AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT

EX-4.1 3 dex41.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT Amended and Restated Trust Agreement

Exhibit 4.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT

 

 

among

 

 

ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION,

as Depositor

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

as Owner Trustee

 

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Trust Agent

 

 

Dated as of February 23, 2005

 

 

ONYX ACCEPTANCE OWNER TRUST 2005-A


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I

  DEFINITIONS    1

Section 1.01

  Capitalized Terms    1

Section 1.02

  Other Definitional Provisions    4

Section 1.03

  Usage of Terms    4

Section 1.04

  Section References    5

Section 1.05

  Accounting Terms    5

ARTICLE II

  ORGANIZATION    5

Section 2.01

  Name    5

Section 2.02

  Office    5

Section 2.03

  Purposes and Powers    5

Section 2.04

  Appointment of Owner Trustee    6

Section 2.05

  Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate    6

Section 2.06

  Declaration of Trust    6

Section 2.07

  Title to Trust Estate    7

Section 2.08

  Situs of Trust    7

Section 2.09

  Representations and Warranties of the Depositor    7

Section 2.10

  Federal Income Tax Allocations    8

Section 2.11

  Separateness Covenants    8

ARTICLE III

  RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS    9

Section 3.01

  Initial Ownership    9

Section 3.02

  The Residual Interest Instruments and the Notes    9

Section 3.03

  Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Residual Interest Instruments and Notes    10

Section 3.04

  Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Residual Interest Instruments    10

Section 3.05

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Residual Interest Instruments    11

Section 3.06

  Persons Deemed Owners    12

Section 3.07

  Access to List of Owners’ Names and Addresses    12

Section 3.08

  Maintenance of Office or Agency    12

Section 3.09

  Temporary Residual Interest Instruments    12

Section 3.10

  Appointment of Paying Agent    13

Section 3.11

  Restrictions on Transfer of Residual Interest Instruments    13

ARTICLE IV

  ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE    15

Section 4.01

  Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters    15

Section 4.02

  Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters    15

Section 4.03

  Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy    16

Section 4.04

  Restrictions on Owners’ Power    16

Section 4.05

  Majority Control    16

Section 4.06

  Certain Litigation Matters    16

 

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ARTICLE V

  APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES    17

Section 5.01

  Establishment of the Residual Distribution Account    17

Section 5.02

  Application of Trust Funds    17

Section 5.03

  Method of Payment    17

Section 5.04

  No Segregation of Monies; No Interest    18

Section 5.05

  Accounting and Reports to the Owners, the Internal Revenue Service and Others    18

Section 5.06

  Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner    18

ARTICLE VI

  AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT    18

Section 6.01

  General Authority    18

Section 6.02

  General Duties    19

Section 6.03

  Action Upon Instruction    19

Section 6.04

  No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions    20

Section 6.05

  No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions    21

Section 6.06

  Restrictions    21

ARTICLE VII

  CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST AGENT    21

Section 7.01

  Acceptance of Trusts and Duties    21

Section 7.02

  Furnishing of Documents    24

Section 7.03

  Representations and Warranties    24

Section 7.04

  Reliance; Advice of Counsel    25

Section 7.05

  Not Acting in Individual Capacity    26

Section 7.06

  Owner Trustee and Trust Agent Not Liable for Residual Interest Instruments, Notes or Contracts    26

Section 7.07

  Owner Trustee and Trust Agent May Own Residual Interest Instruments and Notes    26

ARTICLE VIII

  COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT    27

Section 8.01

  Owner Trustee’s and Trust Agent’s Fees and Expenses    27

Section 8.02

  Indemnification    27

Section 8.03

  Payments to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent    27

ARTICLE IX

  TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT    27

Section 9.01

  Termination of Trust Agreement    27

ARTICLE X

  SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT    28

Section 10.01

  Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee    28

Section 10.02

  Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee    29

Section 10.03

  Successor Owner Trustee    29
          

 

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Section 10.04

  Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee    30

Section 10.05

  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee    30

Section 10.06

  Appointment of Trust Agent    31

ARTICLE XI

  MISCELLANEOUS    332

Section 11.01

  Supplements and Amendments    32

Section 11.02

  [RESERVED]    33

Section 11.03

  Limitations on Rights of Others    33

Section 11.04

  Notices    33

Section 11.05

  Severability of Provisions    34

Section 11.06

  Counterparts    34

Section 11.07

  Successors and Assigns    34

Section 11.08

  No Petition    34

Section 11.09

  No Recourse    34

Section 11.10

  Residual Interest Instruments Nonassessable and Fully Paid    35

Section 11.11

  Headings    35

Section 11.12

  Governing Law    35

Section 11.13

  Depositor Payment Obligation    35

Section 11.14

  Certain Matters Regarding the Insurer    35

Section 11.15

  Fiduciary Duties    36

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

   -    Form of Certificate of Trust

Exhibit B

   -    Form of Residual Interest Instrument

 

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of February 23, 2005, is among ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Depositor”), WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as agent of the Owner Trustee for the limited purposes set forth herein (the “Trust Agent”), amends and restates in its entirety that certain Trust Agreement dated January 31, 2005, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used in this Agreement the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

 

Administration Agreement” means the administration agreement, dated as of February 23, 2005, among the Trust, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Agent and Onyx, as administrator, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Administrator” means the Person acting as “Administrator” under the Administration Agreement.

 

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be further amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

Benefit Plan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.11(b).

 

Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar” mean the register maintained and the registrar (or any successor thereto) appointed pursuant to Section 3.04.

 

Closing Date” means February 23, 2005.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Depositor” means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation in its capacity as depositor hereunder, and its successors.

 

Domestic” when applied to a corporation or partnership, means created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any state of the United States unless, in the case of a partnership, the Secretary of Treasury provides otherwise by regulations.


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

 

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

 

Foreign Estate” means an estate the income of which, from sources outside the United States which are not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, is not includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

Grant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03.

 

Indenture” means the indenture dated as of February 23, 2005, between the Trust, as Issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Insurer” means MBIA Insurance Corporation, and its successors.

 

Note Distribution Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case issued pursuant to the Indenture.

 

Original Agreement” means the Trust Agreement dated as of January 31, 2005 between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

Onyx” means Onyx Acceptance Corporation, and its successors.

 

Owner” means the Depositor as the initial Residual Interestholder and each Person in whose name a Residual Interest Instrument is registered in the Certificate Register.

 

Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.

 

Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Owner Trustee at which its corporate trust business shall be administered, which initially shall be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware ###-###-####, or such other office at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Owners, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Insurer.

 

Paying Agent” means the Trust Agent or any successor in interest thereto or any other paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10 and authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the Residual Distribution Account.

 

Percentage Interest” means with respect to each Residual Interest Instrument, the percentage portion of the Residual Interest evidenced thereby as stated on the face of such Residual Interest Instrument.

 

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Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Protected Purchaser” shall have the meaning given such term in the UCC.

 

Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

 

Residual Distribution Account” means the account established and maintained as such pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

Residual Interest” means the residual interest in the Trust, which represents the right to receive amounts to be distributed or paid to holders of the “Residual Interests” (as defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Residual Interest Instrument” means an instrument substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto and evidencing the Residual Interest if so elected by the Depositor pursuant to Section 3.02(a).

 

Residual Interestholder” means the owner of the Residual Interest. The Depositor shall be the initial Residual Interestholder.

 

Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office, and with respect to the Trust Agent, any officer within the Trust Agent Office, including any Vice President, assistant secretary or other officer or assistant officer of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as the case may be, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the people who at such time shall be officers and has direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.

 

Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the sale and servicing agreement, dated as of February 23, 2005, among the Trust, as Issuer, the Depositor, as Seller, Onyx, as Servicer and Custodian, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Agent as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Seller” means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, in its capacity as seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors.

 

“Statutory Trust Statute” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.

 

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Trust” means the statutory trust established by this Agreement.

 

Trust Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as agent of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Trust Agent hereunder.

 

Trust Agent Office” means the office of the Trust Agent at 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Institutional Trust Services/Structured Finance Services – Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2005-A or such other office at such other address as the Trust Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Owners, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Insurer.

 

Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the Collateral.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

 

Underwriters” means Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

 

United States Person” means

 

  (A)   a citizen or resident of the United States,

 

  (B)   a Domestic partnership or Domestic limited liability company,

 

  (C)   a Domestic corporation,

 

  (D)   any estate (other than a Foreign Estate), and

 

  (E)   any trust if—

 

  (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust, and

 

  (ii) one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

 

Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions. Capitalized terms used that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.

 

Section 1.03 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the term “including” means “including without limitation.”

 

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Section 1.04 Section References. All section references, unless otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.

 

Section 1.05 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

ARTICLE II

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2.01 Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2005-A, in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the activities of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued, and in which name the Owner Trustee may perform its duties hereunder.

 

Section 2.02 Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Owners, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Insurer.

 

Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers. The sole purpose of the Trust is to hold or conserve the Trust Estate and collect and disburse the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit of the Owners, and in furtherance of such purpose to engage in the following ministerial activities:

 

(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, to sell the Notes, and to issue Residual Interest Instruments pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, to purchase the Contracts, and to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the balance to the Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;

 

(iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey (“Grant”) the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Owners pursuant to this Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;

 

(iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is to be a party;

 

(v) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Owners and the Noteholders; and

 

(vi) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith.

 

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The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. Other than pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with or incidental to the provisions or purposes of this Agreement, the Trust shall not (i) issue debt or otherwise borrow money, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other entity, reorganize, liquidate or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity or (iii) otherwise engage in any activity or exercise any power not provided for in this Agreement or the Basic Documents. However, all action taken by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust and by Onyx on behalf of the Trust prior to the Closing Date in connection with the filing of an Application for Licensure Sales Finance Company in Pennsylvania and a Maryland License Application for Sales Finance Companies is hereby ratified.

 

Section 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Depositor hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute, and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to file the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State.

 

Section 2.05 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1.00. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, respectively, for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable.

 

Section 2.06 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the sole purpose of conserving the Trust Estate and collecting and disbursing the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit of the Owners, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust and that this Agreement amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, on and after the Closing Date (i) so long as there is a sole Residual Interestholder, the Trust shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the sole Residual Interestholder, and (ii) if there is more than one Residual Interestholder, the Trust shall be treated as a partnership, with the assets of the partnership being the Contracts and other assets held by the Trust, and with the partners of the partnership being the Owners of the Residual Interest Instruments, and the Notes being debt of the partnership. The Trust shall not elect to be treated as an association under Treasury Regulation Section ###-###-####-3(a) for federal income tax purposes. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust as provided in the second preceding sentence. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute for the sole purpose and to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Trust as set forth in Section 2.03.

 

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Section 2.07 Title to Trust Estate. Subject to the Indenture, legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.

 

The Owners shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. The Owners shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX of this Agreement. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of the Owners to and in their ownership interest in the Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.

 

Section 2.08 Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered in the State of Delaware or the State of New York. All bank accounts maintained on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of California, the State of Delaware or the State of New York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received by the Trust only in California, Delaware or New York and payments will be made by the Trust only from California, Delaware or New York. The only office of the Trust will be at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.

 

(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee and the Insurer that:

 

(i) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business and had at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Contracts.

 

(ii) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications.

 

(iii) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust as part of the Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by all necessary corporate action. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action. The Depositor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms.

 

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(iv) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in the breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties of the Depositor pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties.

 

(v) There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to the Depositor’s best knowledge threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Residual Interest Instruments, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Residual Interest Instruments or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Residual Interest Instruments or (D) involving the Depositor and which might materially and adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Residual Interest Instruments.

 

Section 2.10 Federal Income Tax Allocations.

 

(a) Net income of the Trust for any month, as determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof), shall be allocated among the Owners in proportion to the Percentage Interest of the Residual Interest of each Owner.

 

(b) Net losses of the Trust, if any, for any calendar month as determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to the Owners. Any indebtedness allocated pursuant to Treasury Regulation §1.752-3(a)(3) shall be allocated to the Residual Interest. The Depositor is authorized to modify the allocations in this paragraph if necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to fairly reflect the income, gain, loss and deduction to the Depositor or to the Owners, or as otherwise required by the Code.

 

Section 2.11 Separateness Covenants. So long as the Notes are outstanding, the Trust shall and the Administrator, on behalf of the Owner Trustee, shall cause the Trust to (i) maintain books and records and bank accounts separate from those of any other Person; (ii) maintain its assets in such a manner that it is not costly or difficult to segregate, identify, or ascertain such assets; (iii) observe all trust procedures required by this Trust Agreement and under Delaware Law; (iv) hold itself out to creditors and the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from

 

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any other Person; (v) prepare separate tax returns and financial statements, or if part of a consolidated group, then the Trust will be shown as a separate member of such group; (vi) allocate and charge fairly and reasonably any overhead shared with Affiliates; (vii) transact all business with Affiliates on an arm’s-length basis and pursuant to enforceable agreements; (viii) conduct business in its own name, and use separate stationery, invoices, and checks separate from that of the Depositor or any Affiliate; (ix) not commingle its assets or funds with those of any other Person; and (x) not assume, guarantee, or pay the debts or obligations of any other Person.

 

ARTICLE III

 

RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

 

Section 3.01 Initial Ownership. The Depositor is the initial Residual Interestholder. Unless the Depositor elects to cause the Residual Interest to be evidenced by a Residual Interest Instrument pursuant to Section 3.02(a), the Residual Interest will be uncertificated. Upon the formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the issuance of the Residual Interest Instruments, the Depositor, as the initial Residual Interestholder, shall be the sole beneficiary of the Trust. The Depositor shall sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer the Residual Interest only if the Residual Interest is evidenced by a Residual Interest Instrument.

 

Section 3.02 The Residual Interest Instruments and the Notes.

 

(a) The Depositor, in its sole discretion, may request the Owner Trustee to issue a Residual Interest Instrument to represent the Residual Interest. Any such Residual Interest Instruments shall not be issued with a principal amount. Such Residual Interest Instruments shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, and authenticated by the Trust Agent by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Trust Agent and shall be deemed to have been validly issued when so executed and authenticated. Residual Interest Instruments bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall be validly issued by the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the execution, authentication and delivery of such Residual Interest Instruments or did not hold such offices at the date of such Residual Interest Instruments. All Residual Interest Instruments shall be dated the date of their authentication.

 

(b) The Notes shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, and shall be authenticated as provided in the Indenture. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was, at the time when such signature was affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been validly executed by the Trust, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to be so authorized prior to the execution and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes.

 

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Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Residual Interest Instruments and Notes.

 

(a) The Owner Trustee shall cause to be executed, authenticated and delivered upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Contracts and the other assets of the Trust, simultaneously with the sale, assignment and transfer to the Trust of the Contracts, and such other assets, (a) the Residual Interest Instruments representing 100% of the Percentage Interests of the Residual Interest, evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust, and (b) Notes executed by the Trust in aggregate principal amount of, in the case of the (i) Class A-1 Notes, $181,000,000, (ii) Class A-2 Notes, $193,000,000, (iii) Class A-3 Notes, $177,000,000, and (iv) Class A-4 Notes, $149,000,000. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized to direct, on behalf of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes upon the order of the Depositor. No Residual Interest Instrument shall entitle its Owner to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Residual Interest Instrument a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in the form of Residual Interest Instrument attached hereto as Exhibit B, executed by the Trust Agent or another authenticating agent of the Owner Trustee, by manual or facsimile signature, and such certificate upon any Residual Interest Instrument shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Residual Interest Instrument has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Upon issuance, authorization and delivery pursuant to the terms hereof, the Residual Interest Instruments will be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, the Depositor, as the initial Residual Interestholder, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement in all respects.

 

Section 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Residual Interest Instruments.

 

(a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, a Certificate Register, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe. The Certificate Register shall provide for the registration of Residual Interest Instruments and transfers and exchanges of Residual Interest Instruments as provided herein. The Trust Agent, as agent for the Trust, is hereby initially appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Residual Interest Instruments and transfers and exchanges of Residual Interest Instruments as herein provided. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, the Trust Agent notifies the Administrator that the Trust Agent is unable to act as Certificate Registrar, the Administrator shall appoint another bank or trust company, having an office or agency located in The City of New York, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Depositor, to act as successor Certificate Registrar hereunder.

 

(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Residual Interest Instrument at the office of the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent, as its authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Residual Interest Instruments in authorized denominations of a like Percentage Interest.

 

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(c) At the option of an Owner of a Residual Interest Instrument, Residual Interest Instruments may be exchanged for other Residual Interest Instruments in authorized denominations of a like Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments to be exchanged at the office of the Certificate Registrar. Whenever any Residual Interest Instruments are so surrendered for exchange, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent, as its authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver) the Residual Interest Instruments that the Owner making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Residual Interest Instrument presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trust Agent and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Owner thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Residual Interest Instruments, but the Owner Trustee or, on its behalf, the Trust Agent, may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Residual Interest Instruments.

 

(e) All Residual Interest Instruments surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to any agent of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement, shall be delivered to the Trust Agent and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trust Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Residual Interest Instruments shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Trust Agent shall dispose of canceled Residual Interest Instruments in accordance with the normal industry practice.

 

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no assignment of a Residual Interest Instrument pursuant to Article III of this Agreement (where, for this purpose, an assignment includes any purported sale, transfer, assignment, redemption, or entering into any financial instrument or contract the value of which is determined in whole or in part by reference to the Trust, including the amount of Trust distributions, the value of Trust assets, or the results of Trust operations) shall be recognized by the Trust, and any such transaction shall be treated as null and void and of no effect ab initio, unless such transaction (i) will not occur through an “established securities market” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.7704-1(b), and (ii) will not cause the Trust to have more than 50 members within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.7704-1(h)(1)(ii) (where, for purposes of determining the number of members of the Trust, a person (“beneficial owner”) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust, or S corporation (“flow-through entity”) that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Trust will be treated as a member of the Trust if more than 50% of the value of such beneficial owner’s interest in such flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Trust).

 

Section 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Residual Interest Instruments. If (a) the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Residual Interest Instrument and the Certificate Registrar and the Trust Agent receive such

 

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security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold the Certificate Registrar and the Trust Agent harmless, or (b) any mutilated Residual Interest Instrument is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, then, in the absence of notice to the Certificate Registrar or the Trust Agent that such Residual Interest Instrument has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser and the requirements of Section 8-406 of the UCC are met, and subject to Section 8-405 of the UCC, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Trust Agent, as its authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Residual Interest Instrument, a new Residual Interest Instrument of like tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Residual Interest Instrument under this Section, the Owner Trustee or, on its behalf, the Trust Agent, may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Any duplicate Residual Interest Instrument issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Residual Interest Instrument shall be found at any time.

 

Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a Residual Interest Instrument for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Residual Interest Instrument is registered as the owner of such Residual Interest Instrument for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any of their respective agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

Section 3.07 Access to List of Owners’ Names and Addresses. The Trust Agent shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer, the Insurer and the Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Trust Agent of a written request therefor from the Servicer, the Insurer or the Depositor, a list, in such form as the Servicer, the Insurer or the Depositor may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Owners as of the most recent Record Date. Each Owner, by receiving and holding a Residual Interest Instrument, agrees with the Servicer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent that none of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to its name and address hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

 

Section 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trust Agent shall maintain in the City of New York an office or offices or agency or agencies where Residual Interest Instruments may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trust Agent in respect of the Residual Interest Instruments and the Basic Documents may be served. The Trust Agent hereby designates the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. at the address provided under the definition of the term “Trust Agent Office” as its office for such purposes. The Trust Agent shall give prompt written notice to the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer and to the Owners of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

 

Section 3.09 Temporary Residual Interest Instruments. Pending the preparation of definitive Residual Interest Instruments, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, may execute,

 

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authenticate and deliver, temporary Residual Interest Instruments that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Residual Interest Instruments in lieu of which they are issued. If temporary Residual Interest Instruments are issued, the Depositor will cause definitive Residual Interest Instruments to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Residual Interest Instruments, the temporary Residual Interest Instruments shall be exchangeable for definitive Residual Interest Instruments upon surrender of the temporary Residual Interest Instruments at the office or agency to be maintained as provided in Section 3.08, without charge to the Owner. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Residual Interest Instruments, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent, as its authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver) in exchange therefor a like Percentage Interest of definitive Residual Interest Instruments in authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Residual Interest Instruments shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits hereunder as definitive Residual Interest Instruments.

 

Section 3.10 Appointment of Paying Agent. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby appoints the Trust Agent as Paying Agent under this Agreement. The Paying Agent shall make distributions to Owners from the Residual Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee. The Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Residual Distribution Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Owner Trustee is directed in writing to do so by the Administrator. Each Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Trust. In the event that the Trust Agent shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Administrator shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company acceptable to the Insurer). The Administrator shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrator to execute and deliver to the Trust an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trust that, as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Owners in trust for the benefit of the Owners entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to the Owners. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Trust and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Trust. The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01 and 8.02 shall apply to the Trust Agent also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Trust Agent shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trust Agent and the Paying Agent shall be the same entity as the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section 3.11 Restrictions on Transfer of Residual Interest Instruments.

 

(a) Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of a Residual Interest Instrument (each, a “Prospective Owner”), other than the Depositor, by virtue of its acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted to the

 

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Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent and the Certificate Registrar and any of their respective successors that:

 

(i) Such Person is (A) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is aware that the seller of the Residual Interest Instrument may be relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A and is acquiring such Residual Interest Instrument for its own account or for the account of one or more qualified institutional buyers for whom it is authorized to act, or (B) a Person involved in the organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (including, but not limited to, the Depositor and Onyx Acceptance Corporation).

 

(ii) Such Person understands that the Residual Interest Instruments have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred only to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is (A) a qualified institutional buyer (as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or (B) a Person involved in the organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(iii) Such Person understands that the Residual Interest Instrument shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the form set forth in the form of Residual Interest Instrument attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

(iv) Such Person shall comply with the provisions of Section 3.11(b), as applicable, relating to the ERISA restrictions with respect to the acceptance or acquisition of such Residual Interest Instrument.

 

(v) Such Person is and shall remain a United States Person and will not transfer the Residual Interest Instrument to a Person who is not a United States Person, other than pursuant to a repurchase agreement (which is treated as a loan for tax purposes) or solely to evidence a security interest.

 

(b) The Residual Interest Instruments may not be acquired by or for the account of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (iii) any entity, including an insurance company separate account or general account, whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (each, a “Benefit Plan”). By accepting and holding a Residual Interest Instrument, the Owner shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 4.01 Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04 and Section 4.06, with respect to the following matters, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall take any action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall have notified the Owners in writing of the proposed action and the Owners shall not have notified the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Owners have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:

 

(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Contracts) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of the Contracts);

 

(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;

 

(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Owners;

 

(d) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners; or

 

(e) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, paying agent for the Notes or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, paying agent for the Notes, Indenture Trustee, Certificate Registrar or Paying Agent of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.

 

Section 4.02 Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04 and Section 4.06, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have the power, except upon the direction of the Owners and with the prior written consent of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to (a) remove the Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (d) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Contracts after the termination of the Indenture, (e) initiate any claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise any claim, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Trust, (f) authorize the merger or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other statutory trust or entity (other than in

 

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accordance with Section 3.10 of the Indenture) or (g) amend the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Statute). The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may only take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence upon written instructions signed by the Owners and, to the extent required by the preceding sentence, with the prior written consent of the Insurer.

 

Section 4.03 Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior written consent of the Insurer and the unanimous prior approval of all Owners and the delivery to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, by each such Owner of a certificate certifying that such Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.

 

Section 4.04 Restrictions on Owners’ Power. The Owners shall not direct the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to take or to refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust, or of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or would be contrary to the purpose of this Trust as set forth in Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.

 

Section 4.05 Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Owners under this Agreement may be taken by Owners evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Owners delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Owners evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest at the time of the delivery of such notice.

 

Section 4.06 Certain Litigation Matters.

 

(a) The Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall provide prompt written notice to the Insurer of any action, proceeding or investigation of which a Responsible Officer of the Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, has actual knowledge that could adversely affect the Trust or the Trust Estate or the rights or obligations of the Insurer under the Basic Documents or any other document delivered with respect thereto.

 

(b) The Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee shall, upon written notice from the Insurer, allow the Insurer to institute, assume or control the defense of any action, proceeding or investigation that could adversely affect the Trust or the Trust Estate or the rights or obligations of the Insurer under any of the Basic Documents or any other document delivered with respect thereto.

 

(c) None of the Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall, without the Insurer’s prior written consent or unless directed by the Insurer, undertake or join any litigation or agree to any settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation that could adversely affect the Trust or the rights or obligations of the Insurer under any of the Basic Documents or any other document delivered with respect thereto.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

 

Section 5.01 Establishment of the Residual Distribution Account. The Trust Agent shall, for the benefit of the Owners, establish and maintain an account denominated “Residual Distribution Account OT 2005-A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Trust Agent,” which account shall be an Eligible Account (the “Residual Distribution Account”). Funds payable to the holders of the Residual Interests pursuant to Section 4.04(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deposited in the Residual Distribution Account.

 

All of the right, title and interest of the Trust Agent in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Residual Distribution Account and in all proceeds thereof shall be held for the benefit of the Owners and such other persons entitled to distributions therefrom. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Residual Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Trust Agent, as agent of the Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Owners. The funds on deposit in the Residual Distribution Account shall remain uninvested.

 

Section 5.02 Application of Trust Funds.

 

(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Agent, on behalf of the Owner Trustee, shall direct the Paying Agent to distribute all amounts on deposit in the Residual Distribution Account first, to the Administrator in payment of any compensation due under the Administration Agreement and then, the balance, to the Owners, pro rata.

 

(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Agent, on behalf of the Owner Trustee, shall cause the Paying Agent to send to each Owner the statement or statements provided to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payment (or allocations of income) to an Owner, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Owner in accordance with this Section. The Trust Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owners sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to an Owner shall be treated as cash distributed to such Owner at the time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If the Trust Agent receives written notice there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the Trust Agent shall withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (c).

 

Section 5.03 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c) respecting the final payment upon retirement of each Residual Interest Instrument, distributions required to be made to each Owner of record on the related Record Date shall be made by check mailed to such

 

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Owner at the address of such Owner appearing in the Certificate Register (or if requested by the Owner, by wire transfer of immediately available funds or pursuant to other arrangements), the amount to be distributed to such Owner pursuant to such Owner’s Residual Interest Instruments.

 

Section 5.04 No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02, monies received by the Trust Agent hereunder need not be segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law and may be deposited under such general conditions as may be prescribed by law, and the Trust Agent shall not be liable for any interest thereon.

 

Section 5.05 Accounting and Reports to the Owners, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Trust Agent shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis and the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to each Owner, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required (including Schedule K-1, if applicable) to enable each Owner to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns relating to the Trust (including a partnership information return, IRS Form 1065, if applicable) and make such elections as from time to time may be required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statute or any rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Trust’s characterization as a partnership, if applicable, for federal income tax purposes, (d) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law and (e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.02(c) with respect to income or distributions to Owners. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Trust Agent shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in current income any market discount that accrues with respect to the Contracts. The Trust Agent shall not make the election provided under Section 754 of the Code.

 

Section 5.06 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.

 

(a) The Owner Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns, if any, of the Trust, unless applicable law requires an Owner to sign such documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by the Depositor, as long as the Depositor holds a Residual Interest Instrument, and otherwise the holder of the largest Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest Instruments shall sign such documents.

 

(b) If a “tax matters partner” is required pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code, the Depositor shall be designated the “tax matters partner” of the Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, as long as the Depositor holds a Residual Interest Instrument, and otherwise the Owner of the largest Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest Instruments shall be the “tax matters partner.”

 

ARTICLE VI

 

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT

 

Section 6.01 General Authority. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, the Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other

 

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document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other agreement, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee’s execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Administrator or the Owners recommend with respect to the Basic Documents.

 

Section 6.02 General Duties. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.06:

 

(a) it shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged through the Administrator or such agents as shall be appointed with the consent of the Insurer) all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Owners, subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Basic Documents to the extent the Administrator or the Trust Agent has agreed in the Administration Agreement or this Agreement, respectively, to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee or the Trust hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable for the default or failure of the Administrator or the Trust Agent to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement or this Agreement, respectively; and

 

(b) it shall be the duty of the Trust Agent to discharge all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Trust and the Trust Agent are a party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Owners, subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.03 Action Upon Instruction.

 

(a) Subject to Article IV and Section 7.01(g) of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Owners may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent in the management of the Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Owners pursuant to Article IV.

 

(b) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to take any action hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall have reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any other Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to law.

 

(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as

 

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applicable, shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners and the Insurer requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, acts in good faith in accordance with any written instruction from the Owners received, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owners, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

 

(d) In the event that the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person. If the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owners, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

 

Section 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.01 or 6.03; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other Basic Document against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file with the Commission any filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any other Basic Document. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of

 

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the Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate or the Grant of any portion thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

 

Section 6.05 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate except in accordance with (i) the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the other Basic Documents and (iii) any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.03.

 

Section 6.06 Restrictions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall take any action (i) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (ii) that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, would result in the Trust’s becoming taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax purposes. The Owners shall not direct the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST AGENT

 

Section 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. The Trust Agent agrees to perform its duties hereunder upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent agrees to disburse all monies actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as the case may be. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):

 

(a) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for any error of judgment made by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, respectively;

 

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(b) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with this Agreement, the Basic Documents or the written direction of the Administrator or any Owner;

 

(c) no provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall require the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

 

(d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;

 

(e) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the certificate of authentication on the Residual Interest Instruments, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Owner, other than as expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the other Basic Documents;

 

(f) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Depositor, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Servicer or the Depositor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement;

 

(g) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any other Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of the Owners, unless such Owners have offered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, therein or thereby; the right of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act;

 

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(h) anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profit), even if the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

 

(i) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default, any Event of Default or Servicer Default under any of the Basic Documents unless a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, respectively, shall have received written notice thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice, the Owner Trustee and Trust Agent may conclusively assume that there is no default, Event of Default or Servicer Default;

 

(j) notwithstanding any Person’s right to instruct the Owner Trustee, neither the Owner Trustee nor any agent, employee, director or officer of the Owner Trustee shall have any obligation to execute any certificates or other documents required pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the refusal to comply with any such instructions shall not constitute a default or breach under any Basic Document.

 

(k) each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, opinion of counsel, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(l) each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may consult with counsel and any advice or opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion of counsel;

 

(m) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Administrator or Owners; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, not reasonably assured to it by the security afforded to them by the terms of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action;

 

(n) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust created hereby or the powers granted hereunder; and

 

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(o) each of the Owner Trustee and Trust Agent may execute any of their respective trusts or powers hereunder or perform any of their respective duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys or custodians, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or custodian appointed by the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, with due care.

 

Section 7.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Trust Agent duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. The Trust Agent shall furnish to the Owners promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Trust Agent under the Basic Documents or furnished to the Trust Agent as provided in the preceding sentence.

 

Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and the Owners:

 

(i) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

 

(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or, to its actual knowledge, any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Trust Estate resulting from actions by or claims against the Owner Trustee individually which are unrelated to this Agreement or the other Basic Documents.

 

(b) The Trust Agent hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and the Owners:

 

(i) It is a national banking association duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the United States. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

 

(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Trust Agent or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Trust Estate resulting from actions by or claims against the Trust Agent individually which are unrelated to this Agreement or the other Basic Documents.

 

Section 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.

 

(a) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall incur liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

 

(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent each (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it at the sole expense of the Depositor. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any other Basic Document.

 

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Section 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as otherwise provided in this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created, Wilmington Trust Company, acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. acts solely as Trust Agent hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

 

Section 7.06 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent Not Liable for Residual Interest Instruments, Notes or Contracts. The recitals contained herein and in the Residual Interest Instruments (other than the respective signatures of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, and, in the case of the Trust Agent, the certificate of authentication on the Residual Interest Instruments) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent assumes responsibility for the correctness thereof. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, any other Basic Document or the Residual Interest Instruments (other than (i) the respective signatures of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent; (ii) in the case of the Owner Trustee, the recitals contained in Section 7.03(a); and (iii) in the case of the Trust Agent, the recitals contained in Section 7.03(b) and the certificate of authentication on the Residual Interest Instruments) or the Notes, or of any Contract or related documents. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Contract, or the perfection and priority of any security interest created by any Contract in any Financed Vehicle or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Owners under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including, without limitation, the existence, condition and ownership of any Financed Vehicle; the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon; the existence and contents of any Contract on any computer or other record thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Contract to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Contract; the performance or enforcement of any Contract; the compliance by the Depositor, the Insurer or the Servicer with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation; or any action of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent.

 

Section 7.07 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent May Own Residual Interest Instruments and Notes. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, each in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Residual Interest Instruments or Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Insurer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as the case may be.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER

TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT

 

Section 8.01 Owner Trustee’s and Trust Agent’s Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall receive as compensation for their respective services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, respectively, and the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Administrator for other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder.

 

Section 8.02 Indemnification. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be entitled to indemnification as provided in the Administration Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 8.03 Payments to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent pursuant to this Article shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

 

Section 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.

 

(a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) and the Trust shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of (i) final distribution of all monies or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article Five and (ii) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Owner shall not (i) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such Owner’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Trust Estate or (iii) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.

 

(b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Depositor, the Insurer nor any Owner shall be entitled to revoke or dissolve the Trust.

 

(c) Notice of any dissolution of the Trust, specifying the Distribution Date upon which Owners shall surrender their Residual Interest Instruments to the Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Trust Agent by letter to Owners mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination from the Servicer given pursuant to Section 8.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing

 

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Agreement, stating (i) the Distribution Date upon or with respect to which final distribution in respect of the Residual Interest Instruments shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments at the office of the Paying Agent in the City of New York therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified. The Trust Agent shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Trust Agent) and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trust Agent) at the time such notice is given to Owners. After satisfaction of any liabilities of the Trust in accordance with the Statutory Trust Statute, and upon presentation and surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments, the Paying Agent shall provide written notice of such satisfaction of liabilities of the Trust to the Owner Trustee and cause to be distributed to Owners, on a pro rata basis, any amounts remaining in the Residual Distribution Account and the Trust upon the termination of this Agreement. In addition, the Trust Agent shall notify the Rating Agencies upon the final distribution in respect of the Residual Interest Instruments.

 

(d) In the event that all of the Owners shall not surrender their Residual Interest Instruments for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Trust Agent shall give a second written notice to the remaining Owners to surrender their Residual Interest Instruments for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Owners shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trust Agent may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Owners concerning surrender of their Residual Interest Instruments, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement.

 

(e) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute. Upon the filing of such certificate, the Trust and this Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

ARTICLE X

 

SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, ADDITIONAL OWNER

TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT

 

Section 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a Domestic corporation satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and having (or having a parent that has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody’s and A-1 by Standard & Poor’s. If such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then

 

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for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.02.

 

Section 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Administrator and the Insurer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee, which shall be approved by the Insurer, by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee; provided that the Depositor and the Insurer shall have received written confirmation from each Rating Agency that the proposed appointment will not result in an increased capital charge to the Insurer by either Rating Agency. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee or the Insurer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.

 

If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Administrator or the Insurer, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall have breached any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03(a)(iii) (without regard to any knowledge qualification), then the Administrator or the Insurer may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Owner Trustee shall be removed under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee acceptable to the Insurer by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee, and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.

 

Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Administrator shall provide notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each Rating Agency.

 

Section 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator, the Insurer and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective, and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor

 

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Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

 

No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.

 

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice thereof to all Owners, the Insurer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and each Rating Agency. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of such appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Administrator.

 

Section 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 and, provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to each Rating Agency.

 

Section 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate or any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located, the Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Administrator, the Insurer and Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust or any part thereof and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Administrator and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, the Owner Trustee and the Insurer shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Owner Trustee, provided that such co-trustee or successor trustee must be acceptable to the Rating Agencies and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.03.

 

 

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Section 10.06 Appointment of Trust Agent. Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

 

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

 

(b) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and

 

(c) the Administrator, the Insurer and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

 

Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator and the Insurer.

 

Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.

 

The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust hereby appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trust Agent for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the Residual Distribution Account and making the distributions therefrom to persons entitled thereto pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Agreement and for purposes of performing the other duties specified to be performed by the Trust Agent under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent each agree that upon the occurrence and continuation of an Insurer Default, the Trust Agent shall resign and the Owner Trustee shall assume all rights, duties and obligations of the Trust Agent under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, including without limitation, the obligations of the Trust Agent pursuant to Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 5.01 and 5.02 hereof. The Trust Agent, in its capacity as Trust Agent, shall not have any rights, duties or obligations except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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The Trust Agent may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving 30 days’ written notice thereof to the Owner Trustee and the Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Owner Trustee, at the written direction of the Administrator, shall promptly appoint a successor Trust Agent by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trust Agent and one copy to the successor Trust Agent.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01 Supplements and Amendments.

 

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, with the written consent of the Insurer (so long as the Insurer is the Controlling Party), but without the consent of any Noteholder, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement, to comply with changes in the Code, to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any law or regulation or any accounting rule or principle, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided that such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder; provided, further, that such amendment shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder, and no Opinion of Counsel shall be required, if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment; provided, further, that if the Insurer is not the Controlling Party, such amendment shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Insurer without the prior written consent of the Insurer.

 

(b) Subject to Section 11.14, this Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto, with the consent of the Controlling Party, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Insurer; provided, that if the Insurer is not the Controlling Party, no amendment pursuant to this Section 11.1(b) shall materially and adversely affect the interests of the Insurer without the prior written consent of the Insurer. It will not be necessary to obtain the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

 

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(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, the Seller shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Insurer and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Seller shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Trust Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

 

Section 11.02 [RESERVED].

 

Section 11.03 Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.07, the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Depositor, the Insurer, the Owners, the Administrator and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.07), whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

 

Section 11.04 Notices. All demands, notices and communications under this Agreement shall be in writing personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt in the case of:

 

(a) the Owner Trustee, at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office;

 

(b) the Depositor, at Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, 27051 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 200, Foothill Ranch, California 92610 and at Capital One Auto Finance, Inc., 1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, Attention: Manager of Securitization;

 

(c) the Insurer, at MBIA Insurance Corporation;

 

(d) the Trust Agent, at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Attention: Institutional Trust Services/Global Debt – Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2005-A, 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10004;

 

(e) the Servicer or the Administrator, at Onyx Acceptance Corporation, 27051 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 100, Foothill Ranch, California 92610 and at Capital One Auto Finance, Inc., 1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, Attention: Manager of Securitization or

 

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(f) as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.

 

Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to an Owner shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Owner as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Owner receives such notice.

 

Section 11.05 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Residual Interest Instruments or the rights of the Owners thereof.

 

Section 11.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 11.07 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the Depositor, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent and their respective successors and permitted assigns and each Owner and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by an Owner shall bind the successors and assigns of such Owner.

 

Section 11.08 No Petition.

 

(a) The Depositor will not at any time institute against the Trust any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Residual Interest Instruments, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.

 

(b) Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, by entering into this Agreement, each Owner, by accepting a Residual Interest Instrument, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Seller, the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Seller, the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Residual Interest Instruments, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.

 

Section 11.09 No Recourse. Each Owner, by accepting a Residual Interest Instrument, acknowledges that such Owner’s Residual Interest Instruments represent a beneficial interest in the Trust only and does not represent an interest in or obligation of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Residual Interest Instruments or the other Basic Documents.

 

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Section 11.10 Residual Interest Instruments Nonassessable and Fully Paid. Owners shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust. Except as expressly provided herein, the interests represented by the Residual Interest Instruments shall be nonassessable for any losses or expenses of the Trust or for any reason whatsoever, and, upon authentication thereof pursuant to Section 3.03, the Residual Interest Instruments shall be deemed fully paid.

 

Section 11.11 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 11.12 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 11.13 Depositor Payment Obligation. To the extent not timely paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 5.02(a), Onyx, in its capacity as, and for so long as it is, the Servicer, shall be responsible for payment of the Administrator’s compensation pursuant to Section 3 of the Administration Agreement and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses and liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder.

 

Section 11.14 Certain Matters Regarding the Insurer. So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer shall have the right to exercise all rights, including voting rights, which the Noteholders or Owners are entitled to exercise pursuant to this Agreement, without any consent of such Noteholders or Owners; provided, however, that without the consent of each Noteholder or Owner affected thereby, the Insurer shall not exercise such rights to amend this Agreement in any manner that would (i) reduce the amount of, or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Contracts or distributions which are required to be made on any Note or Residual Interest Instrument, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Owners of any Notes or Residual Interest Instruments, or (iii) alter the rights of any such Owner to consent to such amendment.

 

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement (except Section 4.06) to the contrary, in the event an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer shall not have the right to take any action under this Agreement or to control or direct the actions of the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, nor shall the consent of the Insurer be required with respect to any action (or waiver of a right to take action) to be taken by the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent or the Owners of the Notes or the Residual Interest Instruments; provided, that the consent of the Insurer shall be required at all times with respect to any amendment of this Agreement; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the provisions in Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement shall continue to be effective notwithstanding that an Insurer Default may have occurred and be continuing.

 

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Section 11.15 Fiduciary Duties. The duties and responsibilities of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be limited to those expressly provided for in this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that except for the purpose of the foregoing sentence, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have management responsibilities or owe any fiduciary duties to the Insurer.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.

 

ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL

CORPORATION, as Depositor

By:  

/s/ Albert A. Ciafre


Name:   Albert A. Ciafre
Title:   Assistant Vice President

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Owner Trustee

By:  

/s/ Rachel L. Simpson


Name:   Rachel L. Simpson
Title:   Financial Services Officer

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., not in its

individual capacity, but solely as Trust Agent

By:  

/s/ Aranka R. Paul


Name:   Aranka R. Paul
Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF

ONYX ACCEPTANCE OWNER TRUST 2005-A

 

This Certificate of Trust of Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2005-A (the “Trust”) is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code, Section 3801 et seq. (the “Act”)).

 

1. Name. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2005-A.

 

2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware ###-###-####.

 

3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective February     , 2005.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its

individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee

By:

 

 


Name:

 

 
Title:  

 


 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT

 

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