SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2008-5 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT Dated as of April 30, 2008 Among SLM FUNDING LLC SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2008-5 THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Eligible Lender Trustee SALLIE MAE, INC. as Administrator and as...
Exhibit 99.6
Dated as of April 30, 2008
Among
SLM FUNDING LLC
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Eligible Lender Trustee
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, INC.
as Administrator and as Servicer
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dated as of April 30, 2008
| ARTICLE I | ||||
| Section 1.1 | Definitions and Usage | 2 | ||
| ARTICLE II | ||||
| Section 2.1 | Duties with Respect to the Indenture | 2 | ||
| Section 2.2 | Duties with Respect to the Issuer | 5 | ||
| Section 2.3 | Establishment of Trust Accounts | 6 | ||
| Section 2.4 | Collections; Collection Account | 10 | ||
| Section 2.5 | Application of Collections | 10 | ||
| Section 2.6 | Additional Deposits | 10 | ||
| Section 2.7 | Distributions | 11 | ||
| Section 2.8 | Priority of Distributions | 13 | ||
| Section 2.9 | Reserve Account | 14 | ||
| Section 2.10 | Investment Earnings; Other Trust Accounts | 16 | ||
| Section 2.11 | Statements to Excess Distribution Certificateholder and Noteholders | 18 | ||
| Section 2.12 | Non-Ministerial Matters | 20 | ||
| Section 2.13 | Exceptions | 20 | ||
| Section 2.14 | Compensation | 20 | ||
| Section 2.15 | Servicer and Administrator Expenses | 20 | ||
| ARTICLE III | ||||
| Section 3.1 | Administrator’s Certificate; Servicer’s Report | 21 | ||
| Section 3.2 | Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default; Financial Statements | 21 | ||
| Section 3.3 | Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report | 22 | ||
| ARTICLE IV | ||||
| Section 4.1 | Representations of Administrator | 23 | ||
| Section 4.2 | Liability of Administrator; Indemnities | 24 | ||
| Section 4.3 | Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the | 26 | ||
| Section 4.4 | Limitation on Liability of Administrator and Others | 27 | ||
| Section 4.5 | Administrator May Own Certificates or Notes | 27 | ||
| Section 4.6 | ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc. Not to Resign as Administrator | 27 | ||
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| Section 4.7 | Privacy and Security Provisions | 28 | ||
| ARTICLE V | ||||
| Section 5.1 | Administrator Default | 28 | ||
| Section 5.2 | Appointment of Successor | 29 | ||
| Section 5.3 | Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholder | 30 | ||
| Section 5.4 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 30 | ||
| ARTICLE VI | ||||
| Section 6.1 | Termination | 31 | ||
| ARTICLE VII | ||||
| Section 7.1 | Protection of Interests in Trust | 31 | ||
| ARTICLE VIII | ||||
| Section 8.1 | Independence of the Administrator | 34 | ||
| Section 8.2 | No Joint Venture | 34 | ||
| Section 8.3 | Other Activities of Administrator | 34 | ||
| Section 8.4 | Powers of Attorney | 34 | ||
| Section 8.5 | Amendment | 35 | ||
| Section 8.6 | Assignment | 36 | ||
| Section 8.7 | Limitations on Rights of Others | 36 | ||
| Section 8.8 | Assignment to Indenture Trustee | 36 | ||
| Section 8.9 | Nonpetition Covenants | 36 | ||
| Section 8.10 | Limitation of Liability of Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee | 37 | ||
| Section 8.11 | Governing Law | 37 | ||
| Section 8.12 | Headings | 37 | ||
| Section 8.13 | Counterparts | 38 | ||
| Section 8.14 | Severability | 38 | ||
| Section 8.15 | Excess Distribution Certificate | 38 | ||
| Section 8.16 | Force Majeure | 38 | ||
| ARTICLE IX | ||||
| Section 9.1 | Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness | 38 | ||
| Section 9.2 | Reporting Requirements | 38 | ||
| Section 9.3 | Administrator Compliance Statement | 39 | ||
| Section 9.4 | Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation | 39 | ||
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SLM Student Loan Trust 2008-5 Administration Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2008 (this “Agreement”), among SLM Funding LLC (the “Depositor”), SLM Student Loan Trust 2008-5 (the “Issuer”), The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as eligible lender trustee (in such capacity, the “Eligible Lender Trustee”), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc., not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc., not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer (a) is issuing (i) five classes of its Student Loan-Backed Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2008 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, and (ii) an Excess Distribution Certificate (the “Excess Distribution Certificate”) pursuant to the Trust Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, among the Depositor, the Eligible Lender Trustee and BNYM (Delaware), formerly known as The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”), pursuant to which the Issuer was established on March 25, 2008, as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2008 (the “Trust Agreement”), among the Depositor, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and (b) will not issue any other classes of certificates (the “Certificates”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Excess Distribution Certificate, including, inter alia, the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to certain Basic Documents, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection with (a) the Notes and the Collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture and (b) the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant to the Trust Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee desire to have the Administrator and the Servicer perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents as the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee may from time to time request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator and the Servicer have the capacity to provide the services required hereby and are willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee on the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, and the Administrator, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1 Definitions and Usage.
Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Indenture which also contains rules as to usage that shall be applicable herein.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.1 Duties with Respect to the Indenture.
The Administrator agrees to consult with the Eligible Lender Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Eligible Lender Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer’s duties under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take the actions with respect to the following matters that it is the duty of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) preparing or obtaining the documents and instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivering the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2 of the Indenture);
(b) preparing, obtaining or filing the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.9 of the Indenture);
(c) obtaining and preserving the Issuer’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the Indenture Trust Estate (Section 3.4 of the Indenture);
(d) preparing and filing all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Indenture, necessary to protect the Indenture Trust Estate (Section 3.5 of the Indenture);
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(e) delivering the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Indenture Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and certain other statements, in accordance with Section 3.9 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9 of the Indenture);
(f) in the event of a Servicer Default, the taking of all reasonable steps available to enforce the Issuer’s rights under the Basic Documents in respect of such Servicer Default (Section 3.7(d) of the Indenture);
(g) preparing and obtaining the documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Indenture (Section 3.10 of the Indenture);
(h) monitoring the Issuer’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and preparing an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and obtaining the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1 of the Indenture);
(i) selling of the Indenture Trust Estate in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of Default resulting in a non-rescindable, non-waivable acceleration of the Notes has occurred and is continuing (Section 5.4 of the Indenture);
(j) preparing and, after execution by the Issuer, the Administrator or the Servicer as required, filing with the Commission, any applicable State agencies and the Indenture Trustee documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable State agencies (Section 7.3 of the Indenture);
(k) opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer’s name, preparing Issuer Orders and Officers’ Certificates of the Issuer, obtaining the Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of the Indenture);
(l) preparing an Issuer Request and Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and obtaining an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Indenture Trust Estate (Sections 8.4 and 8.5 of the Indenture);
(m) preparing Issuer Orders and obtaining Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 of the Indenture);
(n) preparing the documents and instruments required for the execution and authentication of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture and delivering of the same to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, respectively (Section 9.6 of the Indenture);
(o) preparing all Officers’ Certificates of the Issuer and obtaining any Independent Certificates and/or Opinions of Counsel with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.1(a) of the Indenture);
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(p) preparing and delivering Officers’ Certificates of the Issuer and obtaining any Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b) of the Indenture);
(q) preparing and delivering to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6 of the Indenture);
(r) [Reserved];
(s) preparing, executing and delivering on behalf of the Issuer, any additional Bills of Sale (including Bills of Sale required to evidence the transfer of any repurchased Trust Student Loans) and Additional Purchase Agreements required to be delivered under the terms of any Purchase Agreement including during the Supplemental Purchase Period, preparing and delivering, on behalf of the Trust, all required documentation to evidence the purchase by the Trust of any Additional Trust Student Loans;
(t) recording the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15 of the Indenture);
(u) [Reserved];
(v) [Reserved];
(w) [Reserved];
(x) [Reserved];
(y) [Reserved];
(z) calculating on each Quarterly Distribution Date, as applicable, the Principal Distribution Amount and any applicable Specified Reserve Account Balance;
(aa) calculating on or before each Monthly Allocation Date and Quarterly Distribution Date, as applicable, any amounts to be deposited in, or withdrawn from, each Trust Account;
(bb) from time to time during the Supplemental Purchase Period, instructing the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Supplemental Purchase Account to be used for the purchase of the related Additional Trust Student Loans;
(cc) preparing and delivering, on behalf of the Trust, all required documentation to evidence the purchase by the Trust of any Additional Trust Student Loans;
(dd) [Reserved];
(ee) on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period, instructing the Indenture Trustee to transfer all sums remaining on deposit in the Supplemental Purchase Account to the Collection Account;
(ff) upon notification of any Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction, calculating the amount to be deposited into the Collection Account (Section 3.12 of the Servicing Agreement);
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(gg) [Reserved];
(hh) on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date, calculating all amounts to be deposited into and withdrawn from the Floor Income Rebate Account;
(ii) calculating any amounts to be deposited into or withdrawn from the Borrower Benefit Account;
(jj) from time to time, directing the Eligible Lender Trustee in writing, not in its individual capacity, but solely on behalf of the Issuer, to enter into one or more agreements representing Eligible Repurchase Obligations, with an Eligible Repo Counterparty;
(kk) from time to time, directing the Eligible Lender Trustee in writing, not in its individual capacity, but solely on behalf of the Issuer, and subject to the Rating Agency Condition, to enter into one or more interest rate cap agreements with one or more cap counterparties to hedge some or all of the interest rate risk of the Notes; provided, however, that if any upfront payment or other payment is to be made to the cap counterparties with respect to any such interest rate cap agreement, such amounts will be payable only out of funds otherwise available to be paid to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder pursuant to Section 2.8(j) hereof; and
(ll) [Reserved].
Section 2.2 Duties with Respect to the Issuer.
(a) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above and in the other Basic Documents, the Administrator shall perform such calculations, including calculating on each LIBOR Determination Date the applicable rate of interest for the applicable Accrual Period, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, opinions and notices as it shall be the duty of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Administrator to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents including any additional Bills of Sale and Additional Purchase Agreements, and at the request of the Eligible Lender Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Basic Documents. Subject to Section 8.1 below, and in accordance with the directions of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Basic Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Eligible Lender Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall calculate and pay any rebates properly payable to the Department.
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(b) The Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Eligible Lender Trustee set forth in Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement and the Administrator shall be entitled to hire an Independent accounting firm to perform the duties described therein, the reasonable fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Depositor or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, if the Excess Distribution Certificate is not then held by the Depositor.
(c) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section 10.2 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Eligible Lender Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
(d) The Administrator shall be responsible for preparing and delivering, on behalf of the Issuer, (i) all notices required by any Clearing Agency or stock exchange upon which the Notes are then listed and (ii) any information required to effectuate the listing of the Notes on a stock exchange of international standing and, if applicable, the transfer of the listing of the Notes to an alternative stock exchange of international standing.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
(g) The Eligible Lender Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, hereby grants a power of attorney and all necessary authorization to the Administrator to submit and file with the Commission any Form 15 or similar document required by the Commission to suspend the Trust’s duty to file reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Section 2.3 Establishment of Trust Accounts.
(a) On the Closing Date and at such other times as specified herein, the Administrator shall establish the following Eligible Deposit Accounts as more fully described below:
(i) a “Collection Account”;
(ii) a “Reserve Account”;
(iii) a “Capitalized Interest Account”;
(iv) a “Supplemental Purchase Account”;
(v) [Reserved];
(vi) [Reserved];
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(vii) [Reserved];
(viii) a “Floor Income Rebate Account”; and
(ix) a “Borrower Benefit Account”.
(b) Funds on deposit in each account specified in Section 2.3(a) above (collectively, the “Trust Accounts” ) shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee (or any custodian or designated agent with respect to any amounts on deposit in such accounts) in Eligible Investments (including Eligible Investments of the Indenture Trustee) pursuant to written instructions by the Administrator; provided, however, it is understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the selection of, or any loss arising from such investment in, Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by (or by any custodian on behalf of) the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer; provided that:
(i) on or before the Business Day preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date (or on or before that Quarterly Distribution Date, in the case of investments in money market accounts), all interest and other investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in each Trust Account (other than the Borrower Benefit Account) shall be deposited into the Collection Account and shall be included as a part of Available Funds for such Quarterly Distribution Date; and
(ii) all interest and other investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Borrower Benefit Account shall be retained therein until withdrawn pursuant to Section 2.10(f) of this Agreement.
Other than as described in the following proviso or as otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies, funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall only be invested in Eligible Investments that will mature so that such funds will be available at the close of business on the Business Day preceding the following Monthly Allocation Date (to the extent such funds are needed to pay the Primary Servicing Fee on such date) or the following Quarterly Distribution Date (with respect to all other amounts); provided,
(W) that funds on deposit in the Supplemental Purchase Account, if invested, shall be invested only in Eligible Investments that are scheduled to mature (or with respect to Eligible Investments under clause (g) of the definition of “Eligible Investments” are expected to mature) on or before the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period;
(X) [Reserved];
(Y) [Reserved]; and
(Z) [Reserved].
(c) The Depositor and the Issuer pledged to the Indenture Trustee all of their respective right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof (including all income thereon) and all such funds, investments,
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proceeds and income shall be part of the Trust Estate. Subject to the Administrator’s power to instruct the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.3(b) above and Section 2.3(e) below, the Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Issuer. If, at any time, any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture Trustee (or the Administrator on its behalf) agrees, by its acceptance hereto, that it shall within 10 Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Trust Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Trust Account. In connection with the foregoing, the Administrator agrees that, in the event that any of the Trust Accounts are not accounts with the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing promptly upon any of such Trust Accounts ceasing to be an Eligible Deposit Account.
(d) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the Indenture Trustee agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that:
(i) any Trust Account Property that is held in deposit accounts shall be held solely in Eligible Deposit Accounts, subject to the last sentence of Section 2.3(c) and, subject to Section 2.3(b), each such Eligible Deposit Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto;
(ii) any Trust Account Property that constitutes Physical Property shall be Delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee;
(iii) any Trust Account Property that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be Delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continuous book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property as described in such paragraph; and
(iv) any Trust Account Property that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (iii) above shall be Delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture Trustee’s (or its nominee’s) ownership of such security.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.3(d), the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability or obligation in respect of any failed Delivery, as contemplated herein, other than with respect to a Delivery which fails as a result of any action or inaction on behalf of the Indenture Trustee.
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(e) The Administrator shall have the power, revocable for cause or upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Administrator Default by the Indenture Trustee or by the Eligible Lender Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Trust Accounts for the purpose of permitting the Servicer, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or permitting the Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under the Indenture.
(f) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Collection Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Collection Account will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator shall cause the Trust to deposit the Collection Account Initial Deposit into the Collection Account.
(g) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Reserve Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Reserve Account will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator shall cause the Trust to deposit the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account.
(h) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Capitalized Interest Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Capitalized Interest Account will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator shall cause the Trust to deposit the Capitalized Interest Account Initial Deposit into the Capitalized Interest Account.
(i) [Reserved].
(j) [Reserved].
(k) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Supplemental Purchase Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Supplemental Purchase Account will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator shall cause the Trust to deposit the Supplemental Purchase Account Initial Deposit into the Supplemental Purchase Account.
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(l) [Reserved].
(m) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Borrower Benefit Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Borrower Benefit Account will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On each date when the Issuer receives any prepayment of amounts to offset anticipated Borrower Benefit Yield Reductions pursuant to Section 3.12A of the Servicing Agreement, it shall deposit such sums into the Borrower Benefit Account.
(n) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Floor Income Rebate Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Floor Income Rebate Account will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
(o) [Reserved].
Section 2.4 Collections; Collection Account.
The Servicer shall remit within two Business Days of receipt thereof to the Collection Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to the Trust Student Loans (other than Purchased Student Loans), and all Liquidation Proceeds, both as collected during the Collection Period, and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall remit within two Business Days of receipt thereof to the Collection Account any Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments received by it with respect to the Trust Student Loans during the Collection Period.
Section 2.5 Application of Collections
(a) With respect to each Trust Student Loan, all collections (including all Guarantee Payments) with respect thereto for each Collection Period shall be applied to fees, interest and principal on such Trust Student Loan by the Servicer in accordance with its customary practice.
(b) All Liquidation Proceeds shall be applied to the related Trust Student Loan.
Section 2.6 Additional Deposits
(a) The Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the aggregate purchase price with respect to Purchased Student Loans as determined pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Servicing Agreement and all other amounts to be paid by the Servicer under Section 3.5 of the Servicing Agreement on or before the third Business Day before the related Quarterly Distribution Date, and the Depositor shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Student Loans and all other amounts to be paid by the Depositor under Section 6 of the Sale Agreement and/or any applicable Additional Sale Agreement when such amounts are due.
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(b) In the event the Trust Student Loans are sold pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Indenture, on the third Business Day before the related Quarterly Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the proceeds of such sale.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) On the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to, and the Indenture Trustee shall, transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Supplemental Purchase Account into the Collection Account.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) [Reserved].
Section 2.7 Distributions.
(a) On or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each Monthly Allocation Date or Quarterly Distribution Date, as applicable, the Administrator shall calculate all amounts required to be deposited into the Collection Account from the Trust Accounts, as applicable, including the amount of all Investment Earnings to be transferred from the Trust Accounts to the Collection Account, and the amount to be distributed from the Collection Account as Available Funds and pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of the definition of Available Funds on the related Quarterly Distribution Date. In addition to and in furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall:
(i) calculate all amounts required to be deposited into the Collection Account from the Reserve Account on or before the Business Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date and calculate the amount, if any, required to be transferred into the Collection Account from the Capitalized Interest Account on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding the July 2009 Quarterly Distribution Date;
(ii) calculate all Investment Earnings to be transferred from the Trust Accounts to the Collection Account on the first Business Day of each month;
(iii) [Reserved];
(iv) [Reserved];
(v) calculate all Investment Earnings to be transferred from the Trust Accounts to the Collection Account on or before the Business Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date, as applicable;
(vi) [Reserved];
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(vii) calculate the amount, if any, of the Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date;
(viii) calculate all amounts to be deposited into and withdrawn from the Floor Income Rebate Account on each Monthly Allocation Date and Quarterly Distribution Date, as applicable;
(ix) calculate the amount, if any, required to be deposited into the Collection Account from the Borrower Benefit Account on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date, if the Issuer has not received payment in full of any amount relating to any Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period, pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Servicing Agreement;
(x) calculate the amount, if any, required to be transferred into the Collection Account from the Supplemental Purchase Account on or before the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period; and
(xi) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing no later than one (1) Business Day preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date (based on the information contained in the Administrator’s Certificate and the related Servicer’s Report delivered pursuant to Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(c) below) to make the deposits and distributions set forth in Section 2.8 with respect to the Notes to the Persons or to the account specified below by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Quarterly Distribution Date (provided that funds are not required to be distributed pursuant to Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture). These deposits and distributions will be made to the extent of the amount of Available Funds for that Quarterly Distribution Date in the Collection Account including:
(i) amounts transferred from the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 2.9 below,
(ii) through the Quarterly Distribution Date in July 2009, amounts transferred from the Capitalized Interest Account pursuant to Section 2.10(a) with respect to clauses 2.8(a), (b), (c) and (d) below,
(iii) [Reserved],
(iv) as applicable, amounts on deposit in, or transferred from, the Supplemental Purchase Account,
(v) amounts transferred from the Floor Income Rebate Account pursuant to Section 2.10(g) below, and
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(vi) amounts transferred from the Borrower Benefit Account pursuant to Section 2.10(f) below.
(d) The amount of Available Funds in the Collection Account for each Quarterly Distribution Date will be distributed pursuant to the priority of distributions set forth under Section 2.8 below. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with such instructions received by the Administrator.
(e) The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing no later than one Business Day preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date to make the payments pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of the definition of Available Funds.
Section 2.8 Priority of Distributions. On each Quarterly Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall first reimburse itself for all amounts due under Section 6.7 of the Indenture and then shall make the following deposits and distributions in the amounts and in the order of priority set forth below:
(a) to the Servicer, the Primary Servicing Fee due on that Quarterly Distribution Date;
(b) to the Administrator, the Administration Fee due on that Quarterly Distribution Date and all prior unpaid Administration Fees;
(c) to the Class A Noteholders, the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount, pro rata, based on the amounts payable as Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount;
(d) to the Class B Noteholders, the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount based on the amounts payable as Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount;
(e) sequentially, to the Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Noteholders, in that order, until the principal balance of each such class is paid in full, the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
(f) to the Class B Noteholders, until the principal balance of such class is paid in full, the Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
(g) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to reinstate the balance of the Reserve Account to the Specified Reserve Account Balance;
(h) to the Servicer, the aggregate unpaid amount of the Carryover Servicing Fee, if any;
(i) to any potential future cap counterparty under a potential future interest rate cap agreement, the amount of any payment under such potential future interest rate cap agreement, as applicable; and
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(j) to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder (initially, SLM ECFC), any remaining amounts after application of the preceding clauses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(x) If (i) on any Quarterly Distribution Date following distributions under clauses 2.8(a) through (e) above to be made on such Quarterly Distribution Date, the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes would be in excess of (A) the sum of (1) the outstanding principal balance of the Trust Student Loans, (2) any accrued but unpaid interest on the Trust Student Loans as of the last day of the related Collection Period, (3) the balance of the Capitalized Interest Account on the Quarterly Distribution Date following those distributions required to be made under clauses 2.8(a) through (d) above, and (4) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Quarterly Distribution Date following those distributions required to be made under clauses 2.8(a) through 2.8(e) above, minus (B) the Specified Reserve Account Balance for that Quarterly Distribution Date, or (ii) an Event of Default affecting the Class A Notes has occurred and is continuing, then, until the conditions described in (i) or (ii) no longer exist, amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account shall be applied on such Quarterly Distribution Date to the payment of the Class A Noteholders’ Distribution Amount before any amounts are applied to the payment of the Class B Noteholders’ Distribution Amount;
(y) [Reserved]; and
(z) In the event the Trust Student Loans are not sold pursuant to Section 6.1(A) or Section 4.4 of the Indenture, the amount that would otherwise be paid to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall be applied on each Quarterly Distribution Date to pay as an accelerated payment of principal on the Notes, first to the Class A Noteholders in the same order and priority as is set forth in clause 2.8(e) above until the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes is paid in full and reduced to zero, and then to the Class B Noteholders as set forth in clause 2.8(f) above; provided that the amount of such distribution shall not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes or the Class B Notes, as applicable, after giving effect to all other payments in respect of principal of Class A Notes and Class B Notes to be made on such Quarterly Distribution Date.
Section 2.9 Reserve Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account.
(a) In the event that the Primary Servicing Fee for any Monthly Allocation Date or Quarterly Distribution Date exceeds the amount distributed to the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.8(a) on such Quarterly Distribution Date, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Quarterly Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds available therein, and to distribute such amount to the Servicer; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 2.9(h) below, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account will not be available to cover any unpaid Carryover Servicing Fees to the Servicer.
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(b) In the event that the Available Funds are insufficient to make the payments described under Sections 2.8(a) through 2.8(d) above on any Quarterly Distribution Date (after giving effect to required distributions from the Capitalized Interest Account), the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account on each Quarterly Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds available therein after giving effect to clause (a) above, and to distribute such amounts in the same order and priority as is set forth in Sections 2.8(a) through 2.8(d) above.
(c) In the event that the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount on the Note Final Maturity Date with respect to any class of Class A Notes exceeds the amount distributed to such Class A Noteholders pursuant to Sections 2.8(e) above on such date, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Note Final Maturity Date an amount equal to such excess, to the extent of funds available therein after giving effect to clauses (a) and (b) above, and to distribute such amount to the Class A Noteholders entitled thereto, in the same order and priority as is set forth in Section 2.8(e) above.
(d) In the event that the Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount on the Note Final Maturity Date with respect to any class of Class B Notes exceeds the amount distributed to such Class B Noteholders pursuant to Sections 2.8(f) above on such date, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Note Final Maturity Date an amount equal to such excess, to the extent of funds available therein after giving effect to clauses (a) through (c) above, and to distribute such amount to the Class B Noteholders entitled thereto, in the same order and priority as is set forth in Section 2.8(f) above.
(e) After giving effect to clauses (a) through (d) above, if the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on any Quarterly Distribution Date (after giving effect to all deposits or withdrawals therefrom on such Quarterly Distribution Date other than pursuant to this clause) is greater than the Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Quarterly Distribution Date, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw the amount on deposit in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance and deposit such amount into the Collection Account.
(f) On the final Quarterly Distribution Date upon termination of the Trust and following the payment in full of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and of all other amounts (other than Carryover Servicing Fees, if applicable) owing or to be distributed hereunder or under the Indenture to Noteholders, the Servicer or the Administrator, as applicable, to the extent that Available Funds on such date are insufficient to make the following payments, amounts remaining in the Reserve Account shall be used to pay any Carryover Servicing Fees. Any amount remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account after such payments have been made shall be distributed to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder. The Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall in no event be required to refund any amounts properly distributed pursuant to this Section 2.9(f).
(g) [Reserved].
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(h) Anything in this Section 2.9 to the contrary notwithstanding, if the market value of securities and cash in the Reserve Account is on any Quarterly Distribution Date sufficient to pay the remaining principal amount of and interest accrued on the Notes, and to pay any unpaid Carryover Servicing Fee and Carryover Amounts, such amount will be so applied on such Quarterly Distribution Date and the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to make such payments.
Section 2.10 Investment Earnings; Other Trust Accounts. The Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to (1) withdraw all Investment Earnings, if any, on deposit in each existing Trust Account (other than the Borrower Benefit Account) on each Quarterly Distribution Date; (2) deposit such amounts into the Collection Account and (3) include such amounts as Available Funds for that Quarterly Distribution Date. The Administrator will not instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw Investment Earnings, if any, on deposit in the Borrower Benefit Account until amounts are to be withdrawn from that account pursuant to Section 2.10(f) of this Administration Agreement.
(a) Capitalized Interest Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Capitalized Interest Account Initial Deposit into the Capitalized Interest Account.
(i) In the event that the Available Funds, less the Principal Distribution Amounts, are insufficient to make the payments described under Sections 2.8(c) and 2.8(d) on a Quarterly Distribution Date (prior to any distributions from amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account), the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Capitalized Interest Account an amount equal to such deficiencies, to the extent of funds available therein, and to distribute such amount, as follows: (1) to the Servicer until it has received the full Primary Servicing Fee due on that Quarterly Distribution Date; (2) to the Administrator until it has received the full Administration Fee due on that Quarterly Distribution Date; (3) pro rata, based on the amounts of such shortfalls, to the Class A Noteholders until they have received the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount for that Quarterly Distribution Date and second, so long as the events described in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (x) of Section 2.8 have not occurred, to the Class B Noteholders until they have received the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount for that Quarterly Distribution Date.
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) After giving effect to Section 2.10(a)(i) above, on the Quarterly Distribution Date in July 2009, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw all amounts remaining in the Capitalized Interest Account and include such funds with other Available Funds on that Quarterly Distribution Date.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Collection Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Collection Account Initial Deposit into the Collection Account. This amount will be included with other Available Funds on the first Quarterly Distribution Date.
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(d) Supplemental Purchase Account.
(i) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Supplemental Purchase Account Initial Deposit into the Supplemental Purchase Account.
(ii) From time to time during the Supplemental Purchase Period, the Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Supplemental Purchase Account to purchase Additional Trust Student Loans that are Eligible Loans pursuant to Additional Sale Agreements.
(iii) The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to transfer into the Collection Account any amounts remaining in the Supplemental Purchase Account on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period to be included as Available Funds for any Quarterly Distribution Date.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Borrower Benefit Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Borrower Benefit Account Initial Deposit, if any, into the Borrower Benefit Account.
(i) On each date when the Issuer receives a prepayment of amounts relating to an anticipated deficiency amount due to Borrower Benefit Yield Reductions pursuant to Section 3.12A of the Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall cause the Issuer to deposit such amounts into the Borrower Benefit Account.
(ii) The Administrator may instruct the Indenture Trustee to release the funds in the Borrower Benefit Account to the Servicer upon the Servicer’s request, provided however, that such release shall only occur after the Administrator has received confirmation that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.
(iii) With respect to each Quarterly Distribution Date, if the Issuer has not received payment in full of the amount, if any, required to offset any deficiency caused by a realized Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Borrower Benefit Account on such Quarterly Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds available therein, to be included as part of Available Funds for that Quarterly Distribution Date.
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(g) Floor Income Rebate Account.
(i) On or before each Monthly Allocation Date, the Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to transfer from the Collection Account to the Floor Income Rebate Account the monthly accrual of interest paid by borrowers on Trust Student Loans originated on or after April 1, 2006 that exceeds the special allowance support levels applicable to such Trust Student Loans (“Floor Income”). Such deposits will be used to offset the amount of Floor Income, if any, that is expected to be netted by the Department against the Interest Subsidy Payments and/or Special Allowance Payments otherwise due to the Issuer for that Collection Period.
(ii) At the end of each Collection Period, the Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to transfer all sums deposited into the Floor Income Rebate Account during the immediately preceding Collection Period to the Collection Account on the Quarterly Distribution Date, which will become part of Available Funds on such Quarterly Distribution Date.
(iii) [Reserved].
(h) [Reserved].
(i) [Reserved].
(j) [Reserved].
Section 2.11 Statements to Excess Distribution Certificateholder and Noteholders. On each Determination Date preceding a Quarterly Distribution Date, the Administrator shall provide to the Indenture Trustee (with a copy to each of the Rating Agencies) for the Indenture Trustee to forward on such succeeding Quarterly Distribution Date to each Noteholder of record and to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder of record a statement, setting forth at least the following information as to the Notes and the Excess Distribution Certificate to the extent applicable:
(a) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal of each class of the Notes;
(b) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on each class of the Notes;
(c) the amount of the distribution allocable to the Excess Distribution Certificate, if any;
(d) [Reserved];
(e) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period;
(f) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes and the Note Pool Factor as of such Quarterly Distribution Date, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under clauses (a) and (c) above;
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(g) the Note Rate for the next period for each class of Notes (which disclosure may be made by listing a website on which such rates will be disclosed);
(h) the amount of the Servicing Fee and any Carryover Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer on such Quarterly Distribution Date and on the two preceding Monthly Allocation Dates, and the amount, if any, of the Carryover Servicing Fee remaining unpaid after giving effect to any such payments;
(i) the amount of the Administration Fee paid to the Administrator on such Quarterly Distribution Date;
(j) [Reserved];
(k) the amount of the aggregate Realized Losses, if any, for the related Collection Period and the balance of Trust Student Loans that are delinquent in each delinquency period as of the end of such Collection Period;
(l) [Reserved];
(m) the aggregate Purchase Amounts for Trust Student Loans, if any, that were repurchased by the Depositor or purchased by the Servicer, SLM ECFC, Bluemont Funding, Town Center Funding or Town Hall Funding from the Issuer during such Collection Period;
(n) the respective balances of the Reserve Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Floor Income Rebate Account and the Borrower Benefit Account, if any, on such Quarterly Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes therein on such Quarterly Distribution Date;
(o) [Reserved];
(p) the balance of Trust Student Loans that are delinquent in each delinquency period as of the end of that Collection Period;
(q) with respect to the initial Quarterly Distribution Date, the aggregate initial principal balance of Additional Trust Student Loans, plus accrued interest to be capitalized as of their respective Subsequent Cutoff Dates, purchased during the Supplemental Purchase Period, using funds on deposit in the Supplemental Purchase Account, and any remaining amounts transferred from the Supplemental Purchase Account to the Collection Account;
(r) [Reserved]; and
(s) the amount required to be deposited into the Collection Account for the related Collection Period to offset any Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period.
In addition to the actual amount to be paid, deposited or otherwise distributed, each amount set forth pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), (f), (h) and (i) above shall also be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original principal balance of the applicable Note or as a percentage of the principal balance of the applicable Note. A copy of the statements referred to above may
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be obtained by the Excess Distribution Certificateholder or any Note Owner by a written request to the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, respectively, addressed to the respective Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.12 Non-Ministerial Matters. With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Eligible Lender Trustee, in writing, of the proposed action and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include:
(a) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(b) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection of the Trust Student Loans);
(c) the amendment, change or modification of the Basic Documents;
(d) [Reserved];
(e) [Reserved];
(f) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of Successor Administrators or Successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(g) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
Section 2.13 Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein or in the other Basic Documents, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (a) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Basic Documents, (b) sell the Indenture Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Indenture, (c) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf, (d) in connection with its duties hereunder assume any indemnification obligation of any other Person or (e) service the Trust Student Loans.
Section 2.14 Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $20,000 for each Collection Period payable on the related Quarterly Distribution Date (the “Administration Fees”) payable in arrears which shall be solely an obligation of the Issuer.
Section 2.15 Servicer and Administrator Expenses. Each of the Servicer and the Administrator shall be severally required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, and expenses incurred in connection with
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distributions and reports to the Administrator or to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and the Noteholders, as the case may be.
ARTICLE III
Section 3.1 Administrator’s Certificate; Servicer’s Report.
(a) On or before the tenth day (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), preceding each Quarterly Distribution Date the Servicer shall deliver to the Administrator a Servicer’s Report with respect to the preceding Collection Period containing all information necessary for the Administrator to receive in connection with the preparation of the Administrator’s Certificate covering such Collection Period referred to in Section 3.1(c) below.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) On each Determination Date prior to a Quarterly Distribution Date, the Administrator shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, with a copy to the Rating Agencies, an Administrator’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make the distributions pursuant to Sections 2.7 and 2.8 above, if applicable, for the Collection Period preceding the date of such Administrator’s Certificate.
(d) Prior to each Determination Date, the Administrator shall determine the Note Rates that will be applicable to the Quarterly Distribution Date following such Determination Date, in compliance with its obligation to prepare and deliver an Administrator’s Certificate on such Determination Date pursuant to this Section 3.1. In connection therewith, the Administrator shall calculate on each LIBOR Determination Date during such Accrual Period, Two-Month LIBOR and/or Three-Month LIBOR, for the first Accrual Period, and for each subsequent Accrual Period shall calculate, as applicable, on each LIBOR Determination Date during such Accrual Period, Three-Month LIBOR.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
Section 3.2 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default; Financial Statements.
(a) Each of the Servicer and the Administrator shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or before 90 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Servicer and the Administrator, an Officers’ Certificate of the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, dated as of December 31 of the preceding year, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, during the preceding 12-month period (or, in the case of the first such certificate, during the period from the Closing Date to December 31, 2008) and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officers’ supervision and (ii) to the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, has fulfilled its obligations in all material
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respects under this Agreement and, with respect to the Servicer, the Servicing Agreement throughout such year or, if there has been a material default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such material default known to such officers and the nature and status thereof. The Indenture Trustee shall send a copy of each such Officers’ Certificate and each report referred to in Section 3.1 to the Rating Agencies and, upon request, any Noteholder or Note Owner. A copy of each such Officers’ Certificate and each report referred to in Section 3.1 may be obtained by the Excess Distribution Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Eligible Lender Trustee addressed to its Corporate Trust Office, together with evidence satisfactory to the Eligible Lender Trustee that such Person is the Excess Distribution Certificateholder.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officers’ Certificate of the Servicer of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
(c) The Administrator shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officers’ Certificate of the Administrator of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Administrator Default under Sections 5.1(a) or (b) below.
(d) At any time that the Administrator is not an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Administrator shall provide to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies (i) as soon as possible and in no event more than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Administrator, audited financials as at the end of and for such year and (ii) as soon as possible and in no event more than 30 days after the end of each quarterly accounting period of the Administrator unaudited financials as at the end of and for such period.
Section 3.3 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report. Each of the Servicer and the Administrator shall cause a registered public accounting firm (as the term is used in Section 1122 of Regulation AB), which may also render other services to the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, to deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies on or before March 31 of each year, a report addressed to the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the Trust Student Loans, or the administration of the Trust Student Loans and of the Trust, as the case may be, during the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first such report, during the period from the Closing Date to December 31, 2008) and that, on the basis of the accounting and auditing procedures considered appropriate under the circumstances, such firm is of the opinion that such servicing or administration, respectively, was conducted, in all material respects, in compliance with those terms of this Agreement and in the case of the Servicer, the Servicing Agreement, including any applicable statutory provisions incorporated therein and such additional terms and statutes as may be specified from time to time by the Administrator, except for such exceptions as shall be set forth in such report. Such report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may
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be, within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
ARTICLE IV
Section 4.1 Representations of Administrator. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc., as Administrator, makes the following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Trust Student Loans. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale of the Trust Student Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Administrator is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted.
(b) Power and Authority. The Administrator has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Administrator by all necessary corporate action.
(c) Binding Obligation. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Administrator and, assuming that it is duly executed and delivered by parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Administrator, enforceable against the Administrator in accordance with its terms; except that the enforceability hereof may be subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (c) with respect to rights to indemnity hereunder, limitations of public policy under applicable securities laws.
(d) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Administrator, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Administrator is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the knowledge of the Administrator, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Administrator of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Administrator or its properties.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings or investigations pending against the Administrator or, to its best knowledge, threatened or contemplated against the Administrator or to which the Administrator or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which
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any property of the Administrator or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Administrator or its properties or by any other party: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the performance by the Administrator of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents, the Trust, the Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate or (iv) seeking to affect adversely the Federal or state income tax attributes of the Issuer, the Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate.
(f) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other government instrumentality required to be obtained, effected or given by the Administrator in connection with the execution and delivery by the Administrator of this Agreement and the performance by the Administrator of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect.
Section 4.2 Liability of Administrator; Indemnities
(a) The Administrator shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Administrator under this Agreement.
(b) The Administrator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and the Noteholders and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, actions, suits, damages and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Administrator in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder or thereunder.
(c) The Administrator shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity and any of its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all losses, claims, actions, suits, damages, liabilities, costs, penalties, taxes (excluding taxes payable by it on any compensation received by it for its services as Indenture Trustee) or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties under the Indenture and the other Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Administrator shall not relieve the Issuer or the Administrator of its obligations hereunder and under the other Basic Documents. The Administrator shall defend the claim and the Administrator shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee after it has assumed such defense; provided, however, that in the event that there may be a conflict between the positions of the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator in conducting the defense of such claim, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
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separate counsel, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Administrator on behalf of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(d) The Administrator shall indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee (including in its capacity as Interim Eligible Lender Trustee) and/or the Delaware Trustee in their individual capacities and any of their officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liabilities, actions, suits, claims, damages, costs, penalties, taxes (excluding taxes payable by it on any compensation received by it for its services as trustee) or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the performance of their duties under the Interim Trust Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
(e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Delaware Trustee in their individual capacities and any of their officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all liability relating to or resulting from any of the following:
(i) any claim that the Trust Student Loans (or any guarantee with respect thereto) are delinquent, uncollectable, uninsured, illegal, invalid or unenforceable;
(ii) any claim that the Trust Student Loans have not been made, administered, serviced or collected in accordance with applicable federal and state laws or the requirements of any Guarantor;
(iii) any claim that any original note or other document evidencing or relating to the Trust Student Loans has been lost, misplaced or destroyed; and
(iv) any claim for failure to comply with the provisions of 34 CFR Sec. 682.203(b) (other than for the Eligible Lender Trustee’s failure to qualify as an eligible lender under the Act).
(f) The Eligible Lender Trustee and/or the Delaware Trustee shall notify the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Eligible Lender Trustee and/or the Delaware Trustee to so notify the Administrator shall not relieve the Administrator of its obligations hereunder and under the other Basic Documents. The Administrator shall defend the claim and the Administrator shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of the Eligible Lender Trustee and/or the Delaware Trustee after it has assumed such defense; provided, however, that in the event that there may be a conflict between the positions of the Eligible Lender Trustee and/or the Delaware Trustee and the Administrator in conducting the defense of such claim, the Eligible Lender Trustee and/or the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to separate counsel, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Administrator on behalf of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Delaware Trustee through the Eligible Lender Trustee’s or the Delaware Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
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(g) The Administrator shall pay reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee and shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances.
(h) For purposes of this Section 4.2, in the event of the termination of the rights and obligations of the Administrator (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 4.3 below) as Administrator pursuant to Section 5.1 below, or a resignation by such Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, such Administrator shall be deemed to be the Administrator pending appointment of a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 5.2 below.
(i) Indemnification under this Section 4.2 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Administrator shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Administrator, without interest.
Section 4.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Administrator. Any Person (a) into which the Administrator may be merged or consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Administrator shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Administrator substantially as a whole, shall be the successor to the Administrator without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Administrator hereby covenants that it will not consummate any of the foregoing transactions except upon satisfaction of the following: (i) the surviving Administrator, if other than ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc., executes an agreement that states expressly that such Person assumes to perform every obligation of the Administrator under this Agreement, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 4.1 shall have been breached and no Administrator Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Administrator Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) the surviving Administrator, if other than ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc., shall have delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 4.3 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, and that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction, (iv) unless ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc. is the surviving entity, such transaction will not result in a material adverse Federal or state tax consequence to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and (v) unless ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc. is the surviving entity, the Administrator shall have delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Trust Student Loans and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests. Anything in this Section 4.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrator may at any time assign its rights, obligations and duties under this Agreement
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to an Affiliate provided that the Rating Agencies confirm that such assignment will not result in a downgrading or a withdrawal of the ratings then applicable to the Notes.
Section 4.4 Limitation on Liability of Administrator and Others.
(a) Neither the Administrator nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, or to the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee except as provided under this Agreement for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that these provisions shall not protect the Administrator or any such person against any liability that 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 under this Agreement. The Administrator and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its duties to administer the Trust Student Loans and the Trust in accordance with this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Administrator may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the interests of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder under this Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture and under this Agreement.
Section 4.5 Administrator May Own Certificates or Notes. The Administrator and any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of the Excess Distribution Certificate or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Administrator or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided herein in any other Basic Document.
Section 4.6 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc. Not to Resign as Administrator. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3 above, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc. shall not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it as Administrator under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law or shall violate any final order of a court or administrative agency with jurisdiction over ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc. or its properties. Notice of any such determination permitting or requiring the resignation of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc. shall be communicated to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a successor Administrator shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc. in accordance with Section 5.2 below. Anything in this Section 4.6 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrator may resign at any
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time subsequent to the assignment of its rights, duties and obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 4.3 above.
Section 4.7 Privacy and Security Provisions. With respect to information that is “non-public personal information” (as defined in the GLB Regulations) that is disclosed or provided by the Trust (or on the Trust’s behalf) to the Administrator in connection with this Agreement, the Administrator agrees, subject to the terms hereof and the limitations of liability set forth herein, that in performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator shall comply with all reuse, redisclosure, or other customer information handling, processing, security, and protection requirements that are specifically required of a non-affiliated third-party processor or servicer (or subcontractor) under the GLB Regulations and other applicable federal consumer privacy laws, rules, and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator agrees that:
(a) the Administrator is prohibited from disclosing or using any “non-public personal information” (as defined in the GLB Regulations) disclosed or provided by the Trust or on the Trust’s behalf to the Administrator, except solely to carry out the purposes for which it was disclosed, including use under an exception contained in 12 CFR sections 40.14 or 40.15 or 16 CFR sections 313.14 or 313.15, as applicable, of the GLB Regulations in the ordinary course of business to carry out those purposes; and
(b) the Administrator has implemented and will maintain an information security program designed to meet the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, Final Rule (12 CFR Part 30, Appendix B) and the Federal Trade Commission’s Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (16 CFR Part 314).
ARTICLE V
Section 5.1 Administrator Default. If any one of the following events (an “Administrator Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
(a) (i) in the event that daily deposits into the Collection Account are not required, any failure by the Administrator to deliver to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Trust Accounts any Available Funds required to be paid on or before the Business Day immediately preceding any Monthly Allocation Date or Quarterly Distribution Date, as applicable; or
(ii) any failure by the Administrator to direct the Indenture Trustee to make any required distributions from any of the Trust Accounts on any Monthly Allocation Date or Quarterly Distribution Date, which failure in case of either clause (i) or (ii) continues unremedied for five Business Days after written notice of such failure is received by the Administrator from the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an officer of the Administrator; or
(b) any failure by the Administrator duly to observe or to perform in any material respect any other term, covenant or agreement of the Administrator set forth in this Agreement or any other Basic Document, which failure shall (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of Noteholders or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and (ii) continue unremedied for a
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period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (A) to the Administrator by the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee or (B) to the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee by the Noteholders or Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as applicable, representing not less than 50% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or representing the whole of the outstanding Excess Distribution Certificate (including such Excess Distribution Certificate if owned by the Depositor); or
(c) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Administrator; or
(d) any failure by the Administrator to deliver any information, report, certification or accountants’ letter when and as required under Article IX which continues unremedied for 15 calendar days after the date on which such information, report, certification or accountants’ letter was required to be delivered;
then, and in each and every case, so long as the Administrator Default shall not have been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders evidencing not less than 50% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by notice then given in writing to the Administrator (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all the rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 4.2 above) of the Administrator under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Administrator of such written notice, all authority and power of the Administrator under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Excess Distribution Certificate, the Trust Student Loans or otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such successor Administrator as may be appointed under Section 5.2 below; and, without limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, for the benefit of the predecessor Administrator, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. The predecessor Administrator shall cooperate with the successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Administrator under this Agreement. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be paid by the predecessor Administrator (other than the Indenture Trustee acting as the Administrator under this Section 5.1) upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence of an Administrator Default, the Administrator shall give notice thereof to the Rating Agencies.
Section 5.2 Appointment of Successor.
(a) Upon receipt by the Administrator of notice of termination pursuant to Section 5.1 above, or the resignation by the Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor Administrator shall continue to perform its functions as Administrator under this Agreement in the case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until the later of (i) the date 120 days from the delivery to the Eligible Lender
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Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the date upon which the predecessor Administrator shall become unable to act as Administrator as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel (the “Transfer Date”). In the event of the termination hereunder of the Administrator the Issuer shall appoint a successor Administrator acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and the successor Administrator shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a successor Administrator has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Administrator has ceased to act as Administrator in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the successor Administrator and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Administration Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be unwilling or legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution whose regular business shall include the servicing of student loans, as the successor to the Administrator under this Agreement.
(b) Upon appointment, the successor Administrator (including the Indenture Trustee acting as successor Administrator), shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Administrator and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities placed on the predecessor Administrator that arise thereafter or are related thereto and shall be entitled to an amount agreed to by such successor Administrator (which shall not exceed the Administration Fee unless such compensation arrangements will not result in a downgrading or withdrawal of any rating on the Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate by any Rating Agency) and all the rights granted to the predecessor Administrator by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in the other Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee, to the extent it is acting as successor Administrator pursuant hereto and thereto, shall be entitled to resign to the extent a qualified successor Administrator has been appointed and has assumed all the obligations of the Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
Section 5.3 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholder. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Administrator pursuant to this Article V, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders and the Rating Agencies (which, in the case of any such appointment of a successor, shall consist of prior written notice thereof to the Rating Agencies).
Section 5.4 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Noteholders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, in the case of any default which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders) may, on behalf of all Noteholders and the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, waive in writing any default by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations hereunder and any consequences thereof, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from any of the Trust Accounts (or giving instructions regarding the same) in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Administrator Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every
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purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto.
ARTICLE VI
Section 6.1 Termination.
(a) Optional Purchase of All Trust Student Loans. The Administrator shall notify the Servicer, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing, within 15 days after the last day of any Collection Period as of which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 12% or less of the Initial Pool Balance. As of the last day of any Collection Period immediately preceding a Quarterly Distribution Date as of which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 10% or less of the Initial Pool Balance, the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf and at the direction of the Servicer, or any other “eligible lender” (within the meaning of the Higher Education Act) designated by the Servicer in writing to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, shall have the option to purchase the Trust Estate, other than the Trust Accounts. To exercise such option, the Servicer shall deposit, pursuant to Section 2.6 above in the Collection Account an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Amount for the Trust Student Loans and the related rights with respect thereto, plus the appraised value of any such other property held by the Trust other than the Trust Accounts, such value to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Trust; provided, however, that the Servicer may not effect such purchase if such aggregate Purchase Amounts do not equal or exceed the Minimum Purchase Amount plus any Carryover Servicing Fees. In the event the Servicer fails to notify the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing prior to the acceptance by the Indenture Trustee of a bid to purchase the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Indenture that the Servicer intends to exercise its option to purchase the Trust Estate, the Servicer shall be deemed to have waived its option to purchase the Trust Estate as long as the Servicer has received five business days’ notice from the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 4.4 of the Indenture.
(b) Notice. Written notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Administrator to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the Administrator has received notice thereof.
(c) Succession. Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall succeed to the rights of, and assume the obligations of, the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and any other Basic Documents.
ARTICLE VII
Section 7.1 Protection of Interests in Trust.
(a) The Administrator, on behalf of the Depositor, shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain, and protect the
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interest of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Student Loans and in the proceeds thereof. The Administrator shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506(b) of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.
(c) Each of the Depositor and the Servicer shall have an obligation to give the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 60 days’ prior written notice of any relocation of its chief executive office if, 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 promptly file any such amendment. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Trust Student Loans, and its principal executive office, within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Trust Student Loan accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Trust Student Loan, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Trust Student Loan and the amounts from time to time deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account in respect of such Trust Student Loan.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale of the Trust Student Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer’s master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Trust Student Loan shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in such Trust Student Loan and that such Trust Student Loan is owned by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the Issuer’s, the Eligible Lender Trustee’s and the Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Trust Student Loan shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Trust Student Loan shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Depositor or the Administrator shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in student loans to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they refer in any manner whatsoever to any Trust Student Loan, indicate clearly that such Trust Student Loan has been sold and is owned by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
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(g) Upon reasonable notice, the Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Trust Student Loan.
(h) Upon request, at any time the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee have reasonable grounds to believe that such request would be necessary in connection with its performance of its duties under the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall furnish to the Eligible Lender Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee (in each case, with a copy to the Administrator), within five Business Days, a list of all Trust Student Loans (by borrower social security number, type of loan and date of issuance) then held as part of the Trust, and the Administrator shall furnish to the Eligible Lender Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee, within 20 Business Days thereafter, a comparison of such list to the list of Trust Student Loans set forth in Schedule A to the Indenture as of the Closing Date and a list of all Additional Trust Student Loans as of the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period, and, for each Trust Student Loan that has been removed from the pool of loans held by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, information as to the date as of which and circumstances under which each such Trust Student Loan was so removed.
(i) The Depositor shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:
(i) promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto and on each Transfer Date, an Opinion of Counsel either (1) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Student Loans, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (2) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and
(ii) within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three months after the Initial Cutoff Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 120-day period, either (1) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Student Loans, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (2) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; provided that a single Opinion of Counsel may be delivered in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement and that of Section 3.6(b) of the Indenture.
(j) Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (i) above shall specify (as of the date of such opinion and given all applicable laws as in effect on such date) any action necessary to be taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(k) The Depositor shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Excess Distribution Certificate and the Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to
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Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such sections.
ARTICLE VIII
Section 8.1 Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee.
Section 8.2 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (a) shall constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (c) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
Section 8.3 Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
Section 8.4 Powers of Attorney. The Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall upon the written request of the Administrator furnish the Administrator with any powers of attorney and other documents (in form and substance satisfactory to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee) reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Administrator to carry out its administrative duties hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eligible Lender Trustee hereby grants to the Administrator a limited power of attorney to execute and deliver on its behalf all documentation necessary to effect the actions set forth in Section 2.2(f) of this Agreement.
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Section 8.5 Amendment.
(a) This Agreement (other than Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above) may be amended by the Issuer, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, without the consent of any of the Noteholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder.
(b) Sections 2.1 and 2.2 may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, without the consent of the Noteholders (unless such consent is otherwise required by this Section), for the purpose of adding any provision to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of such Article; provided that such amendment will not, in an Opinion of Counsel obtained on behalf of the Issuer and satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder.
(c ) This Agreement (other than Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above) may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, and Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above may also be amended by the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Noteholders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, 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 Noteholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments with respect to Trust Student Loans or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Noteholders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of all outstanding Noteholders.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment (or, in the case of the Rating Agencies, 15 days prior thereto), the Eligible Lender Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and each of the Rating Agencies.
(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
(f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
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Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 7.1(i) above. The Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Eligible Lender Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(g) [Reserved].
(h) [Reserved].
Section 8.6 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 4.3 of the Servicing Agreement and Section 4.3 of this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Depositor, the Administrator or the Servicer. This Agreement may be assigned by the Eligible Lender Trustee only to its permitted successor pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Section 8.7 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee and for the benefit of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and the Noteholders, as third party beneficiaries, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
Section 8.8 Assignment to Indenture Trustee. The Depositor hereby acknowledges and consents to any Grant by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of a security interest in all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Trust Student Loans and the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Sale Agreement and any Additional Sale Agreement and the Depositor’s rights under the Purchase Agreements and any Additional Purchase Agreements to the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer hereby acknowledges and consents to the assignment by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of any and all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and under the Servicing Agreement.
Section 8.9 Nonpetition Covenants.
(a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor shall not, prior to the date which is 367 days after the payment in full of the Notes, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. The foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Servicer, the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor to file any claim in, or otherwise take any action with respect to, any insolvency proceeding that was instituted against the Issuer by a Person other than
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the Servicer, the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall not, prior to the date which is 367 days after the payment in full of the Notes, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Depositor to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Depositor under any insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Depositor or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Depositor. The foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Servicer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee to file any claim in, or otherwise take any action with respect to, any insolvency proceeding that was instituted against the Depositor by a Person other than the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee.
Section 8.10 Limitation of Liability of Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Eligible Lender Trustee of the Issuer, and in no event shall The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., in its individual capacity have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
(c) The rights of and protections of the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, as applicable, under the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, respectively, shall be incorporated as though explicitly set forth herein.
Section 8.11 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.12 Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
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Section 8.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
Section 8.14 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Each of the parties named on the signature pages to this Agreement by execution of this Agreement agrees, for the benefit of the Administrator and the other signatories hereto, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to the extent reference is made in such document to such party.
Section 8.15 Excess Distribution Certificate. The Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Section 8.16 Force Majeure. The Administrator shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, and 2.15 if it is rendered unable to perform such obligations, in whole or in part, by a force outside the control of the parties hereto (including acts of God, acts of war, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and other disasters). The Administrator shall diligently perform its duties under this Agreement as soon as practicable following the termination of such interruption of business.
ARTICLE IX
Section 9.1 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The Issuer and the Administrator acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article IX of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Issuer with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission.
Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required under the Securities Act). The Administrator acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, or any other party to the Transaction Documents in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection therewith, the Issuer shall cooperate fully with the Administrator (including any of its assignees or designees) in the preparation of, any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.
Section 9.2 Reporting Requirements.
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(a) If so requested by the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Administrator shall (i) notify the Issuer, in writing of any material litigation or governmental proceedings pending against the Administrator and (ii) provide to the Issuer, a description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
(b) As a condition to the succession as Administrator by any Person as permitted by Section 4.3 hereof the successor administrator shall provide to the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, at least 10 Business Days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing all information in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of Notes.
(c) In addition to such information as the Administrator, is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, the Administrator shall provide such information regarding the performance or servicing of the Trust Student Loans as is reasonably required to facilitate preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise required to be delivered by the Administrator under this Agreement, commencing with the first such report due hereunder.
Section 9.3 Administrator Compliance Statement. On or before March 1st of each calendar year, commencing in 2009, the Administrator shall deliver to the Issuer a statement of compliance addressed to the Issuer and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Administrator, to the effect that (i) a review of the Administrator’s activities during the immediately preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of its performance under this Agreement during such period has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Administrator has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and the status thereof.
Section 9.4 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
(a) On or before March 1st of each calendar year, commencing in 2009, the Administrator shall:
(i) deliver to the Issuer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer) regarding the Administrator’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be addressed to the Issuer and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Administrator, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on the certification substantially in the form of Attachment B attached to this Agreement;
(ii) deliver to the Issuer a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Issuer that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the
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Administrator and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph, which attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) if requested by the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, not later than February 1 of the calendar year in which such certification is to be delivered, deliver to the Issuer and any other Person that will be responsible for signing a Sarbanes Certification in the form attached hereto as Attachment A on behalf of the Issuer with respect to a securitization transaction. The Administrator acknowledges that the parties identified in clauses (a)(i) and (ii) above may rely on the certification provided by the Administrator pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, will not request delivery of a certification under clauses (a)(i) and (ii) above unless the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust Student Loans.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, INC., as Administrator | ||
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ MAE, INC., as Servicer | ||
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Senior Director | |
| SLM FUNDING LLC, as Depositor | ||
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as the Eligible Lender Trustee | ||
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
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| SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2008-5, as Issuer | ||
| By: | THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Eligible Lender Trustee | |
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
| By: | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | |
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ H.Y. Voon | |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |
| By: | /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |
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ATTACHMENT A
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: The Administration Agreement dated as of April 30, 2008 (the “Agreement”), among SLM Funding LLC, as Depositor, SLM Student Loan Trust 2008-5, as Issuer, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc., as Servicer, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, Inc., as Administrator, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Eligible Lender Trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee
I, , the of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc. (the “Administrator”), certify to the Issuer, and its officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Administrator provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the report on assessment of the Administrator’s compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and all servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the Trust Student Loans by the Administrator during 200[ ] that were delivered by the Administrator to the Issuer pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the “Company Servicing Information”);
(2) Based on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Company Servicing Information;
(3) Based on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be provided by the Administrator under the Agreement has been provided to the Issuer;
(4) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Administrator as administrator under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Administrator has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects; and
(5) The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Administrator pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be provided by the Administrator and/or any Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement, have been provided to the Issuer. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have
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been disclosed to the Issuer. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
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ATTACHMENT B
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Inc., as the Administrator, shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below (the “Applicable Servicing Criteria”):
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| General Servicing Considerations | ||||
| 1122(d)(1)(i) | Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(1)(ii) | If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(1)(iii) | Any requirements in the Transaction Documents to maintain a back-up servicer for the trust student loans are maintained. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(1)(iv) | A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. | N/A | ||
| Cash Collection and Administration | ||||
| 1122(d)(2)(i) | Payments on trust student loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(2)(ii) | Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. | |||
| 1122(d)(2)(iii) | Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(2)(iv) | The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(2)(v) | Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the Transaction Documents. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(2)(vi) | Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(2)(vii) | Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| Investor Remittances and Reporting | ||||
| 1122(d)(3)(i) | Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the Transaction Documents and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the Transaction Documents; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the Transaction Documents; (C) are filed with the | N/A | ||
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| Reference |
Criteria |
Applicability | ||
| Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of student loans serviced by the Servicer. | ||||
| 1122(d)(3)(ii) | Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(3)(iii) | Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(3)(iv) | Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. | N/A | ||
| Pool Asset Administration | ||||
| 1122(d)(4)(i) | Collateral or security on student loans is maintained as required by the Transaction Documents or related student loan documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(ii) | Student loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the Transaction Documents | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(iii) | Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(iv) | Payments on student loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related student loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related student loan documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(v) | The Servicer’s records regarding the student loans agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(vi) | Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s student loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the Transaction Documents and related pool asset documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(vii) | Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(viii) | Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a student loan is delinquent in accordance with the Transaction Documents. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the Transaction Documents, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent student loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(ix) | Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for student loans with variable rates are computed based on the related student loan documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(x) | Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s student loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the Transaction Documents; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable student loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related student loans, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(xi) | Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
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| Reference |
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Applicability | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(xii) | Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(xiii) | Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(xiv) | Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
| 1122(d)(4)(xv) | Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
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