Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
between
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AUTO TRUST 2006-C
Issuer,
and
DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC,
Seller and Servicer
Dated as of October 1, 2006
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Definitions...................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions................................15
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables....................................16
Section 2.02 Conveyance of Fixed Value Payments and Fixed Value
Finance Charges..............................................17
Section 2.03 Fixed Value Securities.......................................17
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of Seller with
Respect to the Receivables...................................18
Section 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach.......................................21
Section 3.03 Custody of Receivable Files..................................22
Section 3.04 Duties of Servicer as Custodian..............................22
Section 3.05 Instructions; Authority To Act...............................23
Section 3.06 Custodian's Indemnification..................................23
Section 3.07 Effective Period and Termination.............................23
Section 3.08 Representations and Warranties as to the Security
Interest of the Issuer in the Receivables....................24
ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
Section 4.01 Duties of Servicer...........................................24
Section 4.02 Collection and Allocation of Receivable Payments.............25
Section 4.03 Realization upon Receivables.................................25
Section 4.04 Physical Damage Insurance....................................26
Section 4.05 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed
Vehicles.....................................................26
Section 4.06 Covenants of Servicer........................................26
Section 4.07 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach..........................26
Section 4.08 Servicing Fee................................................26
Section 4.09 Servicer's Certificate.......................................27
Section 4.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Item 1122
Servicing Criteria Assessment; Notice of Default.............27
Section 4.11 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants'
Report.......................................................28
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Section 4.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Receivables........................................28
Section 4.13 Servicer Expenses............................................29
Section 4.14 Appointment of Subservicer...................................29
ARTICLE V
Distributions; Reserve Account; Statements to Certificateholders and
Noteholders
Section 5.01 Establishment of Deposit Account.............................29
Section 5.02 Collections..................................................31
Section 5.03 Application of Collections...................................32
Section 5.04 Additional Deposits..........................................32
Section 5.05 Distributions................................................32
Section 5.06 Reserve Account..............................................34
Section 5.07 Statements to Noteholders and Certificateholders.............35
Section 5.08 Net Deposits.................................................35
ARTICLE VI
The Seller
Section 6.01 Representations of Seller....................................35
Section 6.02 Preservation of Existence....................................37
Section 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities.............................37
Section 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
Obligations of, Seller.......................................38
Section 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.................39
Section 6.06 Seller May Own Notes.........................................39
ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
Section 7.01 Representations of Servicer..................................39
Section 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer......................................40
Section 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
Obligations of, Servicer.....................................41
Section 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others...............42
Section 7.05 DCFS Not To Resign as Servicer...............................42
ARTICLE VIII
Default
Section 8.01 Servicer Default.............................................42
Section 8.02 Appointment of Successor.....................................44
Section 8.03 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders...........44
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Section 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults......................................44
ARTICLE IX
Termination
Section 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables.........................45
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
Section 10.01 Amendment....................................................45
Section 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust.................................46
Section 10.03 Notices......................................................48
Section 10.04 Assignment by the Seller or the Servicer.....................49
Section 10.05 Limitations on Rights of Others..............................49
Section 10.06 Severability.................................................49
Section 10.07 Separate Counterparts........................................49
Section 10.08 Headings.....................................................49
Section 10.09 Governing Law................................................50
Section 10.10 Assignment by Issuer.........................................50
Section 10.11 Nonpetition Covenants........................................50
Section 10.12 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and
Indenture Trustee............................................50
ARTICLE XI
Exchange Act Reporting
Section 11.01 Further Assurances...........................................51
Section 11.02 Form 10-D Filings............................................51
Section 11.03 Form 8-K Filings.............................................51
Section 11.04 Form 10-K Filings............................................52
Section 11.05 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation...........52
Section 11.06 Back-up ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Certification.........................53
Section 11.07 Use of Subcontractors........................................53
Section 11.08 Representations and Warranties...............................54
Section 11.09 Indemnification..............................................54
Section 11.10 Amendments...................................................55
SCHEDULE A Schedule of Receivables
SCHEDULE B Location of Receivable Files
SCHEDULE C Schedule of YSOA
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EXHIBIT A Form of Distribution Statement to Noteholders................A-1
EXHIBIT B Form of Servicer's Certificate...............................B-1
Appendix A Item 1119 Parties...................................Appendix A-1
Appendix B Minimum Servicing Criteria Assessment...............Appendix B-1
Appendix C Performance Certification (Reporting Subcontractor).Appendix C-1
Appendix D Performance Certification (Servicer)................Appendix D-1
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of October 1, 2006, between
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AUTO TRUST 2006-C, a Delaware statutory trust (the
"Issuer"), and DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC, a
Michigan limited liability company, as seller and servicer.
WHEREAS the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising
in connection with automobile retail installment sale contracts generated by
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC in the ordinary course of
business; and
WHEREAS DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC is willing to
sell such receivables to, and to service such receivables on behalf of, the
Issuer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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Section 1.01 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
"Amortizing Payment" means, with respect to each Fixed Value Receivable
and each Collection Period prior to the date on which the Fixed Value Payment
relating to such Receivable is due, the amount specified in the applicable
Contract in the payment schedule as the "Amount of Each Payment", except that
in the case of a prepayment, liquidation or repurchase by the Seller or
purchase by the Servicer, the Amortizing Payment shall be equal to the
aggregate "Amount of Each Payment" that has not yet been paid for the period
through and including the last payment prior to the date when the Fixed Value
Payment is due less the amount of the unearned finance charges under the
related Contract allocable to such amount in accordance with the Servicer's
customary procedures.
"Amortizing Payment Finance Charge" means, with respect to each payment
collected on a Fixed Value Receivable, the finance charge included in such
payment (as determined in accordance with the Servicer's customary procedures)
that is allocable to the related Principal Balance.
"Amount Financed" means (i) with respect to a Standard Receivable, the
amount advanced under such Standard Receivable toward the purchase price of
the Financed Vehicle and any related costs and (ii) with respect to a Fixed
Value Receivable, an amount equal to the present value of the fixed level
payment monthly installments (not including the amount designated as the Fixed
Value Payment) under such Fixed Value Receivable, assuming that each payment
is made on the due date in the month in which such payment is due, discounted
at the APR for such Fixed Value Receivable.
"Annual Percentage Rate" or "APR" of a Receivable means the annual rate
of finance charges stated in the related Contract.
"Basic Documents" means the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Administration Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.
"Certificateholders" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Certificates" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Class" means any one of the classes of Notes.
"Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means October 9, 2007.
"Class A-1 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means May 8, 2009.
"Class A-2 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means July 8, 2010.
"Class A-3 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means November 8, 2011.
"Class A-4 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date" means April 8, 2013.
"Class B Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Collection Period" means a calendar month (or in the case of the first
Collection Period, the period from but excluding September 7, 2006 to and
including October 31, 2006). The "related Collection Period" for a Payment
Date is the Collection Period ending immediately prior to such Payment Date.
Unless otherwise specified, any amount stated as of the last day of a
Collection Period or as of the first day of a Collection Period shall give
effect to the following calculations as determined as of the close of business
on such last day: (1) all applications of collections and (2) all
distributions to be made on the related Payment Date.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Company" means DaimlerChrysler Retail Receivables LLC, a Michigan
limited liability company, and any successor in interest or, if the Rights (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement) have been assigned to a Person that becomes
a transferee in accordance with Section 5.05 of the Purchase Agreement, such
transferee Person and any successor in interest.
"Contract" means a motor vehicle retail installment sale contract.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Indenture
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is
located at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Structured Finance Services, DCAT 2006-C; or at such other
address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to
the Noteholders and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Indenture Trustee (of which address such successor Indenture Trustee
will notify the Noteholders and the Seller).
"Cutoff Date" means September 7, 2006.
"DCFS" means DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC, a
placeStateMichigan limited liability company, or its successors.
"Dealer" means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated
and assigned the related Receivable to DCFS under an existing agreement
between such dealer and DCFS.
"Delivery" when used with respect to Trust Account Property means:
(a) with respect to bankers' acceptances, commercial paper,
negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute
"instruments" within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC and
are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer thereof to the Indenture
Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Indenture
Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the
name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in
blank, and, with respect to a certificated security (as defined in
Section 8-102 of the UCC) transfer thereof (i) by delivery of such
certificated security endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the
Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank to a
securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) and the
making by such securities intermediary of entries on its books and
records identifying such certificated securities (as defined in Section
8-102 of the UCC) of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or
(ii) by delivery thereof to a "clearing corporation" (as defined in
Section 8-102 of the UCC) and the making by such clearing corporation of
appropriate entries on its books reducing the appropriate securities
account of the transferor and increasing the appropriate securities
account of a securities intermediary by the amount of such certificated
security, the identification by the clearing corporation on its books and
records that the certificated securities are credited to the sole and
exclusive securities account of the securities intermediary, the
maintenance of such certificated securities by such clearing corporation
or a custodian or the nominee of such clearing corporation subject to the
clearing corporation's exclusive control, and the making by such
securities intermediary of entries on its books and records identifying
such certificated securities as
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being credited to the securities account of the Indenture Trustee or its
nominee or custodian (all of the foregoing, "Physical Property"), and, in
any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the
name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such
additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate
to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account
Property (as defined herein) to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or
custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or
the interpretation thereof;
(b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National
Mortgage Association that are book-entry securities held through the
Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the
following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including
applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC:
book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property to an appropriate
book-entry account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a securities
intermediary which is also a "depository" pursuant to applicable Federal
regulations; the identification by the Federal Reserve Bank of such
book-entry securities on its record being credited to the securities
intermediary's securities account; the making by such securities
intermediary of entries in its books and records identifying such
book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
Federal book-entry regulations as being credited to the Indenture
Trustee's securities account; and such additional or alternative
procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete
transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture
Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in
applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and
(c) with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is an
uncertificated security under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not
governed by clause (a) above, registration on the books and records of
the issuer thereof in the name of the securities intermediary, the
sending of a confirmation by the securities intermediary of the purchase
by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such
uncertificated security, the making by such securities intermediary of
entries on its books and records identifying such uncertificated
certificates as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or
custodian.
"Deposit Account" means the account designated as such, established and
maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i).
"Eligible Deposit Account" means either (a) a segregated account with an
Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate
trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of
Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust
powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as
any of the securities of such depository institution shall have a credit
rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories that
signifies investment grade.
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"Eligible Institution" means (a) a depository institution organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or
the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which (i)
has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of "A1" or better by Moody's
and "AAA" by Standard & Poor's or (B) a certificate of deposit rating of "P-1"
by Moody's and "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's, or any other long-term, short-term
or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii)
whose deposits are insured by the FDIC or (b) the corporate trust department
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee. If so qualified, the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee may be considered an Eligible Institution for the
purposes of clause (a) of this definition.
"Eligible Investments" means, subject to the last sentence below of this
definition, book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities
represented by instruments in bearer or registered form which evidence:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
the full and timely payment by, the placecountry-regionUnited States of
America;
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic branch
of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal
or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided,
however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to
invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt
obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on
the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust
company) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating
Agencies in the highest applicable rating category granted thereby;
(c) commercial paper, variable amount notes or other short term debt
obligations having, at the time of the investment or contractual
commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies
in the highest applicable rating category granted thereby;
(d) investments in money market or common trust funds having a
rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest applicable rating
category granted thereby, including funds for which the Indenture Trustee
or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment
manager or advisor;
(e) bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company referred to in clause (b) above;
(f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a
direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America,
in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust
company (acting as principal) described in clause (b);
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(g) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole
loan, entered into with (i) a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (b) above (except that the
rating referred to in the proviso in such clause (b) shall be "A-1" or
higher in the case of Standard & Poor's) (such depository institution or
trust company being referred to in this definition as a "financial
institution"), (ii) a broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a
broker or dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act (a "broker/dealer")
the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least
"P-1" by Moody's and at least "A-1" by Standard & Poor's at the time of
entering into such repurchase obligation (a "rated broker/dealer"), (iii)
an unrated broker/dealer (an "unrated broker/dealer"), acting as
principal, that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a non-bank holding
company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated
"P-1" by Moody's and at least "A-1" by Standard & Poor's at the time of
entering into such repurchase obligation (a "Rated Holding Company") or
(iv) an unrated subsidiary (a "Guaranteed Counterparty"), acting as
principal, that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a direct or indirect
parent Rated Holding Company, which guarantees such subsidiary's
obligations under such repurchase agreement; provided that the following
conditions are satisfied:
(A) the aggregate amount of funds invested in repurchase
obligations of a financial institution, a rated broker/dealer, an
unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty in respect of which
the Standard & Poor's unsecured short-term ratings are "A-1" (in the
case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such
rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall not
exceed 20% of the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of
the Notes (there being no limit on the amount of funds that may be
invested in repurchase obligations in respect of which such Standard
& Poor's rating is "A-1+" (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer
or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of the related
Rated Holding Company));;
(B) in the case of the amount allocated to the Reserve Account,
the rating from Standard & Poor's in respect of the unsecured
short-term debt obligations of the financial institution, rated
broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty (in
the case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty,
such rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall
be "A-1+";
(C) the repurchase obligation must mature within 30 days of the
date on which the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable,
enters into such repurchase obligation;
(D) the repurchase obligation shall not be subordinated to any
other obligation of the related financial institution, rated
broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty;
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(E) the collateral subject to the repurchase obligation is
held, in the appropriate form, by a custodial bank on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable;
(F) the repurchase obligation shall require that the collateral
subject thereto shall be marked to market daily;
(G) in the case of a repurchase obligation of a Guaranteed
Counterparty, the following conditions shall also be satisfied:
(i) the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable,
shall have received an opinion of counsel (which may be
in-house counsel) to the effect that the guarantee of the
related Rated Holding Company is a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Rated Holding Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium or other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general equitable principles;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable,
shall have received (x) an incumbency certificate for the
signer of such guarantee, certified by an officer of such Rated
Holding Company and (y) a resolution, certified by an officer
of the Rated Holding Company, of the board of directors (or
applicable committee thereof) of the Rated Holding Company
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of such
guarantee by the Rated Holding Company;
(iii) the only conditions to the obligation of such Rated
Holding Company to pay on behalf of the Guaranteed Counterparty
shall be that the Guaranteed Counterparty shall not have paid
under such repurchase obligation when required (it being
understood that no notice to, demand on or other action in
respect of the Guaranteed Counterparty is necessary) and that
the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer shall make a demand on the
Rated Holding Company to make the payment due under such
guarantee;
(iv) the guarantee of the Rated Holding Company shall be
irrevocable with respect to such repurchase obligation and
shall not be subordinated to any other obligation of the Rated
Holding Company;
(v) each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's has confirmed in
writing to the Indenture Trustee or Issuer, as applicable, that
it has reviewed the form of the guarantee of the Rated Holding
Company and has determined that the issuance of such guarantee
will not result in the downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings
assigned to the Notes; and
(H) the repurchase obligation shall require that the repurchase
obligation be overcollateralized and shall provide that, upon any
failure to maintain such overcollateralization, the repurchase
obligation shall become due and payable,
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and unless the repurchase obligation is satisfied immediately, the
collateral subject to the repurchase agreement shall be liquidated
and the proceeds applied to satisfy the unsatisfied portion of the
repurchase obligation; or
(h) any other investment with respect to which the Issuer or the
Servicer has received written notification from the Rating Agencies that
the acquisition of such investment as an Eligible Investment will not
result in a withdrawal or downgrading of the ratings assigned to the
Notes.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
"Final Scheduled Maturity Date" means April 8, 2013.
"Financed Vehicle" means an automobile or light-duty truck, together with
all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor's indebtedness under the
respective Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable.
"Fixed Value Finance Charge" means, with respect to each payment
collected on a Fixed Value Receivable, the finance charge included in such
payment (as determined in accordance with the Servicer's customary procedures)
that is allocable to the related Fixed Value Payment.
"Fixed Value Payment" means, with respect to each Fixed Value Receivable,
the amount specified on the applicable Contract as the "Amount of Fixed Value
Payment" reduced (i) in the case of a prepayment or repurchase, by the amount
of the unearned finance charges under the Contract allocable to such payment
in accordance with the Servicer's customary procedures and (ii) in the case of
a liquidation, by the excess of Liquidation Proceeds collected by the Servicer
over the Amortizing Payment on such date.
"Fixed Value Receivable" means any Contract listed on Schedule A (which
Schedule may be in the form of microfiche) that provides for amortization of
the loan over a series of fixed level payment monthly installments in
accordance with the simple interest method, but also requires a final payment
that is greater than the scheduled monthly payments and is due after payment
of such scheduled monthly payments and that may be made by (i) payment in full
in cash of a fixed value amount, (ii) return of the Financed Vehicle to the
Servicer provided certain conditions are satisfied or (iii) refinancing the
final fixed value payment in accordance with specified conditions. No Fixed
Value Receivables will be transferred to the Trust.
"Fixed Value Securities" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.03.
"Form 10-D Disclosure Item" means with respect to any Person, any
litigation or governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or any of
the Issuer, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the
Servicer if such Person, or in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture
Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual knowledge thereof,
in each case that would be material to the Noteholders.
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"Form 10-K Disclosure Item" means with respect to any Person, (a) any
Form 10-D Disclosure Item, (b) any affiliations between such Person and any
Item 1119 Party, to the extent such Person, or in the case of the Owner
Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual
knowledge thereof and (c) any relationships or transactions between such
Person and any Item 1119 Party that are outside the ordinary course of
business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arm's-length
transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from the transactions
contemplated under the Basic Documents, and that are material to the
investors' understanding of the Notes, but only to the extent such Person, or
in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer
of such Person, has actual knowledge of such relationships or transactions.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of October 1, 2006, between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture Trustee" means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture.
"Initial Overcollateralization Amount" means $35,478,884.50.
"Insolvency Event" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in
an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person's affairs, and such
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of
an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent
by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for
such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such
Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure
by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the
taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
"Investment Earnings" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses), if any, on
amounts on deposit in the Deposit Account to be applied on such Payment Date
pursuant to Section 5.01(b).
"Issuer" means DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C.
"Item 1119 Party" means a party identified on Appendix A to this
Agreement.
"Lien" means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or
encumbrance of any kind, other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and any liens
that attach to the respective Receivable by operation of law as a result of
any act or omission by the related Obligor.
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"Liquidated Receivable" means any Receivable liquidated by the Servicer
through the sale of a Financed Vehicle or otherwise.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to any Liquidated Receivable,
the moneys collected in respect thereof, from whatever source on a Liquidated
Receivable during the Collection Period in which such Receivable became a
Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer
in connection with such liquidation and any amounts required by law to be
remitted to the Obligor on such Liquidated Receivable.
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.
"Note Principal Distribution Account" means the subaccount that is part
of the Deposit Account and is designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.01.
"Notes" means the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes,
Class A-4 Notes and Class B Notes.
"Obligor" on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the
Financed Vehicle and any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman of the
board, any vice president, the controller or any assistant controller, the
president, a treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary
of the Seller, the Company or the Servicer, as appropriate.
"OMSC Receivable" means any Standard Receivable acquired by DCFS from the
Overseas Military Sales Corporation, or its successor.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel to the Seller, the Company or the Servicer,
which counsel shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee
or the Rating Agencies, as applicable.
"Original Pool Balance" means $2,200,000,784.63.
"Overcollateralization Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
(i) the Related Pool Balance minus (ii) the Securities Amount minus (iii) the
YSOA.
"Owner Trust Estate" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Owner Trustee" means the Person acting as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under
the Trust Agreement.
"Payment Date" means, with respect to each Collection Period, the eighth
day of the following month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately following Business Day, commencing on November 8, 2006.
"Payment Determination Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date.
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"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Physical Property" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Delivery" above.
"Pool Balance" means, as of the close of business on the last day of a
Collection Period, the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of
such day (excluding Purchased Receivables and Liquidated Receivables).
"Principal Balance" of a Receivable, as of the close of business on any
date of determination, means the Amount Financed minus the sum of (i) the
portion of all payments made by or on behalf of the related Obligor on or
prior to such day and allocable to principal using the Simple Interest Method
and (ii) the principal portion of the Purchase Amount paid with respect to the
Receivable.
"Priority Principal Distribution Amount" means, with respect to a Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes
immediately prior to such Payment Date over (ii) (a) the Related Pool Balance
minus (b) the YSOA for such Payment Date.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated as of October 1,
2006, between the Seller and the Company.
"Purchase Amount" means the amount, as of the close of business on the
last day of a Collection Period, required to prepay in full a Receivable under
the terms thereof including interest to the end of the month of purchase.
"Purchased Receivable" means a Receivable purchased as of the close of
business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.07 or by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Rating Agency" means Standard & Poor's and Moody's or, if no such
organization or successor is any longer in existence, a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the
Seller, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee and the Servicer.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days' (or such shorter period as shall
be acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each of the
Rating Agencies shall have notified the Seller, the Company, the Servicer, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will not
result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes.
"Receivable" means (i) any Standard Receivable and (ii) the Amortizing
Payments with respect to any Fixed Value Receivable.
"Receivable Files" means the documents specified in Section 3.03.
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"Regulation AB" means subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended
from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as
have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed
Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531
(Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by
the Commission or its staff from time to time.
"Reportable Event" means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K,
and in any event, the following:
(a) entry into a definitive agreement related to the Issuer, the
Notes or the Receivables, or an amendment to a Basic Document, even if
the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement
with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB), it
being understood that the event specified in this clause (a) shall not
apply to a Person other than the Seller if the Seller is a party to such
agreement;
(b) termination of a Basic Document (other than by expiration of the
agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties
completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Seller is
not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a
servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB), it being
understood that the event specified in this clause (b) shall not apply to
a Person other than the Seller if the Seller is a party to such
agreement;
(c) with respect to the Servicer only, the occurrence of a Servicing
Termination Event or an Event of Default;
(d) the resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any Co-Trustee only as applicable
to each party;
(e) with respect to the Indenture Trustee only, a required
distribution to holders of the Notes is not made as of the required
Payment Date under the Indenture; and
(f) with respect to the Servicer only, if the Servicer becomes aware
of any bankruptcy or receivership of the Seller, the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by
Item 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or other material party
contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB.
"Reporting Subcontractor" means with respect to a Person, any
Subcontractor determined by such Person pursuant to Section 11.07 to be
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB. References to a Reporting Subcontractor shall refer only to the
Subcontractor of such Person and shall not refer to Subcontractors generally.
"Related Pool Balance" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the Pool
Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period.
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"Required Principal Distribution Amount" means, with respect to a Payment
Date, the greater of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes
immediately prior to such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date over
(b) (I) the Related Pool Balance for such Payment Date minus (II) the YSOA for
such Payment Date minus (III) the Target Overcollateralization Amount for such
Payment Date.
"Reserve Account" means the subaccount that is part of the Deposit
Account and is designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to
Section 5.01.
"Reserve Account Initial Deposit" means the initial deposit of cash and
Eligible Investments in the amount of $5,067,250 made by the Seller into the
Deposit Account on the Closing Date.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes after giving effect to payments
of principal made on the Notes on such Payment Date.
"Seller" means DCFS and its successors in interest to the extent
permitted hereunder.
"Servicer" means DCFS, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each
successor to DCFS (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02.
"Servicer Default" means an event specified in Section 8.01.
"Servicer's Certificate" means a certificate of the Servicer delivered
pursuant to Section 4.09, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
"Servicing Criteria" means the servicing criteria set forth in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB.
"Servicing Fee" means the fee payable to the Servicer for services
rendered during each Collection Period, determined pursuant to Section 4.08.
"Servicing Fee Rate" means 1/12 of 1.00%.
"Simple Interest Method" means the method of allocating a fixed level
payment to principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such
payment that is allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed
rate of interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed since the
preceding payment of interest was made, the denominator of which is 365, and
the remainder of such payment is allocable to principal.
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"Simple Interest Receivable" means any Receivable under which the portion
of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is
determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
"Specified Reserve Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the Reserve Account Initial Deposit.
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., or its successor.
"Standard Receivable" means any Contract listed on Schedule A (which
Schedule may be in the form of microfiche) that is not a Fixed Value
Receivable.
"Subcontractor" means any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is
not responsible for the overall servicing (as "servicing" is commonly
understood by participants in the asset-backed securities market) of
Receivables but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the Receivables under the direction
or authority of the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee.
"Target Overcollateralization Amount" means, with respect to a Payment
Date, the greater of (A) the product of 5.00% times P and (B) the OC Floor,
where:
P = (a) the Related Pool Balance for such Payment Date minus (b) the
YSOA for such Payment Date
OC Floor = the lesser of (a) P and (b) the product of 1.25% times Pi
Pi = the Original Pool Balance minus the initial YSOA
"Total Distribution Amount" means, for any Payment Date and the
Collection Period preceding such Payment Date, the sum of the following
amounts, without duplication: (a) all collections on Receivables (including
payments relating to refunds of extended warranty protection plan costs or of
physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policy premiums, but only
to the extent that such costs or premiums were financed by the respective
obligor as of the date of the related Contract), (b) all Liquidation Proceeds
of Receivables that became Liquidated Receivables in accordance with the
Servicer's customary servicing procedures, (c) the Purchase Amount of each
Receivable that became a Purchased Receivable in such Collection Period and
(d) Investment Earnings deposited in the Deposit Account during such
Collection Period.
"Trust" means the Issuer.
"Trust Account Property" means the Deposit Account, all amounts and
investments held from time to time in the Deposit Account (whether in the form
of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated
securities or otherwise), including the Reserve Account Initial Deposit, and
all proceeds of the foregoing.
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"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as
of October 1, 2006, among the Seller, the Company and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Officer" means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any Officer
within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any
Managing Director, Director, Vice President, Assistant Vice President,
Associate Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, with respect to
the Owner Trustee, any officer or any agent acting pursuant to a power of
attorney by the Owner Trustee in the Corporate Trust Administration Department
of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the
Trust Agreement and the Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
"YSOA" means, with respect to a Payment Date, the dollar amount set forth
opposite such Payment Date in Schedule YSOA; provided that the YSOA for a
Payment Date shall not be greater than the Related Pool Balance for such
Payment Date.
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting
terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate
or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(d) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement; Article, Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Articles,
Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified; and the term "including" and its variants shall be deemed to be
followed by "without limitation".
(e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
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(f) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or
in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments)
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein;
references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
(g) For all purposes of this Agreement and the Basic Documents, interest
with respect to all Classes of Notes other than the Class A-1 Notes shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
and interest with respect to the Class A-1 Notes shall be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days in each applicable Class A-1 Interest
Accrual Period divided by 360.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables. In consideration of the Issuer's
delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of $1,514,633,318.03 (which amount
represents the Original Pool Balance less (i) the Reserve Account Initial
Deposit, (ii) the Initial Overcollateralization Amount, (iii) the initial
YSOA, (iv) the Class A-1 Principal Balance and (v) certain other discounts and
expenses of the Issuer), the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set
over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (subject to the
obligations of the Seller set forth herein), all right, title and interest of
the Seller in and to:
(a) the Receivables and all moneys received thereon after September
7, 2006;
(b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Seller
in such Financed Vehicles;
(c) any proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any
physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering
Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
(d) any proceeds from recourse to Dealers with respect to
Receivables with respect to which the Servicer has determined in
accordance with its customary servicing procedures that eventual payment
in full is unlikely;
(e) any Financed Vehicle that shall have secured a Receivable and
shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Seller, the Servicer, the
Company or the Trust;
(f) all funds on deposit from time to time in the Deposit Account
(including without limitation any subaccount thereof), including the
Reserve Account Initial Deposit, and in all investments and proceeds
thereof (including all income thereon); and
(g) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
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The Seller hereby directs the Issuer to issue the Certificates to
the Company. The Seller and the Issuer acknowledge that $504,000,000 of
the purchase price of the Receivables owed by the Issuer to the Seller
pursuant to this Section 2.01 (which amount is not included in the first
sentence of Section 2.01) shall be offset by the Issuer against delivery
of the Class A-1 Notes to the order of the Seller.
Section 2.02 Conveyance of Fixed Value Payments and Fixed Value Finance
Charges. Promptly following the transfer to the Issuer of the Receivables on
the Closing Date, the Issuer shall, without further action hereunder, be
deemed to sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller,
effective as of the Closing Date, without recourse, representation or
warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Fixed
Value Payments and the Fixed Value Finance Charges, if any, all monies due and
to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
thereof, subject to Section 5.03(b).
Section 2.03 Fixed Value Securities. (a) At any time after the Closing
Date, at the option of the Seller and upon 10 days prior notice to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, the Seller will be permitted to sell to the
Issuer, and the Issuer shall be obligated to purchase from the Seller (subject
to the availability of funds), all or any portion of the Fixed Value Payments
and/or Fixed Value Finance Charges, if any, subject to the terms and
conditions described below. Upon any such sale, (x) the Seller and the Owner
Trustee will enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the Basic Documents
to provide for, at the election of the Seller, the issuance of certificates
representing ownership interests in the Trust to the extent of such Fixed
Value Payments and/or Fixed Value Finance Charges or the issuance of
indebtedness by the Issuer secured by such Fixed Value Payments (collectively,
the "Fixed Value Securities") and to make any other provisions herein or
therein that are necessary or desirable in connection therewith and (y) the
Owner Trustee will enter into any other agreements or instruments related
thereto as requested by the Seller; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment, agreement
or instrument that affects the Owner Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or any other Basic Document; and provided,
further, that the obligation of the Issuer to purchase such Fixed Value
Payments and/or Fixed Value Finance Charges and of the Owner Trustee to enter
into any such amendment or other agreement or instrument is subject to the
following conditions precedent:
(i) such amendment and other agreements and instruments, in forms
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and, in the case of amendments or
agreements to be executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee, in
forms satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, shall have been executed by
each other party thereto and delivered to the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee as appropriate;
(ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that each condition precedent (including the requirement with
respect to all required filings) provided by this Section has been
complied with and such amendment or other agreement or instrument is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement;
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(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such sale and issuance;
(iv) such sale and issuance and such amendment or other agreement or
instrument shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder, and the Seller shall
have provided to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate to such effect;
(v) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have received
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale and issuance will not
have any material tax consequence to any Noteholder or Certificateholder;
and
(vi) all filings and other actions required to continue the first
perfected interest of the Trust in the Owner Trust Estate and the
Indenture Trustee in the Collateral shall have been duly made or taken by
the Seller.
(b) Except as described in Section 10.04, the Seller will not sell,
transfer, assign, set over or otherwise convey the Fixed Value Payments and
Fixed Value Finance Charges other than to the Issuer pursuant to paragraph
(a).
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
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Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of Seller with Respect to the
Receivables. The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as
to the Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring
the Receivables. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive
the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the
pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Standard Receivable and
Fixed Value Receivable (A) was originated in the United States of America
by a Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary
course of such Dealer's business, was fully and properly executed by the
parties thereto, was purchased by the Seller from such Dealer under an
existing dealer agreement, (B) has created or shall create a valid,
subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of
the Seller and is assignable by the Seller to the Issuer and by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, (C) contains customary and enforceable
provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are
adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the
security, and (D) generally provides for level monthly payments
(provided, that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable may be minimally different
from the level payments and that the payment in the last month of a Fixed
Value Receivable may be a Fixed Value Payment) that fully amortize the
Amount Financed by maturity and yield interest at the Annual Percentage
Rate. No Receivable conveyed to the Issuer on the Closing Date is an OMSC
Receivable or has forced-placed physical damage insurance.
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(b) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in Schedule A
to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the
close of business on the applicable Cutoff Date, and no selection
procedures believed to be adverse to the Noteholders or
Certificateholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables. The
computer tape or other listing regarding the Standard Receivables and the
Fixed Value Receivables made available to the Issuer and its assigns
(which computer tape or other listing is required to be delivered as
specified herein) is true and correct in all respects.
(c) Compliance with Law. Each Standard Receivable and Fixed Value
Receivable and the sale of the Financed Vehicle complied at the time it
was originated or made and, at the execution of this Agreement, complies
in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations thereunder, including usury laws,
the federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the
Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Warranty Act, the Federal
Reserve Board's Regulations B and Z, the Texas Consumer Credit Code and
State adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform
Consumer Credit Code, and other consumer credit laws and equal credit
opportunity and disclosure laws.
(d) Binding Obligation. Each Standard Receivable and Fixed Value
Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment
obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof
in accordance with its terms.
(e) No Government Obligor. None of the Standard Receivables or Fixed
Value Receivables is due from the United States of America or any State
or from any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of
America or any State.
(f) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Immediately prior to the
sale, assignment and transfer thereof, each Standard Receivable and Fixed
Value Receivable shall be secured by a validly perfected first security
interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party
or all necessary and appropriate actions have been commenced that would
result in the valid perfection of a first security interest in the
Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party.
(g) Receivables in Force. No Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor has any
Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by the related
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable in whole or in part.
(h) No Amendments. No Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable
has been amended such that the amount of the Obligor's scheduled payments
has been increased.
(i) No Waiver. No provision of a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
Receivable has been waived.
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(j) No Defenses. No right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or
defense has been asserted or threatened with respect to any Standard
Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable.
(k) No Liens. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no liens or
claims have been filed for work, labor or materials relating to a
Financed Vehicle that are liens prior to, or equal to or coordinate with,
the security interest in the Financed Vehicle granted by any Standard
Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable.
(l) No Default. No Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable has
a payment that is more than 30 days overdue as of the related Cutoff
Date, and, except as permitted in this paragraph, no default, breach,
violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable has occurred; and no
continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration
under the terms of any Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable has
arisen; and the Seller has not waived and shall not waive any of the
foregoing.
(m) Insurance. The Seller, in accordance with its customary
procedures, has determined that, at the origination of the Standard
Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable, the Obligor had obtained physical
damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle and under the terms of the
Standard Receivable and Fixed Value Receivable the Obligor is required to
maintain such insurance.
(n) Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and
assignment herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Standard
Receivables and Fixed Value Receivables from the Seller to the Issuer and
that the beneficial interest in and title to the Standard Receivables and
Fixed Value Receivables not be part of the debtor's estate in the event
of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any
bankruptcy law. No Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable has been
sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Seller to any Person other
than the Issuer. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Standard
Receivable and Fixed Value Receivable free and clear of all Liens,
encumbrances, security interests and rights of others and, immediately
upon the transfer thereof, the Issuer shall have good and marketable
title to each Standard Receivable and Fixed Value Receivable, free and
clear of all Liens, encumbrances, security interests and rights of
others; and the transfer has been perfected under the UCC.
(o) Lawful Assignment. No Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any
jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and assignment of such
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable or any Receivable under
this Agreement or the Indenture is unlawful, void or voidable.
(p) All Filings Made. All filings (including UCC filings) necessary
in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a first perfected ownership
interest in the Standard
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Receivable and Fixed Value Receivables, and to give the Indenture Trustee
a first perfected security interest therein, shall have been made.
(q) One Original. There is only one original executed copy of each
Standard Receivable and Fixed Value Receivable.
(r) Maturity of Receivables. Each Standard Receivable and Fixed
Value Receivable has a final maturity date on or before September 6,
2012.
(s) Scheduled Payments. (A) Each Standard Receivable and Fixed Value
Receivable has a first scheduled due date on or prior to the end of the
month following the related Cutoff Date and (B) no Standard Receivable or
Fixed Value Receivable has a payment that is more than 30 days overdue as
of the related Cutoff Date, and has a final scheduled payment date no
later than the Final Scheduled Maturity Date.
(t) Location of Receivable Files. The Receivable Files are kept at
one or more of the locations listed in Schedule B.
(u) Remaining Maturity. The latest scheduled maturity of any
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable shall be no later than the
Final Scheduled Maturity Date.
(v) Outstanding Principal Balance. Each Standard Receivable and
Fixed Value Receivable has an outstanding principal balance of at least
$1,000.00.
(w) No Bankruptcies. No Obligor on any Standard Receivable or Fixed
Value Receivable as of the related Cutoff Date was noted in the related
Receivable File as the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
(x) No Repossessions. No Financed Vehicle securing any Standard
Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable is in repossession status.
(y) Chattel Paper. Each Standard Receivable and Fixed Value
Receivable constitutes "tangible chattel paper" as defined in the UCC.
(z) Agreement. The representations of the Seller in Section 6.01 are
true and correct.
(aa) Financing. As of the Cutoff Date, approximately 91.04% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Receivables, constituting
approximately 85.91% of the number of Receivables, represents new
vehicles; all of the Receivables are Simple Interest Receivables; and
none of the Receivables are Fixed Value Receivables. The aggregate
principal balance of the Receivables, as of the Cutoff Date is
$2,200,000,784.63.
Section 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach. The Seller, the Servicer or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery
of any breach of the Seller's representations and
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warranties made pursuant to Section 3.01 or 6.01. Unless any such breach shall
have been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following the
discovery thereof by the Owner Trustee or receipt by the Owner Trustee of
written notice from the Seller or the Servicer of such breach, the Seller
shall be obligated to repurchase any Receivable materially and adversely
affected by any such breach as of such last day (or, at the Seller's option,
the last day of the first Collection Period following the discovery). In
consideration of the repurchase of any such Receivable, the Seller shall remit
the Purchase Amount, in the manner specified in Section 5.04. Subject to the
provisions of Section 6.03, the sole remedy of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect
to a breach of representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.01 and the
agreement contained in this Section shall be to require the Seller to
repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section, subject to the conditions
contained herein.
Section 3.03 Custody of Receivable Files. To assure uniform quality in
servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer
hereby revocably appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such
appointment, to act for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as
custodian of the following documents or instruments which are hereby or will
hereby be constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the
Issuer, as of the Closing Date with respect to each Receivable:
(a) the fully executed original of the Standard Receivable or Fixed
Value Receivable;
(b) the original credit application fully executed by the Obligor;
(c) the original certificate of title or such documents that the
Servicer or the Seller shall keep on file, in accordance with its
customary procedures, evidencing the security interest of the Seller in
the Financed Vehicle; and
(d) any and all other documents that the Servicer or the Seller
shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating
to a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable, an Obligor or a
Financed Vehicle.
Section 3.04 Duties of Servicer as Custodian. (a) Safekeeping. The
Servicer shall hold the Receivable Files as custodian for the benefit of the
Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer
systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the Issuer to
comply with this Agreement. In performing its duties as custodian the Servicer
shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that
the Servicer exercises with respect to the receivable files relating to all
comparable automotive receivables that the Servicer services for itself or
others. The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits
of the Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement and of the related
accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall enable the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Servicer's
record keeping. The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee any failure on its part to hold the Receivable Files and
maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and
shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure. Nothing
herein shall be
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deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer or
the Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files.
(b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain
each Receivable File at one of its offices specified in Schedule B or at such
other office as shall be specified to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by
written notice not later than 90 days after any change in location. The
Servicer shall make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their
respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of
locations of the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and
computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times during normal
business hours as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall instruct.
(c) Release of Documents. Upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee,
the Servicer shall release any Receivable File to the Indenture Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee's agent or the Indenture Trustee's designee, as the case may
be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as
practicable.
Section 3.05 Instructions; Authority To Act. The Servicer shall be deemed
to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon
its receipt of written instructions signed by a Trust Officer of the Indenture
Trustee.
Section 3.06 Custodian's Indemnification. The Servicer as custodian shall
indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and each of
their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or
expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or any
of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents as the result of
any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and
custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files; provided,
however, that the Servicer shall not be liable to the Owner Trustee for any
portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the Servicer shall not be liable to
the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
Section 3.07 Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer's appointment
as custodian shall become effective as of the Cutoff Date and shall continue
in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If DCFS
shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
or if all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall have been
terminated under Section 8.01, the appointment of such Servicer as custodian
shall be terminated by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or, with
the consent of Holders of the Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the Owner Trustee, in the same manner as
the Indenture Trustee or such Holders may terminate the rights and obligations
of the Servicer under Section 8.01. The Indenture Trustee or, with the consent
of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee may terminate the Servicer's
appointment as custodian, with cause, at any time upon written notification to
the Servicer and, without cause, upon 30 days' prior
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written notification to the Servicer. As soon as practicable after any
termination of such appointment, the Servicer shall deliver the Receivable
Files to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee's agent at such place
or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate.
Section 3.08 Representations and Warranties as to the Security Interest
of the Issuer in the Receivables. The Seller makes the following
representations and warranties to the Issuer. The representations and
warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Trust Estate to the Issuer
and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in the UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Trust, which security
interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
(b) The Receivables constitute "tangible chattel paper" within the
meaning of Article 9 of the UCC.
(c) The Seller owns and has good and marketable title to the Receivables
free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(d) The Seller has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the
filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in
the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the
security interest in the Receivables granted to the Issuer hereunder.
(e) Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to
this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security
interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Seller has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against
the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables
other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted
to the Seller hereunder or that has been terminated. The Seller is not aware
of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.
(f) The Servicer as custodian for the Issuer has in its possession all
original copies of the contracts that constitute or evidence the Receivables.
The contracts that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any
marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or
otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Issuer.
ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
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Section 4.01 Duties of Servicer. The Servicer, for the benefit of the
Issuer (to the extent provided herein), shall manage, service, administer and
make collections on the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables) with
reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer
exercises with respect to all comparable automotive receivables
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that it services for itself or others. The Servicer's duties shall include
collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on
such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment coupons to
Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting for collections
and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions. Subject to the provisions of
Section 4.02, the Servicer shall follow its customary standards, policies and
procedures in performing its duties as Servicer. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders or any of them,
any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full
release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to
such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. If the
Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer
(in the case of a Receivable other than a Purchased Receivable) shall
thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of
collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or
legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a
Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a
holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Owner Trustee shall, at the
Servicer's expense and direction, take steps to enforce such Receivable,
including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders. The Owner
Trustee shall upon the written request of the Servicer furnish the Servicer
with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or
appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties hereunder.
Section 4.02 Collection and Allocation of Receivable Payments. The
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for
under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall
become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with
respect to all comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself
or others. The Servicer shall allocate collections between principal and
interest in accordance with the customary servicing procedures it follows with
respect to all comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself
or others. The Servicer may grant extensions, rebates or adjustments on a
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable; provided, however, that if the
Servicer extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable
beyond the Final Scheduled Maturity Date, it shall promptly repurchase the
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable from the Issuer in accordance
with the terms of Section 4.07. The Servicer may in its discretion waive any
late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary
course of servicing a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable. The
Servicer shall not agree to any alteration of the interest rate or the
originally scheduled payments on any Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
Receivable.
Section 4.03 Realization upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the
Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with its customary servicing
procedures, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed
Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall have determined
eventual payment in full is unlikely. The Servicer shall follow such customary
and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in
its servicing of automotive receivables, which may include reasonable efforts
to realize upon any recourse to Dealers and selling the Financed Vehicle at
public or private sale. The foregoing
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shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed
Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in
connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless
it shall determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will
increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the amount of such
expenses.
Section 4.04 Physical Damage Insurance. The Servicer shall, in accordance
with its customary servicing procedures, require that each Obligor shall have
obtained physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle as of the
execution of the Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable.
Section 4.05 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The
Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, take
such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest
created by each Standard Receivable and Fixed Value Receivable in the related
Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such steps as are
necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for
any other reason.
Section 4.06 Covenants of Servicer. The Servicer shall not release the
Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the security interest granted by
such Receivable in whole or in part except in the event of payment in full by
the Obligor thereunder or repossession, nor shall the Servicer impair the
rights of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or the
Noteholders in such Receivable, nor shall the Servicer increase the number of
scheduled payments due under a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable.
Section 4.07 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach. The Servicer or the
Owner Trustee shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee and the
Seller promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach pursuant to
Section 4.02, 4.05 or 4.06. Unless the breach shall have been cured by the
last day of the second Collection Period following such discovery (or, at the
Servicer's election, the last day of the first following Collection Period),
the Servicer shall purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected
by such breach as of such last day. If the Servicer takes any action during
any Collection Period pursuant to Section 4.02 that impairs the rights of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders in
any Receivable or as otherwise provided in Section 4.02, the Servicer shall
purchase such Receivable as of the last day of such Collection Period. In
consideration of the purchase of any such Receivable pursuant to either of the
two preceding sentences, the Servicer shall remit the Purchase Amount in the
manner specified in Section 5.04. Subject to Section 7.02, the sole remedy of
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders
or the Noteholders with respect to a breach pursuant to Section 4.02, 4.05 or
4.06 shall be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this
Section. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative
investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase
of any Receivable pursuant to this Section.
Section 4.08 Servicing Fee. The Servicing Fee for a Payment Date shall
equal the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate (or, in the case of the
initial Collection Period, the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of
which is equal to the number of days (based on a 30-day
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month) elapsed from and excluding the Cutoff Date through the last day of such
initial Collection Period and the denominator of which is 360 and (ii) 1.00%),
and (b) the Pool Balance as of the first day of the preceding Collection
Period. The Servicer shall also be entitled to all late fees, prepayment
charges, and other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by
applicable law with respect to the Receivables, collected (from whatever
source) on the Receivables, plus any reimbursement pursuant to the last
paragraph of Section 7.02.
Section 4.09 Servicer's Certificate. Not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York
time) on each Payment Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Owner Trustee, each Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller, with a
copy to the Rating Agencies, a Servicer's Certificate containing all
information necessary to make the distributions to be made on the related
Payment Date pursuant to Sections 5.05 and 5.06 for the related Collection
Period. Receivables to be purchased by the Servicer or to be repurchased by
the Seller shall be identified by the Servicer by account number with respect
to such Receivable (as specified in Schedule A).
Section 4.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Item 1122 Servicing
Criteria Assessment; Notice of Default. (a) The Servicer shall deliver to the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or before March 31 of each year
beginning March 31, 2007 the following:
(i) an Officer's Certificate, dated as of December 31 of the
preceding year, stating that (x) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding 12-month period (or such shorter period in
the case of the first such Officer's Certificate) and of its performance
under this Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision and
(y) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the
Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement in all
material respects throughout such period or, if there has been a failure
to fulfill any such obligations in any material respect, specifying each
such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
(ii) the Servicing Criteria assessment required to be filed in
respect of the Issuer under the Exchange Act under Item 1122 of
Regulation AB if periodic reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, or any successor provision thereto, were required to be filed in
respect of the Issuer. Such report shall be signed by an authorized
officer of the Servicer and shall at a minimum address each of the
Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form
of Appendix B hereto delivered to the Seller concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria
are not applicable to the Servicer, with respect to asset-backed
securities transactions taken as a whole involving the Servicer that are
backed by the same asset type as the Receivables, such report shall
include such a statement to that effect. The Seller, the Servicer and
each of their respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely
on each such servicing criteria assessment.
The Indenture Trustee, upon the written request of the Rating Agencies,
shall send a copy of such certificate, such assessment and the report referred
to in Section 4.11 to the Rating Agencies. A copy of such certificate, such
assessment and the report referred to in Section 4.11 may be obtained by any
Certificateholder, Noteholder or Note Owner by a request in writing to the
Owner Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust Office. Upon the telephone
request of the
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Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will promptly furnish the Owner Trustee a
list of Noteholders as of the date specified by the Owner Trustee.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written
notice in an Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under
Section 8.01(a) or (b).
(c) The Servicer shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to
the Seller an assessment of compliance and accountants' attestation as and
when provided in paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 4.10 and Section 4.11. The
Servicer shall execute (provided the Servicer is not an Affiliate of the
Seller) (and shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to execute) a reliance
certificate to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual
report on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant
to this Section 4.10 and (ii) accountants' report provided pursuant to Section
4.11 and shall include a certification that each such annual compliance
statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the
registered public accountants of such Person to enable such accountants to
render the report provided for in Section 4.11.
(d) In the event the Servicer, any subservicer or Reporting Subcontractor
is terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall
provide the documents and information pursuant to this Section 4.10 and
Section 4.11 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this
Agreement or provided services with respect to the Issuer or the Receivables.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Servicer has
exercised commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any assessment or
attestation required hereunder from a Reporting Subcontractor, the failure by
the Reporting Subcontractor to provide such attestation on or assessment shall
not constitute a breach hereunder by the Servicer.
Section 4.11 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Report. The
Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who
may also render other services to the Servicer or the Seller, to deliver to
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or before March 31 of each
year, beginning March 31, 2007, with respect to the prior calendar year (or
such shorter period in the case of the first such report) the attestation
report that would be required to be filed in respect of the Issuer under the
Exchange Act if periodic reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or
any successor provision thereto, were required to be filed in respect of the
Trust. Such 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,
including, without limitation that in the event that an overall opinion cannot
be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such
report why it was unable to express such an opinion.
Section 4.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to the Certificateholders and
Noteholders access to the Receivable Files in such cases where the
Certificateholders or Noteholders shall be required by applicable statutes or
regulations to review such documentation. Access shall be afforded without
charge, but only upon reasonable request and during the normal business hours
at the offices of the
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Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer
to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding
the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information
as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
Section 4.13 Servicer Expenses. The Servicer shall be 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 and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to
Certificateholders and Noteholders.
Section 4.14 Appointment of Subservicer. The Servicer may at any time
appoint a subservicer to perform all or any portion of its obligations as
Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied in connection therewith; and provided, further, that the
Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable to the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders for
the servicing and administering of the Receivables in accordance with the
provisions hereof without diminution of such obligation and liability by
virtue of the appointment of such subservicer and to the same extent and under
the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Receivables. The fees and expenses of the subservicer shall
be as agreed between the Servicer and its subservicer from time to time, and
none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Certificateholders or the Noteholders shall have any responsibility therefor.
ARTICLE V
Distributions; Reserve Account;
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Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders
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Section 5.01 Establishment of Deposit Account. (a) The Servicer, for the
benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, shall establish and
maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
"Deposit Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders. The Servicer shall establish the Note Principal
Distribution Account and the Reserve Account as subaccounts that are part of
the Deposit Account.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Deposit Account shall be invested (1) by the
Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments selected in writing by the Servicer
or an investment manager selected by the Servicer or (2) by an investment
manager in Eligible Investments selected by such investment manager; provided
that (A) such investment manager shall be selected by the Servicer, (B) such
investment manager shall have agreed to comply with the terms of this
Agreement as it relates to investing such funds, (C) any investment so
selected by such investment manager shall be made in the name of the Indenture
Trustee and shall be settled by a Delivery to the Indenture Trustee that
complies with the terms of this Agreement as it relates to investing such
funds, and (D) prior to the settlement of any investment so selected by such
investment manager the Indenture Trustee shall affirm that such investment is
an Eligible
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Investment. The Servicer will direct all investments through written approval.
In the event the Indenture Trustee must invest funds on deposit in the Deposit
Account, the Indenture Trustee will follow the most recent written direction
of the Servicer. It is understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee shall
not be liable for any loss arising from an investment in Eligible Investments
made in accordance with this Section 5.01(b). All such Eligible Investments
shall be held by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and
the Certificateholders, as applicable; provided, that on each Payment
Determination Date all interest and other investment income (net of losses and
investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Deposit Account (to the extent
such interest and income is on deposit in the Deposit Account at the end of
the related Collection Period) shall be deemed to constitute a portion of the
Total Distribution Amount for the related Payment Date. Other than as
permitted by the Rating Agencies, funds on deposit in the Deposit Account
shall be invested in Eligible Investments that will mature on or before the
next Payment Date.
(c) (i) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest
in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Deposit Account and in all
proceeds thereof (including all income thereon) and all such funds,
investments, proceeds and income shall be part of the Trust Estate. The
Deposit Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, as
applicable. If, at any time, the Deposit Account ceases to be an Eligible
Deposit Account, the Indenture Trustee (or the Servicer on its behalf) 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 Deposit
Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any
investments to such new Deposit Account.
(ii) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the Indenture
Trustee agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that:
(A) any Trust Account Property that is held in deposit accounts
shall be held solely in the Eligible Deposit Accounts, subject to
the last sentence of Section 5.01(c)(i); and 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;
(B) 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 of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee;
(C) 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 continued book-entry registration of such Trust
Account Property as described in such paragraph; and
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(D) any Trust Account Property that is an "uncertificated
security" under Article VIII of the UCC and that is not governed by
clause (C) 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.
(iii) The Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture
Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture
Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and
payments from the Deposit Account for the purpose of permitting the
Servicer to carry out its respective duties hereunder or permitting the
Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under the Indenture.
Section 5.02 Collections. Subject to the continued satisfaction of the
commingling conditions described below, the Servicer shall remit to the
Deposit Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to
the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables and not including Fixed
Value Payments), all Liquidation Proceeds collected during the related
Collection Period, prior to 11:00 A.M. (New York time) on the related Payment
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any of the commingling conditions
ceases to be met, the Servicer shall remit to the Deposit Account all payments
by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to the Receivables (other than
Purchased Receivables and not including Fixed Value Payments) and all
Liquidation Proceeds within two Business Days of receipt thereof. The
commingling conditions are as follows: (i) DCFS must be the Servicer, (ii) no
Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) (x)
DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation must maintain a short-term
rating of at least "P-1" by Moody's and "A-1" by Standard & Poor's or (y) if
daily remittances occur hereunder, prior to ceasing daily remittances, the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied (and any conditions or
limitations imposed by the Rating Agencies in connection therewith are
complied with). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, so long as
DCFS is the Servicer, DCFS may withhold from the deposit into the Deposit
Account any amounts indicated on the related Servicer's Certificate as being
due and payable to DCFS or the Seller and pay such amounts directly to DCFS or
the Seller, as applicable. For purposes of this Article V, the phrase
"payments by or on behalf of Obligors" shall mean payments made with respect
to the Receivables by Persons other than the Servicer or the Seller. In the
event the commingling conditions cease to be met, the Servicer shall make
daily remittance of collections to the Deposit Account within two Business
Days of receipt thereof; provided, however, daily remittance may commence no
later than five Business Days following a reduction of DaimlerChrysler North
America Holding Corporation's short-term ratings below "P-1" by Moody's or
"A-1" by Standard & Poor's. In addition, if the Servicer is required to make
daily remittance of collections into the Deposit Account, the Servicer may
with respect to all interest payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with
respect to the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables and not including
Fixed Value Payments): (i) calculate the amount of such interest payments
collected each day on the basis of the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables and not including Fixed Value
Payments) at the start of the applicable Collection Period, the weighted
average APR of such Receivables and the number of calendar days in that
Collection Period divided by 360 and (ii) deposit such calculated daily
interest amounts to the Deposit Account within the applicable time
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frame required pursuant to this Section 5.02. In the event that the sum of the
daily interest amounts so calculated for a Collection Period exceeds the
amount of actual interest payments for that Collection Period, the Indenture
Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Servicer, release such excess
to the Servicer (or its designee). For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer is
not required to calculate the amount of interest payments in the manner
provided in the two immediately preceding sentences and may, upon provision to
the Indenture Trustee of written notice thereof, change its procedures so that
it deposits the actual amount of interest payments made by or on behalf of the
Obligors with respect to the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables and
not including Fixed Value Payments) into the Deposit Account within the
applicable time frame required pursuant to this Section 5.02.
Section 5.03 Application of Collections. (a) All collections for the
Collection Period shall be applied by the Servicer as follows:
With respect to each Receivable (other than a Purchased Receivable),
payments by or on behalf of the Obligor shall be applied to interest and
principal in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
(b) All collections of finance charges on a Fixed Value Receivable (as
determined in accordance with the Servicer's customary procedures) shall be
applied, first, to the Amortizing Payment Finance Charges due and unpaid on
the related Principal Balance and then to the Fixed Value Finance Charges due
and unpaid on the related Fixed Value Payment. The Servicer shall release to
the Company the Collections allocated to Fixed Value Finance Charges pursuant
to the preceding sentence. All Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Fixed
Value Receivable shall be applied first to the related Receivable and only
after the payment in full of the Principal Balance thereof plus accrued but
unpaid interest thereon shall any such Liquidation Proceeds be applied to, or
constitute, the related Fixed Value Payment.
Section 5.04 Additional Deposits. The Servicer and the Seller shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the Deposit Account the aggregate Purchase
Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables and the Servicer shall deposit
therein all amounts to be paid under Section 9.01. The Servicer will deposit
the aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables when such
obligations are due, unless the Servicer shall not be required to make daily
deposits pursuant to Section 5.02. All such other deposits shall be made on
the Payment Determination Date for the related Collection Period.
Section 5.05 Distributions.
(a) (i) On each Payment Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate
all amounts required to be distributed to the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders and all amounts to be allocated within the Deposit Account
as described below. For purposes of this Section, the Servicing Fee for the
related Payment Date and any previously unpaid Servicing Fees shall be
deducted from the Total Distribution Amount at any time on or prior to the
Payment Date. If the Total Distribution Amount during a Collection Period has
reached a level which covers the payments due pursuant to clauses (A), (B),
(C), (D) and (E) of Section 5.05(a)(ii), then for the remainder of the
Collection Period the Servicer may net the amounts, if any, distributable
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pursuant to clause (F) of Section 5.05(a)(ii) out of the Total Distribution
Amount before depositing the Total Distribution Amount into the Deposit
Account and pay such amounts directly to the related recipient.
(ii) Subject to Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture, on each Payment
Date the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee (based on the
information contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered on the
related Payment Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.09) to make the
following allocations and distributions by 11:00 A.M. (New York time), to
the extent of the Total Distribution Amount (net of the Servicing Fee for
such Payment Date and any previously unpaid Servicing Fees and any amount
payable pursuant to Section 5.05(a)(ii)(F) that has already been deducted
pursuant to Section 5.05(a)(i)), in the following order of priority:
(A) allocate to the Class A Noteholders for distribution
pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, from such net Total
Distribution Amount, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid
interest due on the Class A Notes on such Payment Date;
(B) credit, from such net Total Distribution Amount remaining
after the application of clause (A), the Priority Principal
Distribution Amount to the Note Principal Distribution Account;
(C) allocate to the Class B Noteholders for distribution
pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, from such net Total
Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (A)
and (B), an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest due on
the Class B Notes;
(D) allocate to the Reserve Account, from such net Total
Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (A),
(B) and (C), the amount required, if any, such that the amount
therein is the Specified Reserve Amount;
(E) credit, from such net Total Distribution Amount remaining
after the application of clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), an amount
equal to (x) the Required Principal Distribution Amount minus (y)
the Priority Principal Distribution Amount to the Note Principal
Distribution Account; and
(F) distribute to the Holders of the Certificates such net
Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses
(A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).
For the avoidance of doubt, if payment of the Notes has been accelerated and
such declaration of acceleration has not been rescinded in accordance with the
Indenture, then such Total Distribution Amount shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture.
Notwithstanding that the Notes have been paid in full, the Indenture
Trustee shall continue to maintain the Deposit Account hereunder until the
Certificates are retired.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if payment of the Notes
has been accelerated under the Indenture because of an Event of Default, then
collections in respect of the Receivables will be applied pursuant to Section
5.04(b) of the Indenture.
(b) On each Payment Date the amounts credited to the Note Principal
Distribution Account shall be applied in accordance with Section 8.02(c)(iii)
of the Indenture.
Section 5.06 Reserve Account. (a) On the Closing Date, the Owner Trustee
will deposit, on behalf of the Seller, the Reserve Account Initial Deposit
into the Deposit Account from the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes which
amount shall be allocated to the Reserve Account.
(b) [RESERVED]
(c) (i) In the event that the Total Distribution Amount (after the
payment of the Servicing Fee and any previously unpaid Servicing Fees) with
respect to any Collection Period is less than the accrued and unpaid interest
on the Notes on a Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture
Trustee to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Payment Date an amount
equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds available therein, and
allocate such amount for distribution to the Noteholders.
(ii) In the event that the amount allocated for distribution to the
Noteholders pursuant to Sections 5.05(a)(ii)(B) and (E) is insufficient
to make payments of principal on (A) the Class A-1 Notes so that the
Outstanding Amount for the Class A-1 Notes equals zero on the Class A-1
Final Scheduled Payment Date; (B) the Class A-2 Notes so that the
Outstanding Amount for the Class A-2 Notes equals zero on the Class A-2
Final Scheduled Payment Date; (C) the Class A-3 Notes so that the
Outstanding Amount for the Class A-3 Notes equals zero on the Class A-3
Final Scheduled Payment Date; (D) the Class A-4 Notes so that the
Outstanding Amount for the Class A-4 Notes equals zero on the Class A-4
Final Scheduled Payment Date or (E) the Class B Notes so that the
Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes equals zero on the Class B Final
Scheduled Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee
to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Class Final Scheduled
Payment Date an amount equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds
available therein, and allocate such amount for distribution to the
related Noteholders in accordance with this Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(iii) In the event that the Outstanding Amount of the Notes exceeds
the Related Pool Balance, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture
Trustee to withdraw from the Reserve Account on the related Payment Date
an amount equal to such excess, to the extent of funds available therein,
and allocate such amount for distribution to the Noteholders.
(d) Subject to Section 9.01, amounts will continue to be applied pursuant
to Section 5.05(a) following payment in full of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes until the Pool Balance is reduced to zero. Following the payment in full
of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes and of all other amounts
owing or to be distributed hereunder or under the Indenture or the
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Trust Agreement to Noteholders and Certificateholders and the termination of
the Trust, any amount then allocated to the Reserve Account shall be
distributed to the Company.
Section 5.07 Statements to Noteholders and Certificateholders. On each
Payment Date, the Servicer shall make available via its website to the Owner
Trustee, the Rating Agencies, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders and
provide to the Indenture Trustee and each Paying Agent a statement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, setting forth at least the following
information as to the Notes, to the extent applicable:
(i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal allocable
to each Class of Notes;
(ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to interest allocable
to each Class of Notes;
(iii) the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes as of
the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period,
after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under
clause (i) above;
(iv) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with
respect to the related Collection Period;
(v) the amount allocated to the Reserve Account on such Payment
Determination Date after giving effect to allocations thereto and
withdrawals therefrom to be made on the next following Payment Date, if
any; and
(vi) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of
the related Collection Period.
Each amount set forth on the Payment Date statement under clauses (i),
(ii) or (iv) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of
original principal amount of a Note.
Section 5.08 Net Deposits. As an administrative convenience, unless the
Servicer is required to remit collections daily, the Servicer will be
permitted to make the deposit of collections on the Receivables and Purchase
Amounts for the Collection Period net of distributions to be made to the
Servicer with respect to the Collection Period. The Servicer, however, will
account to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders as if all deposits, distributions and transfers were made
individually.
ARTICLE VI
The Seller
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Section 6.01 Representations of Seller. The Seller makes the following
representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Receivables. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, and shall
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survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is duly organized and
validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under
the laws of the State of Michigan, with the power and authority as a
limited liability company to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, the power,
authority and legal right to acquire and own the Standard Receivables and
the Fixed Value Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign limited liability company in good standing, and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business shall
require such qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority as a
limited liability company to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
carry out its terms; the Seller has full power and authority to sell and
assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the
Issuer, and the Seller shall have duly authorized such sale and
assignment to the Issuer by all necessary action as a limited liability
company; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
has been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary action as a
limited liability company.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
articles of organization or operating agreement of the Seller, or any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party
or by which it is bound; or 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 this
Agreement and the Basic Documents); or violate any law or, to the best of
the Seller's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the
Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. To the Seller's best knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties:
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Indenture or any of
the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to
prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture
or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
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determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic
Documents, the Notes or the Certificates or (iv) which might adversely
affect the federal or state income tax attributes of the Notes or the
Certificates.
Section 6.02 Preservation of Existence. During the term of this
Agreement, the Seller will keep in full force and effect its existence and
rights as a limited liability company (or another legal entity) under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization and will obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification
is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement, the Basic Documents and each other instrument or agreement
necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, all transactions and
dealings between the Seller and its Affiliates (including the Company) will be
conducted on an arm's-length basis.
Section 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable
in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement:
(a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Company and the Servicer
and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes
that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to
the transactions contemplated herein and in the Basic Documents,
including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible
personal property, privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the
Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the
date of, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and
original sale of the Certificates and the Notes, or asserted with respect
to ownership of the Receivables, or federal or other income taxes arising
out of distributions on the Certificates or the Notes) and costs and
expenses in defending against the same.
(b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Company, the
Certificateholders and the Noteholders and any of the officers,
directors, employees and agents of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee from and against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of (i) the Seller's willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by
reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement and (ii) the Seller's or the Issuer's violation of federal or
state securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the
Notes and the Certificates.
(c) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents from and against all costs, expenses,
losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in
connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties
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herein and in the Trust Agreement contained, in the case of the Owner
Trustee, and in the Indenture contained, in the case of the Indenture
Trustee, except to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim,
damage or liability: (i) in the case of the Owner Trustee, shall be due
to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in
judgment) of the Owner Trustee or, in the case of the Indenture Trustee,
shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except
for errors in judgment) of the Indenture Trustee; or (ii) in the case of
the Owner Trustee, shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee of
any of its representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the
Trust Agreement.
(d) The Seller shall pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon
all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination of
this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and
expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments
pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments
are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person
shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
Section 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of Obligations of,
Seller. Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated,
(b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller
shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the
Seller substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases
executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller
under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without
the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the
parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant
to Section 3.01 shall have been breached and no Servicer Default, and no event
that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession
and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such
transaction have been complied with, (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (iv) the Seller shall
have delivered to the Owner 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 Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the
Receivables 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. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the
transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
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Section 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and
any director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller 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.
The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section 6.06 Seller May Own Notes. The Seller and any Affiliate thereof
may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of
Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an
Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided herein or in any Basic
Document. The Seller shall not own any Notes unless the Rating Agency
Condition is satisfied.
ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
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Section 7.01 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the
following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Receivables. 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 Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized
and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing
under the laws of the state of its formation, with the power and
authority as a limited liability company to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such
business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has,
the power, authority and legal right to acquire, own, sell and service
the Standard Receivables and the Fixed Value Receivables and to hold the
Receivable Files as custodian.
(b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign limited liability company in good standing, and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business (including
the servicing of the Standard Receivables and the Fixed Value Receivables
as required by this Agreement) shall require such qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority as
a limited liability company to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary
action as a limited liability company.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
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(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions
of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, the articles of organization or operating agreement of the
Servicer, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the
Servicer is a party or by which it is bound; or 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 this
Agreement); or violate any law or, to the best of the Servicer's
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Servicer of
any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. To the Servicer's best knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties:
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Indenture, any of the
other Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance
of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the
Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents or the Notes or (iv) relating
to the Servicer and which might adversely affect the federal or state
income tax attributes of the Notes.
(g) No Insolvent Obligors. As of the related Cutoff Date, no Obligor
on a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable is shown on the
Receivable Files as the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
Section 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement:
(a) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders, the Company and the Seller and any of the officers,
directors, employees and agents of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses,
damages, claims and liabilities arising out of or resulting from the use,
ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a
Financed Vehicle.
(b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller, the
Company, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders and any of the
officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any and all costs,
expenses, losses, claims, 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 negligence, willful misfeasance
or bad faith of the Servicer in the
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performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless
disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
For purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the
rights and obligations of DCFS (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section
7.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01, or a resignation by such Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer
pending appointment of a successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee)
pursuant to Section 8.02.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Owner 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 Servicer 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 Servicer, without interest.
Section 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of Obligations of,
Servicer. Any Person (a) into which the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which
the Servicer shall be a party, (c) which may succeed to the properties and
assets of the Servicer substantially as a whole or (d) with respect to the
Servicer's obligations hereunder, which is a legal entity 50% or more of the
voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by DaimlerChrysler AG
or an affiliate of or successor to DaimlerChrysler AG or an affiliate of such
successor, which Person executed an agreement of assumption to perform every
obligation of the Servicer hereunder, shall be the successor to the Servicer
under this Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to
this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to
such transaction, no Servicer Default and no event which, after notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, (ii) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement
of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent
provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied
with, (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect
to such transaction, (iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
the successor to the Servicer shall become the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement and
(v) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
either (A) 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 Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee,
respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or
(B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the
foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the
transactions referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above. The Servicer shall
provide the Seller in writing such information as reasonably requested by the
Seller to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to a
successor Servicer.
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Section 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. Neither the
Servicer nor any of the managers, officers, employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, 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 this provision
shall not protect the Servicer 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 Servicer and any manager,
officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any person
respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not
be incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that
it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the Basic
Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the
Basic Documents and the interests of the Certificateholders under this
Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture.
Section 7.05 DCFS Not to Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of
Section 7.03, DCFS shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon a determination
that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be
permissible under applicable law and cannot be cured. Notice of any such
determination permitting the resignation of DCFS shall be communicated to the
Owner 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 Owner 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
Servicer shall (i) have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of DCFS
in accordance with Section 8.02, (ii) have become the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement and
(iii) have provided in writing the information reasonably requested by the
Seller to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with
respect to a successor Servicer.
ARTICLE VIII
Default
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Section 8.01 Servicer Default. If any one of the following events (a
"Servicer Default") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Deposit Account
any required payment or to direct the Indenture Trustee to make any
required distributions therefrom,
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which failure continues unremedied for a period of five Business Days
after written notice of such failure is received by the Servicer from the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such failure
by an officer of the Servicer; or
(b) failure by the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, duly
to observe or to perform in any material respect any other covenants or
agreements of the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be) set forth
in this Agreement or any other Basic Document, which failure shall (i)
materially and adversely affect the rights of Certificateholders or
Noteholders and (ii) continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after
the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to
be remedied, shall have been given (A) to the Servicer or the Seller (as
the case may be) by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (B) to
the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be), and to the Indenture
Trustee by the Holders of Notes, evidencing not less than 25% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or if the Notes are no longer
Outstanding, Holders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of Certificates
evidencing Percentage Interests (as defined in the Trust Agreement)
aggregating at least 25%; or
(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the
Seller, the Servicer or the Company;
then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not
have been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by notice
then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all the rights and
obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of
the Servicer under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this
Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Receivables or otherwise,
shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee
or such successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and,
without limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, for the benefit of the
predecessor Servicer, 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,
whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and
related documents, or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with
the successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in
effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the
predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the
successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at
the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter
be received by it with respect to any Receivable. All reasonable costs and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with transferring
the Receivable Files to the successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to
reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section shall be paid by
the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such
costs and expenses. Any successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee as
successor Servicer) shall provide the Seller in writing with such information
as is reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its reporting
obligations
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under the Exchange Act with respect to such Servicer. Upon receipt of notice
of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Owner Trustee shall give notice
thereof to the Rating Agencies.
Section 8.02 Appointment of Successor. (a) Upon the Servicer's receipt of
notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.01 or the Servicer's resignation
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall
continue to perform its functions as Servicer 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
45 days from the delivery to the Owner 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 Servicer shall become unable to act as Servicer, as specified in
the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of
the Servicer's termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a
successor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall accept its appointment
(including its appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement
as set forth in Section 8.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a successor
Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has
ceased to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section, the Indenture
Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the successor
Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Servicing 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, having a net
worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business shall include
the servicing of automotive receivables, as the successor to the Servicer
under this Agreement.
(b) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer (including the Indenture
Trustee acting as successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all
respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto
placed on the predecessor Servicer and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee
and all the rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and (ii) become the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of the Administration
Agreement.
(c) The Servicer may not resign unless it is prohibited from serving as
such by law.
Section 8.03 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders. Upon any
termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to
this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof
to Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written
notice thereof to Noteholders and the Rating Agencies.
Section 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or, if the Notes
are no longer Outstanding, the Holders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests
(as defined in the Trust Agreement) may, on behalf of all Noteholders or the
Holders of the Certificates, as the case may be, waive in writing any default
by the Servicer
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in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a
default in making any required allocations or distributions from the Deposit
Account in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past
default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this
Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
impair any right consequent thereto.
ARTICLE IX
Termination
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Section 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. (a) As of the last day
of any Collection Period as of which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 10%
or less of the Original Pool Balance and the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes
and Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full or will be paid in full on the next
Payment Date, the Servicer shall have the option to purchase the Owner Trust
Estate, other than the Deposit Account; provided, however, that, unless
Moody's agrees otherwise, the Servicer may not effect any such purchase if the
rating of the DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation's long-term
debt obligations is less than "Baa3" by Moody's (the satisfaction of such
condition to be confirmed by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate), unless the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such purchase would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance. To exercise
such option, the Servicer shall deposit pursuant to Section 5.04 in the
Deposit Account an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Amount for the
Receivables (including defaulted Receivables), plus the appraised value of any
such other property held by the Trust other than the Deposit Account, such
value to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and shall succeed to all
interests in and to the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer
shall not be permitted to exercise such option unless the amount to be
deposited in the Deposit Account pursuant to the preceding sentence, together
with any other funds in the Deposit Account, is greater than or equal to the
sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all accrued but
unpaid interest (including any overdue interest and premium) thereon.
(b) Notice of the exercise of the option in Section 9.01(a) shall be
given by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or
prior to the last day of the Collection Period referred to in Section 9.01(a).
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
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Section 10.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but
without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, 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
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manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement (including for
the issuance of Fixed Value Securities pursuant to Section 2.03) or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the
consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of the Holders (as defined in
the Trust Agreement) of outstanding Certificates evidencing not less than a
majority of the Percentage Interests (as defined in the Trust Agreement) 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 or the Certificateholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the
amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on
Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or the Percentage Interests
(as defined in the Trust Agreement), the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the
outstanding Notes and the Holders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of all
the outstanding Certificates.
Prior to the execution of any such amendment the Servicer will provide
written notification of the substance of such amendment to each of the Rating
Agencies.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent pursuant to
either of the two preceding paragraphs, the Owner Trustee shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each
Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders or
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.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner
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 Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred
to in Section 10.02(i)(1). The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the
Owner Trustee's or the Indenture Trustee's, as applicable, own rights, duties
or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust. (a) The Seller shall file
such financing statements and cause to be 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 interest of the Issuer and of the Indenture
Trustee in the Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Seller shall
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deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner 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 Seller 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 ss. 9-506 of
the UCC, unless it shall have given the Owner 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 Seller and the Servicer shall have an obligation to give
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 60 days' prior written
notice of any change in the jurisdiction in which it is organized if, as a
result of such change, 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 or new financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times maintain
each office from which it shall service Receivables, and its principal
executive office, within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Standard
Receivable and each Fixed Value Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail
to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable, 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
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable and the amounts from time to
time deposited in the Deposit Account in respect of such Standard Receivable
or Fixed Value Receivable.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and
after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Standard Receivables and
the Fixed Value Receivables, the Servicer's master computer records (including
any backup archives) that refer to a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee in such Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable and that such
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has
been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the Issuer's and the
Indenture Trustee's interest in a Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer's computer
systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall have been paid in
full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell,
grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
receivables 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 shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Standard
Receivable or Fixed Value Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such
Standard Receivable or Fixed Value
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Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to
the Indenture Trustee.
(g) 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 Standard Receivable or
Fixed Value Receivable.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee or to
the Indenture Trustee, within five Business Days, a list of all Receivables
(by contract number and name of Obligor) then held as part of the Trust,
together with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and
to each of the Servicer's Certificates furnished before such request
indicating removal of Receivables from the Trust.
(i) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee:
(1) promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
of each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and
continuation statements have been filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given,
or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such
interest; and
(2) within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar year
beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three months
after the Cutoff Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during
such 90-day period, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either
(A) all financing statements and continuation statements have been filed
that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting
the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in
which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to
preserve and protect such interest.
Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (1) or (2) above shall specify
any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the
following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The Seller shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the
Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such
sections.
Section 10.03 Notices. All demands, notices, communications and
instructions upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in
writing, personally delivered, electronically delivered or mailed by certified
mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given
upon receipt (a) in the case of the Seller or the Servicer, to DaimlerChrysler
Financial Services Americas LLC, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of Assistant Secretary ((248) 427- 2565), (b) in the
case of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate
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Trust Office (as defined in the Trust Agreement), (c) in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office, (d) in the case of Moody's,
to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
and (e) in the case of Standard & Poor's, via electronic delivery to
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, or if not available in electronic format, to
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies,
Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of Asset Backed
Surveillance Department; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other
address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
Section 10.04 Assignment by the Seller or the Servicer. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in the remainder
of this Section, as provided in Sections 6.04 and 7.03 herein and as provided
in the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the
Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer.
The Issuer and the Servicer hereby acknowledge and consent to the conveyance
and assignment (i) by the Seller to the Company pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement and (ii) by the Company to a limited liability company or other
Person (provided that conveyance and assignment is made in accordance with
Section 5.05 of the Purchase Agreement), of any and all of the Seller's rights
and interests (and corresponding obligations, if any) hereunder with respect
to receiving amounts from the Reserve Account and with respect to receiving
and conveying any Fixed Value Payments, and the Issuer and the Servicer hereby
agree that the Company, and any such assignee of the Company, shall be
entitled to enforce such rights and interests directly against the Issuer as
if the Company, or such assignee of the Company, were itself a party to this
Agreement.
Section 10.05 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Company (and any
assignee of the Company pursuant to Section 10.04), the Servicer, the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders, 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 Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or
any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
Section 10.06 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.
Section 10.07 Separate 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.
Section 10.08 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Section 10.09 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its
conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the
parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
Section 10.10 Assignment by Issuer. The Seller hereby acknowledges and
consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest
by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the
benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in,
to and under the Receivables and/or the assignment of any or all of the
Issuer's rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 10.11 Nonpetition Covenants. (a) Notwithstanding any prior
termination of this Agreement, the Servicer and the Seller shall not, prior to
the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement
with respect to the Issuer or the Company, acquiesce, petition or otherwise
invoke or cause the Issuer or the Company (or any assignee of the Company
pursuant to Section 10.04) to invoke the process of any court or government
authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the
Issuer or the Company (or any assignee of the Company pursuant to Section
10.04) 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 the Company (or any assignee of the
Company pursuant to Section 10.04) or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the
Company (or any assignee of the Company pursuant to Section 10.04).
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer
shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
termination of this Agreement with respect to the Seller, acquiesce, petition
or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the process of any court or
government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against the Seller 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 Seller or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
the affairs of the Seller.
Section 10.12 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture
Trustee. (a)Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by Chase Bank USA, National Association not
in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the
Issuer and in no event shall Chase Bank USA, National Association in its
individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement,
as beneficial owner of the Issuer 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 its duties
or obligations hereunder or 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 Articles VI, VII and VIII of the
Trust Agreement.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been accepted 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.
ARTICLE XI
Exchange Act Reporting
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Section 11.01 Further Assurances. The Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Seller in
connection with the satisfaction of the Seller's reporting requirements under
the Exchange Act with respect to the Issuer. The Seller shall not exercise its
right to request delivery of information or other performance under these
provisions other than in good faith. In addition to the information specified
below, if so requested by the Seller for the purpose of satisfying its
reporting obligation under the Exchange Act, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Servicer shall provide the Seller with (a) such information
which is available to such Person without unreasonable effort or expense and
within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested by the Seller to comply
with the Seller's reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and (b) to the
extent such Person is a party (and the Seller is not a party) to any agreement
or amendment required to be filed, copies of such agreement or amendment in
▇▇▇▇▇-compatible form. Each of the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee 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 reasonable requests made by the Seller in good faith for
delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving
interpretations of Regulation AB.
Section 11.02 Form 10-D Filings. For so long as the Seller is required to
file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, no later than each
Payment Date, each of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Servicer shall notify (and the Servicer shall cause any subservicer to notify)
the Seller of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to such Person,
together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller. In addition to such information
as the Servicer is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this
Agreement, if so requested by the Seller, the Servicer shall provide such
information which is available to the Servicer, without unreasonable effort or
expense regarding the performance or servicing of the Receivables 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 Statements to Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.07,
commencing with the first such report due not less than five Business Days
following such request.
Section 11.03 Form 8-K Filings. For so long as the Seller is required to
file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, each of the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner
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Trustee and the Servicer shall promptly notify the Seller, but in no event
later than one (1) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event
(in the case of the Owner Trustee, only an event in clause (d) of the
definition of "Reportable Event") of which such Person (or in the case of the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person)
has actual knowledge. Each Person shall have actual knowledge of any such
event only to the extent that it relates to such Person or any action or
failure to act by such Person.
Section 11.04 Form 10-K Filings. For so long as the Seller is required to
file Exchange Act Reports: (i) if the Item 1119 Parties listed on Appendix A
have changed since the Closing Date, no later than March 1 of each year, the
Seller shall provide each of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Servicer with an updated Appendix A setting forth the Item 1119 Parties and
(ii) no later than March 15 of each year, commencing in 2007, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall notify the Seller of any
Form 10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K
Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller.
Section 11.05 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation. So long
as the Seller is required to file Exchange Act Reports in respect of the
Issuer, on or before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007:
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Seller and the
Servicer a report of the Indenture Trustee's assessment of compliance
with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar
year, as set forth under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act (or
any successor provisions) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee and
shall at a minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification in the form of Appendix B hereto delivered to the Seller
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (provided that such
certification may be revised after the date of this Agreement as agreed
by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee to reflect any guidance with
respect to such criteria from the Commission). To the extent any of the
Servicing Criteria are not applicable to the Indenture Trustee, with
respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole
involving the Indenture Trustee and that are backed by the same asset
type as the Receivables, such report shall include such a statement to
that effect. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges and agrees that the
Seller with respect to its duties as the Certifying Person, and each of
their respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon
each such servicing criteria assessment and the attestation delivered
pursuant to Section 11.05(b) below.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Seller and the
Servicer a report of a registered public accounting firm that attests to,
and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture
Trustee and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such
attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the
Exchange Act (or any successor provisions), Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g)
of Regulation S-X (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation that in the event
that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public
accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to
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express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use
and not contain restricted use language.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor
to deliver to the Seller and the Servicer an assessment of compliance and
accountants' attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this Section 11.05. An assessment of compliance provided by a
Subcontractor need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria
other than those specified by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
11.05(a).
(d) In the event the Indenture Trustee or Reporting Subcontractor is
terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such Person
shall provide the documents and information pursuant to this Section
11.05 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement
or provided services with respect to the Trust or the Receivables.
Section 11.06 Back-up ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Certification. No later than March
15 of each year, beginning in 2007, the Servicer shall provide to the Person
who signs the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Certification (the "Certifying Person") a
certification (each, a "Performance Certification") and shall cause each
Reporting Subcontractor, in the form attached hereto as Appendix C (in the
case of a Reporting Subcontractor) and as Appendix D (in the case of the
Servicer) on which the Certifying Person, the entity for which the Certifying
Person acts as an officer, and such entity's officers, directors and
Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, "Certification Parties")
can reasonably rely. The Seller will not request delivery of a certification
under this Section 11.06 unless the Seller is required under the Exchange Act
to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the Issuer. So long as
the Servicer is the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer is not
required to deliver the Performance Certification. In the event that prior to
the filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the Indenture Trustee
or the Servicer has actual knowledge of information as to itself (or any of
its Subcontractors appointed pursuant to Section 11.07) that is material to
the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Certification, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer shall
promptly notify the Seller. Each of the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer
agrees to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by any Certifying Person
or Certification Party in connection with such Person's attempt to conduct any
due diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in order
to allow it to deliver any ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Certification or portion thereof
with respect to the Issuer.
Section 11.07 Use of Subcontractors. (a) It shall not be necessary for
the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer to seek the consent of the Seller or any
other party hereto to the utilization of any Subcontractor. Each of the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the
Seller (or any designee of the Seller, such as the Servicer or the
Administrator) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to
the Seller) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such
Person, specifying (i) the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if
any) of such Subcontractors are "participating in the servicing function"
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB and (iii) which elements of
the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided
by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this sentence.
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(b) As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to
be a Reporting Subcontractor, the Indenture Trustee shall cause any such
Subcontractor for the benefit of the Seller to comply with the provisions of
Sections 11.05 and 11.06 to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for obtaining
from each such Subcontractor and delivering to the Seller, any assessment of
compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor
under Sections 11.05 and 11.06, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
(c) As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to
be a Reporting Subcontractor, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor
for the benefit of the Seller to comply with the provisions of Section
4.10(a)(ii), Section 4.11 and Section 11.06 to the same extent as if such
Subcontractor were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for
obtaining from each such Subcontractor and delivering to the Seller, any
assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such
Subcontractor under this Agreement, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
Section 11.08 Representations and Warranties. Each of the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee represents that (i) there are no affiliations,
relating to such Person with respect to any 1119 Party, (ii) there are no
relationships or transactions with respect to any 1119 Party and such Person
that are outside the ordinary course of business or on terms other than would
be obtained in an arm's-length transaction with an unrelated third party,
apart from the transactions contemplated under the Basic Documents, and that
are material to the investors' understanding of the Notes and (iii) there are
no legal proceedings pending, or known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities, against such Person, or of which the property of such Person is
subject, that is material to the Noteholders.
Section 11.09 Indemnification. (a) Each of the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer (if the Seller is not the Servicer) shall indemnify the Seller, each
affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer with respect to its duties as Certifying
Person or each Person who controls any of such parties (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the
respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of
each of the foregoing, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against
any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses
and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any
of them may sustain arising out of or based upon:
(i) (A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged
to be contained in (x) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the
assessment of compliance provided under this Article XI and (y) with
respect to the Servicer, Section 4.10 and Section 4.11 by or on behalf of
such Person (with respect to each such party, the "Provided
Information"), or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Provided Information a material fact required to be stated in the
Provided Information, or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of
this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the related
Provided Information and not to any other information communicated in
connection with a sale or purchase of
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securities, without regard to whether the Provided Information or any
portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other
information; or
(ii) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any failure by the
Indenture Trustee to deliver any assessment of compliance when and as
required under this Article XI and with respect to the Servicer, any
failure by the Servicer to deliver any information, report,
certification, accountants' letter or other material when and as required
under Section 4.10, Section 4.11 or Article XI, as applicable.
(b) In the case of any failure of performance described in clause (ii) of
Section 11.09(a), each of the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer shall
promptly reimburse the Seller for all costs reasonably incurred by each such
party in order to obtain the information, report, certification, accountants'
letter or other material not delivered as required by the Indenture Trustee or
the Servicer, as applicable.
(c) Each of the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer shall require that any
Reporting Subcontractor agree to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section 11.09, or shall be responsible for all such indemnification,
costs or expenses if the Reporting Subcontractor will not agree to such
provisions.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no
event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for special, indirect or
consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to
lost profits, even if the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood
of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
Section 11.10 Amendments. In the event the parties to this Agreement
desire to further clarify or amend any provision of this Article XI, this
Agreement shall be amended to reflect the new agreement between the parties
covering matters in this Article XI pursuant to Section 11.01, provided such
amendment will not require any Opinion of Counsel or satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition or the consent of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AUTO TRUST 2006-C
By: Chase Bank USA, National
Association, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES
AMERICAS LLC,
Seller and Servicer
By: /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Controller
Acknowledged and accepted and,
solely for purposes of Article XI,
agreed as of the day and year
first above written:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ H.Y. Voon
Title: Associate Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as
Owner Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE A
Schedule of Receivables
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Delivered to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee at Closing
Schedule A
SCHEDULE B
Location of Receivable Files
1. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
2. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Schedule B
SCHEDULE C
Schedule of YSOA
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"YSOA" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the amount specified
below with respect to such Payment Date:
Closing Date......... $137,621,900.13 November 2009......... $15,329,613.02
November 2006........ 128,762,747.13 December 2009......... 13,857,673.97
December 2006........ 123,967,389.78 January 2010.......... 12,473,959.74
January 2007......... 119,268,292.32 February 2010......... 11,177,818.73
February 2007........ 114,665,663.65 March 2010............ 9,968,341.82
March 2007........... 110,159,816.35 April 2010............ 8,844,167.16
April 2007........... 105,751,145.36 May 2010.............. 7,802,459.78
May 2007............. 101,440,127.15 June 2010............. 6,839,518.59
June 2007............ 97,227,234.98 July 2010............. 5,951,964.84
July 2007............ 93,112,794.05 August 2010........... 5,136,711.88
August 2007.......... 89,097,095.32 September 2010........ 4,391,543.22
September 2007....... 85,180,439.53 October 2010.......... 3,714,887.41
October 2007......... 81,361,689.26 November 2010......... 3,106,020.86
November 2007........ 77,637,389.08 December 2010......... 2,564,200.14
December 2007........ 74,003,124.72 January 2011.......... 2,088,794.70
January 2008......... 70,459,015.72 February 2011......... 1,679,605.38
February 2008........ 67,005,400.51 March 2011............ 1,336,063.34
March 2008........... 63,642,523.04 April 2011............ 1,057,929.51
April 2008........... 60,370,350.65 May 2011.............. 838,126.91
May 2008............. 57,188,518.77 June 2011............. 657,510.21
June 2008............ 54,096,737.68 July 2011............. 503,838.91
July 2008............ 51,095,078.19 August 2011........... 375,490.60
August 2008.......... 48,183,468.01 September 2011........ 272,596.06
September 2008....... 45,361,915.14 October 2011.......... 195,080.14
October 2008......... 42,630,386.61 November 2011......... 140,773.47
November 2008........ 39,988,833.72 December 2011......... 95,672.45
December 2008........ 37,437,295.76 January 2012.......... 59,471.25
January 2009......... 34,975,962.60 February 2012......... 32,090.80
February 2009........ 32,605,214.46 March 2012............ 13,417.27
March 2009........... 30,325,430.99 April 2012............ 3,447.65
April 2009............ 28,136,677.43 May 2012.............. 396.95
May 2009.............. 26,038,228.22 June 2012............. 120.93
June 2009............. 24,029,606.60 July 2012............. 66.61
July 2009............. 22,110,559.65 August 2012........... 28.26
August 2009........... 20,280,991.34 September 2012........ 6.02
September 2009........ 18,540,973.45 October 2012
October 2009.......... 16,890,544.97 (and thereafter.... 0.00
The YSOA has been calculated for each Payment Date as the sum of the
amount for each Receivable equal to the excess, if any, of
Schedule C-1
o the scheduled payments due on such Receivable for each future
Collection Period discounted to present value as of the end of the
preceding Collection Period at the APR of such Receivable, over
o the scheduled payments due on the Receivable for each future
Collection Period discounted to present value as of the end of the
preceding Collection Period at 8.5%.
For purposes of such calculation, future scheduled payments on the
Receivables are assumed to be made on their scheduled due dates without any
delays, defaults or prepayments.
Schedule C-2
EXHIBIT A
Form of Distribution Statement to Noteholders
---------------------------------------------
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C Payment Date Statement to Noteholders
________________________________________________________________________________
Amount of Principal Paid to:
Class A-1 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class A-2 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class A-3 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class A-4 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class B Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Amount of Interest Paid to:
Class A-1 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class A-2 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class A-3 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class A-4 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Class B Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal amount)
Total Distribution Amount:
Note Balance
Class A-1 Notes
Class A-2 Notes
Class A-3 Notes
Class A-4 Notes
Class B Notes
Servicing Fee
Servicing Fee Per $1,000 Note
Reserve Account Balance
Pool Balance
Exhibit A-1
EXHIBIT B
Form of Servicer's Certificate
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DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC Distribution Date: [ ]
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Payment Determination Statement Number
Distribution Date
Record Date
Dates Covered From and Including To and Including
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Collections Period
Accrual Period
30/360 Days
Actual/360 Days
Number of
Collateral Pool Balance Data Accounts $ Amount
------------- -------- --------
Pool Balance - Beginning of Period
Collections of Installment Principal
Collections Attributable to Full Payoffs
Principal Amount of Repurchases
Principal Amount of Gross Losses
----------------
Pool Balance - End of Period (EOP)
================
Pool Statistics End of Period
--------------- ----------------
Initial Pool Balance
(Pool Balance at the Purchase Date)
Pool Factor
(Pool Balance as a Percent of
Initial Pool Balance)
Ending Overcollateralization (O/C) Amount
Coverage Ratio (Ending Pool Balance as
a Percent of Ending Notes)
Cumulative Net Losses
Net Loss Ratio (3 mo. Weighted Avg.)
Cumulative Recovery Ratio
% of EOP
Delinquency Information(1) Pool # of
$ Amount Balance Accounts
-------- -------- --------
31-60 Days Delinquent
61-90 Days Delinquent
91-120 Days Delinquent
121 Days or More Delinquent
Repossessions
(1) A receivable is not considered past due if the amount past due is
less than 10% of the scheduled monthly payment.
60+ Days Delinquency Amount
60+ Days Delinquency Ratio
(3 mo. Weighted Avg.)
Current Month Prior Month
------------- -----------
Weighted Average APR
Weighted Average Remaining Term (months)
Weighted Average Seasoning (months)
Exhibit B-1
EXHIBIT B
Form of Servicer's Certificate
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Cash Sources
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Collections of Installment
Principal
Collections Attributable to Full
Payoffs
Principal Amount of Repurchases O/C Release
-----------
Recoveries on Loss Pool Balance
Accounts
Collections of Interest Yield Supplement O/C Amount ____
Investment Earnings Adjusted Pool Balance
Reserve Account Total Securities ____
____
Total Sources
====
Cash Uses Adjusted O/C Amount
---------
Servicer Fee Target Overcollateralization
Amount
A Note Interest O/C Release Period? ____
Priority Principal O/C Release
Distribution Amount
B Note Interest
Reserve Fund
Regular Principal
Distribution Amount
Distribution to
Certificateholders
____
Total Cash Uses
====
Administrative Payment
----------------------
Total Principal and Interest
Sources
Investment Earnings in Trust
Account
Daily Collection Remitted
Cash Reserve in Trust Account
Servicer Fee (withheld)
O/C Release to Seller
____
Payment Due to/(from)
====
Trust Account
Principal Interest
per per
Beginning Ending Principal $1000 Interest $1000
Balance Balance Payment Face Payment Face
----------------------------------------------------------
Notes
Class A-1 @ %
Class A-2 @ %
Class A-3 @ %
Class A-4 @ %
Class B @ %
Total Notes
=============================== ========
* Class A-1 Interest is computed on an Actual/360 Basis. Days in current period.
Exhibit B-2
APPENDIX A
Item 1119 Parties
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC
Chase Bank USA, National Association
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Appendix A
APPENDIX B
Minimum Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in
Assessment of Compliance Statement
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the [Trustee]
[Servicer] shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as
"Applicable Servicing Criteria":
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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General Servicing Considerations
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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
agreements.
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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.
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1122(d)(1)(iii) Any requirements in the transaction
agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer for the Pool Assets are
maintained.
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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.
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Cash Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on pool assets 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
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer
on behalf of an obligor or to an
investor are made only by authorized
personnel.
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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
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(iv) The related accounts for the
transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a
form of over collateralization, are
separately maintained (e.g., with
respect to commingling of cash) as set
forth in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(v) Each custodial account is maintained
at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the
transaction agreements. 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.
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Appendix B-1
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as
to prevent unauthorized access.
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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
agreements; (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 agreements.
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Investor Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those
to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the
transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically,
such reports (A) are prepared in
accordance with timeframes and other
terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information
calculated in accordance with the terms
specified in the transaction
agreements; (C) are filed with the
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 Pool Assets serviced by
the Servicer.
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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 agreements.
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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 agreements.
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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.
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Pool Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i) Collateral or security on pool assets
is maintained as required by the
transaction agreements or related pool
asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(ii) Pool assets and related documents are
safeguarded as required by the
transaction agreements
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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
agreements.
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Appendix B-2
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on pool assets, including any
payoffs, made in accordance with the
related pool asset 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 agreements, and allocated
to principal, interest or other items
(e.g., escrow) in accordance with the
related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(v) The Servicer's records regarding the
pool assets agree with the Servicer's
records with respect to an obligor's
unpaid principal balance.
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1122(d)(4)(vi) Changes with respect to the terms or
status of an obligor's pool assets
(e.g., loan modifications or re-agings)
are made, reviewed and approved by
authorized personnel in accordance with
the transaction agreements and related
pool asset documents.
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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
agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(viii) Records documenting collection efforts
are maintained during the period a pool
asset is delinquent in accordance with
the transaction agreements. Such
records are maintained on at least a
monthly basis, or such other period
specified in the transaction
agreements, and describe the entity's
activities in monitoring delinquent
pool assets including, for example,
phone calls, letters and payment
rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g.,
illness or unemployment).
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1122(d)(4)(ix) Adjustments to interest rates or rates
of return for pool assets with variable
rates are computed based on the related
pool asset documents.
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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 pool
asset documents, on at least an annual
basis, or such other period specified
in the transaction agreements; (B)
interest on such funds is paid, or
credited, to obligors in accordance
with applicable pool asset documents
and state laws; and (C) such funds are
returned to the obligor within 30
calendar days of full repayment of the
related pool assets, or such other
number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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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 agreements.
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Appendix B-3
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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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.
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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 agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xiv) Delinquencies, charge-offs and
uncollectible accounts are recognized
and recorded in accordance with the
transaction agreements.
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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 agreements.
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[DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS]
[DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES
AMERICAS LLC]
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _________________________
Appendix B-4
APPENDIX C
Form of Performance Certification
Reporting Subcontractor
CERTIFICATION
Re: DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C
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The undersigned Reporting Subcontractor hereby certifies to the [ ] and
its officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively, the "Certification
Parties") as follows, with the knowledge and intent that the Certification
Parties will rely on this Certification in connection with the certification
concerning the Trust to be signed by an officer of the Servicer and submitted
to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act
of 2002:
1. The Reporting Subcontractor has reviewed the information and reports
provided by it to the Seller and the Servicer pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the servicing criteria assessment under
Section 11.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the "Information");
2. Based on the Reporting Subcontractor's knowledge, the Information,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required in the Information and 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 covered by the
10-K report; and
3. The servicing criteria assessment required to be provided by the
Reporting Subcontrator pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, has been
provided to the Seller and the Servicer. Any material instance of
noncompliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in
such report.
4. Any assessment of compliance with servicing criteria required to be
provided by any Reporting Subcontractor of the Indenture Trustee have been
provided by such Reporting Subcontractor.
Appendix C-1
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2006 among
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC, as Seller and Servicer, and
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C.
[REPORTING SUBCONTRACTOR]
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _________________________
Appendix C-2
APPENDIX D
Form of Performance Certification
(Servicer)
CERTIFICATION
Re: DaimlerChrysler Auto Owner Trust 2006-C
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The undersigned Servicer hereby certifies to the [ ] and its officers,
directors and Affiliates (collectively, the "Certification Parties") as
follows, with the knowledge and intent that the Certification Parties will
rely on this Certification in connection with the certification concerning the
Trust to be signed by an officer of the Servicer and submitted to the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002:
1. I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer
provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the "Compliance
Statement"), the report on assessment of the Servicer'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 Receivables by the Servicer
during 200[ ] that were delivered by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the "Servicer Servicing
Information");
2. Based on my knowledge, the Servicer 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 Servicer Servicing Information;
3. Based on my knowledge, all of the Servicer Servicing Information
required to be provided by the Servicer under the Agreement has been provided
to the Indenture Trustee;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer as servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated October 1,
2006 among DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C, and DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services Americas LLC (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 Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the
Agreement in all material respects; and
5. The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Servicer
pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report
required to be provided by
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇
the Servicer and by any Reporting Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement,
have been provided to the Indenture Trustee. Any material instances of
noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed to the Seller. Any
material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been
disclosed in such reports.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2006 among
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC, as Seller and Servicer, and
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-C.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL
SERVICES AMERICAS LLC
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _________________________
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