Exhibit 10.9
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NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2003-A,
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent,
NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II,
as Transferor,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
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TRUST ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Dated as of October [__], 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.01 Capitalized Terms; Interpretive Provisions.......................... 1
1.02 Duties of the Administrative Agent.................................. 1
1.03 Records............................................................. 6
1.04 Compensation........................................................ 6
1.05 Additional Information to be Furnished to the Trust................. 6
1.06 Independence of the Administrative Agent............................ 6
1.07 No Joint Venture.................................................... 7
1.08 Other Activities of Administrative Agent............................ 7
1.09 Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrative Agent.. 7
1.10 Action Upon Termination, Resignation or Removal..................... 8
1.11 Notices............................................................. 8
1.12 Amendments.......................................................... 9
1.13 Successors and Assigns.............................................. 9
1.14 Governing Law....................................................... 9
1.15 Headings............................................................ 10
1.16 Counterparts........................................................ 10
1.17 Severability........................................................ 10
1.18 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee...... 10
1.19 Third-Party Beneficiary............................................. 10
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TRUST ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This Trust Administration Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of
October [__], 2003, is among Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2003-A, a Delaware
statutory trust (the "Trust"), Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California
corporation ("NMAC"), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"), Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, a Delaware limited
liability company ("▇▇▇▇ II"), as transferor (the "Transferor"), and U.S. Bank
National Association, a national banking association ("U.S. Bank"), as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Trust was formed pursuant to a trust agreement, dated as of
October [__], 2003, as amended and restated as of October [__],2003 (the "Trust
Agreement"), between the Transferor and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee
(the "Owner Trustee"); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this agreement to provide for,
among other things, the Administrative Agent's provision of certain services to
the Trust and the Owner Trustee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.01 Capitalized Terms; Interpretive Provisions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement of Definitions, dated as of
October [__], 2003, by and among the Trust, as issuer (the "Issuer"), NILT
Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, as grantor and initial beneficiary (in such
capacity, the "Grantor" and the "UTI Beneficiary," respectively),
Nissan-Infiniti LT, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Titling Trust"), NMAC, in
its individual capacity, as Administrative Agent and as servicer (in such
capacity, the "Servicer"), ▇▇▇▇ II, NILT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as
trustee to the Titling Trust (the "Titling Trustee"), Wilmington Trust Company,
as Owner Trustee and Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the "Delaware Trustee")
and U.S. Bank, as Indenture Trustee and trust agent (in such capacity, the
"Trust Agent").
(b) For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (i) terms used in this
Agreement include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as well as the
singular, (ii) references to words such as "herein", "hereof" and the like shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular part, Article or
Section within this Agreement, (iii) the term "include" and all variations
thereof shall mean "include without limitation" and (iv) the term "or" shall
include "and/or".
1.02 Duties of the Administrative Agent.
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(a) The Administrative Agent agrees to perform all its duties as
Administrative Agent and the duties of the Trust and the Owner Trustee under the
Related Documents. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall consult with the
Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under the
Related Documents. The Administrative Agent shall monitor the performance of the
Trust and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with
the respective duties of the Trust and the Owner Trustee under the Related
Documents. The Administrative Agent shall prepare for execution by the Trust, or
shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, all such documents,
reports, notices, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it shall
be the duty of the Trust or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Related Documents. In addition, the Administrative Agent or the
Transferor shall execute and deliver any filings, certificates, affidavits or
other instruments required under the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002, to the extent
permitted by applicable law. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrative
Agent shall take (or, in the case of the immediately preceding sentence, cause
to be taken) all appropriate action that the Trust or the Owner Trustee is
required to take pursuant to the Indenture, including, without limitation, such
of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the
Indenture (references are to Sections of the Indenture):
(i) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the
Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the
location, or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.04);
(ii) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and
instruments required for execution and authentication of the Notes and delivery
of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.02);
(iii) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section
3.02);
(iv) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to
deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture
regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.03);
(v) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with
Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
(vi) the obtaining and preservation of the Trust's qualifications to
do business (Section 3.04);
(vii) the preparation of all supplements and amendments to the
Indenture and all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments and the taking of such other action as
are necessary or advisable to protect the Owner Trust Estate (Section 3.05);
(viii) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date
and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, if requested, as to the Owner
Trust Estate, and the annual
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delivery of the Officer's Certificate and certain other statements as to
compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.06 and 3.09);
(ix) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate of any Person with whom the Trust has contracted to perform its
duties under the Indenture (Section 3.07(b));
(x) the notification of the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency
of a Servicer Default under the Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer
Default arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or
obligations under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the 2003-A SUBI
Assets, the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such failure
(Section 3.07(d));
(xi) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and
each Rating Agency of each Indenture Default (Section 3.11);
(xii) the delivery of prior written notice to each Rating Agency of
the Issuer's consolidation or merger with or into any other Person (Section
3.15(a));
(xiii) the delivery of prior written notice to each Rating Agency of
the Issuer's conveyance or transfer of any of its properties or assets to any
Person (Section 3.15(b));
(xiv) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments
required for the release of the Trust from its obligations under the Indenture
(Section 4.01);
(xv) the monitoring of the Trust's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer's
Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent
Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.01);
(xvi) the preparation and delivery of notice to the Rating Agencies
of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Indenture Trustee (Section 6.08);
(xvii) the preparation of any written instruments required to
confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any
written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or removal of
the Indenture Trustee or any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and
6.10);
(xviii) the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names and
addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the
Note Registrar (Section 7.01);
(xix) the furnishing of certain reports with the Indenture Trustee
(Section 7.03);
(xx) the taking of all other actions necessary with respect to the
investment of funds in the Note Distribution Account (Sections 8.02 and 8.05);
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(xxi) the preparation of an Issuer Request for the release of the
Owner Trust Estate (Section 8.06);
(xxii) the preparation of Issuer Requests and the obtaining of
Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures
(Sections 9.01 and 9.02);
(xxiii) the execution of new Notes conforming to any supplemental
indenture (Section 9.05);
(xxiv) the duty to notify each Rating Agency of redemption of the
Notes or to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section
10.02);
(xxv) the preparation and delivery of all Officer's Certificates,
Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by
the Trust to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture
(Section 11.01(a), (b));
(xxvi) the preparation and delivery of Officer's Certificates and
the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of
property from the Lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(b));
(xxvii) the notification of each Rating Agency, upon the failure of
the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to give such notification,
of any information required pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Indenture (Section
11.04); and
(xxviii) the preparation of Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.11).
(b) The Administrative Agent shall:
(i) pay the Owner Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation for a trustee of an express trust); and
(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Trust Agreement,
reimburse the Owner Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Owner Trustee in accordance
with any provision of the Trust Agreement (including reasonable compensation,
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
(c) In addition to the duties set forth in Sections 1.02(a) and (b), the
Administrative Agent shall perform such calculations and shall prepare or shall
cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of, and shall execute on
behalf of the Trust or the Owner Trustee, all such documents, notices, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Trust or the Owner
Trustee is required to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related
Documents, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate
action that the Trust or the Owner
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Trustee is required to take pursuant to the Related Documents. Subject to
Section 1.06, and in accordance with the directions of the Owner Trustee, the
Administrative Agent shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of
such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Related
Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are
expressly requested by the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the
capability of the Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related Documents to
the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall be responsible for promptly
notifying the Owner Trustee if any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's
payments (or allocations of income) to a Trust Certificateholder as contemplated
in Section 5.02(d) of the Trust Agreement. Any such notice shall specify the
amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner Trustee
pursuant to such provision.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related Documents to
the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall be responsible for performance of
the duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in Sections 5.03 and 9.01(c) of the
Trust Agreement with respect to notifying the Trust Certificateholders of the
Payment Date on which their Trust Certificates will be repaid and Section
5.04(a) of the Trust Agreement with respect to accounting and reports to Trust
Certificateholders; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee shall retain
responsibility for the distribution of the documentation necessary to enable
each Trust Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax
returns.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall satisfy its obligations with respect to
clauses (d) and (e) above by retaining, at the expense of the Trust, payable by
the Administrative Agent, Accountants acceptable to the Owner Trustee, which
shall perform the obligations of the Administrative Agent thereunder.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall perform any duties expressly required
to be performed by the Administrative Agent under the Trust Agreement.
(h) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations
under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent may enter into transactions or
otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of
any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions
received from the Trust and shall be, in the Administrative Agent's opinion, no
less favorable to the Trust than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
(i) With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the
Administrative Agent are non-ministerial, the Administrative Agent shall not
take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action
the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Owner Trustee of the proposed
action and the Owner Trustee shall not have withheld consent or provided an
alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
"non-ministerial matters" shall include:
(i) amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
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(ii) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust and the
compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust
(other than in connection with the collection of the Leases);
(iii) the amendment, change or modification of the Related
Documents;
(iv) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying
Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the
appointment of successor Administrative Agents or successor Servicers, or
the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, any Paying Agent or
Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture;
(v) the removal of the Indenture Trustee; and
(vi) the provision to the Rating Agencies copies of any amendment or
supplement to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement and the notification of the
Interest Rate Cap Counterparty of any proposed amendment or supplement to
any of the Basic Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (i) make any payments to the
Noteholders under the Related Documents, (ii) sell the Owner Trust Estate
pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Indenture, (iii) take any other action that the
Trust directs the Administrative Agent not to take on its behalf or (iv) take
any other action which may be construed as having the effect of varying the
investment of the Trust Certificateholders.
1.03 Records. The Administrative Agent shall maintain appropriate
books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which
books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Trust and
the Transferor at any time during normal business hours.
1.04 Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrative Agent's obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for
its expenses related thereto, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to an
annual payment of compensation which shall be solely an obligation of the
Servicer.
1.05 Additional Information to be Furnished to the Trust. The
Administrative Agent shall furnish to the Trust from time to time such
additional information regarding the Collateral as the Trust shall reasonably
request.
1.06 Independence of the Administrative Agent. For all purposes of
this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be an independent contractor and
shall not be subject to the supervision of the Trust or the Owner Trustee with
respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its
obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Trust, the
Administrative Agent shall have no authority to act for or represent the Trust
or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of
the Trust or the Owner Trustee.
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1.07 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Administrative Agent and either of the Trust or the Owner Trustee
as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to
impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) 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.
1.08 Other Activities of Administrative Agent. Nothing herein shall
prevent the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates from engaging in other
businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an
Administrative Agent for any other Person or entity, even though such person or
entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
1.09 Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrative
Agent. This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the
Trust, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(a) Subject to Section 1.09(e), the Administrative Agent may resign its
duties hereunder by providing the Trust with at least 60 days' prior written
notice.
(b) Subject to Section 1.09(e), the Trust may remove the Administrative
Agent without cause by providing the Administrative Agent with at least 60 days'
prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Section 1.09(e), at the sole option of the Trust, the
Administrative Agent may be removed immediately upon written notice of
termination from the Trust to the Administrative Agent if any of the following
events shall occur:
(i) the Administrative Agent shall default in the performance of any
of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not
cure such default within ten days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such
time, shall not give within ten days such assurance of cure as shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Trust);
(ii) the existence of any proceeding or action, or the entry of a
decree or order for relief by a court or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent in an involuntary case under the
federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Administrative Agent or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Administrative Agent and the continuance of any such action, proceeding, decree
or order unstayed and, in the case of any such order or decree, in effect for a
period of 90 consecutive days; or
(iii) the commencement by the Administrative Agent of a voluntary
case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or the
consent by the Administrative Agent to the appointment of or taking of
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Administrative Agent or of any substantial part
of its property or the making by the Administrative Agent of an assignment for
the benefit of
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creditors or the failure by the Administrative Agent generally to pay its debts
as such debts become due or the taking of corporate action by the Administrative
Agent in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
The Administrative Agent agrees that if any of the events specified in
clauses (ii) or (iii) above shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee within seven days after the occurrence of
such event.
(d) No resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrative Agent shall have
been appointed by the Trust and (ii) such successor Administrative Agent shall
have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same
manner as the Administrative Agent is bound hereunder.
(e) The appointment of any successor Administrative Agent shall be
effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to
the proposed appointment.
(f) Subject to Sections 1.09(d) and 1.09(e), the Administrative Agent
acknowledges that upon the appointment of a successor Servicer pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall immediately resign and such
successor Servicer shall automatically become the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply at such
times as the Titling Trustee shall be the successor Servicer.
1.10 Action Upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon
the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to the first
sentence of Section 1.09 or the resignation or removal of the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 1.09(a), (b) or (c), respectively, the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing
to it to the date of such termination, resignation or removal. The
Administrative Agent shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to the first
sentence of Section 1.09 deliver to the Trust all property and documents
representing or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the
Administrative Agent. In the event of the resignation or removal of the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.09(a), (b) or (c), respectively, the
Administrative Agent shall cooperate with the Trust and take all reasonable
steps requested to assist the Trust in making an orderly transfer of the duties
of the Administrative Agent.
1.11 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified
first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier
service, or by telecopier, and addressed in each case as follows: (i) if to the
Trust or the Administrative Agent, at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopier no. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇), Attention: Treasurer; (ii) if
to the Owner Trustee, at Wilmington Trust Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square North, ▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopier no. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇),
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration]; (iii) if to the Indenture Trustee,
at U.S. Bank National Association, Wrigley Building, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopier no. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇); (iv) if to
Moody's, to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopier no. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇), Attention: ABS Monitoring Group; (iv) if
to Standard & Poor's, to Standard & Poor's, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Companies, Inc., 55
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopier no. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇),
Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Group; (v) if to Fitch, Inc., to Fitch,
Inc. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ABS Structured
Finance (telecopier no. ( ), Attention:( )), or (vi) at such other address as
shall be designated by any of the foregoing in a written notice to the other
parties hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of
such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such
notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder.
1.12 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by
a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto, with the
written consent of the Owner Trustee but without the consent of the
Securityholders, 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 Securityholders; provided, that such amendment will
not, in the Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially
and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or Trust Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended by the parties hereto with the written
consent of the Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a
majority of the Outstanding Amount and the holders of Trust Certificates
evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Balance 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
Securityholders; provided, however, that no such amendment may (i) increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
collections of payments on the 2003-A Leases or distributions that are required
to be made for the benefit of the Securityholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the holders of Notes and Trust Certificates which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all
outstanding Notes and Trust Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent may not amend this Agreement without the permission of the
Transferor, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
1.13 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by
the Administrative Agent unless such assignment is previously consented to in
writing by the Trust and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of
the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such consent
and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder
in the same manner as the Administrative Agent is bound hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the
Administrative Agent without the consent of the Trust or the Owner Trustee to a
corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation
or purchase of assets) to the Administrative Agent; provided, that such
successor organization executes and delivers to the Trust, the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, in which such
corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of
said assignment in the same manner as the Administrative Agent is bound
hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or
assigns of the parties hereto.
1.14 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the
General Obligations Law of the State of New York).
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1.15 Headings. The headings of the various Sections herein are for
convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or
provisions hereof.
1.16 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
1.17 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
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.
1.18 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
instrument has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company in its capacity as
Owner Trustee of the Trust and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its
individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Trust have any liability for
the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of
the Trust hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the
assets of the Trust. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Trust hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been executed by U.S. Bank as Indenture Trustee and in no event
shall U.S. Bank have any liability for the representations, warranties,
covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Trust 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 Trust.
1.19 Third-Party Beneficiary. The Owner Trustee is a third-party
beneficiary to this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits
hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2003-A,
as Trust
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II,
as Transferor
By:
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Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
S-1
Trust Administration Agreement