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EXHIBIT 4.2
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▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO AUTO TRUST 200__-__
FORM OF TRUST AGREEMENT
between
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
and
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as Owner Trustee
Dated as of ___________, 2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Capitalized Terms...........................................................................1
SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions...............................................................1
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION.
SECTION 2.1. Name........................................................................................1
SECTION 2.2. Office......................................................................................1
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers.........................................................................2
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of Owner Trustee................................................................2
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate................................................2
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust........................................................................2
SECTION 2.7. Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders.........................................3
SECTION 2.8. Title to Issuer Property....................................................................3
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Issuer.............................................................................3
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.................................................3
SECTION 2.11. Federal Income Tax Allocations..............................................................4
ARTICLE III
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS.
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership...........................................................................5
SECTION 3.2. The Certificates............................................................................5
SECTION 3.3. Authentication of Certificates..............................................................5
SECTION 3.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.......................................6
SECTION 3.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........................................7
SECTION 3.6. Persons Deemed Certificateholders...........................................................7
SECTION 3.7. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses...................................7
SECTION 3.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................................................7
SECTION 3.9. Appointment of Paying Agent.................................................................8
SECTION 3.10. [Reserved]..................................................................................8
SECTION 3.11. Book-Entry Certificates.....................................................................8
SECTION 3.12. Notices to Clearing Agency..................................................................9
SECTION 3.13. Definitive Certificates.....................................................................9
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.....................................10
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters...............................10
SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy....................................11
SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power..................................................11
SECTION 4.5. Majority Control...........................................................................11
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ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES.
SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account..........................................11
SECTION 5.2. Application of Funds in Certificate Distribution Account...................................11
SECTION 5.3. Method of Payment..........................................................................12
SECTION 5.4. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest......................................................12
SECTION 5.5. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service
and Others.................................................................................13
SECTION 5.6. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner..................................................13
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 6.1. General Authority..........................................................................13
SECTION 6.2. General Duties.............................................................................14
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction....................................................................14
SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions.........................14
SECTION 6.5. No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions.................................15
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions...............................................................................15
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties............................................................15
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents....................................................................16
SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties.............................................................16
SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel................................................................17
SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity..........................................................18
SECTION 7.6. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Receivables...................................18
SECTION 7.7. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes...............................................18
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 8.1. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses..........................................................18
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification............................................................................18
SECTION 8.3. Payments to Owner Trustee..................................................................19
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT.
SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement.............................................................19
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES.
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.................................................20
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee....................................................20
SECTION 10.3. Successor Owner Trustee....................................................................21
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee...................................................22
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SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..............................................22
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 11.1. Supplements and Amendments.................................................................23
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders.................................25
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others............................................................25
SECTION 11.4. Notices....................................................................................25
SECTION 11.5. Severability...............................................................................25
SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts......................................................................26
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns.....................................................................26
SECTION 11.8. No Petition................................................................................26
SECTION 11.9. No Recourse................................................................................26
SECTION 11.10. Headings...................................................................................26
SECTION 11.11. GOVERNING LAW..............................................................................26
SECTION 11.12. Certificate Transfer Restrictions..........................................................26
SECTION 11.13. Servicer...................................................................................27
SECTION 11.14. Sale and Servicing Agreement...............................................................27
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Certificate Depository Agreement
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TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of __________ [ ], 2001 between ▇▇▇▇▇
Fargo Auto Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as Depositor, and
_____________________, a Delaware banking corporation, as Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS.
SECTION 1.1 Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms are used in this
Agreement as defined in Appendix X to the Sale and Servicing Agreement among the
trust established by this Agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Auto Receivables Corporation,
as Seller, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., as Servicer, dated as of __________ [ ],
200_, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. All terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other
document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For
purposes of this Agreement and all such certificates and other documents, unless
the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in
this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the
extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles; (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the
UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware and not otherwise defined in this
Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words "hereof," "herein"
and "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any
Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph,
subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer
to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or
definition; (e) the term "including" means "including without limitation"; (f)
references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended
from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to
any Person include that Person's successors and assigns; and (h) headings are
for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provision hereof.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION.
SECTION 2.1 Name. The trust created hereby shall be known as "▇▇▇▇▇
Fargo Auto Trust 200_-_", in which name Owner Trustee may conduct the business
of such trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of
such trust and ▇▇▇ and be sued.
SECTION 2.2 Office. The office of Issuer shall be in care of Owner
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as Owner Trustee
may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders and Depositor.
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SECTION 2.3 Purposes and Powers. The purpose of Issuer is, and Issuer
shall have the power and authority, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates
pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell, transfer and exchange the Notes and the
Certificates and to pay interest on and principal of the Notes and distributions
on the Certificates;
(b) to acquire the property and assets set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement from the Depositor pursuant to the terms thereof, to make
deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account and to pay the
organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of Issuer;
(c) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust
Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the
Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement any
portion of the Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to Issuer
pursuant to, the Indenture;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents
to which it is a party;
(e) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements,
that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are
incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(f) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such
other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Owner
Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders.
Issuer is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. Issuer shall
not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other
than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the other Basic
Documents.
SECTION 2.4 Appointment of Owner Trustee. Depositor hereby appoints
Owner Trustee as trustee of Issuer effective as of the date hereof, to have all
the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and to bind the Issuer under the
Notes and the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party.
SECTION 2.5 Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. Depositor
hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to Owner Trustee, as of
the date hereof, the sum of $1. Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in
trust from Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution,
which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate and shall be deposited in
the Certificate Distribution Account.
SECTION 2.6 Declaration of Trust. Owner Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set
forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the
obligations of Issuer under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that Issuer constitute a trust under the common law of the State
of New York and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such
trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and
franchise tax purposes, until the
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Certificates are held by other than the Seller, the Issuer will be disregarded
as an entity separate from the Seller and the Notes will be considered debt of
the Seller. At such time that the Certificates are held by more than one person,
it is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise
tax purposes, the Issuer shall be treated as a partnership, with the assets of
the partnership being the Receivables and other assets held by the Issuer, the
partners of the partnership being the Certificateholders, and the Notes being
debt of the partnership. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by
appropriate tax authorities, until the Certificates are held by more than one
person the Issuer will not file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary
returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the
Issuer as an entity not separate from the Owner of the Certificates.
SECTION 2.7 Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders.
(a) Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of Issuer as they may
arise or shall, upon the request of Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse Owner
Trustee for any such expenses paid by Owner Trustee.
(b) No Holder or Owner shall have any personal liability for any
liability or obligation of the Trust.
SECTION 2.8 Title to Issuer Property. Legal title to all the Owner
Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in Issuer as a separate legal entity
except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of
the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case
title shall be deemed to be vested in Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.9 Situs of Issuer. Issuer will be located and administered in
the State of ________. All bank accounts maintained by Owner Trustee on behalf
of Issuer shall be located in the State of _______ or the State of New York.
Payments will be received by Issuer only in ________ or New York, and payments
will be made by Issuer only from _________ or New York. The only office of
Issuer will be at the Corporate Trust Office in __________.
SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of Depositor. Depositor
hereby represents and warrants to Owner Trustee that:
(a) Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a Delaware
corporation with 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) Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation
in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business shall require such qualifications, licenses and approvals, except where
the failure to have such qualifications, licenses and approvals would not have a
material adverse effect on the Depositor.
(c) Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to carry out its terms; Depositor has full power and authority to
sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with
Issuer and Depositor has duly authorized such sale and
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assignment and deposit to Issuer by all necessary corporate action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized
by Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or
by-laws of Depositor, or any material indenture, agreement or other instrument
to which Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant
to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of Depositor's
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to Depositor of any court or
of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over Depositor or its
properties.
(e) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the
Depositor's best knowledge, threatened before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Depositor or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the
Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Depositor or its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or (iv) which might adversely affect the
federal income tax attributes, or applicable state tax franchise or income tax
attributes, of the Notes and the Certificates.
SECTION 2.11 Federal Income Tax Allocations. If Certificates are held
by more than one person,
(a) amounts paid to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i)
shall be treated as "guaranteed payments" within the meaning of Section 707(c)
of the Code;
(b) to the extent that the characterization provided for in paragraph
(a) of this Section is not respected, gross ordinary income of Issuer for such
month as determined for federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the
Certificateholders as of the first Record Date following the end of such month,
in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of the Certificates on such
date, in an amount up to the sum of (i) the Certificateholders' Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount for such month, (ii) interest on the excess, if any, of the
Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount for the preceding Payment Date
over the amount in respect of interest at the Certificate Rate that is actually
deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account on such preceding Payment
Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Certificate Rate from such
preceding Payment Date through the current Payment Date, and (iii) the portion
of the market discount on the Receivables accrued during such month that is
allocable to the excess of the initial aggregate principal amount of the
Certificates over their initial aggregate issue price; and
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(c) thereafter all remaining net income of Issuer for such month as
determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain,
credit, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be
allocated to Depositor, to the extent thereof;
If the gross ordinary income of Issuer for any month is insufficient for the
allocations described in clause (b), subsequent gross ordinary income shall
first be allocated to make up such shortfall before being allocated as provided
in clause (c). Net losses of Issuer, if any, for any month as determined for
Federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss, credit and
deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to Depositor
to the extent Depositor is reasonably expected as determined by Servicer to bear
the economic burden of such net losses, then net losses shall be allocated among
the Certificateholders as of the first Record Date following the end of such
month in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of Certificates on
such Record Date until the principal balance of the Certificates is reduced to
zero. Depositor is authorized to modify the allocations in this paragraph if
necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to fairly
reflect the economic income, gain or loss to Depositor, the Certificateholders,
or as otherwise required by the Code. Notwithstanding anything provided in this
Section 2.11, if the Certificates are held solely by the Seller, the application
of this Section 2.11 shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE III
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS.
SECTION 3.1 Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of Issuer by the
contribution by Depositor pursuant to Section 2.5 and until the issuance of the
Certificates, Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of the Trust.
SECTION 3.2 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof; provided that one
Certificate may be issued that includes any residual portion of the initial
Certificate Balance in a denomination other than an integral multiple of $1,000.
The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature of an authorized officer of Owner Trustee. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of Issuer,
shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did
not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such
Certificates. A transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder,
and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Certificateholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Certificate in such
transferee's name pursuant to Section 3.4.
SECTION 3.3 Authentication of Certificates. Concurrently with the
initial sale of the Receivables to Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificates in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the initial Certificate Balance to be executed on behalf of
Issuer, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of Depositor,
signed by its chairman of the board, its president, its chief financial officer,
its chief
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accounting officer, any vice president, its secretary, any assistant secretary,
its treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without further corporate action by
Depositor, in authorized denominations. No Certificate shall entitle its Holder
to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there
shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by Owner Trustee or
_________________, as Owner Trustee's authentication agent, by manual signature;
such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence that such Certificate
shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates
shall be dated the date of their authentication.
SECTION 3.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, a Certificate Register in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, Owner Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided. ______________________ shall be the initial Certificate
Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, Owner Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause ___________________ as its
authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized
denominations of a like class and aggregate face amount dated the date of
authentication by Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a
Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same class
in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 3.8.
Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to Owner Trustee and Certificate Registrar duly executed by the
Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such
signature guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, a
commercial bank or trust company or an "eligible guarantor institution" with
membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by Certificate Registrar in addition to, or substitution
for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act. Each Certificate
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and
subsequently disposed of by Owner Trustee or Certificate Registrar in accordance
with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Certificates, but Owner Trustee or Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The preceding provisions of this Section 3.4 notwithstanding, Owner
Trustee shall not make and the Certificate Registrar need not register any
transfer or exchange of Certificates for a period of fifteen (15) days preceding
any Payment Date for any payment with respect to the Certificates.
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SECTION 3.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a)
any mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to Certificate Registrar, or if
Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered
to Certificate Registrar and Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice
that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, Owner
Trustee on behalf of Issuer shall execute and Owner Trustee, or
_____________________, as Owner Trustee's authenticating agent, shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like class, tenor
and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under
this Section, Owner Trustee or Certificate Registrar may require the payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in
Issuer, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 3.6 Persons Deemed Certificateholders. Every Person by virtue
of becoming a Certificateholder or Owner in accordance with this Agreement shall
be deemed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Prior to due presentation
of a Certificate for registration of transfer, Owner Trustee, Certificate
Registrar or any agent of Owner Trustee or Certificate Registrar may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate
Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions pursuant to Section 5.2 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
none of Owner Trustee, Certificate Registrar or any agent of Owner Trustee or
Certificate Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.7 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Servicer, Depositor or
Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by Owner Trustee of a request
therefor from Servicer, Depositor or Indenture Trustee in writing, a list, in
such form as Servicer, Depositor or Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record
Date. If three or more Holders of Certificates, or one or more Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance, apply in
writing to Owner Trustee, and such application states that the applicants desire
to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates and such application is accompanied by
a copy of the communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then Owner
Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application,
afford such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list
of Certificateholders. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Certificate,
shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold Depositor, Certificate Registrar or
Owner Trustee accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
SECTION 3.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency. Owner Trustee shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or offices
or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon Owner Trustee in
respect of the Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served. Owner Trustee
initially designates ___________________, _____________, New York, New York
_____, as its principal corporate trust office for such purposes. Owner Trustee
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shall give prompt written notice to Depositor and to the Certificateholders of
any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or
agency.
SECTION 3.9 Appointment of Paying Agent. Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 5.2 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to
Owner Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds
from the Certificate Distribution Account for the purpose of making the
distributions referred to above. Owner Trustee may revoke such power and remove
Paying Agent if Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion that Paying
Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any
material respect. Paying Agent shall initially be ________________________, and
any co-paying agent chosen by ________________________, and acceptable to Owner
Trustee. Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign upon 30 days' written notice
to Owner Trustee and Servicer. In the event that ________________________ shall
no longer be Paying Agent, Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as
Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). Owner Trustee shall cause
such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by Owner
Trustee to execute and deliver to Owner Trustee an instrument in which such
successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with Owner Trustee
that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in
trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Certificateholders. Paying Agent shall return all
unclaimed funds to Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying
Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to Owner Trustee. The
provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 shall apply to Owner Trustee also
in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as Owner Trustee shall act as Paying
Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed
hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to Paying Agent shall include any
co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 3.10 [Reserved]
SECTION 3.11 Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificates will initially
be issued to the Seller in the form of Definitive Certificates; provided,
however, that if the Certificates are to be offered to other investors, then the
Certificates will be issued in the form of a typewritten Certificate or
Certificates representing Book-Entry Certificates, to be delivered to The
Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by or on behalf of
Issuer. Such Book-Entry Certificate or Certificates shall initially be
registered on the Certificate Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of
the initial Clearing Agency, and no beneficial owner will receive a Definitive
Certificate representing such beneficial owner's interest in such Certificate,
except as provided in Section 3.13. Upon issuance of such Book-Entry
Certificates and unless and until Definitive Certificates have been issued to
beneficial owners pursuant to Section 3.13:
(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) Certificate Registrar, each Paying Agent and Owner Trustee shall be
entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Agreement
relating to the Book-Entry Certificates (including the payment of principal of
and interest on the Book-Entry Certificates
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and the giving of instructions or directions to Owners of Book-Entry
Certificates) as the sole Holder of Book-Entry Certificates and shall have no
obligations to Owners thereof;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any
other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall
control;
(d) the rights of Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates shall be
exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Owners and the Clearing Agency
and/or Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 3.13, the initial
Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among Clearing Agency
Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on
the Book-Entry Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants; and
(e) whenever this Agreement requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Certificates evidencing a
specified percentage of the Certificate Balance, the Clearing Agency shall be
deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to such effect from Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants or
Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing,
respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the
Book-Entry Certificates and has delivered such instructions to Owner Trustee.
SECTION 3.12 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
communication to Owners is required under this Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section
3.13, Owner Trustee and each Paying Agent shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency,
and shall have no obligations to Owners.
SECTION 3.13 Definitive Certificates. The Certificates initially issued
in favor of Seller will, unless otherwise directed by Seller, be in the form of
Definitive Certificates to be executed and authenticated by the Owner Trustee.
If Book-Entry Certificates are issued, and, subsequent to such issuance, (a)
Servicer advises Owner Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Certificates, and Servicer is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b)
Servicer at its option advises Owner Trustee in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Owners of Certificates representing
beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the Certificate Balance
advise the Clearing Agency and Owner Trustee in writing that the continuation of
a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best
interest of Owners of Certificates, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all
Owners and Owner Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of the Definitive Certificates to Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to Owner Trustee of the typewritten Certificate or Certificates
representing the Book Entry Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions, Owner Trustee shall execute and authenticate, or
cause to be authenticated, the Definitive Certificates in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither Certificate Registrar nor Owner
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
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rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the
issuance of Definitive Certificates, Owner Trustee and each Paying Agent shall
recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders. The
Definitive Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be
produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to Owner Trustee, as
evidenced by its execution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 4.1 Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.
With respect to the following matters, Owner Trustee shall not take action
unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, Owner Trustee shall
have notified the Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and the
Certificateholders shall not have notified Owner Trustee in writing prior to the
30th day after such notice is given that such Certificateholders have withheld
consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any material claim or lawsuit by Issuer (except
claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables)
and the compromise of any material action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
against Issuer (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits
brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables);
(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such
amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders;
(d) the amendment, change or modification of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Administration Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or
defect or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner that would not
materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders; or
(e) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Indenture
Trustee or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or
Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its obligations under the
Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
Owner Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders in writing of any appointment
of a successor Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar within five Business Days
thereof.
SECTION 4.2 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters. Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of
the Certificateholders, to (a) remove Servicer under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1 thereof, (b) except as expressly provided in
the Basic Documents, sell the Receivables after the termination of the
Indenture, (c) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement
pursuant to Section 9 thereof or (d) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant
to Section 9 of the
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Administration Agreement. Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in
the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.3 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to Issuer until the Outstanding Amount of all the Notes has
been reduced to zero and without the unanimous prior approval of all
Certificateholders and the delivery to Owner Trustee by each such
Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder
reasonably believes that Issuer is insolvent.
SECTION 4.4 Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power. The
Certificateholders shall not direct Owner Trustee to take or refrain from taking
any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of
Issuer or Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents or
would be contrary to Section 2.3 nor shall Owner Trustee be obligated to follow
any such direction, if given.
SECTION 4.5 Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be
taken by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of
the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective
if signed by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance at the time of the delivery of such notice.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES.
SECTION 5.1 Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account. Owner
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain
in the name of Issuer an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Certificate Distribution
Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole
dominion and control of Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 5.2 Application of Funds in Certificate Distribution Account.
(a) On each Payment Date, Owner Trustee will, or will cause Paying
Agent to, based on the information contained in Servicer's Report delivered on
the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.9 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, distribute to Certificateholders, to the extent of the funds
available, amounts deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement on such Payment Date in the following order of
priority:
(i) first, to the Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis, an
amount equal to the Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount;
and
(ii) second, to the Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis,
an amount equal to the Certificateholders' Principal Distributable
Amount.
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(b) On each Payment Date, Owner Trustee shall send, or cause to be
sent, to each Certificateholder the statement provided to Owner Trustee by
Servicer pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on such
Payment Date.
(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's
payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce
the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance with
this Section. Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from
amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for
the payment of any tax that is legally owed by Issuer (but such authorization
shall not prevent Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending
the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such
Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by Issuer and remitted to the
appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is
payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a non-United
States Certificateholder), Owner Trustee may in its sole discretion withhold
such amounts in accordance with this clause (c). In the event that an Owner
wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, Owner Trustee shall
reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such claim so long as
such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket
expenses incurred.
SECTION 5.3. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.1(c),
distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Payment Date
shall be made to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date
either by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of such
Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (a)
such Certificateholder shall have provided to Certificate Registrar appropriate
written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such Payment Date and
such Holder's Certificates in the aggregate evidence an amount of not less than
$1,000,000 or (b) such Certificateholder is the Depositor, or an Affiliate
thereof, or, if not, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address of
such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register; provided that, unless
Definitive Certificates have been issued pursuant to Section 3.13, with respect
to Certificates registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the
Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), distributions will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final
distribution in respect of any Certificate (whether on the Final Scheduled
Payment Date or otherwise) will be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of such Certificate at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8.
SECTION 5.4. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to Sections
5.1 and 5.2, monies received by Owner Trustee or any Paying Agent hereunder need
not be segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law or the
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement and may be deposited under such
general conditions as may be prescribed by law, and neither Owner Trustee nor
any Paying Agent shall be liable for any interest thereon.
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SECTION 5.5. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders,
Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. Owner Trustee shall
(a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of Issuer on a calendar year
basis on the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and
applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required (including
Schedule K-1) to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state
income tax returns, (c) prepare and file such tax returns relating to Issuer
(including a partnership information return, Form 1065, if applicable), and make
such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any
applicable state or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to
maintain the Issuer's characterization as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, (d) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law
and (e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and
in accordance with Section 5.2(c) with respect to income or distributions to
Certificateholders. Owner Trustee shall cooperate with the Depositor in making
all elections pursuant to this Section as directed in writing by the Depositor.
Owner Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income
currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Receivables and
shall elect under Section 171 of the Code to amortize any bond premium with
respect to the Receivables. Owner Trustee shall not make the election provided
under Section 754 of the Code.
SECTION 5.6. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.5, Depositor shall sign
on behalf of Issuer the tax returns of Issuer, unless applicable law requires
Owner Trustee to sign such documents, in which case such documents shall be
signed by Owner Trustee at the written direction of Depositor.
(b) Depositor shall be the "tax matters partner" of Issuer pursuant to
Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 6.1. General Authority. Owner Trustee is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which Issuer is named as
a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which Issuer is named as a party and any
amendment thereto, in each case, in such form as Depositor shall approve, as
evidenced conclusively by Owner Trustee's execution thereof, and on behalf of
Issuer at the written direction of Depositor, to direct Indenture Trustee to
authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$____________, and Class A-2 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$____________. In addition to the foregoing, Owner Trustee is authorized, but
shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of Issuer pursuant to the
Basic Documents. Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take
such action as Servicer or Administrator recommends or directs in writing with
respect to the Basic Documents, except to the extent that this Agreement
expressly requires the consent of Certificateholders for such action.
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SECTION 6.2. General Duties. It shall be the duty of Owner Trustee to
discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and to administer
Issuer in the interest of Owners, subject to the Basic Documents and in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities
hereunder and under the Basic Documents to the extent Administrator has agreed
in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of
Owner Trustee or Issuer hereunder or under any Basic Document, and Owner Trustee
shall not be liable for the default or failure of Administrator to carry out its
obligations under the Administration Agreement. Except as expressly provided in
the Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation to administer,
service or collect the Receivables or to maintain, monitor or otherwise
supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Receivables.
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article IV, the Certificateholders may, by written
instruction, direct Owner Trustee in the management of Issuer. Such direction
may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Certificateholders
pursuant to Article IV.
(b) Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or
under any Basic Document if Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined or
been advised by counsel that such action is likely to result in liability on the
part of Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Basic
Document or is otherwise contrary to law and a copy of such opinion has been
provided to Seller and Servicer.
(c) Whenever Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or any
Basic Document or is unsure as to the application of any provision of this
Agreement or any Basic Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its
application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable
provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any determination by
Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that
Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts,
Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate
under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders requesting instruction as to
the course of action to be adopted or application of such provision, and to the
extent Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance
with any written instruction of the Certificateholders received, Owner Trustee
shall not be liable on account of such action or inaction to any Person. If
Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of
such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may,
but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not
inconsistent with this Agreement or the Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be
in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to
any Person for such action or inaction.
SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage,
make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document
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contemplated hereby to which Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly
provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written
instruction received by Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3; and no implied
duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Basic Document
against Owner Trustee. Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing for Issuer
or to record this Agreement or any Basic Document. Owner Trustee nevertheless
agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as
may be necessary to discharge any Liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate
that result from actions by, or claims against, Owner Trustee that are not
related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 6.5. No Action Except under Specified Documents or
Instructions. Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or
otherwise deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance
with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon Owner Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and
(iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.3.
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions. Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a)
that is inconsistent with the purposes of Issuer set forth in Section 2.3 or (b)
that, to the actual knowledge of Owner Trustee, would (i) affect the treatment
of the Notes as indebtedness for federal income, state and local income and
franchise tax purposes, (ii) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes
for federal income or state income or franchise tax purposes or (iii) cause
Issuer or any portion thereof to be treated as an association or publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income, state and local income
or franchise tax purposes. The Certificateholders shall not direct Owner Trustee
to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. Owner Trustee accepts the
trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to
such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. Owner Trustee also agrees
to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Owner
Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents and this Agreement. Owner
Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any Basic
Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad
faith or negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation
or warranty contained in Section 7.3 expressly made by Owner Trustee. In
particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set
forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made by
a Responsible Officer of Owner Trustee;
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(b) Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of Depositor,
Servicer, Administrator or any Certificateholder;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document shall require
Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder or under any Basic
Document if Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including
the principal of and interest on the Notes or amounts distributable on the
Certificates;
(e) Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by
Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or
validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity
or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates, and Owner Trustee shall in no event assume
or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder or to any
Certificateholder, other than as expressly provided for herein and in the Basic
Documents;
(f) Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of
Indenture Trustee, Servicer, Custodian or Administrator under any of the Basic
Documents or otherwise and Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or liability
to perform the obligations of Issuer under this Agreement or the Basic Documents
that are required to be performed by Indenture Trustee under the Indenture,
Servicer or Custodian under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Administrator
under the Administration Agreement; and
(g) Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this
Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of any of
the Certificateholders, unless such Certificateholders have offered to Owner
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred by Owner Trustee therein or thereby. The right
of Owner Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement
or in any Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and Owner Trustee
shall not be answerable for other than its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct in the performance of any such act.
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents. Owner Trustee shall furnish to
the Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor,
duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to Owner Trustee under
the Basic Documents.
SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties. Owner Trustee hereby
represents and warrants to Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
that:
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(a) It is a [national] banking corporation [duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of ________] and having an
office within the State of _________. It has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be
executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute
and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.
(c) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Owner Trustee, enforceable against Owner Trustee in accordance with its
respective terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other
similar laws affecting enforcement of the rights of creditors of banks generally
and to equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.
(d) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by
it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or
Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust
powers of Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute
any default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage,
contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its
properties may be bound.
SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any
signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate,
report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine
and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. Owner Trustee
may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other
governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such
resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force
and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is
not specifically prescribed herein, Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof
rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the
treasurer, secretary or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to
such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to
Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in
the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the Basic
Documents, Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys
pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, but Owner Trustee shall
not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys selected
with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons knowledgeable in the relevant area to be selected with
reasonable care and employed by it. Owner Trustee shall not be liable for
anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons
and not contrary to this Agreement or any Basic Document.
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SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created,_____________________
acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity and
all Persons having any claim against Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Basic Document shall look only to the
Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.6. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Receivables.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature
and countersignature of Owner Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as the
statements of Depositor, and Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness thereof. Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Basic Document or of the Certificates
(other than the signature and countersignature of Owner Trustee on the
Certificates) or the Notes, or of any Receivable or related documents. Owner
Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with
respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Receivable, or the
perfection and priority of any security interest created by any Receivable in
any Financed Vehicle or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or
for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate or its ability
to generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under this
Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including: the existence,
condition and ownership of any Financed Vehicle; the existence and
enforceability of any insurance thereon; the existence and contents of any
Receivable on any computer or other record thereof; the validity of the
assignment of any Receivable to Issuer or of any intervening assignment; the
completeness of any Receivable; the performance or enforcement of any
Receivable; the compliance by Depositor or Servicer with any warranty or
representation made under any Basic Document or in any related document or the
accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action of Indenture
Trustee, Administrator or Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of Owner
Trustee.
SECTION 7.7. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes. Owner
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Certificates or Notes and may deal with Depositor, Indenture Trustee,
Administrator and Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights as it
would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE.
SECTION 8.1. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. Owner Trustee shall
receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been
separately agreed upon in writing before the date hereof between Depositor and
Owner Trustee, and Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Depositor
for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise
and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder.
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification. Depositor shall be liable as primary
obligor for, and shall indemnify Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns,
agents and servants (collectively, the
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"Indemnified Parties") from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable
costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses)
of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, "Expenses") which may at any
time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Owner Trustee or any
Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the
Basic Documents, the Owner Trust Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust
Estate or the action or inaction of Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that
Depositor shall not be liable for or required to indemnify Owner Trustee from
and against Expenses arising or resulting from any of the matters described in
the third sentence of Section 7.1. The indemnities contained in this Section
shall survive the resignation or termination of Owner Trustee or the termination
of this Agreement. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental
or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted
against any Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought
pursuant to this Section, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify Depositor
in writing, and Depositor upon request of the Indemnified Party, shall retain
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the
Indemnified Party and any others Depositor may designate in such proceeding and
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such
proceeding. Depositor shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim or
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Depositor agrees to
indemnify any Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Depositor shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified
Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such proceeding.
SECTION 8.3. Payments to Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to Owner
Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed not to be a part of the
Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT.
SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) and Issuer shall terminate
and be of no further force or effect, upon the final distribution by Owner
Trustee of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
Article V. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any
Certificateholder or Owner shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or
Issuer, nor (y) entitle such Certificateholder's or Owner's legal
representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of
Issuer or Owner Trust Estate nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations
and liabilities of the parties hereto.
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(b) Except as provided in clause (a), neither Depositor nor any
Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Issuer.
(c) Notice of any termination of Issuer, specifying the Payment Date
upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to Paying
Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by
Owner Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed within five Business Days
of receipt of notice of such termination from Servicer given pursuant to Section
9.1(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the Payment Date upon or
with respect to which final payment of the Certificates shall be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of Paying Agent
therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment (per $1,000 of
Certificate Balance) and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such
Payment Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and
surrender of the Certificates at the office of Paying Agent therein specified.
Owner Trustee shall give such notice to Certificate Registrar (if other than
Owner Trustee) and Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, Paying
Agent shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable
on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.2.
If all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates
for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above
mentioned written notice, Owner Trustee shall give a second written notice to
the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
one year after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, Owner Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may
appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain
subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in Issuer after exhaustion of
such remedies shall be distributed, subject to applicable escheat laws, by Owner
Trustee to Depositor.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES.
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. Owner Trustee
shall at all times be a bank (i) authorized to exercise corporate trust powers,
(ii) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and (iii)
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If such
bank shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time Owner
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 10.2.
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. Owner Trustee
may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by
giving written notice thereof to
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Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, Administrator shall
promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee
and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee; provided, however, that such right to appoint or to petition for the
appointment of any such successor shall in no event relieve the resigning Owner
Trustee from any obligations otherwise imposed on it under the Basic Documents
until such successor has in fact assumed such appointment.
If at any time Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by Administrator, or if at any time Owner Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver
of Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall take charge or control of Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then Administrator
may remove Owner Trustee. If Administrator shall remove Owner Trustee under the
authority of the immediately preceding sentence, Administrator shall promptly
appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed
and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and payment of all fees owed to the
outgoing Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.3 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. Administrator shall provide notice of such
resignation or removal of Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 10.3. Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
Administrator and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under
this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The
predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to
the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it
under this Agreement; and Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably
be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor
Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1.
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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner
Trustee to all Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Rating Agencies. If Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor
Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
Administrator.
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation
into which Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of Owner
Trustee, shall, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, be the successor of Owner Trustee hereunder; provided that such
corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1; and provided further
that Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the
Rating Agencies.
SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Owner Trust Estate or any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located,
Administrator and Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by
Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with Owner Trustee, or separate
trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate, and
to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to Issuer, or any part
thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers,
duties, obligations, rights and trusts as Administrator and Owner Trustee may
consider necessary or desirable. If Administrator shall not have joined in such
appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, Owner
Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or
separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 and no notice of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to
Section 10.3.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or
performed by Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act separately without Owner Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction
in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, Owner Trustee
shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the
holding of title to Issuer or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate
trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of Owner Trustee;
(ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this
Agreement; and
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(iii) Administrator and Owner Trustee acting jointly may at
any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co- trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with Owner Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, Owner Trustee. Each
such instrument shall be filed with Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to
Administrator.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint Owner
Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by Owner
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 11.1. Supplements and Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by Depositor and Owner Trustee, with
prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, without the consent of any of the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders:
(i) to cure any ambiguity or defect, 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 that such action
shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder;
(ii) (A) to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be
necessary or advisable in order to enable all or a portion of Issuer to
qualify as, and to permit an election to be made to cause all or a
portion of Issuer to be treated as, a "financial asset securitization
investment trust" as described in the provisions of the Small Business
Job Protection Act of 1996," or to enable all or a portion of the
Issuer to qualify and an election to be made for similar treatment
under such comparable subsequent federal income tax provisions as may
ultimately be enacted into law, and (B) in connection with
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any such election, to modify or eliminate existing provisions set forth
in this Agreement relating to the intended federal income tax treatment
of the Notes or Certificates and Issuer in the absence of the election;
it being a condition to any such amendment that each Rating Agency
shall have notified the Depositor, the Servicer, Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee in writing that the amendment will not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Notes or
Certificates with respect to which it is a Rating Agency; and
(iii) to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be
necessary or advisable in order to enable (a) the transfer to Issuer of
all or any portion of the Receivables to be derecognized under GAAP by
Depositor to Issuer, (b) Issuer to avoid becoming a member of Seller's
consolidated group under GAAP or (c) the Depositor, any Seller
Affiliate or any of their Affiliates to otherwise comply with or obtain
more favorable treatment under any law or regulation or any accounting
rule or principle; it being a condition to any such amendment that each
Rating Agency shall have notified the Depositor, the Servicer,
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing that the amendment
will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any
outstanding Notes or Certificates with respect to which it is a Rating
Agency.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by Depositor
and Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, with the
consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and, to the extent affected thereby, the consent
of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
provided that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the
amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on
Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate Balance
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of
all the outstanding Notes and Holders of all outstanding Certificates.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent,
Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Certificateholder, Indenture Trustee and each of
the Rating Agencies.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders,
the Noteholders or Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient
if such consent, where required, shall approve the substance thereof. The manner
of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Certificateholders
provided for in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing
the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as Owner Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of
Trust, Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary
of State.
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(f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the
Certificate of Trust, Owner 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 that all conditions precedent to the
execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. Owner Trustee may,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects Owner
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in
Certificateholders. The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any
part of the Owner Trust Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to
receive distributions with respect to their undivided ownership interest therein
only in accordance with Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or
otherwise, of any right, title or interest of the Certificateholders to and in
their ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate shall operate to terminate
this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an
accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Owner
Trust Estate.
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.7,
the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of Owner Trustee,
Issuer, Depositor, Administrator, Certificateholders, Servicer and, to the
extent expressly provided herein, Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and
nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to
give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the
Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants,
conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 11.4. Notices.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms
hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt
personally delivered, delivered by overnight courier or mailed certified mail,
return receipt requested, if to Owner Trustee, addressed to the Corporate Trust
Office; if to Depositor, addressed to ________________________________________;
or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party
in a written notice to each other party.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 11.5. 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.
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SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Depositor,
Owner Trustee and its successors and each Certificateholder and its successors
and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction,
consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a Certificateholder shall bind
the successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.
SECTION 11.8. No Petition. Owner Trustee (not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, each
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, by accepting a Certificate, and Trustee
and each Noteholder or Note Owner by accepting the benefits of this Agreement,
hereby covenants and agrees that they will not at any time institute against
Depositor, or join in any institution against Depositor of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes, this
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.9. No Recourse. Each Certificateholder or Certificate Owner
by accepting a Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholder's or
Certificate Owner's Certificates represent beneficial interests in Issuer only
and do not represent interests in or obligations of Seller, Servicer,
Administrator, Depositor, Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate
thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except
as expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Certificates or
the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.10. 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 11.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAWS, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF
LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.12. Certificate Transfer Restrictions. The Certificates may
not be acquired by or for the account of or with assets of (i) an employee
benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA")) that is subject to the provisions of Title 1 of
ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, or (iii) any
entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's
investment in the entity (each, a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and holding a
Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and
warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing Certificates on
behalf of a Benefit Plan.
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SECTION 11.13. Servicer. Servicer is authorized to execute on behalf of
Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and
opinions as it shall be the duty of Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant
to the Basic Documents. Upon written request, Owner Trustee shall execute and
deliver to Servicer a power of attorney appointing Servicer as Issuer's agent
and attorney-in-fact to execute all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions.
SECTION 11.14. Sale and Servicing Agreement. Owner Trustee is hereby
authorized and directed to perform the duties and obligations of the Owner
Trustee set forth in Sections 3.3, 3.4(b), (c), (d), (e) and (h), 4.3, 4.4(b),
4.7, 4.10(a), 4.11(b), 5.1(c), 5.6, 8.1(a) and (b), 8.4, 10.1(a), (b) and (e),
10.2(g) and (h), and 10.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.
,
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as Owner Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO AUTO RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION, as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
NUMBER $
R- CUSIP NO.
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF [CEDE & CO.] OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, [CEDE & CO.], HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS DISTRIBUTABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS
SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS
CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO AUTO TRUST 200_-_
______% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE evidencing a beneficial ownership
interest in certain distributions of Issuer, as defined below, the property of
which includes a pool of Motor Vehicle Loans sold to Issuer by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo
Receivables Corporation.
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Receivables Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except to the
extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the registered owner of ___________ DOLLARS
nonassessable, fully-paid, beneficial ownership interest in certain
distributions of ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO AUTO TRUST 200_-_ ("Issuer") formed by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo
Auto Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Seller"). This
Certificate has a Certificate Rate of ____% per annum.
Exhibit A, Page 1
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OWNER TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Trust Agreement.
or
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as Owner Trustee as Owner Trustee
By
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Authenticating Agent
By By
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Authorized Signatory Authorized Signatory
Issuer was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of _________
[ ], 200_ (the "Trust Agreement"), between Seller and ________________________,
as owner trustee ("Owner Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in
Appendix X to the Sale and Servicing Agreement among Issuer, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo
Receivables Corporation, as Seller, and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. as Servicer,
dated as of ___________ [ ], 200_, as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates designated
as "____% Asset Backed Certificates" (herein called the "Certificates"). Also
issued under the Indenture dated as of ___________ [ ], 200_, between Issuer and
_______________ as indenture trustee, are [two] classes of Notes designated as
"Class A-1 _____% Asset Backed Notes" (the "Class A-1 Notes"), and "Class A-2
____% Asset Backed Notes" (the "Class A-2 Notes" and, together with the Class ▇-
▇ Notes, the "Notes"). This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust
Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such holder is bound.
The holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights
to receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the
rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture and the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
It is the intent of the Seller, Servicer and the Certificateholders
that, for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise tax,
until the Trust Certificates are held by other than the Seller, the Issuer will
be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner. At such time that the Trust
Certificates are held by more than one person, it is the intent of the Seller,
Servicer and the Certificateholders that, for purposes of federal income, state
and local income and franchise tax, the Issuer will be treated as a partnership,
the assets of which are the assets held by the Issuer, and the
Certificateholders will be treated as partners in that partnership. The
Depositor and the other Certificateholders, by acceptance of a Trust
Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the
treatment of, the Trust Certificates as such for tax purposes.
Exhibit A, Page 2
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Each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a
Certificate, covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder and Certificate
Owner will not at any time institute against Depositor, or join in any
institution against Depositor of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United
States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any
obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any
of the Basic Documents.
The Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in,
Seller, Servicer, Administrator, Depositor, Owner Trustee or any Affiliates of
any of them and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets,
except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture or the Basic Documents.
The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of or with
the assets of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA)
that is subject to the provisions of Title 1 of ERISA, (b) a plan described in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity (each, a "Benefit
Plan"). By accepting and holding this Certificate, the Holder hereof shall be
deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is
not purchasing on behalf of a Benefit Plan.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized officer of Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Exhibit A, Page 3
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Owner Trustee, on behalf of Issuer and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO AUTO TRUST 200_-_
By: ,
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not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Owner Trustee
Dated:
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By:
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Exhibit A, Page 4
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
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(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
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the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
____________________________________________________________________ Attorney to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature Guaranteed:
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* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Certificate in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or
a commercial bank or trust company.
Exhibit A, Page 5
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT
