receivables to the Buyer
free and clear of any Liens in accordance with the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and receipt by the Seller of the consideration therefor required
pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, a bankruptcy court having
jurisdiction over the Seller (i) would not be entitled to compel the turnover
of such Receivables or the proceeds thereof to the Seller under Section 542 of
the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) would not be entitled to treat such Receivables
or the proceeds thereof as assets included in the estate of the Seller
pursuant to Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code or subject to the automatic
stay provision of Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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* Include bracketed language only in the case of additions of Accounts
effected pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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EXHIBIT D TO RPA
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES
(As required by Section 2.06 of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement referred to below)
REASSIGNMENT NO. _______ OF
RECEIVABLES, dated as of __________,
____ by and between CHRYSLER AUTO
RECEIVABLES COMPANY, as buyer (the
"Buyer"), and CHRYSLER CREDIT
CORPORATION, as seller (the "Seller"),
pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Seller and the Buyer are parties to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 31, 1991 (as amended or supplemented, the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Seller
wishes to remove all Receivables from certain designated Accounts and the
Collateral Security thereof (the "Removed Accounts") and to cause the Buyer to
reconvey such Removed Accounts and such Collateral Security, whether now
existing or hereafter created, from the Buyer to the Seller (as each such term
is defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Buyer is willing to accept such designation and to
reconvey the Receivables in the Removed Accounts and such Collateral Security
subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
(i) Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used
herein shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless
otherwise defined herein.
"Removal Commencement Date" shall mean, with respect to the Removal
Accounts designated hereby, _________________, __________. "Removal Date"
shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts designated hereby,
_________________, __________.
(ii) Designation of Accounts to be Removed. The Seller shall deliver
to the Buyer, the Trustee, any Enhancement Providers and the Rating
Agencies a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true
and complete list of the Removed Accounts specifying for each such
Account, as of the Removal Commencement Date, its account number, the
aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such Accounts and the
Designated Balance. Such list shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this
Reassignment and
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shall be incorporated into and made a part of this Reassignment as of the
Removal Date and shall amend Schedule 1 to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
(iii) Conveyance of Receivables and Accounts. (1) The Buyer does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller,
without recourse, representation or warranty on and after the Removal
Date, all right, title and interest of the Trust in, to and under all
Receivables now existing at the close of business on the Removal Date and
thereafter created from time to time until the termination of the Trust
in Removed Accounts designated hereby, all Collateral Security thereof,
all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
thereto (including all Non-Principal Receivables), all proceeds (as
defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Michigan
and Recoveries) thereof relating thereto.
(2) If requested by the Buyer, in connection with such
transfer, the Buyer agrees to execute and deliver to the Seller
on or prior to the date of this Reassignment, a termination
statement with respect to the Receivables existing at the close
of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created from
time to time and Collateral Security thereof in the Removed
Accounts reassigned hereby (which may be a single termination
statement with respect to all such Receivables and Collateral
Security) evidencing the release by the Trust of its lien on
the Receivables in the Removed Accounts and the Collateral
Security, and meeting the requirements of applicable state law,
in such manner and such jurisdictions as are necessary to
remove such lien.
(iv) Acceptance by Buyer. The Buyer hereby acknowledges that, prior
to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Reassignment, the Seller delivered to the Buyer the computer file or
microfiche or written list described in Section 2 of this Reassignment.
(v) Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Buyer as of the Removal Date:
(1) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(2) No Early Amortization Event. The removal of any such
Eligible Account hereby removed shall not, in the reasonable
belief of the Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to
occur or cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required
Participation Amount;
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(3) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed
by the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the
Beneficiaries were utilized in selecting the Designated
Accounts; and
(4) The list of Removed Accounts delivered pursuant to
Section 2 of this Reassignment, as of the removal Commencement
Date, is true and complete in all material respects;
provided, however, that in the event that the removal on such Removal Date
relates solely to Ineligible Accounts, the Seller shall be deemed to make only
the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5(a) above.
(vi) Conditions Precedent. The ratification of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement set forth in Section 7 hereof is subject to the
satisfaction, on or prior to the Removal Date, of the following condition
precedent:
Officers' Certificate. The Seller shall have delivered to
the Buyer, the Trustee and the Enhancement Providers an
Officers' Certificate certifying that each of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5
hereof is true and correct as of the Removal Date and that the
Seller reasonably believes that the removal of the Removed
Accounts will not result in the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event. The Buyer may conclusively rely on such
Officer's Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries
with regard to the matters set forth therein and shall incur no
liability in so relying.
(vii) Ratification of Receivables Purchase Agreement. As
supplemented by this Reassignment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement is
in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Receivables Purchase
Agreement as so supplemented by this Reassignment shall be read, taken
and construed as one and the same instrument.
(viii) Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or
more counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
(ix) GOVERNING LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO
ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Reassignment to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on
the day and year first above written.
CHRYSLER AUTO RECEIVABLES COMPANY,
Buyer,
By:
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Name:
Title:
CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION,
Seller,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
List of Accounts
[Deemed to be incorporated.]
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF SUBORDINATED NOTE
New York, New York
June 18, 1991
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Chrysler Auto Receivables
Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby unconditionally
promises to pay to the order of Chrysler Financial Corporation ("CFC") in
lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds
the principal amount outstanding on May 31, 2012 (the "Maturity Date"), in
respect of monies borrowed by the Company from CFC from time to time to fund
the purchase of Receivables by the Company from Chrysler Credit Corporation
("CCC") pursuant to a Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 1991,
between the Company and CCC. The Company may, at its option, prepay this Note
in whole or in part at any time and from time to time from and after the date
hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall the holder hereof have any
right to demand any payment of principal hereunder prior to the Maturity Date.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
May 31, 1991 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Company, as
seller, CCC, as servicer, and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as
trustee.
The undersigned further agrees to pay interest in like money on the
unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time from the date hereof at the
rate per annum equal to ___________________________. Interest shall be payable
in arrears on each Distribution Date commencing on the first such date to
occur after the date hereof and upon final payment of the unpaid principal
amount hereof.
This Note is subordinate and junior in right and time of payment to
all "Senior Debt" of the Company, which is any Indebtedness of the Company and
all renewals, extensions, refinancings and refundings thereof, except any such
Indebtedness that expressly provides that it is not senior or superior in
right of payment hereto. "Indebtedness" is any indebtedness, whether or not
contingent, in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereto) whether any such indebtedness would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the Company prepared on a consolidated basis
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
All scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of Senior
Debt must be paid before this Note shall be payable, and all scheduled
payments of principal and interest on this Note shall be payable only to the
extent that the Company, after paying all of its accounts payable and other
current expenses, has the funds to make such payments. The Company agrees, and
the holder hereof by accepting this Note agrees, to the subordination
provisions herein contained. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the
contrary, the obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be recourse to
the CARCO Auto Loan Master Trust or any assets thereof formed pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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The holder of this Note, by its acceptance hereof, hereby covenants
and agrees that it will not at any time institute against the Company any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Subordinated Note to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CHRYSLER AUTO RECEIVABLES COMPANY,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT K
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement") dated as of
____________, ______________ (the
"Assumption Date"), by and among
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE RECEIVABLES
LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company headquartered in Southfield,
Michigan ("DCWR"),
[____________________] (the
"Designated Affiliate"), a Delaware
corporation headquartered in
[________________], and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK, a New York banking
corporation (the "Trustee"), pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing Agreement referred to
below.
WHEREAS DCWR, the Trustee and DaimlerChrysler Services North America
LLC, as servicer (the "Servicer"), are parties to the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 5, 2001 (as amended or
supplemented, the "Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement");
WHEREAS DCWR wishes to sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey
all, but not less than all, of its right, title and interest in the Trust
Assets, the Seller's Interest, the CARCO Certificate, the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents and any other
agreement, document or instrument relating to the Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (the "Trust
Documents") and its obligations thereunder to the Designated Affiliate
pursuant to a Designated Affiliate Transfer as set forth in Section 7.04 of
the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS the Designated Affiliate agrees to assume the performance of
every covenant and obligation of DCWR under the Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust Documents; and
WHEREAS the Trustee is willing to accept an assignment to and
assumption by the Designated Affiliate subject to the terms and conditions
hereof and of the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, DCWR, the Designated Affiliate and the Trustee hereby
agree as follows:
1 Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and used herein shall have such defined
meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined herein.
2 Conveyance. By execution of this Agreement, DCWR does hereby sell,
transfer, assign and otherwise convey all, but not less than all, of its
right, title and interest in the Trust Assets, the Seller's Interest, the
CARCO Certificate, the Amended and Restated
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Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust
Documents, and its obligations, as Seller thereunder, to the Designated
Affiliate.
3 Records. The Designated Affiliate agrees, at its own expense, on or
prior to the Assumption Date, to indicate in its computer files and to cause
DCWR and DCS to indicate in their computer files that the Receivables created
in connection with the Accounts (other than Removed Accounts) have been sold,
and the Collateral Security assigned, to the Designated Affiliate in
accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement and sold to the Trust
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries.
4 Assumption of Duties. (a) DCWR hereby agrees that prior to the date
of this Agreement it shall be bound by all the provisions and requirements of
and assume all of the responsibilities under the Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust Documents,
applicable to DCWR. The Designated Affiliate hereby agrees that on and after
the date of this Agreement it shall be bound by all the provisions and
requirements of and assume the performance of every covenant and obligation
and all of the responsibilities and duties under the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust Documents
applicable to DCWR.
(b) In connection with such assumption, the Designated Affiliate
agrees to record and file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form
UCC-1 (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect to (i) the
Receivables now existing and created on or after the Assumption Date in the
Accounts (which may be a single financing statement with respect to all such
Receivables) for the sale of chattel paper (as defined in Section 9-102 of the
UCC as in effect in any state where DCWR's, the Designated Affiliate's or the
Servicer's chief executive offices or books and records relating to the
Receivables are located) and (ii) all other Trust Assets as defined in Section
2.01 of the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement now existing
and created on or after the Assumption Date, meeting the requirements of
applicable state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary
to perfect the sale, transfer and assignment of such Receivables and other
Trust Assets to the Trust, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of such
financing statements or other evidence of such filing (which may, for purposes
of this Section 3, consist of telephone confirmation of such filing, confirmed
within 24 hours in writing) to the Trustee on or prior to the Assumption Date.
5 Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee hereby acknowledges its
acceptance on behalf of the Trust of such assignment and assumption.
The foregoing assignment and assumption does not constitute, and is
not intended to result in the creation or an assumption by the Trust, the
Trustee or any Beneficiary of any obligation of the Servicer, DCS, the Seller,
DaimlerChrysler, DaimlerChrysler, the Designated Affiliate of any other Person
in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to any Dealers.
6 Representations and Warranties of the Designated Affiliate and
DCWR. In addition to the representations and warranties deemed to have been
made by the Designated Affiliate in respect of the Accounts and Receivables
thereunder pursuant to Section 7.04(c) of
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the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Designated
Affiliate and DCWR hereby also represent and warrant to the Trust as of the
Assumption Date:
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a
legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Designated Affiliate and DCWR,
enforceable against the Designated Affiliate and DCWR in accordance with its
terms;
(b) Insolvency. Neither the Designated Affiliate nor DCWR is
insolvent; and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, neither the Designated Affiliate nor DCWR will be insolvent; and
(c) Ownership Interest. The ownership interest of the Trustee in the
Receivables and other Trust Assets continues to remain in full force and
effect and has not been interrupted or impaired by the signing of this
Agreement and such ownership interest remains prior to all others except as
set forth in the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
7 Conditions Precedent. The acceptance of the Trustee set forth in
Section 5 is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Assumption Date,
of the conditions precedent referred to in Section 7.04(b) of the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement and of the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) DCWR shall have transferred the CARCO Certificate to the
Designated Affiliate as set forth in Section 7.04(c) of the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The payment of any other consideration has been completed as
certified by the Designated Affiliate to the Trustee.
(c) The Designated Affiliate shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate, dated the date of this Agreement, in which an officer
of the Designated Affiliate shall state that, to the best of his knowledge
after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the
Designated Affiliate in its capacities as Seller under Section 2.03 and
Section 2.04 of the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement are
true and correct.
(d) DCWR shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
dated the Assumption Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
8 Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The
Designated Affiliate, DCWR and the Trustee hereby agree that from and after
the Assumption Date the terms "Seller" and "DCWR" (other than "CARCO
Certificate") in the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Related Documents and the Trust Documents shall refer to the Designated
Affiliate. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations,
warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust Documents
applicable to DCWR shall remain unamended and shall continue to be, and shall
remain, in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and, except as
expressly provided herein, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Trustee shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver of
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compliance with or a consent to non-compliance with any term or provision of
the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related
Documents and the Trust Documents.
9 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one
and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on
the day and year first above written.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER WHOLESALE
RECEIVABLES LLC,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A TO AAA
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
DCWR has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with full power and authority (limited liability company and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business, as presently conducted by it, and to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement.
The Designated Affiliate has been duly formed and is validly existing
as a [ ] in good standing under the laws of the State of [__________], with
full power and authority ([ ] and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business, as presently conducted by it and as proposed to be conducted by it,
and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement and to assume and to perform the obligations of CARCO
under the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related
Documents and the Trust Documents.
The Designated Affiliate is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in each
jurisdiction in which the failure to qualify or to obtain such licenses or
approvals would render any Receivable unenforceable by the Designated
Affiliate or the Trustee on behalf of any Certificateholder.
The Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by DCWR, and is a legal, valid and binding obligation
of DCWR enforceable against DCWR in accordance with its terms, except (y) the
enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors' rights, and (z) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought.
The Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Designated Affiliate, and the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust Documents are the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Designated Affiliate. The Assignment and
Assumption Agreement is enforceable against the Designated Affiliate in
accordance with its terms, except (y) the enforceability thereof may be
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights, and (z)
the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
Neither the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance by DCWR of
DCWR's right, title and interest in the Trust Assets, the Seller's Interest,
the CARCO Certificate, the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Related Documents and the Trust Documents or its obligations as
Seller thereunder to the Designated Affiliate, nor the consummation of any
other transaction contemplated in the Assignment and Assumption
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Agreement, nor the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement by DCWR, will conflict with, or result in a breach, violation or
acceleration of, or constitute a default under, any term or provision of the
limited liability company agreement of DCWR or DCS, or of any indenture or
other agreement or instrument to which DCWR or DCS is a party or by which any
of them is bound, or result in a violation of, or contravene the terms of any
statute, order or regulation applicable to DCWR or DCS of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over any of them.
Neither the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement by the Designated Affiliate, nor the assumption of the obligations
of DCWR as Seller under the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Related Documents or the Trust Documents, nor the consummation
of any other transaction contemplated in the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents or the Trust Documents
by the Designated Affiliate, will conflict with, or result in a breach,
violation or acceleration of, or constitute a default under, any term or
provision of the [constituent documents] of the Designated Affiliate, or of
any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Designated
Affiliate is a party or by which it is bound, or result in a violation of, or
contravene the terms of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Designated Affiliate of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it.
There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to
the best of such counsel's knowledge after due inquiry, threatened before any
court, administrative agency, or other tribunal (1) asserting the invalidity
of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (2) seeking to prevent the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement or the execution and delivery thereof, or (3) that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by DCWR or the Designated
Affiliate of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Related Documents or the Trust Documents.
No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or notice to or
filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, except the filing of amendments to UCC financing statements to
reflect the change of the "Seller" described in such financing statements to
the Designated Affiliate.
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Schedule 1
List of Accounts
[Original list delivered to Trustee]
[Deemed to be incorporated.]
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Schedule 2
Identification of the Collection Account
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