INDENTURE between CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST2014-1, as Issuer and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee Dated as ofMay 14, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-10.1 4 d809455dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

INDENTURE

between

CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST 2014-1,

as Issuer

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Indenture Trustee

Dated as of May 14, 2014

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I USAGE AND DEFINITIONS   2   

Section 1.1.

Certain Defined Terms

  2   
ARTICLE II COLLATERAL   22   

Section 2.1.

Continuing Security Interest

  22   

Section 2.2.

Priority of Security Interest

  22   

Section 2.3.

Protection of Security Interest of the Indenture Trustee

  23   

Section 2.4.

Release of Collateral

  23   

Section 2.5.

Effect of Release

  23   
ARTICLE III NOTES   24   

Section 3.1.

Form

  24   

Section 3.2.

Execution, Authentication and Delivery

  24   

Section 3.3.

Book Entry Notes

  25   

Section 3.4.

Definitive Notes

  25   

Section 3.5.

Tax Treatment

  26   

Section 3.6.

Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange

  26   

Section 3.7.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes

  29   

Section 3.8.

Persons Deemed Owners

  30   

Section 3.9.

Payment of Principal and Interest

  30   

Section 3.10.

Cancellation

  31   

Section 3.11.

Authenticating Agents

  31   

Section 3.12.

Note Paying Agents

  32   

Section 3.13.

Optional Redemption of the Notes

  32   
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS   33   

Section 4.1.

Application of Collections

  33   

Section 4.2.

Collection Account, Collections

  33   

Section 4.3.

Reserve Account

  33   

Section 4.4.

Lock-Box Accounts

  34   

Section 4.5.

Priority of Distribution

  34   
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER   37   

Section 5.1.

Representations by the Issuer

  37   
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS   43   

Section 6.1.

Affirmative Covenants of the Issuer

  43   

Section 6.2.

Negative Covenants of the Issuer

  48   
ARTICLE VII EVENT OF DEFAULT   49   

Section 7.1.

Event of Default

  49   

Section 7.2.

Acceleration Following Event of Default

  50   

Section 7.3.

Collection of Indebtedness by the Indenture Trustee

  51   

Section 7.4.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

  52   

Section 7.5.

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes

  52   

Section 7.6.

Remedies; Priorities

  53   

 

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Section 7.7.

Optional Preservation of the Collateral

  53   

Section 7.8.

Limitation of Suits

  54   

Section 7.9.

Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest

  54   

Section 7.10.

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

  54   

Section 7.11.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

  55   

Section 7.12.

Delay or Omission Not a Waiver

  55   

Section 7.13.

Control by Noteholders

  55   

Section 7.14.

Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default

  55   

Section 7.15.

Undertaking for Costs

  55   

Section 7.16.

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

  56   

Section 7.17.

Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations

  56   

Section 7.18.

Power of Attorney

  56   
ARTICLE VIII THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE   57   

Section 8.1.

Duties of Indenture Trustee

  57   

Section 8.2.

Rights of Indenture Trustee

  58   

Section 8.3.

Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee

  59   

Section 8.4.

Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer

  59   

Section 8.5.

Notice of Defaults

  60   

Section 8.6.

Reports by Indenture Trustee

  60   

Section 8.7.

Compensation and Indemnity

  61   

Section 8.8.

Replacement of Indenture Trustee

  62   

Section 8.9.

Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger

  63   

Section 8.10.

Appointment of Separate Indenture Trustee or Co-Indenture Trustee

  63   

Section 8.11.

Eligibility; Disqualification

  65   

Section 8.12.

Audits of the Indenture Trustee

  65   

Section 8.13.

Representations and Warranties of the Indenture Trustee

  66   

Section 8.14.

Covenants for Reporting of Repurchase Demands due to Breaches of Representations and Warranties

  67   

Section 8.15.

Indenture Trustee May Own Notes

  68   
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   68   

Section 9.1.

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders

  68   

Section 9.2.

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders

  68   

Section 9.3.

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

  69   

Section 9.4.

Effect of Supplemental Indenture

  70   

Section 9.5.

Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures

  70   

Section 9.6.

Indenture Trustee to Consent

  70   
ARTICLE X SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   70   

Section 10.1.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

  70   

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

  71   

Section 11.1.

Notices

  71   

Section 11.2.

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

  71   

Section 11.3.

Integration

  72   

Section 11.4.

Severability of Provisions

  72   

 

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Section 11.5.

Counterparts; Facsimile Delivery

  72   

Section 11.6.

Headings

  72   

Section 11.7.

Issuer Obligation

  72   

Section 11.8.

Subordination of Claims against the Depositor

  73   

Section 11.9.

Non-Petition

  74   

 

Schedule I Schedule of Pool Receivables   SI-1   
Schedule II Notice Addresses   SII-1   
Schedule III Bank Accounts   SIII-1   
Schedule IV List of Equipment Types   SIV-1   
Exhibit A Form of Class A/B Note   EA-1   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of May 14, 2014 (this “Indenture”), between CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST 2014-1, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) for the benefit of the Noteholders.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders.

The Issuer Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, the Collateral. The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (a) the payment of principal of, interest on and any other amounts owing in respect of the Notes as provided in this Indenture and (b) compliance by the Issuer with the provisions of this Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders.

The Indenture Trustee acknowledges such Grants, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with this Indenture and agrees to perform the duties required in this Indenture so that the interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and effectively protected.

ARTICLE I

USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Indenture are defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. As used in this Indenture, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, owns, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, in each case whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or membership interests, by contract, or otherwise.

Applicable Law” means for any Person or property of such Person, all applicable Laws, rules, regulations (including temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Official Body (including, without limitation, usury laws, Laws relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, and Regulation Z and Regulation B of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards, orders, or action of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.

Authenticating Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

Available Amount” means, without duplication,


  (a) the aggregate Collections on the Pool Receivables received during the related Collection Period, including, without duplication, proceeds of Liquidated Receivables obtained through the sale or other disposition of the related Equipment or from any other means in accordance with the related Contract, net of expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with such liquidation and any amount required by law to be remitted to the related Obligor;

 

  (b) amounts transferred to the Collection Account on the related Payment Date from the Reserve Account in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Sale and Servicing Agreement;

 

  (c) the aggregate purchase prices for any Pool Receivables repurchased by the Originator, the Depositor or the Servicer;

 

  (d) earnings on investment of funds held in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account; and

 

  (e) any Servicer Advances deposited into the Collection Account during the related Collection Period.

Back-Up Servicer” means Portfolio Financial Servicing Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.

Back-Up Servicing Fee” means an amount equal to $24,000 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments.

Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., as amended.

Book-Entry Note” means a beneficial interest in any of the Notes issued in book-entry form as described in Section 3.3.

Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banks in New York, New York, Houston, Texas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Wilmington, Delaware, St. Paul, Minnesota or Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or required by Law to close.

Casualty Payment” means, with respect to any Equipment, any payment pursuant to a Contract on account of the loss, theft, condemnation, governmental taking, destruction, or damage beyond repair of any item of Equipment subject thereto.

CCG” means Commercial Credit Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar” have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement.

Certificateholder” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.

 

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Class” means any of the group of Notes identified herein as, as applicable, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes or the Class B Notes.

Class A Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes. “Class A Note Balance” means, as of any determination date, the sum of the Class A-1 Note Balance and the Class A-2 Note Balance.

Class A-1 Maturity Date” means May 14, 2015.

Class A-1 Note Balance” means, as of any determination date, the amount Outstanding under the Class A-1 Notes, determined as of the Payment Date in the immediately preceding month.

Class A-1 Note Rate” means 0.27000% and shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Period and a 360-day year.

Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered in the Note Register.

Class A-1 Notes” means the $72,400,000 asset-backed Class A-1 Notes secured by the Collateral, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

Class A-2 Maturity Date” means November 15, 2021.

Class A-2 Note Balance” means, as of any determination date, the amount Outstanding under the Class A-2 Notes determined as of the Payment Date in the immediately preceding month.

Class A-2 Note Rate” means 1.06% and shall be calculated on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered in the Note Register.

Class A-2 Notes” means the $177,170,000 asset-backed Class A-2 Notes secured by the Collateral, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

Class B Maturity Date” means November 15, 2021.

Class B Note Balance” means, as of any determination date, the amount Outstanding under the Class B Notes determined as of the Payment Date in the immediately preceding month.

Class B Note Rate” means 2.15% and shall be calculated on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

Class B Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

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Class B Notes” means the $15,810,000 asset-backed Class B Notes secured by the Collateral, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

Closing Date” means May 14, 2014.

Controlling Class” means, so long as the Class A Notes remain Outstanding, the Class A Notes and after the Class A Notes have been paid in full and for so long as the Class B Notes remain Outstanding, the Class B Notes.

Collateral” means (a) the Pool Receivables and Related Security, (b) the Collections, (c) any security interest in the Equipment, (d) the rights to proceeds from casualty insurance policies covering the Equipment, (e) all amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account and Collection Account, (f) the Depositor’s rights under the Purchase Agreement, (g) the Issuer’s rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (h) all present and future claims, demands, causes of actions in respect of the foregoing and (i) all proceeds of the foregoing.

Collection Account” means the segregated trust account or accounts, including any sub-accounts, established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Collection Period” means, with respect to any Payment Date or Determination Date, the period from and including the first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such Payment Date or Determination Date, as applicable, occurs to and including the close of business on the last day of such calendar month.

Collections” means, with respect to any Pool Receivable, all funds that (a) are received by the Issuer or Servicer from or on behalf of the related Obligor after the Cut-Off Date in payment of any amount owed (including purchase price, rentals, principal payments, interest and other charges) in respect of such Pool Receivable, or applied to such other charges in respect of such Pool Receivable in accordance with the Contract from which such Pool Receivable arises, or applied to such amounts owed by such Obligor (including Casualty Payments, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds), (b) are required to be paid to the Issuer by the Depositor, the Originator or the Servicer pursuant to any provision of any Transaction Document or (c) are proceeds of any sale, transfer or other disposition of such Pool Receivable by the Issuer or the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer; provided, that Collections shall not include any Excluded Amounts.

Contract” means, in relation to any Pool Receivable, any and all of the contracts, instruments, agreements, leases, notes, or other writings pursuant to which such Pool Receivable arises or which evidence such Pool Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of such Pool Receivable.

 

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Contract Residual Value” means, with respect to any Contract that is a lease in form, the dollar amount so designated as such by the Servicer as of the origination date of the Contract.

Contract Yield” means, for any Contract and any date of determination, the calculated yield of such Contract based on the Net Book Value as of such date and the remaining Scheduled Payments.

Corporate Trust Office” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee 60 Livingston Avenue, EP-MN-WS3D, St. Paul, MN, 55107, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate by notice to the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders and the Servicer.

Credit and Collection Policy” means, for so long as CCG is the Servicer, the Originator’s credit and collection policy or policies and customary servicing practices relating to the Contracts and Receivables as in effect on the Closing Date and set forth in Exhibit B of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as modified, from time to time, in compliance with Section 6.2(a)(v) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer hereunder may, to the extent agreed to by the Indenture Trustee (at the written direction of the Majority Holders), use credit and collection policies and practices other than those attached as Exhibit B to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Cumulative Net Loss Ratio” means, with respect to a Determination Date, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the aggregate cumulative amount of Realized Losses on the Pool Receivables since the Cut-Off Date through the last day of the related Collection Period, to (b) the Original Pool Balance.

Custodial Agreement” means that certain Custodial Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, and any Custodial Agreements entered into in replacement for such Custodial Agreement.

Custodian” means Portfolio Financial Servicing Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Custodian Fee” means the amount set forth in Schedule 6 of the Custodial Agreement. “Custodian File” has the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.

Cut-Off Date” means close of business on April 30, 2014, and, with respect to any Substituted Receivable, close of business on the last day of the month immediately preceding the related Substitution Date.

DBRS” means DBRS, Inc. or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Default” means any occurrence that with notice or the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.

 

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Defaulted Receivable” means a Pool Receivable (a) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 121 days or more from its original scheduled due date; (b) as to which an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Obligor thereof; (c) that has been identified by the Servicer (in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy) as uncollectible; or (d) that is written off, in whole or in part, as uncollectible by the Servicer pursuant to the Credit and Collection Policy; provided, however, that any Pool Receivable that becomes a Defaulted Receivable solely under clause (a) above shall cease to be considered a Defaulted Receivable if all installments then due and owing on the Pool Receivable are paid in full and, after the payment of such amounts, the Pool Receivable satisfies all of the eligibility criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Receivable.

Definitive Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

Depositor” means CCG Receivables IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.

Determination Date” means the close of business on the second Business Day prior to each Payment Date.

Eligible Investments” means book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form that evidence:

 

  (a) obligations of, or guaranteed as to the full and timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or obligations of any agency or instrumentality thereof, when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

 

  (b) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (a); provided, that the short-term debt obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase are rated in the highest rating category by each Rating Agency.

 

  (c) federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not more than 90 days or, in the case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days) of any United States depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or of any United States branch or agency of a foreign commercial bank; provided, that the short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company are rated in the highest rating category by each Rating Agency;

 

  (d) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 30 days) which on the date of acquisition are rated in the highest rating category by each Rating Agency;

 

  (e) securities of money market funds rated “AAA(m)” by S&P (if S&P is a Rating Agency) and in the highest rating category by each other Rating Agency; and

 

  (f) any other investment for which the Issuer has received Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

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Eligible Receivable” means, as of the Closing Date or a Substitution Date, as applicable, a Pool Receivable:

 

  (a) which was originated by the Originator in the ordinary course of its business and with respect to which all material obligations of the Originator have been performed on or prior to the date on which the related Pool Receivable was sold or contributed to the Issuer in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement and pledged to the Indenture Trustee hereunder;

 

  (b) which has, under the related Contract, not more than 84 remaining Scheduled Payments;

 

  (c) which was originated by the Originator in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy;

 

  (d) which is secured by a perfected first priority security interest (as such term is defined in Section 1-201(37) of the UCC) in the Equipment (other than Equipment with an aggregate invoiced cost of $25,000 or less) which was financed with the extension of credit described in such Contract and the proceeds thereof and with respect to which all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in any related Equipment has been sold or contributed to the Depositor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement;

 

  (e) which was selected by the Originator for sale to the Issuer and which was not subject to any adverse selection unfavorable to the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders;

 

  (f) which has been sold or contributed to the Issuer in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which does not arise from the sale or lease of any inventory or Equipment subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), and to which the Issuer has good and marketable title, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens);

 

  (g) the Obligor of which: (i) is a United States resident, (ii) is not an Affiliate or employee of the Originator, the Depositor or the Issuer, and (iii) is not an Official Body;

 

  (h) the Obligor of which has been directed in writing to make all payments to the Lock-Box Account;

 

  (i) which, under the related Contract and Applicable Law, is assignable without the consent of, or notice to, the Obligor thereunder unless such consent has been obtained in writing and is in effect or such notice has been given;

 

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  (j) with respect to which the related Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), and is not subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense (including the defense of usury) or to any repurchase obligation or return right;

 

  (k) which is denominated and payable only in U.S. dollars, and which relates to an Obligor residing in the United States and Equipment located and remaining in the United States;

 

  (l) which is not a Defaulted Receivable;

 

  (m) which, as of the Cut-Off Date, is not more than 61 days past due;

 

  (n) which does not contravene in any respect any Applicable Laws (including Laws relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy) and with respect to which no part of the Pool Receivable related thereto is in violation of any Applicable Law in any material respect;

 

  (o) the assignment of which under the Purchase Agreement by the Originator to the Depositor and under the Sale and Servicing Agreement by the Depositor to the Issuer and the grant of a security interest therein and in the other Collateral by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders hereunder does not violate, conflict or contravene any Applicable Law or any contractual or other restriction, limitation or encumbrance;

 

  (p) with respect to which the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement is not subject to and will not result in any tax, fee or governmental charge payable by the Originator, the Depositor or the Issuer to any Official Body other than transfer taxes which have been or will be paid by the Originator as due;

 

  (q) payments of which are payable in consecutive monthly Scheduled Payments (before giving effect to Permitted Servicer Adjustments), other than pursuant to Permitted Skips;

 

  (r) which, with respect to a Contract that is a lease in form, has an original term equal to or greater than the remaining economic life of the related Equipment and is non-cancellable other than for payment in full of the principal amount then due plus any other charges or prepayment penalties applicable thereto, and with respect to any other Contract, is not pre-payable unless the terms of such Pool Receivable require all remaining principal plus prepayment penalty be paid in full at the time of such pre-payment;

 

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  (s) the Scheduled Payments for which were calculated using a fixed Contract Yield;

 

  (t) a fully executed original Contract of which (including any related promissory notes and any Contracts or promissory notes issued in connection with any assumption, consolidation, extension, modification or waiver of such Contract) has been delivered to the Custodian;

 

  (u) for which the related Contract is “chattel paper”, an “account,” an “instrument” or a “general intangible” within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions;

 

  (v) for which CCG has not received prepayment in full from the Obligor on the related Contract;

 

  (w) which is of a “triple net” type, in which the Obligor is solely responsible for the payment of maintenance costs, insurance costs and any applicable taxes relating to the ownership and/or use of the related Equipment; and

 

  (x) with respect to which either (i) the related Obligor has made a payment or (ii) the Originator has received a delivery and acceptance or a proceeds payment letter related to such Pool Receivable.

Equipment” means any equipment or other tangible personal property financed or leased by an Obligor pursuant to a Contract, of a type specified in Schedule IV hereto. If the Equipment is a vehicle, the Originator’s Lien in such Equipment is noted on the applicable title certificate or application for title.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, sole proprietorship or trade or business which, together with such Person, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code or, with respect to any liability for contributions under Section 302(c) of ERISA or Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Estimated Recovery Value” means, for any Defaulted Receivable, the estimated realizable value of the Equipment related to such Defaulted Receivable, as determined by the Servicer in accordance with its then-written servicing procedures.

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

Event of Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any Person, (a) that such Person (i) shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally or (ii) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against such Person seeking to adjudicate it as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization,

 

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arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against such Person, such proceeding has continued undismissed or unstayed for at least sixty (60) days since its commencement; or (c) that such Person shall take any corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other similar appropriate action to authorize any of the actions set forth in the preceding clauses (a) or (b).

Exceptions Report” has the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Amounts” means, with respect to a Pool Receivable, (a) any payments received from the related Obligor in connection with any application fees, tax processing fees, wire transfer fees, express mail fees, filing fees, delivery fees, document preparation fees, insurance premiums, taxes, or other charges imposed by any Official Body, (b) any indemnity payments made by the related Obligor for the benefit of the obligee under the related Contract, (c) any non-rental charges reimbursable to the Servicer in accordance with the Servicer’s customary policies and procedures, and (d) Servicer Charges.

Fiscal Year” shall mean, with respect to the Issuer and the Servicer, the twelve consecutive months ending on March 31.

Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such accounting profession, in effect from time to time.

Grant” means to mortgage, pledge, assign and to grant a Lien upon and a security interest in the relevant property.

Indebtedness” means, without duplication, with respect to any Person such Person’s (a) obligations for borrowed money, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s business on terms customary in the trade, (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or products of property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations under each lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee, (e) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances (including bankers acceptances), or other instruments, (f) obligations for which such Person is obligated pursuant to a guaranty, and (g) reimbursement obligations with respect to any letters of credit.

Indenture Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

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Indenture Trustee Fee” means an amount equal to $8,000 per annum.

Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.7(b).

Independent” means that the relevant Person (a) is independent of the Issuer, the Depositor and their Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, the Depositor or their Affiliates, and (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions of or for the Issuer, the Depositor or their Affiliates.

Initial Purchasers” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets GKST Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. in their respective capacities as such under the Note Purchase Agreement.

Initial Overcollateralization Amount” means $9,620,205.03.

Insurance Policy” means, with respect to any Receivable, any insurance policy covering physical damage to or loss of the related Equipment, but solely to the extent such insurance policy relates to such Equipment.

Insurance Proceeds” means any amount payable, or any payments made, to the Originator, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Issuer under an Insurance Policy in connection with any Equipment the financing of which gave rise to a Pool Receivable.

Intercreditor Agreement” means, the Amended and Restated Acknowledgment and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2013, by and among CCG, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC.

Intercreditor Master Agent” means Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as “Master Agent” under the Intercreditor Agreement and any successor “Master Agent” appointed pursuant to the terms thereof.

Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Interest Period” means (a) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and including the preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the following Payment Date; or (b) in the case of the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes, the period from and including the fourteenth day of each calendar month (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the fourteenth day of the succeeding calendar month calculated on the basis of 30-day months.

Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Issuer Order” or “Issuer Request” mean, in connection with any order or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (a) a written order or a written request, respectively, signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Responsible Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, (b) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all

 

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conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and (c) to the extent required upon request of the Indenture Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with. However, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Law” means any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree, judgment or award of any Official Body.

Lien” means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge or encumbrance or other right or claim in, of or on any Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person (including any UCC financing statement or any similar instrument filed against such Person’s assets or properties).

Liquidated Receivable” means a Defaulted Receivable in respect of which all financed or leased Equipment has been sold or otherwise disposed of, or in respect of which the related Obligor has otherwise satisfied all its obligations under the related Contract.

Liquidation Expenses” means, with respect to any Pool Receivable, the aggregate amount of all out of pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees and disbursements) reasonably incurred by the Servicer (including amounts paid to any subservicer) in accordance with the Servicer’s customary procedures in connection with the repossession, refurbishing and disposition of any related Equipment upon or after the expiration or early termination of such Pool Receivable or after such Pool Receivable has become a Defaulted Receivable and other out of pocket costs related to the liquidation of any such Equipment, including the attempted collection of any amount owing pursuant to such Pool Receivable if it is a Defaulted Receivable.

Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to any Liquidated Receivable, the amounts collected in respect thereof from whatever source (including Insurance Proceeds, and any post-default payments made by the Obligor) at the time of liquidation of the underlying equipment or other security related thereto or at any time thereafter, net of Liquidation Expenses and any amounts to be remitted to the Obligor on such Liquidated Receivable or any creditor of such Obligor to the extent required by applicable law or agreement.

Lock-Box Account” means the account maintained by the Servicer at the Lock-Box Bank for the purposes of receiving Collections.

Lock-Box Agreement” means the Lock-Box Operating Procedural Agreement dated as of February 28, 2007 among Wachovia Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC and Commercial Credit Group Inc.

Lock-Box Bank” means the bank set forth in Schedule III, as such Schedule III may be modified pursuant to Section 5.1(o).

Lock-Box Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Lockbox Control and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2010, by and among CCG,

 

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Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, CCG Receivables, LLC, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, the Back-Up Servicer, CCG Receivables II, LLC, CCG Receivables III, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Citibank, N.A. and each other person that becomes a joined party thereto.

Majority Holders” means, so long as the Class A Notes remain Outstanding, the applicable Class A Noteholders that together own Class A Notes evidencing in excess of 50% of the Class A Note Balance (voting as a single Class) and after the Class A Notes have been paid in full and for so long as the Class B Notes remain Outstanding, the applicable Class B Noteholders that together own Class B Notes evidencing in excess of 50% of the Class B Note Balance.

Material Adverse Effect” means any event or condition which would have a material adverse effect on (a) the collectability of the Pool Receivables, (b) the condition (financial or otherwise), businesses or properties of the Issuer, Depositor or Originator, or (c) the ability of the Servicer to collect on the Pool Receivables or perform its other duties and obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Maturity Date” means, as applicable, the Class A-1 Maturity Date, Class A-2 Maturity Date, or Class B Maturity Date.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Net Book Value” means, with respect to any Receivable and any Determination Date, an amount equal to (a) the gross amount of all Scheduled Payments due or to become due, but unpaid, with respect to the applicable Pool Receivable as of the end of the most recent Collection Period; plus (b) in case of any Pool Receivable that is a lease in form, 50% of the Contract Residual Value; minus (c) any Unearned Income with respect to such Pool Receivable; minus (d) the amount of any security deposit related to such Receivable; minus (e) the Write-Down Amount; and minus (f) any Liquidation Proceeds.

Note Balance” means, as of any date, the aggregate Outstanding principal amount of all Notes of one Class or of all Classes, as the case may be, as determined as of the immediately preceding Payment Date.

Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Issuer and delivered to DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency relating to the Notes, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Note Owner” means, for a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (as a direct participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

Note Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 8.11 and is authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the Collection Account, including payments of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.

 

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Note Purchase Agreement” means the note purchase agreement, dated as of May 6, 2014, by and among CCG, the Depositor, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on its own behalf and as representative of the Initial Purchasers, as amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Note Rate” means, as the context may require, the Class A-1 Note Rate, the Class A-2 Note Rate and the Class B Note Rate, or any of them.

Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the meanings specified in Section 3.6(a).

Note Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(i).

Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Registrar.

Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes.

Obligor” means, as to each Pool Receivable, any Person who owes payments under the terms of the related Contract.

Offering Memorandum” means either or both of (i) the preliminary offering memorandum, dated as of April 30, 2014, and (ii) the final offering memorandum, dated as of May 6, 2014.

Officer’s Certificate” means (a) for the Owner Trustee, Issuer, Depositor, Servicer or Originator, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, Issuer, Depositor, Servicer or Originator, as applicable, and (b) for the Indenture Trustee, a certificate signed by any officer of the Indenture Trustee.

Official Body” means any government or political subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality of any such government or political subdivision, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, or any accounting board or authority (whether or not a part of government) which is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case whether foreign or domestic.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and each Rating Agency, as applicable.

Original Pool Balance” means an amount equal to $275,000,205.03.

Originator” means CCG.

 

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Other Assets” means any assets or interests in any assets (other than the Collateral) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to any Person other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution, the Grant of a Lien or otherwise.

Outstanding” means, as of any date, all Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on or before such date except (a) Notes that have been cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation, (b) Notes or portions of Notes to the extent an amount necessary to pay all or a portion of such Notes has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee or on or before such date; provided, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such notice has been made in a manner satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and (c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser; provided, that in determining (i) whether Noteholders evidencing the required Note Balance have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under any Transaction Documents, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates will be deemed not to be Outstanding, and (ii) whether the Indenture Trustee is protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned will be deemed not to be Outstanding; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates will be treated as Outstanding if (i) no other Notes remain Outstanding or (ii) such Notes have been pledged in good faith and the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliate.

Owner Trust Estate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.

Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

Owner Trustee Fees” means an amount equal to $4,000 per annum.

Payment Date” means the fourteenth day of the calendar month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, commencing on June 16, 2014.

Perfection Representations” means the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Section 5.1(s).

Permitted Liens” means (a) the Lien created hereunder and under any other Transaction Documents; (b) Liens for taxes not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have been established (and as to which the property subject to such Lien is not yet subject to a material risk of imminent foreclosure, sale or loss on account thereof); (c) only with respect to Equipment, Liens imposed by Law arising in the ordinary course of business such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, warehousemen’s and other and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of

 

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business that secure payment of obligations not more than sixty (60) days past due or that are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP (and as to which the property subject to such Lien is not yet subject to a material risk of imminent foreclosure, sale or loss on account thereof); and (d) the right of use and quiet enjoyment of the Obligor as lessee under any Contract in respect of the related Equipment.

Permitted Servicer Adjustments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Permitted Skip” means, with respect to any Contract (prior to giving effect to Permitted Servicer Adjustments), a period not to exceed four calendar months during any twelve consecutive month period in which no Scheduled Payments are due in respect of such Contract under the terms of the applicable Contract; provided, that the sum of Scheduled Payments made throughout the twelve month period shall at least equal the same total amount of Scheduled Payments over the same period had no Permitted Skips been made with respect to such Contract.

Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint stock company, trust (including a business trust), unincorporated association, joint venture, firm, enterprise, Official Body or any other entity.

Pool Balance” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate Net Book Value of all remaining Pool Receivables excluding Defaulted Receivables.

Pool Receivable” means each Receivable listed on Schedule I hereto (as amended from time to time) that (a) has been or is contemporaneously being sold, contributed or otherwise transferred by the Originator to the Depositor under the Purchase Agreement and from the Depositor to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or is a Substituted Receivable, (b) is subject to first priority security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, and (c) has not been repurchased by the Depositor or the Originator from the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Purchase Agreement.

Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, or governmental investigation.

Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014, between the Originator, as seller, and the Depositor, as purchaser, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Qualified Institution” means (a) any bank or depository institution organized under the laws of the United States or any State or any United States branch or agency of a foreign bank or depository institution that (i) is subject to supervision and examination by federal or State banking authorities, (ii) has a short-term deposit rating of “A-1” from S&P or, if S&P is not a Rating Agency, an equivalent rating from S&P, Moody’s, DBRS or Fitch, (iii) if such institution holds any Bank Accounts other than as segregated trust accounts and the deposits are to be held in such accounts more than thirty (30) days, has a long-term unsecured debt rating or issuer rating of “A+” or better from S&P or, if S&P is not a Rating Agency, an equivalent rating or better from S&P, Moody’s, DBRS or Fitch, and (iv) if such institution is organized under the

 

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laws of the United States, whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or (b) the corporate trust department of U.S. Bank National Association or any other bank or depository institution organized under the laws of the United States or any State or any United States branch or agency of a foreign bank or depository institution that is subject to supervision and examination by federal or State banking authorities that (x) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, and (y) has a long-term deposit rating of “BBB” or better from S&P or, if S&P is not a Rating Agency, an equivalent rating or better from S&P, Moody’s, DBRS or Fitch.

Rating Agency” means S&P, DBRS, or any nationally recognized statistical rating organization hired by the Originator to rate the Notes and then rating the Notes.

Rating Agency Confirmation” means, with respect to any event or circumstance and with respect to each Rating Agency, written confirmation (which may be in the form of a letter, a press release or other publication, or a change in such Rating Agency’s published criteria to this effect) by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes.

Realized Losses” means, as of any Determination Date, the sum of (a) with respect to any Defaulted Receivable that has become a Liquidated Receivable, the difference (which may be negative) of (i) the Net Book Value of such Pool Receivable as of the date it became a Defaulted Receivable, minus (ii) the Liquidation Proceeds for such Pool Receivable and (b) with respect to any Defaulted Receivable that has not yet become a Liquidated Receivable, the Write-Down Amount plus any losses and minus any gains realized on any items of Equipment sold or otherwise disposed of in any Collection Period.

Receivable” means any and all indebtedness and other obligations owed by any Obligor to the Originator (prior to giving effect to any transfer under the Purchase Agreement) under a Contract and outstanding after the related Cut-Off Date or any right of the Originator or the Issuer to payment from or on behalf of an Obligor after the related Cut-Off Date arising in connection with the making of loans or the sale of goods or the rendering of services by the Originator, and includes the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto.

Record Date” means, for a Payment Date and a Book-Entry Note, the close of business on the day before such Payment Date and, for a Payment Date and a Definitive Note, the last day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs.

Registered Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.

Regulation AB” means Subpart ###-###-#### – Asset Backed Securities, 17 C.F.R. §§ ###-###-#### ###-###-####.

 

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Related Security” means, with respect to any Pool Receivable, all of the rights, title and interest in, to and under:

 

  (a) the Equipment and any other property securing the Obligor’s obligations under any Pool Receivable, and any guarantees or similar credit enhancement for the Obligor’s obligations under such Pool Receivable, including, without limitation, (i) all rights of the Originator in any security deposits, (ii) all UCC financing statements or other filings relating thereto, (iii) all rights and remedies against any vendor (including the Originator) of the Equipment and (iv) all Insurance Policies;

 

  (b) all other security interests or Liens, if any, purporting to secure payment of such Pool Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Pool Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements and other filings signed by an Obligor relating thereto;

 

  (c) all guarantees, indemnities, warranties, insurance (and proceeds and premium refunds thereof) or other agreements or arrangements of any kind from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Pool Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Pool Receivable or otherwise;

 

  (d) all records related to such Pool Receivable;

 

  (e) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any of the foregoing; and

 

  (f) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.

Request for Release” has the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.

Required Reserve Account Amount” means 1.00% of the Original Pool Balance.

Reserve Account” means the segregated trust account or accounts established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Responsible Officer” means, (a) with respect to the Depositor, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President or the Treasurer and (b) with respect to the Originator or the Servicer (for so long as the Servicer is CCG), the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Chief Accounting Officer and the Vice President of Accounting, (c) with respect to the Issuer, any president, vice-president, assistant vice president, secretary or assistant secretary of the Owner Trustee or the Servicer or any other officer of the Owner Trustee or customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above, or (d) with respect to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, any president, vice-president, assistant vice president, secretary or assistant secretary of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, or any other officer of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as in effect from time to time.

Rule 144A Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(1).

 

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Rule 17g-5” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(t).

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard and Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Sale and Servicing Agreement” means that certain Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014, among the Depositor, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Originator, the Back-Up Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Scheduled Investor Principal Amount” means, with respect to a Payment Date, an amount equal to the amount by which the Note Balance of the Notes (after giving effect to payments made on such Payment Date in priorities Sixth and Eighth under Section 4.5(a)) exceeds the amount of (i) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period minus (ii) the Target Overcollateralization Amount as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that in no event shall the Scheduled Investor Principal Amount be less than the amount needed to repay any Class of Notes on or after the Maturity Date for such Class of Notes.

Scheduled Payment” means (i) with respect to a Pool Receivable that is a loan, that portion of the payment required to be made by the related Obligor during any Collection Period sufficient to amortize the principal balance over the term of the Pool Receivable and to provide interest at the Contract Yield and (ii) with respect to a Pool Receivable that is a lease, the full payment required under the related Contract to be made by the related Obligor during any Collection Period.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Servicer” means CCG.

Servicer Charges” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Fee” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) 0.75%, multiplied by (ii) the Pool Balance as of the first day of the immediately preceding Collection Period, multiplied by (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which equals one and the denominator of which each equals 12.

Subordinated Debt” means any indebtedness of CCG and its Affiliates which is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of any other indebtedness of CCG and its Affiliates.

State” means any state or commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, or other Person (a) of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar

 

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functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person or (b) that is directly or indirectly controlled by such Person within the meaning of control under Section 15 of the Securities Act.

Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to CCG, the amount calculated in accordance with GAAP (but without giving effect to any adjustments related to the valuation of any interest rate swaps or similar derivative instruments required pursuant to the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 issued by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board) as (i) the consolidated net worth of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, minus (ii) the amount of prepaid expenses (if any), minus (iii) any amounts attributable to the consolidated intangibles of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents, patent allocations, licenses and rights in any of the foregoing and other items treated as intangibles in accordance with GAAP, plus (iv) the principal amount of any Subordinated Debt.

Target Overcollateralization Amount” means, as of any Determination Date, the greater of (a) 1.50% of the Original Pool Balance and (b) the lesser of (i) the Initial Overcollateralization Amount and (ii) 4.50% of the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period.

Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Lock-Box Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement and all of the other instruments, documents and other agreements executed and delivered by the Servicer, the Originator, the Depositor, the Back-Up Servicer, the Custodian, the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in connection with any of the foregoing.

Trigger Event” means, with respect to any Determination Date, (a) the Cumulative Net Loss Ratio as of the end of the related Collection Period exceeds 1.00% within the first six Collection Periods from the Closing Date, 2.50% within the seventh through twelfth Collection Periods from the Closing Date, 3.50% within the thirteenth through eighteenth Collection Periods from the Closing Date, and 4.50% at any time after the eighteenth Collection Period following the Closing Date, or (b) a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing. If a Trigger Event occurs solely related to clause (a) above and is subsequently cured and remains below the related trigger levels for three consecutive Collection Periods, a Trigger Event shall no longer exist.

Trust Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2014, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

Unearned Income” means, with respect to any Pool Receivable as of any date of determination, the gross amount of any interest or other income (each to the extent that such other income is reflected on the Servicer’s books as unearned income) due and payable by the relevant Obligor under the terms of the related Contract (or recognized in respect of the Pool Receivable) to the extent that such interest or other income has not been received by the Depositor, the Issuer or the Servicer as of the relevant date of determination.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.

 

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Void Note Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(i).

Write-Down Amount” means, for any Defaulted Receivable as of the date such Pool Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable and as adjusted periodically in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, the difference between (i) the Net Book Value of such Pool Receivable as of the date such Pool Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable, and (ii) the Estimated Recovery Value of the related Equipment.

ARTICLE II

COLLATERAL

Section 2.1. Continuing Security Interest. This Indenture shall create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens described clause (c) of the definition thereof and Equipment with an aggregate invoiced cost of $25,000 or less) and shall:

 

  (a) remain in full force and effect until the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the Collateral shall have been released in accordance with Section 2.4;

 

  (b) be binding upon the Issuer, and its successors, transferees and assigns; and

 

  (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, to the benefit of the Noteholders and its respective successors, transferees and assigns.

Section 2.2. Priority of Security Interest. The Issuer has or will have caused (at its own expense) within ten (10) days of the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements (including describing the Collateral as “all assets” of the Issuer) in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders hereunder (provided, however, that the security interest in Equipment with an aggregate invoiced cost of $25,000 or less may not be perfected). The Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, remedies and recourse with respect to the Collateral afforded a secured party under the UCC in the applicable jurisdiction and all other Applicable Laws in addition to, and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies and recourse granted to the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or any other Law relating to the creation and perfection of Liens on, and security interests in, the Collateral.

 

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Section 2.3. Protection of Security Interest of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer agrees that it shall, from time to time, at its expense, promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents and take all actions as may be necessary or as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request in order to perfect or protect the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral or to enable the Indenture Trustee (at the written direction of the Majority Holders) to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer shall, upon the request of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders:

 

  (a) execute and file such financing or continuation statements or amendments thereto or assignments thereof (as otherwise permitted to be executed and filed pursuant hereto) as may be requested by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders covering the Collateral or any part thereof, including financing statements describing the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like meaning (provided, however, that the Issuer may in its discretion, but is not required to, file such financing or continuation statements or amendments thereto with respect to Equipment with an aggregate invoiced cost of $25,000 or less); and

 

  (b) take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to remove any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the Collateral, including, but not limited to, releasing financing statements. The Issuer shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, obtain such additional search reports as the Indenture Trustee on behalf the Noteholders shall reasonably request. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Indenture Trustee (at the expense of the Issuer) shall be permitted to sign and file continuation statements and amendments thereto and assignments thereof without the Issuer’s signature. Carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Indenture or any financing statement shall be sufficient as a financing statement. The Servicer may perform the foregoing obligations on behalf of the Issuer.

Section 2.4. Release of Collateral. Anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, following the payment of the Notes in full, the Payment Date on which the Notes are redeemed in full pursuant to Section 3.13 or in connection with a sale permitted under Sections 3.3 or 3.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in each case, payment of all other amounts due and owing under the terms of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall (at the written request of the Servicer) promptly release its security interest in the Collateral.

Section 2.5. Effect of Release. When the release of the Collateral is effective in accordance with Section 2.4, all right, title and interest of the Indenture Trustee in, to and under the Collateral shall terminate and shall revert to the Issuer, its successors and assigns, and the right, title and interest of the Indenture Trustee therein shall thereupon cease, terminate and become void; and, upon the written request of the Issuer, its successors or assigns, and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, its successors or assigns, the Indenture Trustee shall execute such UCC-3 financing statements or such other instruments as are provided to it as necessary or desirable to terminate and remove record of any documents constituting public notice of this Indenture and, in any case, the security interests and assignments granted hereunder with respect to the Collateral and shall assign and transfer, or cause to be assigned and transferred, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Issuer, all property, including all moneys, instruments and securities, of the Issuer then held by the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Collateral.

 

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ARTICLE III

NOTES

Section 3.1. Form.

 

  (a) The Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, will be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A with such variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture. The Notes may have such marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed on them as may be determined, consistent with this Indenture, by the Responsible Officer of the Issuer executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. The physical Notes will be produced by any method as determined by the Responsible Officer of the Issuer executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

 

  (b) Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of this Indenture and are incorporated into this Indenture by reference.

Section 3.2. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.

 

  (a) A Responsible Officer of the Issuer will execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer. The signature of such Responsible Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was a Responsible Officer of the Issuer will bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office before the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of issuance of such Notes.

 

  (b) The Indenture Trustee will, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver the Notes for original issue at the applicable Note Rate and with the initial Class A-1 Note Balance, Class A-2 Note Balance and Class B Note Balance as set forth below.

 

Note

   Note Rate     Initial Note Balance  

Class A-1 Notes

     0.27000   $ 72,400,000   

Class A-2 Notes

     1.06   $ 117,170,000   

Class B Notes

     2.15   $ 15,810,000   

 

  (c) The Notes will be issuable in minimum denominations of $100,000 and in multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, one Note may fail to be in such minimum denominations due to the difference between such minimum denomination requirement and the initial Class A-1 Note Balance, Class A-2 Note Balance and Class B Note Balance.

 

  (d) No Note will be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid for any purpose, unless it bears a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in this Indenture executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note will be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

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Section 3.3. Book Entry Notes. The Notes will be issued as Book-Entry Notes on the Closing Date. The Book-Entry Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes and delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes will be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 3.4. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 3.4:

 

  (a) With respect to Book-Entry Notes, the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Notes and the giving of notices, instructions or directions under this Indenture) as the sole Noteholder of the Book-Entry Notes, and will have no obligation to the Note Owners;

 

  (b) the Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among its participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Notes to such participants;

 

  (c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.3 conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section 3.3 will control;

 

  (d) the rights of Note Owners may be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and will be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or its participants pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement; and

 

  (e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon written instructions or written directions of Noteholders of a specified percentage of the Note Balance, the Clearing Agency will be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or the Clearing Agency’s participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest of the Note Balance and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.

Section 3.4. Definitive Notes. With respect to any Class or Classes of Book-Entry Notes, if (a) the Issuer, or the Servicer on its behalf, notifies the Indenture Trustee that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as

 

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depository for the Book-Entry Notes and the Issuer, or the Servicer on its behalf, is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Issuer, or the Servicer on its behalf, at its option, advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system and, the participants holding beneficial interests in the Notes agree to initiate a termination or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Event of Default, the Majority Holders notify the Indenture Trustee through the Clearing Agency that the continuation of a Book-Entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the Notes is no longer in their best interest, then the Indenture Trustee shall notify all Note Owners of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration and transfer instructions from the Clearing Agency for registration, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate, the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Issuer, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Notes, and the Issuer shall recognize the holders of the relevant Definitive Notes as Noteholders hereunder.

Section 3.5. Tax Treatment. The Issuer intends that Notes that are owned or beneficially owned by a Person other than CCG or its Affiliates will be indebtedness of the Issuer, secured by the Collateral, for U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the Notes for U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

Section 3.6. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

 

  (a) The Issuer appoints the Indenture Trustee to be the Note Registrar (in such capacity, the “Note Registrar”) and to keep a register (the “Note Register”) for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as provided in this Indenture. Upon any resignation of the Note Registrar, the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar. If the Issuer appoints a Person other than the Indenture Trustee as Note Registrar, (i) the Issuer will notify the Indenture Trustee of such appointment, (ii) the Indenture Trustee will have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies of the Note Register and (iii) the Indenture Trustee will have the right to rely upon a certificate executed by an officer of the Note Registrar as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of the Notes.

 

  (b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained under Section 5.1(h), if the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the applicable UCC are met, the Issuer will execute, the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and the Noteholder will obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized denomination, in the same aggregate principal amount.

 

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  (c) A Noteholder may exchange Notes for other Notes, in any authorized denominations, in the same aggregate principal amount, by surrendering the Notes to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained under Section 5.1(h). If the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the applicable UCC are met, the Issuer will execute, the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and the Noteholder will obtain from the Indenture Trustee the Notes that the Noteholder making such exchange is entitled to receive.

 

  (d) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes will be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

  (e) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange will be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Noteholder of such Note or such Noteholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.

 

  (f) None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee will impose a service charge on a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes. The Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee may require such Noteholder to pay an amount sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with such registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes.

 

  (g) Neither the Issuer nor the Note Registrar will be required to register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or Notes for which the next Payment Date is not more than 15 days after the requested date of such transfer or exchange.

 

  (h)

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities law. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee is obligated to register the Notes under the Securities Act or any other securities or “blue sky” laws or to take any other action not otherwise required under this Indenture or the Trust Agreement to permit the transfer of any Note without registration. The Issuer, at the direction of the Depositor, may elect to register, or cause the registration of, the Notes under the Securities Act and any applicable state

 

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  securities law, in which case the Issuer will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar such Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates and other information as determined by the Depositor as necessary to effect such registration.

 

  (i) Until such time as any such Notes has been registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities law pursuant to Section 3.6(h), no Note may be sold, transferred, assigned, participated, pledged, or otherwise disposed of (any such act, a “Note Transfer,”) to any Person except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.6, and any attempted Note Transfer in violation of this Section 3.6 will be null and void (each a “Void Note Transfer”).

 

  (j) Each Note will bear a legend to the effect of the legend contained in Exhibit A unless determined otherwise by the officers executing such Note consistent with applicable law. As a condition to the registration of any Note Transfer, the prospective transferee of such Note will be deemed to represent to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar and the Issuer the following:

 

  (i) It understands that the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state or other applicable securities or “blue sky” law.

 

  (ii) It understands that Note Transfers are only permitted if made in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws and only to a person that the holder reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”).

 

  (iii) It (A) is a QIB, (B) is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and if it is acquiring such Notes or any interest or participation in the Notes for the account of another QIB, such other QIB is aware that the sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (C) is acquiring such Notes or any interest or participation in the Notes for its own account or for the account of another QIB.

 

  (iv) It is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more investor accounts for which it is acting as fiduciary or agent, in each case for investment, and not with a view to offer, transfer, assign, participate, pledge or otherwise dispose of such Notes in connection with any distribution of such Notes that would violate the Securities Act.

 

  (k)

By acceptance of any Note, the Noteholder specifically agrees with and represents to the Depositor, the Issuer and the Note Registrar, that no Note Transfer will be made unless (i) the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws have been complied with in respect of such class in accordance with Section 3.6(h), (ii) such Note Transfer is to the Depositor or its Affiliates, or (iii) such Note Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act because such Note Transfer is in compliance with

 

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  Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a transferee who the transferor reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer and to whom notice is given that such Note Transfer is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Issuer will make available to the prospective transferor and transferee of a Note information requested to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (d)(4) of Rule 144A (the “Rule 144A Information”). The Rule 144A Information will include any or all of the following items requested by the prospective transferee:

 

  (i) the Servicer Report for each Payment Date preceding such request; and

 

  (ii) such other information as is reasonably available to the Issuer in order to comply with requests for information pursuant to Rule 144A.

Section 3.7. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.

 

  (a) If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of a Note, then the Issuer will execute and, upon Issuer Request, the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver a replacement Note of the same principal amount in exchange for or in lieu of such Note so long as (i) the Indenture Trustee receives such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, (ii) none of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee have received notice that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, as defined in Section 8-303 of the applicable UCC and (iii) the requirements of Section 8-405 of the applicable UCC are met. However, if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note (but not a mutilated Note) is due and payable within fifteen (15) days or has been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Payment Date on which the Note has been redeemed pursuant to Section 3.13 without surrender of such Note. If a protected purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued (or such payment made) presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note (or such payment) from such Person to whom such replacement Note (or such payment) was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and will be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided for such replacement Note (or such payment) for any cost, expense, loss, damage, claim or liability incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection with such replacement Note (or such payment).

 

  (b) Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under Section 3.7(a), the Issuer may require the Noteholder of such Note to pay an amount sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed.

 

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  (c) Each replacement Note issued pursuant to Section 3.7(a) will constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note will be enforceable by anyone and, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, will be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture.

 

  (d) The provisions of this Section 3.7 are exclusive and preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners. With respect to any date of determination, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as of such date as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and any interest on such Note and for all other purposes, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee will be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 3.9. Payment of Principal and Interest.

 

  (a) The Notes will accrue interest at the applicable Note Rate. Interest on the Note will be due and payable on each Payment Date as specified in such Note. Interest on the Class A-1 Notes will be computed on the basis of actual days elapsed in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year. Interest on the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

  (b)

Interest and principal payments on the Notes will be made ratably to the Noteholders entitled to such payments. On each Payment Date, distributions to be made with respect to interest on and principal of the Definitive Notes will be paid to the Registered Noteholder (i) if such Noteholder has provided to the Note Registrar appropriate instructions at least five Business Days before such Payment Date (which instructions will remain in effect until the Noteholder provides new instructions to the Note Registrar in accordance with this Section) and the aggregate original principal amount of such Noteholder’s Notes is at least $1,000,000, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Noteholder or (ii) by check mailed first class mail, postage prepaid, to such Registered Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register on the related Record Date. Distributions to be made with respect to interest on and principal of Book-Entry Notes will be paid to the Registered Noteholder by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the nominee of the Clearing Agency. However, the final installment of principal (whether payable by wire transfer or check) of each Note on the Payment Date on which the Notes are being redeemed pursuant to Section 3.13 or the applicable Maturity Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note. The Indenture Trustee will notify each Registered Noteholder of the date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Registered Noteholder’s Notes will be paid not later than ten days before such date. Such

 

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  notice will specify the place where such Notes may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. All funds paid by wire transfers or checks that are returned undelivered will be held in accordance with Section 4.5(c).

 

  (c) The principal of each Note will be payable in installments on each Payment Date as specified in such Note. The entire unpaid Note Balance for any Class will be due and payable on the earlier of the applicable Maturity Date and the Payment Date on which the Notes are being redeemed pursuant to Section 3.13. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which the Notes are declared to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 7.2.

 

  (d) All amounts applied as principal payments on the Notes will be paid sequentially to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Note Balance of the Class A-1 Notes has been reduced to zero, then to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the Note Balance of the Class A-2 Notes has been reduced to zero, and then to the Class B Noteholders until the Note Balance of the Class B Notes has been reduced to zero.

Section 3.10. Cancellation. Any Person seeking to surrender a Note for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption will deliver such Note to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes it receives that have been surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption. The Issuer may deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered under this Indenture which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner, and the Indenture Trustee will promptly cancel such Notes. No Notes will be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section 3.10. The Indenture Trustee may hold or dispose of all cancelled Notes in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy unless the Issuer directs, by Issuer Order, that they be destroyed or returned to it (so long as such Notes have not been disposed of previously by the Indenture Trustee).

Section 3.11. Authenticating Agents.

 

  (a) The Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more Persons (each, an “Authenticating Agent”) with the power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection with issuances, transfers and exchanges under Sections 3.2, 3.6, 3.7 and 9.5, as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 3.11 is deemed to be the authentication of Notes “by the Indenture Trustee.”

 

  (b) Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which an Authenticating Agent is a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, will be the successor of such Authenticating Agent under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any document or any further act.

 

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  (c) An Authenticating Agent may resign by giving notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Owner Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and will notify the Owner Trustee of any such appointment.

 

  (d) Sections 8.2 and 8.4 will apply to each Authenticating Agent.

Section 3.12. Note Paying Agents.

 

  (a) The Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more Note Paying Agents that meet the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 8.11(a). The Note Paying Agents will have the power to make distributions from the Collection Account and Reserve Account.

 

  (b) Any Person into which a Note Paying Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which a Note Paying Agent is a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of a Note Paying Agent, will be the successor of such Note Paying Agent under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any document or any further act.

 

  (c) A Note Paying Agent may resign by giving notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor and the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may terminate the agency of a Note Paying Agent by giving notice of termination to such Note Paying Agent, the Depositor and the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor Note Paying Agent and will notify the Depositor and the Issuer of any such appointment.

 

  (d) Sections 8.2 and 8.4 will apply to each Note Paying Agent.

Section 3.13. Optional Redemption of the Notes.

 

  (a) The Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the written direction of the Servicer on any Payment Date on which the Servicer exercises its option to purchase the Collateral pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. After the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee that it will exercise its option pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee will promptly notify the Noteholders:

 

  (i) of the outstanding Note Balance to be prepaid as of the most recent Payment Date and that the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes at the applicable Note Rate to the Payment Date on which the Notes will be redeemed will be paid in full;

 

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  (ii) of the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for final payment (which will be the office or agency of the Issuer maintained as provided in Section 5.1(h) or the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee; and

 

  (iii) that on the date that the Notes are redeemed, the Note Balance together with accrued interest thereon and all other sums due under this Indenture will become due and payable upon the Notes and that interest on the Notes will cease to accrue from and after the date that the Notes are redeemed, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Notes on such date.

 

  (b) The Issuer will cause the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account, by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Payment Date that the Notes are to be redeemed, the Purchase Price, whereupon all such Notes will be paid in full on the date that the Notes are redeemed.

 

  (c) On the date that the Notes are redeemed, the Note Balance of the Notes will be due and payable and interest on the Notes will cease to accrue from and after the date that the Notes are redeemed, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Notes on the such date. Upon redemption, the Indenture Trustee agrees to execute (at the written request and expense of the Issuer) any and all instruments reasonably requested of it to release the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled to any funds then on deposit in the Collection Account or Reserve Account under this Indenture.

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.1. Application of Collections. The Indenture Trustee will apply all Collections received by it as provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Section 4.2. Collection Account, Collections. A Collection Account has been established pursuant to Section 4.1(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall have control over the Collection Account and all monies, instruments and other property from time to time in the Collection Account within the meaning of the applicable UCC. On each Payment Date, all interest and earnings (net of losses and reasonable investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be applied as Collections in accordance with Sections 4.5(a) and (b). On the applicable Maturity Date or any date on which the Notes are redeemed pursuant to Section 3.13, any funds remaining on deposit in the Collection Account shall be paid to the Certificateholder. The Indenture Trustee shall make payments to the Certificateholder pursuant to Section 4.5 in accordance with payment instructions delivered to the Indenture Trustee by Certificate Register on the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter.

Section 4.3. Reserve Account. A Reserve Account has been established pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall have control over the Reserve Account and all monies, instruments and other property from time to time in the Reserve Account within the meaning of the applicable UCC. On or before each Payment

 

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Date, the Indenture Trustee will withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount and deposit such amount into the Collection Account as indicated on the related Servicer Report delivered pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On the latest Maturity Date for all Classes, any date on which the Notes are redeemed pursuant to Section 3.13 or upon the acceleration of the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes following an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee will withdraw from the Reserve Account any funds remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account and deposit such amounts into the Collection Account to be applied in accordance with Section 4.5.

Section 4.4. Lock-Box Accounts. All Obligors in respect of Pool Receivables sold or contributed to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and pledged under this Indenture have been instructed to make payment to the Lock-Box Account pursuant to Section 6.2(f) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The names and addresses of the Lock-Box Bank, together with the account number of the Lock-Box Account at the Lock-Box Bank, are specified on Schedule III, as such schedule may be updated by notice from the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 5.1(o) hereof.

Section 4.5. Priority of Distribution.

 

  (a) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes and so long as the Indenture Trustee has received the Servicer Report by the related Determination Date or, in any event, not later than the opening of business on the related Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee, based on information contained in the most recent Servicer Report, will make the following withdrawals from the Collection Account on such Payment Date and make deposits and payments on each Payment Date, to the extent of Available Amounts on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to such Payment Date, in the following order of priority (pro rata to the Persons within each priority level based on the amounts due except as otherwise specified):

 

  First to the Servicer, any unreimbursed Servicer Advances, as defined in Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, in respect of a prior Collection Period;

 

  Second if a successor servicer is being appointed, or if the Back-Up Servicer is assuming the duties of the Servicer, to the successor servicer or the Back-Up Servicer, as applicable, the costs and expenses associated with the appointment of such successor servicer and the transition relating thereto (which amount shall not, taken in the aggregate with all other amounts withdrawn for such purpose, exceed $50,000 in aggregate for the life of the transaction);

 

  Third to the Servicer, (i) the Servicing Fee then due, together with any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods and (ii) expenses of the Servicer, such expenses not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate for the life of the transaction;

 

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  Fourth to the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian, pro rata based on the amounts so due, (i) the Indenture Trustee Fees, Back-Up Servicing Fees, Owner Trustee Fees and Custodian Fees then due, together with any unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees, Back-Up Servicing Fees, Owner Trustee Fees and Custodian Fees from prior Collection Periods and (ii) expenses and indemnities of the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian, such expenses and indemnities not to exceed, $100,000 per party per annum (with the Back-Up Servicer and Custodian deemed to be one party for purposes of this priority Fourth for so long as one Person is serving in both such capacities);

 

  Fifth to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Class A Notes ratably based on the amount of accrued and unpaid interest due and owing on the Class A-1 and Class A-2 Notes on such Payment Date;

 

  Sixth to pay principal on the Notes in an amount equal to the amount by which the Note Balance of the Class A Notes as of the prior Payment Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) exceeds the Pool Balance at the end of the related Collection Period, in the priority described in Section 3.9(d); provided, that on and after the Maturity Date for each class of Class A Notes, this amount will equal the Note Balance of that Class of Class A Notes until paid in full;

 

  Seventh to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Class B Notes;

 

  Eighth to pay principal on the Notes in an amount equal to the amount by which the Note Balance of the Class A and Class B Notes as of the prior Payment Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) (after giving effect to the payments made pursuant to priority Sixth above) exceeds the Pool Balance at the end of the related Collection Period, in the priority described in Section 3.9(d); provided, that on and after the Maturity Date for the Class B Notes, this amount will equal the Note Balance of the Class B Notes until paid in full;

 

  Ninth to the Reserve Account, an amount equal to the excess of the Required Reserve Account Amount over the remaining balance in the Reserve Account after giving effect to any payments made on such Payment Date;

 

  Tenth to pay (a) prior to the occurrence and continuation of a Trigger Event, the Scheduled Investor Principal Amount or (b) during the continuation of a Trigger Event, all remaining amounts, if any, in each case, as payments of principal on each Class of Notes in the priority specified in Section 3.9(d) (after giving effect to the payments made pursuant to priorities Sixth and Eighth above);

 

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  Eleventh to the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Custodian and Owner Trustee all amounts due and not paid pursuant to priority Fourth by reason of the limitation in such clause, pro rata, based on the amounts due and not paid; and

 

  Twelfth to the Certificateholder, all remaining amounts, if any.

 

  (b) Following the acceleration of the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the proceeds of the liquidation of the Collateral and any amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account will be deposited into the Collection Account, and all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account will be distributed in the following priority on the related Payment Date:

 

  First to the Servicer, any unreimbursed Servicer Advances in respect of a prior Collection Period;

 

  Second if a successor servicer has been appointed, or if the Back-Up Servicer has assumed the duties of the Servicer, to the successor servicer or the Back-Up Servicer, as applicable, the reasonable costs and expenses associated with the appointment of such successor servicer and the transition relating thereto;

 

  Third to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee then due, together with any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods;

 

  Fourth to the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian, pro rata based on the amounts so due, (i) first, the Indenture Trustee Fees, Back-Up Servicing Fees, Owner Trustee Fees and Custodian Fees then due, together with any unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees, Back-Up Servicing Fees, Owner Trustee Fees and Custodian Fees from prior Collection Periods and (ii) second, expenses and indemnities of the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian; provided, that following the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes after the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 7.1(d) or (e), such expenses and indemnities shall not exceed, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, $300,000 per annum and with respect to the Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian, $100,000 per party per annum (with the Back-up Servicer and Custodian deemed to be one party for purposes of this priority Fourth for so long as one person is serving in both such capacities);

 

  Fifth to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Class A Notes ratably based on the amount of accrued and unpaid interest due and owing on the Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes;

 

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  Sixth to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Class B Notes;

 

  Seventh to pay principal on the Notes in the priority described in Section 3.9(d);

 

  Eighth to the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian, expenses and indemnities of the Indenture Trustee, Back-Up Servicer, Owner Trustee and Custodian, pro rata based on the amounts so due and not paid above, all amounts due and not paid pursuant to priority Fourth above by reason of any limitation in such clause; and

 

  Ninth to the Certificateholder, all remaining amounts, if any.

 

  (c) All amounts payable by the Issuer under this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents shall be subject to, and all funds available to the Issuer shall be applied in accordance with, the priorities set forth in Section 4.5(a) and (b), provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not affect or constitute a waiver of any Event of Default if such funds are insufficient to pay in full when due any amount which is payable by the Issuer hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.

 

  (d) Collections Held in Trust. (i) If at any time the Issuer shall receive any Collections other than through payment into the Lock-Box Account, the Issuer shall promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof) remit or cause to be remitted all such Collections to the applicable Lock-Box Account. All Collections received by the Issuer and all Collections held by the Servicer in the Lock-Box Account pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall be held by such Person in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. No portion of the Note Balance shall be deemed repaid by any amount of the Collections held in trust by the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, unless such amount is finally paid by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Sections 4.5(a) or (b).

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER

Section 5.1. Representations by the Issuer. Unless otherwise provided herein, the Issuer represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders that on the Closing Date:

 

  (a) Corporate Existence and Power. The Issuer:

 

  (i)

will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq.) (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer under this Indenture is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States, in which the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification

 

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  in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or will be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Collateral;

 

  (ii) is not organized under the Laws of any other jurisdiction or governmental authority;

 

  (iii) has all power and all licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals of all Official Bodies required to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted (except where the failure to have any such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect); and

 

  (iv) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in every other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or ownership or lease of its properties requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (b) Corporate and Governmental Authorization; Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party: (i) are within its powers, (ii) have been duly authorized, (iii) require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Official Body or official thereof (except as contemplated by this Indenture which have been (or as of the Closing Date will have been) duly made and in full force and effect), (iv) do not contravene or constitute a default under (1) its formation documents, (2) any Law applicable to it, (3) any material contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or its property or (4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property and (v) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens created under the Transaction Documents) upon or with respect to its property, except as contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (c) Binding Effect. Each of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the respective terms of such agreement, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law.

 

  (d)

Accuracy of Information. All written information heretofore furnished by it to any Noteholder, the Indenture Trustee or in connection with this Indenture or any transaction contemplated hereby is, and all such written information furnished by it to the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee is, true, complete and accurate in every material respect, on the date such information is stated or certified, and no

 

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  such item contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.

 

  (e) Tax Status. It has (i) filed all tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed, (ii) paid or made adequate provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges except for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that are being contested in good faith through appropriate Proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP and (iii) no tax lien has been filed and to its knowledge, no tax lien claim is being asserted against any of its properties which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (f) Action, Suits. It is not in violation of any order of any Official Body or arbitrator. There are no actions, suits, litigation, investigations or Proceedings pending, or to its knowledge, threatened, against or affecting it or any of its Affiliates or their respective properties, in or before any Official Body or arbitrator, which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (g) Use of Proceeds. No proceeds in connection of the Notes shall be used by it (i) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act, (ii) to acquire any equity security of a class which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of such act or (iii) for any other purpose that violates Applicable Law, including Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

  (h) Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain an office or agency in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for such purposes. The Issuer will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of any change in the location of such office or agency. If the Issuer fails to maintain any such office or agency or fails to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address of such office or agency, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands

 

  (i) Subsidiaries; Tradenames, Etc. As of the Closing Date: (i) it has no Subsidiaries and divisions; and (ii) it has not operated under any tradenames and has not changed its name, merged with or into or consolidated with any other Person or been the subject of any Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  (j) Security Interest. On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall acquire and hold a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in each Pool Receivable and all other Collateral free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens.

 

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  (k) Nature of Pool Receivable. Each Pool Receivable satisfied the definition of Eligible Receivable set forth herein on the Closing Date or on a Substitution Date.

 

  (l) No Event of Default. No event exists and no condition exists, or would constitute a Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default.

 

  (m) Not an Investment Company. It is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or is exempt from all provisions of such act.

 

  (n) ERISA. Neither the Issuer nor any ERISA Affiliate (i) maintains any “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) or (ii) contributes to any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

 

  (o) Lock-Box Accounts. The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts at such Lock-Box Banks are specified in Schedule III, as updated by the Issuer from time to time by notice from the Issuer or the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee. To the extent that there is more than one Lock-Box Account, Schedule III will indicate, by Contract number, to which Lock-Box Account funds received on a related Pool Receivable will be deposited. All Obligors have been instructed to make payment in respect of the Pool Receivables to a Lock-Box Account. The Issuer shall at all times have the ability to identify and segregate, in accordance with the terms of the Lock-Box Intercreditor Agreement, all of the Collections from other funds on deposit in each Lock-Box Account within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such Collections.

 

  (p) Transfers Under Sale and Servicing Agreement. Each Pool Receivable has been purchased by it from the Depositor pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

  (q) Preference; Voidability. The Issuer shall have given reasonably equivalent value to the Depositor in consideration for the transfer to it of the Pool Receivables under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and such transfer shall not have been made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Depositor to it and no such transfer is or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  (r) Representations and Warranties in other Transaction Documents. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Issuer contained in the Transaction Documents (other than this Indenture) is true, complete and correct in all respects and it hereby makes each such representation and warranty to, and for the benefit of, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders as if the same were set forth in full herein.

 

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  (s) Perfection Representations. The Issuer is the owner of all of the Pool Receivables listed on Schedule I and other Collateral, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). The Issuer further represents:

 

  (i) General.

 

  (1) The Pool Receivables constitute “accounts,” “instruments,” “general intangibles,” or “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

 

  (2) The Issuer has taken all steps or commenced procedures necessary to perfect its security interest against the Obligors and the Equipment securing the Pool Receivables; provided, however, that the security interest in Equipment with an aggregate invoiced cost of $25,000 or less may not be perfected.

 

  (3) The Issuer has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Pool Receivables to the pledge of a security interest in the Pool Receivables hereunder to the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders).

 

  (ii) Creation. The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien of any Person, excepting other Permitted Liens and liens for taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges or levies that are not yet due and payable or as to which any applicable grace period shall not have expired, or that are being contested in good faith by proper proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, but only so long as foreclosure with respect to such a Lien is not imminent and the use and value of the property to which the Lien attaches is not impaired during the pendency of such proceeding.

 

  (iii) Perfection.

 

  (1) The Issuer has caused or commenced procedures for the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law and taken all other action or commenced procedures necessary in order to perfect (i) the sale of the Collateral from the Depositor to the Issuer, and (ii) the first priority security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders) hereunder (provided, that no representation is made herein with respect to creation, ownership or perfection of any security interest in goods or other assets pledged by an Obligor (other than the Equipment); provided, however, that the security interest in Equipment with an aggregate invoiced cost of $25,000 or less may not be perfected.

 

  (2) With respect to the Collection Account and the Reserve Account, the Issuer has taken all steps or commenced procedures necessary to cause the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders) to become the account holder of such accounts.

 

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  (iv) Priority.

 

  (1) Other than the transfer of the Sold Assets (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) from the Originator to the Depositor under the Purchase Agreement and the transfer of the Sold Assets (as defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement) from the Depositor to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders) pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of, nor is aware of any financing statements against the Issuer, the Depositor or the Originator that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement relating to the transfer of Sold Assets under the Purchase Agreement and the transfer of Sold Assets under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders) hereunder or that has been or is being terminated in connection with the execution of this Indenture. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer. Accordingly, the Indenture Trustee holds a first priority perfected security interest in all of the Collateral.

 

  (2) With respect to Collateral which constitute “tangible chattel paper” or “instruments” within the meaning of the applicable UCC, the Custodian, as agent for the Issuer, has in its possession all original copies of the instruments that constitute or evidence the Collateral and the Issuer has received a written acknowledgement from the Custodian that the Custodian is holding such Collateral solely on behalf of and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders). The Contracts and instruments that constitute or evidence the Collateral do not have any marks or notation indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholder). All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholder) in connection herewith describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement which is not permitted under this Indenture will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders).”

 

  (v) Survival of Perfection Representations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, the Perfection Representations shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect, until the occurrence of the Maturity Date for all Classes.

 

  (vi) No Waiver. The Issuer: (i) shall not, without obtaining the consent of the Indenture Trustee waive any of the Perfection Representations; (ii) shall provide the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency with prompt written notice of any breach of these perfection representations, and shall not, without obtaining the consent of the Indenture Trustee waive a breach of any of these perfection representations.

 

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  (t) Rule 17g-5. Each of CCG and the Issuer has complied with the representations, certifications and covenants made by each of them to each Rating Agency in connection with the engagement of each Rating Agency to issue and monitor a credit rating on the Notes, including any certification provided to each Rating Agency in connection with Rule 17g-5(a)(iii) of the Exchange Act (“Rule 17g-5”). CCG and the Issuer are the parties responsible for compliance with Rule 17g-5 in connection with the issuance and monitoring of the credit ratings on the Notes.

 

  (u) Compliance with Law. It has complied with all Applicable Laws to which it may be subject (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy) except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (v) Schedule of Pool Receivables. The schedule of Pool Receivables listed on Schedule I hereto is true and correct as of the date hereof.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

Section 6.1. Affirmative Covenants of the Issuer. At all times from the Closing Date to the latest Maturity Date for any Class, unless the Noteholders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees with the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee:

 

  (a) Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the Notes and this Indenture. Amounts withheld under the Internal Revenue Code or any State or local tax law by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder will be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder.

 

  (b)

Reporting Requirements. On each Determination Date (or, in any event no later than the opening of business on the related Payment Date), the Issuer, or the Servicer on its behalf, shall deliver a monthly Servicer Report to (i) the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, (ii) each Rating Agency, and (iii) the Back-up Servicer detailing, among other things, (a) the Servicer’s Tangible Net Worth, calculated as of the end of the preceding calendar quarter and updated in the second Servicer Report delivered following the end of each calendar quarter and (b) amounts

 

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  received on the Pool Receivables in respect of the immediately preceding Collection Period and available for payment on the Payment Date. Upon receipt of the Servicer Report, the Indenture Trustee shall make available such Servicer Report to the Noteholders through the Indenture Trustee’s website, which is initially located at www.usbank.com/abs.

 

  (c) Compliance Certificate. Together with the financial statements required hereunder, a compliance certificate signed by the Issuer’s or Servicer’s (and, if the Originator is not the Servicer, the Originator), as applicable, Responsible Officer stating that (1) the attached financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and accurately reflect the financial condition of the Issuer, Servicer (and, if the Originator is not the Servicer, the Originator) and its Subsidiaries as applicable and (2) to the best of such Person’s knowledge, no Event of Default or Servicer Default exists, or if any Event of Default or Servicer Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof.

 

  (d) Notice of Event of Defaults or Potential Event of Defaults; Etc. (1) As soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the Issuer obtains knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default or a potential Event of Default, the Issuer shall provide a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer setting forth details of such Event of Default and the action which the Issuer proposes to take with respect thereto, which information shall be updated promptly from time to time; (2) promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the Issuer obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any litigation, investigation or Proceeding that may exist at any time between the Issuer and any Person that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or any litigation or Proceeding relating to any Transaction Document; and (3) promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the Issuer obtains knowledge thereof, notice of a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (e) Change in Credit and Collection Policy. Within five (5) Business Days of the date on which any material amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy is made, the Servicer shall provide the Issuer, each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee with a copy of the Credit and Collection Policy then in effect indicating such change or amendment, provided, however, that no such material amendment or modification to the Credit and Collection Policy shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders. Section 6.3(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement provides guidance as regards “material” for this purpose.

 

  (f) Change in Accountants or Accounting Policy. Promptly, the Issuer shall provide prior notice to the Indenture Trustee of any change in the accountants or material change in the accounting policy of the Issuer.

 

  (g) Other Information. Such other information (including non-financial information) as the Indenture Trustee may from time to time reasonably request with respect to the Originator, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Originator, in order to perform its duties and obligations under this Indenture.

 

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  (h) SEC Filings. Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which the Servicer (if the Servicer is CCG), or any of its Subsidiaries, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

  (i) Conduct of Business; Ownership. The Issuer shall carry on and conduct its business as set forth in the Trust Agreement and do all things necessary to remain duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a Delaware statutory trust and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where failure to have such authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (j) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Issuer shall comply with all Laws to which it or its respective properties may be subject and preserve and maintain its corporate existence as a Delaware statutory trust, rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges except where failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (k) Furnishing of Information and Inspection of Records. The Issuer shall at any time during regular business hours, upon reasonable notice, as requested, permit the Indenture Trustee to, (i) examine and make copies of and take abstracts from all books, records and documents (including computer tapes and disks) relating to the Pool Receivables or other Collateral or (ii) visit the offices and properties of the Issuer for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i), and to discuss matters relating to the Collateral or the Issuer’s performance hereunder, under the Pool Receivables and under the other Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party with any of the officers, directors, or in the presence of an officer, employees or independent public accountants, of the Issuer, having knowledge of such matters. Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, such audits shall be limited to one audit per calendar year and all expenses related to such audit shall be borne by the party conducting the audit.

 

  (l) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Issuer shall maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain, all documents, books, computer tapes, disks, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Pool Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of substantially all new Contracts and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Contract). The Servicer may perform the foregoing obligations on behalf of the Issuer.

 

  (m)

Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. The Issuer shall, at its own expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts as is customary for its business practices and the Issuer

 

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  shall timely and fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Contract. The Servicer may perform the foregoing obligations on behalf of the Issuer.

 

  (n) Instructions to the Obligors. The Issuer shall instruct all Obligors to cause all Collections to be deposited directly to a Lock-Box Account or to post office boxes to which only Lock-Box Banks have access and shall cause all items and amounts relating to such Collections received in such post office boxes to be removed by the applicable Lock-Box Bank and deposited into a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis. The Servicer may perform the foregoing obligations on behalf of the Issuer.

 

  (o) Sale Treatment. The Issuer shall not account for, or otherwise treat, the purchase and sale contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement in any manner other than as a sale by the Depositor to the Issuer (except to the extent otherwise required (i) for United States federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) by the application of consolidated financial reporting principles under GAAP).

 

  (p) Separate Business; Nonconsolidation. The Issuer shall not (i) engage in any business not permitted by the Trust Agreement or (ii) conduct its business or act in any other manner which is inconsistent with the Transaction Documents. The officers and directors of the Issuer (as appropriate) shall make decisions with respect to the business and daily operations of the Issuer independent of and not dictated by the Originator or any other controlling Person except as contemplated by the servicing arrangements under the Transaction Documents.

 

  (q) Organizational Documents. The Issuer shall only amend, alter, change or repeal the Trust Agreement and any formation documents with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders. The Issuer shall maintain its organizational documents in conformity with this Indenture, such that its organizational documents, at all times that this Indenture is in effect, provide for not less than three (3) days’ prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the replacement or appointment of any Owner Trustee.

 

  (r) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Issuer shall, at its expense, take all action necessary or desirable to establish and maintain a perfected security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders in the Collateral free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interest of the Indenture Trustee, as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request.

 

  (s)

Enforcement of Sale and Servicing Agreement; Amendment to Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, shall promptly enforce all covenants and obligations of the Depositor and Servicer contained in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer shall not, without prior written consent of the Noteholders, give any

 

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  consents, approvals, directions, notices, waivers or otherwise take other similar actions under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or cancel, terminate, amend, modify, or supplement the Sale and Servicing Agreement or waive any provision thereof; nor shall the Issuer take any other action under the Sale and Servicing Agreement; in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders or which would violate the terms of this Indenture.

 

  (t) Notes. Until such time as the UCC of each state of the United States is amended in order to permit perfection of security interests in promissory notes and other instruments executed by Obligors in connection with each Contract by the filing of financial statements under the applicable UCC, (i) the Issuer shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, all of the promissory notes and other instruments evidencing the Contracts in the state of North Carolina, Illinois, New York and the state in which the Custodian maintains the Custodian Files, except as necessary to enforce any such notes or instruments; and (ii) the Issuer will deliver all such notes and instruments to the Custodian.

 

  (u) Deposits to Collection Account. The Issuer shall not deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to the Collection Account cash or cash proceeds other than Collections or Excluded Amounts (or misdirected funds, which shall be removed as soon as practicable) in respect of the Pool Receivables. The Issuer shall at all times direct the Intercreditor Master Agent, and provide written disbursement instructions to the Intercreditor Master Agent directing it, to disburse funds from the Lock-Box Account which is subject to the Lock-Box Intercreditor Agreement to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 4(f) of the Lock-Box Intercreditor Agreement.

 

  (v) Use of Proceeds. The Issuer will use the proceeds of the Notes only to acquire the Pool Receivables and the Related Security in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and to pay expenses related to such acquisitions and the pledge hereunder.

 

  (w) Taxes. The Issuer will file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time owing by it (other than any amount of tax the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such the Issuer).

 

  (x) Insurance. The Issuer will, or will cause the Servicer to, cause the related Obligors to maintain the following types of insurance: with respect to a Pool Receivable that is a lease, liability and property damage and with respect to a Pool Receivable that is a loan, property damage on the Equipment in accordance commensurate with insurance maintained by companies engaged in similar lines of business.

 

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  (y) Custodian File. By the Closing Date or within ten Business Days following any related Substitution Date, the Issuer, or the Servicer on its behalf, shall cause to be delivered to the Custodian an accurate and complete Custodian File for each Receivable which was sold or substituted, as applicable, on the Closing Date or Substitution Date. Each Custodian File shall be clearly marked with a Contract number, which shall be used by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to identify such Contract.

 

  (z) Rule 17g-5. Each of CCG and the Issuer will comply with the representations, certifications and covenants made by it in the engagement letter with each Rating Agency, including any representation, certification or covenant provided by it to each Rating Agency in connection with Rule 17g-5, and will make accessible to any non-hired nationally recognized statistical rating organization all information provided by it to each Rating Agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of the credit ratings on the Notes in accordance with Rule 17g-5.

Section 6.2. Negative Covenants of the Issuer. At all times from the Closing Date to the latest Maturity Date for any Class, unless the Noteholders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees with the Indenture Trustee as follows:

 

  (a) No Sales, Liens, Etc.

 

  (i) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Issuer shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon, or file any financing statement with respect to: (1) any of the Collateral, or (2) any inventory or goods (including the Equipment), the sale or lease of which gave rise to a Related Security, or assign any right to receive income in respect thereof; provided, that the Issuer may substitute Pool Receivables in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided, that any Substituted Receivable is an Eligible Receivable as of the related Substitution Date; and

 

  (ii) the Issuer shall not issue any security to, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property or other assets (including the property sold to it by the Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement) to, any Person other than as otherwise expressly provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

  (b) No Subsidiaries, Mergers, Etc. The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to, any other Person or dissolve or terminate; or create, acquire, have, maintain or hold or own any equity interest in any other Person; or acquire or own any material assets other than the Collateral.

 

  (c)

Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Issuer shall not add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account to or from those listed in Schedule III or make any change in its instructions to Obligors

 

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  regarding payments to be made to any Lock-Box Account, unless (i) such instructions are to deposit such payments to another existing Lock-Box Account or to the Collection Account, and (ii) the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall have received written notice of such addition, termination or change at least thirty (30) days prior thereto and the Noteholders shall not have objected thereto.

 

  (d) Change of Name, Etc. The Issuer shall not change its name, identity, jurisdiction of formation or structure (including through a merger) or the location of its chief executive office or any other change which, in the case of any of the foregoing, could render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with this Indenture or any other Transaction Document to become “seriously misleading” under the applicable UCC or change its jurisdiction of organization, unless at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of any such change the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee such documents, instruments or agreements, executed by the Issuer, as are necessary to reflect such change and to continue the perfection of the Indenture Trustee’s security interests in the Collateral. The Issuer will not become or seek to become organized under the laws of more than one jurisdiction.

 

  (e) Other Debt. Except as provided herein, the Issuer shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or any other liability (whether direct or contingent, including guaranteeing any obligation), whether current or funded, other than (i) Indebtedness of the Issuer representing fees, expenses and indemnities arising hereunder or under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or for the purchase price of the Pool Receivables and other Collateral under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (ii) taxes and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business.

 

  (f) Payment to the Depositor. The Issuer shall not purchase any Pool Receivable other than through, under, and pursuant to the terms of, the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

  (g) Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not (i) lend or advance any funds or (ii) repay any loans or advances to, for or from any Person.

ARTICLE VII

EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 7.1. Event of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

  (a) failure of the Issuer to pay interest due on any of the Class A Notes, or if no Class of Class A Notes is Outstanding, the Class B Notes in accordance with Section 4.5(a) when the same becomes due and payable on each Payment Date, and such failure continues for a period of five (5) Business Days or more after the related Payment Date;

 

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  (b) failure of the Issuer to pay the Note Balance of any Note by the applicable Maturity Date or on any Payment Date on which the Notes are to be redeemed in full pursuant to Section 3.13;

 

  (c) the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to the Issuer;

 

  (d) the Issuer becomes an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and

 

  (e) any representation or warranty made by the Issuer in this Indenture incorrect in any material respect when made and continues to be incorrect in any material respect, or the Issuer breaches any covenant of the Issuer in this Indenture and such breach continues, in each case, for a period of 60 days after written notice from the Indenture Trustee or the Majority Holders and as a result of which the Majority Holders’ interests are materially and adversely affected; provided, that, the Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to determine materiality for purposes of this Section 7.1(e).

Section 7.2. Acceleration Following Event of Default.

 

  (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may and, at the written direction of holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, shall, by notice to the Issuer, declare all amounts due under the Notes and all accrued interest thereof, immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(c) occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, and all other amounts payable under this Indenture, will automatically become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder. Upon any such declaration or automatic acceleration, the Indenture Trustee will promptly notify each Noteholder and each Qualified Institution (if not the Indenture Trustee) maintaining a Bank Account.

 

  (b)

Upon any such declaration, the Indenture Trustee shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Indenture or otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction and other Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the right to liquidate and realize on the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law. However, the Indenture Trustee is prohibited from selling the Collateral or any portion thereof following an Event of Default and acceleration of the maturity of the Notes (unless such Event of Default relates to a default described in Sections 7.1(a) and (b) and the holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class consent to or direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to make such sale, or the proceeds of such sale would not be less than the sum of all amounts due under the Indenture), unless (i) the holders of all the Outstanding Notes consent to the sale, (ii) the anticipated proceeds of the sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the Notes at the date of such sale or (iii) the Indenture Trustee

 

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  determines that the proceeds of the Collateral would not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the Notes as those payments would have become due if those obligations had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Notes.

 

  (c) Holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul the declaration of acceleration of maturity and its consequences before a judgment or decree for payment of the amount due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee if:

 

  (i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee an amount sufficient to (A) pay all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts that would then be due under this Indenture or upon the Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred, (B) pay all amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee and (C) pay all other outstanding fees and expenses of the Noteholder; and

 

  (ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided by Section 7.14.

No rescission will affect any subsequent default or impair any right resulting from such rescission.

Section 7.3. Collection of Indebtedness by the Indenture Trustee.

 

  (a) The Issuer covenants that if an Event of Default under Section 7.1(a) or (b) occurs and continues, the Issuer, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, will pay to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, such overdue amount with interest on any overdue principal at the applicable Note Rate and, to the extent lawful, with interest on any overdue interest at the applicable Note Rate. In addition, the Issuer covenants to pay, or to cause the Servicer to pay, the costs and expenses of collection, including all amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee under Section 8.7.

 

  (b) If the Issuer fails to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the Collateral.

 

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Section 7.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

  (a) In case there is pending, relative to the Issuer, Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a trustee, liquidator, receiver or similar official has been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has made any demand pursuant to Section 7.3, may:

 

  (i) file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings (including any amounts due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.7);

 

  (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law, vote on behalf of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or a Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;

 

  (iii) collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and pay all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders, including such claims asserted by the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

 

  (iv) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property.

Any trustee, liquidator, receiver or similar official in any such Proceeding is authorized by each Noteholder to make payments to the Indenture Trustee and, if the Indenture Trustee consents to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee an amount sufficient to cover all amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee under Section 8.7.

 

  (b) Except as provided in Section 7.4(a)(ii), this Indenture does not authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Noteholder to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding.

Section 7.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.

 

  (a) All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production of any of the Notes in any Proceeding relative to any of the Notes, and any such Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee will be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee under Section 8.7, will be for the benefit of the Noteholders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

  (b) In any Proceeding brought by the Indenture Trustee (and any Proceeding involving the interpretation of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee is a party), the Indenture Trustee will be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it will not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceeding.

 

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Section 7.6. Remedies; Priorities

 

  (a) If the Notes have been accelerated under Section 7.2(a) the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Section 7.7), and will upon written direction of the Majority Holders:

 

  (i) institute a Proceeding in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect to the Notes, enforce any judgment obtained and collect from the Issuer monies adjudged due;

 

  (ii) institute a Proceeding for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;

 

  (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the applicable UCC and take any other action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and

 

  (iv) sell or otherwise liquidate the Collateral or any portion of the Collateral or rights or interest in the Collateral at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law.

 

  (b) Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee following the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes, will be deposited into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with Section 4.5(b) on the Payment Date following the Collection Period during which such amounts are collected.

 

  (c) Upon any sale or liquidation of the Collateral described in this Section 7.6, the Indenture Trustee will provide the Servicer with a right of first refusal to purchase such Collateral and the Servicer may purchase such Collateral for an amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of the Pool Receivables, provided, that such amount is sufficient to pay in full all amounts owed by the Issuer to the Noteholders including all principal of and accrued interest on the Note Balance.

Section 7.7. Optional Preservation of the Collateral. If the Notes have been accelerated under Section 7.2(a) and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled in accordance with Section 7.2(b), the Indenture Trustee may elect to maintain possession of the Collateral. It is the intention of the parties to this Indenture and the Noteholders that there at all times be sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes. The Indenture Trustee will take such intention into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may (at the expense of the Issuer) obtain and

 

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rely upon an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm or firm of certified public accountants as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose; provided, that the Indenture Trustee shall act at all times at the written direction of holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class.

Section 7.8. Limitation of Suits

 

  (a) No Noteholder has any right to institute any Proceeding with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under this Indenture, unless:

 

  (i) such Noteholder has given notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

 

  (ii) the Noteholders of at least 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class have requested the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture and offered indemnity satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee;

 

  (iii) the Indenture Trustee has not received a direction not to take legal action from the Noteholders of at least 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class; and

 

  (iv) the Indenture Trustee has failed to institute such Proceedings for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity.

 

  (b) No Noteholder has any right to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholder or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Noteholder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner provided in this Indenture.

Section 7.9. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, each Noteholder has an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of principal of and any interest on its Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the date of redemption) in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and of the other Transaction Documents and to institute a Proceeding for the enforcement of any such payment in accordance with Section 7.8. Such rights may not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Noteholder.

Section 7.10. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, will be restored severally and respectively to their former positions under this Indenture, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders will continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.

 

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Section 7.11. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders in this Indenture is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, will be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under this Indenture or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture will not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the Lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders will be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Collateral or upon any of the assets of the Issuer.

Section 7.12. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any potential Event of Default or Event of Default will impair any such right or remedy, or constitute a waiver of any such potential Event of Default or Event of Default. Every right and remedy conferred by this Article VII or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.

Section 7.13. Control by Noteholders. The Majority Holders have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided, that:

 

  (a) such direction does not conflict with any law or with this Indenture; and

 

  (b) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction from the Majority Holders.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein, or in any other Transaction Document to the direction, request or consent of “the Noteholders” shall be construed as referencing the Majority Holders.

Section 7.14. Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default.

 

  (a) The Majority Holders may waive any potential Event of Default or Event of Default and its consequences described in Sections 7.1(d) and (e).

 

  (b) Upon any such waiver, such potential Event of Default or Event of Default will be deemed not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture. No such waiver will extend to any other potential Event of Default or Event of Default or impair any right relating to any other potential Event of Default or Event of Default.

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court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit. This Section 7.15 will not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee (at the written direction of holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class), (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder or group of Noteholders holding more than 10% of the Note Balance, or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the date that the Notes are redeemed pursuant to Section 3.13).

Section 7.16. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power in this Indenture granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 7.17. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.

 

  (a) At the Servicer’s expense, the Issuer will promptly take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to (i) compel the performance by (A) the Depositor and the Servicer of their obligations to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (B) the Depositor and the Originator of their obligations under the Purchase Agreement and (ii) exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims lawfully available to the Issuer under such agreements to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee.

 

  (b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the written direction of holders of at least 66.67% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against (i) the Depositor or the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (ii) the Depositor or the Originator under the Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by such Persons of their obligations to the Issuer under such agreements, and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under such agreements, and any right of the Issuer to take such action will be suspended.

Section 7.18. Power of Attorney. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee, and irrevocably appoints the Indenture Trustee, during the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of the Issuer which appointment is coupled with an interest, to take any and all steps in the name of the Issuer as necessary or desirable, in the determination of the Indenture Trustee, to

 

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collect any and all amounts or portions thereof due under any and all Pool Receivables or Related Security, including endorsing the name of the Issuer on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Pool Receivables and Related Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.18, none of the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever.

ARTICLE VIII

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

Section 8.1. Duties of Indenture Trustee.

 

  (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and the Notes have been accelerated under Section 7.2(a), the Indenture Trustee will exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

 

  (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes under Section 7.2(a):

 

  (i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations are to be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and

 

  (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions furnished to it, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to it and, if required by the terms of this Indenture, conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; provided, that the Indenture Trustee will examine any such certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

  (c) The Indenture Trustee will not be relieved from liability for its own willful misconduct, negligent action or negligent failure to act, except that:

 

  (i) this Section 8.1(c) does not limit the effect of Section 8.1(b);

 

  (ii) the Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

  (iii) the Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a written direction received by it pursuant to Sections 7.13 and 7.17(b).

 

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  (d) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except in accordance with this Indenture.

 

  (e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law, this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

  (f) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee is subject to this Section 8.1.

 

  (g) The Indenture Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default or potential Event of Default unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge of such Event of Default or potential Event of Default or (ii) notice of such Event of Default or potential Event of Default has been given to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with this Indenture.

 

  (h) Upon direction by Issuer Order, the Indenture Trustee will execute any intercreditor agreement (including, without limitation, the Intercreditor Agreement and any supplement or amendment thereto) or related document to which the Issuer is, or will be upon execution and delivery of such intercreditor agreement or related document, a party, including any amendment or supplement thereto.

Section 8.2. Rights of Indenture Trustee.

 

  (a) The Indenture Trustee may rely and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent or other document believed by it to be genuine and appears on its face to be properly executed and signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matters stated in any such document.

 

  (b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

  (c) The Indenture Trustee may exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture or perform any duties under this Indenture either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, counsel, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it under this Indenture.

 

  (d) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers if such action or omission by the Indenture Trustee does not constitute negligence.

 

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  (e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability with respect to any action taken or not taken by the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

  (f) The Indenture Trustee is under no obligation to (i) exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of its duties under this Indenture (including its duties pursuant to Section 8.1(a)) if it has reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of funds advanced by it or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it or (ii) honor the request or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture unless such Noteholders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it from and against the reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by the Indenture Trustee, or its agents, counsel, accountants and experts, in complying with such request or direction.

 

  (g) The Indenture Trustee will not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including strikes, work stoppages, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, but the Indenture Trustee will use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

  (h) The Indenture Trustee will not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

Section 8.3. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Note Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent under this Indenture may do the same with like rights.

Section 8.4. Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee (a) will not be responsible for, and makes no representation or warranty as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes and (b) will not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, or responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

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Section 8.5. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days of a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtaining actual knowledge of, or receiving notice of, any potential Event of Default under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee will mail to each Noteholder, notice of such default, unless such potential Event of Default has been cured or waived; provided, that (a) except in the case of a potential Event of Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Indenture Trustee may withhold such notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Noteholders.

Section 8.6. Reports by Indenture Trustee.

 

  (a) Upon delivery to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer of the information prepared by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement to enable each Noteholder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns, the Indenture Trustee will make available the relevant portions of such information to each Noteholder of record as of the most recent Record Date (which delivery may be made by making such information available to the Noteholders through the Indenture Trustee’s website, which initially is located at www.usbank.com/abs).

 

  (b) On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will deliver the Servicer Report to each Noteholder of record as of the most recent Record Date through the Indenture Trustee’s website, which initially is located at www.usbank.com/abs.

 

  (c) If requested in writing by the Depositor or the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee will deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, and the Servicer on or before April 1 of each year, beginning in the year after the Closing Date, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee (i) to the effect that (A) a review of the Indenture Trustee’s activities during the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first certificate, the portion of the preceding calendar year since the Closing Date) and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Responsible Officer’s supervision and (B) to such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Indenture Trustee has fulfilled in all material respects all of its obligations under this Indenture throughout such calendar year (or, in the case of the first certificate, the portion of the preceding calendar year since the Closing Date), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each such failure known to such Responsible Officer and the nature and status of such failure and (ii) certifying to matters related to the Indenture Trustee as required under Form 10-K under the Exchange Act.

If the parties to this Indenture determine to further clarify or amend Section 8.6(c), this Indenture may be amended to reflect the new agreement between the parties covering matters in Section 8.6(c) pursuant to Section 9.1(a), which amendment will not require the delivery of any Opinions of Counsel.

 

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Section 8.7. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer will pay the Indenture Trustee as compensation for the Indenture Trustee’s services under this Indenture such fees as have been separately agreed upon on the date of this Indenture between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer will reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee, including costs of collection, and the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts, but excluding any expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment).

 

  (a) The Issuer will, or will cause the Servicer to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, and its respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts) incurred by it in connection with the administration of and the performance of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any loss, damage, claim or liability incurred by it in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture, but excluding any cost, expense, loss, damage, claim or liability (i) incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) or (ii) arising from the Indenture Trustee’s breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in this Indenture.

 

  (b)

Promptly upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee, or any of its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”), of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding against any such Indemnified Person, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim in respect of such Proceeding is to be made under Section 8.7(b), notify the Issuer and the Servicer of the commencement of such Proceeding. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Servicer will not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its obligations under this Section 8.7; provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Servicer has been materially prejudiced by such failure to so notify and notice is given within 180 days of a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee learning of such Proceeding. The Issuer, or, if Issuer so causes, the Servicer, may participate in and assume the defense and settlement of any such Proceeding at its expense, and no settlement of such Proceeding may be made without the approval of the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, and such Indemnified Person, which approvals will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. After notice from the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, to the Indemnified Person of the intention of the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, and so long as the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, so assumes the defense of such Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, neither the Issuer nor the Servicer will be liable for any legal expenses of counsel to the Indemnified

 

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  Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, on one hand, and an Indemnified Person, on the other hand, in which case the Issuer or the Servicer, will pay for the separate counsel to the Indemnified Person.

 

  (c) The payment obligations of the Issuer and the Servicer, to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.7 will survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Indenture or the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee agrees that the obligations of the Issuer (but not the Servicer) to the Indenture Trustee hereunder and under the Transaction Documents shall be recourse to the Owner Trust Estate only and specifically shall not be recourse to the assets of the Certificateholder or any Noteholder. In addition, the Indenture Trustee agrees that its recourse to the Issuer, the Owner Trust Estate and the Certificateholder shall be limited to the right to receive the distributions referred to in Sections 4.5(a) and (b) of this Indenture.

Section 8.8. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.

 

  (a) No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee, and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee, will become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.8. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee may resign by notifying the Issuer. The Majority Holders may remove the Indenture Trustee without cause by notifying the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

  (b) The Issuer must remove the Indenture Trustee if:

 

  (i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.11;

 

  (ii) an Event of Bankruptcy occurs with respect to the Indenture Trustee;

 

  (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or

 

  (iv) the Indenture Trustee becomes legally unable to act or otherwise incapable of acting as Indenture Trustee.

 

  (c) If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason, the Issuer must appoint a successor Indenture Trustee promptly.

 

  (d)

Any successor Indenture Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Servicer. Upon delivery of such acceptance, the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee will become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee will have all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee under this

 

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  Indenture. The Issuer will continue to pay all amounts owed to the retiring Indenture Trustee in accordance with Sections 8.7 and 4.5(a) following the retiring Indenture Trustee’s resignation or removal until all such amounts are paid. The successor Indenture Trustee will deliver a notice of its succession to the Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

 

  (e) If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee tenders its resignation or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Majority Holders may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

  (f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the retiring Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.8, any obligations of the Issuer and the Servicer owing to the retiring Indenture Trustee under Section 8.7 will continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

Section 8.9. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association will be the successor Indenture Trustee so long as such corporation or banking association is otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 8.11. The Indenture Trustee will promptly notify the Servicer and the Issuer (who will notify each Rating Agency) of any such transaction.

 

  (b) If, at the time any such successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee succeeds to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes have been authenticated but not delivered, such successor may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Indenture Trustee and deliver such Notes so authenticated. If at such time any of the Notes have not been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor Indenture Trustee or in the name of such successor Indenture Trustee. In all such cases, such certificates will have the same force and effect provided for anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture as the certificate of the predecessor Indenture Trustee.

Section 8.10. Appointment of Separate Indenture Trustee or Co-Indenture Trustee.

 

  (a)

For the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, after delivering written notice to the Issuer and the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more Persons to act as a separate trustee or separate trustees, or co-trustee or co- trustees, of all or any part of the Issuer, and to vest in such Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Collateral, or any part of the Collateral, and, subject to this Section 8.10, such rights, powers, duties and obligations as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No

 

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  separate trustee or co-trustee will be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.11 and no notice to the Noteholders of the appointment of any separate trustee or co-trustee will be required under Section 8.8.

 

  (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee will, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following:

 

  (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee will be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee will not be authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee will be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion of the Collateral in any such jurisdiction) will be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;

 

  (ii) no trustee will be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Indenture; and

 

  (iii) the Indenture Trustee may accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

 

  (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee will be deemed to have been given to each appointed separate trustee and co-trustee, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee will refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Section 8.10. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, will be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided in such instrument of appointment, subject to this Indenture. Every such instrument will be filed with the Indenture Trustee.

 

  (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may appoint the Indenture Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee dies, becomes incapable of acting, resigns or is removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts will vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

 

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Section 8.11. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

  (a) The Indenture Trustee or its parent must have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent annual published report of condition. Within ten days after the Indenture Trustee fails to satisfy any of the requirements set forth in this Section 8.11(a) or ceases to be a Qualified Institution, the Indenture Trustee will notify the Issuer and the Servicer of such failure.

 

  (b) Within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default that has not been cured or waived, the Indenture Trustee will resign with respect to the Notes in accordance with Section 8.8, and the Issuer will appoint a successor Indenture Trustee for the Notes.

 

  (c) If a successor Indenture Trustee is appointed with respect to the Notes, the retiring Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee will execute an indenture supplemental to this Indenture. Such supplemental indenture will contain:

 

  (i) provisions by which the successor Indenture Trustee accepts its appointment;

 

  (ii) provisions necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes to which the appointment of such successor Indenture Trustee relates;

 

  (iii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring with respect to all of the Notes, provisions necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring continue to be vested in the Indenture Trustee; and

 

  (iv) provisions necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture Trustee.

Nothing in this Indenture or in such supplemental indenture will constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and each such Indenture Trustee will be a trustee of a trust or trusts under this Indenture separate and apart from any trust or trusts under this Indenture administered by any other Indenture Trustee. The indenture supplement will become effective upon the removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

Section 8.12. Audits of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee agrees (at the expense of the requesting party) that, with reasonable prior notice, it will permit any authorized representative of the Servicer or the Issuer, during the Indenture Trustee’s normal business hours, to examine and audit the books of account, records, reports and other documents and materials of the Indenture Trustee relating to (a) the performance of the Indenture Trustee’s obligations under this Indenture, (b) any payments of fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee in connection with such performance and (c) any claim made by the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. In addition, the Indenture Trustee will permit such representatives to discuss the same with the

 

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Indenture Trustee’s officers and employees. Each of the Servicer and the Issuer will, and will cause its authorized representatives to, hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Servicer or the Issuer, as the case may be, may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations under this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee will maintain all such pertinent books, records, reports and other documents and materials for a period of two years after the termination of its obligations under this Indenture.

Section 8.13. Representations and Warranties of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee represents and warrants to the Issuer as of the Closing Date:

 

  (a) Organization and Qualification. The Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America. The Indenture Trustee is qualified as a foreign banking corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Indenture Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  (b) Power, Authorization and Enforceability. The Indenture Trustee has the power and authority to execute deliver and perform the terms of this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the terms of this Indenture. This Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Indenture Trustee enforceable against the Indenture Trustee, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

 

  (c) No Conflicts and No Violation. The execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee of this Indenture, the consummation by the Indenture Trustee of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture and the compliance by the Indenture Trustee with this Indenture will not (i) violate any federal or New York State law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Indenture Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the Indenture Trustee is a debtor or guarantor or (iii) violate any law or, to the Indenture Trustee’s knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable to the Indenture Trustee of any court or of any federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or its properties, in each case which conflict, breach, default, Lien, or violation would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Indenture Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under this Indenture.

 

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  (d) No Proceedings. To the Indenture Trustee’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of any of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Indenture Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Indenture.

 

  (e) Eligibility. The Indenture Trustee is a Qualified Institution. The Indenture Trustee or its parent has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent annual published report of condition.

 

  (f) Information Provided by the Indenture Trustee. The information provided by the Indenture Trustee in any certificate delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee is true and correct in all material respects.

Section 8.14. Covenants for Reporting of Repurchase Demands due to Breaches of Representations and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee will (a) notify the Depositor and the Servicer, as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days, of all demands or requests communicated to the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase of any Pool Receivable pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 5.5 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (b) promptly upon written request by the Depositor or the Servicer, provide to them any other information relating to such demands or requests reasonably requested to facilitate compliance by them with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, and Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB (the “Repurchase Rules and Regulations”) and (c) if requested by the Depositor or the Servicer, provide a written certification no later than fifteen days following any calendar quarter or calendar year that the Indenture Trustee has not received any repurchase demands for such period, or if repurchase demands have been received during such period, that the Indenture Trustee has provided all the information reasonably requested under clause (b) above. In no event will the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer have any responsibility or liability in connection with any filing required to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of the Repurchase Rules and Regulations may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of the Repurchase Rules and Regulations. The Indenture Trustee shall cooperate fully with the Depositor to deliver any and all records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Depositor to permit them to comply with the provisions of Repurchase Rules and Regulations. The Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for determining whether any alleged breach of a representation or warranty under Section 5.5 of Purchase Agreement or Section 5.5 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement is “material”.

 

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Section 8.15. Indenture Trustee May Own Notes. The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of the Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuer in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. Without the consent of the Majority Holders but with prior notice by the Issuer to each Rating Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when directed by Issuer Order) may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture for any of the following purposes:

 

  (a) to correct or amplify the description of any property subject to the Lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm to the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the Lien of this Indenture, or to subject additional property to the Lien of this Indenture;

 

  (b) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer in this Indenture;

 

  (c) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;

 

  (d) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in the Offering Memorandum, or to add provisions that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture so long as such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or

 

  (e) to evidence the acceptance of the appointment under this Indenture of a successor or additional Trustee with respect to the Notes on any Class thereof and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as will be necessary to facilitate the administration of the Issuer under this Indenture by more than one Trustee, pursuant to Article VIII.

All supplemental indentures pursuant to this Section 9.1 will be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee is authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further reasonably appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be contained in such supplemental indenture.

Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when directed by Issuer Order, may enter, with the consent of the Majority Holders, into an indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture for the purpose of adding

 

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any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture if the Issuer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not (i) cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section 1001 of the Code or (ii) cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of each Noteholder of each Outstanding Note adversely affected by such supplemental indenture, will:

 

  (a) modify or alter Section 9.1 or this Section 9.2;

 

  (b) change (1) the Maturity Date for any Class or the date of payment of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note, (2) the principal amount of or interest rate on any Note, (3) the price at which the Notes may be redeemed, (4) the provisions of this Indenture relating to the priority of payments on the Notes or relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Collateral to payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest on any Note is payable, or (5) the right of Noteholders to institute suits to enforce this Indenture;

 

  (c) modify the percentage of the Note Balance required for any action;

 

  (d) modify or alter the proviso to the definition of “Outstanding”;

 

  (e) modify the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date; or

 

  (f) permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior or equal to the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral other than Permitted Liens, or except as permitted by this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents, release the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral.

It will not be necessary for any act of Noteholders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will be sufficient if such act of Noteholders approves the substance of such proposed supplemental indenture. Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Noteholders to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modification of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 8.1 and 8.2, will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or

 

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permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee may, but is not obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, powers, duties, obligations, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX, this Indenture will be modified and amended in accordance with such supplemental indenture, and such supplemental indenture will be part of this Indenture for any and all purposes. Every Noteholder of Notes authenticated and delivered before or after such supplemental indenture will be bound by such supplemental indenture.

Section 9.5. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee will, bear a notation as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

Section 9.6. Indenture Trustee to Consent. Neither the Issuer nor CCG, in its capacity as Servicer or Originator, will amend or modify any Transaction Document without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee to the extent the Indenture Trustee is a party to such Transaction Document.

ARTICLE X

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 10.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

  (a) Subject to Section 10.1(b), this Indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee, upon Issuer Order and at the expense of the Issuer, will execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, if:

 

  (i) all Notes that have been authenticated and delivered (other than (x) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.7 and (y) Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 4.5(c)) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation;

 

  (ii) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under the Transaction Documents by the Issuer; and

 

  (iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 10.1(a) have been complied with.

 

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  (b) After the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 10.1(a), this Indenture will continue as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) the rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal of and interest on the Notes, (iv) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture and (v) the rights of the Noteholders as beneficiaries of this Indenture with respect to the property deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them for a period of two years following such satisfaction and discharge.

 

  (c) Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to this Section 10.1, at the request of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will deliver to the Owner Trustee a certificate of a Trustee Officer stating that all Noteholders have been paid in full.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1. Notices. Except as provided below, all communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile or electronic transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other party at its address or facsimile number set forth in Schedule II or at such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purposes of notice to such party. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (a) if given by facsimile, when such facsimile is transmitted to the facsimile number specified in Schedule II and confirmation is received, (b) if given by mail, three (3) Business Days following such posting, if postage prepaid, and if sent via U.S. certified or registered mail, (c) if given by overnight courier, one (1) Business Day after deposit thereof with a national overnight courier service, or (d) if given by any other means, when received at the address specified in Schedule II. However, anything in this Section 11.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to make investments in Eligible Investments based on telephonic notices made by any Person which the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of the Issuer subject to the policies of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer agrees to deliver promptly to the Indenture Trustee a written confirmation of each telephonic notice signed by an authorized officer of Issuer. However, the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of such notice. If the written confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by Noteholders, the records of such Noteholders shall govern.

Section 11.2. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

  (a)

THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE SERVICER HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

 

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  SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE SERVICER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 11.2 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE NOTEHOLDERS TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY OF THE ISSUER OR THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

 

  (b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AMONG ANY OF THEM ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATING TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.

Section 11.3. Integration. This Indenture contains the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

Section 11.4. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the provisions of this Indenture shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such provisions shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions of this Indenture and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of such other provisions.

Section 11.5. Counterparts; Facsimile Delivery. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Indenture. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) of an executed signature page of this Indenture shall be effective as delivery of an executed counterpart hereof.

Section 11.6. Headings. The headings in this Indenture are included for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Indenture.

Section 11.7. Issuer Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection with this

 

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Indenture or the Notes, against (a) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee each in its individual capacities, (b) any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual capacity or (d) any holder of a beneficial interest in the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, each in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacities). It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Indenture is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust, National Association, not individually or personally, but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer under the Trust Agreement, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as a personal representation, undertaking and agreement by Wilmington Trust, National Association but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust, National Association, individually or personally, to perform any covenant 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, (d) Wilmington Trust, National Association has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Indenture and (e) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust, National Association be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents.

Section 11.8. Subordination of Claims against the Depositor.

 

  (a)

The obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture are solely the obligations of the Issuer and do not represent any obligation or interest in any assets of the Depositor. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in or to any Other Assets of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if such Indenture Trustee, Noteholder or Note Owner either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, the Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from the Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code), then such Indenture Trustee, Noteholder or Note Owner further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from the Other Assets is expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of the other obligations and liabilities, which, under the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement is deemed a

 

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  subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder and each Note Owner further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 11.8 and this Section 11.8 may be enforced by an action for specific performance.

 

  (b) This Section 11.8 is for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely on this Section 11.8 and will survive the termination of this Indenture.

Section 11.9. Non-Petition. The Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, each covenants and agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Depositor or the Issuer, respectively, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Transaction Documents. This Section 11.9 will survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Indenture as of the date first written above.

 

CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST 2014-1,
as Issuer
By: Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CCG Receivables Trust 2014-1
By: /s/ Jennifer A. Luce
 

 

Name: Jennifer A. Luce
Title: Vice President
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Toby Robillard
 

 

Name: Toby Robillard
Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Indenture]


SCHEDULE I

Schedule of Pool Receivables

[see attached]

 

SI-1


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
1106   205281001   39   1C09091305   2184   1T05311301
1932   209281206   1546   1C09101301   2224   1T06051302
1075   303311006   2515   1C09101304   2044   1T06111302
1454   305251202   2527   1C09181301   2273   1T06111303
1786   305311205   2101   1C09241301   2283   1T06191302
760   306151201   2545   1C09271301   2295   1T06251301
65   307301004   1190   1C10071301   1457   1T06281302
173   309281203   1307   1C10171301   1710   1T07021301
1100   311051002   1307   1C10171302   2313   1T07101301
300299   1C01071401   300048   1C10221301   2309   1T07111301
300426   1C02191401   1857   1C10241301   2184   1T07121301
1726   1C02261401   1857   1C10241302   1988   1T07151301
1149   1C04091301   300035   1C10301301   1481   1T07181301
2179   1C04111301   300098   1C10301305   1623   1T07181302
1767   1C04121301   300098   1C10301307   2180   1T07231301
2064   1C04151301   300092   1C10311302   2333   1T07301303
2022   1C04151302   18   1C10311303   589   1T08021301
2187   1C04161301   2128   1C11011302   1951   1T08201301
39   1C04221301   1644   1C11041301   2303   1T08201303
2089   1C04221302   300118   1C11071301   2474   1T08271302
2211   1C05021301   2257   1C11141301   2173   1T09031301
1857   1C05161304   1507   1C11151301   2173   1T09031302
1738   1C06031301   300155   1C11151302   2275   1T09041301
1397   1C06071301   1750   1C11271201   1892   1T09041302
2043   1C06261302   300185   1C12041301   2226   1T09041303
1546   1C06271301   300190   1C12051301   2508   1T09091301
2307   1C06281301   300191   1C12051302   2534   1T09201301
2257   1C06281302   615   1C12061301   14   1T09231301
916   1C07021301   300214   1C12161302   2284   1T09251301
2319   1C07161301   300227   1T01141401   2552   1T09271301
2322   1C07191302   1759   1T01281401   2240   1T10041301
2101   1C07241301   1257   1T01291401   792   1T10111301
1441   1C07291302   470   1T02111301   300020   1T10151301
1499   1C08051301   300462   1T02261402   2280   1T10221301
2237   1C08051302   2123   1T03291301   300046   1T10241302
2457   1C08121301   2062   1T04171301   2239   1T10251301
2463   1C08161301   1257   1T04251301   1645   1T10291301
2467   1C08201301   722   1T04251302   300084   1T10311301
2468   1C08211301   2184   1T04261302   2240   1T11051303
2470   1C08221301   2184   1T05061301   2184   1T11061301
1371   1C08271301   1892   1T05061302   300137   1T11141301
1371   1C08271302   2224   1T05101301   300129   1T11141302
2496   1C08301302   2173   1T05161301   2   1T11151301
39   1C09091304   1257   1T05171301   300136   1T11181301

 

SI-2


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
1751   1T11191301   1020   2W05211301   2504   2W09091303
300156   1T11211301   1471   2W05231302   2511   2W09101301
300166   1T11251301   1897   2W05281302   845   2W09111301
300176   1T11251302   261   2W05291301   982   2W09111304
2023   1T11261301   1849   2W05291304   2520   2W09161301
300162   1T11261302   1616   2W05311301   883   2W09161302
2117   1T12021301   2262   2W06031301   1762   2W09171301
2226   1T12051301   2235   2W06041301   2136   2W09201303
2284   1T12061301   896   2W06071303   783   2W09241302
2184   1T12061302   294   2W06101301   1749   2W09271304
300195   1T12091301   2277   2W06141301   2292   2W09301301
300201   1T12101301   2287   2W06191301   896   2W09301302
300200   1T12101302   2288   2W06201302   1591   2W09301306
1988   1T12111301   2294   2W06241302   300029   2W10111301
300205   1T12121301   1233   2W06261302   2516   2W10161301
2024   1T12191301   1849   2W06271301   1301   2W10181301
896   2W01131401   2298   2W06271302   646   2W10231303
300375   2W01301403   2299   2W06271303   1931   2W10231304
2096   2W02251302   1897   2W06271305   1931   2W10231305
300497   2W02281402   2305   2W06281302   1931   2W10231306
300506   2W03031401   1587   2W06281303   1682   2W10251301
300502   2W03031402   1240   2W06281305   349   2W10251302
300505   2W03031403   2308   2W06281308   1531   2W10251303
598   2W03211301   2317   2W07121301   1427   2W10291302
1346   2W03271302   2316   2W07121302   300091   2W10301302
2158   2W03281301   1189   2W07221301   1085   2W10301304
2152   2W03281302   1033   2W07261301   955   2W10301307
1189   2W03291301   2516   2W07301301   1737   2W11011301
1533   2W03291302   1136   2W07301302   300106   2W11041301
1732   2W04021301   1395   2W07301304   300016   2W11081303
267   2W04031301   2334   2W07301305   1448   2W11121301
2172   2W04041301   2321   2W08021301   300138   2W11151301
2175   2W04051303   2444   2W08051302   300140   2W11191303
300293   2W04101403   2445   2W08051303   300143   2W11191304
1442   2W04181301   719   2W08121301   300029   2W11201303
89   2W04231301   1897   2W08291301   1305   2W11201305
1395   2W04241301   89   2W08291302   300145   2W11211301
409   2W04261301   51   2W08301303   300178   2W11271302
2201   2W04261303   2080   2W08301304   300169   2W11271304
1921   2W04291302   1851   2W08301305   1799   2W11271306
2119   2W05011303   521   2W08301306   445   2W11291302
521   2W05021302   2497   2W09031301   300187   2W12041301
2080   2W05061302   2164   2W09061301   300039   2W12041302
2223   2W05101302   187   2W09061302   1199   2W12051301
1897   2W05171302   2509   2W09091301   300189   2W12051302

 

SI-2


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
300202   2W12121301   1398   3C12161301   2255   3T06201302
2031   2W12121302   308   3C12171301   1321   3T06211301
1897   2W12141202   2594   3C12191301   1875   3T06241301
1392   2W12141204   2603   3C12311301   2291   3T06241302
300123   2W12161302   744   3T01241402   1553   3T06241304
300240   2W12231301   1832   3T01301401   2026   3T06261301
13   2W12241301   2289   3T02241402   1320   3T06261304
51   2W12281207   300467   3T02271402   2300   3T06271301
1392   2W12301302   182   3T02281403   2274   3T06281302
1667   3C01311407   1009   3T03181301   1841   3T06281304
2093   3C02251301   2165   3T04011302   1388   3T06281305
999   3C02271302   2168   3T04031301   1654   3T07111302
300498   3C02281403   2178   3T04101301   1832   3T07161302
2121   3C03211301   1819   3T04121301   1850   3T07231301
1382   3C04041301   2182   3T04151301   2242   3T07291301
308   3C04191301   1813   3T04151302   1571   3T07301302
2204   3C04291301   2183   3T04151303   2242   3T08061301
473   3C04291302   1278   3T04161302   1875   3T08151301
684   3C04301301   736   3T04251301   2462   3T08151302
2110   3C05141301   1638   3T04251302   2469   3T08221301
993   3C05201301   1927   3T04251304   2478   3T08271301
993   3C05201302   2203   3T04291302   2479   3T08271304
2195   3C05221301   2206   3T04301302   2490   3T08291301
2260   3C06051301   2206   3T04301306   1069   3T08291303
2264   3C06071301   2053   3T05021301   961   3T08291306
2266   3C06171301   2026   3T05021303   2489   3T08291310
1990   3C06271301   2218   3T05091301   2501   3T08301303
2451   3C08091301   1781   3T05101302   1969   3T08301305
2477   3C08271301   2138   3T05171303   2254   3T08301306
2487   3C08291301   2084   3T05221303   1832   3T09051301
2499   3C08301301   2241   3T05231302   1819   3T09091302
2502   3C08301303   2241   3T05231303   2480   3T09101301
1748   3C09111302   1553   3T05311301   2145   3T09181303
2256   3C09301302   2102   3T05311302   2488   3T09231301
2487   3C11051301   2259   3T06051302   2255   3T09271303
2110   3C11061301   2259   3T06051304   1813   3T09271304
1425   3C11081301   2218   3T06061301   2199   3T09301302
1171   3C11191301   2267   3T06101301   2247   3T09301305
1928   3C11201301   1363   3T06121303   2558   3T10151301
2578   3C11221301   2274   3T06141301   1553   3T10221302
2581   3C11261301   2183   3T06141304   2488   3T10251302
2578   3C11261302   960   3T06171301   701   3T10281301
993   3C11301202   1278   3T06171302   1956   3T10281303
2589   3C12051301   2281   3T06181301   1956   3T10281304
2006   3C12101301   1786   3T06191301   2248   3T10311303

 

SI-3


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
2011   3T10311304   2054   4C08281302   300317   5T01171401
1983   3T10311309   2495   4C08301301   300326   5T01221401
2567   3T11051301   2533   4C09161301   300474   5T02271403
1746   3T11071202   2525   4C09171301   300519   5T03101402
2571   3T11081301   2532   4C09181302   300548   5T03171403
2255   3T11131301   2013   4C09191303   300474   5T03211401
2573   3T11141301   2555   4C10031301   2126   5T03261402
2574   3T11181301   2135   4C10151301   300521   5T03311402
2577   3T11181302   1674   4C10231301   1989   5T04291302
2576   3T11191301   2054   4C10311301   2181   5T05231301
1008   3T11261301   2048   4C10311304   2453   5T08091301
2580   3T11261303   1155   4C11211303   2481   5T08271301
1009   3T11261305   300183   4C11291301   2155   5T08301301
2582   3T11271303   300192   4C12061301   1989   5T08301303
2587   3T12031301   300078   4C12231301   1943   5T09201301
2588   3T12041301   2039   4C12261303   2536   5T09241301
2026   3T12041302   300292   4C12311302   2537   5T09241302
2562   3T12091301   300292   4C12311304   2514   5T10081301
958   3T12111301   2258   4T06041301   2181   5T10311303
2591   3T12121301   2318   4T07161301   2568   5T11051301
2182   3T12121302   2338   4T07311302   2575   5T11191302
2595   3T12191302   2483   4T08281301   2551   5T11201301
1889   4C01301401   2454   4T08291301   1943   5T12121301
1889   4C01301402   2338   4T08301302   2592   5T12131302
1889   4C01301404   2144   4T10281301   2605   5T12311304
1885   4C03291301   2337   4T10311302   18   105041201
2019   4C04011301   300107   4T11041301   1315   105161104
2169   4C04031301   300133   4T11131301   375   107061201
2170   4C04041301   300132   4T11141302   1505   108101101
1878   4C04111403   300107   4T11191301   1479   108151101
1795   4C04151301   2529   4T11211302   39   108231101
1816   4C04231301   2337   4T11211303   1   108301201
2194   4C04251301   300107   4T12041301   1140   111021101
2209   4C04301301   300198   4T12091301   1608   111231103
1878   4C05151301   300198   4T12091302   845   206081101
1776   4C06071301   300102   4T12101301   1802   206131201
2276   4C06131301   300102   4T12131301   1395   206131203
1677   4C06181301   300212   4T12161301   217   307141001
2301   4C06261301   300531   5C03141401   1189   206291103
2048   4C06281305   2290   5C06201301   1482   207211101
2306   4C06281306   1943   5C06251301   1199   209141203
1478   4C07221301   2452   5C08091302   783   212011103
2336   4C07311303   2517   5C09121301   1395   212221104
2464   4C08201302   2565   5C10311301   1649   212291102
2054   4C08231301   2590   5C12101301   827   302251001

 

SI-4


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
723   305111001   2278   1C06141301   300034   1T01081401
1772   305161203   1782   1C06191301   2280   1T01161401
1446   306201101   2307   1C07181301   300200   1T01231401
1446   306281103   1275   1C07221301   1828   1T01231402
1204   306301107   1370   1C07231301   300136   1T01241402
1470   307121101   2331   1C08011302   1759   1T01281402
1156   307181104   2465   1C08191301   2303   1T01281403
402   308271006   2485   1C08281301   300462   1T02261401
1523   308301102   2496   1C08301303   300499   1T03031401
1529   308311106   1307   1C09061301   2123   1T03111301
1579   310241104   2510   1C09091301   2139   1T03181301
778   311221101   39   1C09091302   300583   1T03241401
1570   311291105   1149   1C09101302   2184   1T03261401
1582   312061101   2021   1C09101303   2173   1T04051301
1368   312091101   2514   1C09111301   1869   1T04101302
1274   312151102   2101   1C09241302   1   1T04111301
1171   312191102   2307   1C09271302   2180   1T04111302
1574   312211103   2546   1C09271303   2184   1T04161301
1835   407131201   2179   1C10011301   2072   1T04301301
1874   408241201   300008   1C10031301   2212   1T05021301
1358   412211101   1371   1C10101301   2216   1T05071301
1560   1C01071402   300015   1C10111301   2226   1T05131301
1595   1C01081401   300018   1C10111302   2224   1T05231301
444   1C01101401   300026   1C10151301   1879   1T05241301
300256   1C01141401   1441   1C10151302   722   1T05281301
300008   1C01151401   1307   1C10171303   2280   1T06181301
1149   1C01171301   300037   1C10171304   2273   1T06281301
300324   1C01221401   300035   1C10181301   2303   1T06281304
300035   1C01271401   300056   1C10251301   2309   1T06281305
300352   1C01291402   324   1C10281302   1257   1T06281306
2063   1C02051301   300098   1C10301303   1481   1T07011301
2074   1C02061301   300098   1C10301306   2184   1T07091301
1995   1C02211301   2124   1C11111301   1583   1T07261301
39   1C02221303   1371   1C11211301   1892   1T07261302
2022   1C02261301   1981   1C11261202   2330   1T07291301
1549   1C03051301   2101   1C12131203   2442   1T08021302
1316   1C03251401   2278   1C12181302   2461   1T08141301
2151   1C03271301   300008   1C12181303   14   1T08291301
2197   1C04251301   300225   1C12181304   1481   1T08291302
1316   1C05161301   300253   1C12201301   1787   1T09031303
1144   1C05201304   300242   1C12241301   2482   1T09051301
1397   1C05201305   300270   1C12301304   2521   1T09161302
2237   1C05211301   2486   1C12301305   2530   1T09191301
1546   1C05211302   589   1T01031402   1710   1T09301301
1584   1C06101301   1710   1T01071301   300011   1T10081301

 

SI-5


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
300012   1T10081303   1818   2W04241302   2296   2W09271305
1257   1T10151302   1897   2W04241303   300039   2W10111302
2224   1T10231301   1085   2W05011301   1849   2W10221301
2173   1T10231302   2210   2W05021301   1931   2W10231307
300105   1T11041301   2222   2W05101301   1931   2W10231308
2062   1T11051301   2223   2W05101303   1931   2W10231309
1257   1T11071201   2229   2W05151301   1736   2W10241301
1892   1T11131301   1199   2W05171304   300051   2W10241302
14   1T11141303   89   2W05281303   508   2W10281301
300160   1T11191302   261   2W05291302   300089   2W10301306
2295   1T11201301   409   2W05301301   300085   2W10311302
300238   1T12231301   1189   2W05311302   366   2W10311304
300138   2W01061401   1189   2W06071301   51   2W10311305
2320   2W01081401   51   2W06111301   1855   2W11051301
300303   2W01091401   294   2W06141302   51   2W11071302
2320   2W01101401   1390   2W06141303   1297   2W11211302
347   2W01101403   1732   2W06201301   1516   2W11221301
300202   2W01141402   1799   2W06211301   300172   2W11271301
51   2W01211401   2292   2W06241303   1511   2W12171202
1448   2W01241401   1794   2W06261301   1233   2W12191203
1897   2W01251303   1897   2W06271306   300231   2W12191301
300169   2W01271401   89   2W06281306   725   2W12201301
300351   2W01281403   1749   2W06281311   521   2W12281208
2061   2W01291302   2310   2W07021301   300262   2W12301301
300360   2W01301401   1640   2W07181301   1531   2W12301311
1975   2W01301404   2235   2W07191301   300283   2W12311301
1255   2W01311301   1762   2W07191302   2563   3C01021401
1395   2W02061301   1240   2W07191303   2020   3C01131401
1033   2W02111401   2332   2W07301306   2578   3C01211401
2080   2W02131302   21   2W08021302   1372   3C03051401
1033   2W02191301   2288   2W08061301   2121   3C03111301
2119   2W03071301   2455   2W08091301   365   3C03171401
1063   2W03071403   693   2W08121303   473   3C03191301
1063   2W03071404   2494   2W08221301   626   3C03241401
2129   2W03121301   2148   2W08231301   1383   3C03261402
2085   2W03211302   1471   2W08261303   2006   3C04031301
300584   2W03211401   409   2W08281301   2174   3C04051302
1066   2W03241402   349   2W08281302   1748   3C04251301
1199   2W03251402   896   2W08301301   2207   3C04301303
2149   2W03271301   2445   2W09041301   2208   3C04301304
1849   2W04011302   2518   2W09121301   907   3C05031301
2012   2W04021302   2535   2W09201301   2236   3C05211301
2167   2W04021303   896   2W09241301   993   3C05211302
646   2W04151301   524   2W09241303   2238   3C05221302
1572   2W04221301   2544   2W09271303   2256   3C05311301

 

SI-6


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
2270   3C06111302   2232   3T05171301   1666   3T10151303
2304   3C06281301   1363   3T05201301   1908   3T10221301
2329   3C07261301   1713   3T05221302   1009   3T10281302
1118   3C07291301   2241   3T05231304   2469   3T10311301
2335   3C07301301   2218   3T05231305   2469   3T10311302
684   3C08131301   2242   3T05231306   1777   3T10311305
2477   3C08271302   1571   3T05241302   2255   3T10311308
2502   3C08301302   2247   3T05281301   2083   3T11011301
2505   3C09041301   2248   3T05281302   1746   3T11071203
2459   3C09091301   2254   3T05301301   2026   3T11121302
2556   3C10091301   2102   3T05311303   2145   3T11151301
2556   3C10091302   2259   3T06051303   2577   3T11181303
2561   3C10211301   1904   3T06071301   2267   3T11211301
1990   3C10241301   2274   3T06121301   1008   3T11261302
173   3C10311301   2183   3T06141303   827   3T11261304
1118   3C11151301   1321   3T06241305   2583   3T11271301
2093   3C11201302   2289   3T06261302   1321   3T11271302
2578   3C11211302   1320   3T06261303   1998   3T12071201
2598   3C12271301   2274   3T06281301   2577   3T12191301
300325   3T01221401   1654   3T07111301   2599   3T12271302
2051   3T01251301   2146   3T07161301   2577   3T12271303
2138   3T01281401   1553   3T07181301   1015   3T12311302
958   3T01281402   1781   3T07221301   2078   4C02121302
300353   3T01291401   2274   3T07291302   1353   4C03241402
300359   3T01291403   1813   3T07311301   2161   4C03291303
1937   3T02261301   736   3T07311304   2114   4C04181301
2102   3T02271304   2274   3T08051301   1878   4C04241301
2034   3T03191301   2472   3T08231301   2054   4C04261301
1786   3T03261401   2053   3T08271302   2215   4C05061301
2165   3T04011303   1786   3T08271303   2209   4C05071301
2185   3T04161301   2491   3T08291305   2144   4C05161301
2186   3T04161304   1278   3T08291307   2234   4C05171301
1927   3T04191302   2267   3T08291308   1776   4C05221301
1850   3T04191303   1819   3T08301301   2250   4C05231303
2034   3T04241301   2500   3T08301302   1669   4C05301301
1952   3T04251303   2507   3T09091301   2048   4C06281303
2198   3T04261301   736   3T09091303   2324   4C07191301
2202   3T04291301   1815   3T09171301   2328   4C07251302
1875   3T04301301   2523   3T09181302   1885   4C08081301
2206   3T04301303   2488   3T09231302   2464   4C08201301
1819   3T05021302   2102   3T09251301   2471   4C08221301
1786   3T05061301   1253   3T09271302   1203   4C09271301
2220   3T05091303   2199   3T09301303   300076   4C10241301
1781   3T05101301   1777   3T10101303   300070   4C10291302
960   3T05151301   701   3T10111301   1816   4C11121301

 

SI-7


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
300174   4C11271301   2181   5T09171301   669   106071201
1968   4C11301201   2540   5T09251301   1801   106131201
2039   4C12261305   2559   5T10171301   1622   106211203
1878   4C12311301   2566   5T10311301   1787   107021201
300198   4T01101401   2452   5T10311302   1826   107021202
2245   4T01171401   2575   5T11191301   537   107271202
300320   4T01211402   2575   5T11191304   39   107280901
300320   4T01211403   2593   5T12181301   282   107301201
300320   4T01211405   2604   5T12311301   1210   107311201
300198   4T01211406   2579   5T12311302   1502   108041102
300361   4T01301402   1678   101301202   1858   108091201
300580   4T03211401   282   102091201   1861   108141201
300577   4T03211404   1691   102161201   1879   108301202
2483   4T03211405   1696   102211201   1881   108311202
2318   4T03261401   1693   102211202   18   109101201
1806   4T05141301   1   102211203   1149   109181202
2244   4T05231301   1694   102221201   1549   109271101
2245   4T05241301   572   102241202   615   110211101
2337   4T07311301   1660   102271201   1186   110241103
2454   4T08091301   1441   102281201   1481   112271101
2528   4T09161302   1   102281202   1403   201101201
2529   4T09181301   1247   102281204   160   201171201
2553   4T10021301   1520   102291201   415   201171203
2553   4T10031301   1704   102291202   1448   202031201
300080   4T10301302   1718   103021201   397   202061201
300061   4T11211304   1316   103121201   1682   202061202
2483   4T12301301   1507   103151201   1367   202061203
300198   4T12311304   1307   103161201   1473   202101201
2608   5C01131401   212   103231201   725   202131202
300496   5C03061401   470   103291201   646   202171201
2290   5C06201302   1307   103291202   1240   202171202
894   5C07011301   1077   104021201   392   202271201
2522   5C09171301   270   104041201   1427   202291204
2569   5C11061301   1179   104091201   1700   203011201
2584   5C11271301   1738   104091202   1327   203081201
2559   5T01241401   1481   104101201   1725   203281202
300326   5T03101401   1607   104251202   1734   203291203
2514   5T03241401   1750   104261201   860   203291204
300548   5T03261401   1759   104301202   1335   203291206
2181   5T04121301   1618   105111202   1533   203301201
2196   5T04251301   2   105161201   1616   203301202
1989   5T04291301   1782   105241201   1735   203301204
1989   5T06281301   1315   105241203   1732   203301207
1989   5T08081301   1787   105311204   1493   204051201
1989   5T08301302   1503   106051201   1686   204111201

 

SI-8


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
1385   204121101   1207   301051201   1582   304231201
1743   204181201   1265   301261201   1748   304241206
1496   204201201   1672   301301203   1748   304241207
1744   204231202   1685   302071201   1758   304301201
1736   204241201   1684   302071202   1494   304301202
1749   204241204   1383   302101202   1368   305011201
1124   204301203   1571   302141203   1138   305091201
1763   205041202   1278   302161201   736   305101201
1766   205111201   1278   302161202   1373   305111201
609   205151201   1278   302161203   700   305141201
1775   205161201   1009   302171201   1774   305171202
1756   205171201   1259   302171202   1138   305181202
445   205231201   1171   302221201   1638   305251201
1783   205251201   1659   302221202   1786   305311203
1789   205311204   954   302221203   1570   306131207
1810   206191202   1697   302231201   1807   306181201
1775   206191203   1313   302271201   1321   306201201
725   206261203   1699   302271203   1814   306251203
967   206281204   1322   302271204   1069   306251205
1390   207031201   1702   302281205   886   306271201
499   207161201   953   302291208   1807   307181202
1395   207231201   1553   302291209   1838   307231203
1854   208011201   1553   302291210   1839   307231204
1107   208061201   1313   303061201   1617   307241201
1849   208071202   1571   303081201   167   307251203
646   208081201   1714   303161203   1841   307261201
1395   208081202   1171   303221201   1847   307301202
1859   208101201   827   303231201   1850   307311202
1471   208161201   1641   303261201   1848   308131201
1346   208171102   1363   303261202   1863   308151201
263   208221201   1363   303261203   736   308161201
1392   208291202   717   303261204   1171   308181102
1525   208301106   1570   303271201   1425   308281202
1492   208301202   1570   303271203   778   308291201
1882   208311202   1570   303271205   1877   308291202
1395   209051201   1009   303271207   1865   308311201
1893   209121202   1671   303291202   1321   309041202
1897   209171201   1617   303291203   701   309111201
1542   209191101   173   303301202   1894   309131201
1299   209201201   1731   303301203   1629   309131203
1346   209241202   1739   304101203   1905   309181208
1547   209261101   700   304111201   1907   309191201
1921   209261202   627   304121201   1204   309211002
1547   210111102   1582   304161201   1699   309211201
1586   210261101   1740   304161202   1919   309261201

 

SI-9


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
1924   309281204   300372   2W01311409   1425   3C12311302
1540   309291106   300374   2W01311412   760   3C12311303
1663   401251201   1424   2W02071403   760   3C12311304
1661   402081201   89   2W02181401   1553   3T01311401
1661   402141201   300482   2W02211402   1553   3T01311402
1707   403071201   300486   2W02241401   960   3T02181402
1727   403291201   1897   2W02261401   736   3T02271403
1657   403301201   1599   2W02271401   2595   3T02271405
1677   404091201   300485   2W02271403   300488   3T02281401
1776   405171201   1736   2W02271404   182   3T02281402
1795   406071201   1063   2W03071402   300467   3T03061403
1795   406291201   788   2W03151401   300523   3T03131402
1816   407111201   300372   2W03261401   2165   3T03181404
1161   408041002   1757   2W03281403   1553   3T03271401
1870   408211201   1757   2W03281404   300607   3T03281401
1871   408221201   274   2W03311402   1553   3T03311401
1532   408291102   1784   2W03311406   1553   3T03311404
1880   408301201   1784   2W03311407   300616   3T03311406
1885   409041201   1124   2W05131301   2199   3T03311407
1890   409101201   857   2W10011201   2206   3T04301304
1915   409191201   1395   2W10031202   1069   3T08291304
1726   1C02261402   1935   2W10101201   1937   3T10051202
916   1C02261403   1930   2W10121204   1944   3T10111203
300408   1C03111401   1947   2W10151203   1946   3T10151202
300216   1C12181301   300123   2W11081302   995   3T10161201
1307   1C12241302   445   2W12031301   1952   3T10191201
300270   1C12301303   1011   2W12131302   1956   3T10241202
1767   1C12301306   2148   2W12201302   1866   3T10261201
1595   1C12311301   896   2W12301303   1381   3T10261202
1914   1T02261404   300258   2W12301305   2131   3T12201301
300462   1T03181402   300259   2W12301306   2588   3T12311303
300136   1T03281401   2509   2W12301307   1889   4C01301403
300628   1T03311401   300269   2W12301310   300380   4C01311402
300628   1T03311402   1876   2W12311303   300484   4C02241401
1949   1T10171201   1118   3C01311401   300495   4C02281401
1951   1T10191201   1118   3C01311402   300620   4C03311401
1949   1T10311203   1284   3C01311405   300621   4C03311402
2240   1T12181304   1554   3C02211401   2048   4C06281302
1760   1T12201301   2174   3C02281401   1878   4C07251301
1140   1T12261301   907   3C02281402   2464   4C08201303
2173   1T12301301   626   3C03241402   1561   4C12261301
1984   2W01301405   1310   3C03311406   2039   4C12261304
369   2W01311401   1856   3C10301201   300292   4C12311303
369   2W01311402   767   3C12271302   300292   4C12311305
1599   2W01311408   2578   3C12301301   300473   4T02271401

 

SI-10


Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #   Customer #   Contract #
300491   4T02281402   300568   1T03201402   300395   3C02061401
300577   4T03211403   2240   1T03271401   300395   3C02071401
2245   4T12181302   1808   1T04081401   1425   3C02141401
300381   5C01311401   2184   1T04301403   1425   3C02141402
300436   5C02201401   300243   1T12261304   2502   3C02211402
300440   5C02201403   300305   2W01141401   2020   3C02241401
1943   5C10011201   300202   2W01241402   173   3C02261401
1943   5C10181201   851   2W01271402   1383   3C03261401
1592   5T01311401   1923   2W01271403   684   3C03281401
300469   5T02271401   2287   2W01301402   1494   3C03311401
300472   5T02271402   1101   2W01311403   607   3C03311402
300475   5T02271404   1107   2W01311404   300629   3C03311407
300483   5T02281401   716   2W01311405   2166   3T01161401
2481   5T02281402   725   2W01311406   2469   3T01291402
300521   5T03111401   1531   2W01311407   701   3T01291404
300521   5T03171402   1931   2W01311410   2448   3T01311403
300519   5T03311401   1931   2W01311411   1015   3T01311404
2601   5T12271302   300396   2W02071402   960   3T01311405
300274   1C01161401   719   2W02211403   778   3T01311406
300319   1C01171401   300446   2W02211404   300392   3T02051401
300350   1C01291401   300202   2W02251401   1832   3T02071402
300256   1C02041401   300464   2W02261402   2183   3T02101401
300408   1C02121401   1736   2W03031404   300411   3T02121402
300417   1C02121402   300512   2W03051401   1777   3T02131401
1441   1C02181402   300509   2W03051402   1819   3T02141401
1499   1C02181403   1438   2W03061401   2199   3T02181401
1307   1C02271401   300520   2W03061402   2202   3T02241401
300408   1C03111402   725   2W03141401   1321   3T02251401
300525   1C03141401   300520   2W03171401   300455   3T02251402
300008   1C03181401   300584   2W03241401   300458   3T02261401
300554   1C03281401   1572   2W03271401   1216   3T02261403
2237   1C03311401   300039   2W03281401   1363   3T02271401
1404   1C04231402   89   2W03281402   182   3T02281404
2496   1C04301401   1606   2W03281405   1647   3T03041401
1808   1T02181401   2164   2W03311401   2225   3T03061401
2180   1T03071401   300300   2W03311404   300467   3T03061404
2044   1T03111401   2148   2W04071401   1363   3T03071401
2212   1T03111402   300677   2W04091401   300523   3T03131401
300536   1T03141401   1897   2W04101401   300523   3T03131403
300537   1T03141402   300726   2W04211401   2488   3T03141401
2303   1T03141403   1852   2W04241401   2095   3T03141402
300535   1T03141404   1721   2W04251403   2138   3T03171401
300549   1T03181401   1382   3C01151401   300455   3T03181401
300046   1T03181403   300349   3C01281401   1321   3T03181402
1025   1T03191401   2256   3C01311406   2255   3T03201401

 

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Customer #   Contract #                
2289   3T03211402        
300575   3T03211403        
1571   3T03211404        
1553   3T03311402        
1553   3T03311403        
1638   3T03311405        
300707   3T04281403        
1561   4C01171401        
300369   4C01301405        
1677   4C01311401        
300078   4C02241402        
300448   4C02241403        
300530   4C03131401        
2495   4C03141401        
300539   4C03141402        
300556   4C03171401        
300558   4C03191402        
1545   4C03281401        
1834   4C03311403        
300623   4C03311404        
2337   4T01291401        
2337   4T03171402        
300555   4T03191401        
2454   4T03241401        
300605   4T03271401        
300107   4T03311401        
300740   4T04241401        
894   5C01291401        
300404   5C02101401        
2450   5C02121401        
2590   5C02201402        
300440   5C02201404        
300314   5T01161401        
300345   5T01241402        
1592   5T01311402        
300453   5T02251401        
1989   5T03041401        
300546   5T03171401        
2551   5T03171404        
300469   5T03191401        
300546   5T03191402        
300611   5T03281401        

 

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SCHEDULE II

Addresses for Notice

 

Commercial Credit Group Inc., Portfolio Financial Servicing Company,

as Originator and Servicer

as Back-Up Servicer

227 West Trade Street, Suite 1450 7303 SE Lake Road
Charlotte, NC 28202 Portland, Oregon 97267
Attention: President
CCG Receivables IV, LLC,

as Depositor

U.S. Bank National Association,
227 West Trade Street, Suite 1450A

as Indenture Trustee

Charlotte, NC 28202 60 Livingston Avenue
EP-MN-WS3D
CCG Receivables Trust 2014-1, St. Paul, MN 55107

as Issuer

Attn: Global Structured Finance/CCG
c/o Wilmington Trust, National Association, Receivables Trust 2014-1
as Owner Trustee
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
With a copy to:
Commercial Credit Group Inc.,
227 West Trade Street, Suite 1450
Charlotte, NC 28202
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,

a Standard & Poor’s Financial

Services LLC business

55 Water Street, 41st Floor
New York, New York 10004
DBRS, Inc.

Attn: Surveillance

e-mail address: ***@***

140 Broadway
New York, New York 10005
Main Line: 212 ###-###-####

 

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SCHEDULE III

Schedule of Lock-Box Accounts

Account number 2000026298881 of CCG maintained with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, having offices located at 1 South Broad Street, Mail Code: PA1227, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and 401 S. Tryon Street, 10th Floor, TS Legal Risk Mgmt., Mail Code NC0817, Charlotte, North Carolina 28288

 

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SCHEDULE IV

List of Equipment Types

 

equip_type   Description
1   Asphalt Plant
2   Asphalt Paving
3   Concrete Batching EQ
4   Concrete Pump Equip
5   Compaction Equipment
6   Rock Crushing/Screening
7   Excavation
8   Front-End Loaders
9   Crawler Tractor
10   Off-Road Hauling Equipment
11   Crawler Crane
12   Hydraulic Truck Crane
13   Rough Terrain Crane
14   Motor Grader/Scraper
15   Trencher
16   Multiple Constr & Engin.
17   Other-Constr & Engin.
18   Packaging/Weighing
19   Other-Food Process
20   Tub Grinders
21   Forklift-Rough Terrain
22   Platerm-Scissor Lift
23   Forklift
24   Lathes
25   Milling Machines
26   Sheet Metal
27   Plastic Injection
28   Multiple Machine Tools
29   Other-Machine Tools
30   FL/RL Roll-Off Con
31   Recycling
32   Baling
33   Portable Toilets
34   Landfill Compact
35   Truck - Rear Load
36   Truck - Front Load

 

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37 Null
38 Truck - Side Load
39 Truck - Roll-Off
40 Truck - Septic
41 Truck - Vacuum
42 Waterblaster
43 Multiple Refuse Equip
44 Other-Refuse Equip
45 Null
46 Tractor - Over Road
47 Tractor - Day Cab
48 Trailer - Dry Van
49 Trailer - Dump
50 Trailer - Refr
51 Trailer - Tank
52 Trailer - Walkg Floor
53 Trailer - Flatbed
54 Trailer Lowboy
55 Dump Truck - General
56 Truck - Light
57 Truck Crane
58 Roller
59 Other - Constr & Engine
60 Truck Heavy Equipment
61 Sweeper
62 Trailer Vacuum
63 All Terrain Crane
64 Dozer
65 Skid Steer
66 Multiple Vehicles
67 Trailer - Roll off
68 Vehicle - Other
69 Backhoe Loaders
70 Compaction Equipment
71 Trailer Plate Van

 

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Class [A-[    ] / B] Note

CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST 2014-1

[For Book-Entry Notes only] [UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER 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, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE OF THIS NOTE FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS NOTE, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS NOTE.]

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), ANY UNITED STATES STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OR ANY SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, AND, AS A MATTER OF UNITED STATES LAW, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN VIOLATION OF THE ACT OR SUCH OTHER LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $100,000 AND $1,000 INCREMENTS IN EXCESS THEREOF. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING OR ACCEPTING THIS NOTE IS HEREBY DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER AND THE INITIAL PURCHASERS THAT IT WILL RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE, AS A MATTER OF UNITED STATES LAW, ONLY (1) SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE, PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED UNDER THE ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A (A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT FOR OTHERS (WHICH OTHERS MUST ALSO BE QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS) TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY UNITED STATES STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OR ANY SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

EACH NOTEHOLDER OR NOTE OWNER, BY ACCEPTANCE OF A NOTE, OR, IN THE CASE OF A NOTE OWNER, A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE NOTE, SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT (I) IT IS NOT, AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF, (A) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO

 

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SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO BE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (COLLECTIVELY, A “BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR”) OR (D) ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW OR REGULATION THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (II) ITS ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTE (OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN) WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR APPLICABLE LAW.

THIS NOTE AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON AND PROCEDURES UNDERTAKEN OR REPRESENTED BY THE HOLDER, FOR RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE, TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO RESALES OR OTHER TRANSFERS OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY INTEREST THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OR PURCHASE HEREOF OR THEREOF, TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT (EACH OF WHICH SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING ON THE HOLDER HEREOF AND ALL FUTURE HOLDERS OF THIS NOTE AND ANY NOTES ISSUED IN EXCHANGE OR SUBSTITUTION HEREFOR, WHETHER OR NOT ANY NOTATION THEREOF IS MADE HEREON) AND AGREES TO TRANSFER THIS NOTE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW IN EFFECT AT THE DATE OF SUCH TRANSFER.

 

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REGISTERED $[            ]
No. R-[    ] [CUSIP Number]

CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST 2014-1

CLASS [A-[    ] / B] [    ]% ASSET BACKED NOTES

CCG Receivables Trust 2014-1, a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), for value received, promises to pay to [                    ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [             DOLLARS [$            ]] payable on the fourteenth day of each calendar month, or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in June 2014 (each, a “Payment Date”) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount payable to Noteholders of Class [A-[    ] / B] Notes on such Payment Date from the Collection Account in respect of principal on the Class [A-[    ] / B] Notes pursuant to Sections 4.5(a) and (b) of the Indenture, dated as of May 14, 2014, (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). However, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and accrued interest thereon will be due and payable on the earlier of the [                    ] Payment Date (the “Class [A-[    ] / B] Maturity Date”) or the redemption date pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which the Notes are declared to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 7.2(a) of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Notes will be made ratably to the Noteholders entitled to such principal payments. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note are defined in the Indenture.

The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Payment Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Payment Date), subject to certain limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date [Class A-1:][from and including the previous Payment Date on which interest has been paid (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment Date][other than Class A-1][from and including the fourteenth day of the calendar month preceding such Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the fourteenth day of the calendar month of such Payment Date]. [Class A-1:][Interest will be computed on the basis of actual days elapsed in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year.][other than Class A-1:][Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30 day months.]

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. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

 

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The Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. Interest on and principal of the Notes will be payable in accordance with the priority of payments set forth in Sections 4.5(a) and (b) of the Indenture. [for Class A-2 and Class B only:] [The Class [A-2][B] Notes are subordinated in right of payment to the Class [A-1][A] Notes.]

Payments of interest on this Note on each Payment Date, together with any installment of principal to the extent not in full payment of this Note, will be made to the Registered Noteholder of this Note either by wire transfer in immediately available funds, to the account of such Noteholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities for such wire transfer, if such Noteholder has provided to the Note Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five Business Days before such Payment Date and such Noteholder’s Notes in the aggregate evidence a denomination of not less than $1,000,000, or, if not, by check mailed first class mail, postage prepaid, to such Registered Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register on each Record Date. However, unless Definitive Notes have been issued to [Note Owner]s, payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by Cede & Co., as nominee of the Clearing Agency or any successor nominee. Such payments will be made without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note effected by any payments made on any Payment Date will be binding upon all future Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer of this Note or in exchange of this Note or in lieu of this Note, whether or not noted on this Note. If funds are expected to be available for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Payment Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Registered Noteholder of this Note as of the preceding Record Date by notice mailed or transmitted by facsimile before such Payment Date, and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in The City of St. Paul, Minnesota.

The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Note Rate set forth herein to the extent lawful.

The Notes may be redeemed, in whole but not in part, in the manner and to the extent described in the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

The transfer of this Note is subject to the restrictions on transfer specified on the face of this Note and to the other limitations set forth in the Indenture. Subject to the satisfaction of such restrictions and limitations, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Noteholder of this Note or such Noteholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, and thereupon one or more new Notes in authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay an amount sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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Each Noteholder or [Note Owner], by its acceptance of a Note [or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note], covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection with the Notes and the Indenture, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual capacity, (ii) any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual capacity, or (iv) any holder of a beneficial interest in the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, each in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have agreed.

The obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture are solely the obligations of the Issuer and do not represent any obligation or interest in any assets of the Depositor. Each Noteholder and [Note Owner], by its acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, acknowledges and agrees that it has no right, title or interest in or to any Other Assets of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if such Noteholder or [Note Owner] either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code), then such Noteholder or [Note Owner] further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of the other obligations and liabilities, which, under the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities.

The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes, Notes that are beneficially owned by a Person other than Commercial Credit Group Inc. or its Affiliates will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Collateral. Each Noteholder or [Note Owner], by its acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, will be deemed to agree to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

With respect to any date of determination, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as of such date as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and any interest on such Note and for all other purposes, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee will recognize notice to the contrary.

 

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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions requiring the consent of all adversely affected Noteholders as provided in the Indenture, the amendment of the Indenture and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture by the Issuer with the consent of the Majority Holders.

The term “Issuer”, as used in this Note, includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.

The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the Indenture.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture.

THIS NOTE AND THE INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

No reference in this Note to the Indenture, and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture, will alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency prescribed in this Note.

Anything in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, except as provided in the Transaction Documents, none of U.S. Bank National Association, in its individual capacity, Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, or any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal or of interest on this Note or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in the Indenture. The Noteholder of this Note, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that, except as provided in the Transaction Documents, in the case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Noteholder has no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Note will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

Unless the certificate of authentication on this Note has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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The Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Responsible Officer, as of the date set forth below.

Date: [                    ]

 

CCG RECEIVABLES TRUST 2014-1
By:

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CCG Receivables Trust 2014-1

By:

 

Responsible Officer

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class [A-[    ]][B] Notes designated above and referred to in the Indenture.

Date: [                    ]

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:

 

Responsible Officer

 

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. 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 under said Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                     , attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration of said Note, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

*/
Signature Guaranteed*/

 

*/ NOTICE: 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 whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.

 

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