Exhibit 99.10
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ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-1
ISSUER
AND
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATOR
AND
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF JANUARY 15, 2003
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ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of January 15, 2003, among CAPITAL
AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"),
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as administrator
(the "Administrator"), and BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing Notes pursuant to an Indenture, dated as
of January 15, 2003 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the
"Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into (or assumed) certain agreements in
connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Certificates, including (i)
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the Note Depository Agreement and
(iii) the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Basic Documents, the Issuer and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Delaware, as Owner Trustee, are required to perform certain duties
in connection with (a) the Notes and the Collateral and (b) the Certificates;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the
Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee
referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents as the
Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time request;
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services
required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Part I of
Appendix A to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement of even date herewith,
among the Issuer, the Seller and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, as
Servicer (as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the
"Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement"). All references herein to "the Agreement"
or "this Agreement" are to this Administration Agreement as it may be amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time, and all references herein to
Sections are to Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The rules
of construction set forth in Part II of such Appendix A shall be applicable to
this Agreement.
2. Duties of the Administrator.
(a) Duties with Respect to the Depository Agreements and the
Indenture.
(i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as
Administrator and the duties of the Issuer under the Indenture, the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement and the Depository Agreements. In addition, the
Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the
Issuer under the Indenture, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement and the
Depository Agreements. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the
Issuer and shall
advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's
duties under the Indenture, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement and the
Depository Agreements. 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, notices and opinions as
it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the
Indenture, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement and the Depository Agreements.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate
action that it is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Indenture and
the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement, 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 and the Swap Counterparty
Rights Agreement, as applicable):
(A) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and
instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of the same to
the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2 of the Indenture);
(B) 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 2.4 of the
Indenture);
(C) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal
payment on their Notes (Section 2.7(d) of the Indenture);
(D) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments,
opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of
Collateral (Section 2.9 of the Indenture);
(E) the preparation of Definitive Notes and arranging the
delivery thereof (Section 2.12 of the Indenture);
(F) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.2
of the Indenture);
(G) 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 3.3 of the Indenture);
(H) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with
Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.3 of the
Indenture);
(I) the obtaining and preservation of 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
Trust Estate (Section 3.4 of the Indenture);
(J) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing
statements, continuation statements, assignments, certificates, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the
Indenture, necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.5 of the Indenture);
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(K) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Initial Closing
Date, in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Trust Estate,
and the annual delivery of the Officers' Certificate 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);
(L) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officers'
Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform its
duties under the Indenture (Section 3.7(b) of the Indenture);
(M) the notification of the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies of a Servicer Default pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default
arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available
to remedy such failure (Section 3.7(d) of the Indenture);
(N) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments
required for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Indenture
(Section 3.11 of the Indenture);
(O) the delivery of notice to the Indenture Trustee of each Event
of Default under the Indenture, each Servicer Default, each default by the
Seller under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default by GMAC
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.19 of the Indenture);
(P) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officers'
Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent
Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1 of the Indenture);
(Q) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate in a commercially
reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(Section 5.4 of the Indenture);
(R) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders and the
Swap Counterparty of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of
a successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8 of the Indenture);
(S) 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
any co-trustee or separate trustee (Section 6.10 of the Indenture);
(T) 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 7.1 of the Indenture);
(U) the preparation, the execution on behalf of the Issuer and
the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any applicable state
agencies and the Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a
periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed by, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
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applicable state agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary,
to the Noteholders (Section 7.3 of the Indenture);
(V) the opening of one or more accounts in the Trust's name, the
preparation of Issuer Orders, Officer's Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and
all other actions necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds
in the Designated Accounts (Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of the Indenture);
(W) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer's
Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate as defined in
the Indenture (Sections 8.4 and 8.5 of the Indenture);
(X) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of
Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and
the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental
indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 of the Indenture);
(Y) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.6 of the Indenture);
(Z) the notification of Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of
redemption of the Redeemable Notes or the duty to cause the Indenture Trustee to
provide such notification (Sections 10.1 and 10.2 of the Indenture);
(AA) the preparation of all Officer's Certificates, Opinions of
Counsel and Independent Certificates 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);
(BB) the preparation and delivery of Officers' Certificates and
the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of
property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b) of the Indenture);
(CC) the notification of the Rating Agencies upon the failure of
the Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information required
pursuant to Section 11.4 (Section 11.4 of the Indenture);
(DD) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice
provisions (Section 11.6 of the Indenture);
(EE) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15
of the Indenture);
(FF) the delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuer, each stating that
any consolidation or merger of the Issuer and related supplemental indenture
shall have no material adverse tax consequence to the Swap Counterparty, as
required pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement;
(GG) the delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuer, each stating that
any sale, conveyance, exchange,
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transfer or disposition of property or assets of the Issuer and related
supplemental indenture shall have no material adverse tax consequence to the
Swap Counterparty, as required pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement;
(HH) the delivery of a copy to the Swap Counterparty of any
notice it shall deliver pursuant to Section 3.7(d) of the Indenture in respect
of the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement (Section 4.02(b) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(II) the delivery of prompt written notice to the Swap
Counterparty of each Event of Default under the Indenture, each Servicer
Default, each default on the part of the Seller of its obligations under the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default on the part of GMAC of its
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Section 4.02(c) of the
Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(JJ) the delivery to the Swap Counterparty, within five Business
Days after learning of the occurrence thereof, of a copy of the written notice
in the form of an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee, of
any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an
Event of Default under Section 5.1(d) of the Indenture, its status and what
action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto (Section
4.02(d) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(KK) the delivery of written notice to the Swap Counterparty at
least 60 days prior to the removal of the Administrator without cause pursuant
to Section 10(b) of the Administration Agreement (Section 4.10(a) of the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(LL) the delivery to the Swap Counterparty of a copy of any
written notice from the Issuer to the Administrator effecting the immediate
removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Administration
Agreement (Section 4.10(b) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(MM) the prompt transmittal to the Swap Counterparty of any
notice received by the Issuer from the Noteholders to the Swap Counterparty
(Section 4.12 of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(NN) the delivery to the Swap Counterparty of summaries of any
information, documents or reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to
Sections 7.3(a)(i) and 7.3(a)(ii) of the Indenture;
(OO) the delivery to the Swap Counterparty of a copy of the
Annual Statement of Compliance required by Section 3.9 of the Indenture (Section
4.13(c) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement); and
(ii) For so long as GMAC is both the Administrator and the Servicer,
the Administrator will perform those payment and indemnity obligations of the
Servicer under Section 3.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Section
6.01 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement in the event that the Servicer
fails to perform such obligations.
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(b) Additional Duties.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above,
the Administrator shall perform all the duties of the Issuer under the Basic
Documents, including, without limitation, making all calculations and shall
prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the
preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty
of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the
Basic Documents, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all
appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to
take pursuant to the Basic Documents. Subject to Section 7 of this Agreement,
and in accordance with the directions of the Owner 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
Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Basic Documents
to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for promptly notifying
the Owner Trustee if any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's payments to a
Certificateholder as contemplated in Section 5.2(c) 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.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Basic Documents
to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the
duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement with
respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to Certificateholders;
provided, however, that if the Owner Trustee is notified by the Administrator
that the Issuer is deemed to be taxable as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, the Owner Trustee shall retain responsibility for the distribution to
the Certificateholders of the Schedule K-1s necessary to enable each
Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
(iv) The Administrator may satisfy any obligations it may have with
respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above by retaining, at the expense of the
Trust payable by the Administrator, a firm of independent public accountants
acceptable to the Owner Trustee which shall perform the obligations of the
Administrator thereunder.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator
specified in Section 6.10 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in
connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other
duties expressly required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust
Agreement.
(vi) 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 accordance with any
directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in the Administrator's
opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available from Persons
that are not Affiliates of the Administrator.
(vii) The Administrator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee from and against any and all costs,
expenses, losses, claims, damages,
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and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or
liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee through the 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 under this Agreement.
Indemnification under this Section 2(b)(vii) shall include, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the
Administrator has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 2(b)(vii)
and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the
recipient shall promptly repay such amounts collected to the Administrator,
without interest.
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters.
(i) 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 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, without limitation:
(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;
(C) the amendment, change or modification of any of the Basic
Documents;
(D) 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
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to
the Noteholders under the Basic Documents, (y) sell the Trust Estate pursuant to
Section 5.4 of the Indenture or (z) take any other action that the Issuer
directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
3. Successor Servicer and Administrator. The Issuer shall undertake,
as promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the
Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.02 of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the provisions of Sections 7.02,
7.03 and 7.04 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the
appointment of a successor Servicer. Such successor Servicer shall, upon
compliance with Sections 10(e)(ii) and (iii), become the successor Administrator
hereunder.
4. Records. The Administrator shall comply with Section 5.4 of the
Trust Agreement, including, without limitation, maintaining appropriate books of
account and records
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relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records
shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer and the Seller at any time
during normal business hours.
5. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its
expenses related thereto, the Servicer shall pay the Administrator a monthly fee
in the amount of $1,500.
6. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
7. 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 Owner 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 Owner Trustee in any
way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee.
8. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer 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.
9. 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 Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee.
10. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the termination of the
Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Section 10(e), the Administrator may give notice of its
intent to resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least 60
days' prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Section 10(e), the Issuer may remove the Administrator
without cause by providing the Administrator with at least 60 days' prior
written notice.
(d) Subject to Section 10(e), at the sole option of the Issuer, the
Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from
the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its
duties under this Agreement and, after notice from the Issuer 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 Issuer);
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(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within
60 days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part
of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for
the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the
taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its
property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or
shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 10(d) shall occur, it shall give written
notice thereof to the Issuer, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee
within seven days after the happening of such event.
(e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section
10 shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have been
appointed by the Issuer, (ii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed in
writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the
Administrator is bound hereunder, and (iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been
satisfied with respect to such proposed appointment.
11. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon
the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10(a) or
the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 10(b) or
(c), respectively, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and
reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the effective date of such termination,
resignation or removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination
pursuant to Section 10(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or
relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the
event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section
10(b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer
and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an
orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.
12. Notices. All demands, notices and communications upon or to the
Issuer, the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement shall be
delivered as specified in Appendix B of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
13. Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time with prior notice to
the Rating Agencies by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the
Issuer, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of
the Owner Trustee, without the consent of the Financial Parties, for any of the
following purposes:
(i) to add provisions hereof for the benefit of the Noteholders and
Certificateholders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Administrator;
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(ii) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein;
(iii) to evidence and provide for the appointment of a successor
Administrator hereunder and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Agreement as shall be necessary to facilitate such succession; and
(iv) to add any provisions to or change in any manner or eliminate any
of the provisions of this Agreement or to modify in any manner the rights of the
Noteholders or Certificateholders; provided, however, that such amendment under
this Section 13(a)(iv) shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel,
materially and adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any
Noteholder or Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuer, the Administrator and
the Indenture Trustee with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the
written consent of the Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at
least a majority in the Outstanding Amount of the Notes as of the close of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date and the holders of Certificates
evidencing at least a majority of the Voting Interests as of the close of the
preceding Distribution Date for the purpose of adding any provisions to,
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
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 Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the
benefit of the Noteholders or Certificateholders, (ii) reduce the percentage of
the holders of Notes and Certificates which are required to consent to any
amendment of this Agreement or (iii) modify or alter any provision of this
Section 13, except to provide that certain additional provisions of this
Agreement and the Basic Documents cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of each Noteholder and Certificateholder affected thereby, without, in
any such case, the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and
Certificates.
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 13(a) and (b), the Administrator may not amend
this Agreement without the permission of the Seller, which permission shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
14. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by
the Issuer 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 Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the
consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to a corporation or other
organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of
assets) to the Administrator, provided that such successor organization executes
and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an
agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound
hereunder by the terms of such assignment in the same manner as the
Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall
bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
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LAWS THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW
YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
16. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or
provisions hereof.
17. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the
parties 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.
18. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason
whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the holders thereof.
19. Not Applicable to General Motors Acceptance Corporation in Other
Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation General Motors
Acceptance Corporation may have in any other capacity.
20. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
instrument has been countersigned by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, not
in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee and in no event shall
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware 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. For
all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of any duties or obligations
of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to
the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by Bank One, National Association, not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and in no
event shall Bank One, National Association 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.
21. 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 have caused this Administration Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first
above written.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET
TRUST 2003-1
By: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE, not in its individual
capacity, but solely as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By: _____________________________
Name: Man Wing Li
Title: Attorney-in-fact
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: ____________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION, as Administrator
By: ____________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director - Securitization
and Cash Management