EXHIBIT 10.2
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2006-A,
Issuer
BMW FS SECURITIES LLC,
Depositor,
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC,
Seller, Sponsor, Servicer, Administrator and Custodian,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
Indenture Trustee
Dated as of September 1, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.........................17
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Receivables.............................18
ARTICLE III THE RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Seller..........19
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.......20
SECTION 3.03. Repurchase Upon Breach................................21
SECTION 3.04. Custody of Receivable Files...........................22
SECTION 3.05. Duties of Servicer as Custodian.......................22
SECTION 3.06. Instructions; Authority to Act........................23
SECTION 3.07. Custodian's Indemnification...........................23
SECTION 3.08. Effective Period and Termination......................23
ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 4.01. Duties of Servicer....................................24
SECTION 4.02. Collection of Receivable Payments;
Modifications of Receivables..........................25
SECTION 4.03. Realization upon Receivables..........................26
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...................27
SECTION 4.08. Servicing Fee.........................................27
SECTION 4.09. Servicer's Certificate................................28
SECTION 4.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of
Servicer Termination Event............................28
SECTION 4.11. Assessment of Compliance and Annual
Accountants' Attestation..............................28
SECTION 4.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Receivables.................................29
SECTION 4.13. Term of Servicer......................................30
SECTION 4.14. Access to Information Regarding Trust and Basic
Documents.............................................30
ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS;
STATEMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Accounts.............................30
SECTION 5.02. Collections...........................................33
SECTION 5.03. Application of Collections............................33
SECTION 5.04. Purchase Amounts......................................33
SECTION 5.05. Reserved..............................................33
SECTION 5.06. Distributions.........................................33
SECTION 5.07. Reserve Account.......................................35
SECTION 5.08. Statements to Securityholders.........................36
SECTION 5.09. Reserved..............................................38
SECTION 5.10. Reserved..............................................38
SECTION 5.11. Advances by the Servicer..............................38
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR
SECTION 6.01. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Depositor.............................................38
SECTION 6.02. Company Existence.....................................40
SECTION 6.03. Liability of Depositor................................40
SECTION 6.04. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
the Obligations of, Depositor.........................40
SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others.......41
SECTION 6.06. Depositor May Own Securities..........................41
SECTION 6.07. Depositor to Provide Copies of Relevant
Securities Filings....................................41
SECTION 6.08. Amendment of Depositor's Organizational
Documents.............................................41
ARTICLE VII THE SERVICER
SECTION 7.01. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Servicer..............................................42
SECTION 7.02. Indemnities of Servicer...............................43
SECTION 7.03. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
the Obligations of, Servicer..........................44
SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others........45
SECTION 7.05. Appointment of Subservicer or Subcontractor...........45
SECTION 7.06. Servicer Not to Resign................................46
SECTION 7.07. Servicer May Own Securities...........................47
SECTION 7.08. Information to be Provided by the Servicer............47
SECTION 7.09. Remedies..............................................47
ARTICLE VIII DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01. Servicer Termination Events...........................48
SECTION 8.02. Consequences of a Servicer Termination Event..........49
SECTION 8.03. Appointment of Successor Servicer.....................50
SECTION 8.04. Notification to Securityholders.......................51
SECTION 8.05. Waiver of Past Defaults...............................51
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Optional Purchase of All Receivables..................52
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.............................................52
SECTION 10.02. Protection of Title to Trust..........................53
SECTION 10.03. Notices...............................................55
SECTION 10.04. Assignment by the Depositor or the Servicer...........55
SECTION 10.05. Limitations on Rights of Others.......................55
SECTION 10.06. Severability..........................................56
SECTION 10.07. Counterparts..........................................56
SECTION 10.08. Headings..............................................56
SECTION 10.09. Governing Law.........................................56
SECTION 10.10. Assignment by Issuer..................................56
SECTION 10.11. Nonpetition Covenants.................................56
SECTION 10.12. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and
Indenture Trustee.....................................56
SECTION 10.13. Depositor Payment Obligation..........................57
SECTION 10.14. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.................57
EXHIBITS
SCHEDULE A Schedule of Receivables
SCHEDULE B Location of Receivable Files
SCHEDULE C Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount
EXHIBIT A Representations and Warranties of the Seller
EXHIBIT B Form of Payment Date Statement to Securityholders
EXHIBIT C Form of Servicer's Certificate
EXHIBIT D Form of Dealer Agreement
EXHIBIT E Form of Annual Certification
EXHIBIT F Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
THIS SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of
September 1, 2006, is among BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2006-A, a Delaware statutory
trust (the "Issuer"), BMW FS SECURITIES LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the "Depositor"), BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("BMW FS"), as the seller (in such capacity, the "Seller"), as
the sponsor (in such capacity, the "Sponsor"), as servicer (in such capacity,
the "Servicer"), as administrator (in such capacity, the "Administrator") and as
custodian (in such capacity, the "Custodian"), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, a New York banking corporation, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables
arising in connection with automobile retail installment sale contracts and
promissory notes generated by BMW FS in the ordinary course of its business and
sold by BMW FS to the Depositor;
WHEREAS, the Depositor is willing to sell such receivables to the
Issuer; and
WHEREAS, BMW FS is willing to service such receivables.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
"Advance" means, as to any Payment Date, the aggregate of all
scheduled payments of interest which were due during the related Collection
Period that remained unpaid at the end of such Collection Period and were not
collected during such Collection Period, exclusive of any such scheduled payment
which the Servicer has determined would be a Nonrecoverable Advance if an
advance in respect of such scheduled payment were made.
"Advance Reimbursement Amount" means any amount received or deemed
to be received by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.11 in reimbursement of an
Advance made out of its own funds.
"Agreement" means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the same may
be amended or supplemented from time to time.
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"Amount Financed" means with respect to a Receivable, the amount
advanced under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the Financed Vehicle
and any related costs, exclusive of any amount allocable to the premium of
force-placed physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle.
"Annual Percentage Rate" or "APR" of a Receivable means the annual
rate of finance charges stated in the related Contract.
"Available Amounts" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum
of Available Principal and Available Interest.
"Available Amounts Shortfall" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.06(b).
"Available Interest" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
sum of the following amounts, without duplication, allocable to interest
received or allocated by the Servicer on or in respect of the Receivables during
the related Collection Period: (a) that portion of all collections on
Receivables allocable to interest (including the amount, if any, of Advances for
that Collection Period, but excluding the amount, if any, of reimbursements of
Advance previously made to the Servicer), (b) the Purchase Amount of each
Receivable that became a Purchased Receivable during such Collection Period to
the extent attributable to accrued interest on such Receivable, (c) Recoveries
for such Collection Period, (d) Investment Earnings for the related Payment
Date, (e) Liquidation Proceeds for such Collection Period to the extent
allocable to interest and (f) Net Investment Losses deposited by the Servicer;
provided, however, that in calculating the Available Interest the following will
be excluded: all payments and proceeds that are allocable to interest (including
Liquidation Proceeds) of any Purchased Receivables the Purchase Amount of which
has been included in the Available Interest in a prior Collection Period.
"Available Principal" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
sum of the following amounts, without duplication, with respect to the related
Collection Period: (a) the portion of all collections on Receivables allocable
to principal, (b) Liquidation Proceeds for such Collection Period to the extent
allocable to principal and (c) that portion allocable to principal of the
Purchase Amount of all Receivables that became Purchased Receivables during or
in respect of such Collection Period.
"Basic Documents" means the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, this
Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement, and
the Note Depository Agreement and other documents and certificates delivered in
connection therewith.
"BMW Capital" means BMW US Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
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"BMW FS" means BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which a national banking association or a commercial banking institution
in the State of New Jersey, the State of Delaware or the State of New York is
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.
"Certificate" means a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest
of a Certificateholder in the Trust.
"Certificate Distribution Account" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Trust Agreement.
"Certificate Final Scheduled Payment Date" means the Payment Date
in June 2013.
"Certificate Percentage Interest" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Trust Agreement.
"Certificateholders" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Trust Agreement.
"Class" means any one of the classes of Notes.
"Class A Rate" means the Class A-1 Rate, Class A-2 Rate, Class A-3
Rate or Class A-4 Rate, as applicable.
"Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means the September 2007
Payment Date.
"Class A-1 Note Balance" means, as of any date of determination, the
Initial Class A-1 Note Balance less all amounts distributed to Class A-1
Noteholders on or prior to such date and allocable to principal.
"Class A-1 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-1
Note is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-1 Notes" means the 5.36344% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture.
"Class A-1 Rate" means 5.36344% per annum.
"Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means the May 2009 Payment
Date.
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"Class A-2 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-2
Note is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-2 Notes" means the 5.30% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Indenture.
"Class A-2 Rate" means 5.30% per annum.
"Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means the September 2010
Payment Date.
"Class A-3 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-3
Note is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-3 Notes" means the 5.13% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 to the Indenture.
"Class A-3 Rate" means 5.13% per annum.
"Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date" means the August 2011
Payment Date.
"Class A-4 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-4
Note is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-4 Notes" means the 5.07% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 to the Indenture.
"Class A-4 Rate" means 5.07% per annum.
"Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date" means the June 2013 Payment
Date.
"Class B Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class B Note
is registered in the Note Register.
"Class B Notes" means the 5.19% Asset Backed Notes, Class B,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-5 to the Indenture.
"Class B Rate" means 5.19% per annum.
"Closing Date" means September 22, 2006.
"Collateral" has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of the
Indenture.
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"Collection Account" means the account designated as such,
established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a).
"Collection Period" means with respect to any Payment Date, the
calendar month preceding such Payment Date. 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: (i) all applications of collections and (ii) all distributions
to be made on the following Payment Date.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Contract" means a motor vehicle retail installment sale contract or
promissory note.
"Controlling Class" means with respect to any Notes Outstanding, the
Class A Notes (voting together as a single class) so long as the Class A Notes
are Outstanding, and thereafter the Class B Notes so long as any Class B Notes
are Outstanding (in each case excluding Notes held by the Depositor, the
Servicer or their Affiliates).
"Conveyed Assets" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
"Custodian" means BMW FS, in its capacity as custodian of the
Receivables.
"Cutoff Date" means the close of business on August 31, 2006.
"Dealer" means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who
originated the related Receivable and assigned it to BMW FS pursuant to a Dealer
Agreement.
"Dealer Agreement" means an agreement between BMW FS and a Dealer
pursuant to which such Dealer sells Contracts to BMW FS, substantially in the
form of Exhibit D.
"Delinquent Receivable" means a Receivable with respect to which
more than 20% of any Scheduled Payment is more than 29 days delinquent as of the
last day of the related Collection Period, excluding Receivables with respect to
which the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and Liquidated
Receivables.
"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 by
physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee endorsed to, or registered in the
name of, the Indenture Trustee or endorsed in blank, and, with respect to a
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certificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer
thereof (i) by delivery of such certificated security endorsed to, or registered
in the name of, the Indenture Trustee or (ii) by delivery thereof to a "clearing
corporation" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) 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 the Indenture Trustee by the amount of such certificated
security and the identification by the clearing corporation of the certificated
securities for the sole and exclusive account of the Indenture Trustee (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; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become
appropriate to effect the 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;
(b) with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National Mortgage
Association that is a book-entry security 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 that is also a "depository" pursuant to
applicable federal regulations; the making by such securities intermediary of
entries in its books and records crediting such Trust Account Property to the
Indenture Trustee's security account at the securities intermediary and
identifying such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System
pursuant to federal book-entry regulations as belonging to the Indenture
Trustee; 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, consistent with changes in applicable law or
regulations or the interpretation thereof;
(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 (b) above, registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in
the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian who either (i)
becomes the registered owner on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or (ii) having
previously become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the
Indenture Trustee; and
(d) with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is a
security entitlement causing the securities intermediary to indicate on its
books and records that such security entitlement has been credited to a
securities account of the Indenture Trustee.
"Depositor" means BMW FS Securities LLC and its successors in
interest.
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"Determination Date" means, with respect to each Payment Date, the
18th calendar day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs (or if such
18th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
"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 State, 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.
"Eligible Institution" means (a) the corporate trust department of
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or (b) a depository institution
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State, that (i)
has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least "AA-" by Standard &
Poor's and acceptable to Moody's or (B) a short-term unsecured debt rating or
certificate of deposit rating of at least "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's and
acceptable to Moody's and (ii) the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC.
"Eligible Investments" means securities, negotiable instruments or
security entitlements that evidence:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
the full and timely payment by, the United 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 (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
Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby;
(c) commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or
contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each Rating Agency in
the highest investment category granted thereby;
(d) investments in money market funds having a rating from each
Rating Agency in the highest investment 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);
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(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) above; and
(g) any other investment with respect to which the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Servicer has received written notification from each
Rating Agency that the acquisition of such investment will satisfy the Rating
Agency Condition.
"Eligible Servicer" means BMW FS or any other Person that at the
time of its appointment as Servicer (i) is servicing a portfolio of motor
vehicle retail installment sale contracts, promissory notes or motor vehicle
installment loans, (ii) is legally qualified and has the capacity to service the
Receivables, (iii) has demonstrated the ability professionally and competently
to service a portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts,
promissory notes or motor vehicle installment loans similar to the Receivables
with reasonable skill and care and (iv) has a minimum net worth of $50,000,000.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its
successors.
"Financed Vehicle" means a new or used automobile, sport utility
vehicle or motorcycle, together with all accessions thereto, securing an
Obligor's indebtedness under the related Contract.
"First Priority Principal Distribution Amount" means, with respect
to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any of (a) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes as of the preceding Payment
Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on
such preceding Payment Date) over (b) the Pool Balance at the end of the
Collection Period preceding such Payment Date less the Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization Amount for such Payment Date; provided however, that the
First Priority Principal Distribution Amount shall not exceed the sum of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all of the Notes on such Payment Date
(after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such
preceding Payment Date); and provided further, that the First Priority Principal
Distribution Amount on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of a Class of
Class A Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the
outstanding principal amount of such Class of Class A Notes and all earlier
maturing classes of Class A Notes to zero.
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"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of September 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 Class A-1 Note Balance" means $323,000,000.
"Initial Class A-2 Note Balance" means $308,000,000.
"Initial Class A-3 Note Balance" means $280,000,000.
"Initial Class A-4 Note Balance" means $173,044,000.
"Initial Class B Note Balance" means $24,952,000.
"Initial Pool Balance" means an amount equal to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date.
"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.
"Interest Distribution Account" means the account designated as
such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(b).
"Interest Period" means (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the
period from and including the most recent Payment Date on which interest has
been paid (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but
excluding the next succeeding Payment Date and (b) with respect to the Class
A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 Notes and Class B Notes, the period from and including
the 25th day of the calendar month (or, in the case of the first Payment Date,
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from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the 25th day of the next
calendar month.
"Investment Earnings" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on amounts on
deposit in the Note Distribution Account to be applied on such Payment Date
pursuant to Section 5.01(d).
"Issuer" means BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2006-A.
"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.
"Liquidated Receivable" means a Receivable with respect to which the
earliest of the following shall have occurred: (i) the related Financed Vehicle
has been repossessed and liquidated, (ii) the related Financed Vehicle has been
repossessed in excess of 90 days and has not yet been liquidated, (iii) the
Servicer has determined in accordance with its credit policies that all amounts
that it expects to receive with respect to the Receivable have been received or
(iv) the end of the Collection Period in which the Receivable becomes 150 days
or more past due.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to any Receivable that
becomes a Liquidated Receivable, the moneys collected in respect thereof, from
whatever source, during or after the Collection Period in which such Receivable
became a Liquidated Receivable, including liquidation of the related Financed
Vehicle, net of the sum of any out-of-pocket expenses of the Servicer reasonably
allocated to such liquidation and any amounts required by law to be remitted to
the Obligor on such Liquidated Receivable.
"Minimum Required Rating" means, with respect to BMW Capital, a
short-term unsecured debt rating of the commercial paper of BMW Capital (which
commercial paper is guaranteed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft)
equal to or greater than "Prime-1" by Moody's and "A-1" by Standard & Poor's.
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc., and its
successors.
"Net Investment Losses" means, with respect to a Trust Account and
any Collection Period, the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of all losses
and expenses incurred during such period in connection with the investment of
funds in Eligible Investments in accordance with Section 5.01(d) exceeds the
aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on such
funds.
"Nonrecoverable Advance" means any Advance made or proposed to be
made pursuant to Section 5.11, which the Servicer believes, in its good faith
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judgment, is not, or if made would not be, ultimately recoverable from
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise. In determining whether an advance is or will
be nonrecoverable, the Servicer need not take into account that it might receive
any amounts in a deficiency judgment.
"Note Balance" means, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, (ii) the Initial
Class A-2 Note Balance, (iii) the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance, (iv) the
Initial Class A-4 Note Balance and (v) the Initial Class B Note Balance, less
all amounts allocable to principal distributed to Noteholders on or prior to
such date.
"Note Distribution Account" means the account designated as such,
established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(b).
"Note Pool Factor" means, with respect to each Class of Notes as of
the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, a seven-digit
decimal figure equal to the Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes (after
giving effect to any reductions thereof to be made on the immediately following
Payment Date) divided by the original Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes.
Each Note Pool Factor will be 1.0000000 as of the Closing Date; thereafter, the
Note Pool Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Outstanding Amount of
such Class of Notes.
"Noteholders" shall mean the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2
Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Class A-4 Noteholders or the Class B
Noteholders.
"Obligor" on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of
the related Financed Vehicle, and any other Person obligated to make payments
thereunder.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by (a) the
chairman of the board, any vice president, the controller or any assistant
controller and (b) the president, a treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or
assistant secretary of the Depositor or the Servicer, as appropriate.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel,
who may be an employee of or counsel to the Depositor or the Servicer, which
counsel shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the
Rating Agencies, as applicable, and which shall be addressed to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and which shall be at the expense of the
person required to provide such an Opinion of Counsel.
"Outstanding" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture.
"Outstanding Amount" means, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate principal amount of one Class or of all Classes of Notes, as
applicable, Outstanding as of such date of determination.
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"Outstanding Amount Advanced" means, as to any Payment Date, the
aggregate of all Advances remitted by the Servicer out of its own funds pursuant
to Section 5.11, less the aggregate of all related Advance Reimbursement Amounts
actually received prior to such Payment Date.
"Owner Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, acting not in its
individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.
"Payment Date" means, with respect to each Collection Period, the
25th day of the following month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately following Business Day, commencing on October 25, 2006.
"Physical Property" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Delivery" above.
"Pool Balance" means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount
equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables at the end of the
related Collection Period, after giving effect to all payments of principal
received from Obligors and Purchase Amounts to be remitted by the Servicer for
the related Collection Period, and after reduction to zero of the aggregate
outstanding Principal Balance of all Receivables that became Liquidated
Receivables during such Collection Period.
"Principal Balance" means, with respect to any Receivable and a
Determination Date, the Amount Financed minus an amount equal to, as of the
close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period, that portion
of all amounts received on or prior to such day with respect to such Receivable
and allocable to principal using the Simple Interest Method.
"Principal Distribution Account" means the account designated as
such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(b).
"Purchase Amount" means, with respect to any Receivable that became
a Purchased Receivable, the unpaid principal balance owed by the Obligor thereon
plus unpaid interest on such amount at the applicable APR to the last day of the
month of repurchase.
"Purchased Receivable" means a Receivable purchased as of the close
of business on the last day of a Collection Period by or on behalf of the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.07 or by or on behalf of the Seller pursuant to
Section 3.03 hereof and the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Rating Agency" means Moody's and Standard & Poor's, as the context
may require. If none of Moody's, Standard & Poor's or a successor thereto
remains in existence, "Rating Agency" shall mean any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the
Depositor.
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"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
Rating Agency shall not have notified the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in
writing that such action will result in a reduction, withdrawal or down-grade of
the then-current rating of any Class of Notes.
"Realized Losses" means, with respect to any Receivable that becomes
a Liquidated Receivable, the excess of the Principal Balance thereof over the
portion of related Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal.
"Receivable Files" means the following documents with respect to
each Financed Vehicle:
(i) the fully executed original of each Receivable
(together with any agreements modifying each such Receivable
including any deferment agreement);
(ii) the original credit application, or an electronic
copy thereof;
(iii) the original certificate of title or such other
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 related Financed Vehicle; and
(iv) any and all other documents that the Servicer
shall have kept on file in accordance with its customary procedures
relating to a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle.
"Receivables" means any Contract listed on Schedule A (which
Schedule may be in the form of microfiche).
"Receivables Purchase Agreement" means the Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated as of September 1, 2006, between BMW FS, as seller, and the
Depositor.
"Record Date" means, as to any Payment Date (i) if the Notes are
issued in book-entry form, the day immediately preceding such Payment Date and
(ii) if the Notes are issued in definitive form, the last day of the month
preceding such Payment Date.
"Recoveries" means, with respect to any Receivable that becomes a
Liquidated Receivable, monies collected in respect thereof, from whatever
source, during any Collection Period following the Collection Period in which
such Receivable became a Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts
expended by the Servicer for the account of the Obligor and any amounts required
by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
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"Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Indenture.
"Regular Principal Distribution Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of an
amount equal to (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all the Notes as of the
preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on
the Notes on such preceding Payment Date) or the Closing Date (in the case of
the first Payment Date), as the case may be, minus (ii) the Pool Balance at the
end of the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date less the Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Amount with respect to such Payment Date and
less the Target Credit Enhancement Overcollateralization Amount with respect to
such Payment Date; over the sum of the First Priority Principal Distribution
Amount and the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount with respect to
such Payment Date; provided however, that the Regular Principal Distribution
Amount shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all of
the Notes on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments
made on the Notes on that preceding Payment Date in respect of the First
Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any, and the Second Priority
Principal Distribution Amount, if any); provided further, that the Regular
Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of a
Class of Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the
Outstanding Amount of that Class of Notes and all earlier maturing classes of
Notes to zero.
"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.
"Reserve Account" means the account designated as such, established
by the Issuer and maintained by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
5.01(c).
"Reserve Account Initial Deposit" means $2,772,490.93.
"Reserve Account Required Amount" means (a) on the Closing Date, the
Reserve Account Initial Deposit and (b) with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of $2,772,490.93 and the aggregate Outstanding Amount
of the Notes.
"Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount" means, with respect to each
Payment Date, the lesser of (c) the excess of (i) the amounts due under Section
5.06(b)(i) through (v) over (ii) Available Amounts for such Payment Date and (y)
the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account for such Payment Date.
"Responsible Officer" means the chairman of the board, the
president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the secretary, or any assistant secretary of the Servicer.
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"Scheduled Payment" means, with respect to each Receivable, the
scheduled monthly payment amount set forth in the related Contract and required
to be paid by the Obligor during each Collection Period.
"Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount" means, with respect
to any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any,
of an amount equal to (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all the Notes as
of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments
made on the Notes on such preceding Payment Date) or the Closing Date (in the
case of the first Payment Date), as the case may be, minus (ii) the Pool Balance
at the end of the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date less the Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Amount with respect to such Payment Date over
the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount with respect to such Payment
Date; provided however, that the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount
shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all of the Notes
on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the
Notes on that preceding Payment Date in respect of the First Priority Principal
Distribution Amount, if any); and provided further, that the Second Priority
Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of a
Class of Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the
Outstanding Amount of that Class of Notes and all earlier maturing classes of
Notes to zero.
"Securities" means the Notes and the Certificates.
"Securityholders" means the Noteholders or the Certificateholders,
as the context may require.
"Seller" means BMW FS and its successor in interest, as the seller
of the Receivables to the Depositor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
"Servicer" means BMW FS, as the servicer of the Receivables, and
each successor to BMW FS (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or
8.03.
"Servicer Termination Event" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.01.
"Servicer's Certificate" means an Officers' Certificate of the
Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 4.09, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.
"Servicing Criteria" means the "servicing criteria" set forth in
Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
"Servicing Fee" means an amount equal to the sum of (i) the product
of the Servicing Fee Rate and the Pool Balance as of the first day of the
related Collection Period, and (ii) any late fees, prepayment charges, extension
fees and other administrative fees or similar charges collected on the
Receivables.
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"Servicing Fee Rate" means 1.00% per annum.
"Simple Interest Method" means the method of allocating the monthly
payments received with respect to a Receivable to interest in an amount equal to
the product of (i) the applicable APR, (ii) the period of time (expressed as a
fraction of a year, based on the actual number of days in the calendar month and
365 days in the calendar year) elapsed since the preceding payment was made
under such Receivable and (iii) the outstanding principal amount of such
Receivable, and allocating the remainder of each such monthly payment to
principal.
"Specified Credit Enhancement Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (i) 1.25% and (ii) the Pool Balance at the end of
the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date, less the Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization Amount with respect to such Payment Date; provided,
however, that the Specified Credit Enhancement Amount with respect to any
Payment Date shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
the Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal
payments made on the Notes on such preceding Payment Date).
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a
division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., and its successors.
"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 the
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 a Subservicer.
"Subservicer" means any Person that services Receivables on behalf
of the Servicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or
through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material
servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer under this
Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
"Target Credit Enhancement Overcollateralization Amount" means, with
respect to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Specified Credit
Enhancement Amount with respect to such Payment Date over the Reserve Account
Required Amount with respect to such Payment Date.
"Trust" means the Issuer.
"Trust Account Property" means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and
investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of
deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated
securities or otherwise) and all proceeds of the foregoing.
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"Trust Accounts" shall mean the Collection Account, the Note
Distribution Account and the Reserve Account.
"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
dated as of September 1, 2006, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Fees and Expenses" will mean all accrued and unpaid Owner
Trustee and Indenture Trustee's fees and any amounts due to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee for reimbursement of expenses or in respect of
indemnification and other administrative fees of the Trust.
"Trust Officer" means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any
officer within the Institutional Trust Services/Global Debt department of the
Indenture Trustee, including any Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer,
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, in each case having direct
responsibility for the administration of the Basic Documents and, with respect
to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration
Department of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of the Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents on behalf of
the Owner Trustee.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the
relevant jurisdiction.
"Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount" means, with respect
to any Payment Date, the dollar amount set forth next to such Payment Date on
Schedule C hereto.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or, if not defined
therein, in the Trust Agreement.
(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
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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" shall mean "including 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.
(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.
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 Depositor of the Notes and the Certificates, the Depositor does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse
(subject to the obligations of the Depositor set forth herein), all right, title
and interest of the Depositor in and to:
(i) the Receivables and all moneys received thereon
after the Cutoff Date;
(ii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles
and any accessions thereto granted by Obligors pursuant to the
Receivables and any other interest of the Depositor in such Financed
Vehicles;
(iii) any Liquidation Proceeds and any other proceeds
with respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage,
credit life or disability insurance policies covering the Financed
Vehicles or the related Obligors, including any vendor's single
interest or other collateral protection insurance policy;
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(iv) any property that shall have secured a Receivable
and shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trust;
(v) all documents and other items contained in the
Receivable Files;
(vi) all of the Depositor's rights (but not its
obligations) under the Receivables Purchase Agreement;
(vii) all right, title and interest in all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and the Certificate
Distribution Account and in all investments therein and proceeds
thereof (including all Investment Earnings thereon); and
(viii) all proceeds from any Receivable repurchased by a
Dealer pursuant to a Dealer Agreement; and
(ix) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing
(collectively, with the assets listed in clauses (i) through (viii)
above, the "Conveyed Assets").
It is the intention of the Depositor that the transfer and
assignment contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the
Receivables and other related property from the Depositor to the Trust and the
beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables and the related property
shall not be part of the Depositor's estate in the event of the filing of a
bankruptcy petition by or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. In the
event that, notwithstanding the intent of the Depositor, the transfer and
assignment contemplated hereby is held not to be a sale, this Agreement shall
constitute a grant by the Depositor, and the Depositor hereby grants, to the
Issuer of a first priority perfected security interest in all of the Depositor's
right, title and interest in and to the Conveyed Assets and under all accounts,
money, chattel paper, securities, instruments, documents, deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit, letters of credit, advices of credit, banker's
acceptances, uncertificated securities, general intangibles, contract rights,
goods and other property consisting of, arising from or relating to such
Conveyed Assets, for the benefit of the Securityholders as security for the
Depositor's obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE III
THE RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Seller.
(a) The Seller has made each of the representations and warranties
set forth in Exhibit A hereto under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and has
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consented to the assignment by the Depositor to the Issuer of the Depositor's
rights with respect thereto. 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 of such Receivables to the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to Section
2.01 of this Agreement, the Depositor has sold, assigned, transferred and
conveyed to the Issuer, as part of the assets of the Issuer, its rights under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including the representations and warranties
of the Seller therein as set forth in Exhibit A, upon which representations and
warranties the Issuer relies in accepting the Receivables and delivering the
Securities, together with all rights of the Depositor with respect to any breach
thereof, including the right to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables in
accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement. It is understood and agreed
that the representations and warranties referred to in this Section shall
survive the sale and delivery of the Receivables to the Issuer or the Custodian.
(b) The Seller hereby agrees that the Issuer shall have the right
to enforce any and all rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement assigned
to the Issuer herein, including the right to cause the Seller to repurchase any
Receivable with respect to which it is in breach of any of its representations
and warranties set forth in Exhibit A, directly against the Seller as though the
Issuer were a party to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and the Issuer shall
not be obligated to exercise any such rights indirectly through the Depositor.
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
The Depositor makes the following representations and warranties, on which the
Issuer relies in accepting the Receivables and delivering the Securities. 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 by the Depositor to the Issuer and the pledge
thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture and with respect to
the representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (d) through (j)
below, shall be non-waivable:
(a) Title. The Depositor shall convey to the Issuer all right,
title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Receivables.
(b) All Filings Made. The Depositor has caused all filings
(including UCC filings) to be made in the State of Ohio and the State of
Delaware with respect to the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the
pledge contemplated in the Basic Agreements to the Indenture Trustee.
(c) Liens. The Depositor has not taken any actions to create,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien on or restriction on transferability of any
Receivable except for the Lien of the Indenture and the restrictions on
transferability imposed by this Agreement.
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(d) Valid Security Interest. This Agreement creates a valid and
continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the
Receivables in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all
other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers
from the Depositor.
(e) Perfection. The Depositor has taken all steps necessary to
perfect its security interest against the Obligors in the property securing the
Receivables. (f) Tangible Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes "tangible
chattel paper" within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(g) Good and Marketable Title. The Depositor owns and has good and
marketable title to the Receivables free and clear of any Lien, claim or
encumbrance of any Person.
(h) Filing of Financing Statements. The Depositor 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.
(i) Other Financing Statements. Other than the security interest
granted to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged,
assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
Receivables. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of
any financing statements against the Depositor that include a description of
collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating
to the security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings
against the Depositor.
(j) Original Contract. The Depositor 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. All financing statements filed or
to be filed against the Depositor in favor of the Issuer in connection herewith
describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following effect: "A
purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing
statement will violate the rights of the Issuer."
SECTION 3.03. Repurchase Upon Breach. Each of the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer shall inform
the other parties to this Agreement promptly, in writing, upon the discovery by
it of any breach of the Seller's representations and warranties made pursuant to
Section 3.01 of this Agreement or Section 3.02 of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, without regard to any limitation set forth in such representation or
warranty concerning the knowledge of the Seller as to the facts stated therein.
Unless any such breach shall have been cured by the last day of the first
Collection Period following the discovery or notice thereof, the Seller shall be
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obligated and, if necessary, the Issuer shall enforce the obligations of the
Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, to purchase as of such last day
any Receivable materially and adversely affected by any such breach. In
consideration of the repurchase of any such Receivable, the repurchasing Seller
shall remit the Purchase Amount to the Collection Account and notify in writing
the Indenture Trustee of such deposit, in the manner specified in Section 5.04.
The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, or the
Certificateholders with respect to the unpaid balance plus accrued interest on
any Receivable as to which a breach of a representation or warranty has occurred
pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Agreement or Section 3.02 of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement or the agreement contained in this Section shall be to
require the Seller to purchase such Receivable pursuant to this Section or to
repurchase such Receivable pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. 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 Receivable Files, which are hereby constructively delivered
by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer may appoint one or more
agents to act as subcustodians of certain items contained in a Receivables File
so long as the Servicer remains primarily responsible for their safekeeping.
SECTION 3.05. Duties of Servicer as Custodian.
(a) Safekeeping. The Servicer shall hold the Receivable Files as
custodian for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, and shall
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 and motorcycle receivables that the Servicer services for itself or
others and the Servicer acknowledges that for purposes of Section 9-313(c) of
the UCC that it is retaining possession of and acting as custodian for the
Receivable Files for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall
conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic reviews of the Receivable Files held
by it under this Agreement in a manner consistent with its reviews of other
receivables serviced for its own account 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
material 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 material failure. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files.
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(b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall
maintain each Receivable File at one of its offices specified in Schedule B to
this Agreement or at such other office as shall be specified to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee by written notice not later than 30 days after any change
in location. The Servicer shall make available to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee or their 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 shall reasonably instruct, which does not unreasonably
interfere with the Servicer's normal operations or customer or employee
relations.
SECTION 3.06. 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 or, if the Notes have been paid in full, of the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 3.07. Custodian's Indemnification. The Servicer, as
custodian, shall indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee and each of their 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
officers, directors, employees or 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, the Indenture Trustee or any such officer,
director, employee or agent of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee for
any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be,
or any such officer, director, employee or agent of the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee, as the case may be.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Servicer or the termination of this Agreement with respect to
acts or omissions of such Servicer preceding such resignation or removal and
shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of
litigation, each of which is duly documented. 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 3.08. 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 unless and until terminated pursuant to this
Section. If BMW FS, or any successor Servicer, shall resign as Servicer in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and
obligations of BMW FS as Servicer or any successor Servicer shall have been
terminated under Section 8.02, the appointment of such Servicer as custodian may
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be terminated by the Issuer or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than
50% of the Notes of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class (or, if no
Notes are then Outstanding, the Certificateholders representing not less than
50% of the aggregate Certificate Percentage Interest, or by the Owner Trustee)
in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Securityholders may
terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.02. As soon
as practicable after any termination of such appointment (but in no event more
than 10 Business Days after any such termination of 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. Notwithstanding the termination of BMW FS as custodian, the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee agree that, upon any such termination and for so
long as BMW FS remains the Servicer hereunder, the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall provide, or cause its agent to provide,
access to the Receivable Files to the Servicer for the purpose of enabling the
Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement with respect to the
servicing of the Receivables.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 4.01. Duties of Servicer. The Servicer, for the benefit
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, shall manage, service, administer and
make collections on the Receivables and perform the other actions required by
the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicer shall service the Receivables in
accordance with its customary and usual procedures. The Servicer's duties shall
include the collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of
Obligors, investigating delinquencies, sending payment coupons to Obligors,
reporting any required tax information to Obligors, monitoring the Collateral,
accounting for collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the
Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions and
performing the other duties specified herein. The Servicer also shall administer
and enforce all rights of the holder of the Receivables under the Receivables
and the Dealer Agreements. The Servicer shall, or cause the Administrator to,
prepare, execute and deliver all certificates or other documents required to be
delivered by the Trust pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent consistent with the
standards, policies and procedures otherwise required hereby, the Servicer shall
follow its customary standards, policies and procedures and shall have full
power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with
the managing, servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables that
it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Servicer is hereby 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 of partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments with respect to the Receivables
and with respect to the Financed Vehicles; provided, however, that,
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notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not, except pursuant to an
order from a court of competent jurisdiction, release an Obligor from payment of
any unpaid amount due under any Receivable, reduce the related APR or waive the
right to collect the unpaid balance of any Receivable from an Obligor. The
Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders or the
Noteholders, a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable pursuant to Section 4.03
or to commence or participate in any other legal proceeding (including a
bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor or a
Financed Vehicle or self help as permitted by applicable law. If the Servicer
commences or participates in any such legal proceeding in its own name, the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically
assigned the applicable Receivable to the Servicer solely for purposes of
commencing or participating in such proceeding as a party or claimant, and the
Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer to
execute and deliver in the Indenture Trustee's or the Issuer's name any notices,
demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or
instruments in connection with any such proceeding. 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 Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders. The Owner Trustee and the
Indenture 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 of Receivable Payments; Modifications
of Receivables.
(a) Consistent with the standards, policies and procedures
required by this Agreement, the Servicer shall make all 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 motor vehicle
receivables that it services for itself or others and otherwise act with respect
to the Receivables in such a manner as will, in the reasonable judgment of the
Servicer, maximize the amount to be received by the Trust with respect thereto.
The Servicer is authorized in its discretion to waive any prepayment charge,
late payment charge or any other similar fees that may be collected in the
ordinary course of servicing any Receivable.
(b) The Servicer may grant payment extensions only to the extent
permissible in its "Collection and Servicing Guidelines" as in effect from time
to time; provided, that no such extension shall extend the final payment date on
any Receivable beyond the last day of the Collection Period ending six months
prior to the Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date.
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(c) Upon any extension not in accordance with this Section, the
Servicer shall be required to purchase the related Receivable in accordance with
Section 4.07.
SECTION 4.03. Realization upon Receivables. Consistent with its
customary procedures, the Servicer shall use its best efforts to repossess or
otherwise convert the ownership of and liquidate any Financed Vehicle securing a
Receivable with respect to which the Servicer shall have determined that
eventual payment in full is unlikely and with respect to which the Servicer
determines that such repossession or other action to be in the best interest of
the Trust.
SECTION 4.04. Physical Damage Insurance. The Servicer shall, in
accordance with its customary servicing procedures, require each Obligor to
obtain and maintain physical loss damage insurance covering the related Financed
Vehicle as of the execution of the related Receivable.
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed
Vehicles.
(a) The Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing
procedures, take such steps as are reasonably necessary to maintain perfection
of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed
Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary
to re-perfect such security interest in the event of the relocation of a
Financed Vehicle, or for any other reason. In the event that the assignment of a
Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without a notation on the related
Financed Vehicle's certificate of title, or without fulfilling any additional
administrative requirements under the laws of the State in which such Financed
Vehicle is located, to perfect a security interest in the related Financed
Vehicle in favor of the Issuer, the Servicer hereby agrees that the designation
of BMW FS as the secured party on the certificate of title is in its capacity as
agent of the Issuer.
(b) The Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and
the Servicer hereby agree that, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination
Event, the Indenture Trustee may take or cause to be taken such actions as may,
in the opinion of counsel to the Indenture Trustee, be necessary to perfect or
re-perfect the security interests in the Financed Vehicles in the name of the
Issuer, including by amending the title documents of the Financed Vehicles. The
Servicer hereby agrees to pay all expenses related to such perfection or
reperfection and to take all action necessary therefor.
SECTION 4.06. Covenants of Servicer. By its execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Servicer hereby covenants as follows (upon which
covenants the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee rely in
accepting the Receivables and delivering the applicable Securities):
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(a) Liens in Force. No Financed Vehicle securing a Receivable
shall be released in whole or in part from the security interest granted by such
Receivable, except upon payment in full of such Receivable or as otherwise
contemplated herein.
(b) No Impairment. The Servicer shall do nothing to impair the
rights of the Trust in the property of the Trust.
(c) No Amendments. The Servicer shall not extend or otherwise
amend the terms of any Receivable, except in accordance with Section 4.02.
(d) Restrictions on Liens. The Servicer shall not (A) create,
incur or suffer to exist, or agree to create, incur or suffer to exist, or
consent to or permit in the future (upon the occurrence of a contingency or
otherwise) the creation, incurrence or existence of any Lien on or restriction
on transferability of any Receivable except for the Lien of the Indenture and
the restrictions on transferability imposed by this Agreement or (B) other than
as contemplated herein, sign or file any UCC financing statements in any
jurisdiction that names BMW FS or the Depositor as a debtor, and any Person
other than the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer as a secured party
or sign any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file
any such financing statement, in each case with respect to the Receivables or
the related property.
SECTION 4.07. Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. Upon
discovery by any of the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in
Sections 4.02(b), 4.05(a) or 4.06, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other; provided, however, that the failure to give
any such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Servicer under this
Section 4.07. On or before the last day of the first Collection Period following
its discovery or receipt of notice of the breach of any covenant set forth in
Sections 4.02(b), 4.05(a) or 4.06 that materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificateholders or the Noteholders in any Receivable, the Servicer shall,
unless such breach shall have been cured in all material respects by such date,
purchase from the Issuer the Receivable affected by such breach. In
consideration of the purchase of any such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit
the related Purchase Amount into the Collection Account, with written notice to
the Indenture Trustee of such deposit, in the manner specified in Section 5.04.
Subject to Section 7.02, it is understood and agreed that the obligation of the
Servicer to purchase any Receivable with respect to which such a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall, if such obligation is fulfilled, constitute
the sole remedy against the Servicer for such breach available to the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or the
Noteholders.
SECTION 4.08. Servicing Fee. The Servicing Fee shall be payable
to the Servicer on each Payment Date. That part of the Servicing Fee based on
the Servicing Fee Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Servicer shall be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement
(including taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection
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with distributions and reports made by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee).
SECTION 4.09. Servicer's Certificate. Not later than 10:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor, with a copy to each
Rating Agency, a Servicer's Certificate containing all information necessary to
make the distributions to be made on the related Payment Date pursuant to
Section 5.06 for the related Collection Period and any other information the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably request. Such Servicer's Certificate shall be
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer that the information provided
is complete and no defaults have occurred. Receivables to be purchased by the
Servicer or to be repurchased by the Seller and each Receivable that became a
Liquidated Receivable shall be identified by the Servicer by account number with
respect to such Receivable (as specified in the Schedule of Receivables).
SECTION 4.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of
Servicer Termination Event.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and each Rating Agency, within 90 days after the end of the Servicer's
fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year 2006), an Officer's Certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer, stating that (i) 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 the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement has been made under such
officer's supervision and (ii) to such officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement
throughout such period or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any
such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the
nature and status thereof.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, written notice
in an Officer's Certificate of any event that is a Servicer Termination Event
under Section 8.01.
SECTION 4.11. Assessment of Compliance and Annual Accountants'
Attestation.
(a) Within 90 days after the end of the Servicer's fiscal year
(commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006), the Servicer shall:
(i) deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator a report regarding
the Servicer's assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during
the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18
and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall be addressed to the Issuer and signed by an authorized officer of
the Servicer, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified
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on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto delivered
to the Issuer and the Administrator concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement;
(ii) deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator a report of a
registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and
the Administrator that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of
compliance made by the Servicer and delivered pursuant to the preceding
paragraph. 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;
(iii) cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor determined by
the Servicer to be "participating in the servicing function" within the
meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Issuer and the
Administrator an assessment of compliance and accountants' attestation as
and when provided in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section; and
(iv) if requested by the Administrator, acting on behalf of the
Issuer, deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator and any other Person
that will be responsible for signing the certification (a "Sarbanes
Certification") required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the
Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002)
on behalf of an asset-backed issuer with respect to a securitization
transaction a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
The Servicer acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (a)(iv) above
may rely on the certification provided by the Servicer pursuant to such clause
in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission. The
Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, will not request delivery of a
certification under clause (a)(iv) above unless the Depositor is required under
the Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to an Issuer
whose asset pool includes the Receivables.
(b) Each assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to
Section 4.11(a)(iii) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification to be delivered to the Servicer, Issuer and the Administrator on
or prior to the date of such appointment. An assessment of compliance provided
by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section 4.11(a)(iii) need not address any
elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Servicer
and the Issuer on the date of such appointment.
SECTION 4.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to representatives of the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders
reasonable access to the documentation regarding the Receivables and the related
Trust property. Access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon
reasonable request, which does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer's
normal business operations or employee or customer relations, and during the
normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer upon prior written notice
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to the Servicer of at least one Business Day. 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. Term of Servicer. The Servicer hereby covenants
and agrees to act as Servicer under, and for the term of, this Agreement.
SECTION 4.14. Access to Information Regarding Trust and Basic
Documents. The Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee from time to time
such information regarding the Trust or the Basic Documents as the Owner Trustee
shall reasonably request. The Indenture Trustee shall furnish to the Owner
Trustee annually a copy of the Note Register. The Servicer shall furnish to the
Owner Trustee copies of all documents and reports required to be provided by the
Servicer pursuant to this Article IV.
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Accounts.
(a) The Servicer, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders, shall cause the Indenture Trustee to establish and maintain
in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
"Collection Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders.
(b) The Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall cause
the Indenture Trustee to establish with and maintain in the name of the
Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Note Distribution Account"),
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Noteholders. The Issuer shall also cause to be
established two administrative subaccounts within the Note Distribution Account
at the Eligible Institution then maintaining the Note Distribution Account,
which subaccounts shall be designated the "Interest Distribution Account" and
the "Principal Distribution Account", respectively. The Interest Distribution
Account and the Principal Distribution Account are established and maintained
solely for administrative purposes.
(c) The Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders, shall cause the Indenture Trustee to establish with and
maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
"Reserve Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders.
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(d) Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, shall cause the Indenture Trustee to
establish with and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible
Deposit Account (the "Certificate Distribution Account"), bearing a designation
clearly indicating that funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The title of the Certificate Distribution Account shall be
"BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2006-A: Certificate Distribution Account for the
benefit of the Certificateholders".
(e) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Reserve
Account shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments
selected in writing by the Servicer; provided, however, that if the Servicer
fails to select any Eligible Investment, the Indenture Trustee shall invest such
funds in Federated No. 851 Prime Cash Obligation Institutional. All such
Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of
the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, as applicable; provided, for each
Collection Period such amount shall be calculated on the Determination Date and
on each Payment Date all interest and other investment income (net of Net
Investment Losses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account for the related
Collection Period shall be paid to the Servicer as part of the servicing
compensation or to the Indenture Trustee as compensation. Other than as
permitted in writing by the Rating Agencies, funds on deposit in the Trust
Accounts shall be invested in Eligible Investments that will mature not later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date. Funds
deposited in a Trust Account on a day that immediately precedes a Payment Date
upon the maturity of any Eligible Investments are not required to be invested
overnight.
(f) In the event that there are Net Investment Losses in Eligible
Investments chosen by the Servicer, the Servicer shall deposit into the
Collection Account, no later than one Business Day prior to the Payment Date,
the amount of the Net Investment Losses. The Indenture Trustee shall not be held
liable in any way for any Net Investment Losses, except for losses attributable
to the Indenture Trustee's failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments
issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor
and not as Indenture Trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(g) (i) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and
interest in all funds and investment property on deposit from time to time in or
credited to the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof (including all income
thereon) and all such funds, investment property, proceeds and income shall be
part of the Trust Estate, except as otherwise set forth herein. The Trust
Accounts 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, any Trust 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 Trust Account as an Eligible Deposit Account
and shall transfer any cash or any investments from the account that is no
longer an Eligible Deposit Account to the Trust Account.
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(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(f)(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(a)(14) 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;
(D) any Trust Account Property that is an "uncertificated
security" under Article 8 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;
and
(E) any Trust Account Property that is a security
entitlement shall be delivered in accordance with
paragraph (d) of the definition herein of "Delivery" and
shall be held pending maturity or disposition by the
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Indenture Trustee or a securities intermediary acting
solely for the Indenture Trustee.
(iii) The Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the
Indenture Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the
Indenture Trustee, following a Servicer Termination Event to
instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from
the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account for the
purpose of withdrawing any amounts deposited in error into such
accounts.
SECTION 5.02. Collections. The Servicer shall remit to the
Collection Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to
the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables), all Liquidation Proceeds and
any subsequent Recoveries on the Business Day prior to the Payment Date for so
long as BMW Capital has the Minimum Required Rating. So long as BMW Capital has
the Minimum Required Rating, the Servicer will remit all such amounts described
in the preceding sentence within two Business Days of receipt to an account
established and maintained by BMW Capital. If BMW Capital no longer has the
Minimum Required Rating, the Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account all
payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to the Receivables (other
than Purchased Receivables), all Liquidation Proceeds and any subsequent
Recoveries within two Business Days of receipt thereof. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, so long as BMW FS is the Servicer, BMW FS may withhold
from the deposit into the Collection Account any amounts indicated on the
related Servicer's Certificate as being due and payable to the Seller and pay
such amounts directly to the Seller. 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.
SECTION 5.03. Application of Collections.
All payments received from or on behalf of an Obligor during each
Collection Period with respect to each Receivable (other than a Purchased
Receivable), shall be applied to interest and principal in accordance with the
Simple Interest Method.
SECTION 5.04. Purchase Amounts. If BMW Capital has the Minimum
Required Rating, the Servicer and the Seller shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in the Collection Account the Purchase Amount as described in the
first sentence of Section 5.02. So long as BMW Capital has the Minimum Required
Rating, the Servicer will deposit the Purchase Amount into an account
established and maintained by BMW Capital, such deposit being made within two
Business Days of the event giving rise to such Purchase Amounts. If BMW Capital
no longer has the Minimum Required Rating, the Servicer or the Seller shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account, on or prior to each
Determination Date, the aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased
Receivables and the Servicer shall deposit therein all amounts to be paid under
Sections 4.07 and 9.01.
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SECTION 5.05. Reserved.
SECTION 5.06. Distributions.
(a) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate all
amounts required to be deposited pursuant to this Section and deliver a
Servicer's Certificate pursuant to Section 4.09.
(b) On each Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the
Indenture Trustee in writing (based on the information contained in the
Servicer's Certificate delivered on the related Determination Date pursuant to
Section 4.09) to make the following deposits and distributions from Available
Amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, and, in the event of a shortfall
in meeting the payments described in clauses (i) through (v) below (an
"Available Amounts Shortfall"), from amounts withdrawn from the Reserve Account,
in the following order and priority:
(i) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee (and any
accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods),
and Nonrecoverable Advances;
(ii) to the Interest Distribution Account, (a) the
aggregate amount of interest accrued for the related Interest Period
on each of the Class A Notes at their respective Class A Rate on the
principal outstanding as of the previous Payment Date after giving
effect to all payments of principal to the Class A Noteholders on
the preceding Payment Date; and (b) the excess, if any, of the
amount of interest payable to the Class A Noteholders on prior
Payment Dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class A
Noteholders on those prior Payment Dates, plus interest on any such
shortfall at the related Class A Rate to the extent permitted by
law;
(iii) to the Principal Distribution Account, the First
Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any;
(iv) to the Interest Distribution Account, (a) the
aggregate amount of interest accrued for the related Interest Period
on each of the Class B Notes at the Class B Rate on such Notes on
the principal outstanding as of the previous Payment Date after
giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class B
Noteholders on the preceding Payment Date and (b) the excess, if
any, of the amount of interest payable to the Class B Noteholders on
prior Payment Dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class B
Noteholders on those prior Payment Dates, plus interest on any such
shortfall at the Class B Rate to the extent permitted by law;
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(v) to the Principal Distribution Account, the Second
Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any;
(vi) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any,
necessary to cause the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account to
equal the Reserve Account Required Amount;
(vii) to the Principal Distribution Account, the Regular
Principal Distribution Amount;
(viii) to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee,
any accrued and unpaid Trust Fees and Expenses, in each case to the
extent such fees and expenses have not been previously paid by the
Servicer; provided that, until the Notes have been paid in full, the
annual amount paid to the Trustees out of Available Amounts
described in this clause (viii) shall not exceed $10,000; and
(ix) any Available Amounts remaining, if any, to the
Certificate Distribution Account.
On each Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture
Trustee to distribute (based on the information contained in the Servicer's
Certificate delivered on the related Determination Date pursuant to Section
4.09), any amounts deposited into the Principal Distribution Account as payment
of principal on the Notes pursuant to priority set forth in Section 8.02(d) of
the Indenture. Notwithstanding that the Notes have been paid in full, the
Indenture Trustee shall continue to maintain the Collection Account hereunder
until the Certificate Percentage Interest is reduced to zero.
SECTION 5.07. Reserve Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause to
have deposited an amount equal to the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the
Reserve Account from the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes. The Reserve
Account shall be an asset of the Issuer.
(b) In the event that the Servicer's Certificate states that there
is an Available Amounts Shortfall, then the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw the
Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount from the Reserve Account and deposit such
Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount into the Collection Account no later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the related Payment
Date.
(c) In the event that the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
(after giving effect to all deposits thereto and withdrawals therefrom on such
Business Day prior to a Payment Date) is greater than the Reserve Account
Required Amount on any Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall release and
distribute all such amounts on such Payment Date to the Certificateholders. Upon
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any such distribution to the Certificateholders, the Noteholders shall have no
further rights in, or claims to, such amounts.
(d) In the event that, on any Payment Date, the amount on deposit
in the Reserve Account shall be less than the Reserve Account Required Amount,
the Available Amounts remaining after the payment of the amounts set forth in
Section 5.06(b)(i) through (v), up to an amount equal to such shortfall, shall
be deposited by the Indenture Trustee to the Reserve Account on such Payment
Date.
(e) Subject to Section 9.01, amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account will continue to be applied pursuant to Section 5.06 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 Trust Agreement to Noteholders and the termination of the
Trust, any amount then allocated to the Reserve Account shall be paid to the
Certificateholders.
SECTION 5.08. Statements to Securityholders. On each
Determination Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee (with a
copy to each Rating Agency and each Paying Agent (if any)) for the Indenture
Trustee to forward to, or make available to, each Noteholder of record as of the
most recent Record Date and to the Owner Trustee (with a copy to each Paying
Agent (if any)) for the Owner Trustee to forward to each Certificateholder of
record as of the most recent Record Date a statement in electronic format
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form of Exhibit B
setting forth at least the following information as to the Securities to the
extent applicable:
(a) the amount of collections received with respect to the
Receivables during the related Collection Period and allocable to principal
allocable to each Class of Notes on such Payment Date;
(b) the amount of collections received with respect to the
Receivables during the related Collection Period and allocable to interest
allocable to each Class of Notes on such Payment Date;
(c) the Outstanding Amount of each Class of Notes, the Note Pool
Factor for each such Class as of the close of business on the related Payment
Date, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under
clause (a) above;
(d) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer and the
amount of any fees payable to the Owner Trustee, the Custodian or the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the related Collection Period;
(e) the amount of any interest carryover shortfall on such Payment
Date and the change, if any, in such amounts from those with respect to the
immediately preceding Payment Date;
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(f) the aggregate amounts of Realized Losses, if any, with respect
to the related Collection Period;
(g) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day
of the related Collection Period, after giving effect to payments allocated to
principal reported under clause (a) above;
(h) the balance of the Reserve Account on the related
Determination Date after giving effect to deposits and withdrawals to be made on
such Payment Date, if any; (i) the amount of any deposit to the Reserve Account
and the amount and application of any funds withdrawn from the Reserve Account
with respect to such Payment Date;
(j) the aggregate principal balance of all Receivables that became
Liquidated Receivables or Purchased Receivables during the related Collection
Period;
(k) the aggregate principal balance and number of Receivables that
are 30 to 59 days, 60 to 89 days or 90 days or more delinquent as of the last
day of the related Collection Period;
(l) any Available Amounts Shortfall after giving effect to
payments on such Payment Date, and any change in such amounts from the preceding
statement;
(m) the aggregate Purchase Amounts for Receivables, if any, that
were or are to be purchased during or with respect to such Collection Period;
(n) the aggregate Principal Balance and number of all Receivables
with respect to which the related Financed Vehicle was repossessed;
(o) the amount to be distributed to the Certificate Distribution
Account;
(p) the aggregate Principal Balance and number of Receivables with
respect to which the Servicer granted a deferment;
(q) the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount for the next
Payment Date
(r) the Target Credit Enhancement Overcollateralization Amount;
and
(s) the Specified Credit Enhancement Amount.
Each amount set forth on the Payment Date statement under clauses
(a), (b) or (l) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of
original principal balance of a Note.
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The Indenture Trustee will make such report (and, at its option, any
additional files containing the same information in an alternative format)
available each month to Noteholders and the Rating Agencies via the Indenture
Trustee's internet website. The Indenture Trustee's internet website shall
initially be located at "▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇". Such parties that are
unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via
first class mail by requesting such in writing sent to the Corporate Trust
Office and indicating such. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to change
the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient or more accessible to the above parties and the Indenture Trustee
shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding
any such changes.
SECTION 5.09. Reserved.
SECTION 5.10. Reserved.
SECTION 5.11. Advances by the Servicer.
(a) By the close of business on the day required by Section 5.02,
the Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account, out of its own funds,
the related Advance.
(b) On each Payment Date, the Servicer shall reimburse itself for
the Outstanding Amount Advanced to the extent of actual collections of late
scheduled payments.
(c) If the Servicer determines that any advance made pursuant to
this Section 5.11 has become a Nonrecoverable Advance and at the time of such
determination there exists an Outstanding Amount Advanced, then the Servicer
shall reimburse itself out of funds in the Collection Account for the amount of
such Nonrecoverable Advance, but only to the extent of such Outstanding Amount
Advanced.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR
SECTION 6.01. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Depositor. The Depositor makes the following representations, warranties and
covenants to the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller and
on which the Issuer relies in accepting the Receivables and delivering the
Securities. Such representations, warranties and covenants speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, and shall
survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables by the Depositor to
the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor is duly
organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing
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under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned
and such business is presently conducted.
(b) Due Qualification. The Depositor 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 where the
failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the Depositor's ability
to transfer the Receivables to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement or the
validity or enforceability of the Receivables.
(c) Power and Authority. The Depositor has the corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to
which it is a party and to carry out their respective terms; the Depositor has
full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned
to and deposited with the Issuer, and the Depositor shall have duly authorized
such sale and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which the Depositor is a party have been duly authorized by the
Depositor by all necessary action.
(d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligation. This Agreement effects a valid
transfer and assignment of the Receivables and the other Trust property related
thereto conveyed by the Depositor to the Trust hereunder, in each case
enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor. This
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party, when
duly executed and delivered by the other parties hereto and thereto, shall
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable
against the Depositor in accordance with their respective terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors'
rights generally and to general principles of equity (whether applied in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the fulfillment
of the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents shall not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default under, the limited
liability company agreement of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Depositor 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,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents; or violate any law, order, rule or regulation applicable
to the Depositor of any court or federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Depositor.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the Depositor's knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
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governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Basic
Document; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
any other Basic Document; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any
other Basic Document; or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax
or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Trust, the Notes or the
Certificates.
(g) No Consents. The Depositor is not required to obtain the
consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval, registration,
authorization, or declaration of or with any governmental authority, bureau or
agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a
party that has not already been obtained.
SECTION 6.02. Company Existence. During the term of this
Agreement, the Depositor will keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its formation 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 Depositor and its
Affiliates will be conducted on an arm's-length basis.
SECTION 6.03. Liability of Depositor. The Depositor shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Depositor under this Agreement (which shall not include
distributions on account of the Notes or the Certificates).
SECTION 6.04. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Depositor. Any Person with which the Depositor shall merge or
consolidate or which the Depositor shall permit to become the successor to the
Depositor's business shall execute an agreement of assumption of every
obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
Whether or not such assumption agreement is executed, such successor Person
shall be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the
parties to this Agreement. The Depositor shall provide prompt notice of any
merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Securityholders and the Rating
Agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall not merge or
consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to become a
successor to the Depositor's business unless (w) immediately after giving effect
to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.02
or 6.01 shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and
warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction),
(x) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
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Trustee and the Servicer 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, (y)
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied and (z) the Depositor
shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer 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 to preserve and protect
the interest of the Trust in the Receivables and reciting the details of such
filings or (B) no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such
interest.
SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others.
The Depositor and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor 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 Depositor shall be under no 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. Depositor May Own Securities. The Depositor and
any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the
owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights as it would have if it were
not the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided herein
or in any Basic Document.
SECTION 6.07. Depositor to Provide Copies of Relevant Securities
Filings. The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Servicer a
copy of any document filed by the Depositor subsequent to the date hereof with
the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act that relate
specifically to the Trust, the Notes or the Certificates.
SECTION 6.08. Amendment of Depositor's Organizational Documents.
The Depositor shall not amend its organizational documents except in accordance
with the provisions thereof.
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ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
SECTION 7.01. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations, warranties and
covenants upon which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Receivables. Such representations, warranties and covenants 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 a limited
liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware. The Servicer is duly authorized to own its properties and
transact its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
character of the business transacted by it or any properties owned or leased by
it requires such authorization and in which the failure to be so authorized
would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or
condition (financial or other) of the Servicer and its subsidiaries, considered
as one enterprise. The Servicer has, and at all relevant times had, the power,
authority and legal right to acquire, own, and service the Receivables.
(b) Licenses and Approvals. The Servicer has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions where the failure to do
so would materially and adversely affect the Servicer's ability to acquire, own
and service the Receivables.
(c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it
is a party and to carry out their respective terms; and the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a
party have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary action.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which it is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity
whether applied in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a
party and the fulfillment of their respective terms 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 or both) a default under, the limited
liability company agreement of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust 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
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any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents, or violate any law, order, rule or regulation applicable
to the Servicer of any court or federal or state regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer or any of its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the Servicer's knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other
Basic Documents; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securities or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Basic Documents; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any
of the other Basic Documents; or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal
income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Securities.
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 and the representations made by the Servicer under
this Agreement:
(a) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the
Depositor 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
reasonable and duly documented 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, excluding any
losses incurred in connection with the sale of any repossessed Financed Vehicles
in a commercially reasonable manner and in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, and their
respective officers, directors, agents and employees, and the Securityholders,
from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any of such
parties with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement,
including any sales, gross receipts, tangible or intangible personal property,
privilege or license taxes (but not including any federal or other income taxes,
including franchise taxes), and any reasonable costs and expenses in defending
against the same.
(c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the
Securityholders and any of the officers, directors, employees or agents of the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee from and
against any and all reasonable and duly documented costs, expenses, losses,
claims, damages and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss,
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claim, damage or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person
through, the gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer
in the 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 BMW FS (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section
7.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02, or the 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 8.03.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Servicer or the termination of this Agreement with respect to
acts of the Servicer prior thereto, and shall include reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel and reasonable 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 the
Obligations of, Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged
or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the
Servicer shall be a party, (iii) that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease
substantially all of the assets of the Servicer or (iv) succeeding to the
business of the Servicer, which Person shall execute an agreement of assumption
to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, shall be the
successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this
Agreement. The Servicer shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or
succession pursuant to this Section to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not
merge or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to become
a successor to the Servicer's business unless (i) immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to
Section 7.01 shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations
and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such
transaction) and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred, (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 and (iii) the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and
amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve
and protect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, respectively,
in the assets of the Trust and reciting the details of such filings or (B) no
such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. The
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Servicer shall be permitted to transfer and assign its duties and obligations
under this Agreement to an affiliate that has succeeded to substantially all of
the assets and liabilities of the Servicer in connection with a reorganization
of the Servicer; provided that the resulting entity represents and warrants that
it is not less creditworthy than the Servicer immediately prior to such
reorganization.
SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.
(a) Neither the Servicer nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Depositor,
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, except as provided in this Agreement, for any action taken
or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement;
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 a
breach of this Agreement or willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of duties. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent
of the Servicer may conclusively rely in good faith on the written advice of
counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
(b) The parties expressly acknowledge and consent to the Indenture
Trustee simultaneously acting in the capacity of successor Servicer and
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may, in such capacities, discharge its
separate functions fully, without hindrance or regard to conflict of interest
principles, duty of loyalty principles or other breach of fiduciary duties to
the extent that any such conflict or breach arises from the performance by the
Indenture Trustee of express duties set forth in this Agreement in any of such
capacities.
SECTION 7.05. Appointment of Subservicer or Subcontractor.
(a) 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 Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders 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 any subservicer shall be as agreed between the Servicer and such
subservicer from time to time, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer or the Securityholders shall have any responsibility
therefor.
(b) The Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Servicer
(or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Issuer to comply with the
reporting and compliance provisions of this Agreement to the same extent as if
such Subservicer were the Servicer, and to provide the information required with
respect to such Subservicer as is required to file all required reports with the
Commission. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each
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Subservicer and delivering to the Issuer and the Administrator any servicer
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
4.10, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by
such Subservicer under Section 4.11 and any certification required to be
delivered to the Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes
Certification under Section 4.11(a)(iv) as and when required to be delivered.
(c) The Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the Issuer
or the Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, a written description (in
form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Administrator) of the role
and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer or any Subservicer,
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, if any, elements of the
Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by
each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to
be "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Issuer and the Depositor
to comply with the reporting and compliance provisions of this Agreement to the
same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be
responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the Issuer
and the Administrator any assessment of compliance and attestation required to
be delivered by such Subcontractor, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
With respect to the obligations set forth in this Agreement and the
Indenture, the Indenture Trustee's responsibilities relating to Item 1122 of
Regulation AB shall solely be those set out in Section 3.09(b) of the Indenture.
SECTION 7.06. Servicer Not to Resign.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.03, the Servicer shall
not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it by this Agreement as
Servicer except upon a determination that the performance of its duties under
this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law.
(b) Notice of any determination that the performance by the
Servicer of its duties hereunder is no longer permitted under applicable law
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 by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No resignation of the Servicer
shall become effective until a successor Servicer acceptable to the Indenture
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Trustee has assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning
Servicer in accordance with Section 8.03. If no Servicer has been appointed
within 30 days of resignation or removal, or the date upon which any regulatory
authority requires such resignation, the Indenture Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for such appointment.
SECTION 7.07. Servicer May Own Securities. The Servicer, and any
Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become
the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided
herein or in any Basic Document. Except as set forth herein or in the other
Basic Documents, Securities so owned by or pledged to Servicer or any such
Affiliate shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents, without preference, priority, or
distinction as among all of the Securities of the same class.
SECTION 7.08. Information to be Provided by the Servicer.
(a) At the request of the Administrator, acting on behalf of the
Issuer, for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the
Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Servicer
shall (or shall cause each Subservicer to) (i) notify the Issuer and the
Administrator in writing of any material litigation or governmental proceedings
pending against the Servicer or any Subservicer and (ii) provide to the Issuer
and the Administrator a description of such proceedings.
(b) As a condition to the succession to the Servicer or any
Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement by any Person (i)
into which the Servicer or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or
(ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer or any Subservicer,
the Servicer shall provide to the Issuer, the Administrator and the Depositor,
at least 10 Business Days prior to the effective date of such succession or
appointment, (x) written notice to the Issuer and the Administrator of such
succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Administrator, all information
reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Administrator, acting on behalf of the
Issuer, in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form
8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed securities.
(c) In addition to such information as the Servicer, as servicer,
is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so
requested by the Issuer or the Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer,
the Servicer shall provide such information 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 monthly reports otherwise
required to be delivered by the Servicer under this Agreement, commencing with
the first such report due not less than ten Business Days following such
request.
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SECTION 7.09. Remedies.
(a) The Servicer shall be liable to the Issuer, the Administrator
and the Depositor for any monetary damages incurred as a result of the failure
by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any
information, report, certification, attestation, accountants' letter or other
material when and as required under Article IV, including any failure by the
Servicer to identify any Subcontractor "participating in the servicing function"
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and shall reimburse the
applicable party 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 Servicer, any Subservicer, or any
Subcontractor.
(b) The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Issuer and the
Administrator for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Issuer or
Administrator as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the
Servicer as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the Receivables to a
successor servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit whatever
rights the Issuer or Administrator may have under other provisions of this
Agreement or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, such as an action for
damages, specific performance or injunctive relief.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01. Servicer Termination Events. For purposes of this
Agreement, the occurrence and continuance of any of the following shall
constitute a "Servicer Termination Event":
(a) any failure by the Servicer to deposit into the Collection
Account any proceeds or payment required to be so delivered under the terms of
this Agreement that continues unremedied for a period of five Business Days
after written notice is received by the Servicer or after discovery of such
failure by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer;
(b) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or
perform, in any material respect, any covenants or agreements of the Servicer
set forth in this Agreement, which failure (i) materially and adversely affects
the rights of the Noteholders and (ii) continues unremedied for a period of 60
days after discovery of such failure by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or
after the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be
remedied shall have been given to the Servicer by any of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing not less than 50% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes of the Controlling Class;
(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the
Servicer; or
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(d) any failure by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any
Subcontractor to deliver any information, report, certification, attestation or
accountants' letter when and as required (including, without limitation, any
failure by the Servicer to identify any Subcontractor "participating in the
servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB), which
continues unremedied for [ten] calendar days after the date on which such
information, report, certification or accountants' letter was required to be
delivered.
SECTION 8.02. Consequences of a Servicer Termination Event.
(a) If a Servicer Termination Event shall occur (other than a
Servicer Termination Event set forth in clause 8.01(d)) the Indenture Trustee
may, and at the direction of Noteholders evidencing 50% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes of the Controlling Class shall terminate all of the rights
and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement by notice in writing to the
Servicer.
In the case of a Servicer Default set forth in clause 8.01(d), so long as
the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, the Issuer (or the
Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer) shall be entitled to terminate,
in its sole discretion, the rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer
under this Agreement; provided that to the extent that any provision of this
Agreement expressly provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations
following termination of the Servicer as servicer, such provision shall be given
effect; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be entitled to terminate
the rights and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to this section if a failure
of the Servicer to identify a Subcontractor "participating in the servicing
function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB was attributable
solely to the role or functions of such Subcontractor with respect to
receivables other than the Receivables.
On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all
authority, power, obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer under this
Agreement automatically shall pass to, be vested in and become obligations and
responsibilities of the successor Servicer appointed by the Controlling Class;
provided, however, that such successor Servicer shall have no liability with
respect to any obligation that was required to be performed by the terminated
Servicer prior to the date that such successor Servicer becomes the Servicer or
any claim of a third party based on any alleged action or inaction of the
terminated Servicer. The successor Servicer is authorized and empowered by this
Agreement to execute and deliver, on behalf of the terminated 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 to show the Indenture
Trustee (or the Owner Trustee if the Notes have been paid in full) as lienholder
or secured party on the related certificates of title of the Financed Vehicles
or otherwise.
(b) All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred in connection with transferring the servicing duties to the successor
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Servicer and amending this agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer,
shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer.
(c) The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the Indenture
Trustee and any successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the
predecessor Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder including, without
limitation, providing the Indenture Trustee and successor Servicer, as
applicable, all documents and records in electronic or other form reasonably
requested by it to enable it to perform the Servicer's functions hereunder and
the transfer to the Indenture Trustee or such successor Servicer, as applicable,
all amounts which shall at the time or thereafter be or should have been
deposited by the predecessor Servicer in the Collection Account and any other
Trust Account maintained with respect to the Securities. Neither the Indenture
Trustee nor any other successor Servicer shall be deemed to be in default
hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (i) the failure of the
predecessor Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or
records to it, (ii) the failure of the predecessor Servicer to cooperate or
(iii) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over
the predecessor Servicer.
(d) The successor Servicer will not be responsible for delays
attributable to the predecessor Servicer's failure to deliver information,
defects in the information supplied by the predecessor Servicer or other
circumstances beyond the control of the successor Servicer.
(e) The successor Servicer will make arrangements with the
predecessor Servicer for the prompt and safe transfer of, and the predecessor
Servicer shall provide to the successor Servicer, all necessary servicing files
and records held by the predecessor Servicer with respect to the Receivables
including the Receivable File and a computer tape in readable form as of the
most recent Business Day containing all information necessary to enable the
successor Servicer to service the Receivables. The predecessor Servicer shall be
obligated to pay the reasonable costs associated with the transfer of the
servicing files and records to the successor Servicer.
(f) The successor Servicer shall have no responsibility and shall
not be in default hereunder nor incur any liability for any failure, error,
malfunction or any delay in carrying out any of its duties if any such failure
or delay results from the successor Servicer acting in accordance with
information prepared or supplied by a person other than the successor Servicer
of the failure of any such person to prepare or provide such information. The
successor Servicer shall have no responsibility, shall not be in default and
shall incur no liability (i) for any act or failure to act by any third party,
including the predecessor Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee or for any inaccuracy or omission in a notice or communication
received by the successor Servicer from any third party or (ii) which is due to
or results from the invalidity, unenforceability of any Receivable with
applicable law or the breach or the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
made with respect to any Receivable.
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SECTION 8.03. Appointment of Successor Servicer.
(a) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 8.02 or upon the resignation of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.06, the Indenture Trustee shall be the successor in all
respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and
shall be subject to all the rights, responsibilities, restrictions, duties,
liabilities and termination provisions relating to the Servicer under this
Agreement, except as otherwise stated herein. The Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee and such successor Servicer shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession. If a successor Servicer is acting as Servicer hereunder, it shall be
subject to termination under Section 8.02 upon the occurrence of any Servicer
Termination Event after its appointment as successor Servicer.
(b) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 8.02 or upon the resignation of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.06, or if the Indenture Trustee is legally unable or
unwilling to act as Servicer, the Controlling Class may exercise at any time its
right to appoint a successor to the Servicer, and shall have no liability to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor, any
Noteholders, any Certificateholders or any other Person if it does so.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Indenture Trustee shall be legally unable or
unwilling to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or
Noteholders evidencing 50% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of the
Controlling Class may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any
Eligible Servicer as the successor to the Servicer. Pending appointment pursuant
to the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall act as successor Servicer
unless it is legally unable to do so, in which event the outgoing Servicer shall
continue to act as Servicer until a successor has been appointed and accepted
such appointment.
(c) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer shall 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.
SECTION 8.04. Notification to Securityholders. 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 the
Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to the Noteholders and each Rating Agency.
SECTION 8.05. Waiver of Past Defaults. Noteholders evidencing
not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of the
Controlling Class may, on behalf of all Securityholders, waive in writing any
default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its
consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments
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from any of the Trust Accounts in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer
Termination Event 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
SECTION 9.01. Optional Purchase of All Receivables.
(a) On the Payment Date following the last day of a Collection
Period as of which the Pool Balance is equal to or less than 10% of the sum of
the Initial Pool Balance, the Servicer shall have the option to purchase the
Receivables from the Trust. To exercise such option, the Servicer shall deposit
to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.04 an amount equal to the
Redemption Price and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Receivables.
The exercise of such option shall effect a retirement, in whole but not in part,
of all outstanding Notes.
(b) As described in Article IX of the Trust Agreement, notice of
any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the Servicer has received
notice thereof.
(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and
the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the
Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and
the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of, and assume the obligations to
make payments to Certificateholders of, the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, 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 manner or eliminating any of the provisions in
this Agreement 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; provided further, that such action shall not be
deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Noteholder and no Opinion of Counsel to that effect shall be required if the
person requesting the amendment obtains a letter from the Rating Agencies
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stating that the amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
any rating then assigned to the Notes.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuer, with the prior written consent of the
Indenture Trustee, Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Note
Balance and the Holders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of outstanding
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate Certificate
Percentage Interest, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders; provided, however,
that no such amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of,
or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or
distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the
Securityholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes or the Notes of the Controlling Class and the Certificate
Percentage Interests, the Securityholders of which are required to consent to
any such amendment, without the consent of the Noteholders holding all
Outstanding Notes and Certificateholders holding all outstanding Certificates.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment or consent, the
Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Securityholder, the Indenture Trustee and each
Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Securityholders
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, on behalf of the Issuer, 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). The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the
Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such amendment that 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 Servicer shall execute and file such financing statements
and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such a
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain
and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the
Receivables and the proceeds thereof. The Servicer shall 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.
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(b) Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall change its name
or structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing
statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above
seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507 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 Depositor and the Servicer shall have an
obligation to give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least five
Business Days' prior written notice of any change of its jurisdiction of
organization (within the meaning of the UCC) 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 chief executive office, within the United
States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each
Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) a person adequately
trained in the use of the Servicer's data system to know at any time the status
of each such 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 such Receivable and the amounts from time
to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of each such Receivable.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from
and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables, the
Servicer's master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to
a Receivable shall be coded to reflect that such Receivable is part of the
portfolio of Receivables that is the subject of this Agreement and is held by
the Indenture Trustee for BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2006-A. Indication of such
Receivable's inclusion in the portfolio 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 Depositor or the Servicer shall propose to
sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor
vehicle 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
Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such 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
upon reasonable notice and at any time during normal business hours, which does
not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer's normal operations or customer or
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employee relations, to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the
Servicer's records regarding any Receivable.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee, within 15 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 prior to such request indicating removal
of Receivables from the Trust.
(i) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, either (i) all financing statements and continuation statements
have been executed and filed that are necessary to fully preserve and protect
the interest of the Trust 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 (ii) no such action shall be necessary to
preserve and protect such interest. Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in
clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 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.
SECTION 10.03. Notices. All demands, notices, communications and
instructions upon or to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Rating Agency under this Agreement shall
be in writing, personally delivered, faxed and followed by first class mail, 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 Depositor, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Vice President Finance
and Risk; (b) in the case of the Servicer, Administrator and Custodian, to BMW
FS, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Vice
President Finance and Risk; (c) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Structured Finance Services - BMW 2006-A; (d) in the case of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in the
Trust Agreement); (e) in the case of Moody's, to ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ABS Monitoring Department; and (f) in the case of
Standard & Poor's, to ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇), ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: 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 Depositor or the Servicer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except 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 Depositor or the Servicer.
SECTION 10.05. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions
of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
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Seller, 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 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. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be an original, but all of which 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.
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 (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW), 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 Depositor 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 or the assignment of any or all of
the Issuer's rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 10.11. Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior
termination of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall not, prior to the date
that is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with
respect to the Issuer or the Depositor, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke
or cause the Issuer or the Depositor to invoke the process of any court or
government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against
the Issuer or the Depositor 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 Depositor or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
the affairs of the Issuer or the Depositor.
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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 Wilmington Trust Company not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer
and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or,
except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee 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 in accordance
with the priorities set forth herein. 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.
(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 in
accordance with the priorities set forth herein.
SECTION 10.13. Depositor Payment Obligation. The Depositor shall
be responsible for the payment of all fees and expenses of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee paid by any of them in connection with any of
their obligations under the Basic Documents to obtain or maintain or monitor the
renewal of any required license of the Trust under the Pennsylvania Motor
Vehicle Sales Finance Act.
SECTION 10.14. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The Seller,
Servicer, Sponsor and Issuer acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article
IV and Article VII of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Issuer
and the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and
regulations of the Commission.
None of the Sponsor, the Administrator nor the Issuer shall exercise its
right to request delivery of information or other performance under these
provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of disclosure
comparable to that required under the Securities Act). The Servicer acknowledges
that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time,
whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff,
consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of
counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Issuer or
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the Administrator in good faith for delivery of information under these
provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In
connection with this transaction, the Servicer shall cooperate fully with the
Administrator and the Issuer to deliver to the Administrator or Issuer, as
applicable (including any of its assignees or designees), any and all
statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary
in the good faith determination of the Issuer or the Administrator to permit the
Issuer or Administrator (acting on behalf of the Issuer) to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the
Servicer, any Subservicer and the Receivables, or the servicing of the
Receivables, reasonably believed by the Issuer or the Administrator to be
necessary in order to effect such compliance.
The Issuer and the Administrator (including any of its assignees or
designees) shall cooperate with the Servicer by providing timely notice of
requests for information under these provisions and by reasonably limiting such
requests to information required, in the reasonable judgment or the Issuer or
the Administrator, as applicable, to comply with Regulation AB.
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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.
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2006-A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
BMW FS SECURITIES LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
[To be Delivered to the Indenture Trustee at Closing]
SCHEDULE B
LOCATION OF RECEIVABLE FILES
BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
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SCHEDULE C
YIELD SUPPLEMENT OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT
[To be provided separately]
EXHIBIT A
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
UNDER SECTION 3.02(A) AND 3.02(B) OF THE RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF PAYMENT DATE STATEMENT TO SECURITYHOLDERS
BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2006-A
Payment Date Statement to Securityholders
PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT
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Class A-1 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class A-2 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class A-3 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class A-4 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class B Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
AVAILABLE INTEREST
Class A-1 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class A-2 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class A-3 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class A-4 Notes: ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
Class B Notes ($ per $1,000 original principal balance)
NOTE BALANCE:
Class A-1 Notes:
Class A-2 Notes:
Class A-3 Notes:
Class A-4 Notes:
Class B Notes:
NOTE POOL FACTOR:
Class A-1 Notes:
Class A-2 Notes:
Class A-3 Notes:
Class A-4 Notes:
Class B Notes:
SERVICING FEE
OWNER TRUSTEE FEE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE FEE
INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL
REALIZED LOSSES
POOL BALANCE
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Reserve Account balance
Reserve Account Deposits and Withdrawals
Reserve Account Withdrawal Shortfall
Liquidated Receivables or Purchased Receivables
Principal Balance of Receivables and number of Receivables that were delinquent:
30 to 59 days
60 to 89 days
90 days or more
Available Amounts Shortfall
Purchase Amounts
Principal Balance of Receivables and number of Receivables that were
repossessed
Certificate Distribution Account Amount
Principal Balance and Number of deferments granted by Servicer
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount
Specified Credit Enhancement Amount
Target Credit Enhancement Overcollateralization Amount
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE
[Available from Servicer]
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF DEALER AGREEMENT
[Available from Servicer]
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: The Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1,
2006, (the "Agreement"), among BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST
2006-A (the "Issuer"), BMW FS SECURITIES LLC (the
"Depositor"), BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC, as the seller
(in such capacity, the "Seller"), as the sponsor (in such
capacity, the "Sponsor"), as servicer (in such capacity,
the "Servicer"), as administrator (in such capacity, the
"Administrator") and as custodian (in such capacity, the
"Custodian"), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (the
"Indenture Trustee").
I, ________________________________, the _______________________ of [NAME
OF COMPANY] (the "Company"), certify to the Issuer and the Depositor, and their
officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this
certification, that:
(1) I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the
Company provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the
"Compliance Statement"), the report on assessment of the Company'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 Company during 200[ ] that were delivered by the
Company to the Issuer and the Depositor pursuant to the Agreement
(collectively, the "Company Servicing Information");
(2) Based on my knowledge, the Company Servicing
Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period of time covered by the Company Servicing Information;
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(3) Based on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing
Information required to be provided by the Company under the
Agreement has been provided to the Issuer and the Depositor;
(4) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed
by the Company as servicer under the Agreement, and based on my
knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the
Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance
Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the
Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all
material respects; and
(5) The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the
Company pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and
Attestation Report required to be provided by the Company and by any
Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement, have been
provided to the Issuer, the Administrator, the Depositor and the
Trustees. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such
reports have been disclosed to the Issuer, the Administrator and the
Depositor. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing
Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Date: _________________________
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Servicer, shall
address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as "Applicable Servicing
Criteria":
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REFERENCE 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 receivables 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 receivables 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
overcollateralization, 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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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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REFERENCE CRITERIA
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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
receivables 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 receivables is maintained as
required by the transaction agreements or related receivables
documents.
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1122(d)(4)(ii) Receivables 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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1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on receivables, including any payoffs, made in
accordance with the related receivables 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 receivables documents.
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1122(d)(4)(v) The Servicer's records regarding the receivables 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
receivables (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made,
reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance
with usual customary procedures.
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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 usual customary procedures.
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1122(d)(4)(viii) Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during
the period a receivable 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 receivables 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
receivables with variable rates are computed based on the
related receivables documents.
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REFERENCE CRITERIA
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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 receivables 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
receivables documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are
returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full
repayment of the related receivables, 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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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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By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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