Series 2018-4 Indenture Supplement between Ally Master Owner Trust and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, dated as of August 15, 2018
Exhibit 4.1
SERIES 2018-4
INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT
BETWEEN
ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST
ISSUING ENTITY
AND
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF AUGUST 15, 2018
SERIES 2018-4 ASSET BACKED NOTES,
CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C AND CLASS D
AND
SERIES 2018-4 ASSET BACKED EQUITY NOTES
CLASS E
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | CREATION OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTES | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.01 | Designation | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.02 | Reopening of Class or Tranche of Notes | 3 | ||||
ARTICLE II | DEFINITIONS | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.01 | Definitions | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.02 | Other Definitional Provisions | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE III | SERVICING FEE | 21 | ||||
SECTION 3.01 | Servicing Compensation | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTEHOLDERS AND ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.01 | Collections and Allocations | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.02 | Determination of Monthly Interest | 22 | ||||
SECTION 4.03 | Determination of Monthly Principal Amount | 22 | ||||
SECTION 4.04 | Application of Available Funds on Deposit in Note Defeasance Account, Collection Account and Other Sources | 23 | ||||
SECTION 4.05 | Series Charge-Offs | 28 | ||||
SECTION 4.06 | Reallocated Principal Collections | 29 | ||||
SECTION 4.07 | Excess Interest Collections | 29 | ||||
SECTION 4.08 | Shared Principal Collections | 30 | ||||
SECTION 4.09 | Reinstatement of Invested Amount | 30 | ||||
SECTION 4.10 | Note Distribution Account | 31 | ||||
SECTION 4.11 | Reserve Fund | 32 | ||||
SECTION 4.12 | [Reserved] | 33 | ||||
SECTION 4.13 | Account Holder | 33 | ||||
SECTION 4.14 | Transfer Restrictions | 33 | ||||
SECTION 4.15 | Note Defeasance Account | 35 | ||||
SECTION 4.16 | FATCA | 37 | ||||
SECTION 4.17 | Asset Representations Review | 37 | ||||
SECTION 4.18 | Unfulfilled Repurchase Demands; Dispute Resolution | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE V | DELIVERY OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTES; DISTRIBUTIONS; REPORTS TO SERIES 2018-4 NOTEHOLDERS | 43 | ||||
SECTION 5.01 | Delivery and Payment for Series 2018-4 Notes | 43 | ||||
SECTION 5.02 | Distributions | 43 | ||||
SECTION 5.03 | Reports and Statements to Series 2018-4 Noteholders | 45 | ||||
SECTION 5.04 | Other Information to be Provided by the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee | 46 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | SERIES 2018-4 EARLY AMORTIZATION EVENTS AND SERIES 2018-4 EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 47 | ||||
SECTION 6.01 | Series 2018-4 Early Amortization Events | 47 | ||||
SECTION 6.02 | Series 2018-4 Events of Default | 48 | ||||
SECTION 6.03 | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 50 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE VII | REDEMPTION OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTES; SERIES LEGAL MATURITY; FINAL DISTRIBUTIONS | 51 | ||||
SECTION 7.01 | Optional Redemption of Series 2018-4 Notes | 51 | ||||
SECTION 7.02 | Series Legal Maturity | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.01 | Ratification of Agreement | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.02 | Form of Delivery of Series 2018-4 Notes | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.03 | Counterparts | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.04 | Governing Law | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.05 | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.06 | Notices | 53 | ||||
SECTION 8.07 | Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 54 | ||||
SECTION 8.08 | U.S.A. PATRIOT Act | 54 | ||||
SECTION 8.09 | Compliance with Credit Risk Retention Rules | 54 | ||||
SECTION 8.10 | Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee | 54 | ||||
EXHIBIT A | FORM OF NOTE | A-1 | ||||
EXHIBIT B | FORM OF MONTHLY STATEMENT | B-1 | ||||
EXHIBIT C | SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN INDENTURE TRUSTEES ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE | C-1 |
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SERIES 2018-4 INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT, dated as of August 15, 2018, by and between ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuing Entity, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee.
RECITALS
A. Section 2.1 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into an Indenture Supplement to authorize the issuance by the Issuing Entity of Notes in one or more Series.
B. The parties to this Indenture Supplement, by executing and delivering this Indenture Supplement, are providing for the creation of the Series 2018-4 Notes and specifying the Principal Terms thereof.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture Supplement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
GRANTING CLAUSES
In addition to the grant of the Indenture, the Issuing Entity hereby grants to the Indenture Trustee, for the exclusive benefit of the Holders of the Series 2018-4 Notes, all of the Issuing Entitys right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) in, to and under the following (collectively, the Series Collateral) with respect to the Series 2018-4:
(i) all Collections on the Receivables allocated to the Series 2018-4 Notes;
(ii) all Eligible Investments and all monies, instruments, securities, security entitlements, documents, certificates of deposit and other property from time to time on deposit in or credited to the Series Accounts (including any subaccount thereof) and in all interest, proceeds, earnings, income, revenue, dividends and other distributions thereof (including any accrued discount realized on liquidation of any investment purchased at a discount) other than Investment Proceeds with respect to the Note Defeasance Account; and
(iii) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action regarding any of the foregoing and all payments on any of the foregoing and all proceeds of any nature whatsoever regarding any of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the voluntary or involuntary conversion thereof into cash or other liquid property and all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property that at any time constitute any part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing.
The foregoing grants are made in trust to secure (a) the Issuing Entitys obligations under the Series 2018-4 Notes equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction between any Series 2018-4 Note and any other Series 2018-4 Notes, other than as expressly provided in this Indenture Supplement, (b) the payment of all other sums payable under the Series 2018-4 Notes, the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement and (c) the compliance with the terms and
conditions of the Series 2018-4 Notes, the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement, all as provided herein or therein.
The Indenture Trustee, as indenture trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, hereby acknowledges the foregoing grants, accepts the trusts under this Indenture Supplement in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture Supplement, and agrees to perform the duties herein required to the end that the interests of the Noteholders may be adequately protected.
ARTICLE I
CREATION OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTES
SECTION 1.01 Designation.
(a) There is hereby created a Series of Notes to be issued by the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date pursuant to the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement to be known as the Series 2018-4 Asset Backed Notes or the Series 2018-4 Notes. The Series 2018-4 Notes shall be issued in five Classes, the first shall be known as the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class A, the second shall be known as the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class B, the third shall be known as the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class C, the fourth shall be known as the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class D, and the fifth shall be known as the Series 2018-4 Asset Backed Equity Notes, Class E. The Series 2018-4 Notes shall be due and payable on the Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date.
(b) Series 2018-4 shall be a Nonoverconcentration Series. Series 2018-4 shall be in Excess Interest Sharing Group One and in Principal Sharing Group One. Series 2018-4 shall not be a Shared Enhancement Series or in an Interest Reallocation Group. Series 2018-4 shall not be subordinated to any other Series.
(c) The Series 2018-4 Notes are Notes and this Indenture Supplement is an Indenture Supplement for all purposes under the Indenture. If any provision of the Series 2018-4 Notes or this Indenture Supplement conflicts with or is inconsistent with any provision of the Indenture, the provisions of the Series 2018-4 Notes or this Indenture Supplement, as the case may be, shall control.
(d) Each term defined in Section 2.01 of this Indenture Supplement relates only to Series 2018-4 and this Indenture Supplement and to no other Series or Indenture Supplements.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Series 2018-4 Notes, other than the Class E Note, shall be issued in fully registered form in minimum amounts of $1,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except that one Note from each such class may be issued in a different amount so long as such amount exceeds $1,000); provided that the minimum amounts of the Series 2018-4 Notes, other than the Class E Note, shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 4.14. The Class E Note shall be issued in fully registered form in a principal amount equal to the Class E Note Principal Balance. The Class E Note will be issuable in a minimum denomination of 100% of the Class E Note Principal Balance.
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SECTION 1.02 Reopening of Class or Tranche of Notes.
The Depositor may from time to time, with notice to the Rating Agencies but without notice to, or the consent of, the holders of a Class or Tranche of Series 2018-4 Notes, create and issue additional Series 2018-4 Notes equal in rank to any Class or Tranche of Series 2018-4 Notes previously offered in all respects or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the Issuance Date of such additional Series 2018-4 Notes in a Class or Tranche of Series 2018-4 Notes or except for the first payment of interest following the Issuance Date of such additional Series 2018-4 Notes in a Class or Tranche of Series 2018-4 Notes. This is called a reopening. A reopening shall only occur if either (a) such additional Series 2018-4 Notes will, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, have the same issue price and issue date as do any other Series 2018-4 Notes (of the same applicable Class or Tranche) that are Outstanding at that time, or (b) such additional Series 2018-4 Notes will have a CUSIP different from that of any other Series 2018-4 Notes (of the same applicable Class or Tranche) that are Outstanding at that time. When issued, the additional Series 2018-4 Notes of a Class or Tranche shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement applicable to those Series 2018-4 Notes with the other Outstanding Notes of that Class or Tranche without preference, priority or distinction. These additional Series 2018-4 Notes may be consolidated and form a single Class or Tranche with the previously issued Series 2018-4 Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the previously issued Series 2018-4 Notes.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 2.01 Definitions.
Whenever used in this Indenture Supplement, the following words and phrases have the following meanings, and the definitions of such terms are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
AAA: The American Arbitration Association.
AAA Rules: The AAAs Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures in effect as of the Closing Date.
Accumulation Period Factor: With respect to any Collection Period, a fraction:
(a) the numerator of which is equal to the sum of the invested amounts of all outstanding Series in Principal Sharing Group One (including the Invested Amount for Series 2018-4) as of the last day of the Revolving Period; and
(b) the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (i) the Invested Amount as of the last day of the Revolving Period, plus (ii) the invested amounts as of the last day of the Revolving Period of all outstanding Series in Principal Sharing Group One (other than the Invested Amount for Series 2018-4) that are expected to be paying or
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accumulating principal during the period from such Collection Period to the Collection Period immediately preceding the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date;
provided, however, that this definition may be changed at any time upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Officers Certificate from the Servicer that such change shall not have an Adverse Effect.
Accumulation Period Length: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(h).
Additional Available Series Principal Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to any Available Series Interest Collections, Reserve Fund Available Amounts and Excess Interest Collections from other Series in the same Excess Interest Sharing Group as the Series 2018-4 Notes that, as provided in Sections 4.04(a) and (b), are to be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections with respect to that Distribution Date.
ADR Proceeding: Either an Arbitration or a Mediation.
Annual Fee Cap: $75,000 with respect to the Owner Trustee and $125,000 in the aggregate with respect to all other parties.
Arbitration: A binding arbitration proceeding with the AAA conducted pursuant to the rules set forth in the AAA Rules.
Asset Representations Review: A review by the Asset Representations Reviewer as specified in the Asset Representations Review Agreement of all Accounts classified as programmed or no credit designated to the Issuing Entity as of the applicable review date and the Receivables in those Accounts to determine whether such Accounts and Receivables satisfy the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as of the date specified in Section 4.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Asset Representations Review Agreement: The Asset Representations Review Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Issuing Entity and the Asset Representations Reviewer, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Asset Representations Review Notice: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.17(d).
Asset Representations Reviewer: Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer under the Asset Representations Review Agreement, or any successor asset representations reviewer under the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Available Series Interest Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Series Interest Collections with respect to such Distribution Date, plus (b) all interest and Investment Proceeds on Eligible Investments credited to the Reserve Fund and the Note Distribution Account (net of losses and investment expenses) during the related Collection Period.
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Available Series Principal Collections: With respect to any date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Series Principal Collections for such date, plus (ii) any Shared Principal Collections with respect to other Series in Principal Sharing Group One (including any amounts on deposit in the Excess Funding Account that are allocated to Series 2018-4 pursuant to the Indenture for application as Shared Principal Collections) for such date, plus (iii) if such date is also a Distribution Date, the amount of any Additional Available Series Principal Collections remaining after application thereof pursuant to Section 4.04(f) being treated as Available Series Principal Collections on such date plus (iv) the amounts, if any, withdrawn from the Excess Funding Account and applied pursuant to Section 4.04(g), minus (v) the amount of any Series Principal Collections being treated as Reallocated Principal Collections pursuant to Section 4.06.
Average Class A Note Principal Balance: For any period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the aggregate of the Class A Note Principal Balance for each day during that period divided by (b) the number of days in that period.
Average Class B Note Principal Balance: For any period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the aggregate of the Class B Note Principal Balance for each day during that period divided by (b) the number of days in that period.
Average Class C Note Principal Balance: For any period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the aggregate of the Class C Note Principal Balance for each day during that period divided by (b) the number of days in that period.
Average Class D Note Principal Balance: For any period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the aggregate of the Class D Note Principal Balance for each day during that period divided by (b) the number of days in that period.
Average Net Invested Amount: For any period, an amount equal to the result of (a) Net Invested Amount for each day during that period divided by (b) the number of days in that period.
Back-up Servicing Fee Rate: 0.0065% per annum or such other percentage (not to exceed 0.0065% without satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition) as may be specified as such in the Back-up Servicing Agreement.
Benefit Plan: An employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to include plan assets of such an employee benefit plan or plan.
Class A Invested Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to (a) the Class A Note Principal Balance as of such date, minus (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Reallocated Principal Collections allocable to the Class A Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.06 over (ii) the cumulative amount of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class A Invested Amount to zero, minus (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Series Charge-Offs allocable to the Class A Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.05(b) over (ii)
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the cumulative amounts of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class A Invested Amount to zero.
Class A Monthly Interest: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).
Class A Note: Any one of the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class A executed by the Issuing Entity and authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Class A Note Initial Principal Balance: $400,000,000.
Class A Note Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Period, 3.30% per annum.
Class A Note Principal Balance: As of any date, the Class A Note Initial Principal Balance, minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class A Noteholders on or prior to such date.
Class A Noteholder: The Person in whose name a Class A Note is registered in the Note Register.
Class B Invested Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to (a) the Class B Note Principal Balance as of such date, minus (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Reallocated Principal Collections allocable to the Class B Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.06 over (ii) the cumulative amount of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class B Invested Amount to zero, minus (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Series Charge-Offs allocable to the Class B Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.05(b) over (ii) the cumulative amounts of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class B Invested Amount to zero.
Class B Monthly Interest: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).
Class B Note: Any one of the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class B executed by the Issuing Entity and authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Class B Note Initial Principal Balance: $29,333,000.
Class B Note Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Period, 3.80% per annum.
Class B Note Principal Balance: As of any date, the Class B Note Initial Principal Balance, minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class B Noteholders on or prior to such date.
Class B Noteholder: The Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered in the Note Register.
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Class C Invested Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to (a) the Class C Note Principal Balance as of such date, minus (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Reallocated Principal Collections allocable to the Class C Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.06 over (ii) the cumulative amount of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class C Invested Amount to zero, minus (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Series Charge-Offs allocable to the Class C Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.05(b) over (ii) the cumulative amounts of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class C Invested Amount to zero.
Class C Monthly Interest: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(c).
Class C Note: Any one of the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class C executed by the Issuing Entity and authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Class C Note Initial Principal Balance: $21,333,000.
Class C Note Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Period, 4.20% per annum.
Class C Note Principal Balance: As of any date, the Class C Note Initial Principal Balance, minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class C Noteholders on or prior to such date.
Class C Noteholder: The Person in whose name a Class C Note is registered in the Note Register.
Class D Invested Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to (a) the Class D Note Principal Balance as of such date, minus (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Reallocated Principal Collections allocable to the Class D Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.06 over (ii) the cumulative amount of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class D Invested Amount to zero, minus (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the cumulative amount of Series Charge-Offs allocable to the Class D Notes immediately before such date pursuant to Section 4.05(b) over (ii) the cumulative amounts of reimbursements thereof pursuant to Section 4.09 before that date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class D Invested Amount to zero.
Class D Monthly Interest: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(d).
Class D Note: Any one of the Series 2018-4 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class D executed by the Issuing Entity and authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Class D Note Initial Principal Balance: $16,000,000.
Class D Note Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Period, 4.78% per annum.
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Class D Note Principal Balance: As of any date, the Class D Note Initial Principal Balance, minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class D Noteholders on or prior to such date.
Class D Noteholder: The Person in whose name a Class D Note is registered in the Note Register.
Class E Invested Amount:
(a) With respect to the Closing Date, $66,667,333, and
(b) with respect to any subsequent date, an amount equal to:
(i) the Class E Invested Amount determined as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, with respect to the initial Distribution Date, the Class E Invested Amount as of the Closing Date);
(ii) minus (A) the amount of Reallocated Principal Collections allocable to the Class E Notes pursuant to Section 4.06, if any, since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class E Invested Amount to zero, plus (B) the amount of reimbursements of Reallocated Principal Collections allocable to the Class E Notes pursuant to Section 4.09, if any, since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date;
(iii) minus (A) the amount of Series Charge-Offs allocable to the Class E Notes pursuant to Section 4.05(b), if any, since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date, but limited to an amount that would reduce the Class E Invested Amount to zero, plus (B) the amount of reimbursements of Series Charge-Offs allocable to the Class E Notes pursuant to Section 4.09, if any, since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date;
(iv) minus an amount equal to the product of (A) the Subordination Percentage and (B) the increase, if any, in the Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date;
(v) plus an amount equal to the product of (A) the Subordination Percentage and (B) the decrease, if any, in the Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date (to the extent that the Required Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance would not exceed the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance, any such excess to become Class E Invested Amount on the date and to the extent that such additions would not result in the Required Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance exceeding the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance);
(vi) plus an amount equal to the increase, if any, in the Required Class E Invested Amount as a result of a change in the Subordination Factor since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date (to the extent that the
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Required Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance would not exceed the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance, any such excess to become Class E Invested Amount on the date and to the extent that such additions would not result in the Required Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance exceeding the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance);
(vii) minus an amount equal to the decrease, if any, in the Required Class E Invested Amount as a result of a change in the Subordination Factor since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date;
(viii) plus the amount of any Available Series Interest Collections treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections on such date to ensure that the Class E Invested Amount as of such date is not less than the Required Class E Invested Amount pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(ix);
(ix) minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class E Noteholders since the Distribution Date immediately preceding such date;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Class E Invested Amount as of any date be more than the Required Class E Invested Amount as of such date; provided that the Depositor may at any time and from time to time increase the Class E Invested Amount by allocating a portion of the Nonoverconcentration Certificate Interest thereto; provided such increase shall not cause the Required Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance to exceed the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance or cause the Nonoverconcentration Certificate Amount to be less than the Required Nonoverconcentration Certificate Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall not be permitted to increase the Class E Invested Amount without satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Class of Series 2018-4 Notes in connection therewith if such increase would result in the aggregate amount of all such increases, together with all amounts resulting from a discretionary increase in the Series 2018-4 Subordination Factor and the Reserve Fund, exceeding 5.0% of the Note Principal Balance as of the date of such increase.
Class E Note: Any one of the Series 2018-4 Asset Backed Equity Notes, Class E executed by the Issuing Entity and authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Class E Note Initial Principal Balance: $66,667,333.
Class E Note Principal Balance: As of any date, the Class E Note Initial Principal Balance, minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class E Noteholders before such date; provided, however, that the Depositor, at any time and from time to time, may (A) in connection with an increase in the Class E Invested Amount increase the Class E Note Principal Balance, but not in excess of the increase in the Class E Invested Amount or (B) decrease the Class E Note Principal Balance upon satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition and obtaining written consent of all of the Class E Noteholders.
Class E Noteholder: The Person in whose name a Class E Note is registered in the Note Register.
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Closing Date: August 15, 2018.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Consent Rating Agency: Has the meaning set forth in the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus.
Controlled Accumulation Amount: The result of (a) the Note Principal Balance as of the last day of the Revolving Period (less the aggregate amount, if any, already on deposit in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account to pay principal of the Series 2018-4 Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the Revolving Period) divided by (b) the number of months in the Controlled Accumulation Period.
Controlled Accumulation Period: Unless an Early Amortization Event has occurred prior thereto, the period beginning on the first day of the January 2021 Collection Period or such later date as is determined in accordance with Section 4.04(h) and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the close of business on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the Early Amortization Period and (b) the end of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the Note Principal Balance shall be paid in full.
Controlled Deposit Amount: For any Collection Period with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Controlled Accumulation Amount for such Collection Period and (b) any Deficit Controlled Accumulation Amount for the immediately preceding Collection Period.
Deficit Controlled Accumulation Amount: (a) for the Collection Period immediately preceding the Controlled Accumulation Period, zero, and (b) for any Collection Period in the Controlled Accumulation Period, the excess, if any, of the Controlled Deposit Amount for such Collection Period over the aggregate amount deposited into the Note Distribution Account or the Note Defeasance Account with respect to such Collection Period.
Determination Date: The tenth day of each calendar month, or if such tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Distribution Date: September 17, 2018, and the 15th day of each calendar month thereafter, or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Downgrade Trigger: As of the last day of any monthly period, the percentage of Accounts of Dealers located in the United States rated programmed or no credit as of the end of the most recent monthly period exceeds 13.85%. For purposes of this definition, the percentage of Accounts of Dealers located in the United States rated programmed or no credit as of the end of any monthly period shall be equal to (a) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of receivables in such Accounts that were rated programmed or no credit as of the last day of that monthly period, including any defaulted or charged-off Accounts that are then rated programmed or no credit, divided by (b) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all receivables in such Accounts as of the last day of that monthly period.
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Early Amortization Period: The period beginning on the first day on which an Early Amortization Event with respect to Series 2018-4 occurs and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the end of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the Note Principal Balance shall be paid in full and (b) the Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Excess Interest Collections: With respect to Series 2018-4, the meaning specified in Section 4.07.
Exchange Act: U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FATCA: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
FATCA Withholding Tax: Any withholding or deduction pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the Code or otherwise imposed pursuant to FATCA.
Fixed Series Percentage: With respect to any date, the percentage equivalent (not to exceed 100%) of a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the Net Invested Amount as of such date or, if the Revolving Period is no longer in effect, as of the close of business on the last day of the Revolving Period and (b) the denominator of which is the greater of (i) the Adjusted Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Collection Period, the Closing Date) and (ii) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the applicable fixed series percentages for allocating Nonoverconcentration Principal Collections to all outstanding Series (including Series 2018-4) with respect to such date.
Floating Series Percentage: With respect to any Collection Period, the percentage equivalent (not to exceed 100%) of a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the Average Net Invested Amount for that Collection Period and (b) the denominator of which is the greater of (i) the average of the Adjusted Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance for each day during such Collection Period and (ii) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the applicable floating series percentages for allocating Nonoverconcentration Interest Collections to all outstanding Series (including Series 2018-4) with respect to such Collection Period.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2010, between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Indenture Supplement: This Series 2018-4 Indenture Supplement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Initial Invested Amount: With respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes, the Initial Note Principal Balance.
Initial Note Principal Balance: The sum of (a) the Class A Note Initial Principal Balance, plus (b) the Class B Note Initial Principal Balance, plus (c) the Class C Note Initial Principal
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Balance, plus (d) the Class D Note Initial Principal Balance, plus (e) the Class E Note Initial Principal Balance.
Insolvency Event of Default: With respect to the Series 2018-4, any Event of Default specified in Sections 6.02(e) or (f).
Interest Collections Shortfall: Has, with respect to Series 2018-4, the meaning specified in Section 4.07.
Interest Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period from and including the Distribution Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding such Distribution Date.
Invested Amount: The sum of the Investor Invested Amount and the Class E Invested Amount.
Investor Invested Amount: As of any date, the sum of the Class A Invested Amount, the Class B Invested Amount, the Class C Invested Amount and the Class D Invested Amount, in each case, as of such date.
Investor Note Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the sum of the Class A Note Principal Balance, the Class B Note Principal Balance, the Class C Note Principal Balance and the Class D Note Principal Balance, in each case, as of such date.
Investor Notes: The Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes.
Majority of Manufacturers: Two or more Manufacturers that the aggregate amount of all Eligible Principal Receivables held by the Issuing Entity as of that date for which the related Vehicle Collateral Security is a Vehicle manufactured by one of those Manufacturers is 50.0% or more of the Pool Balance.
Mediation: A non-binding mediation or arbitration proceeding with the AAA conducted pursuant to the rules set forth in the AAA Rules.
Monthly Back-up Servicing Fee: With respect to any Distribution Date on which the Back-up Servicing Agreement is in effect, an amount equal to one-twelfth (or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the number of days from the Series Cut-Off Date until the last day of the preceding Collection Period, calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months/360) of the product of (i) the Back-up Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Floating Series Percentage for the related Collection Period and (iii) the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period.
Monthly Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the Class A Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (b) the Class B Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (c) the Class C Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (d) the Class D Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date.
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Monthly Nonoverconcentration Defaulted Amount: With respect to any Collection Period, the aggregate of Nonoverconcentration Defaulted Amounts for each day in that Collection Period.
Monthly Payment Rate: For any Collection Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the Principal Collections for such Collection Period with respect to Principal Receivables arising under the Scheduled Accounts and (b) the denominator of which is the average daily aggregate principal balance of all Principal Receivables arising under the Scheduled Accounts during such Collection Period.
Monthly Principal Amount: With respect to any Collection Period, the aggregate amount required to be deposited into the Note Distribution Account or the Note Defeasance Account with respect to that Collection Period in respect of the Series 2018-4 Notes as determined pursuant to Section 4.03.
Monthly Servicing Fee: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to one-twelfth (or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the number of days from the Series Cut-Off Date until the last day of the preceding Collection Period, calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months/360) of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate, (b) the Floating Series Percentage for the related Collection Period and (c) the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period.
Monthly Statement: Has the meaning specified in Section 5.03(b).
Net Invested Amount: With respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Net Investor Invested Amount as of such date and (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the Class E Invested Amount as of such date over (ii) the sum of (1) the Note Distribution Account Amount allocated to pay principal of the Class E Notes, if any, on such date and (2) the amount on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds) on that date allocated to pay principal of the Class E Notes, if any, on such date.
Net Investor Invested Amount: With respect to the Investor Notes as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (i) the Investor Invested Amount as of such date over (ii) the sum of (1) Note Distribution Account Amount allocated to pay principal of the Investor Notes, if any, on such date and (2) the amount on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds) on that date allocated to pay principal of the Investor Notes, if any, on such date.
Note Defeasance Account: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.15(a).
Note Distribution Account: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.10(a).
Note Distribution Account Amount: On any date, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds) on that date and (b) the aggregate amount of outstanding Permitted Delayed Remittances with respect to the Note Distribution Account.
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Note Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the sum of the Investor Note Principal Balance on such date and the Class E Note Principal Balance on such date.
Noteholder FATCA Information: With respect to any Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note, information sufficient to eliminate the imposition of, or determine the amount of, U.S. withholding tax under FATCA.
Noteholder Tax Identification Information: With respect to any Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note, properly completed and signed tax certifications (generally, in the case of U.S. Federal Income Tax, IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).
Notice Rating Agency: Has the meaning set forth in the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus.
Panel: As defined in Section 4.18(c)(iv)(2).
Principal Sharing Group One: Series 2018-4 and each other Series specified in the related Indenture Supplements to be included in Principal Sharing Group One.
Principal Shortfall: With respect to Series 2018-4, the meaning specified in Section 4.08.
Rating Agency: Has the meaning set forth in the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus.
Ratings Free Writing Prospectus: The issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act, filed by the Depositor on August 2, 2018, relating to the Series 2018-4 Notes.
Reallocated Principal Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amounts applied in accordance with Section 4.06 in an amount not to exceed:
(a) with respect to amounts to be applied to pay Monthly Servicing Fees, Monthly Back-up Servicing Fees and Class A Monthly Interest, the sum of the Class A Invested Amount, the Class B Invested Amount, Class C Invested Amount, Class D Invested Amount and Class E Invested Amount for that Distribution Date (in each case, after giving effect to any change in that amount on that date);
(b) with respect to amounts to be applied to pay Class B Monthly Interest, the sum of the Class B Invested Amount, the Class C Invested Amount, the Class D Invested Amount and the Class E Invested Amount (in each case, after giving effect to any change in that amount on that date, including clause (a) above);
(c) with respect to amounts to be applied to pay Class C Monthly Interest, the sum of the Class C Invested Amount, the Class D Invested Amount and the Class E Invested Amount (in each case, after giving effect to any change in that amount on that date, including clauses (a) and (b) above); and
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(d) with respect to amounts to be applied to pay Class D Monthly Interest, the sum of the Class D Invested Amount and the Class E Invested Amount (in each case, after giving effect to any change in that amount on that date, including clauses (a), (b) and (c) above).
Reassignment Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, after giving effect to any deposits and distributions otherwise to be made on such Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date, plus (b) the Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, together with any Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates.
Regulation RR: The regulations contained in 17 C.F.R. Part 246.
Repurchase Response Notice: A notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee to a Noteholder or Note Owner indicating that a Repurchase Request is unresolved.
Repurchase Request: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.18(a).
Requesting Party: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.18(b).
Required Accumulation Factor Number: A fraction, rounded upwards to the nearest whole number, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is equal to the lowest Monthly Payment Rate on the Accounts, expressed as a decimal, for the 12 months preceding the date of such calculation; provided, however, that this definition may be changed at any time upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Officers Certificate from the Servicer that such change shall not have an Adverse Effect.
Required Class E Invested Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Subordination Percentage and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) (1) with respect to any Distribution Date occurring during the Controlled Accumulation Period or the Early Amortization Period, the Net Investor Invested Amount as of the last day of the Revolving Period, and (2) with respect to any Distribution Date occurring during the Revolving Period, the Net Investor Invested Amount as of such Distribution Date, over (B) the Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount on such date (after giving effect to any changes in such amount on such date).
Required Pool Percentage: 100%, except that the Depositor may reduce this percentage so long as the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes, but without the consent of any Noteholder or any other Person.
Reserve Fund: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(a).
Reserve Fund Available Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund on such date (excluding any Investment Proceeds on amounts on deposit therein and before giving effect to any (i) deposit made or to be made therein pursuant to Section 4.04(a) on such date or (ii) any withdrawal made or to be made therefrom pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii) on such date) and (b) the Reserve Fund Required Amount for such Distribution Date.
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Reserve Fund Deposit Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Reserve Fund Required Amount for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Reserve Fund Available Amount for such Distribution Date.
Reserve Fund Initial Amount: $2,666,667.
Reserve Fund Required Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of Reserve Fund Required Percentage and the Invested Amount as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any changes therein on such Distribution Date); provided, however, that the Depositor may, in its discretion, increase or, upon satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition, decrease the Reserve Fund Required Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall not be permitted to increase the Reserve Fund Required Amount in its discretion without satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition if such increase would result in the aggregate amount of all such increases, together with all amounts added to the Class E Invested Amount and all amount resulting from a discretionary increase in the Class E Invested Amount or in the Subordination Factor, exceeding 5.0% of the Note Principal Balance as of the date of such increase.
Reserve Fund Required Percentage: As of any date, 0.50%; provided, however, that in the event the Subordination Factor would otherwise be required to increase as a result of a decrease in the Monthly Payment Rate in accordance with the definition of Subordination Factor, the Depositor may by delivering an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prior to the date such increase was to become effective, elect to increase the Reserve Fund Required Percentage in an amount in percentage points equal to (i) an additional 2.20% rather than increasing the Subordination Factor by 2.56% pursuant to clause (i) of the first proviso of the definition of Subordination Factor, (ii) an additional 2.40% rather than increasing the Subordination Factor by 2.80% pursuant to clause (ii) of the first proviso of the definition of Subordination Factor or (iii) an additional 2.65% rather than increasing the Subordination Factor by 3.09% pursuant to clause (iii) of the first proviso of the definition of Subordination Factor. In the event that the Depositor shall elect to so increase the Reserve Fund Required Percentage rather than the Subordination Factor, any increase in the Monthly Payment Rate that otherwise would have resulted in a decrease in the Subordination Factor will alternatively result in a corresponding decrease in the Reserve Fund Required Percentage to the extent that the Reserve Fund Required Percentage had been increased rather than making the corresponding increase in the Subordination Factor. The election of the Depositor to increase the Reserve Fund Required Percentage rather than increasing the Subordination Factor shall be deemed not to be a discretionary increase.
Reserve Fund Trigger Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to the product of 0.50% and the Invested Amount on such date (after giving effect to any changes therein on such date); provided, however, that, if the Reserve Fund Required Amount has been increased solely as a result of a decrease in the Three Month Average Payment Rate, then with respect to that Distribution Date and each Distribution Date thereafter until the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund equals the Reserve Fund Required Amount, the Reserve Fund Trigger Amount will equal $0.
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Revolving Period: The period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the date on which the Controlled Accumulation Period or the Early Amortization Period commences.
Series 2018-4: The Series of Notes, the Principal Terms of which are specified in this Indenture Supplement.
Series 2018-4 Certificate Interest: The portion of the Certificate Interest representing the right to receive the distributions allocated to the holders of the Certificate Interest pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(xiv), Section 4.11(d) and Section 4.11(e).
Series 2018-4 Event of Default: Has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
Series 2018-4 Early Amortization Event: Has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount: As of any date of determination, the product of (a) the amount on deposit in the Excess Funding Account (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds) on such date, times (b) a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the Net Invested Amount as of such date and (ii) the denominator of which is the sum of the net invested amounts of each outstanding Nonoverconcentration Series (including Series 2018-4) being allocated a portion of the funds on deposit in the Excess Funding Account.
Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date: The July 2021 Distribution Date.
Series 2018-4 Insolvency Event of Default: The Series 2018-4 Events of Default set forth in clauses (e) or (f) of Section 6.02.
Series 2018-4 Issuing Entity Insolvency Event of Default: The Series 2018-4 Event of Default set forth in clause (f) of Section 6.02.
Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date: The July 2023 Distribution Date.
Series 2018-4 Note: A Class A Note, a Class B Note, a Class C Note, a Class D Note or a Class E Note.
Series 2018-4 Noteholder: A Class A Noteholder, a Class B Noteholder, a Class C Noteholder, a Class D Noteholder or a Class E Noteholder.
Series 2018-4 Noteholders Collateral: The Noteholders Collateral for the Series 2018-4.
Series 2018-4 Note Owner: With respect to any Series 2018-4 Note issued as a Book Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the related Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an Indirect Participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
Series 2018-4 Private Notes: The Series 2018-4 Class B Notes, the Series 2018-4 Class C Notes, the Series 2018-4 Class D Notes and the Series 2018-4 Class E Notes.
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Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition: The condition that each of the Consent Rating Agencies with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes shall have notified the Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuing Entity in writing that such action shall not result in a downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Series 2018-4 Notes then rated by such Rating Agency; provided, however, that with respect to each Notice Rating Agency, it shall be sufficient that such Notice Rating Agency shall be given prior written notice thereof.
Series Accounts: With respect to Series 2018-4, the Note Distribution Account, the Note Defeasance Account, and the Reserve Fund.
Series Charge-Offs: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
Series Collateral: Has the meaning specified in the granting clauses of this Indenture Supplement.
Series Cut-Off Date: The close of business on July 17, 2018.
Series Defaulted Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount of the Nonoverconcentration Defaulted Amount for the related Collection Period allocated to the Series 2018-4 pursuant to Section 4.01(d).
Series Defaulted Percentage: With respect to any Collection Period, the Floating Series Percentage.
Series Interest Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount of Nonoverconcentration Interest Collections for the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the period from the Series Cut-Off Date until the last day of the Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date) allocated to the Series 2018-4 pursuant to Section 4.01(b).
Series Interest Percentage: With respect to any Collection Period, the Floating Series Percentage.
Series Principal Collections: With respect to any date, the amount of the Nonoverconcentration Principal Collections for that date allocated to the Series 2018-4 pursuant to Section 4.01(c).
Series Principal Percentage: For any date, the Fixed Series Percentage.
Series Required Certificate Amount: On any date, the product of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the Required Pool Percentage over (ii) 100% and (b) the Net Invested Amount on that date.
Shared Principal Collections: With respect to Series 2018-4, has the meaning specified in Section 4.08.
Significant Manufacturer: As of any date, a Manufacturer that the aggregate amount of all Eligible Principal Receivables held by the Issuing Entity as of that date for which the related
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Vehicle Collateral Security is a Vehicle manufactured by such Manufacturer is 35.0% (or, in the case of Fiat Chrysler, 25.0%) or more of the Pool Balance.
Similar Law: Has the meaning specified in Section 4.14(a).
Special Pass-Through Entity: A grantor trust, S corporation or partnership where more than 50% of the value of a beneficial owners interest in such pass-through entity is attributable to the pass-through entitys interest in the Class B Note, Class C Note, or Class D Note, as applicable.
Subordination Factor: As of any date, 12.50%; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date, the Three Month Average Payment Rate is (i) less than 25.00% but greater than or equal to 22.50%, (ii) less than 22.50% but greater than or equal to 20.00%, or (iii) less than 20.00%, then on such Distribution Date, the Subordination Factor shall be increased by (i) 2.56% over what it would have been had the Three Month Average Payment Rate been greater than or equal to 25.00%, (ii) 2.80% over what it would have been had the Three Month Average Payment Rate been less than 25.00% but greater than or equal to 22.50%, or (iii) 3.09% over what it would have been had the Three Month Average Payment Rate been less than 22.50% but greater than or equal 20.00%, respectively; provided, however, that if after any such increase in the Subordination Factor, on any Distribution Date the Three Month Average Payment Rate as of such Distribution Date is, and the Three Month Average Payment Date with respect to each of the two prior Distribution Dates was, (i) greater than or equal to 20.00% but less than 22.50%, (ii) greater than or equal to 22.50% but less than 25.00% or (iii) greater than or equal to 25.00%, then on such Distribution Date, the Subordination Factor shall be decreased by (i) 3.09% over what it would have been had the Three Month Average Payment Rate been less than 20.00%, (ii) 2.80% over what it would have been had the Three Month Average Payment Rate been less than 22.50% but greater than or equal to 20.00% or (iii) 2.56% over what it would have been had the Three Month Average Payment Rate been less than 25.00% but greater than or equal to 22.50%, respectively; provided, further, that the Depositor may, by delivering an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prior to the date such increase was to become effective, elect to increase the Reserve Fund Required Percentage by an additional amount in percentage points equal to 2.20%, 2.40%, or 2.65%, as applicable, pursuant to the proviso in the definition of Reserve Fund Required Percentage rather than increasing the Subordination Factor by an additional 2.56%, 2.80%, or 3.09%, respectively. In addition, the Depositor may (a) in its discretion increase the Subordination Factor, increasing the Subordination Percentage and thereby increasing the Class E Invested Amount and the Class E Principal Amount by an amount equal to the product of (i) the increase in the Subordination Percentage and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the Net Invested Amount over (B) the Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount on such date (after giving effect to any changes in such amount on such date); provided such increase shall not cause the Required Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance to exceed the Nonoverconcentration Pool Balance or cause the Nonoverconcentration Certificate Amount to be less than the Required Nonoverconcentration Certificate Amount or (b) upon satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Class of Series 2018-4 Notes in connection therewith, decrease the Subordination Factor, with corresponding decreases in the Subordination Percentage, the Class E Invested Amount and the Class E Principal Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall not be permitted to increase the Subordination Factor in its discretion without satisfaction of the Series 2018-4
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Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Class of Series 2018-4 Notes in connection therewith if such increase would result in the aggregate amount of all such increases, together with discretionary increases in the Class E Invested Amount and the Reserve Fund, exceeding 5.0% of the Note Principal Balance as of the date of such increase.
Subordination Percentage: As of any date, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (a) the Subordination Factor divided by (b) the result of 100% minus the Subordination Factor.
Third Party Due Diligence Provider: Any Person hired by an underwriter or the Seller to perform due diligence on the Accounts or the Receivables in connection with the offer and sale of the Class A Notes.
Three Month Average Payment Rate: As of any Distribution Date, the arithmetic average of the Monthly Payment Rate determined with respect to each of the three Collection Periods immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Verified Note Owner: A Series 2018-4 Note Owner that has provided the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, with each of (i) a written certification that it is a beneficial owner of a specified Outstanding Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes and (ii) a trade confirmation, an account statement, a letter from a broker or dealer or other similar document showing that such Series 2018-4 Note Owner is a beneficial owner of such Outstanding Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes.
Wholly-Owned Affiliate: Has the meaning specified in Regulation RR.
SECTION 2.02 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Certain capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Indenture Supplement shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Part I of Appendix A to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2010 (the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement), among Ally Master Owner Trust, Ally Wholesale Enterprises LLC, Ally Bank, and Ally Financial Inc. (formerly GMAC Inc.) (including any successors or assigns thereto, Ally Financial), as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
(b) All references herein to this Indenture Supplement are to this Indenture Supplement as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, and all references herein to Articles, Sections, subsections and exhibits are to Articles, Sections, subsections and exhibits of this Indenture Supplement unless otherwise specified.
(c) All terms defined in this Indenture Supplement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate, notice, Note or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(d) The rules of construction set forth in Part II of Appendix A to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be applicable to this Indenture Supplement.
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ARTICLE III
SERVICING FEE
SECTION 3.01 Servicing Compensation.
The share of the Servicing Fee and the Back-up Servicing Fee, respectively, allocable to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders with respect to any Distribution Date is equal to the Monthly Servicing Fee and the Monthly Back-up Servicing Fee, respectively. The portion of the Servicing Fee and Back-up Servicing Fee that is not allocable to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders shall be paid by the holders of the Certificate Interest or the Noteholders of other Series (as provided in the related Indenture Supplements) and in no event shall the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee or the Series 2018-4 Noteholders be liable for the share of the Servicing Fee or the Back-up Servicing Fee to be paid by the holders of the Certificate Interest or the Noteholders of any other Series.
ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTEHOLDERS
AND ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
SECTION 4.01 Collections and Allocations.
(a) Allocations to Series 2018-4. As provided in Section 8.4(a) of the Indenture, Nonoverconcentration Interest Collections, Nonoverconcentration Principal Collections and Nonoverconcentration Defaulted Amounts shall be allocated to Series 2018-4 and then applied in accordance with this Article IV. No Overconcentration Interest Collections, Overconcentration Principal Collections or Overconcentration Defaulted Amounts shall be allocated to the Series 2018-4.
(b) On each Determination Date beginning on the Determination Date in September 2018, the Servicer shall allocate to the Series 2018-4 an amount of Nonoverconcentration Interest Collections for the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the prior Collection Period) equal to the product of (i) the Series Interest Percentage for the related Collection Period, and (ii) the Nonoverconcentration Interest Collections for such Collection Period; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Series Interest Percentage for this Section 4.01(b), the Series 2018-4 Notes shall be deemed to have been outstanding since the Series Cut-Off Date.
(c) On each Business Day beginning on the Closing Date, the Servicer shall allocate to the Series 2018-4 an amount of Nonoverconcentration Principal Collections for that date equal to the product of (i) the Series Principal Percentage for that date and (ii) the Nonoverconcentration Principal Collections for that date.
(d) On each Determination Date beginning on the Determination Date in September 2018, the Servicer shall allocate to the Series 2018-4 an amount of the Nonoverconcentration Defaulted Amount for the related Collection Period equal to the product of (i) the Series
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Defaulted Percentage for the related Collection Period and (ii) the Monthly Nonoverconcentration Defaulted Amount for the related Collection Period.
SECTION 4.02 Determination of Monthly Interest.
(a) The amount of monthly interest due with respect to the Class A Notes for any Distribution Date and the related Interest Period (the Class A Monthly Interest) shall be calculated by the Servicer and shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth (or, in the case of the September 2018 Distribution Date, a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360), times (ii) the Class A Note Interest Rate, times (iii) the Average Class A Note Principal Balance for the related Interest Period.
(b) The amount of monthly interest due with respect to the Class B Notes for any Distribution Date and the related Interest Period (the Class B Monthly Interest) shall be calculated by the Servicer and shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth (or, in the case of the September 2018 Distribution Date, a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360), times (ii) the Class B Note Interest Rate, times (iii) the Average Class B Note Principal Balance for the related Interest Period.
(c) The amount of monthly interest due with respect to the Class C Notes for any Distribution Date and the related Interest Period (the Class C Monthly Interest) shall be calculated by the Servicer and shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth (or, in the case of the September 2018 Distribution Date, a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360), times (ii) the Class C Note Interest Rate, times (iii) the Average Class C Note Principal Balance for the related Interest Period.
(d) The amount of monthly interest due with respect to the Class D Notes for any Distribution Date and the related Interest Period (the Class D Monthly Interest) shall be calculated by the Servicer and shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth (or, in the case of the September 2018 Distribution Date, a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360), times (ii) the Class D Note Interest Rate, times (iii) the Average Class D Note Principal Balance for the related Interest Period.
SECTION 4.03 Determination of Monthly Principal Amount.
The aggregate amount of monthly principal to be deposited into the Note Defeasance Account or the Note Distribution Account with respect to any Collection Period in the Controlled Accumulation Period or, if earlier, any Collection Period or portion thereof in the Early Amortization Period (the Monthly Principal Amount), shall be equal to the least of (a) the sum of (i) the Available Series Principal Collections for each Business Day during such Collection Period, (ii) Additional Available Series Principal Collections for the related Distribution Date and (iii) any Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount with respect to such period, (b) for each Collection Period with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Controlled Deposit Amount for such Collection Period, and (c) the Net Invested Amount (after taking into account any adjustments to be made on the related Distribution Date pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06).
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SECTION 4.04 Application of Available Funds on Deposit in Note Defeasance Account, Collection Account and Other Sources.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee to apply by written instruction to the Indenture Trustee, Available Series Interest Collections with respect to such Distribution Date, (x) on deposit in the Collection Account, and (y) solely to make the allocations, distributions or deposits specified in clauses (ii) through (v) below, in the manner and order set forth therein, on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds), in the following priority:
(i) first, an amount equal to the Monthly Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, together with any Monthly Servicing Fees previously due but not paid to the Servicer on prior Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Servicer (unless such amount has been netted against deposits into the Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.4 of the Indenture); second, pro rata, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities owed to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, and any other fees or expenses of the Issuing Entity payable by the Servicer or the Administrator (to the extent not paid by the Servicer, the Administrator or the Asset Representations Reviewer) shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Person to whom such payment is owed, as applicable, provided that the amount distributed pursuant to this clause second shall not exceed the Annual Fee Cap in any calendar year; and third, an amount equal to the Monthly Back-up Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, together with any Monthly Back-up Servicing Fees previously due but not paid to the Back-up Servicer on prior Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Back-up Servicer;
(ii) an amount equal to the Class A Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, together with any Class A Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class A Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be allocated and set aside from such funds in the Note Defeasance Account and, to the extent such funds are not sufficient, the remainder shall be deposited into the Note Distribution Account from the Collection Account, for payment to the Class A Noteholders;
(iii) an amount equal to the Class B Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, together with any Class B Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class B Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be allocated and set aside from such funds in the Note Defeasance Account and, to the extent such funds are not sufficient, the remainder shall be deposited into the Note Distribution Account from the Collection Account, for payment to the Class B Noteholders;
(iv) an amount equal to the Class C Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, together with any Class C Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class C Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be allocated and set aside from such funds in the Note Defeasance Account and, to the extent such funds are not sufficient, the remainder shall be deposited into the Note Distribution Account from the Collection Account, for payment to the Class C Noteholders;
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(v) an amount equal to the Class D Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date, together with any Class D Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class D Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be allocated and set aside from such funds in the Note Defeasance Account and, to the extent such funds are not sufficient, the remainder shall be deposited into the Note Distribution Account from the Collection Account, for payment to the Class D Noteholders;
(vi) an amount equal to the Series Defaulted Amount for such Distribution Date shall be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections for such Distribution Date;
(vii) an amount equal to the sum of Series Charge-Offs that have not been previously reimbursed shall be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections for such Distribution Date;
(viii) the amount equal to the sum of Reallocated Principal Collections that have not been previously reimbursed shall be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections for such Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount necessary to cause the Class E Invested Amount to not be less than the Required Class E Invested Amount shall be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections for such Distribution Date;
(x) an amount equal to the Reserve Fund Deposit Amount for such Distribution Date shall be deposited into the Reserve Fund;
(xi) the amount required to repay the Servicer for all outstanding Servicer Advances made in respect of the Series 2018-4 Notes shall be distributed to the Servicer (unless such amount has been netted against deposits into the Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.4 of the Indenture);
(xii) pro rata, the amounts required to pay any remaining fees, expenses, indemnities or other amounts required to be paid pursuant to clause second of subsection (i) above but not paid as a result of the proviso thereto, the amount required to reimburse the Back-up Servicer for all unpaid Servicer Termination Costs in excess of the amounts reimbursed by funds from the Servicer Termination Costs Reserve Account and the amount required to reimburse the Back-up Servicer for all unpaid amounts due to the Back-up Servicer pursuant to the Back-up Servicing Agreement shall be distributed to the applicable person;
(xiii) an amount equal to the Interest Collections Shortfalls for other outstanding Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One shall be treated as Excess Interest Collections available from Series 2018-4 and applied to cover the Interest Collections Shortfalls for other outstanding Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One; and
(xiv) all remaining Available Series Interest Collections for such Distribution Date shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the holders of the Certificate in accordance with the Trust Agreement (unless such amount
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has been netted against deposits into the Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.4 of the Indenture), but only to the extent that such remaining amount is not otherwise required to be deposited into the Excess Funding Account or the Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Indenture.
(b) If Available Series Interest Collections with respect to any Distribution Date are insufficient to distribute or deposit the full amounts required under Section 4.04(a), the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee to apply by written instructions to the Indenture Trustee, on such Distribution Date available funds from the following sources in the following order to make up any such shortfalls to the extent provided below:
(i) first, from Excess Interest Collections available from other outstanding Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One, but only to cover shortfalls in the distributions and deposits required under clauses (i) through (xi) of Section 4.04(a) in that order;
(ii) second, from the Reserve Fund Available Amount, but only to cover shortfalls in the distributions and deposits required under clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 4.04(a) in that order;
(iii) third, from the Reallocated Principal Collections for such Distribution Date, but only to cover shortfalls in the distributions required under clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.04(a) in that order; and
(iv) fourth, from the Servicer to the extent that the Servicer, in its sole discretion, decides to make an advance, but only to cover shortfalls in the distributions and deposits required under clauses (i) through (x) of Section 4.04(a) in that order, and only to the extent that the Servicer expects to recover such advances (each, a Servicer Advance) pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(xi) on subsequent Distribution Dates.
(c) On each Business Day with respect to the Revolving Period, the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee to apply by written instruction to the Indenture Trustee, Available Series Principal Collections for such date as Shared Principal Collections with respect to Principal Sharing Group One and applied in accordance with Section 4.08 hereof and Section 8.5(c) of the Indenture.
(d) On each Business Day with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee to apply by written instruction to the Indenture Trustee, Available Series Principal Collections for such date to make the following distributions or deposits in the following priority:
(i) first, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Monthly Principal Amount for the related Collection Period over (B) the amount previously deposited during that Collection Period for the payment of principal to the Noteholders shall be deposited into the Note Distribution Account or, if elected pursuant to Section 4.04(k), the Note Defeasance Account, for payment of principal to the Noteholders; and
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(ii) second, any remaining amounts shall be treated as Shared Principal Collections with respect to Principal Sharing Group One and applied in accordance with Section 4.08 hereof and Section 8.5(c) of the Indenture.
(e) On each Business Day with respect to the Early Amortization Period, the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee to apply by written instruction to the Indenture Trustee, Available Series Principal Collections for such date to make the following distributions or deposits in the following priority:
(i) first, the amount necessary to reduce the Note Principal Balance to zero, but not more than the amount that would reduce the Invested Amount to zero, shall be deposited into the Note Distribution Account or, if elected pursuant to Section 4.04(k), the Note Defeasance Account, for payment of principal to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 5.02(b); and
(ii) second, any remaining amounts shall be treated as Shared Principal Collections with respect to Principal Sharing Group One and applied in accordance with Section 4.08 hereof and Section 8.5(c) of the Indenture.
(f) On each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee to apply by written instructions to the Indenture Trustee, Additional Available Series Principal Collections, if any, (i) first, to make the applications of Additional Available Series Principal Collections required pursuant to Section 4.06, (ii) second, to make the deposits and distributions required to be made during the related Collection Period pursuant to Sections 4.04(c), (d) and (e) that have not otherwise been made as of such Distribution Date, and (iii) third, any remaining Additional Available Series Principal Collections shall be treated as Available Series Principal Collections for such date.
(g) On the first Business Day of the earlier to occur of the Controlled Accumulation Period and the Early Amortization Period, the Indenture Trustee, acting in accordance with written instructions from the Servicer, shall withdraw from the Excess Funding Account and apply in accordance with Sections 4.04(d) or (e), as applicable, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Series 2018-4 Excess Funding Amount for such date and (ii) the amount required to be deposited or distributed on that date pursuant to Section 4.04(d)(i) or 4.04(e)(i), as applicable that was not previously deposited or distributed on that date.
(h) The Controlled Accumulation Period is scheduled to commence on the first day of the January 2021 Collection Period; provided, however, that, if the Accumulation Period Length (determined as described below) is less than six Collection Periods, the date on which the Controlled Accumulation Period actually commences shall be delayed to the first day of the Collection Period that is the number of whole Collection Periods before the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date at least equal to the Accumulation Period Length and, as a result, the number of Collection Periods in the Controlled Accumulation Period shall at least equal the Accumulation Period Length. On or before each Determination Date beginning with the Determination Date in the December 2020 Collection Period and ending when the Controlled Accumulation Period begins, the Servicer shall determine the Accumulation Period Length as of such Determination Date, which shall equal the number of whole Collection Periods such that
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the sum of the Accumulation Period Factors for each Collection Period during such period shall be equal to or greater than the Required Accumulation Factor Number; provided, however, that the Accumulation Period Length shall not be determined to be less than one Collection Period. If the number of whole Collection Periods remaining after such Determination Date and before the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date is less than or equal to the Accumulation Period Length calculated as of such Determination Date, the Controlled Accumulation Period shall commence on the first day of the following Collection Period; provided, however, if such number of Collection Periods is greater than such Accumulation Period Length, the commencement of the Controlled Accumulation Period shall be delayed until at least the next Determination Date, at which time the Accumulation Period Length shall be recalculated as described above.
(i) All distributions that are deposited by the Indenture Trustee into the Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the holders of the Certificate pursuant to this Indenture Supplement shall be made in accordance with such written remittance instructions as may be provided to the Indenture Trustee by the Depositor from time to time.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture Supplement or the Indenture, if any amount is required to be deposited into any Series Account or other account pursuant to this Indenture Supplement and all or part of the amount of such deposit is to be deposited into another account or otherwise distributed on that date, such amount may be deposited directly into the applicable subsequent account or distributed directly to the applicable recipient without first being deposited into the initial Series Account or account.
(k) Note Defeasance Account. With respect to each Collection Period, no later than 10:00 am Central time on any Business Day of such Collection Period, including pursuant to Section 4.04(d) and (e), the Servicer, at the direction of the Depositor, shall and, the Servicer may (if Ally Financial or an Affiliate of Ally Financial is the Servicer), in its discretion, specify to the Indenture Trustee an amount of Available Series Interest Collections and Available Series Principal Collections to be withdrawn from the Collection Account or, with respect to any amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account constituting Available Series Principal Collections, the Note Distribution Account, and deposited into the Note Defeasance Account. With respect to any Collection Period, the aggregate of such amounts deposited into the Note Defeasance Account, as reasonably calculated by the Servicer (i) with respect to each Collection Period (or portion thereof) that does not occur during a Controlled Accumulation Period or Early Amortization Period, shall not be in excess of the lesser of (1) Available Series Interest Collections for such Collection Period plus Reallocated Principal Collections for the related Distribution Date less the Monthly Servicing Fee for such Collection Period and (2) the aggregate amount necessary to make the allocations and distributions required by clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 4.04(a) and (ii) with respect to each Collection Period (or portion thereof) that occurs during a Controlled Accumulation Period or Early Amortization Period, shall not be in excess of the lesser of (1) the aggregate of the Available Series Interest Collections for such Collection Period, plus the Available Series Principal Collections for such Collection Period, less the Monthly Servicing Fee for such Collection Period and (2) the aggregate amount necessary to make the allocations and distributions required by (x) clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 4.04(a) and (y) Section 4.04(d) or 4.04(e), as applicable, during such Collection Period. The Servicer shall not have any liability for any such calculation made in good faith. Any amount on deposit
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in the Note Defeasance Account on any Distribution Date (after giving effect to all deposits therein or withdrawals therefrom on such Distribution Date) shall remain on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account for distribution on the next Distribution Date in accordance with this Indenture Supplement.
(l) No later than 10:00 am Central time on each Business Day on which amounts are to be withdrawn from the Collection Account or the Note Distribution Account and deposited into the Note Defeasance Account pursuant to Section 4.04(k), the Servicer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of the sources and amounts to be deposited in the Note Defeasance Account on such Business Day and the Indenture Trustee shall transfer such amount from the Collection Account or the Note Distribution Account, as applicable, to the Note Defeasance Account.
SECTION 4.05 Series Charge-Offs.
(a) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate the Series Defaulted Amount, if any, for the related Distribution Date. If the Series Defaulted Amount for any Distribution Date exceeds the sum of:
(i) the Available Series Interest Collections for such Distribution Date applied to fund such Series Defaulted Amount pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(vi);
(ii) the Excess Interest Collections available from other outstanding Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One for such Distribution Date applied to fund such Series Defaulted Amount pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(vi) in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(i);
(iii) the Reserve Fund Available Amount for such Distribution Date applied to fund such Series Defaulted Amount pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(vi) in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(ii) (after giving effect to the application of such amounts to items (i) through (v) in Section 4.04(a)); and
(iv) the amount of Servicer Advances for such Distribution Date applied to fund such Series Defaulted Amount pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(vi) in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(iv);
then, a Series Charge-Off in the amount of such excess shall exist for such Distribution Date and shall reduce the Invested Amount.
(b) The reduction in the Invested Amount for such Distribution Date due to such Series Charge-Off shall be allocated as follows:
(i) first, the Class E Invested Amount shall be reduced by the amount of such reduction until the Class E Invested Amount is reduced to zero; then
(ii) second, the Class D Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class D Invested Amount is reduced to zero; then
(iii) third, the Class C Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class C Invested Amount is reduced to zero; then
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(iv) fourth, the Class B Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class B Invested Amount is reduced to zero; and then
(v) fifth, the Class A Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class A Invested Amount is reduced to zero.
SECTION 4.06 Reallocated Principal Collections.
On each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall apply, or direct the Indenture Trustee by written instruction to the Indenture Trustee to apply, the portion of Reallocated Principal Collections specified in Section 4.04(b)(iii) from the following sources and in the following order of priority, (i) first, Additional Available Series Principal Collections for that Distribution Date available in accordance with Section 4.04(f), (ii) second, Series Principal Collections for that date, (iii) third, amounts on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account (to the extent such funds are used to cover shortfalls in the distributions required under clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 4.04(a)), and (iv) fourth, amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account for the payment of principal (first for the Class E Notes, then for the Class D Notes, then for the Class C Notes, then for the Class B Notes and then for the Class A Notes), but not in excess of the amounts specified in the definition of Reallocated Principal Collections, in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(iii). If, on any Distribution Date, Reallocated Principal Collections for such Distribution Date are so applied, then the Invested Amount shall be reduced by the amount of such application and, if such amounts are from withdrawals from the Note Distribution Account or the Note Defeasance Account, those amounts shall be deemed not to have been allocated or deposited into the Note Distribution Account or the Note Defeasance Account, as applicable, for purposes of this Indenture Supplement. The reduction in the Invested Amount for such Distribution Date due to the application of such Reallocated Principal Collections shall be allocated as follows:
(a) first, the Class E Invested Amount shall be reduced by the amount of such reduction until the Class E Invested Amount is reduced to zero; then
(b) second, the Class D Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class D Invested Amount is reduced to zero; then
(c) third, the Class C Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class C Invested Amount is reduced to zero; then
(d) fourth, the Class B Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class B Invested Amount is reduced to zero; and then
(e) fifth, the Class A Invested Amount shall be reduced by any remaining amount until the Class A Invested Amount is reduced to zero.
SECTION 4.07 Excess Interest Collections.
Subject to Section 8.05(b) of the Indenture, Excess Interest Collections with respect to the Excess Interest Sharing Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to Series 2018-4 in an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate
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amount of Excess Interest Collections with respect to all the Excess Interest Sharing Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Interest Collections Shortfall for Series 2018-4 for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of Interest Collections Shortfalls for all the Excess Interest Sharing Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One for such Distribution Date. The Interest Collections Shortfall for Series 2018-4 for any Distribution Date shall equal the excess, if any, of (a) the full amount required to be paid, without duplication, pursuant to clauses (i) through (xi) of Section 4.04(a) on such Distribution Date, over (b) the Available Series Interest Collections for such Distribution Date. The maximum amount of Excess Interest Collections with respect to Series 2018-4 for any Distribution Date available for other Series in Excess Sharing Group One shall equal the excess, if any, of (a) the Available Series Interest Collections for such Distribution Date over (b) the full amount required to be distributed, without duplication, pursuant to clauses (i) through (xi) of Section 4.04(a) on such Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.08 Shared Principal Collections.
Subject to Section 8.5(c) of the Indenture, the aggregate amount of Shared Principal Collections with respect to the Principal Sharing Series in Principal Sharing Group One for any date shall be allocated to Series 2018-4 in an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate amount of Shared Principal Collections, times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Principal Shortfall for Series 2018-4 for such date and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of Principal Shortfalls for all the Principal Sharing Series in Principal Sharing Group One for such date. The Principal Shortfall for Series 2018-4 shall equal (a) for any date in the Revolving Period, zero, (b) for any date in the Controlled Accumulation Period, the amount to be deposited or distributed pursuant to Sections 4.04(d) over the amount previously deposited or distributed pursuant to that subsection, and (c) for any date in the Early Amortization Period, the amount to be deposited or distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(e) over the amount previously deposited or distributed pursuant to that subsection. The Shared Principal Collections with respect to Series 2018-4 for any date shall equal the excess, if any, of (a) the Available Series Principal Collections for such date (without giving effect to clause (ii) of the definition thereof) over (b) the full amount required to be deposited or distributed, without duplication, pursuant to Sections 4.04(c), (d) or (e) on such date.
SECTION 4.09 Reinstatement of Invested Amount.
(a) The Invested Amount shall be reinstated on any Distribution Date by the amount of any Available Series Interest Collections that are applied pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix). This amount shall be applied as follows:
(i) first, if the Class A Invested Amount has been reduced pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.06, to the Class A Invested Amount until it equals the Class A Note Principal Balance minus the aggregate amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account (excluding, in each case, amounts representing Investment Proceeds) allocated to it; then
(ii) second, if the Class B Invested Amount has been reduced pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.06, to the Class B Invested Amount until it equals the Class B Note
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Principal Balance minus the aggregate amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds) allocated to it; then
(iii) third, if the Class C Invested Amount has been reduced pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.06, to the Class C Invested Amount until it equals the Class C Note Principal Balance minus the aggregate amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account (excluding, in each case, amounts representing Investment Proceeds) allocated to it; then
(iv) fourth, if the Class D Invested Amount has been reduced pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.06, to the Class D Invested Amount until it equals the Class D Note Principal Balance minus the aggregate amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account (excluding, in each case, amounts representing Investment Proceeds) allocated to it; and then
(v) fifth, if the Class E Invested Amount has been reduced pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.06, to the Class E Invested Amount until it equals the Required Class E Invested Amount.
SECTION 4.10 Note Distribution Account.
(a) The Servicer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall establish and maintain with the Indenture Trustee in the name of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, an Eligible Deposit Account (including any subaccounts thereof) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds and other property credited thereto are held for the benefit of the Noteholders (the Note Distribution Account). The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all Eligible Investments and all monies, cash, instruments, securities, securities entitlements, documents, certificates of deposit and other property from time to time on deposit in or credited to the Note Distribution Account and in all Investment Proceeds with respect thereto (including any accrued discount realized on liquidation of any investment purchased at a discount) for the benefit of the Noteholders. Except as expressly provided in this Indenture Supplement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer agrees that it has no right of setoff or bankers lien against, and no right to otherwise deduct from, any funds and other property held in the Note Distribution Account for any amount owed to it by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity, any Noteholder or any Series Enhancer. The Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the Servicer, shall make deposits and withdrawals from the Note Distribution Account from time to time, in the amounts and for the purposes set forth in this Indenture Supplement.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Note Distribution Account shall, at the written direction of the Servicer, be invested by the Indenture Trustee (including a Securities Intermediary) in Eligible Investments selected by the Servicer. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee for the benefit of the Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall cause each Eligible Investment to be delivered to it (including a Securities Intermediary) and credited to the Note Distribution Account. On each Distribution Date, all Investment Proceeds on deposit in the Note Distribution Account shall be treated as Available Series Interest Collections
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with respect to the related Collection Period. The Indenture Trustee shall bear no responsibility or liability for any losses resulting from investment or reinvestment of any funds in accordance with this Section 4.10(b) nor for the selection of Eligible Investments in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 4.11 Reserve Fund.
(a) The Servicer, for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders, shall establish and maintain with the Indenture Trustee or its nominee in the name of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, an Eligible Deposit Account (including any subaccounts thereof) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds and other property credited thereto are held for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders (the Reserve Fund). The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all Eligible Investments and all monies, cash, instruments, securities, securities entitlements, documents, certificates of deposit and other property from time to time on deposit in or credited to the Reserve Fund and in all interest, proceeds, earnings, income, revenue, dividends and other distributions thereof (including any accrued discount realized on liquidation of any investment purchased at a discount) for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders. Except as expressly provided in this Indenture Supplement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer agrees that it has no right of setoff or bankers lien against, and no right to otherwise deduct from, any funds and other property held in the Reserve Fund for any amount owed to it by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity, any Noteholder or any Series Enhancer. The Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the Servicer, shall make deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Fund from time to time in the amounts and for the purposes set forth in this Indenture Supplement.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall, at the written direction of the Servicer, be invested by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee (including the Securities Intermediary) in Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall cause each Eligible Investment to be delivered to it or its nominee (including a securities intermediary) and shall be credited to the Reserve Fund. Funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be invested in Eligible Investments. On each Distribution Date, all Investment Proceeds on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be treated as Available Series Interest Collections for such Distribution Date. The Indenture Trustee shall bear no responsibility or liability for any losses resulting from investment or reinvestment of any funds in accordance with this Section 4.11(b) nor for the selection of Eligible Investments in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) The Reserve Fund initially shall be funded by the Depositor on the Closing Date in the amount of the Reserve Fund Initial Amount. After the Closing Date, funds shall be deposited into the Reserve Fund as provided in Section 4.04(a)(x). The Depositor may at any time and from time to time make additional deposits into the Reserve Fund; provided, however, the Depositor shall not be permitted to make any such discretionary deposit without satisfaction of the Series 2018-4 Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Class of Series 2018-4 Notes in connection therewith if such deposit, together with any discretionary increases in the
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Subordination Factor and the Class E Invested Amount, would result in the aggregate amount of all such deposits and increases exceeding 5.0% of the Note Principal Balance as of the date of such deposit.
(d) If on any Distribution Date, after giving effect to all withdrawals from and deposits to the Reserve Fund, the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund (excluding amounts representing Investment Proceeds) exceeds the Reserve Fund Required Amount then in effect, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Servicer, distribute such excess to the Owner Trustee for distribution to the holders of the Certificate Interest in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
(e) Upon the earlier to occur of the date on which the Series 2018-4 Notes are paid in full and the Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date, any funds remaining in the Reserve Fund, after giving effect to any deposits and withdrawals made therefrom on such date, shall be distributed to the Owner Trustee for distribution to the holders of the Certificate Interest in accordance with the Trust Agreement. The Reserve Fund shall thereafter be deemed to have terminated for purposes of this Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 4.12 [Reserved].
SECTION 4.13 Account Holder.
Notwithstanding 8.3(e)(i) or any other provision of the Indenture, it shall not be permissible to maintain a Designated Account in or move a Designated Account to the corporate trust department of the Account Holder unless the Account Holder or any securities issued by the Account Holder have a long term debt rating from Standard & Poors of not less than A.
SECTION 4.14 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Class E Notes (or interests therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of (i) a Benefit Plan other than an insurance company general account (as defined in Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTCE) 95-60) whose underlying assets include less than 25% plan assets of any Benefit Plan for the entire period during which such Holder holds its interest in the Class E Notes, who is not and is not an affiliate of a person that has discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the Issuing Entity or provides investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to the assets of the Issuing Entity, and for which the purchase and holding of the Class E Notes is eligible for and satisfied all conditions for relief under PTCE 95-60 or (ii) an employee benefit plan or plan that is subject to any law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (Similar Law). By accepting and holding a Class E Note (or interest therein), the Holder thereof and any related Note Owner shall each be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is in compliance with the foregoing sentence. By accepting and holding a Class A Note, Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note (or interest therein), the Holder thereof and any related Note Owner shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that either (i) it is not, nor is it acquiring or holding the Note with the assets of, a Benefit Plan or any other plan that is subject to Similar Law or (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Note will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of Similar Law. In addition, Benefit Plans
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or plans subject to Similar Law may not acquire a Class A Note, Class B Note, Class C Note, or Class D Note at any time that such Note is rated below investment grade. By accepting and holding a Class A Note, Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note (or interest therein), the Holder thereof and any related Note Owner shall each be deemed to have represented and warranted that its acquisition of such note is in compliance with the foregoing restriction.
(b) The Series 2018-4 Private Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities or blue sky laws of any other jurisdiction. Consequently, the Series 2018-4 Private Notes are not transferable other than pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and satisfaction of certain other provisions specified herein. No sale, pledge or other transfer of the Series 2018-4 Private Notes (or interest therein) may be made by any Person unless either (i) such sale, pledge or other transfer is made to or by the Depositor, (ii) so long as the Series 2018-4 Private Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, such sale, pledge or other transfer is made to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a Qualified Institutional Buyer) acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are Qualified Institutional Buyers) to whom notice is given that the sale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (iii) such sale, pledge or other transfer is otherwise made in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which case (A) the Indenture Trustee shall require that both the prospective transferor and the prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor in writing the facts surrounding such transfer, which certification shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor, and (B) the Indenture Trustee shall require a written opinion of counsel (which will not be at the expense of the Issuing Entity, the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will not violate the Securities Act. Neither the Depositor nor the Indenture Trustee shall be obligated to register the Series 2018-4 Private Notes under the Securities Act, qualify the Series 2018-4 Private Notes under the securities laws of any state or provide registration rights to any purchaser or holder thereof.
(c) Transfer of a Class E Note may only be made to a Person who is a United States Person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code). Any Person acquiring a Class E Note or an interest therein (i) shall not be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 2.14 of the Indenture and (ii) other than the Depositor shall not acquire or hold such Class E Note or interest therein in the form of a Book Entry Note.
(d) No sale, pledge or other transfer may be made to any one person of a Class E Note with a face amount of less than the amount determined in accordance with Section 1.01(E) hereof (in order to prevent the Issuing Entity from being treated as a publicly traded partnership under Section 7704 of the Code), and, in the case of any Person acting on behalf of one or more third parties (other than a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) acting in its fiduciary capacity), for a Class E Note with a face amount of less than such amount for each such third party. Any attempted transfer in contravention of the immediately preceding restriction will be void ab initio and the purported transferor will continue to be treated as the owner of the Class E Notes for all purposes. No Class E Note may be transferred unless the
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transferor provides to the Indenture Trustee an opinion of independent counsel that the transfer will not cause the Issuing Entity to be treated as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. The transferee, or, if different, the beneficial owner of such Class E Note, covenants that it will provide to any subsequent transferee a properly completed IRS Form W-9 signed under penalty of perjury, or other appropriate certification pursuant to Section 1446(f) of the Code (and to the extent future Treasury regulations or guidance relating to Section 1446(f) of the Code require other documentation, it will provide such other documentation).
(e) (i) A sale, pledge, or transfer of a Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note may only be made to a Person who is a United States Person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code). A Person other than the Depositor acquiring a Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note or an interest therein shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 2.14 of the Indenture; and (ii) no sale, pledge, or transfer of a Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note shall be made (x) to any one person with a face amount of less than 100% of the Class B Note Principal Balance, Class C Note Principal Balance or Class D Note Principal Balance, as applicable, or (y) to a Special Pass-Through Entity, in each case, unless (A) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor that such sale, pledge, or transfer shall not cause the Issuing Entity to be treated as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes shall have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor and (B) the Depositor shall have provided prior written approval; provided, however, that the restrictions in this Section 4.14(e) shall not apply in the event counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor has rendered an opinion to the effect that the Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note to be sold, pledged, or transferred will be characterized as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes. If any Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note held by the transferee is required to be treated other than as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, then the transferee, or, if different, the beneficial owner of such Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note, covenants that it will provide to any subsequent transferee a properly completed IRS Form W-9 signed under penalty of perjury, or other appropriate certification pursuant to Section 1446(f) of the Code (and to the extent future Treasury regulations or guidance relating to Section 1446(f) of the Code require other documentation, it will provide such other documentation). Any attempted transfer in contravention of this Section 4.14(e) will be void ab initio and the purported transferor will continue to be treated as the owner of, as applicable, the Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note for all purposes.
SECTION 4.15 Note Defeasance Account.
(a) The Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Deposit Account (including any subaccounts thereof) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds and other property credited thereto are held for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders (the Note Defeasance Account). The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all Eligible Investments and all monies, cash, instruments, securities, securities entitlements, documents, certificates of deposit and other property from time to time on deposit in or credited to the Note Defeasance Account for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders (other than Investment Proceeds, which shall be for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee). Except as
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expressly provided in this Indenture Supplement, the Servicer agrees that it has no right of setoff or bankers lien against, and no right to otherwise deduct from, any funds and other property held in the Note Defeasance Account for any amount owed to it by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity, any Noteholder or any Series Enhancer. The Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the Servicer, shall make deposits and withdrawals from the Note Defeasance Account from time to time, in the amounts and for the purposes set forth in this Indenture Supplement.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account shall, at the direction or election of the Indenture Trustee, be invested by the Indenture Trustee (including the Securities Intermediary) in Eligible Investments that mature prior to the next Distribution Date selected by the Indenture Trustee. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee for the benefit of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall cause each Eligible Investment to be delivered to it (including the Securities Intermediary) and shall be credited to the Note Defeasance Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive all Investment Proceeds on the Note Defeasance Account when and as paid without any obligation to the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor in respect thereof. The Indenture Trustee will have no obligation to deposit any such amount in any account established hereunder or the Indenture. Notwithstanding Sections 6.1(f) and 8.3(f) of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any investment losses with respect to funds on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account.
(c) All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Note Defeasance Account pursuant to this Indenture Supplement shall be made by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent from available funds on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account.
(d) Upon the irrevocable deposit of any amount into the Note Defeasance Account pursuant to this Indenture Supplement, the Issuing Entity shall have no further liability for, and shall be deemed to be discharged and released from its obligations with respect to, the Series 2018-4 Notes to the extent of the amount so deposited as such amounts are to be applied to the payments of interest on and principal of the Series 2018-4 Notes in accordance with the priorities specified in this Indenture Supplement, and the Holders of the Series 2018-4 Notes shall have recourse and shall look solely to the Note Defeasance Account for the payment of such amounts.
(e) All monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee in the Note Defeasance Account pursuant to this Indenture Supplement shall be held in trust in a segregated trust account and (except for Investment Proceeds thereon) applied by the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2018-4 Notes and this Indenture Supplement, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of Series 2018-4 Notes for payment on or redemption of the Series 2018-4 Notes, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Note Defeasance Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuing Entity.
(f) The Indenture Trustee may, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding, notify the Issuing Entity thereof in writing and withdraw and retain any funds then on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account.
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(g) Sections 8.3(f) and (g) of the Indenture shall not apply to the Note Defeasance Account.
(h) The Note Defeasance Account shall constitute a Note Distribution Account solely for purposes of Sections 2.7, 3.1, 3.3(b), and 10.1 of the Indenture.
SECTION 4.16 FATCA.
Each Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note, by acceptance of such Note or such interest therein, agrees to provide to the Indenture Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Issuing Entity, upon its request, the Noteholder Tax Identification Information and, to the extent FATCA Withholding Tax is applicable, the Noteholder FATCA Information. In addition, each Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note, by acceptance of such Note or such interest therein, agrees that the Indenture Trustee has the right to withhold any amounts of interest (properly withholdable under law and without any corresponding gross-up) payable to a Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note that fails to comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence.
SECTION 4.17 Asset Representations Review.
(a) Within 90 days of publication that the Downgrade Trigger has been met or exceeded in the Monthly Statement, the Series 2018-4 Noteholder holders of 5% or more of the Outstanding Amount of Series 2018-4 Notes shall be entitled to demand in accordance with Section 12.4 of the Indenture that the Indenture Trustee conduct a vote of all Series 2018-4 Noteholders and Series 2018-4 Note Owners to determine whether to cause the Asset Representations Reviewer to conduct an Asset Representations Review; provided that for the purpose of determining the holders of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes, any Notes held by Ally Bank, Ally Financial or any of their Affiliates shall not be included in such calculation.
(b) Upon the direction of the requisite Series 2018-4 Noteholders or Series 2018-4 Note Owners set forth in Section 4.17(a), the Indenture Trustee shall cause the Note Depository to conduct a vote of all Series 2018-4 Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Servicer the voting instructions and procedures applicable to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders to be included in the Monthly Statement related to the monthly period in which the Series 2018-4 Noteholders demand that a vote be conducted. Each Series 2018-4 Noteholder that elects to vote shall vote whether or not the Asset Representations Reviewer should be directed to conduct an Asset Representations Review. The Indenture Trustee will notify the Series 2018-4 Noteholders and Series 2018-4 Note Owners by posting a notice to vote on its website for at least 150 days after the filing of the Monthly Statement indicating that the Downgrade Trigger has been met or exceeded, and the Series 2018-4 Noteholders and Series 2018-4 Note Owners shall be permitted to vote for at least 150 days after such filing.
(c) In the event that a Series 2018-4 Note Owner exercises its right to vote such Series 2018-4 Note Owners beneficial interest, the Indenture Trustee shall verify that each such Series 2018-4 Note Owner is a Verified Note Owner and shall provide such evidence to the
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Issuing Entity. The Note Depository shall provide to the Series 2018-4 Note Owners the voting instructions and procedures applicable to the Series 2018-4 Note Owners.
(d) If holders of a majority of the Series 2018-4 Notes by Outstanding Amount voting pursuant to Section 4.17(b) vote to cause the Asset Representations Reviewer to conduct an Asset Representations Review, the Indenture Trustee shall provide a notice to the Administrator on behalf of the Issuing Entity (the Asset Representations Review Notice), which shall promptly provide such Asset Representations Review Notice to the Depositor and the Servicer. The Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Seller any Asset Representations Review Notice and the Servicer shall disclose on the Monthly Statement relating to the monthly period in which the Asset Representations Review commences that the Asset Representations Review has been initiated. Each of the Depositor and the Issuing Entity agrees to cooperate with the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Servicer and the Seller with respect to any Asset Representations Review commenced in accordance with this Section 4.17.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall cooperate with the Asset Representations Reviewer in the event an Asset Representations Review is commenced pursuant to Section 4.17(d) and shall provide the Asset Representations Reviewer with any documents or other information reasonably requested by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with the Asset Representations Review. In accordance with Section 4.3 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and Sections 3(b) and (c) of the Custodian Agreement, the Servicer and the Custodian, respectively, shall provide the Asset Representations Reviewer (if an Asset Representations Review Notice has been delivered) access to the documentation regarding the Receivables pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems maintained by the Custodian pursuant to the Custodian Agreement and release to the Asset Representations Reviewer any Receivable (and its related Receivables File) to the Asset Representations Reviewer to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
(f) If the Asset Representations Reviewer gives notice of its intent to resign or the Administrator on behalf of the Issuing Entity terminates the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to the terms of the Asset Representations Review Agreement or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Asset Representations Reviewer for any reason (the Asset Representations Reviewer in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Asset Representations Reviewer), the Administrator on behalf of the Issuing Entity shall promptly appoint and designate a successor Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, however that such successor Asset Representations Review shall not be an Affiliate of any of the Seller, the Administrator, the Depositor, the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, any Third Party Due Diligence Provider, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee. The Administrator on behalf of the Issuing Entity shall deliver a written notice to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Seller of the acceptance of a successor Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event that an Asset Representations Review has commenced at the time the retiring Asset Representations Reviewer resigns or a vacancy exists, the Administrator on behalf of the Issuing Entity shall cause the retiring Asset Representations Reviewer to provide the successor Asset Representations Reviewer with any information relating to the Asset Representations Review.
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(g) The Seller shall (i) at all times while any Series 2018-4 Notes that have been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction remain Outstanding, ensure that an Asset Representations Reviewer is appointed, (ii) cooperate with the Asset Representations Reviewer in creating procedures for a review of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (iii) provide the Asset Representations Reviewer with the Asset Representations Review Notice and (iv) provide the Asset Representations Reviewer with reasonable access to the Sellers offices and information databases upon the initiation of an Asset Representations Review.
(h) Upon receipt of a final report from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Seller and the Depositor shall review any Accounts and Receivables with respect to which the Asset Representations Reviewer has determined that a breach of a representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has occurred and determine whether a repurchase of such Receivables is required pursuant to Section 4.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Section 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Series 2018-4 Noteholders shall have the right to request from the Sponsor a copy of the final report prepared by the Asset Representations Reviewer.
SECTION 4.18 Unfulfilled Repurchase Demands; Dispute Resolution.
(a) Unfulfilled Repurchase Demands. If the Indenture Trustee receives a written request (which request from the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, any Series 2018-4 Note Owner or any Series 2018-4 Noteholder shall set forth (i) each Account and Receivable that is subject to a Repurchase Request, (ii) the specific representation or warranty contained in Section 4.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement it alleges was breached, (iii) the loss that occurred as a result of such breach and (iv) the material and adverse effect of such breach on the interests of the Issuing Entity and, with respect to a request from a Series 2018-4 Noteholder or a Series 2018-4 Note Owner, such request shall initially be provided to the Indenture Trustee to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement) (each, a Repurchase Request), and the Depositor or the Seller does not repurchase the Receivables related to such Repurchase Request within 180 days of the receipt of such Repurchase Request, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver a Repurchase Response Notice to the related Series 2018-4 Noteholder or Series 2018-4 Note Owner.
(b) In the event the Depositor fails to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, or fails to cause the Seller to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 4.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, within 180 days of the delivery of the Repurchase Request and such Repurchase Request has not been resolved, the alleged breach has not otherwise been cured or the related Receivable has not otherwise been repurchased, the party that provided the Repurchase Request pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (the Requesting Party) may refer the Repurchase Request to an ADR Proceeding, at its discretion, pursuant to Section 4.18(c) by filing in accordance with AAA Rules and providing a notice to the Sponsor and the Depositor at ***@***, in the case of the Series 2018-4 Noteholders, or by contacting the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 12.4 of the Indenture, in the case of the Series 2018-4 Note Owners; provided, however, that any such referral of a Repurchase Request shall be made (i) within the applicable statute of limitations period and (ii) within 30 days of the delivery of the Repurchase Response Notice
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indicating that the related Repurchase Request has not been resolved; provided further that in the event an Asset Representations Review has been completed and the Asset Representations Reviewer has determined that the representations and warranties related to an Account or a Receivable with respect to which a Repurchase Request has been made have been satisfied, the Requesting Party may not refer such Repurchase Request to an ADR Proceeding.
(c) Dispute Resolution.
(i) General. If a Requesting Party provides notice of a referral of a Repurchase Request to an ADR Proceeding, the Depositor shall respond to such notice within 30 days and submit to the ADR Proceeding requested. Each ADR Proceeding shall take place in New York, New York.
(ii) Confidentiality. Each ADR Proceeding, including the occurrence of such ADR Proceeding, the nature and amount of any relief sought or granted and the results of any discovery taken in such ADR Proceeding, shall be kept strictly confidential by each of the Depositor and the Requesting Party, except as necessary in connection with a judicial challenge to or enforcement of an award, or as otherwise required by law.
(iii) Mediation. If the Requesting Party chooses to refer the Repurchase Request to Mediation, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) The Depositor and the Requesting Party shall agree on a neutral mediator within 15 days of the acknowledgement of the notice set forth in Section 4.18(c)(i); provided, that the mediator shall satisfy each of the following conditions:
a. the mediator shall be selected from a list of neutral mediators maintained by the AAA;
b. the mediator shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in the State of New York; and
c. the mediator shall be an attorney specializing in commercial litigation with at least 15 years of experience;
provided, however, that if the Depositor and the Requesting Party do not agree on a mediator, a mediator shall be selected by the AAA in accordance with AAA Rules for appointment of a mediator.
(2) The Mediation shall commence no later than 15 Business Days following selection of a mediator, and shall conclude within 30 days of the start of Mediation.
(3) The Depositor and the Requesting Party shall mutually agree upon the allocation of the expenses incurred in connection with the Mediation; provided, however, that if the Depositor and the Requesting Party do not agree on
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the allocation of expenses, the expenses shall be determined in accordance with AAA Rules.
(4) If the Depositor and the Requesting Party fail to agree at the completion of the Mediation, the Requesting Party may submit the Repurchase Request to Arbitration in accordance with Section 4.18(c)(iv) or may seek adjudication of the Repurchase Request in court.
(iv) Arbitration. If the Requesting Party refers the Repurchase Request to Arbitration, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) The Depositor shall provide a notice of the commencement of such Arbitration and instructions for other Series 2018-4 Noteholders or Series 2018-4 Note Owners to participate in such Arbitration to the Servicer for inclusion in the Monthly Statement.
(2) The Repurchase Request shall be referred to a panel of three arbitrators (the Panel) to be selected as follows:
a. the Requesting Party shall appoint one arbitrator to the panel within 5 Business Days of providing notice of its selection of Arbitration;
b. the Depositor shall appoint one arbitrator to the panel within 5 Business Days of the Requesting Party providing notice of its selection of Arbitration; and
c. the arbitrators selected pursuant to clauses a and b will select a third arbitrator within 5 Business Days of the appointment of the second arbitrator;
provided, that each arbitrator shall satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) the arbitrator shall be selected from a list of neutral arbitrators maintained by the AAA, (ii) the arbitrator shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in the State of New York; and (iii) the arbitrator shall be an attorney specializing in commercial litigation with at least 15 years of experience.
(3) The arbitrator will have the ability to schedule, hear and determine any motions, including discovery motions, according to New York law, and will do so at the motion of any party. The following procedural time limits shall apply to the Arbitration:
a. discovery shall be completed within 30 days of appointment of the third arbitrator;
b. the evidentiary hearing on the merits shall commence no later than 60 days following the appointment of the third arbitrator, and shall proceed for no more than 10 consecutive business days with equal
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time allotted to each side for the presentation of direct evidence and cross examination; and
c. the Panel shall render its decision on the Repurchase Request within 90 days of the selection of the panel;
provided, that in each case, the Panel may modify such time limits if, based on the facts and circumstances of the particular dispute, good cause exists, there is an unavoidable delay or with the consent of all of the parties.
(4) The following limitations on the Arbitration proceeding shall apply:
a. each party shall be limited to two witness depositions not to exceed five hours;
b. each party shall be limited to two interrogatories;
c. each party shall be limited to one document request; and
d. each party shall be limited to one request for admissions.
provided, that in each case, the Panel may modify such time limits if, based on the facts and circumstances of the particular dispute, good cause exists, there is an unavoidable delay or with the consent of all of the parties.
(5) Any briefs submitted in the Arbitration shall be no more than 10 pages each and shall be limited to (i) initial statements of the case, (ii) discovery motions and (iii) a pre-hearing brief.
(6) For Receivables on which the related Dealer has made at least 12 monthly payments, the burden of proof for an alleged breach of representations and warranties shall be clear and convincing evidence of a breach and for all other Receivables, the burden of proof for an alleged breach shall be a preponderance of the evidence.
(7) The Panel shall decide the Repurchase Request in accordance with this Agreement, including choice-of-law provisions, and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the provisions set forth in Section 4.01(c) thereof.
(8) The Panel shall not be permitted to award punitive or special damages.
(9) The Panel shall determine the allocation of the expenses of the Arbitration between the Depositor and the Requesting Party.
(10) Once the Panel makes a decision with respect to a Receivable, such decision shall be binding on the Interested Parties as to such Receivable, and such
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Receivable may not be subject to an additional ADR Proceeding or court adjudication.
(11) Judgment on the Panels award will be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
(d) The Seller hereby agrees to cooperate with the Interested Parties in any ADR Proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 4.18. The Purchaser hereby agrees to provide the Seller with the opportunity to exercise any rights of the Purchaser pursuant to this Section 4.18 with respect to an ADR Proceeding to the extent a dispute relates to the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in Section 4.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE V
DELIVERY OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTES;
DISTRIBUTIONS; REPORTS TO SERIES 2018-4 NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 5.01 Delivery and Payment for Series 2018-4 Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Series 2018-4 Notes in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Series 2018-4 Notes to the Issuing Entity when so authenticated.
SECTION 5.02 Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, based solely on the information contained in the Monthly Statement, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to each Class A Noteholder, Class B Noteholder, Class C Noteholder and Class D Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture) such Class A Noteholders, Class B Noteholders, Class C Noteholders and Class D Noteholders, respectively, pro rata share of the amounts allocated and available in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account on such Distribution Date to pay interest on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes, respectively, pursuant to this Indenture Supplement.
(b) On the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date and on each Distribution Date with respect to the Early Amortization Period, based solely on the information contained in the Monthly Statement, from the amounts allocated during the related or any prior Collection Period or, with respect to Additional Available Series Principal Collections, on such or any prior Distribution Date and available in the Note Distribution Account and the Note Defeasance Account on such Distribution Date to pay principal of the Series 2018-4 Notes pursuant to this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute:
(i) first, pro rata to each Class A Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture), principal of the Class A Notes until the Class A Notes have been paid in full,
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(ii) second, pro rata to each Class B Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture), principal of the Class B Notes until the Class B Notes have been paid in full, provided, however, that in no event shall any amount be paid as principal with respect to the Class B Notes unless the Class A Principal Balance is zero,
(iii) third, pro rata to each Class C Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture), principal of the Class C Notes until the Class C Notes have been paid in full, provided, however, that in no event shall any amount be paid as principal with respect to the Class C Notes unless the Class A Principal Balance and the Class B Principal Balance are zero,
(iv) fourth, pro rata to each Class D Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture), principal of the Class D Notes until the Class D Notes have been paid in full, provided, however, that in no event shall any amount be paid as principal with respect to the Class D Notes unless the Class A Principal Balance, the Class B Principal Balance and the Class C Principal Balance are zero, and
(v) fifth, pro rata to each Class E Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture), principal of the Class E Notes until the Class E Notes have been paid in full, provided, however, that in no event shall any amount be paid as principal with respect to the Class E Notes unless the Class A Principal Balance, the Class B Principal Balance, the Class C Principal Balance and the Class D Principal Balance are zero.
(c) The distributions to be made pursuant to this Section are subject to the provisions of Sections 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, Section 11.2 of the Indenture and Section 7.01 of this Indenture Supplement.
(d) Except as provided in Section 11.2 of the Indenture with respect to a final distribution, distributions to Series 2018-4 Noteholders hereunder shall be made by (i) wire transfer (to the account specified by the applicable Noteholder) or check mailed first class, postage prepaid to each Series 2018-4 Noteholder (at such Noteholders address as it appears in the Note Register), except that with respect to any Series 2018-4 Notes registered in the name of the nominee of a Clearing Agency, such distribution shall be made in immediately available funds and (ii) without presentation or surrender of any Series 2018-4 Note or the making of any notation thereon.
(e) The amount of all distributions and deposits that are required to be made by the Indenture Trustee on each Distribution Date pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be set forth in written instructions (which may be in the form of the Monthly Statement) provided by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee no later than the second Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date.
(f) Except with respect to the reimbursement of investment losses pursuant to Section 4.15(b), the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to make any deposits or distributions or
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any other payments under this Indenture Supplement unless and until it has sufficient cash to make such payments and it has received written instructions from the Servicer as to such deposits, distributions and payments.
SECTION 5.03 Reports and Statements to Series 2018-4 Noteholders.
(a) The Indenture Trustee will make available each month to each Series 2018-4 Noteholder the statements referred to in Section 5.03(b) below (and certain other documents, reports and information regarding the Receivables provided by the Servicer form time to time) via the Indenture Trustees website, with the use of a password provided by the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustees website will be located at www.CTSLink.com or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Series 2018-4 Noteholders from time to time. For assistance with regard to this service, the Series 2018-4 Noteholders can call the Indenture Trustees Corporate Trust Office at ###-###-####. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to change the way the statements referred to in Section 5.03(b) below are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the parties entitled to receive such statements so long as such statements are only provided to the then current Series 2018-4 Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall provide notification of any such change to all parties entitled to receive such statements in the manner described in Section 12.4, Section 12.5 or Section 12.6 of the Indenture, as appropriate.
(b) No later than the second Business Day preceding each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and, if Ally Financial or an Affiliate of Ally Financial is the Servicer, each Rating Agency (or, if Ally Financial or an Affiliate of Ally Financial is not the Servicer, to the Depositor, who shall promptly provide such Monthly Statement to each Rating Agency) a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the Monthly Statement) prepared by the Servicer; provided that the Servicer may amend the form of Exhibit B from time to time.
(c) A copy of each statement or certificate provided pursuant to Section 5.03(a) or (b) may be obtained by any Series 2018-4 Noteholder by a request in writing to the Servicer.
(d) Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year during the term of this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator shall furnish (or cause to be furnished), to each Person who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a holder of record of Series 2018-4 Notes, and received any payment thereon, a statement containing such information as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations to enable such Noteholder to prepare its federal income tax returns.
(e) To the extent that Definitive Notes are issued hereunder, the Issuer represents that such Notes are debt instruments that are excluded from the definition of covered security under Treasury Regulation 1.6045-1(a)(15) because the Definitive Notes are described in Section 1272(a)(6) of the Code.
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SECTION 5.04 Other Information to be Provided by the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee agrees to deliver on or before March 1 of each year, a report signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee regarding the Indenture Trustees assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria specified on Exhibit C, including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Indenture Trustee (provided, that to the extent the Indenture Trustee identifies any material instance of non-compliance, the Indenture Trustee shall disclose on its report whether such material instance of non-compliance relates to the Receivables or the Series 2018-4 Notes and whether and to what extent the Indenture Trustee has instituted steps to remediate such material instance of non-compliance), for the preceding calendar year relating to the Indenture Trusees servicing platform with respect to asset-backed securities that are backed by assets of the same type as the Receivables and including the Receivables. The Indenture Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by the Depositor for information regarding the Indenture Trustee which is required in order to enable the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB and Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act as it relates to the Indenture Trustee or to the Indenture Trustees obligations under this Indenture Supplement and the Indenture; provided that with respect to Rule 15Ga-1, and Items 1121(c) and 1104(e), the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed a securitizer or an issuer under Regulation AB or under the Exchange Act.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Depositor with notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within 5 Business Days, of (i) all demands communicated to the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable pursuant to Section 3.04(c), 4.01(c) or 4.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Section 2.5 or 3.1(c) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, and (ii) all requests by Verified Note Owners to communicate with other Series 2018-4 Noteholders regarding the exercise of remedies pursuant to the Basic Documents.
(c) In addition to the information required by Section 13.4(c) of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall also provide such a description of any affiliation between the Indenture Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer.
(d) The Owner Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by the Depositor for information regarding the Owner Trustee which is required in order to enable the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB and Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act as it relates to the Owner Trustee or to the Owner Trustees obligations under the Trust Agreement; provided that with respect to Rule 15Ga-1, and Items 1121(c) and 1104(e), the Owner Trustee shall not be deemed a securitizer or an issuer under Regulation AB or under the Exchange Act; and provided further, that any such request shall be limited to information reasonably available to the Responsible Officers of the Owner Trustee.
(e) The Owner Trustee shall provide the Depositor with notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within 5 Business Days, of all demands communicated to a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable
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pursuant to Section 3.04(c), 4.01(c) or 4.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Section 2.5 or 3.1(c) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided that any such request shall be limited to information reasonably available to the Responsible Officers of the Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE VI
SERIES 2018-4 EARLY AMORTIZATION EVENTS AND SERIES 2018-4 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01 Series 2018-4 Early Amortization Events.
If any one of the following events occurs with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes:
(a) failure on the part of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, set forth in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to the Depositor, provided, however, that no Early Amortization Event shall be deemed to occur if such failure results in the creation of Warranty Receivables or Administrative Receivables and such Warranty Receivables or Administrative Receivables are purchased by the Seller, the Depositor or the Servicer in accordance with the Basic Documents;
(b) any representation or warranty made by the Seller in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Depositor in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or any information contained on the Schedule of Accounts, (i) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or when delivered, and shall continue to be incorrect in any material respect for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Depositor by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee (at the direction of the Certificateholders) and (ii) as a result of such incorrectness the interests of the Noteholders are materially and adversely affected, provided, however, that no Early Amortization Event shall be deemed to occur if such failure results in the creation of Warranty Receivables or Administrative Receivables and such Warranty Receivables or Administrative Receivables are purchased by the Seller, the Depositor or the Servicer in accordance with the Basic Documents;
(c) on any Distribution Date, the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three preceding Collection Periods is less than 17.50%;
(d) the unpaid principal amount of Outstanding Series 2018-4 Notes (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) shall have become immediately due and payable as a result of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.03 of this Indenture Supplement;
(e) an Insolvency Event with respect to the Seller, the Depositor or the Servicer (or Ally Financial, if Ally Financial is not the Servicer);
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(f) on any Distribution Date, the amount on deposit in the Excess Funding Account exceeds 30.0% of the sum of the Net Invested Amounts of all outstanding Series (including Series 2018-4), being determined as the average over the six Collection Periods immediately preceding the Distribution Date, or, if shorter, the period from the initial issuance date through and including the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period);
(g) the Issuing Entity or the Depositor is required to register under the Investment Company Act;
(h) a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to a Significant Manufacturer or with respect to a Majority of Manufacturers;
(i) on any Distribution Date, the Required Class E Invested Amount for such Distribution Date exceeds the Class E Invested Amount;
(j) a failure by the Depositor to transfer to the Issuing Entity Receivables arising in connection with Additional Accounts within 15 Business Days after the date on which the Depositor is required to convey such Receivables pursuant to Section 2.7(a) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(k) on any three consecutive Distribution Dates, the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund is less than the Reserve Fund Required Amount;
(l) on any Distribution Date, the Reserve Fund Required Amount for such Distribution Date exceeds the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund by more than the Reserve Fund Trigger Amount; or
(m) failure on the part of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, to pay (or set aside for payment) all amounts required to be paid as principal on any Series 2018-4 Notes on the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date;
then, (i) in the case of any event described in clauses (a) or (b) above, after any applicable grace period, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Series 2018-4 Notes by notice then given in writing to the Depositor and the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Series 2018-4 Noteholders) may declare that an Early Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes (a Series 2018-4 Early Amortization Event) has occurred as of the date of such notice, and (ii) in the case of any event described in clauses (c) through (m) above, immediately and without any notice or other action on the part of the Indenture Trustee or the Series 2018-4 Noteholders, a Series 2018-4 Early Amortization Event shall be deemed to have occurred.
SECTION 6.02 Series 2018-4 Events of Default.
For the purposes of this Indenture Supplement, Event of Default wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) failure to pay any interest on any Investor Note as and when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 35 days; or
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(b) except as set forth in Section 6.02(c) below, failure to pay any installment of the principal of any Investor Note as and when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, written notice thereof to the Issuing Entity and the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuing Entity, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of such Notes, a written notice specifying such default and demanding that it be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(c) failure to pay in full the Outstanding Amount attributable to the Series 2018-4 Notes on or prior to the Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date for such Notes; or
(d) default in the observance or performance in any material respect of any covenant or agreement of the Issuing Entity made in the Indenture or this Indenture Supplement in respect of the Series 2018-4 Notes (other than a covenant or agreement in respect of the Series 2018-4 Notes a default in the observance or performance which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section 6.02), which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders, and such default shall continue or not be cured for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuing Entity and the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuing Entity, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes, a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(e) the filing of an order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuing Entity or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, and such order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the filing of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Issuing Entity under any other Insolvency Law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the filing of a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuing Entitys affairs, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(f) the commencement by the Issuing Entity of a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code; or the filing of a petition or answer or consent by the Issuing Entity seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition under any other Insolvency Law, or consent to the filing of any such petition, answer or consent; or the consent by the Issuing Entity to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuing Entity of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as such debts become due.
The Issuing Entity shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee within 5 Business Days after learning of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any
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event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under Section 6.02(d), its status and what action the Issuing Entity is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.03 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default as a result of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Issuing Entity, should occur and is continuing, then the Indenture Trustee may, or shall, at the direction of the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes, declare all the Series 2018-4 Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuing Entity and the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if declared by such Noteholders) setting forth the Event or Events of Default. If an Insolvency Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Series 2018-4 Notes shall immediately and without further action become due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee shall give a notice to such effect in writing to the Issuing Entity (although failure to give such notice shall not affect the immediate acceleration of maturity). Upon any such declaration or automatic occurrence, the Revolving Period or the Controlled Accumulation Period, as applicable, with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes shall terminate, an Early Amortization Period shall commence and the unpaid principal amount of such Series 2018-4 Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
(b) At any time after such acceleration of maturity has occurred pursuant to Section 6.03(a) and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as provided in Article V of the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes, by written notice to the Issuing Entity, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto; and provided, further, that if the Indenture Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under the Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission and annulment or for any other reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee, then and in every such case, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder and under the Indenture, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall continue as though no such proceedings had been commenced.
(c) If the Series 2018-4 Notes shall have been accelerated following an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may exercise the remedies available to it as set forth in Article V of the Indenture.
(d) Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.03 following the acceleration of the maturities of the Series 2018-4 Notes (so long as such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled) shall be paid out or allocated in accordance with Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture; provided, that following the payment of the amounts due to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 5.4(b)(i) of the Indenture, any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be used
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to pay any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities owed to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to the Asset Representations Review Agreement prior to the payments specified in Section 5.4(b)(ii) of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VII
REDEMPTION OF SERIES 2018-4 NOTES; SERIES LEGAL MATURITY; FINAL DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 7.01 Optional Redemption of Series 2018-4 Notes.
(a) On any day occurring on or after the date on which the Note Principal Balance is reduced to 10% or less of the Initial Note Principal Balance, the Servicer (if Ally Financial or an Affiliate of Ally Financial is the Servicer) shall have the option to purchase the Series 2018-4 Noteholders Collateral and thereby cause a redemption of the Series 2018-4 Notes, at a purchase price equal to (i) if such day is a Distribution Date, the Reassignment Amount for such Distribution Date or (ii) if such day is not a Distribution Date, the Reassignment Amount for the Distribution Date following such day.
(b) Upon any such election, the Servicer shall give the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity and, if applicable, other holders of the Certificate Interest at least 30 days prior written notice of the date on which the Servicer intends to exercise such optional redemption as well as the Reassignment Amount and the Indenture Trustee shall provide notice to Holders of the Series 2018-4 Notes that it has received such notice from the Servicer. No later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such day the Servicer shall deposit the Reassignment Amount into the Collection Account or, at the direction of the Depositor or the election of the Servicer in an amount not to exceed the interest and principal to be paid with respect to the Series 2018-4 Notes, the Note Defeasance Account, in immediately available funds. Such redemption option is subject to payment in full of the Reassignment Amount. Following such deposit into the Collection Amount or the Note Defeasance Account, as applicable, in accordance with the foregoing, the Invested Amount of the Series 2018-4 Notes shall be deemed reduced to zero and the Series 2018-4 Noteholders shall be deemed to have no further interest in the Receivables. The Reassignment Amount shall be distributed as set forth in Section 7.02.
SECTION 7.02 Series Legal Maturity.
(a) The amount to be paid by the Depositor with respect to Series 2018-4 in connection with a reassignment of the Noteholders Collateral pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be the Reassignment Amount for the first Distribution Date following the Collection Period in which the reassignment obligation arises under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. With respect to the Reassignment Amount deposited into the Collection Account or the Note Defeasance Account, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Indenture Supplement or the proceeds from any Foreclosure Remedy pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with the written direction of the Servicer, no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the related Distribution Date, make deposits or distributions of the following amounts (in the priority set forth below and, in each case after giving effect to
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any deposits and distributions otherwise to be made on such date) in immediately available funds first, from amounts on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account and, to the extent the amounts on deposit in the Note Defeasance Account are insufficient to make such allocations, second, from available funds on deposit in the Collection Account, to make the following distributions or deposits in the following priority:
(i) (A) the Class A Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class A Noteholders and (B) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the Class A Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date and (2) any Class A Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class A Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class A Noteholders on such Distribution Date;
(ii) (A) the Class B Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class B Noteholders and (B) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the Class B Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date and (2) any Class B Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class B Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class B Noteholders on such Distribution Date;
(iii) (A) the Class C Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class C Noteholders and (B) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the Class C Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date and (2) any Class C Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class C Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class C Noteholders on such Distribution Date;
(iv) (A) the Class D Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class D Noteholders and (B) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the Class D Monthly Interest for such Distribution Date and (2) any Class D Monthly Interest previously due but not paid to the Class D Noteholders on prior Distribution Dates, shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class D Noteholders on such Distribution Date; and
(v) the Class E Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the Indenture Trustee for payment to the Class E Noteholders on such Distribution Date.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, (i) all amounts distributed to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02(a) for payment to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders shall be deemed distributed in full to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders on the date on which such funds are distributed to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section and shall be deemed to be a final distribution pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Indenture and (ii) in the event that the amounts available for final distribution to the Series 2018-4 Noteholders and to the Noteholders of any other Series on any Distribution Date are less than the full amount required to be so distributed,
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the available amounts shall be allocated to each Series based on the respective amounts required to be distributed to each such Series (including Series 2018-4) on such Distribution Date.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 8.01 Ratification of Agreement.
As supplemented by this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture as so supplemented by this Indenture Supplement is to be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
SECTION 8.02 Form of Delivery of Series 2018-4 Notes.
The Series 2018-4 Notes shall be delivered as Registered Notes as provided in Section 2.2 of the Indenture.
SECTION 8.03 Counterparts.
This Indenture Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 8.04 Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT AND EACH SERIES 2018-4 NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 8.05 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 8.06 Notices.
(a) If Standard & Poors is not a Rating Agency, the Issuing Entity (or the Servicer or Administrator on its behalf) shall deliver all notices, requests, consents or other communications delivered to the Rating Agencies hereunder to Standard & Poors concurrently with the delivery thereof to the Rating Agencies.
(b) All notices, requests, reports, consents or other communications deliverable to the Rating Agencies hereunder or under any other Basic Document by the Owner Trustee, the
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Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee shall instead be delivered to the Depositor, which shall promptly deliver such document to the Rating Agencies (which may be delivered by posting such document to the website maintained by the Depositor for notifications to nationally recognized statistical rating organizations).
SECTION 8.07 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action relating to the Indenture, this Indenture Supplement or any other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) agrees that any such action may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action in any such court or that such action was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and
(c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture, this Indenture Supplement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 8.08 U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Indenture Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Indenture Trustee. The parties to this Indenture Supplement agree that they shall provide the Indenture Trustee with such information as they may request in order for them to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 8.09 Compliance with Credit Risk Retention Rules.
The Sponsor or a Wholly-Owned Affiliate of the Sponsor shall, to the extent required, retain an economic interest in the credit risk of the securitized assets in accordance in all material respects with Regulation RR, including the restrictions on sale, pledging and hedging set forth therein.
SECTION 8.10 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.
It is expressly understood that (i) this Indenture Supplement and each Series 2018-4 Note has been executed by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein or therein made on the part of the Issuing Entity is made and intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or agreement by U.S. Bank Trust National Association but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuing Entity, (iii) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on U.S. Bank Trust National Association, individually or personally, to perform any covenant of the Issuing Entity
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either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, and (iv) under no circumstances will U.S. Bank Trust National Association be personally liable for the payment of any obligation, indebtedness or expenses of the Issuing Entity or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuing Entity under this Indenture Supplement or any Series 2018-4 Note. In addition, in no event shall the Owner Trustee have any responsibility to monitor compliance with or enforce compliance with the Regulation RR or other rules or regulations relating to risk retention. The Owner Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of such rules, nor shall it be liable to any noteholder, certificateholder, the Depositor, the Servicer or other person for violation of such rules now or hereinafter in effect. The Owner Trustee shall not be required to monitor, initiate or conduct any proceedings to enforce the obligations of the Trust, the Depositor, the Servicer or any other person with respect to any breach of representation or warranty under any Basic Document and the Owner Trustee shall not have any duty to conduct any investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase or substitution of any Receivable by any person pursuant to any Basic Document. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible to evaluate the qualifications of any mediator or arbitrator, or be personally liable for paying the fees or expenses of any mediation or arbitration initiated by a Requesting Party, and under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for any expenses allocated to the Requesting Party in any dispute resolution proceeding.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture Supplement to be duly executed by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first above written.
ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST, as Issuing Entity | ||
By U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Jessica J. Elliott | |
Name: Jessica J. Elliott | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary | ||
By: | /s/ Chad Schafer | |
Name: Chad Schafer | ||
Title: Vice President |
Acknowledged and Agreed, solely for purposes of Sections 5.04(d) and (e) | ||
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee |
By: | /s/ Jessica J. Elliott | |
Name: | Jessica J. Elliott | |
Title: | Vice President |
Acknowledged and Agreed, solely for purposes of Section 4.17 | ||
ALLY FINANCIAL INC., as Administrator, | ||
Servicer and Custodian | ||
By: | /s/ M. S. Tate | |
Name: | M. S. Tate | |
Title: | Assistant Treasurer |
Acknowledged and Agreed, solely for purposes of Section 8.09 | ||
ALLY BANK, as Sponsor, |
By: | /s/ R. C. Farris | |
Name: | R. C. Farris | |
Title: | Assistant Treasurer |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS [A][B][C][D][E] NOTE
[Unless this Class A Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Issuing Entity or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
[This Class [B][C][D][E] Note has not and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or under the securities or blue sky laws of any State in the United States or any foreign securities laws. By its acceptance of this Class [B][C][D][E] Note (or interest therein), the Holder of this Class [B][C][D][E] Note (or such interest), if other than the Depositor, is deemed to represent and warrant to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is acquiring this Class [B][C][D][E] Note (or interest therein) for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are Qualified Institutional Buyers) or has otherwise acquired an interest in the Class [B][C][D][E] Note in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.]
[No sale, pledge or other transfer of this Class [B][C][D][E] Note (or interest therein) may be made by any Person unless either (i) such sale, pledge or other transfer is made by or to the Depositor, (ii) at the time of such sale, pledge or other transfer, (A) this Class [B][C][D][E] Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and such sale, pledge or other transfer is made to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a Qualified Institutional Buyer) acting for its own account or the accounts of other Qualified Institutional Buyers, and (B) the transferee is aware that the transferor of this Class [B][C][D][E] Note intends to rely on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (iii) such sale, pledge or other transfer is otherwise made in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which case (A) the Indenture Trustee shall require that both the prospective transferor and the prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor in writing the facts surrounding such transfer, which certification shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor, and (B) the Indenture Trustee shall require a written opinion of counsel (which will not be at the expense of the Seller, the Depositor, the Administrator, the Issuing Entity, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will not violate the Securities Act and satisfaction of certain other provisions specified herein.]
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of this Note (or interest therein), hereby covenant and agree that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture such Noteholder or Note Owner shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture with respect to the Issuing Entity and, with respect to the Depositor, the Securities
Ex. A-1
issued by each other trust formed by and each other financing by the Depositor, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Depositor or the Issuing Entity to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Depositor or the Issuing Entity under any Insolvency Law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Depositor or the Issuing Entity or any substantial part of the property of either of them, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Depositor or the Issuing Entity.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of this Note (or interest therein), covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against:
(i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity;
(ii) the Depositor or any other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity; or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
Except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, none of the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity, nor any of their respective partners, owners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns, shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of [or interest on], or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have been made solely by the Issuing Entity. Each Noteholder by accepting this Note (or any interest therein) acknowledges that such Noteholders Note (or interest therein) represents beneficial interests in the Issuing Entity only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof (other than the Issuing Entity) and no recourse, either directly or indirectly, may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in the Basic Documents. Each Noteholder by the acceptance of a Note (or beneficial interest therein) agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the event of nonpayment of any amounts with respect to the Notes, it shall have no claim against any of Depositor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent
Ex. A-2
recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuing Entity for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in the Notes.
If any of the foregoing covenants of a Noteholder is prohibited by, or declared illegal or otherwise unenforceable against or with respect to any Noteholder under applicable law by any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction, and, as a result, a Noteholder is deemed to have an interest in any assets of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor other than the Issuing Entity (other assets), each Noteholder or Note Owner by the acceptance of this Note (or beneficial interest therein), agrees that (i) its claim against any such other assets shall be, and hereby is, subject and subordinate in all respects to the rights of other Persons to whom rights in the other assets have been expressly granted (entitled Persons), including to the payment in full of all amounts owing to such entitled Persons, and (ii) the covenant set forth in the preceding clause (i) constitutes a subordination agreement within the meaning of, and subject to, Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
[The holder of this Note, by acceptance of this Note, and each holder of a beneficial interest therein, unless otherwise required by the appropriate taxing authorities, agree to treat this Note as indebtedness of the Issuing Entity for applicable United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or based upon gross or net income.]
[Any holder of this Class [A][B][C][D] Note, by its acceptance of this Class [A][B][C][D] Note, shall be deemed to have represented that either (a) it is not, nor is it acquiring or holding the Class [A][B][C][D] Note with the assets of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to include plan assets of such an employee benefit plan or a plan (each of clause (i) through (iii), a Benefit Plan) or (iv) any other plan that is subject to any law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; or (b) the acquisition and holding of the Class [A][B][C][D] Note will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any substantially similar applicable law. Benefit Plans may not acquire this Class [A][B][C][D] Note at any time that this Class [A][B][C][D] Note is rated below investment grade.] [Any holder of this Class [E] Note, by its acceptance of this Class [E] Note, shall be deemed to have represented that (a) it is either (1) not acquiring or holding the Class [E] Note with the plan assets of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to include plan assets of such an employee benefit plan or a plan (each of clause (i) through (iii), a Benefit Plan) or (2) it is an insurance company general account (as defined in Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTCE) 95-60) whose underlying assets include less than 25% plan assets of any Benefit Plan for the entire period during which it holds its interest in the Class [E] Notes, who is not and is not an affiliate of a person that has discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the Issuing Entity or provides investment advice for a fee (direct or
Ex. A-3
indirect) with respect to the assets of the Issuing Entity, and for which the purchase and holding of the Class [E] Notes is eligible for and satisfied all conditions for relief under PTCE 95-60 and (b) it is not an employee benefit plan or plan that is subject to any applicable law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.]
[Transfer of this Class E Note may only be made to a Person who is a United States Person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code). Any Person acquiring this Class E Note or an interest therein (i) shall not be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 2.14 of the Indenture and (ii) other than the Depositor shall not acquire or hold this Class E Note or interest herein in the form of a Book Entry Note.]
[No sale, pledge or other transfer may be made to any one person of a Class E Note with a face amount of less than the amount determined in accordance with Section 1.01(f) of the Indenture Supplement (in order to prevent the Issuing Entity from being treated as a publicly traded partnership under Section 7704 of the Code, and, in the case of any Person acting on behalf of one or more third parties (other than a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) acting in its fiduciary capacity), for a Class E Note with a face amount of less than such amount for each such third party. Any attempted transfer in contravention of the immediately preceding restriction will be void ab initio and the purported transferor will continue to be treated as the owner of the Class E Notes for all purposes. No Class E Note may be transferred unless the transferor provides to the Indenture Trustee an opinion of independent counsel that the transfer will not cause the Issuing Entity to be treated as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes.]
Ex. A-4
Registered | $ 1 | |
No. R- | CUSIP No. | |
ISIN No. | ||
Common Code |
ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST
SERIES 2018-4 [FIXED RATE ASSET BACKED][ASSET BACKED EQUITY] NOTE, CLASS [A][B][C][D][E]
Ally Master Owner Trust (herein referred to as the Issuing Entity), a Delaware statutory trust governed by the Trust Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2010, for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, subject to the following provisions, the principal sum of DOLLARS, or such greater or lesser amount as determined in accordance with the Indenture and the Indenture Supplement (each referred to herein), on the July 2023 Distribution Date (the Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date), except as otherwise provided below or in the Indenture or the Indenture Supplement. Beginning on September 17, 2018, and on each Distribution Date thereafter until the principal amount of this Note is paid in full, the Issuing Entity shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at an annual rate equal to the Class [A][B][C][D] Note Interest Rate, as determined pursuant to the Indenture Supplement. Interest on this Note shall begin accruing from August 15, 2018 (the Closing Date) and shall be payable in arrears on each Distribution Date, computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months. The principal of this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of [and interest] on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or the Indenture Supplement referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid for any purpose.
1 | [This Class [A][B][C][D] Note may be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.][This Class E Asset Backed Equity Note may be issued only in denominations equal to the Class E Note Principal Balance.] |
Ex. A-5
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuing Entity has caused this Note to be duly executed.
ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST, as Issuing Entity | ||
By U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated:
INDENTURE TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: |
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Authorized Officer |
Ex. A-6
ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST
SERIES 2018-4 [FIXED RATE ASSET BACKED][ASSET BACKED EQUITY] NOTE,
CLASS [A][B][C][D][E]
Summary of Terms and Conditions
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuing Entity, designated as the Series 2018-4 [Fixed Rate] Asset Backed Notes (the Notes), issued under the Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2010 (the Indenture), between the Issuing Entity and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee), as supplemented by the Series 2018-4 Indenture Supplement, dated as of August 15, 2018 (the Indenture Supplement and, together with the Indenture, the Series Agreement), and representing the right to receive certain payments from the Issuing Entity. The Notes are subject to all of the terms of the Series Agreement. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Series Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Series Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Series Agreement and this Note, the Series Agreement controls.
The [Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes and the Class E Note] with initial principal amounts of $[ ], $[ ], $[ ], $[ ] and $[ ], respectively, shall also be issued under the Series Agreement. [The rights of the holders of the [Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, and the Class D Notes] to receive payments on [the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes] are senior to the rights of the holders of the Class [B][C][D][E] Notes to receive payments as specified in the Series Agreement.] [The rights of the holders of [the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes, and the Class E Notes] to receive payments on [the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes and the Class E Notes] are subordinate to the rights of the holders of the Class [A][B][C][D] Notes to receive payments as specified in the Series Agreement.]
The Series 2018-4 Notes only represent interest in the Issuing Entity allocated to the Series 2018-4 Notes. The Noteholder, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that it shall look solely to the property of the Issuing Entity allocated to the payment of the Notes for payment hereunder and under the Series Agreement and that the Indenture Trustee is not liable to the Noteholders for any amount payable under the Notes or the Series Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Series Agreement, subject to any liability under the Series Agreement.
Upon the irrevocable deposit of any amount into the Note Defeasance Account pursuant to the Series Agreement, the Issuing Entity shall have no further liability for, and shall be deemed to be discharged and released from its obligations with respect to, this Note to the extent of the amount so deposited as such amounts are to be applied to the payments of interest on and principal of this Note in accordance with the priorities specified in the Series Agreement, and the Noteholder shall have recourse and shall look solely to the Note Defeasance Account for the payment of such amounts.
Each Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note, by acceptance of such Note or such interest therein, agrees to provide to the Indenture Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Issuing Entity, upon its request, the Noteholder Tax Identification Information and, to the extent FATCA
Ex. A-7
Withholding Tax is applicable, the Noteholder FATCA Information. In addition, each Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note, by acceptance of such Note or such interest therein, agrees that the Indenture Trustee has the right to withhold any amounts of interest (properly withholdable under law and without any corresponding gross-up) payable to a Noteholder or holder of an interest in a Note that fails to comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Series Agreement and reference is made to the Series Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Indenture Trustee.
The Class [A][B][C][D][E] Note Initial Principal Balance is $[ ]. The Class [A][B][C][D][E] Note Principal Balance on any date of determination shall be an amount equal to the Class [A][B][C][D][E] Note Initial Principal Balance minus the aggregate amount of any principal payments made to the Class [A][B][C][D][E] Noteholders before such date.
The Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date is the July 2021 Distribution Date, but principal with respect to the Class [A][B][C][D][E] Notes may be paid earlier or later under certain circumstances described in the Series Agreement. If for one or more months during the Controlled Accumulation Period there are not sufficient funds to deposit the Controlled Deposit Amount into the Note Distribution Account or, to the extent permitted by the Indenture Supplement, the Note Defeasance Account, then to the extent that excess funds are not available on subsequent Distribution Dates with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period to make up for such shortfalls, the final payment of principal of the Notes shall occur later than the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date. Payments of principal of the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of the Series Agreement.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Series Agreement, the Depositor may, from time to time, direct the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, to issue one or more new Series of notes.
On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to each Class [A][B][C][D][E] Noteholder of record on the related Record Date (except for the final distribution in respect of this Note) such Class [A][B][C][D][E] Noteholders pro rata share of the amounts held by the Indenture Trustee that are allocated and available on such Distribution Date to pay [interest and] principal on the Class [A][B][C][D][E] Notes pursuant to the Indenture Supplement. Except as provided in the Series Agreement with respect to a final distribution, distributions to the Noteholders shall be made by (a) wire transfer (to the account specified by the applicable Noteholder) or check mailed to the applicable Noteholder (at such Noteholders address as it appears in the Note Register), except that with respect to any Notes registered in the name of the nominee of a Clearing Agency, such distribution shall be made in immediately available funds and (b) without presentation or surrender of any Note or the making of any notation thereon. Final payment of this Note shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency specified in the notice of final distribution delivered by the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders in accordance with the Series Agreement.
Ex. A-8
On any day occurring on or after the date on which the Note Principal Balance is reduced to 10% or less of the Initial Note Principal Balance, the Servicer (if Ally Financial or an Affiliate of Ally Financial is the Servicer) shall have the option to redeem the Notes, at a purchase price equal to (a) if such day is a Distribution Date, the Reassignment Amount for such Distribution Date or (b) if such day is not a Distribution Date, the Reassignment Amount for the Distribution Date following such day.
This Note does not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, Ally Bank, Ally Financial, Inc., Ally Wholesale Enterprises LLC, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any Affiliate of any of them (other than the Issuing Entity) and is not insured or guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
The Issuing Entity is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders.
[Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture Supplement, the Class [A][B][C][D] Notes are issuable only in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.][Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture Supplement, the Class E Notes are issuable only in a minimum denomination of 100% of the Class E Note Principal Balance.] The transfer of this Note shall be registered in the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at any office or agency maintained by the Transfer Agent and Registrar accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in a form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, duly executed by the Noteholder or such Noteholders attorney, and duly authorized in writing with such signature guaranteed, and thereupon one or more new Class [A][B][C][D][E] Notes in any authorized denominations of like aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Series Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class [A][B][C][D][E] Notes are exchangeable for new Class [A][B][C][D][E] Notes in any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Notes to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. No service charge may be imposed for any such exchange but the Issuing Entity or Transfer Agent and Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
The Issuing Entity, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee shall treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Issuing Entity, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Note is to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are to be determined in accordance with such laws.
Ex. A-9
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(name and address of assignee)
the within note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints , attorney, to transfer said note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: | 2 | |||
Signature Guaranteed: | ||||
2 | NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
Ex. A-10
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF MONTHLY STATEMENT
ALLY MASTER OWNER TRUST
SERIES 2018-4 ASSET BACKED NOTES
Ally Master Owner Trust
Monthly Servicing Report
September 17, 2018
Series 2018-4 Summary
1. Information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Closing Date | August 15, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date | July 15, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series 2018-4 Legal Maturity Date | July 17, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
Nonoverconcentration or Overconcentration Series | Nonoverconcentration | |||||||||||||||||||
Excess Interest Sharing Group | One | |||||||||||||||||||
Principal Sharing Group | One | |||||||||||||||||||
Shared Enhancement Series | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
Interest Reallocation Group | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
Revolving/Controlled Accumulation/Early Amortization | Revolving | |||||||||||||||||||
2. Securities Balances | ||||||||||||||||||||
Class | Note Principal Balance as of prior Distribution Date | Note Principal Balance as of current Distribution Date | Average Daily Note Principal Balance Prior to Current Distribution Date | |||||||||||||||||
A | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
B | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
C | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
D | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
E | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
3. Interest Calculations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Class | Average Daily Note Principal Balance Prior to Current Distribution Date | Rate | Days in Interest Period | Monthly Interest | ||||||||||||||||
A | $ | | 0.00000 | % | 30 | $ | | |||||||||||||
B | $ | | 0.00000 | % | 30 | $ | | |||||||||||||
C | $ | | 0.00000 | % | 30 | $ | | |||||||||||||
D | $ | | 0.00000 | % | 30 | $ | | |||||||||||||
E | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | ||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||||
Blended Note Interest Rate (Class A-D) | 0.00000 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Days In Interest Period | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Monthly Interest Fixed | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
4. Net Invested Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of Period Net Invested Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Less Balance Paydown during Period | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Less Net Reallocated Principal Collections | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Less Net Series Charge-Offs | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus/Less Other Class E Adjustments | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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End of Period Net Invested Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Determination Date Note Distribution and Note Defeasance Account Balance | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Determination Date Net Invested Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
5. Series Allocations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Floating Series Percentage | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fixed Series Percentage (Average) | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Series Interest Collections | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Series Principal Collections (Period) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Series Defaulted Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
6. Collections | ||||||||||||||||||||
Available Series Interest Collections | ||||||||||||||||||||
Series Interest Collections | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus Reserve Fund Net Interest and Investment Earnings | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus Note Distribution Account Net Interest and Investment Earnings | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus Accumulation Period Reserve Account Net Interest and Investment Earnings | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus Accumulation Period Reserve Draw Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Amounts allocated to Interest Waterfall | ||||||||||||||||||||
Excess Interest Collections from Other Series | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Reserve Fund Available Amount Used | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Reallocated Principal Collections Used | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Servicer Advance | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Principal Collections | ||||||||||||||||||||
Series Principal Collections (collection period) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Shared Principal Collections (collection period) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Excess Funding Account Withdrawals (collection period) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Less Reallocated Principal Collections (Current Monthly Payment Date) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional Available Series Principal Collections (Current Monthly Payment Date) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Available Investor Principal Collections | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
7. Application of Available Series Interest Collections on Deposit in Collection Account | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monthly Servicing Fee (including unpaid Monthly Servicing Fees for prior Distribution Dates) Indenture Supplement 4.04(i) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities (not to exceed $150,000 in a calendar year) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Monthly Backup Servicing Fee | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A Monthly Interest (including unpaid Class A Monthly Interest for prior Distribution Dates) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Class B Monthly Interest (including unpaid Class B Monthly Interest for prior Distribution Dates) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Class C Monthly Interest (including unpaid Class C Monthly Interest for prior Distribution Dates) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Class D Monthly Interest (including unpaid Class D Monthly Interest for prior Distribution Dates) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Series Defaulted Amount (treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Series Charge-Offs unreimbursed (to be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Reallocated Principal Collections unreimbursed (to be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Amount to cause the Class E Invested Amount to not be less than the Required Class E Invested Amount (to be treated as Additional Available Series Principal Collections) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Reserve Fund Deposit Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Deposit Amount (beginning on Accumulation Period Reserve Account Funding Date) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Repayment of Outstanding Servicer Advances | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Remaining fees, expenses, indemnities or other amounts | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest Collections Shortfalls for other outstanding Series in Excess Interest Sharing Group One | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the holders of the Certificate (to extent not required to be deposited in EFA or CCA) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
8. Available Investor Principal Collections Distribution Payments by Priority | ||||||||||||||||||||
Available Investor Principal Collections | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate Deposit to Note Distribution and Note Defeasance Accounts | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Shared with other series in Excess Sharing Group One | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Remainder released to holders of Certificate Interest (to extent not required to be deposited in EFA or CCA) | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Application of Principal Amounts in Note Distribution | Balance Prior to Distribution | Distributions Allocable to Principal | Balance Following Distribution | |||||||||||||||||
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B | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
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D | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
E | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||
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Note Distribution Account Beginning Balance | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus Note Distribution Account Deposit Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Plus Note Defeasance Account Deposit Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Less Note Defeasance Account Draw Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Reserve Fund Beginning Balance | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Less Reserve Fund Draw Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Reserve Fund Trigger Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulation Period Reserve Account | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Beginning Balance | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulation Period Reserve Deposit Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulation Period Reserve Draw Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Beginning Unreimbursed Servicer Advances | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Failure by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements in the TSSA or PSA (unremitted for 60 days) | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Breach of representation or warranty made by the seller in the PSA or the Depositor in the TSSA or materially incorrect information in the Schedule of Accounts (unremitted for 60 days) | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Failure to pay (or set aside for payment) all amounts required to be paid as principal on any Series 2018-4 Notes on the Series 2018-4 Expected Maturity Date | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Average of the Monthly Payment Rates for three preceding Collection Periods is less than 17.5% | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Amount on deposit in Reserve Fund is less than Reserve Fund Required Amount for three consecutive Distribution Dates | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Reserve Fund Required Amount exceeds the amount on deposit in Reserve Fund by more than the Reserve Fund Trigger Amount | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Series 2018-4 Event of Default has occurred | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Insolvency Event with respect to the Seller, the Depositor or the Seller (or Ally, if Ally is not the Servicer) | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Amounts on deposit in the Excess Funding Account exceeds 30% of the sum of the Net Invested Amounts for all outstanding Series (average over the last six Collection Periods or , if shorter, the period from the initial issuance date through the immediately preceding Collection Period) | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Current Month | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Current Month 1 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Current Month 2 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Current Month 3 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Current Month 4 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Current Month 5 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
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Issuing Entity or the Depositor are required to register under the Investment Company Act | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Liquidation Event occurs with respect to a Significant Manufacturer or with respect to a Majority of Manufacturers | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Required Class E Invested Amount exceeds the Class E Invested Amount | N | |||||||||||||||||||
Required Class E Invested Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
Class E Invested Amount | $ | | ||||||||||||||||||
A failure by the depositor to transfer to the Issuing Entity Receivables arising in connection with Additional Accounts within 15 Business Days after the date on which the Depositor is required to convey such Receivables | N | |||||||||||||||||||
On the first Distribution Date related to the Controlled Accumulation Period, the amount on deposit in the Accumulation Period Reserve Account is less than the Accumulation Period Reserve Account Required Amount | N | |||||||||||||||||||
12. Series 2018-4 Asset Representation Review Trigger (ARR Trigger) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current month receivables in P/N accounts (based on aggregate outstanding principal balance) at portfolio level as a percent (%) of total receivables (based on aggregate outstanding principal balance) | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Series 2018-4 Downgrade Trigger Percentage (%) | 13.85 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Asset Representations Trigger Review (PASS /FAIL) | PASS | |||||||||||||||||||
13. Credit Risk Retention | ||||||||||||||||||||
The percentage based on the fair value of the Class E notes retained by the depositor as an eligible horizontal residual interest for Series 2018-4 as of the Series 2018-4 closing date | 0.00 | % |
Ex. B-1
EXHIBIT C
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
INDENTURE TRUSTEES ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria, as applicable:
Servicing Criteria | Applicable | |||
Reference | Criteria | |||
General Servicing Considerations | ||||
1122(d)(1)(i) | Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(1)(ii) | If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third partys performance and compliance with such servicing activities. | X | ||
1122(d)(1)(iii) | Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained. | |||
1122(d)(1)(iv) | A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(1)(v) | Aggregate of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information. | |||
Cash Collection and Administration | ||||
1122(d)(2)(i) | Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | X |
Ex. C-1
Servicing Criteria | Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference | Criteria | |||
1122(d)(2)(ii) | Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(iii) | Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(2)(iv) | The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(v) | Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, federally insured depository institution with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(vi) | Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(vii) | Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | X |
Ex. C-2
Servicing Criteria | Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference | Criteria | |||
Investor Remittances and Reporting | ||||
1122(d)(3)(i) | Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors or the trustees records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer. | X1 | ||
1122(d)(3)(ii) | Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(3)(iii) | Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicers investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(3)(iv) | Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. | X | ||
Pool Asset Administration | ||||
1122(d)(4)(i) | Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(ii) | Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements |
1 | Only for (A) applicable to the timeframe the relevant investor reports are distributed to investors. |
Ex. C-3
Servicing Criteria | Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference | Criteria | |||
1122(d)(4)(iii) | Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(iv) | Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicers obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related asset pool documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(v) | The Servicers records regarding the accounts and the accounts agree with the Servicers records with respect to an obligors unpaid principal balance. | |||
1122(d)(4)(vi) | Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligors account (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(vii) | Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements. |
Ex. C-4
Servicing Criteria | Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference | Criteria | |||
1122(d)(4)(viii) | Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entitys activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). | |||
1122(d)(4)(ix) | Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(x) | Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligors Account documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable Account documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related Accounts, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xi) | Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. |
Ex. C-5
Servicing Criteria | Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference | Criteria | |||
1122(d)(4)(xii) | Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicers funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligors error or omission. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xiii) | Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligors records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xiv) | Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xv) | Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements. |
Ex. C-6