Amended and Restated Indenture between Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (August 11, 2005)
This agreement is an amended and restated indenture dated August 11, 2005, between Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust, as the issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the indenture trustee. It governs the issuance, administration, and payment of asset-backed notes secured by a trust estate. The agreement outlines the rights and obligations of the issuer and trustee, procedures for note issuance and payment, default remedies, and reporting requirements. It also specifies conditions for amending the indenture and managing the trust assets, ensuring protection for noteholders and compliance with applicable law.
TIA | Indenture | |||||||
Section | Section | |||||||
310 | (a)(1) | 6.8, 6.11 | ||||||
(a)(2) | 6.8, 6.11 | |||||||
(a)(3) | 6.10 | |||||||
(a)(4) | 6.14 | |||||||
(b) | 6.11 | |||||||
(c) | N.A. | |||||||
311 | (a) | 6.12 | ||||||
(b) | 6.12 | |||||||
(c) | N.A. | |||||||
312 | (a) | 7.1, 7.2 | ||||||
(b) | 7.2 | |||||||
(c) | 7.2 | |||||||
313 | (a) | 7.4(a), 7.4(b) | ||||||
(b)(1) | 7.4(a) | |||||||
(b)(2) | 7.4(a) | |||||||
(c) | 7.4(a) | |||||||
(d) | 7.4(a) | |||||||
314 | (a) | 3.9, 7.3(a) | ||||||
(b) | 3.6 | |||||||
(c)(1) | 2.1, 2.9, 4.1, 11.1(a) | |||||||
(c)(2) | 2.1, 2.9, 4.1, 11.1(a) | |||||||
(c)(3) | 2.9, 4.1, 11.1(a) | |||||||
(d) | 2.9, 11.1(b) | |||||||
(e) | 11.1(a) | |||||||
(f) | 11.1(a) | |||||||
315 | (a) | 6.1(b) | ||||||
(b) | 6.5 | |||||||
(c) | 6.1(a) | |||||||
(d) (e) | 6.2, 6.1(c) 5.13 | |||||||
316 | (a) last | |||||||
sentence | 1.1 | |||||||
(a)(1)(A) | 5.11 | |||||||
(a)(1)(B) | 5.12 | |||||||
(a)(2) | Omitted | |||||||
316 | (b), (c) | 5.7 | ||||||
317 | (a)(1) | 5.3(b) | ||||||
(a)(2) | 5.3(d) | |||||||
318 | (b) (a) | 3.3 11.7 |
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 2 | |||
SECTION 1.1 Definitions | 2 | |||
SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 2 | |||
ARTICLE II. THE NOTES | 3 | |||
SECTION 2.1 Issuance of Notes; Execution, Authentication and Delivery | 3 | |||
SECTION 2.2 Form of Notes and Indenture Trustees Certificate of Authentication | 5 | |||
SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes | 5 | |||
SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes | 6 | |||
SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes | 7 | |||
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Noteholders | 8 | |||
SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest | 8 | |||
SECTION 2.8 Cancellation of Notes | 10 | |||
SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral | 10 | |||
SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes | 10 | |||
SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency | 11 | |||
SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes | 11 | |||
SECTION 2.13 Transferor as Noteholder | 11 | |||
SECTION 2.14 Tax Treatment | 12 | |||
SECTION 2.15 Special Terms Applicable to Subsequent Transfers of Certain Notes | 12 | |||
ARTICLE III. COVENANTS | 13 | |||
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest | 13 | |||
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Agency Office | 13 | |||
SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust | 13 | |||
SECTION 3.4 Existence | 15 | |||
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate; Acknowledgment of Pledge | 15 | |||
SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate | 16 | |||
SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables | 16 | |||
SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants | 17 | |||
SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance | 18 |
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SECTION 3.10 Consolidation, Merger, etc., of Issuer; Disposition of Trust Assets | 18 | |||
SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee | 20 | |||
SECTION 3.12 No Other Business | 20 | |||
SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing | 20 | |||
SECTION 3.14 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities | 20 | |||
SECTION 3.15 Servicers Obligations | 21 | |||
SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures | 21 | |||
SECTION 3.17 Removal of Administrator | 21 | |||
SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments | 21 | |||
SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default | 21 | |||
SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts | 22 | |||
SECTION 3.21 Indenture Trustees Assignment of Interests in Certain Receivables | 22 | |||
SECTION 3.22 Representations and Warranties by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee | 22 | |||
SECTION 3.23 Perfection Representations | 22 | |||
ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 23 | |||
SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 23 | |||
SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money | 24 | |||
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent | 24 | |||
SECTION 4.4 Duration of Position of Indenture Trustee | 24 | |||
ARTICLE V. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | 24 | |||
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default | 24 | |||
SECTION 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 25 | |||
SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee | 26 | |||
SECTION 5.4 Remedies; Priorities | 28 | |||
SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate | 30 | |||
SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits | 30 | |||
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest | 31 |
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SECTION 5.8 Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 31 | |||
SECTION 5.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 31 | |||
SECTION 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver | 31 | |||
SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders | 32 | |||
SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults | 32 | |||
SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs | 33 | |||
SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 33 | |||
SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes | 33 | |||
SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations | 33 | |||
SECTION 5.17 Early Amortization Events | 35 | |||
ARTICLE VI. THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE | 36 | |||
SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee | 36 | |||
SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee | 37 | |||
SECTION 6.3 Indenture Trustee May Own Notes | 38 | |||
SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustees Disclaimer | 38 | |||
SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults | 38 | |||
SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders | 39 | |||
SECTION 6.7 Compensation; Indemnity | 39 | |||
SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee | 40 | |||
SECTION 6.9 Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee | 41 | |||
SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee | 41 | |||
SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification | 43 | |||
SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer | 43 | |||
SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee | 43 | |||
SECTION 6.14 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes | 44 | |||
SECTION 6.15 Suit for Enforcement | 44 | |||
SECTION 6.16 Rights of Noteholders to Direct Indenture Trustee | 44 | |||
ARTICLE VII. NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS | 44 |
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SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders | 44 | |||
SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information, Communications to Noteholders | 45 | |||
SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer | 45 | |||
SECTION 7.4 Reports by Indenture Trustee | 46 | |||
ARTICLE VIII. ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES | 46 | |||
SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money | 46 | |||
SECTION 8.2 Trust Accounts; Allocations; Payments | 46 | |||
SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Trust Accounts | 48 | |||
SECTION 8.4 Release of Trust Estate | 48 | |||
SECTION 8.5 Opinion of Counsel | 49 | |||
ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 49 | |||
SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders | 49 | |||
SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders | 50 | |||
SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 51 | |||
SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture | 51 | |||
SECTION 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 52 | |||
SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures | 52 | |||
ARTICLE X. REDEMPTION OF NOTES | 52 | |||
SECTION 10.1 Redemption | 52 | |||
SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice | 53 | |||
SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date | 53 | |||
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS | 54 | |||
SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc | 54 | |||
SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee | 55 | |||
SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders | 56 | |||
SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies | 57 | |||
SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver | 57 | |||
SECTION 11.6 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions | 58 | |||
SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 58 |
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SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 58 | |||
SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns | 58 | |||
SECTION 11.10 Separability | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.13 GOVERNING LAW | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.14 Counterparts | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.16 No Recourse | 59 | |||
SECTION 11.17 No Petition | 61 | |||
SECTION 11.18 Inspection | 61 | |||
SECTION 11.19 No Substantive Review of Compliance Documents | 61 | |||
SECTION 11.20 Amendment of Basic Documents | 61 | |||
SECTION 11.21 Submission to Jurisdiction | 62 | |||
EXHIBIT A Form of Transfer Certificate | ||||
EXHIBIT B Form of Undertaking Letter |
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(a) | Notes may be issued by the Issuer upon execution of this Indenture and from time to time thereafter, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions authorized by or pursuant to a Series Supplement. The Notes may be issued in one or more Series. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all Series that may be authenticated and delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is not limited. | ||
(b) | The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes. | ||
(c) | Prior to or concurrently with the delivery of any Note to the Indenture Trustee for authentication, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Series Supplement which will specify the principal terms of such new Series. The terms of such Series Supplement may modify or amend the terms of this Indenture solely as applied to such new Series of Notes. |
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(d) | Prior to or concurrently with each new issuance, the Transferor shall have represented and warranted that the issuance shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Transferor, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur for any outstanding Series or class of Notes. | ||
(e) | Upon execution and delivery of a Series Supplement and Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver the related Notes to or upon the written order of the Issuer, signed by any Authorized Officer. |
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(a) | The Notes shall be in the forms provided from time to time by or pursuant to a Series Supplement in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Issuer may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Notes may be listed or to conform to usage. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the Authorized Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by such officers execution of such Notes. | ||
(b) | The Indenture Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the following form: |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., not in its | ||||
individual capacity but solely as | ||||
Indenture Trustee | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Dated: | ||||
(c) | Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, each Note shall be issuable as a registered Note in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples thereof. |
(a) | Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, if any, to be issued in exchange for Book-Entry Notes the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, such Temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations as are consistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers |
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(b) | If Temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the Temporary Notes at the Agency Office of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more Temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so delivered in exchange, the Temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes. |
(a) | The Issuer shall cause to be kept the Note Register, comprising separate registers for each Series and class of Notes, in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Issuer may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of the Notes and the registration of transfers and exchanges of the Notes (the Note Register). The Indenture Trustee shall initially be the Note Registrar for the purpose of registering the Notes and transfers of the Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Note Registrar or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of the Note Registrar. | ||
(b) | If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by Authorized Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes. | ||
(c) | Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office of the Issuer (and following the delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Series in any authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal amount. | ||
(d) | At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Series and class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Notes to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office of the Issuer (and |
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(e) | All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of other Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. | ||
(f) | Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holders attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company. | ||
(g) | No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer. | ||
(h) | The preceding provisions of this Section 2.4 notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to transfer or make exchanges, and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges, (i) of Notes that have been selected for redemption pursuant to Article X, if applicable; (ii) of Notes that are due for repayment within 15 days of submission to the Corporate Trust Office or the Agency Office; or (iii) if Section 2.15 has not been complied with in connection with such transfer. | ||
(i) | Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall have any responsibility to monitor or restrict the transfer of beneficial ownership in any Note an interest in which is transferable through the facilities of the Depository. |
(a) | If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon the Issuers written request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of a like Series and class and aggregate principal amount; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days |
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(b) | If, after the delivery of a replacement Note or payment in respect of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to subsection (a), a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from (i) any Person to whom it was delivered, (ii) the Person taking such replacement Note from the Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or (iii) any assignee of such Person, except a bona fide purchaser, and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith. | ||
(c) | In connection with the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including all fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith. | ||
(d) | Any duplicate Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement for any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time or be enforced by any Person, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. | ||
(e) | The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. |
(a) | Interest on each Series of Notes shall accrue and be payable as provided in the applicable Series Supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement, any installment of interest payable on any Note shall be punctually |
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(b) | The principal of each Series of Notes shall be payable as provided in the applicable Series Supplement. All principal payments on each Series of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Series entitled thereto unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement, any installment of principal payable on any Note shall be punctually paid or duly provided for by a deposit by or at the direction of the Issuer into the Principal Funding Account on the applicable Payment Date and shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the applicable Record Date, by wire or check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Persons address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date; provided, however, that, with respect to Book-Entry Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the Note Depository for which Definitive Notes have not been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, payment shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such Holder, except for the final installment of principal on any such Note and the Redemption Price for any Notes, if so called, which, in each case, shall be payable as provided herein. The funds represented by any such checks in respect of interest or principal returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3. | ||
(c) | With respect to any Payment Date on which the final installment of principal and interest on a Series of Notes is to be paid, the Indenture Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of such Series of Notes as of the Record Date for such Payment Date of the fact that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note is to be paid on such Payment Date. With respect to Book-Entry Notes for which Definitive Notes have not been issued, such notice shall be sent on the Business Day prior to such Payment Date by facsimile, and with respect to Definitive Notes, such notice shall be sent not later than three Business Days after such Record Date in accordance with Section 11.5(a), and, in each case, shall specify that such final installment shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to provide notice to the Noteholders as required pursuant to this Section 2.7(c) to the extent it has not received notice of such expected final Payment Date from the Issuer not later than two Business Days after the Record |
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(a) | the provisions of this Section 2.10 shall be in full force and effect; | ||
(b) | the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Holder of such Notes and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners; | ||
(c) | to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.10 conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.10 shall control; | ||
(d) | the rights of the Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants, and unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section |
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(e) | whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has (i) received written instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and (ii) has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee. |
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(a) | The Notes may not have been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Consequently, such Notes (the Unregistered Notes) are not transferable other than pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and satisfaction of certain other provisions specified herein or in the related Series Supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, no sale, pledge or other transfer of any Unregistered Note (or interest therein) after the date thereof may be made by any Person unless either such sale, pledge or other transfer is (i) otherwise made in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which case (A) the Indenture Trustee shall require that both the prospective transferor and the prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor in writing the facts surrounding such transfer, which certification shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor, and (B) the Indenture Trustee shall require a written opinion of counsel (which shall not be at the expense of the Transferor, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory to the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will not violate the Securities Act or (ii) satisfies the restrictions on transfer set forth in the applicable Series Supplement. Neither the Transferor nor the Indenture Trustee shall be obligated to register any Unregistered Notes under the Securities Act, qualify any Unregistered Notes under the securities laws of any state or provide registration rights to any purchaser or holder thereof. | ||
(b) | Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, the Unregistered Notes may not be acquired by or for the account of a Benefit Plan and, by accepting and holding an Unregistered Note, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and, if requested to do so by the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, the Holder of an Unregistered Note shall execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an undertaking letter in the form set forth in Exhibit B. | ||
(c) | Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, Unregistered Notes shall be issued in the form of Definitive Notes, shall be in fully registered form and Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 of this Indenture shall not apply thereto. | ||
(d) | Each Unregistered Note shall bear legends to the effect set forth in subsections (a) and (b) (if subsection (b) is applicable) above. |
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(a) | All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the applicable Principal Funding Account shall be made, in accordance with written directions received, on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such Principal Funding Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section 3.3. | ||
(b) | On or before each date on which payments are to be made or the Redemption Date (if applicable), the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the applicable Principal Funding Account aggregate sums sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due with respect to the Notes, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure to so act. | ||
(c) | The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as |
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(d) | The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. | ||
(e) | Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such amount has become due and payable shall upon request of the Issuer be discharged from such trust and be paid by the Indenture Trustee to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Request; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such |
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(a) | maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof: | ||
(b) | perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any grant of a security interest made or to be made by this Indenture; | ||
(c) | enforce the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in any of the Collateral; or | ||
(d) | preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties, and the Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required pursuant to this Section 3.5. In addition, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee all documents constituting instruments (as defined in the UCC as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction) as shall have been delivered to it by the Transferor pursuant to the terms of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement relating to the Trust Estate with such endorsements attached as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require. |
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(a) | On the Initial Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest of this Indenture and reciting the details of such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective. | ||
(b) | On or before April 30 in each calendar year, beginning April 30, 2001, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture. |
(a) | The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Persons material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement or such other instrument or agreement. | ||
(b) | The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee herein or in the Basic Documents or an Officers Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for the action or inaction of the Servicer or the Administrator. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture. | ||
(c) | The Issuer shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements |
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(d) | If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicing Default under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies in writing thereof, and shall specify in such notice the response or action, if any, the Issuer has taken or is taking with respect to such default. If a Servicing Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement with respect to the Receivables in the Accounts, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall take all reasonable steps available to them pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement to remedy such failure. |
(a) | sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, except the Issuer may: (i) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of the Trusts interest in Receivables including Defaulted Receivables, (ii) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts and any Principal Funding Account and (iii) take other actions, in each case as contemplated by the Basic Documents; | ||
(b) | claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate; | ||
(c) | voluntarily commence any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or other proceeding, or apply for an order by a court or agency or supervisory authority for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs or any other event specified in Section 5.1(f); or | ||
(d) | either (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics liens and other liens that arise by operation of law or as |
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(a) | a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of the Issuers performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officers supervision; and | ||
(b) | to the best of such Authorized Officers knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof. A copy of such certificate may be obtained by any Noteholder by a request in writing to the Issuer addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee. |
(a) | The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless: |
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(b) | Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Indenture or the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not sell, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material portion of the properties and assets included in the Trust Estate to any Person, unless: |
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(a) | Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein. | ||
(b) | Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer shall be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee from the Person acquiring such assets and properties stating that the Issuer is to be so released. |
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(a) | pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise, in each case with respect to any ownership or equity interest or similar security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer; | ||
(b) | redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or similar security; or | ||
(c) | set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; |
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(a) | Good Title. No interest in any Receivable conveyed to the Issuer has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Issuer to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee; immediately prior to the conveyance of such Receivables pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer had good and marketable title thereto, free of any Lien; and, upon execution and delivery of this Indenture by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall have all of the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such Receivables, free of any Lien; and | ||
(b) | All Filings Made. All filings (including, without limitation, Uniform Commercial Code filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Indenture Trustee, upon the acquisition by the Issuer of any Eligible Receivable, a first priority perfected security interest in such Eligible Receivable have been made. |
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(a) | either: |
(b) | the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid or performed all amounts and obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes; and |
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(c) | the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. |
(a) | failure to pay any interest on any Note as and when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 days; or | ||
(b) | except as set forth in Section 5.1(c), failure to pay any installment of the principal of any Note as and when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues unremedied for a period of 5 days; or | ||
(c) | failure to pay in full the unpaid principal balance attributable to any Series of Notes on or prior to the Final Maturity Date for such Series or class; or |
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(d) | default in the observance or performance in any material respect of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section 5.1) which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders of any Series, and such default shall continue or not be cured for a period of 60 days after there shall have been given, by registered, certified or overnight mail or by hand delivery, to the Issuer and the Transferor (or the Servicer, as applicable) by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Transferor (or the Servicer, as applicable) and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes of such Series, a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or | ||
(e) | the filing of an order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, and such order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the filing of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Issuer under any other Insolvency Law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the filing of a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuers affairs, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 90 consecutive days; or | ||
(f) | the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code; or the filing of a petition or answer or consent by the Issuer seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition under any other Insolvency Law, or consent to the filing of any such petition, answer or consent; or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as such debts become due; or | ||
(g) | any other event designated as such in a Series Supplement. The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies within five Business Days after learning of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(d), its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. |
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(a) | If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case, unless the principal amount of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the principal amount of the then outstanding Controlling Class for that Series of Notes may declare the principal of those Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer and the Rating Agencies (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders) setting forth the Event or Events of Default, and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. Such declaration will constitute an Early Amortization Event for that Series and may be rescinded as set forth in Section 5.2(b). | ||
(b) | At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article V, the Holders of Notes representing a majority of the principal amount of the Notes of the Controlling Class, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; provided, however, that no such rescission and annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto; and provided, further, that if the Indenture Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission and annulment or for any other reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee, then and in every such case, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall continue as though no such proceedings had been commenced. |
(a) | The Issuer covenants that if there shall occur an Event of Default under Sections 5.1(a), (b) or (c) that has not been waived pursuant to Section 5.12, then the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the parties to receive such amounts pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the entire amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest with interest upon the overdue principal for each Series of Notes, at the rate borne by such Notes and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including any fees, the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel, with all such amounts applied as described in Section 5.4(b). |
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(b) | The Indenture Trustee, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, shall have full right, power and authority to take, or defer from taking, any and all acts with respect to the administration, maintenance or disposition of the collateral, including the exercise of any remedies specified in Sections 5.3 and 5.4. | ||
(c) | If the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable. | ||
(d) | If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.4, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by applicable law. | ||
(e) | If there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust Estate, Proceedings under any Insolvency Law, or if a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.3, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise: |
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(f) | Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person. | ||
(g) | All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders. | ||
(h) | In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings. |
(a) | If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes have been accelerated under Section 5.2(a), the Indenture Trustee may (but shall not be required to) do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.5): |
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(b) | If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order: |
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(c) | Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes of any Series shall have been accelerated under Section 5.2(a) and the Final Maturity Date for such Series of Note shall have occurred, on the first Payment Date thereafter, the Indenture Trustee will sell or cause to be sold on such Payment Date such Principal Receivables (or interests therein) in the amount and manner described in the related Series Supplement; provided, however, that in no event shall the amount of Principal Receivables sold exceed the Invested Amount for that Series. The proceeds from such sale, shall be immediately deposited into the applicable Principal Funding Account or such other Trust Account as shall be specified in the related Series Supplement and shall be allocated and distributed to the Noteholders of such Series in accordance with the terms of the related Series Supplement. |
(a) | such Holders Note is in the Controlling Class; | ||
(b) | such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default; | ||
(c) | the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of the Controlling Class have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder; | ||
(d) | such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request; | ||
(e) | the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and | ||
(f) | no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the |
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(a) | such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; | ||
(b) | subject to the express terms of Section 5.4, any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the outstanding Notes; | ||
(c) | if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.5, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the outstanding Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect; and | ||
(d) | the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction; provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might cause it to incur any liability (y) with respect to which the Indenture Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to believe that adequate indemnity against such liability is not assured to it and (z) which might materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action. |
(a) | Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of the Controlling Class may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (i) in the payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each such Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto. | ||
(b) | Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. |
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(a) | any Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee; | ||
(b) | any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; or | ||
(c) | any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). |
(a) | Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Administrators expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Transferor and the Servicer of their respective obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement or by VCI of its obligations under or in |
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(b) | If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the outstanding Notes of any outstanding Series shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Transferor or the Servicer under or in connection with the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Transferor or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended. | ||
(c) | Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Administrators expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Transferor and VCI of each of their obligations to the Transferor under or in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Transferor thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Transferor and VCI of each of their obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. | ||
(d) | If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the outstanding Notes of any outstanding Series shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Transferor against VCI and the Servicer under or in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by VCI of its obligations to the Transferor thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and any right of the Transferor to take such action shall be suspended. |
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(a) | a failure by the Transferor to convey Receivables in Additional Accounts to the Trust within five Business Days after the day on which it is required to convey such Accounts; | ||
(b) | VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall file a petition commencing a voluntary case under any chapter of the federal bankruptcy laws; or VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition under any other similar applicable federal law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, answer, or consent; or VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall appoint, or consent to the appointment of, a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee, sequestrator or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of any substantial part of its property; or VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; | ||
(c) | any order for relief against VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall have been entered by a court having jurisdiction in the premises under any chapter of the federal bankruptcy laws, and such order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition of VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust under any other similar applicable federal law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee, sequestrator, or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust or of any substantial part of its property or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days; | ||
(d) | the Trust or the Transferor shall become an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act; or | ||
(e) | on any Determination Date, as of the last day of each of the two preceding Collection Periods, the aggregate balance of Receivables relating to Used Vehicles exceeds 20% of the Pool Balance (excluding the amount on deposit in the Excess Funding Account, if any) on each of such last days. |
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THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
(a) | If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs. | ||
(b) | Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: |
(c) | The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct or bad faith, except that: |
(d) | The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. |
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(e) | Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. | ||
(f) | No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds to it is not reasonably assured or it has not received an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability. | ||
(g) | The Indenture Trustee shall have no discretionary duties other than performing those ministerial acts set forth above necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Trust as set forth in this Indenture. | ||
(h) | Every provision of this Indenture relating to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1 and, if the Indenture is or is required to be qualified under this TIA, to the provisions of the TIA. |
(a) | The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into any fact or matter stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document. | ||
(b) | Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate from the Issuer or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. | ||
(c) | The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder. | ||
(d) | The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustees conduct does not constitute wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. | ||
(e) | The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any |
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action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. | |||
(f) | The Indenture Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Indenture. | ||
(g) | The Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or event of default unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge or (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Issuer or a Holder, and such notice references this Indenture or the Note. | ||
(h) | The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the Issuer nor shall it have any liability (in its capacity as Indenture Trustee) in connection with the malfeasance or nonmalfeasance by the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in connection with compliance by the Issuer with statutory or regulatory requirements related to the Collateral. The Indenture Trustee shall not make or be deemed to have made any representations or warranties with respect to the Collateral or adequacy thereof or the validity or sufficiency of any assignment of the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee. | ||
(i) | Except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty or obligation, implied or otherwise, to (i) attend any meetings of the Issuers management or membership, (ii) inspect the accounts or books and records of the Issuer, (iii) otherwise insure that the Noteholders remain informed about the business of the Issuer or (iv) furnish to the Noteholders any information from the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee. |
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(a) | Except to the extent set forth in Section 5.4(b), the Issuer shall pay, out of funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to be deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, or shall cause the Servicer pursuant to any Series Supplement and Section 3.2 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing. The Indenture Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall or shall cause the Servicer pursuant to any Series Supplement and Section 3.2 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to reimburse, out of funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to be deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustees agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall or shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to indemnify, out of funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to be deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend or cause the Servicer to defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay, out of funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to be deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, or shall cause the Servicer to pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. | ||
(b) | The Issuers obligation to cause the Servicer to honor the Issuers obligations to the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.7(a) shall survive the discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in |
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Section 5.1(e) or (f) with respect to the Issuer, if the surviving entity has failed to honor such obligation the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Insolvency Law or under Title 11 of the United States Code. |
(a) | The Indenture Trustee may at any time give notice of its intent to resign by so notifying the Issuer; provided, however, that no such resignation shall become effective and the Indenture Trustee shall not resign prior to the time set forth in Section 6.8(c). The Holders of a majority in aggregate amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. Such resignation or removal shall become effective in accordance with Section 6.8(c). The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if: |
(b) | If the Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint and designate a successor Indenture Trustee by written notice to the resigning Indenture Trustee. | ||
(c) | A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment and designation to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The Issuer shall release the resigning Indenture Trustee from its obligations hereunder by written instrument. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee. | ||
(d) | If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in aggregate amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment and designation of a successor Indenture Trustee. |
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(e) | If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. | ||
(f) | Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8, the Issuers obligations under Section 6.7 and the Servicers corresponding obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee. |
(a) | Any corporation into which the Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Indenture Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture; provided, however, that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.11, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Indenture except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding. The Indenture Trustee shall promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency of any such merger, conversion or consolidation. | ||
(b) | If at the time such successor or successors by merger or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee. In all such cases such certificate of authentication shall have the same full force as is provided anywhere in the Notes or herein with respect to the certificate of authentication of the Indenture Trustee. |
(a) | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Issuer or any Dealer may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Indenture Trustee to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, or separate indenture trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly provided herein) the Residual Interestholder, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof, |
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and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-indenture trustee or separate indenture trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-indenture trustee or separate indenture trustee shall be required under Section 6.8. | |||
(b) | Every separate indenture trustee and co-indenture trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions: |
(c) | Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate indenture trustees and co-indenture trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate indenture trustee and co-indenture 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 Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee. | ||
(d) | Any separate indenture trustee or co-indenture trustee may at any time appoint the Indenture 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 Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate indenture trustee or co-indenture 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 |
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exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor indenture trustee. |
(a) | the Indenture Trustee is a national banking association and satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 6.11; | ||
(b) | the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Indenture, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture; | ||
(c) | the execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of this Indenture (i) shall not violate any provision of any law or regulation governing the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee or any order, writ, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator, or Governmental Authority applicable to the Indenture Trustee or any of its assets, (ii) shall not violate any provision of the corporate charter or by-laws of the Indenture Trustee and (iii) shall not violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any properties included in the Trust Estate pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or other undertaking to which it is a party, which violation, default or lien could reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the Indenture Trustees performance or ability to perform its duties under this Indenture or on the transactions contemplated in this Indenture; | ||
(d) | the execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of this Indenture shall not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect |
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of, any Governmental Authority or agency regulating the banking and corporate trust activities of the Indenture Trustee; and | |||
(e) | this Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Indenture Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms. |
NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
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(a) | The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. | ||
(b) | Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Indenture Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Indenture Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder. | ||
(c) | Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. | ||
(d) | The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). |
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(b) | Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on December 31 of such year. |
(a) | If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days after each May 1, beginning with May 1, 2006, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA § 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA § 313(a). If the Indenture is or is required to be qualified under the TIA, the Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b). A copy of any report delivered pursuant to this Section 7.4(a) shall, at the time of its mailing to Noteholders, be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission, if required by applicable rules, and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange. | ||
(b) | On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each payment to each Noteholder a copy of the statement for the Collection Period or Periods applicable to such Payment Date as required pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement provided, the Servicer has provided the Indenture Trustee with such information as required. |
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
(a) | On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Trust Accounts as provided in any Series Supplement and Section 4.1 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (or with respect to any Trust Account for any |
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Series of Notes issued after the Closing Date, on or prior to the closing date with respect to such Series of Notes). | |||
(b) | Subject to and in accordance with Section 8.2(c), collections of Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments will be allocated to each Series from and after the related Series Cut-Off Date as specified in the related Series Supplement, and amounts so allocated to any Series will not, except as specified in the related Series Supplement, be available to the Noteholders of any other Series. Allocations thereof among the Series in any group and among the Classes in any Series and between the Noteholders and the Residual Interestholders shall be set forth in the related Series Supplement or Series Supplements; provided, however, Collections of Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments shall not be allocated to any Excluded Series until the Invested Amount of the Series relating to such Excluded Series is reduced to $0. | ||
(c) | unless the related Series Supplement shall provide otherwise, each Series upon issuance, shall be deemed to have been created and in existence as of the first day of the Collection Period in which the related Series Cut-Off Date falls and, as a result, shall be allocated (as required in the related Series Supplement) its allocable portion of Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments for such Collection Period; and |
(d) | On or before the date any distribution is to be made by the Indenture Trustee, all amounts required to be disbursed by the Indenture Trustee will be deposited by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt into the applicable Principal Funding Account or such other Trust Account as shall be specified in the related Series Supplement. The Indenture Trustee shall (unless otherwise provided in any Series Supplement) allocate the amount deposited into such Principal Funding Account and such other Trust Accounts to the extent and at the times as provided in the related Series |
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Supplement. The Indenture Trustee shall pay amounts to the Holders of such Series to the extent and at the times provided in the related Series Supplement. | |||
(e) | The Indenture Trustee shall allocate amounts deposited in a Principal Funding Account for payments of principal on the applicable Series of Notes, and pay amounts to the Holders thereof, to the extent and at the times provided in the related Series Supplements. | ||
(f) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all investment earnings on funds on deposit in the Principal Funding Account, net of losses and investment expenses, shall constitute Investment Proceeds and be applied as described in the related Series Supplement. | ||
(g) | Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture to the contrary, for so long as the Transferor is the sole Residual Interestholder and until the Indenture Trustee shall have received written notice from the Trust or the Transferor to the contrary, all amounts to be distributed by the Indenture Trustee to the Residual Interestholder or the Residual Interest Distribution Account shall be distributed to the Transferor to the account specified by the Transferor. |
(a) | Subject to Section 6.1(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust Accounts resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustees failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms. | ||
(b) | If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2, or, (iii) if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.5 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Trust Accounts in Eligible Investments in accordance and the most recent standing instructions received. |
(a) | Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.7, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustees interest in the same, in a manner and under |
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circumstances that are consistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustees authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies. | |||
(b) | The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been paid, notify the Issuer thereof in writing and upon receipt of an Issuer Request, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Collection Account, the Excess Funding Account and, except as otherwise specified in the related Series Supplement, any other Trust Account. The Indenture Trustee shall (i) release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Residual Interest from the lien of this Indenture and (ii) release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Collection Account only at such time as (x) there are no Notes Outstanding and (y) all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been paid. |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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REDEMPTION OF NOTES
(a) | A Series of Notes shall be subject to redemption if and to the extent provided in the related Series Supplement. | ||
(b) | Each Series of Notes shall be subject to redemption as set forth in this Section 10.1(b). In the event of any breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.3 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders, then either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority in aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Controlling Class of each Series of Notes, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency, may direct the Issuer to redeem all of the Notes then outstanding on the second Payment Date following the date of such notice (or such later date as may be specified in such notice); provided, however, that no such redemption shall be required to be made if on or prior to the earlier of the date the Redemption Notice is or is required to be sent to Noteholders, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.3 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement are satisfied in all material respects and any material adverse effect on the Noteholders caused thereby shall have been cured. The Issuer shall promptly furnish a copy of such notice to the Transferor. | ||
(c) | The redemption price for any Notes shall be equal to the applicable Redemption Price set forth in the related Series Supplement. The Issuer shall only be required to redeem Notes if it has available funds sufficient to pay such amount. The Issuer shall furnish the Rating Agencies notice of any such redemption. If any Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 10.1(a), the Issuer shall furnish |
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notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee not later than 10 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit into the applicable Principal Funding Account, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, the aggregate Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed, whereupon all such Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date. | |||
(d) | Notwithstanding the preceding, a Series of Notes may also be redeemed under the terms and conditions set forth in a Series Supplement. |
(a) | Notice of redemption of any Notes under Section 10.1 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than five days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Noteholder of record of the Notes to be redeemed at such Noteholders address appearing in the Note Register. | ||
(b) | All notices of redemption shall state: |
(c) | Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note. |
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MISCELLANEOUS
(a) | Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee upon request: (i) an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section 11.1, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: |
(b) | (i) Prior to the deposit with the Indenture Trustee of any Collateral or other property or securities that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited. |
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(a) | In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. | ||
(b) | Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are |
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erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. | |||
(c) | Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. | ||
(d) | Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuers compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustees right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI. |
(a) | Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders or a Series of Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing and shall be subject to Section 5.11 hereof; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.3. | ||
(b) | The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient. | ||
(c) | The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register. |
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(d) | Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note. |
(a) | the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or | ||
(b) | the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and either sent by electronic facsimile transmission (with hard copy to follow via first class mail) or mailed, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight mail to the Issuer and the Owner Trustee each at the address specified in Appendix B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. |
(c) | Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be delivered as specified in Appendix B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. |
(a) | Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any condition or event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if it is in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at such Persons address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. If notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given regardless of whether such notice is in fact actually received. | ||
(b) | Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of |
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notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver. | |||
(c) | In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event of Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. | ||
(d) | Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute an Event of Default. |
(a) | If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall control. | ||
(b) | If this Indenture is or is required to be qualified under the TIA, the provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein. |
(a) | All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. | ||
(b) | All covenants and agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. |
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(a) | Each Noteholder will agree by acceptance of a Note (or interest therein) that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against: |
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(a) | submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Indenture, any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof; | ||
(b) | consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; | ||
(c) | agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Appendix B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement; and | ||
(d) | agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction. |
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VOLKSWAGEN CREDIT AUTO MASTER OWNER TRUST | ||||||
By: | The Bank of New York (Delaware), not in | |||||
its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ Kristine K. Gullo | |||||
Name: Kristine K. Gullo | ||||||
Title: Vice President | ||||||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | ||||||
as Indenture Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ James P. Bowden | |||||
Name: James P. Bowden | ||||||
Title: Assistant Treasurer |
Acknowledged and Accepted: | ||||
VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer | ||||
By: | /s/ David Schulz | |||
Name: David Schulz | ||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||
By: | /s/ LeSha Thorpe | |||
Name: LeSha Thorpe | ||||
Title: Assistant Treasurer |
3800 Hamlin Road
Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326
4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Global Debt-Structured Finance Admin.
as Indenture Trustee for
Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust
(a) | The Buyer has received the [describe offering document] relating to the offering of the Unregistered Note (including exhibits thereto). | ||
(b) | The Buyer understands that the Unregistered Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. The Buyer agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which it is acting as hereinafter stated, that such Unregistered Note may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to an [institutional] investor that is an Accredited Investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3) or (7) (an Institutional Accredited Investor) under the Securities Act acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are Institutional Accredited Investors unless the holder is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity) that, if so requested by the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, executes a certificate in the form hereof, (ii) [so long as such Unregistered Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (Rule 144A), to a person whom the Buyer reasonably believes after due inquiry to be a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A) acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are qualified institutional buyers) that, if so requested by the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, executes a certificate in the form hereof or (iii)] in a sale, pledge or other transfer made in a transaction otherwise exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which case (A) the Indenture Trustee shall require that both the prospective transferor and the |
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prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor in writing the facts surrounding such transfer, which certification shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor, and (B) the Indenture Trustee shall require a written opinion of counsel (which will not be at the expense of the Transferor, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory to the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will not violate the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. The Buyer will notify any purchaser of the Unregistered Note from it of the above resale restrictions, if then applicable. The Buyer further understands that in connection with any transfer of the Unregistered Note by it that the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee may request, and if so requested the Buyer will furnish, such certificates and other information as they may reasonably require to confirm that any such transfer complies with the foregoing restrictions. |
| (1) The Buyer is an [institutional investor and] an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are Institutional Accredited Investors unless the Buyer is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity). The Buyer has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Unregistered Note, and the Buyer and any accounts for which it is acting are able to bear the economic risk of investment in the Unregistered Note for an indefinite period of time. The Buyer is acquiring the Unregistered Note for investment and not with a view to, or for offer and sale in connection with, a public distribution. | ||
| (2) The Buyer is a qualified institutional buyer as defined under Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is acquiring the Unregistered Note for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are qualified institutional buyers). The Buyer is are familiar with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the transferor of the Unregistered Note and other parties intend to rely on the statements made herein and the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.] |
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(c) | You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. |
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3800 Hamlin Road
Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326
4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Global Debt-Structured Finance Admin.
as Indenture Trustee for
Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust
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