EXECUTION COPY
AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
as Depositor,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
As Owner Trustee
and
WACHOVIA TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Delaware Trustee
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated October 30, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. General Definitions.........................................................................1
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions...............................................................4
Section 1.03. Interpretive Provisions.....................................................................5
ARTICLE TWO
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.01. Name........................................................................................5
Section 2.02. Office......................................................................................5
Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers.........................................................................5
Section 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee...........................................6
Section 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate..........................................6
Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust........................................................................7
Section 2.07. Liability of Owners.........................................................................7
Section 2.08. Title to Trust Property.....................................................................7
Section 2.09. Situs of Issuer.............................................................................7
Section 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.............................................8
ARTICLE THREE
TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 3.01. Initial Ownership...........................................................................9
Section 3.02. The Trust Certificates......................................................................9
Section 3.03. Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates...........................................9
Section 3.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates................................10
Section 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates....................................11
Section 3.06. Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................12
Section 3.07. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses..................................12
Section 3.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................12
Section 3.09. Appointment of Paying Agent................................................................12
Section 3.10. Definitive Trust Certificates..............................................................13
Section 3.11. Repayment of Trust Certificates............................................................13
ARTICLE FOUR
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE
Section 4.01. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.....................................13
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Section 4.02. Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters...........................................14
Section 4.03. Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy................................................14
Section 4.04. Restrictions on Owners' Power..............................................................14
Section 4.05. Majority Control...........................................................................15
ARTICLE FIVE
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section 5.01. Establishment of Trust Account.............................................................15
Section 5.02. Application of Trust Funds.................................................................15
Section 5.03. Method of Payment..........................................................................16
Section 5.04. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest......................................................16
Section 5.05. Accounting and Reports to Owners, Internal Revenue Service and Others......................16
ARTICLE SIX
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. General Authority..........................................................................17
Section 6.02. General Duties.............................................................................17
Section 6.03. Action Upon Instruction....................................................................17
Section 6.04. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions.........................18
Section 6.05. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions.................................19
Section 6.06. Restrictions...............................................................................19
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE and the delaware trustee
Section 7.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties............................................................19
Section 7.02. Furnishing of Documents....................................................................20
Section 7.03. Representations and Warranties of the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee...............21
Section 7.04. Reliance, Advice of Counsel................................................................22
Section 7.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity..........................................................23
Section 7.06. Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or Receivables........23
Section 7.07. Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes
...........................................................................................24
Section 7.08. Duties of the Delaware Trustee..............................................................23
ARTICLE EIGHT
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE and the delaware trustee
Section 8.01. Owner Trustee's and Delaware Trustee's Fees and Expenses...................................24
Section 8.02. Indemnification............................................................................24
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Section 8.03. Payments to the Owner Trustee and to the Delaware Trustee..................................25
ARTICLE NINE
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Section 9.01. Termination of Trust Agreement.............................................................25
ARTICLE TEN
SUCCESSOR AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
Section 10.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee............................26
Section 10.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee....................................................26
Section 10.03. Successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee................................................27
Section 10.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee...............................28
Section 10.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..............................................28
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Supplements and Amendments.................................................................30
Section 11.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Owner..............................................31
Section 11.03. Limitations on Rights of Others............................................................31
Section 11.04. Notices....................................................................................31
Section 11.05. Severability...............................................................................32
Section 11.06. Separate Counterparts......................................................................32
Section 11.07. Successors and Assigns.....................................................................32
Section 11.08. No Petition................................................................................32
Section 11.09. No Recourse................................................................................32
Section 11.10. Headings...................................................................................32
Section 11.11. Governing Law..............................................................................32
Section 11.12. Trust Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid............................................32
Section 11.13. Depositor Payment Obligation...............................................................33
Section 11.14. Federal Tax Treatment......................................................................33
Section 11.15. Confidentiality............................................................................33
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Trust Certificate A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Seller Certificate B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Investment Letter C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Rule 144A Letter D-1
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This Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated October 30, 2003, is
among American Honda Receivables Corp., a California corporation, as depositor
(the "Depositor"), Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), and
Wachovia Trust Company, National Association, as Delaware Trustee (the "Delaware
Trustee").
WHEREAS, Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust has been created
pursuant to a trust agreement, dated as of October 16, 2003 between the
Depositor and the Delaware Trustee (the "Initial Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this amended and restated
trust agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Initial Trust
Agreement will be amended and restated and $50,899,759.44, aggregate principal
amount of Asset Backed Certificates will be issued;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. General Definitions. Whenever used herein, unless the
context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
"Administration Agreement" means the administration agreement, dated as
of October 1, 2003, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor and
AHFC, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Administrator" means AHFC, as Administrator under the Administration
Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
"Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the
same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"AHFC" means American Honda Finance Corporation, and its successors.
"AHRC" means American Honda Receivables Corp., and its successors.
"Applicants" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Authenticating Agent" means Citibank, N.A., and its successors.
"Benefit Plan" means (i) an employee benefit plan (as such term is
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I
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.
"Certificate Balance" means, with respect to any Trust Certificate, the
original certificate balance of such Trust Certificate minus all payments on
such Trust Certificate with respect to principal.
"Certificate Distribution Account" means the account established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 5.01.
"Certificate of Trust" means the Certificate of Trust filed for the
Issuer pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Initial Trust Agreement.
"Certificate Rate" means 2.79% per annum calculated on the basis of a
360 day year of twelve 30 day months.
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar" means the register
maintained and the registrar (or any successor thereto) appointed pursuant to
Section 3.04.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust
Certificate is registered.
"Closing Date" means October 30, 2003.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and its
successors.
"Corporate Trust Office" means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, the
principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ or at such other address as the
Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Owners and, the Depositor, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee at the address
designated by such successor Owner Trustee by notice to the Owners and the
Depositor.
"Depositor" means AHRC in its capacity as depositor hereunder.
"Delaware Trustee" means Wachovia Trust Company, National Association,
with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Delaware Trustee under this Agreement, and
any sucessor Delaware Trustee hereunder.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Expenses" means all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes,
claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable out of pocket costs,
expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any
kind and nature whatsoever.
"Indemnified Parties" means the Owner Trustee and its successors,
assigns, agents and any co-trustee and the Delaware Trustee and its successors,
assigns, agents and any co-trustee.
"Indenture" means the indenture dated as of October 1, 2003 between the
Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee.
"Investment Letter" means a letter delivered in connection with the
transfer of a Trust Certificate pursuant to Section 3.04(a), substantially in
the form of Exhibit C.
"Issuer" means the Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust, and its
successors.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel to the Seller, the Depositor or the Servicer,
which counsel shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or
each Rating Agency, as applicable.
"Original Certificate Balance" means $50,899,759.44.
"Original Contribution Amount" means $1,000.00.
"Owner" means each Holder of a Trust Certificate.
"Owner Trust Estate" means all right, title and interest of the Issuer
in and to the property and rights assigned to the Issuer pursuant to Article Two
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in
the Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account, all other property of the
Issuer from time to time, including any rights of the Owner Trustee and the
Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration
Agreement and all proceeds of the foregoing.
"Owner Trustee" means Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity
but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner
Trustee hereunder.
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 3.09.
"Payment Date" means the fifteenth calendar day of each month,
commencing November 2003, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day.
"Percentage Interest" means, as to any Trust Certificate, (i) the
original certificate balance for such Trust Certificate, as specified on the
face thereof, divided by (ii) the Original Certificate Balance; provided, that
in determining whether the Holders of the requisite portion or percentage of the
Trust Certificates have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other Basic Document, Trust
Certificates owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Certificates, the
Seller, the Servicer or any
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Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed to be
excluded from the Certificate Balance (unless such Persons own 100% of the Trust
Certificates), except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee and
Owner Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Trust Certificates
that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have actual knowledge of being
so owned shall be so disregarded. Trust Certificates so owned that have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as included in the Certificate Balance if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as applicable, the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Trust Certificates and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor
upon the Trust Certificates, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of their
respective Affiliates. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee shall
incur any liability to any person in determining whether a pledgee has the right
to act with respect to such Trust Certificates.
"Record Date" means the day immediately preceding the Payment Date so
long as the securities are in book-entry form, and the last day of the month
preceding the Payment Date if the securities are issued in definitive form.
"Required Rating" means, with respect to any entity, that such entity
(or the parent of such entity) has a rating of at least BBB- by Standard &
Poor's and at least Baa3 by Moody's.
"Rule 144A Letter" means a letter delivered in connection with the
transfer of a Trust Certificate pursuant to Section 3.04(a), substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the sale and servicing agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2003, among the Issuer, the Depositor and AHFC, as
servicer, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Seller Certificate" means a certificate of transfer delivered in
connection with the transfer of a Trust Certificate pursuant to Section 3.04(a),
substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
"Statutory Trust Statute" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del.C. (section)3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to
time.
"Treasury Regulations" means regulations, including proposed or
temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
"Trust Certificate" means a certificate evidencing the beneficial
interest of an Owner in the Trust, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
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(a) Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Indenture, as the case may be.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
Section 1.03. Interpretive Provisions.
(a) For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (i) terms used herein
include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as well as the singular,
(ii) references to words such as "herein", "hereof" and the like shall refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular part, article or section
within this Agreement, (iii) references to a section such as "Section 1.01" and
the like shall refer to the applicable Section of this Agreement, (iv) the term
"include, and all variations thereof shall mean "include without limitation",
(v) the term "or" shall include "and/or" and (vi) the term "proceeds" shall have
the meaning set forth in the applicable UCC. (b) As used in this Agreement and
in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally
accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting
terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are
inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document shall control.
ARTICLE TWO
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.01. Name. The trust created hereby shall be known as the
"Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust," in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct the business of the Issuer, make and execute contracts and other
instruments and ▇▇▇ and be sued, to the extent herein provided.
Section 2.02. Office. The Delaware office of the Issuer shall be in
care of the Delaware Trustee at One ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square, Suite 102, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or at such other address in the State of Delaware as
the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Owners and the
Depositor. The office of the Issuer shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may
designate by written notice to the Owners and the Depositor.
Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers.
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(a) The sole purpose of the Issuer is to conserve the Owner Trust
Estate and collect and disburse the periodic income therefrom for the use and
benefit of the Certificateholders, and in furtherance of such purpose to engage
in the following ministerial activities:
(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Trust
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement and to sell the Notes and the
Trust Certificates;
(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Trust
Certificates, to purchase the Receivables, to fund the Reserve Fund and
the Yield Supplement Account, to pay the organizational, start-up and
transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the balance to the
Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the
Owner Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and
distribute to the Owners pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
any portion of the Owner Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and
remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;
(iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents to which it is to be a party;
(v) to engage in those activities, including entering into
agreements, that are necessary to accomplish the foregoing or are
incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(vi) 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 Owners and the Noteholders.
(b) The Issuer is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing
activities. The Issuer shall not engage in any activities 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 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Issuer effective
as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth
herein, and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. The Depositor
hereby appoints the Delaware Trustee as a trustee of the Issuer effective as of
the date hereof, for the sole purpose of satisfying Section 3807(a) of the
Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, and the Delaware Trustee hereby accepts such
appointment. The Owner Trustee may engage, in the name of the Issuer or in its
own name on behalf of the Issuer, in the activities of the Issuer, make and
execute contracts on behalf of the Issuer and ▇▇▇ on behalf of the Issuer.
Section 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The
Depositor hereby reaffirms its sale, assignment, transfer and conveyance to the
Owner Trustee, as of the date of the Initial Trust Agreement, the sum of
$1,000.00 (the "Original Contribution Amount"). The Owner Trustee hereby
reaffirms its receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the date of the Initial
Trust Agreement, of the Original Contribution Amount, which constituted the
initial Owner
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Trust Estate and shall be on or before the date hereof deposited in the
Certificate Distribution Account. On the date hereof the Owner Trustee is hereby
directed to withdraw the Original Contribution Amount from the Certificate
Distribution Account and transfer such sums to the Depositor via wire transfer
to the Depositor's account from which the Original Contribution Amount was
received. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Issuer as they
may arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse
the Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust. The 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 sole purpose of conserving the Owner Trust
Estate and collecting and disbursing the periodic income therefrom for the use
and benefit of the Owners, subject to the obligations of the Issuer under the
Basic Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer
constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this
Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax
purposes, (i) so long as there is a sole Owner, the Issuer shall be disregarded
as an entity separate from the owner, with the assets of the Issuer being the
Receivables and other assets held by the Issuer, the owner of the Receivables
being the sole Owner and the Notes being non-recourse debt of the sole Owner and
(ii) if there is more than one Owner, the Issuer shall be treated as a
partnership for income and franchise tax purposes, with the assets of the
partnership being the Receivables and other assets held by the Issuer and with
the partners of the partnership being the Owners and the Notes being debt of the
partnership. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate
tax authorities, the Issuer will file or cause to be filed annual or other
necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization
of the Issuer as provided in the preceding sentence for such tax purposes.
Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the
Statutory Trust Statute for the sole purpose and to the extent necessary to
accomplish the purpose of the Issuer as set forth in Section 2.03(a).
Section 2.07. Liability of Owners. The Owners shall be entitled to the
same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the general corporation law of the State
of Delaware.
Section 2.08. Title to Trust Property. Legal title to the Owner Trust
Estate shall be vested at all times in the 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 the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.
Section 2.09. Situs of Issuer. The Issuer will be located in the State
of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer shall be located in the states of Delaware or New York. The Issuer shall
not have any employees in any state other than Delaware; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having
employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received by
the Issuer only in, and payments will be made by the Issuer only from, the
states of Delaware or New York. The only office of the Issuer will be at the
Corporate Trust Office.
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Section 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee that:
(a) The Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California, 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, and had
at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire, own
and sell the Receivables.
(b) The 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 its property
or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications.
(c) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and
authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and
deposited with the Owner Trustee as part of the Owner Trust Estate and the
Depositor has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit to the Issuer
by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary
corporate action.
(d) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Depositor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be
considered in a proceeding in equity or in law.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this
Agreement and 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, nor constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation
or bylaws of the Depositor, or conflict with or violate any of the material
terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time)
a default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the
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 the Depositor's knowledge,
any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties; which
breach, default, conflict, lien or violation would have a material adverse
effect on the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Depositor.
(f) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the
Depositor's 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, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Trust
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Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
ARTICLE THREE
TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 3.01. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Issuer by
the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the
issuance of the Trust Certificates, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary
of the Issuer.
Section 3.02. The Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates shall be
issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples thereof;
provided, however, that one Trust Certificate may be issued in such denomination
as required to include any residual amount. The Trust Certificates shall be
executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee and shall have deemed to
have been validly issued when so executed and authenticated (as set forth in
Section 3.03 below). Trust Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee, shall be validly
issued and binding obligations of the Issuer 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
Trust Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication
and delivery of such Trust Certificates.
A transferee of a Trust Certificate shall become a Certificateholder
and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Certificateholder hereunder upon such transferee's acceptance of a Trust
Certificate duly registered in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 3.04.
Section 3.03. Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates. On the
Closing Date, the Owner Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered
upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Receivables and the other
assets of the Issuer, simultaneously with the sale, assignment and transfer to
the Issuer of the Receivables, and the constructive delivery to the Issuer of
the Receivable Files and the other assets of the Issuer, Trust Certificates duly
authenticated by the Owner Trustee, in authorized denominations equaling in the
aggregate the Original Certificate Balance and evidencing the entire ownership
of the Issuer. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its Holder to any benefit
under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on
such Trust Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or its authenticating
agent, by manual signature; and such authentication shall constitute conclusive
evidence that such Trust Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. All Trust Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication. Upon issuance, authentication and delivery pursuant to the terms
hereof, the Trust Certificates will be entitled to the benefits of this
Agreement. Whenever, in any Basic Document, a reference is made to
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authentication by the Owner Trustee, such reference shall include authentication
by the Owner Trustee or its authenticating agent.
Section 3.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust
Certificates.
(a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, a Certificate Register in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall
provide for the registration of Trust Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Trust Certificates as herein provided. The Owner Trustee hereby
appoints Citibank, N.A. as initial Certificate Registrar. The Owner Trustee may
appoint an agent to act as Certificate Registrar. Upon any resignation of the
Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor
thereto.
The Trust Certificates have not been registered under the Securities
Act or listed on any securities exchange. No transfer of a Trust Certificate
shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or
is exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and such
state securities laws. In the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance
upon an exemption from the Securities Act and state securities laws, in order to
assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, the Holder desiring to
effect such transfer and such Holder's prospective transferee shall each certify
to the Issuer in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in the form of a
Seller Certificate and Investment Letter or a Rule 144A Letter. Except in the
case of a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a Rule 144A
Letter, there shall also be delivered to the Issuer an Opinion of Counsel that
such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and
an Opinion of Counsel or memorandum of law that such transfer may be made
pursuant to an exemption from state securities laws, which Opinion(s) of Counsel
and memorandum of law shall not be an expense of the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Trust Certificate and
any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding
the Trust Certificates and the Receivables and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Trust Certificate without registration
thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided
by Rule 144A. Each Holder of a Trust Certificate desiring to effect such a
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer
is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with federal and state securities
laws. The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall cause each Trust
Certificate to contain a legend in the form set forth on the form of Trust
Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust
Certificate at the office of the Certificate Registrar and subject to the
satisfaction of the preceding paragraph, the Owner Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver (or shall cause its authenticating agent to
authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more
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new Trust Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate original
certificate balance dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any
authenticating agent; provided that prior to such execution, authentication and
delivery, the Owner Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the proposed transfer will not cause the Issuer to be characterized,
as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or
alter the tax characterization of the Notes for federal income tax purposes. At
the option of a Holder, Trust Certificates may be exchanged for other Trust
Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate original
certificate balance upon surrender of the Trust Certificates to be exchanged at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08.
(c) At the option of a Certificateholder, Trust Certificates may be
exchanged for other Trust Certificates in authorized denominations of a like
aggregate original certificate balance upon surrender of the Trust Certificates
to be exchanged at the office of the Certificate Registrar. Whenever any Trust
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause its
authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) the Trust Certificates that
the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Trust
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
(d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates, but the Owner Trustee 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 Trust Certificates.
(e) The Trust Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of
a Benefit Plan. No transfer of a Trust Certificate shall be made unless the
prospective transferee has certified to the Issuer in writing that it is not a
Benefit Plan.
(f) All Trust Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Owner Trustee or the
Issuer under this Agreement, shall be delivered to the Owner Trustee and
promptly cancelled by it, or, if surrendered to the Owner Trustee, shall be
promptly cancelled by it, and no Trust Certificates shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Trust Certificates in
accordance with its normal practice.
(g) The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner
Trustee shall not make, and the Certificate Registrar shall not register
transfers or exchanges of, Trust Certificates for a period of 15 days preceding
the due date for any payment with respect to the Trust Certificates.
Section 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Trust Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate and (ii) there is
delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or
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indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice that such Trust Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall execute and the Owner
Trustee or its authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange
for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust
Certificate, a new Trust Certificate in an authorized denomination and of a like
original certificate balance. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust
Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee 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 Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust
Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 3.06. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a
Trust Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any of their respective agents may
treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate is registered as the owner
of such Trust Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any of their respective
agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 3.07. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses. The Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Servicer and the Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of
a written request therefor from the Servicer or the Depositor, a list, in such
form as the Servicer or the Depositor may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. If three
or more Certificateholders, or one or more Certificateholders evidencing not
less than 51% of the Percentage Interests of the Trust Certificates (hereinafter
referred to as the "Applicants"), apply in writing to the 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 Trust Certificates, then the 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 Trust Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to
hold any of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.
Section 3.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trust shall maintain
an office or offices or agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Owner Trustee or its agent in respect of the Trust
Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served. The Owner Trustee initially
designates the office of its agent Citibank, N.A. as its office for such
purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor
and to the Certificateholders of any change in the location of the Certificate
Register or any such office or agency.
Section 3.09. Appointment of Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account
pursuant to Sections 5.02 and
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5.03 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the 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. The Owner Trustee may revoke such power and remove the Paying
Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the Paying
Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any
material respect. The Owner Trustee initially appoints Citibank, N.A. as the
Paying Agent and any co-paying agent chosen by the Paying Agent that is
acceptable to the Owner Trustee. Each Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign
as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Owner Trustee. In the event
that Citibank, N.A. shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee shall
appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any
additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agent shall agree with the 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. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to
the Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall
also return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01 and 8.02 shall apply to the Owner Trustee also
in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the 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 the Paying Agent shall include any
co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 3.10. Definitive Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates,
upon original issuance, will be issued in definitive, fully registered form.
Section 3.11. Repayment of Trust Certificates. In the event of an
optional purchase pursuant to Section 8.01 (a) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Trust Certificates will be prepaid in whole, but not in part, at
an aggregate prepayment price equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance of all
the Trust Certificates plus accrued interest thereon at the Certificate Rate.
ARTICLE FOUR
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE
Section 4.01. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.
Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, with respect to the
following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30
days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified the
Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and the Owners shall not
have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such
notice is given that such Owners have withheld consent or provided alternative
direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer (except claims
or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables) and
the compromise of any action,
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claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (except with respect to the
aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of the Receivables);
(b) the election by the Issuer to file an amendment to the Certificate
of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory
Trust Statute);
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) 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 interests of the Owners;
(e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration
Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision
in a manner or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the
interests of the Owners; or
(f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, paying agent for the Notes or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this
Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the assignment
by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar
of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
Section 4.02. Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters. Subject
to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, the Owner Trustee shall not
have the power, except upon the direction of the Owners, to (i) remove the
Administrator pursuant to Section 1.09 of the Administration Agreement, (ii)
appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 1.09 of the Administration
Agreement, (iii) remove the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, (iv) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents,
sell the Receivables after the termination of the Indenture, or (v) authorize
the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with or into any other statutory trust
or entity (other than in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Indenture). The
Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only
upon written instructions signed by the Owners.
Section 4.03. Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner
Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Issuer without the unanimous prior approval of all
Owners (including the Depositor) and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each
such Owner of a certificate certifying that such Owner reasonably believes that
the Issuer is insolvent.
Section 4.04. Restrictions on Owners' Power. The Owners shall not
direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from taking any action if such
action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or would
be contrary to the purpose of the Issuer as set forth in Section 2.03, nor shall
the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
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Section 4.05. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein,
any action that may be taken by the Owners under this Agreement may be taken by
the Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Percentage Interests evidenced by the Trust Certificates. Except as expressly
provided herein, any written notice of the Owners delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders of Trust Certificates
evidencing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests evidenced by the
Trust Certificates at the time of the delivery of such notice.
ARTICLE FIVE
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section 5.01. Establishment of Trust Account. The Owner Trustee, for
the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain (or shall
cause to be established and maintained) in the name of the Issuer an Eligible
Account (the "Certificate Distribution Account"), bearing a designation clearly
indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
The Issuer shall possess all right, title and interest in funds on
deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in the
proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Certificate
Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time, the
Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Owner
Trustee (or the Depositor on behalf of the Owner Trustee, if the Certificate
Distribution Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an Affiliate
thereof) shall within ten Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed 30
calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new
Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Account and shall transfer any
cash and/or any investments to such new Certificate Distribution Account. Monies
on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account may be invested in Eligible
Investments upon the terms set forth in Section 4.01 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, as if the Certificate Distribution Account were an "Account".
Earnings on investments of funds in the Certificate Distribution Account shall
be paid to the Servicer as part of the Supplemental Servicing Fee and any losses
and investment expenses shall be charged against the funds in such account.
Section 5.02. Application of Trust Funds.
(a) On each Payment Date, the Paying Agent will distribute to
Certificateholders, on the basis of the Percentage Interest evidenced by their
Trust Certificates, amounts deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Payment Date.
(b) On each Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall send to each
Certificateholder the statement or statements provided to the Owner Trustee by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with
respect to such Payment Date.
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(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer's
payment (or allocations of income) to an Owner, such tax shall reduce the amount
otherwise distributable to the Owner in accordance with this Section. The Owner
Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Owners sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is
legally owed by the Issuer (but such authorization shall not prevent the 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 an Owner
shall be treated as cash distributed to such Owner at the time it is withheld by
the Issuer and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a
possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the
Owner Trustee may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance
with this paragraph (c).
Section 5.03. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c) respecting
the final payment upon retirement of each Trust Certificate, distributions
required to be made to Certificateholders on any Payment Date shall be made to
each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date by wire transfer, in
immediately available funds, to the account of such Holder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at
least five Business Days prior to such Payment Date, or, if not, by check mailed
to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register.
Section 5.04. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to
Sections 5.01 and 5.02, monies received by the Owner Trustee hereunder need not
be segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and may be deposited under such general conditions as may be
prescribed by law, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any interest
thereon.
Section 5.05. Accounting and Reports to Owners, Internal Revenue
Service and Others. The Owner Trustee shall maintain (or cause to be maintained)
the books of the Issuer on a fiscal year basis ending March 31 of each year and
the accrual method of accounting. In addition, the Issuer shall deliver to each
Owner such information, reports or statements as may be required by the Code and
applicable Treasury Regulations and as may be required to enable each Owner to
prepare its federal and state income tax returns. Consistent with the Issuer's
characterization for tax purposes, as disregarded as an entity separate from the
Owner, no federal income tax return shall be filed on behalf of the Issuer
unless either (i) the Owner Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel that,
based on a change in applicable law occurring after the date hereof, the Code
requires such a filing or (ii) the Internal Revenue Service shall determine that
the Issuer is required to file such a return. Neither the Owner Trustee nor any
Certificateholder will, under any circumstances, and at any time, make an
election on IRS Form 8832 or otherwise, to classify the Trust as an association
taxable as a corporation for federal, state or any other applicable tax purpose.
In the event that the Issuer is required to file tax returns, the Owner Trustee
shall prepare or shall cause to be prepared any tax returns required to be filed
by the Issuer and shall remit such returns to the Depositor (or if the Depositor
no longer owns any Certificates, the Owner designated for such purpose by the
Depositor to the Owner
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Trustee in writing) at least five days before such returns are due to be filed.
The Depositor (or such designee Owner, as applicable) shall promptly sign such
returns and deliver such returns after signature to the Owner Trustee and such
returns shall be filed by the Owner Trustee with the appropriate tax
authorities. In no event shall the Owner Trustee or the Depositor (or such
designee Owner, as applicable) be liable for any liabilities, costs or expenses
of the Issuer or the Noteholders arising out of the application of any tax law,
including federal, state, foreign or local income or excise taxes or any other
tax imposed on or measured by income (or any interest, penalty or addition with
respect thereto or arising from a failure to comply therewith) except for any
such liability, cost or expense attributable to any act or omission by the Owner
Trustee or the Depositor (or such designee Owner, as applicable), as the case
may be, in breach of its obligations under this Agreement.
The Depositor is authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the
Issuer, and after execution to deliver to the Administrator for filing with the
Commission, all documents and forms required to be filed in accordance with
applicable law or the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission.
ARTICLE SIX
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. General Authority. Subject to the provisions and
limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, the Owner Trustee is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is to be
a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is to be a party and any
amendment or other agreement, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee's
execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is
authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the
Issuer pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is further authorized
from time to time to take such action as the Administrator recommends with
respect to the Basic Documents.
Section 6.02. General Duties. Subject to the provisions and limitations
of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, it shall be the duty of the 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 to which the Issuer is
a party and to administer the Issuer in the interest of the Owners, subject to
the Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have
discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Basic
Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration
Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee
hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held
liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its
obligations under the Administration Agreement.
Section 6.03. Action Upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article Four, in accordance with the terms of the Basic
Documents, the Owners may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the
management of the Issuer.
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Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Owners
pursuant to Article Four.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have
reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action
is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary
to the terms hereof or of any other Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to
law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under
any other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such
form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners requesting
instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the
Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written instruction of
the Owners received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such
action to any Person. If the 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 and the other Basic
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owners, and shall
have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application
of any provision of this Agreement or any other 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 the Owner Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take
with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may give notice (in
such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners
requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or
refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction
received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable, on account of such action or
inaction, to any Person. If the 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 other Basic
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owners, and shall
have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
Section 6.04. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. The 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 contemplated hereby
to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms
of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement or any other Basic Document against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no
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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 the Issuer or to record this Agreement or any other Basic
Document. The 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
(other than the lien of the Indenture) on any part of the Owner Trust Estate
that result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not
related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
Section 6.05. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or
Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of
or otherwise deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except in accordance
with (i) the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the Basic Documents and (iii) any
document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03.
Section 6.06. Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action
(i) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Issuer set forth in Section
2.03 or (ii) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in
the Issuer's becoming taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax
purposes. The Owners shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that
would violate the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE ANd the Delaware Trustee
Section 7.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. Each of the Owner
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and each
agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts, but only
upon the terms of this Agreement. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee also agrees to disburse all monies actually received by it constituting
part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any
circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross
negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or
warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to
the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable
for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Owner Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee;
(b) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable
with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with
the instructions of the Administrator or any Owner or Owners;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall
require the Owner Trustee or the Delaware Trustee to expend or risk funds or
otherwise incur any financial
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liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder or under
any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee or the Delaware 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 the Owner Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any Basic
Document, including the principal of and interest on the Notes or the Trust
Certificates;
(e) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement
or for the due execution hereof by the 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 Trust Certificates, and neither
the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall in any event assume or incur
any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Owner, other than
as expressly provided for in the Basic Documents;
(f) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable
for the default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Seller, the Depositor,
the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer under any Basic Document or otherwise, and
neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall have any obligation or
liability to perform the obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement or the
other Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Administrator
under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or
the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any other
Person under any of the Basic Documents; and
(g) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be under
any 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 other Basic
Document, at the request, order or direction of any of the Owners, unless such
Owners have offered to the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
may be incurred by the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee therein or
thereby; the right of the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document
shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Delaware
Trustee shall be answerable for other than its gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of any such act.
Section 7.02. Furnishing of Documents.
The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Owners, 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 the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents.
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Section 7.03. Representations and Warranties of the Owner Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee. (X) The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to
the Depositor and the Owners, that:
(a) it is a national banking association duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America; 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; and
(c) 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, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers
of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any
default under its charter documents or bylaws; and
(d) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and
by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall
be considered in a proceeding in equity or in law; and
(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Trustee of
this Agreement and 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, nor constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the charter documents or
bylaws of the Owner Trustee; 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); and
(f) there are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Owner
Trustee's actual knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Owner Trustee or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or (ii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Owner Trustee of its obligations under,
or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(Y) The Delaware Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor and the Owners, that:
(a) it is a national banking association duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America; it has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement;
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(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; and
(c) 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 the Delaware Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or
constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws; and
(d) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against the Delaware Trustee in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent
conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or in law; and
(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of
this Agreement and 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, nor constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the charter documents or
bylaws of the Delaware Trustee; 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); and
(f) there are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the
Delaware Trustee's actual knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Delaware Trustee or its properties: (i) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement or (ii) seeking any determination or ruling that
might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Delaware Trustee of
its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
Section 7.04. Reliance, Advice of Counsel.
(a) The Owner Trustee and the Delaware 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. The Owner Trustee or the Delaware 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 determination of which is not specifically
prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may for all
purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice
president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant
party, as to such fact or matter, and such
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certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee or the
Delaware 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 and the other
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (i) may act directly
or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any
of them, and the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for
the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or
attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it. The
Owner Trustee and the Delaware 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 other Basic Document.
Section 7.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as otherwise
provided in this Article, in accepting the trusts hereby created, Citibank, N.A.
and Wachovia Trust Company, National Association, act solely as Owner Trustee
and Delaware Trustee, respectively, hereunder and not in either of their
individual capacities, and all Persons having any claim against the Owner
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall look only to the Owner Trust
Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section 7.06. Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee Not Liable for Trust
Certificates or Receivables. The recitals contained herein and in the Trust
Certificates (other than the signature of the Owner Trustee and the certificate
of authentication on the Trust Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of
the Depositor, and the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee assume no
responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement, any other Basic Document or the Trust Certificates (other than the
signature of the Owner Trustee and the certificate of authentication on the
Trust Certificates and the representations and warranties in Section 7.03) or
the Notes, or of any Receivable or related documents. The Owner Trustee and the
Delaware 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, without
limitation, 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 the Issuer or of any intervening
assignment; the completeness of any Receivable; the performance or enforcement
of any Receivable; the compliance by the Depositor or the 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 the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any subservicer
taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
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Section 7.07. Owner Trustee and Delaware Trustee May Own Trust
Certificates and Notes. The Owner Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in their
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Trust
Certificates or Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Administrator, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights
as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, respectively.
Section 7.08. Duties of the Delaware Trustee. The Delaware Trustee is
appointed to serve as the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware for the
sole purpose of satisfying the requirement of Section 3807(a) of the Delaware
Act that the Trust have at least one trustee with a principal place of business
in Delaware. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the Delaware
Trustee shall have none of the duties or liabilities of the Owner Trustee. The
duties of the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (a) accepting legal process
served on the Trust in the State of Delaware and (b) the execution of any
certificates required to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware which the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of
the Delaware Act. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Delaware Trustee
has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust, the beneficial owners thereof or any other person, it is hereby
understood and agreed by the other parties hereto that such duties and
liabilities are replaced by the duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee
expressly set forth in this Section 7.08. The Delaware Trustee shall have all
the rights, privileges and immunities of the Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE EIGHT
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE and the delaware trustee
Section 8.01. Owner Trustee's and Delaware Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee shall receive as compensation for
their services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before
the date hereof among the Depositor and the Owner Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee, and upon the formation of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer for their
other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts and counsel
as the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may employ in connection with the
exercise and performance of its rights and its respective duties hereunder.
Section 8.02. Indemnification. The Issuer shall be liable as primary
obligor for, and shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties from and against, any
and all Expenses which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted
against the Owner Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any other Indemnified Party
in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the other Basic
Documents, the Owner Trust Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust Estate
or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee or any other Indemnified Party
hereunder, except only that the Issuer shall not be liable for or required to
indemnify an Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting
from any of the matters described in the third sentence of Section 7.01. The
indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or
termination of the Owner Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the termination of
this Agreement. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which
indemnity will be sought pursuant to this
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Section, the Owner Trustee's or the Delaware Trustee's choice of legal counsel
shall be subject to the approval of the Depositor (or if the Depositor is no
longer an owner, the designee of the Depositor), which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
Section 8.03. Payments to the Owner Trustee and to the Delaware
Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee and to the Delaware Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be deemed not to be a part of the Owner Trust
Estate immediately after such payment. Any amounts owing to the Owner Trustee
under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents shall constitute a claim
against the Owner Trust Estate.
ARTICLE NINE
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Section 9.01. Termination of Trust Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (other than Article Eight) and the Issuer shall
terminate in accordance with Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Statute and be
of no further force or effect upon the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase on
any Payment Date by the Servicer, or any successor Servicer, at its option,
pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, of the Owner
Trust Estate other than the Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account,
(ii) the final distribution by the Owner Trustee of all monies 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 Five or (iii) the
Payment Date next succeeding the month which is one year after the maturity or
other liquidation of the last Receivable and the disposition of any amount
received upon liquidation of any property remaining in the Owner Trust Estate.
The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Owner shall
not (i) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Issuer, (ii) entitle such
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 the Issuer or Owner Trust Estate or (iii) otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither of the Depositor nor
any Owner shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Issuer.
(c) The outstanding Trust Certificates are subject to redemption in
whole, but not in part, pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement; provided that the Issuer has available funds sufficient to pay the
aggregate Certificate Balance of all the Trust Certificates, together with
accrued interest at the Certificate Rate to but excluding the Payment Date.
Notice of any termination of the Issuer, specifying the Payment Date upon which
Certificateholders shall surrender their Trust Certificates to the Paying Agent
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the
Owner Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed within five Business Days
of receipt of notice of such termination from the Servicer given pursuant to
Section 8.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the Payment
Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the Trust Certificates shall
be made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office
of the Paying Agent therein
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designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment 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 Trust Certificates at the
office of the Paying Agent therein specified. The Owner Trustee shall give such
notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Owner Trustee) and the
Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon
presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates, the Paying Agent shall
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on such
Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.02. The Owner Trustee shall promptly notify
each Rating Agency upon the final payment of the Trust Certificates.
(d) In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Trust Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Trust Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Trust
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner Trustee
may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps,
to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Trust
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Subject to applicable
escheat laws, any funds remaining in the Issuer after exhaustion of such
remedies shall be distributed by the Owner Trustee to the Depositor, in its
capacities as Depositor and as Holder of such Certificate.
(e) Upon the winding up of the Issuer and its termination, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with
Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute.
ARTICLE TEN
SUCCESSOR AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
Section 10.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee and Delaware
Trustee. The Delaware Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the
provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute. The Owner Trustee
shall at all times (i) be authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (ii)
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, (iii) be subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and (iv) have the
Required Rating. If such corporation 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 the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.02.
Section 10.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee or Delaware Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by
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giving written notice thereof to the Administrator. Upon receiving
such notice of resignation, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor
Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, and one copy to the successor
Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable. If no successor Owner Trustee
or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, 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 at the Issuer's expense
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable.
If at any time the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable,
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with Section 10.01 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Administrator, or if at any time
the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, shall be legally unable to
act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner
Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, or of either of their property shall
be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner
Trustee or Delaware Trustee or of either of their property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Administrator
may remove the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable. If the
Administrator shall remove the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable,
under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrator
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee or Delaware
Trustee, as applicable, and shall pay all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing
Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become
effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee or
Delaware Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all
fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable. The Administrator shall provide notice of such resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, to each Rating
Agency.
Section 10.03. Successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee. Any
successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, appointed pursuant
to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator and
to its predecessor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, an
instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, shall become effective, and such successor Owner Trustee or Delaware
Trustee, as applicable, 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 or Delaware Trustee, as applicable. The predecessor Owner Trustee
or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, shall upon payment of its fees and expenses
deliver to the successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, all
documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement and the
Administrator and the
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predecessor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, 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 or
Delaware Trustee, as applicable, all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, shall
accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable,
shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee or Delaware
Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Section, the Administrator shall mail
notice thereof to all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders
and each Rating Agency. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice
within ten days after acceptance of such appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, the successor Owner Trustee or
Delaware Trustee, as applicable, shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Administrator.
Section 10.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee or Delaware
Trustee. Any corporation into which the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as
applicable, may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or
any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, shall be the
successor of the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, hereunder,
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;
provided, that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 and,
provided, further, that the Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable,
shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to each Rating Agency.
Section 10.05. 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,
the Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Administrator and Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly
with the Owner Trustee, or as 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 the Trust or any part thereof and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts
as the Administrator and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.
If the Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days
after the receipt by it of a request to do so, the 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
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01, except that such co-trustee or
successor trustee shall have the Required Rating, and no notice of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to
Section 10.03.
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Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the
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 the 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, the 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 the Owner Trust Estate 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
the Owner Trustee;
(b) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(c) the Administrator and the 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 the 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 the 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, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee as 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 die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Supplements and Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto with prior
written notice to each Rating Agency, without the consent of any
Securityholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions
in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Noteholder or Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties
hereto, with prior written notice to each Rating Agency, with the consent of the
Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Percentage Interests evidenced by the Trust Certificates and, if such amendment
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, with the
consent of Holders (as such term is defined in the Indenture) of Notes
evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or
distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders, (ii) increase or reduce any Interest Rate
or Certificate Rate or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes or of the Percentage Interests evidenced by the Trust
Certificates required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of
the Holders of all the outstanding Notes and Trust Certificates affected
thereby.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and each Rating Agency.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Certificateholder. It shall not be necessary for
the consent of Certificateholders, Noteholders or the 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 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 the Owner
Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of
Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the
Secretary of State.
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(f) In connection with the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
or any other basic Document to which the Issuer is a party and for which
amendment the Owner Trustee's or Delaware Trustee's consent is sought, the Owner
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement or such other Basic Document, as the
case may be, and that all conditions precedent in this Agreement or such other
Basic Document, as the case may be, for the execution and delivery thereof by
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, have been satisfied. The
Owner Trustee or Delaware Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such amendment that affects the Owner Trustee's or Delaware Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 11.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Owner. The Owner
shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate. The Owners
shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided
ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles Five and Nine. No
transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of
the Owners 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 11.03. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Delaware Trustee,
the Indemnified Parties, the Depositor, the Owners, the Administrator and, to
the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders,
and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to
give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the
Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants,
conditions or provisions contained herein.
Section 11.04. Notices.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms
hereof, all demands, notices and communications under this Agreement shall be in
writing, personally delivered, mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested, or sent via facsimile transmission (followed by hard copy by
overnight delivery) and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (i)
in the case of the Owner Trustee, Citibank, N.A, at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Structured Finance Group, (ii) in
the case of the Delaware Trustee, Wachovia Trust Company, National Association,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, (iii) in the case of the Depositor, to American
Honda Receivables Corp., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: President or (iv) as to either party, at such other address as
shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the 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.
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Section 11.05. Severability. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement or of the Trust Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 11.06. 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 11.07. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the
Depositor and its permitted assigns, the Owner Trustee and its successors, the
Delaware Trustee and its successors and each Owner and its successors and
permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction,
consent, waiver or other instrument or action by an Owner shall bind the
successors and assigns of such Owner.
Section 11.08. No Petition. The Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee,
by entering into this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Trust
Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting the
benefits of this Agreement, each hereby covenants and agrees that it will not at
any time institute against the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any
institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy proceedings
under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating tot he Trust Certificates, the Notes, this
Agreement or any other Basic Document.
Section 11.09. No Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting a Trust
Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholder's Trust Certificates
represent beneficial interests in the Issuer only and do not represent interests
in or obligations of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator,
the Owner Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their
respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their
assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in the Trust
Certificates, this Agreement or any other Basic Document.
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 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.
Section 11.12. Trust Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
Certificateholders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Issuer.
The interests represented by the Trust
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Certificates shall be nonassessable for any losses or expenses of the Issuer or
for any reason whatsoever, and, upon the authentication thereof by the Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03, 3.04 or 3.05, the Trust Certificates are and
shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 11.13. Depositor Payment Obligation. The Depositor shall be
responsible for payment of the Administrator's compensation under the
Administration Agreement and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses
and liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder. In addition, the
Depositor shall be responsible for the payment of all fees and expenses of the
Issuer and the Trustees paid by any of them in connection with any of their
obligations under the Basic Documents to obtain or maintain any required license
under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act and the Maryland Act (MD
Fin. Inst. Code ▇▇▇., Title 11, Subtitle 4).
Section 11.14. Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything
herein to the contrary, all persons (and their respective employees,
representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all persons, without
limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction
described herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided to the recipient relating to such tax treatment and
tax structure. However, any such information relating to the tax treatment or
tax structure shall be required to be kept confidential to the extent necessary
to comply with any applicable securities laws.
Section 11.15. Confidentiality. The Owner Trustee hereby agrees to hold
and treat all Confidential Information (as defined below) provided to it in
connection with the offering of the Notes in confidence and in accordance with
this Section 11.15, and will implement and maintain safeguards in accordance
with the "Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding
Customer Information" as required by Appendix B to 12 CFR, Chapter I, Part 30,
to further assure the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Such
Confidential Information will not, without the prior written consent of the
Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Owner Trustee or by its subsidiaries or,
affiliates, or its or their directors, officers, employees, agents or
controlling persons or agents or advisors (collectively, the "Information
Recipients") other than for the purposes of (i) structuring the securitization
transaction and the facilitating the issuance of the Notes, or (ii) in
connection with the performance of its required due diligence on the
Receivables. Disclosure that is not in violation of the Right to Financial
Privacy Act of 1978, as amended, the ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 1999, as amended,
(the "G-L-B Act") or other applicable law by the Owner Trustee of any
Confidential Information at the request of its outside auditors or governmental
regulatory authorities in connection with an examination of the Owner Trustee by
any such authority or for the purposes specified in above shall not constitute a
breach of its obligations under this Section 11.15, and shall not require the
prior consent of the Servicer.
As used herein, "Confidential Information" means non-public personal
information (as defined in the G-L-B Act and its enabling regulations issued by
the Federal Trade Commission) regarding obligors on the Receivables that is
identified as such by the Servicer. Confidential Information shall not include
information which (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than
as a result of disclosure by the Owner Trustee or any of their respective
Information Recipients; (ii) was available to the Owner Trustee on a
non-confidential basis from
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a person or entity other than the Servicer prior to its disclosure to the Owner
Trustee, as applicable; (iii) is requested to be disclosed by a governmental
authority or related governmental, administrative, or regulatory or
self-regulatory agencies having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any
aspect of the Owner Trustee's business or that of its affiliates or is otherwise
required by law or by legal or regulatory process to be disclosed; (iv) becomes
available to the Owner Trustee on a non-confidential basis from a person or
entity other than the Servicer who, to the best knowledge of the Owner Trustee,
as applicable, is not otherwise bound by a confidentiality agreement with the
Servicer, and is not otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to
the Owner Trustee, as applicable; or (v) the Servicer provides written
permission to the Owner Trustee to release.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of
the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
WACHOVIA TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Delaware Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 3.04 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE ISSUED (A COPY
OF WHICH TRUST AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE OWNER TRUSTEE UPON REQUEST),
INCLUDING RECEIPT BY THE OWNER TRUSTEE OF AN INVESTMENT LETTER IN WHICH THE
TRANSFEREE MAKES CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS.
NUMBER: R-1 Initial Certificate Balance: $[ ]
HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2003-4 OWNER TRUST
[ ]% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Issuer, as defined below, the
property of which includes a pool of retail installment sale or conditional sale
contracts secured by new and used Honda and Acura motor vehicles.
(This Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation
of American Honda Receivables Corp., American Honda Finance Corporation or any
of their respective affiliates.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ____________________________ is the registered
owner of a 100 PERCENT nonassessable, fully-paid, undivided interest in the
Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust (the "Issuer"), formed by American
Honda Receivables Corp., a California corporation (the "Depositor").
The Issuer was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of
October 16, 2003, as amended and restated by an Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement dated October 30, 2003 (as amended or supplemented from time to time,
the "Trust Agreement"), among the Depositor, Citibank, N.A., as owner trustee
(the "Owner Trustee"), and Wachovia Trust Company, National Association, as
Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee'); a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth below. Capitalized terms used herein that are
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Trust
Agreement.
This Trust Certificate is one of the duly authorized certificates
designated as "Asset Backed Certificates" (the "Trust Certificates"). Issued
under an Indenture dated as of October 1, 2003 (the "Indenture"), between the
Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, are four
classes of Notes designated as "Class A-1 1.13% Asset Backed Notes," "Class
A-1
A-2 1.58% Asset Backed Notes", "Class A-3 2.19% Asset Backed Notes" and "Class
A-4 2.79% Asset Backed Notes" (collectively, the "Notes"). This Trust
Certificate is issued under and is subject to terms, provisions and conditions
of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Trust
Certificate, by virtue of its acceptance thereof, assents and by which such
Holder is bound. The property of the Issuer includes, among other things, a pool
of retail installment sale or conditional sale contracts for new and used Honda
and Acura motor vehicles (collectively, the "Receivables"), all monies received
on or in respect of the Receivables on or after October 1, 2003, security
interests in the vehicles financed thereby, certain bank accounts and the
proceeds thereof, proceeds from claims on certain insurance policies and certain
other rights under the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
all proceeds of the foregoing.
It is the intent of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Certificateholder that, solely for purposes of federal income, state and local
income tax and any other income taxes, the Issuer will be treated as a
disregarded entity not separate from the sole Certificateholder. The purchaser
hereof, by acceptance of the Trust Certificates, agrees to treat, and to take no
action inconsistent with the above treatment for so long as it is the sole
Owner.
Solely in the event the Trust Certificates are held by more than a
single Owner, it is the intent of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Certificateholders that, solely for purposes of federal income, state and local
income and single business tax and any other income taxes, the Issuer will be
treated as a partnership and the Certificateholders will be treated as partners
in the partnership. The purchaser hereof 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 for such tax purposes
as partnership interests in the Issuer.
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Certificate,
covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute
against the Depositor, or join in any institution against the 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 Trust
Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any other Basic Document.
Distributions on this Trust Certificate will be made as provided in the
Trust Agreement by the Owner Trustee by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Trust Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.
Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the
above, the final distribution on this Trust Certificate will be made after due
notice by the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Trust Certificate at the office or agency
maintained for the purpose by the Owner Trustee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Trust
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
A-2
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature,
this Trust 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 TRUST 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer and not
in its individual capacity, has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly
executed.
HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2003-4 OWNER TRUST
By: CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By:
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Authorized Signatory
OWNER TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Trust Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
CITIBANK, N.A., OR CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity but solely as not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Trust Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By:
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as Authenticating Agent
By: By:
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Authorized Signatory Authorized Signatory
A-3
[REVERSE OF TRUST CERTIFICATE]
The Trust Certificates do not represent an obligations of, or an
interest in, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or any of their
respective affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their
assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust
Agreement or the other Basic Documents. In addition, this Trust Certificate is
not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries with respect to the
Receivables (and certain other amounts), all as more specifically set forth
herein and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. A copy of each of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined by any
Certificateholder upon written request during normal business hours at the
principal office of the Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated
by the Depositor.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at
any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of the Trust
Certificates and the Notes, each voting as a class, evidencing not less than a
majority of the Percentage Interests evidenced by the outstanding Trust
Certificates, or a majority of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes of
each such class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Trust Certificate shall
be conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future Holders of this Trust
Certificate and of any Trust Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Trust Certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of
any of the Trust Certificates.
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Trust Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Trust Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained
by the Owner Trustee, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by
the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Trust Certificates evidencing the same original
certificate balance in the Issuer will be issued to the designated transferee.
Except as provided in the Trust Agreement, the Trust Certificates are
issuable only as registered Trust Certificates. As provided in the Trust
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Trust
Certificates are exchangeable for new Trust Certificates evidencing the same
aggregate original certificate balance, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Trust Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
A-4
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and
the Issuer created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all
property held as part of the Owner Trust Estate. The Servicer of the Receivables
may at its option purchase the Owner Trust Estate at a price specified in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, and such purchase of the Receivables and other
property of the Issuer will effect early retirement of the Trust Certificates;
provided, however, such right of purchase is exercisable only as of the last day
of any Collection Period as of which the Pool Balance is less than or equal to
10% of the Original Pool Balance.
The Trust Certificates may not be acquired by a Benefit Plan. By
accepting and holding this Trust Certificate, the Holder hereof shall be deemed
to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
A-5
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)
the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, any hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints __________________, attorney, to transfer said Trust
Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
o
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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 Trust Certificate in
every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Certificate Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in STAMP such other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by the Certificate Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
A-6
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
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[Seller]
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CITIBANK, N.A.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust
Asset Backed Certificates
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our disposition of the above-referenced Asset Backed
Certificates (the "Certificates") we certify that (i) we understand that the
Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), and are being transferred by us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and (ii) we have not
offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates
from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with
respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken any other action
which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By
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Authorized Officer
B-1
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
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Seller
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CITIBANK, N.A.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust
Asset Backed Certificates
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our acquisition of the above-referenced Asset Backed
Certificates (the "Certificates") we certify that (a) we understand that the
Certificates are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and are being transferred to
us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act
and any such laws, (b) we are an "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation
D under the Act, and have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the Seller concerning the purchase of the
Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional information
deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) we are
acquiring the Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a
view to any distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our
right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in
accordance with clause (f) below), (e) we have not offered or sold any
Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person,
or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or
taken any other action that would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act
or any state securities laws, (f) we are not a Benefit Plan and (g) we will not
sell, or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless (i) such sale, transfer or
other disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Act and in compliance with any state securities laws or is exempt from such
registration requirements and, if requested, we will at our expense provide an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the addresses of this certificate that such
sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from
the Act, (ii) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed and
delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate and (iii) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with
any conditions for transfer set forth in the Amended and Restated Trust
C-1
Agreement dated as of October 30, 2003, between American Honda Receivables Corp.
and Citibank, N.A., as Owner Trustee.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By
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Authorized Officer
C-2
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
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Seller
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CITIBANK, N.A.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: Honda Auto Receivables 2003-4 Owner Trust
Asset Backed Certificates
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our acquisition of the above-referenced Asset Backed
Certificates (the "Certificates") we certify that (a) we understand that the
Certificates are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and are being transferred to
us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act
and any such laws, (b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the Seller concerning the purchase of the
Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional information
deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) we have not,
nor has anyone acting on our behalf, offered, transferred, pledged, sold or
otherwise disposed of the Certificates or an interest in the Certificates, or
solicited any offer to buy, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the
Certificates or any interest in the Certificates from any person in any manner
or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, taken any other action that would constitute a distribution of the
Certificates under the Act or that would render the disposition of the
Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities laws or
require registration pursuant thereto, and we will not act, or authorize any
person to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates, (e) we are not a
Benefit Plan and (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act. We are aware that the sale to us is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the certificates for our own
account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and understand that such
certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person
reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice
is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By
Authorized Officer