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CDF FUNDING, INC. - S-3/A - 20040702 - SIGNATURES
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each
co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3, reasonably believes that the
security rating requirement contained in Transaction Requirement B.5 of Form S-3
will be met by the time of sale of the securities registered hereunder, and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Stamford, Connecticut, on the date of
July 2, 2004.
CDF FUNDING, INC., as Co-Registrant
By: /S/ W. Steven Culp
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Name: W. Steven Culp
Title: Vice President, Treasurer and
Principal Accounting Officer
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GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST, as
Co-Registrant
By: CDF FUNDING, INC., as transferor to
GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust
By: /S/ W. Steven Culp
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Name: W. Steven Culp
Title: Vice President, Treasurer and
Principal Accounting Officer
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CDF FINANCING, L.L.C., as Co-Registrant
By: /S/ W. Steven Culp
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Name: W. Steven Culp
Title: Manager and Principal
Accounting Officer
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DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN
MASTER TRUST, as Co-Registrant
By: CDF FINANCING, L.L.C., as transferor
to Distribution Financial Services
Floorplan Master Trust
By: /S/ W. Steven Culp
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Name: W. Steven Culp
Title: Manager and Principal
Accounting Officer
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S-1
(CDF FUNDING, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRANSFEROR
TO GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Robert Martin*
--------------------------- President, Principal Executive
Robert Martin Officer and Director July 2, 2004
/s/ David A. Kaminsky* Vice President, Chief Financial
--------------------------- Officer and Principal Financial
David A. Kaminsky Officer July 2, 2004
/s/ W. Steven Culp
--------------------------- Vice President, Treasurer and
W. Steven Culp Principal Accounting Officer July 2, 2004
/s/ Mark Hutchinson*
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Mark Hutchinson Vice President and Director July 2, 2004
/s/ Michael Cipolla*
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Michael Cipolla Vice President July 2, 2004
/s/ Timothy J. Yanoti*
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Timothy J. Yanoti Vice President July 2, 2004
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*Signed by W. Steven Culp as attorney-in-fact under Power of Attorney
By:/S/ W. Steven Culp
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Name: W. Steven Culp
Title: Vice President, Treasurer and
Principal Accounting Officer
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S-2
(CDF FINANCING, L.L.C., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRANSFEROR
TO DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Matthew Zakrzewski*
--------------------------- Manager and Principal Financial
Matthew Zakrzewski Officer July 2, 2004
/s/ Cristina M. Harter*
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Cristina M. Harter Manager July 2, 2004
/s/ Robert Martin*
--------------------------- Manager and Principal Executive
Robert Martin Officer July 2, 2004
/s/ Timothy J. Yanoti*
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Timothy J. Yanoti Manager July 2, 2004
/s/ W. Steven Culp
--------------------------- Manager and Principal Accounting
W. Steven Culp Officer July 2, 2004
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*Signed by W. Steven Culp as attorney-in-fact under Power of Attorney
By: /s/ W. Steven Culp
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Name: W. Steven Culp
Title: Manager and Principal
Accounting Officer
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S-3
Exhibit 1.1
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
$[ ] Class A Asset-Backed Notes
$[ ] Class B Asset-Backed Notes
$[ ] Class C Asset-Backed Notes
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[ ],
Acting on behalf of itself and as the
Representative of the Several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
(the "Representative")
[Address] [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CDF Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
cause GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (the "Issuer") to issue $[ ]
aggregate principal amount of Class A Asset Backed Notes, Series [__] (the
"Class A Notes"), $[ ] aggregate principal amount of the Class B Asset Backed
Notes, Series [__] (the "Class B Notes") and $[ ] aggregate principal amount of
the Class C Asset Backed Notes, Series [__] (the "Class C Notes", and together
with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the "Offered Notes"). The offering
of the Offered Notes by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement is referred
to herein as the "Note Offering"). The Company is a subsidiary of General
Electric Capital Corporation ("GE Capital") and General Electric Capital
Services, Inc.
The Issuer is a Delaware statutory trust formed pursuant to (a) an Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of [___], 2004 (the "Trust Agreement"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as owner trustee (the
"Owner Trustee"), and (b) the filing of a certificate of trust with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on [__], 2004. The Offered Notes will be issued
pursuant to a Master Indenture, dated as of [___], 2004 (the "Master
Indenture"), between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), as supplemented by the Series [__] Indenture
Supplement with respect to the Offered Notes, dated as of [___], 2004 (the
"Indenture Supplement" and, together with the Master Indenture, the
"Indenture").
The primary assets of the Issuer are (i) a certificate (the "Note Trust
Certificate") representing a beneficial interest in the assets held in
Distribution Financial Services Flooplan Master Trust (the "DFS Trust"), issued
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Pooling and
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Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended, restated, modified
or supplemented, the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among GE Commercial
Distribution Finance Corporation ("CDF"), formerly known as Deutsche Financial
Services Corporation, as servicer, Wilmington Trust Company, successor to The
Chase Manhattan Bank (the "DFS Trustee"), as trustee, and CDF Financing, L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company, and (ii) such assets that the Company may
acquire from time to time pursuant to a Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of
[__], 2004 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the "Receivables
Sale Agreement", together with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the "Sale
Agreements"), among the Company, CDF and Transamerica Commercial Finance
Corporation ("TCFC") including receivables ("Receivables") arising in a
portfolio of revolving accounts owned by CDF, TCFC and other originators from
time to time.
The Receivables are transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the Receivables
Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of [___], 2004 (the "RPCA"),
between the Company and the Issuer. The Issuer has acquired the Note Trust
Certificate pursuant to the RPCA. GE Capital has agreed to conduct the
servicing, collection and administration of the Receivables owned by the Issuer
pursuant to a Servicing Agreement, dated as of [__], 2004 (the "Servicing
Agreement"), between the Issuer and GE Capital, as master servicer.
GE Capital has agreed to provide notices and perform on behalf of the
Issuer certain other administrative obligations required by the RPCA, the
Servicing Agreement, the Master Indenture and each indenture supplement for each
series of notes issued by the Issuer, pursuant to an Administration Agreement,
dated as of [___], 2004 (the "Administration Agreement"), between GE Capital, as
administrator (in such capacity, the "Administrator"), the Issuer and The Bank
of New York (Delaware), as Owner Trustee. The Trust Agreement, the Indenture,
the RPCA, the Receivables Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the
Administration Agreement are referred to herein, collectively, as the "Program
Documents."
This Underwriting Agreement is referred to herein as this "Agreement."
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned in the Program Documents.
The Company and GE Capital hereby agree, severally and not jointly,
with the underwriter[s] for the Class A Notes listed on Schedule I hereto (the
"Class A Underwriters"), the underwriter[s] for the Class B Notes listed on
Schedule I hereto (the "Class B Underwriters") and the underwriter[s] for the
Class C Notes listed on Schedule I hereto (the "Class C Underwriters" and,
together with the Class A Underwriters and the Class B Underwriters, the
"Underwriters") as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants
to and agrees with the Underwriters, as of the date hereof, that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-[_____],
333-[_____]-01 and 333-[_____]-02), including a form of prospectus and
such amendments thereto as may have been filed prior to the date hereof,
relating to the Offered Notes and the offering thereof in accordance with
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), has
been filed with, and has been declared effective by, the
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Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commssion"). If any
post-effective amendment to such registration statement has been filed
with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the
Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, "Effective Time" means the
date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the
Commission, and "Effective Date" means the date of the Effective Time.
Such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement." The Company
proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) ("Rule
424(b)") under the Act a supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") to the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such prospectus, in the
form it appears in the Registration Statement or in the form most recently
revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), is
hereinafter referred to as the "Base Prospectus") relating to the Offered
Notes and the method of distribution thereof. The Base Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus."
(b) The Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on the date of this
Agreement, the Prospectus conforms, and as of the time of filing the
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Registration Statement, at
the Effective Time, did not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the
Prospectus, as of its date, and as of the time of filing pursuant to Rule
424(b), will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties
as to the information contained in or omitted from such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the
Underwriters specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which
information consists of the Underwriters' Information (as defined herein).
(c) The Offered Notes will conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus and as of the Closing Date will be duly and
validly authorized and, when validly executed, countersigned, issued and
delivered in accordance with the Indenture and sold to the Underwriters as
provided herein, will be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to
the benefits of the related Indenture.
(d) Neither the issuance nor sale of the Offered Notes nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated, nor the
fulfillment of the terms hereof, will conflict with any statute, order or
regulation applicable to the Company with respect to the offering of the
Notes by any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Company or with any organizational
document of the Company or any instrument or any agreement under which the
Company is bound or to which it is a party.
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(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
2. Purchase and Sale.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Class A Underwriter[s], and the
Class A Underwriter[s] agree to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of [ ]% of the principal amount thereof, $[ ] aggregate principal
amount of the Class A Notes, each Class A Underwriter to purchase the
amounts shown on Schedule I hereto.
(b) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Class B Underwriter[s], and the
Class B Underwriter[s] agree to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of [ ]% of the principal amount thereof, $[ ] aggregate principal
amount of the Class B Notes, each Class B Underwriter to purchase the
amounts shown on Schedule I hereto.
(c) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Class C Underwriter[s], and the
Class C Underwriter[s] agree to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of [ ]% of the principal amount thereof, $[ ] aggregate principal
amount of the Class C Notes.
(d) The parties hereto agree that settlement for all securities
pursuant to this Agreement shall take place on the terms set forth herein
and not as set forth in Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Offered Notes
shall be made at the offices of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, Illinois,
at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the "Closing Date" specified in the
related Indenture Supplement, which date and time may be postponed by agreement
between the Representative and the Company (such date and time being herein
called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of such Offered Notes shall be made to the
Underwriters against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price thereof
to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer in federal or other
immediately available funds or by check payable in federal funds, as the Company
shall specify prior to such Closing Date. Unless delivery is made through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company, the Offered Notes shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Representative may request not less than two full business days in advance of
the Closing Date.
The Company agrees to notify the Representative at least two business days
before each Closing Date of the exact principal balance evidenced by the Offered
Notes and to have such Offered Notes available for inspection in Chicago,
Illinois, no later than 12:00 noon on the business day prior to such Closing
Date.
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4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the Underwriters
propose to offer the Offered Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the
Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus to be transmitted to the
Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act by means
reasonably calculated to result in filing with the Commission pursuant to
such rule, and prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered
Notes, also will advise the Representative of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or preventing the offer and sale of the Offered
Notes.
(b) If, at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Offered
Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be
necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with
the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company will promptly notify the
Representative of such event and prepare and file with the Commission an
amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment which will effect such compliance.
(c) The Company will furnish to the Representative a copy of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as
delivery of a prospectus by any Underwriter may be required by the Act, as
many copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request.
(d) The Company will furnish such information, execute such
instruments and take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the
Representative to qualify the Offered Notes for sale under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to maintain
such qualifications in effect so long as required for the initial
distribution of the Offered Notes; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where
it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to
general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is
not now so subject.
(e) If the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses
incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any reasonable expenses
(excluding fees of counsel) reasonably incurred by it in connection with
qualification of the Offered Notes for sale and determination of their
eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representative has reasonably requested pursuant to Section 5(d), for any
fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered
Notes, and for expenses incurred in distributing the Prospectus to the
Underwriters. If the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not
consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters
set forth in Section 6 is not satisfied or because of any refusal,
inability or failure on the part of the
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Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision
hereof other than by reason of default by the Underwriters, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have
been incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the proposed
purchase, sale and offering of the Offered Notes. Except as herein
provided, the Underwriters shall be responsible for paying all costs and
expenses incurred by them, including the fees and disbursements of their
counsel, in connection with the purchase and sale of the Offered Notes.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Notes shall be subject to the
accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the
part of the Company contained in this Agreement, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Company made in any applicable officers' certificates pursuant
to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
under this Agreement and to the following additional conditions applicable to
the Offered Notes:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall
have been instituted, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by
the Commission.
(b) Counsel to each of the Company, GE Capital and the Issuer (who
shall be satisfactory to the Representative) shall have furnished to the
Representative an opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, in each
case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative,
relating to certain enforceability, securities law and security interest
matters.
(c) In-house counsel for each of the Company and GE Capital shall
have furnished to the Representative an opinion, dated the Closing Date,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(d) The Representative shall have received from McKee Nelson LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the related
Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes,
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and such other related matters
as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as the Representative may
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a
certificate of the Company, signed by the President, any Vice President,
or the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has
carefully examined the Program Documents to which the Company is a party,
and that, to the best of such person's knowledge after reasonable
investigation, the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement and the Program Documents to which the Company is a party are
true and correct in all material respects,
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and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior
to the Closing Date.
(f) Counsel for the Indenture Trustee (who shall be satisfactory
to the Representative) shall have furnished to the Representative an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative.
(g) Counsel for the Owner Trustee (who shall be satisfactory to
the Representative) shall have furnished to the Representative an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representative.
(h) Counsel for the Company (who shall be satisfactory to the
Representative) shall have furnished to the Representative an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representative, relating to certain insolvency and bankruptcy matters
and federal income tax matters.
(i) The Representative shall have received a letter, dated the
Closing Date or such other date as may be agreed upon between the
Representative and the Company, from certified public accountants (who
shall be satisfactory to the Representative), substantially in the form
previously approved by the Representative.
(j) The Offered Notes shall have received the ratings specified in
the Prospectus.
(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to
the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as
the Representative may reasonably request.
(l) Subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, there shall not have
been any material adverse change in the business or properties of the
Company which in the Representative's reasonable judgment, after
consultation with the Company, materially impairs the investment quality
of the Offered Notes so as to make it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering or the delivery of such Offered Notes as
contemplated by the Prospectus.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and GE Capital, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each Person who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act (a "Controlling Person") against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of
them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal
or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) are caused by (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, or are caused by the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
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necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse each
Underwriter and Controlling Person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Underwriter or such Controlling Person in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that (i) neither the Company nor
GE Capital will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or GE Capital by or on behalf of any
Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the
Prospectus or any other offering materials used in connection with the
offer and sale of the Offered Notes by an Underwriter (the "Underwriters'
Information"), and (ii) such indemnity with respect to any Corrected
Statement (as defined below) in such Prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Underwriter (or any Controlling Person) from whom the
Person asserting any loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Offered Notes that are the subject thereof if such Person was not sent a
copy of a Prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such
Offered Notes and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in such Prospectus was corrected (a "Corrected Statement") in
such other supplement to the Prospectus and such supplement was furnished
by the Company or GE Capital to such Underwriter prior to the delivery of
such confirmation. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company or GE Capital may otherwise have.
Each Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
GE Capital, their respective Affiliates, and each of their respective
directors, managers and officers who signs the Registration Statement
relating to the Offered Notes, and each Person who controls the Company,
GE Capital or their respective Affiliates within the meaning of the Act or
the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnities from the
Company and GE Capital to such Underwriter, but only with reference to
written information furnished to the Company or GE Capital by or on behalf
of such Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation of the
documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise
have. [Each of the Company and GE Capital acknowledges that the statements
set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement in the table
under the heading "Class A Notes" and on the line across from "Price to
public," in the table listing the Class A Underwriters and the Principal
Amount of Class A Notes under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus
Supplement, in the table following the third paragraph under the heading
"Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement in the column labeled "Class A
Notes", and in the penultimate paragraph under the heading "Underwriting"
in the Prospectus Supplement, on the cover page of the Prospectus
Supplement in the table under the heading "Class B Notes" and on the line
across from "Price to public," in the table listing the Class B
Underwriters and the Principal Amount of Class B Notes and under the
heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement, in the table
following the third paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the
Prospectus Supplement in the column labeled "Class B Notes", on the cover
page of the Prospectus Supplement in the table under the heading "Class C
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Notes" and on the line across from "Price to public," in the table listing
the Class C Underwriters and the Principal Amount of Class C Notes and
under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement, in the
table following the third paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in
the Prospectus Supplement in the column labeled "Class C Notes", and in
the penultimate paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the
Prospectus Supplement constitute the information furnished in writing by
or on behalf of the Underwriter for inclusion in the Prospectus, and the
Underwriters confirms that such statements are correct.]
(b) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission or failure to so
notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which
it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 7
except and to the extent of any prejudice to the indemnifying party
arising from such failure or omission to provide notice. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party
will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available
to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or
additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert
such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the
indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to
such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have
employed separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal
defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it
being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable
for the expenses of more than one separate counsel approved by the
indemnified party in the case of subparagraph (a) or (b) of this Section
7, representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph (a) or (b), who
are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment
of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying
party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such
liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such
clause (i) or (iii). Unless it shall assume the defense of any proceeding,
the indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding, effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or
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if there shall be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying
party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss,
claim, damage or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject
matter of such action and does not include a statement as to, or an
admission of, fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 7 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason
held by a court to be unavailable from the Company, GE Capital or an
Underwriter, on grounds of policy or otherwise, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and
liabilities to which the Company, GE Capital, any of their respective
Affiliates and the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the
Company and GE Capital on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other
from the offering of the Offered Notes but also the relative fault of the
Company and GE Capital on the one hand and of the Underwriters, on the
other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company
and GE Capital on the one hand and an Underwriter on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) of the Offered Notes received by the
Company and GE Capital bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the Offered
Notes. The relative fault of the Company and GE Capital on the one hand
and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact therein or necessary
to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading relates to information supplied
by the Company or GE Capital or by the Underwriters, and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(d) The Company, GE Capital and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 7(c)
were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the considerations referred to
above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 7(c)
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim
except where the indemnified party is required to bear such expenses
pursuant to Section 7(b); which expenses the indemnifying party shall pay
as and when incurred, at the request of the indemnified party, to the
extent that the
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indemnifying party reasonably believes that it will be ultimately
obligated to pay such expenses. In the event that any expenses so paid by
the indemnifying party are subsequently determined to not be required to
be borne by the indemnifying party hereunder, the party which received
such payment shall promptly refund the amount so paid to the party which
made such payment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7(d), no Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each Controlling
Person shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriter, and each
Person who controls the Company or GE Capital or any Affiliate thereof within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company
or GE Capital or any Affiliate thereof who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company or GE Capital or any Affiliate
thereof shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or GE Capital
or any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, subject in each case to the immediately
preceding sentence of this paragraph.
(e) Computational Materials and Structural Term Sheets. Each
Underwriter represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company, as of the
date of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that it has not used, and
will not use, any Derived Information (as such term is defined below) in
connection with the offering of the Offered Notes. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Derived Information" means the type of information defined as
Collateral Term Sheets, Structural Term Sheets or Computational Materials (as
such terms are interpreted in the No-Action Letters). The terms "Collateral Term
Sheet" and "Structural Term Sheet" shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the February 13, 1995 letter (the "PSA Letter") of Cleary, Gottlieb,
Steen & Hamilton on behalf of the Public Securities Association (which letter,
and the Commission staff's response thereto, were publicly available February
17, 1995), and with respect to "Collateral Term Sheet" includes any subsequent
Collateral Term Sheet that reflects a substantive change in the information
presented. The term "Computational Materials" has the meaning assigned to it in
the May 17, 1994 letter of Brown & Wood on behalf of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc.
(which letter, and the Commission staff's response thereto, were publicly
available May 20, 1994) (the "Kidder Letter", and together with the PSA Letter,
the "No-Action Letters").
8. Agreement of the Underwriter. Each Underwriter agrees that (i) a
printed copy of the Prospectus will be delivered to each Person who receives a
confirmation of sale prior to or at the same time with such confirmation of
sale; (ii) if an electronic copy of the Prospectus is delivered by such
Underwriter for any purpose, such copy shall be the same electronic file
containing the Prospectus in the identical form transmitted electronically to
such Underwriter by or on behalf of the Company specifically for use by such
Underwriter pursuant to this Section 8; for example, if the Prospectus is
delivered to such Underwriter by or on behalf of the Company as a single
electronic file in pdf format, then the Underwriter will deliver the electronic
copy of the Prospectus in the same single electronic file in pdf format; and
(iii) it has not used, and during the period for which it has an obligation to
deliver a "prospectus" (as defined in Section 2(a)(10) of the Act) relating to
the Offered Notes (including any period during which such Underwriter has such
delivery obligation in its capacity as a "dealer" (as defined in Section
2(a)(12) of the Act)) it will not use, any internet Web site or electronic media
containing
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information for prospective investors, including, without limitation, any
internet Web site or electronic media maintained by third parties, in connection
with the offering of the Offered Notes, except in compliance with applicable
laws and regulations.
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any Underwriter shall fail to purchase
and pay for any of the Offered Notes agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters
shall be obligated to take up and pay for the Offered Notes that the defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event
that the initial principal balance of Offered Notes that the defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate
principal balance of all of the Offered Notes set forth in Schedule I hereto,
the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not
be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Offered Notes, and if such
nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all of the Offered Notes, this
Agreement will terminate without liability to the nondefaulting Underwriters or
the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 9, the Closing Date for the Offered Notes shall be postponed for such
period, not exceeding seven (7) days, as the nondefaulting Underwriters shall
determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, the Program Documents or in any other documents or arrangements may
be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and to any nondefaulting
Underwriter for any loss, claim, damage or liability occasioned by its default
hereunder.
10. Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice given to
the Company, if the sale of the Offered Notes provided for herein is not
consummated because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to
comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or
if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under
this Agreement. If the Underwriters terminate this Agreement in accordance with
this Section 10, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with
the proposed purchase and sale of the Notes.
(b) The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Notes on
the Closing Date shall be terminable by the Underwriters by written notice
delivered by the Representative to the Company and GE Capital if at any time on
or before the Closing Date (a) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by any of Federal or New York
state authorities, (b) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices or ranges of
prices shall be established, by such exchange or by order of the Commission, (c)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or
other calamity or crisis, the effect of which on the financial markets of the
United States is such as to make it, in the Underwriters' reasonable judgment,
impracticable to market the Offered Notes on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus. Upon such notice being given, the parties to
this Agreement
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shall (except for the liability of the Company under and Section 7) be released
and discharged from their respective obligations under this Agreement.
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company, GE
Capital or their respective officers and of the Representative set forth in or
made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or
any of the officers, directors, managers or controlling persons referred to in
Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the related
Offered Notes. The provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination
or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and
their successors and assigns, and no other Person will have any right or
obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any Offered Note from the Underwriter
shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason of such purchase.
13. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
14. Miscellaneous. This Agreement supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement may not be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
except by an affirmative written agreement made by the party against whom
enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The
headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof or thereof.
15. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be delivered
to it at the address first above written; or if sent to the Company, will be
delivered to CDF Funding, Inc., 5595 Trillium Boulevard, Hoffman Estates,
Illinois 60192, Attention: General Counsel, or if sent to GE Capital, will be
delivered to General Electric Capital Corporation, 1600 Summer Street, 4th
Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06927, Attention: [Fred Robustelli].
16. Non-Petition Covenant. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Agreement, no Underwriter shall acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause
the Company or the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or governmental
authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Company
or the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law,
or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Company or the Issuer or any substantial part
of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Company or the Issuer.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
among the parties hereto.
Very truly yours,
CDF FUNDING, INC.
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
[__________________________________], as Representative
By:
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITER CLASS PURCHASED $ PURCHASED
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CDF FUNDING, INC.
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Section 1. Name. The name of the corporation is: CDF Funding, Inc. (the
"Corporation").
Section 2. Registered Office. The address of its registered office in the
State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City
of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such
address is The Corporation Trust Company.
Section 3. Purposes. The nature of the business or purposes to be
conducted or promoted by the Corporation is limited solely to the following:
A. to issue capital stock from time to time;
B. to acquire (through purchase or otherwise) and hold, sell, transfer
and pledge, loans, leases, receivables, equipment and related
rights, documents and interests (all of the foregoing, collectively,
"Receivables Property");
C. to enter into any agreement providing for the acquisition, sale,
financing, hedging or transfer of Receivables Property or interests
in Receivables Property;
D. to retain or reacquire an interest in Receivables Property;
E. to lend or otherwise invest proceeds from Receivables Property and
any other income;
F. to enter into contribution agreements;
G. to otherwise manage or make such arrangements in order to facilitate
the above-mentioned purposes; and
H. to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers
permitted to corporations organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware that, in either case, are incidental to and necessary or
convenient for the accomplishment of the above-mentioned purposes.
Section 4. Powers. Subject to Section 6, the Corporation, and the
directors and the officers of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation,
shall have and exercise all powers necessary, convenient or incidental to
accomplish its purposes as set forth in Section 3.
Section 5. Independent Director. (a) At any given time, at least one
member of the Corporation's Board of Directors shall be an Independent Director
as defined below; provided, however, that if at any time the office of the
Independent Director shall be vacant for any reason, subject to Section 7 and
paragraph (b) of this Section 5, any action taken by the Board of Directors in
accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation and the Corporation's By-Laws
(other than actions taken with respect to matters described in Section 7 and
paragraph (b) of this Section 5) shall nonetheless be valid.
"Independent Director" means a natural person who, for the five-year
period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director has not been, and
during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director is not:
(i) an employee, director, stockholder, partner or officer of the Corporation or
any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director
of the Corporation or Independent Director or independent manager of any
Affiliate of the Corporation whose purposes are restricted to those
substantially similar to those in Section 3); (ii) a customer or supplier of the
Corporation or any of its Affiliates; or (iii) any member of the immediate
family of a person described in (i) or (ii) above.
(b) If an Independent Director resigns, dies or becomes incapacitated, or
such position otherwise becomes vacant, no action requiring the unanimous vote
of the Board of Directors shall be taken until a successor Independent Director
is elected and qualified and approves of such action. In the event of the death,
incapacity or resignation of an Independent Director, or a vacancy for any other
reason, a successor Independent Director shall be appointed by the remaining
directors. To the extent permitted by Delaware law, the Independent Director, in
voting on matters subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, shall at
all times take into account the interests of creditors of the Corporation, in
addition to the interests of the Corporation and its stockholders.
Section 6. Separateness Provisions. This Section 6 is being adopted in
order to comply with certain provisions required in order to qualify the
Corporation as a "special purpose entity." The Corporation shall:
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(i) not commingle its assets with those of any member of the Group or
any affiliate or subsidiary of any such member;
(ii) maintain (A) correct and complete corporate records and books of
account and minutes of the meetings and the other proceedings of the
Corporation and directors and (B) such records, books and minutes
separate from those of any member of the Group;
(iii) have its own principal executive and administrative office through
which its business is conducted (which, however, may be within the
premises of and leased from any member of the Group) separate from
those from that of any member of the Group;
(iv) maintain books and records separate from any other person or other
entity;
(v) conduct its own affairs in its own name;
(vi) maintain and periodically prepare separate financial statements;
(vii) pay its own liabilities out of its own funds;
(viii) observe all organizational formalities, including holding
appropriate meetings in connection with the activities of the
Corporation;
(ix) maintain an "arm's-length relationship" with each member of the
Group;
(x) pay the salaries, if any, of its own officers and employees, if any;
(xi) except by issuing and performing its obligations under a
contribution agreement or demand note in favor of one of its
subsidiaries, not guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any
other person or other entity or hold out its credit as being
available to satisfy the obligations of others;
(xii) maintain separate office space and allocate fairly and reasonably
any overhead for office space shared with member of the Group;
(xiii) use stationery, invoices, checks and telephone numbers through
which all business correspondence and communication are conducted
separate from those from that of any member of the Group;
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(xiv) not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other person or other
entity except pursuant to the purposes and activities set forth in
Section 3;
(xv) hold itself out as a separate entity;
(xvi) not engage, directly or indirectly, in any business or purposes
other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under
Section 3 and Section 6;
(xvii) not engage in any merger, consolidation or combination transaction
with any person or other entity;
(xviii) not take any action inconsistent with Section 7; and
(xix) not incur debt except pursuant to the purposes and activities set
forth in Section 3.
For purposes hereof, "Group" shall mean (A) General Electric Capital
Services, Inc. and General Electric Capital Corporation, (B) each person that,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee,
guardian or other fiduciary, five percent (5%) or more of the stock having
ordinary voting power in the election of directors of General Electric Capital
Services, Inc. or General Electric Capital Corporation, (C) each person that
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with General Electric
Capital Services, Inc. or General Electric Capital Corporation, and (D) each of
such person's officers, directors, joint venturers and partners. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" of a person means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Section 7. Actions Requiring Unanimous Board Action. (a) The Corporation
shall not, without the affirmative vote of 100% of the members of the Board of
Directors, including the affirmative vote of each Independent Director, which
vote of each such director shall be in writing and given prior to such action,
do any of the following:
A. engage in any business or activity other than those set forth in
Section 3;
B. dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, consolidate or merge
with or into any other entity or convey or transfer its properties
and assets, substantially as an entirety to any entity;
C. amend this Certificate of Incorporation; or
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D. institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or
consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against it or file a petition seeking, or consent to,
reorganization, liquidation or relief under any applicable federal
or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
dissolution, or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Corporation or a substantial part of its property,
or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or take
corporate action in furtherance of any such action or take any
similar action with respect to any securitization trust established
by it.
If no Independent Director is then in office and acting, a vote upon any matter
set forth in this Section 7 shall not be taken unless and until an Independent
Director shall have been duly elected.
Section 8. By-Laws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers
conferred by statute, the directors are expressly authorized to make, alter or
repeal the by-laws of the Corporation.
Section 9. Election and Meetings. Elections of directors need not be by
written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation shall so provide.
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of
Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept
(subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of
Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the
directors or in the by-laws of the Corporation.
Section 10. Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to amend,
alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of
Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute (but subject
to Section 7 above), and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are
granted subject to this reservation.
Section 11. Stock. The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is: Two Thousand (2000) shares
consisting of One Thousand (1000) shares of Voting Common Stock (the "Voting
Common Stock") which shall be without par value and One Thousand (1000) shares
of Non-Voting Common Stock (the "Non-Voting Common Stock") which shall be
without par value. The rights and preferences of the Voting Common Stock and the
Non-Voting Common Stock shall be identical except that the holders of the Voting
Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share and the holders of the
Non-Voting Common Stock shall have no voting rights, in each case, except as
provided by law.
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Section 12. Incorporator. The name and mailing address of the incorporator
is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS
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Kevin Warns Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
190 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603
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Section 13. Existence. The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
Section 14. Limited Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not be
personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived any improper personal benefit.
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole incorporator hereinbefore named, for
the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying
that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and
accordingly have hereunto set his hand this 5th day of February, 2004.
/s/ Kevin Warns
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Kevin Warns
Sole Incorporator
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Exhibit 3.2
CDF FUNDING, INC.
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BY-LAWS
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office of the corporation shall be in the City
of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both
within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time
to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors
shall be held in the City of Hoffman Estates, State of Illinois, at such place
as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at such other
place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from
time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and
place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice
of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders, commencing with the year 2005,
shall be held on the 15th day of March, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal
holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 2:00 PM, or at such other
date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors
and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a
plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may
properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date
and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at
such meeting not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of
the meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten days prior to the meeting,
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either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place
shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the
place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept
at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be
inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation, may be called by the president and the chief financial officer
and shall be called by the president, the chief financial officer or secretary
at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors, or at the
request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire
capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.
Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and
hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called,
shall be given not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date
of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders
shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding
and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of
business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at
any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat,
present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting.
Section 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of
the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case
such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one
vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting
power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years
from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
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Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders
of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting
by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.
Section 12. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, stockholders may participate in meetings of the
stockholders by means of conference telephone or similar remote communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Subject to Section 2 of this Article, the number of directors
which shall constitute the whole board shall be three, or such larger number as
may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or board of
directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its
Chairman. The first board shall consist of three directors, at least one of
which shall be an Independent Director (as defined in the certificate of
incorporation). Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of
directors shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or by the
stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article,
and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and
qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2. The corporation shall at all times have at least one
Independent Director. No resignation or removal of an Independent Director shall
be effective until a successor Independent Director shall have been elected
pursuant to this Article. In the event of a vacancy in the position of
Independent Director, such vacancy shall be filled, as soon as practicable, in
accordance with Section 3 of this Article. No Independent Director shall at any
time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any affiliate of the corporation.
Section 3. Subject to Section 2 of this Article, vacancies and newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though
less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen
shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are
duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no
directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner
provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority
of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the
Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
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holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships,
or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.
Section 4. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of
the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or
by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to
be exercised or done by the stockholders.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 5. The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings,
both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 6. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors
shall be held at immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at
the same place as at which such stockholders' meeting is held. No notice of such
meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to
constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present.
Section 7. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without
notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined
by the board.
Section 8. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president on
two days' notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by facsimile
communication; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in
like manner and on like notice on the written request of any director.
Section 9. At all meetings of the board, a majority of directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of
the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act
of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present
at any meeting of the board of directors the directors present thereat may
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken
without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be,
consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
Section 11. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, members of the board of directors, or any
committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of
the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
Section 12. The board of directors may designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation.
The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee.
In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member
or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting,
whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another
member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such
absent or disqualified member.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, the board of directors shall have the authority
to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses,
if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid
a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated
salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or by law and subject to Section 2 of this Article, any director
or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the
holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given
to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal
notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such
director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be
given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication.
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these
by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled
to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of
directors and shall be a president, a chief financial officer, a secretary and a
treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a vice president, additional
vice presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers.
Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide.
Section 2. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and
agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms
and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined
from time to time by the board.
Section 3. The salaries, if any, of all officers and agents of the
corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.
Section 4. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their
successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board
of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation
shall be filled by the board of directors.
THE PRESIDENT
Section 5. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the board of
directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the
corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of
directors are carried into effect.
Section 6. The president may execute and deliver in the name of the
corporation contracts, bonds, powers of attorney and other obligations and
instruments.
THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Section 7. The chief financial officer may execute and deliver in the name
of the corporation contracts, bonds, powers of attorney and other obligations
and instruments, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS
Section 8. Each vice president may execute and deliver in the name of the
corporation contracts, bonds, powers of attorney and other obligations and
instruments, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as
the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
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THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Section 9. The secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to
the office of secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time
prescribe.
Section 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the
assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in
the absence of the secretary or in the event of the secretary's inability or
refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the president or
the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Section 11. The treasurer shall in general have all the duties incident to
the office of treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time
prescribe.
Section 12. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one,
the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors (or
if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall,
in the absence of the treasurer or in the event of the treasurer's inability or
refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the president or
the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a
certificate or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by, or in
the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of
directors, or the president or a vice president, and by the treasurer or an
assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
corporation.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 2. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or
certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate
or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated
shares, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition
precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise
the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a
bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be
made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 3. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the
corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper
evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the
duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of
uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled and issuance
of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to
the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books
of the corporation.
FIXING RECORD DATE
Section 4. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any
other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of
such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting: provided,
however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
Section 5. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive
right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DIVIDENDS
Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by
the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law.
Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of
any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other
purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the
corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
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CHECKS
Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation
shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as
the board of directors may from time to time designate.
FISCAL YEAR
Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution
of the board of directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the board of directors, the
fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.
SEAL
Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal,
Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6. The corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
RATIFICATION
Section 7. Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of
lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of
director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the
application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified
before or after judgment, by the board of directors or by the stockholders, and
if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned
transaction had been originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be
binding upon the corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to
any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned
transaction.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors at any
regular meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors or at any
special meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors if notice of
such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new by-laws be contained in
the notice of such special meeting.
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Exhibit 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
OF
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
The undersigned desires to form a limited liability company pursuant to
the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section
18-101 et.seq., and hereby states as follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of the limited liability company is CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
(hereinafter referred to as the "LLC")
ARTICLE II
The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on
the LLC in the state of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation
Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware
19801.
ARTICLE III
The address of the office of the LLC in the State of Delaware is 1013
Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of
Formation of the LLC this 19th day of December, 2002.
By: /s/ Suzanne Fighera
Suzanne Fighera
Authorized Person
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Exhibit 3.4
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
(A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY)
Dated as of December 31, 2002
Limited Liability Company Agreement
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT dated as of December 31, 2002,
adopted by General Electric Capital Services, Inc. ("GECS") and Deutsche
Floorplan Receivables, L.P. (the "Limited Partnership"; the Limited Partnership
and GECS may be referred to herein collectively as the "Initial Members").
Preliminary Statement
The Initial Members desire to form a limited liability company (the
"Company") under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from
time to time (the "Act").
Accordingly, the Initial Members hereby adopt the following as the
"Limited Liability Company Agreement" of the Company within the meaning of
Section 18-101(7) of the Act:
ARTICLE I.
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the "Definitions Addendum" attached to this Agreement and shall otherwise have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Act.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION 2.1. Formation. The Company was formed as a limited liability
company pursuant to the provisions of the Act on December 19, 2002 by the filing
of the Certificate of Formation with the office of the Secretary of State of
Delaware. The Initial Members hereby adopt, confirm and ratify such Certificate
of Formation and all acts taken in connection therewith.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION 3.1. Name. The name of the Company is CDF Financing, L.L.C.
ARTICLE IV.
SECTION 4.1. Purpose and Limitations on Activities. The Company shall
limit its purposes and activities to (i) the issuance and sale of Membership
Interests, on the terms and conditions set forth herein; (ii) acquiring (through
purchase or otherwise) from the Limited Partnership (or any of its subsidiaries
or affiliates), holding, selling, transferring and pledging receivables, loans
and related rights, documents and interests (such receivables, loans and related
rights, documents and interests may be referred to collectively as
"Receivables"); (iii) executing, delivering, and/or performing any agreement,
certificate or document providing for or relating to the acquisition, sale,
financing, hedging or transfer of the Receivables or interests in the
Receivables (including without limitation the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Supplement, any Investor
Certificate, the LLC
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Certificate, and any certificate purchase agreement, placement agreement or
underwriting agreement); (iv) retaining or reacquiring an interest in the
Receivables; (v) lending or otherwise investing proceeds from Receivables and
any other income; and (vi) any purposes and activities necessary, convenient or
incidental to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business purposes and
activities of the Company as set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above.
ARTICLE V.
SECTION 5.1. Registered Office; Other Offices. The address of the
registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road,
Wilmington, Delaware 19805. The Initial Members may establish other offices of
the Company at such locations within or outside the State of Delaware as the
Initial Members may determine.
ARTICLE VI.
SECTION 6.1. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered
agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of
Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New
Castle County, Delaware, 19801.
ARTICLE VII.
SECTION 7.1. Admission of Members. (a) By execution of this Agreement,
the Initial Members are hereby admitted as a Members of the Company and shall
have such rights in and to the profits and losses of the Company and rights to
receive distributions of the Company's assets, and such other rights and
obligations, as provided herein.
(b) The Initial Members may issue additional Membership Interests and
thereby admit a new Member or new Members, as the case may be, to the Company,
only if such new Member (i) has delivered to the Initial Members its capital
contribution, (ii) has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement by becoming a party hereto, and (iii) has delivered such additional
documentation as the Initial Members shall reasonably require to so admit such
new Member to the Company.
SECTION 7.2. Initial Members. The names and the addresses of the
Initial Members of the Company are as follows:
General Electric Capital Services, Inc.
260 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06927
Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P.
645 Maryville Centre Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
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ARTICLE VIII.
SECTION 8.1. Management. Management of the Company is initially vested
in GECS (the "Controlling Member"). The Controlling Member shall be a manager
within the meaning of the Act (a "Manager") until such time as the Controlling
Member appoints one or more Managers to replace the Controlling Member. Each
Manager shall perform duties as Manager as set forth in this Agreement and in
the Act and may enter into contracts with Persons on behalf of the Company and
engage in activities on behalf of the Company, including issuing, delivering and
executing contracts, agreements and other documents in connection therewith, in
each case in accordance with Section 4.1.
SECTION 8.2. Managers to Provide Information to the Initial Members. It
shall be the duty of each Member other than the Initial Members to keep the
Initial Members reasonably informed as to material events relating to the
Company, including, without limitation, all claims pending or threatened against
the Company and the execution by such member on behalf of the Company of any
material agreements or instruments.
ARTICLE IX.
SECTION 9.1. Initial Capital Contributions. The initial cash capital
contribution to be made by GECS to the Company promptly hereafter is ten
thousand dollars ($10,000). The initial capital contribution to be made by the
Limited Partnership to the Company is as set forth in the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement.
ARTICLE X.
SECTION 10.1. Additional Contributions. The Members shall have no
obligation to make any additional capital contribution to the Company after the
date hereof, but either of the Initial Members may elect to do so from time to
time.
ARTICLE XI.
SECTION 11.1. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Members
at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Initial Members,
subject to (a) the limitation of Section 18-607 of the Act and (b) the next
sentence. Distributions shall be made to Members not more frequently than once
per month; provided that in each case such distributions shall be made only to
the extent permitted by applicable law. Distributions to the Controlling Member
shall be made from earnings on the Eligible Investments or the proceeds thereof,
net of any expenses relating to such earnings. Distributions to the Limited
Partnership shall be made from earnings on the General Assets or the proceeds
thereof, net of any expenses relating to such earnings.
SECTION 11.2. Distribution upon Withdrawal. Upon withdrawal by the
Controlling Member from the Company, the Controlling Member shall be entitled to
a distribution of the Eligible Investments or the proceeds thereof, net of any
expenses relating to the distribution or liquidation thereof. Upon withdrawal by
the Limited Partnership from the Company, the Limited Partnership shall be
entitled to a distribution of the General Assets or the proceeds thereof, net of
any expenses relating to the distribution or liquidation thereof; provided
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that no such distribution shall be made to the Limited Partnership if any Series
of Investor Certificates is then outstanding.
ARTICLE XII.
SECTION 12.1. Transfers. (a) A Member other than the Initial Members
may not Transfer any part of its Membership Interest without the prior written
consent of the Initial Members, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Any purported Transfer of any Membership Interest in contravention of
this Section 12.1 shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever.
(b) The Initial Members shall admit a transferee of a Member's
Membership Interest to the Company only if such transferee (i) has agreed in
writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement by becoming a party hereto
and (ii) has delivered such additional documentation as the Initial Members
shall reasonably require to so admit such transferee to the Company.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, both the Company and
the Initial Members shall be entitled to treat the transferor of a Membership
Interest as the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and shall incur no
liability for distributions of cash or other property made in good faith to it,
until such time as a written assignment or other evidence of the consummation of
a Transfer that conforms to the requirements of this Section 12.1 and is
reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Members has been received by the Company.
The effective date of any Transfer permitted under this Agreement shall be the
close of business on the day of receipt thereof by the Company.
SECTION 12.2. Restrictions on Expulsion. No Member shall be expelled as
a Member under any circumstances.
ARTICLE XIII.
SECTION 13.1. Liability of Members. No Member or any Manager, agent,
shareholder, director, employee or incorporator of any Member will be liable for
the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company or any other Member,
whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, which debts, obligations and
liabilities shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the
Company or such other Member, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that any expense (including
any indemnification under Article XIV hereof) of the Company relates
specifically to the General Assets or the Eligible Investments, respectively,
such expense shall be paid from the class of asset to which such expense is
related.
ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION 14.1. Exculpation and Indemnification of Members. (a) No
Indemnified Party shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of any act performed or any act omitted by such Indemnified
Party in connection with any matter arising from, or related to, or in
connection with this Agreement or the Company's business or affairs; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of any
Indemnified Party if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the
Indemnified Party establishes that the Indemnified Party's acts or omissions
were in bad faith or involved
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intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that the Indemnified
Party personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which
the Indemnified Party was not legally entitled.
(b) The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the Act,
indemnify and hold harmless, and advance expenses to, each Indemnified Party
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Indemnified
Party may become subject in connection with any matter arising from, related to,
or in connection with, this Agreement or the Company's business or affairs;
provided, however, that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any
Indemnified Party if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the
Indemnified Party establishes (i) that the Indemnified Party's acts were
committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty
and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated or (ii) that the
Indemnified Party personally gained in fact a financial profit or other
advantage to which the Indemnified Party was not legally entitled.
(c) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, the
indemnity obligations of the Company under paragraph (b) above shall:
(i) be in addition to any liability that the Company may
otherwise have;
(ii) inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns, heirs
and personal representatives of each Indemnified Party; and
(iii) be limited to the assets of the Company.
(d) This Article XIV shall survive any termination of this Agreement
and the dissolution of the Company.
ARTICLE XV.
SECTION 15.1. Duration and Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved
and its affairs shall be wound up upon the affirmative vote or written consent
of either of the Initial Members; provided that no such dissolution shall occur
during such time as any Series of Investor Certificates is outstanding.
SECTION 15.2. Distributions Upon Dissolution. Upon dissolution of the
Company in accordance with Section 15.1, the Company's assets shall be
distributed as follows:
(a) first, to pay any expenses or liabilities of the Company, in a
manner consistent with Section 13.1 hereof; and
(b) second, to the Members in accordance with Section 11.1 hereof.
ARTICLE XVI.
SECTION 16.1. Bankruptcy. Except by the unanimous consent of all
Managers (at least one of whom at the time of such vote must be an Independent
Manager), the Company
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shall not file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or otherwise seek relief under
Title 11 of the United States Code or any successor statute thereto, or under
any similar applicable state law.
SECTION 16.2. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by written
instrument executed by the Initial Members.
SECTION 16.3. Headings. The titles of Sections of this Agreement are
for convenience or reference only and shall not define or limit any of the
provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 16.4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving
effect to conflicts of law principles thereof.
SECTION 16.5. Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this
Agreement shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or
provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under
any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality
shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement
which are valid, enforceable and legal.
SECTION 16.6. Further Assurances. Each Initial Member agrees to execute
and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may
be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 16.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this
Agreement.
SECTION 16.8. Tax Matters. It is the intent of, and the Initial Members
agree that, solely for federal, state and local tax purposes, so long as they
are the sole Members, the Company shall not be treated as a separate entity and
shall not file any tax returns. The parties hereto agree, for tax purposes only,
not to take any position contrary to their expressed intention that the Company
be a "disregarded entity" for federal income tax purposes within the meaning of
U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-2. For tax purposes: the Company shall
allocate to (i) the Controlling Member, and the Controlling Member shall include
in its income, any income, gain, loss and expense relating to the Eligible
Investments, and (ii) the Limited Partnership, and the Limited Partnership shall
include in its income, any income, gain, loss and expense relating to the
General Assets.
SECTION 16.9. Eligible Investment. Upon the maturity of any Eligible
Investment, the Company shall reinvest the proceeds thereof in another Eligible
Investment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound
hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Steven F. Kluger
Name: Steven F. Kluger
Title: Vice President
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Limited Liability Company Agreement
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DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, L.P.
By: Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, Inc., its
general partner
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Treasurer
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Limited Liability Company Agreement
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DEFINITIONS ADDENDUM TO THE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
"Act" means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (currently
Chapter 18 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code), as amended from time to time.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any Person or group of
Persons acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or
indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with
correlative meaning, the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with")
as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons, shall mean the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Agreement" means this Limited Liability Company Agreement, including
any actions amending, modifying or supplementing this Limited Liability Company
Agreement.
"Certificate of Formation" means the Certificate of Formation of the
Company, as amended from time to time.
"Company" means CDF Financing, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company.
"Controlling Member" is defined in Section 8.1.
"Eligible Investments" shall mean any investment made with the $10,000
initial contribution by the Controlling Member, including any substitute
investment made with the proceeds thereof.
"GECS" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"General Assets" shall mean all of the Company's assets other than an
Eligible Investment.
"Indemnified Party" means a Member, Manager, employee, organizer or
agent of the Company or any officer, agent, shareholder, director, employee or
incorporator of any Initial Member.
"Independent Manager" means a natural person who, for the five-year
period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Manager has not been, and
during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Manager, (A) is not
a stockholder, director, officer, employee or associate, or any relative of the
foregoing, of the Controlling Member, the Limited Partnership, General Electric
Capital Corporation, GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation, or any of
their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent
Manager of the Company or any of its Affiliates whose purposes are restricted to
those substantially similar to those in Article IV) and (B) has (1) prior
experience as an independent director or manager for an entity whose charter
documents required the unanimous consent of all independent directors or
managers thereof before such entity could consent to the institution of
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bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking
relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (2)
at least three years of employment experience with one or more entities that
provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory,
management, independent director or manager services or placement services to
issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or
securities.
"Initial Members" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Investor Certificates" is defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
"Limited Partnership" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"LLC Certificate" is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Manager" is defined in Section 8.1.
"Member" means any Person that is admitted as a member of the Company,
in each case for so long as such Person continues to be a member of the Company.
"Membership Interest" means the entire limited liability company
interest of a Member in the Company at any particular time, including the right
of such Member to any and all benefits to which a Member may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such member to
comply with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
association, joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement" means the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2000, as amended by the
First Omnibus Amendment to Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Supplements dated as of December 31, 2002, among GE Commercial Finance
Corporation (f/k/a Deutsche Financial Services Corporation), the Company and
Wilmington Trust Company (successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as the same
may be further amended from time to time.
"Receivables" is defined in Section 4.1.
"Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement" means the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement between the Company and Limited Partnership,
dated as of December 31, 2002, as the same may be amended from time to time.
"Series" is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Supplement" is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Transfer" means, as a noun, any transfer, sale, assignment, exchange,
charge, pledge, gift, hypothecation, conveyance, encumbrance or other
disposition whether direct or indirect, voluntary or involuntary, by operation
of law or otherwise and, as a verb, directly or
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indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, to
transfer, sell, assign, exchange, charge, pledge, give, hypothecate, convey,
encumber or otherwise dispose of.
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Exhibit 3.5
FIRST AMENDMENT TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF CDF
FINANCING, L.L.C.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment") dated as of April 1, 2003 between General Electric Capital
Services, Inc. ("GECS") and Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P. (the "Limited
Partnership"; the Limited Partnership and GECS may be referred to herein
collectively as the "Initial Members").
Preliminary Statement
The Initial Members have formed a limited liability company (the
"Company") under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from
time to time (the "Act"), and are party to a Limited Liability Company Agreement
with respect to the Company, dated as of December 31, 2002 (the "Limited
Liability Company Agreement").
The Initial Members wish to amend the Limited Liability Company
Agreement as set forth herein.
ARTICLE I. Definitions.
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the "Definitions Addendum" attached to the Limited Liability Company Agreement
and shall otherwise have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Act.
ARTICLE II. Amendments.
SECTION 2.1. Amendment to Section 8.1. Section 8.1 of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement is hereby amended to state in its entirety as set
forth below:
"SECTION 8.1. Management.
(a) Management of the Company is vested in the Persons
appointed by GECS (GECS may be referred to from time to time as the "Controlling
Member") from time to time (each a "Manager"). Each Manager shall be a manager
within the meaning of the Act. Each Manager shall perform duties as Manager as
set forth in this Agreement and in the Act and may enter into contracts with
Persons on behalf of the Company and engage in activities on behalf of the
Company, including without limitation issuing, delivering and executing
contracts, agreements and other documents in connection therewith, in each case
in accordance with Section 4.1.
(b) Any action to be taken by or on behalf of the Company
(including without limitation the filing of a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the filing of any amendment to any such
registration statement and any activity contemplated by Section 4.1) may be
authorized or approved by a majority of the Managers, without the vote, consent
or approval of any Member. Any authorization or approval by a majority of the
Managers may occur either: (i) by a vote of a majority of the Mangers; or (ii)
without a vote and without a meeting if a consent or consents in writing shall
be signed by a majority of the Managers.
(c) Nothing in this Section 8.1 shall override Section 16.1."
SECTION 2.2. Amendment to Section 15.1. Section 15.1 of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement is hereby amended to state in its entirety as set
forth below:
"SECTION 15.1 Duration and Dissolution. The Company shall not
be dissolved and its affairs shall not be wound up solely upon the
withdrawal or termination of a Member (other than the last remaining
Member). The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound
up upon the affirmative vote or written consent of either of the
Initial Members; provided that no such dissolution (or any liquidation,
consolidation, merger, asset sale (other than as provided for in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Supplement thereto or any other
"Related Document" as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
or amendment of its organization documents) shall occur during such
time as any Series of Investor Certificates is outstanding."
SECTION 2.3. Amendment to Section 16.1. Section 16.1 of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement is hereby amended to state in its entirety as set
forth below:
"SECTION 15.1 Bankruptcy. Except by the unanimous consent of
all Managers (at least one of whom at the time of such vote must be an
Independent Manager), the Company shall not file a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy, consent to or acquiesce in an involuntary petition or
otherwise seek relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
successor statute thereto, or under any similar applicable state law."
SECTION 2.4. New Article XVII. The Limited Liability Company Agreement
is hereby amended by inserting the following Article XVII after Article XVI:
"ARTICLE XVII.
Section 17.1 Separate Identity. In order to maintain a separate
identity from its Members or any other Person, the Company shall at all times
(i) maintain books and records separate from any other Person; (ii) avoid
commingling its assets with those of any other Person (including the Members of
the Company); (iii) conduct its business in its own name; (iv) maintain
financial statements separate from any other entity; (v) pay its own liabilities
out of its own funds; (vi) observe all organizational formalities under the Act
or this Agreement; (vii) maintain an arm's length relationship with its
Affiliates (including the Members of the Company); (viii) not guarantee or
become obligated for the debts of any other Person or hold out its credit as
being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person; (ix) allocate
reasonable overhead expenses for office space shared with any other entity; (x)
use its own stationery, invoices and checks; (xi) avoid pledging its assets for
the benefit of any other Person; and (xii) hold itself out as a separate entity;
provided that this Section shall not prevent (x) the servicing and collection
activities of the "Servicer" pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
(y) the Company from agreeing to provide indemnification to underwriters and
purchasers
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pursuant to underwriting agreements and purchase agreements relating to the sale
of Investor Certificates.
Section 17.2. Independent Manager. Notwithstanding Section 8.1 of this
Agreement, the Company shall at all times have at least one Independent Manager.
Section 17.3. Additional Debt. The Company shall incur no debt or
contingent liabilities (other than debt or contingent liabilities (x) pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Supplement thereto or related to
the Investor Certificates or (y) contemplated by underwriting agreements and
purchase agreements relating to the sale of Investor Certificates), unless (a)
such additional debt or contingent liability is non-recourse to the Company or
any assets of the Company (other than cash flows in excess of amounts necessary
to pay amounts relating to the outstanding Series of Investor Certificates) and
does not constitute a claim against the Company to the extent that funds are
insufficient to pay such additional debt or contingent liability and (b) (i)
such additional debt or contingent liability is rated by a Rating Agency (as
such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) the same as or
higher than the outstanding Series of Investor Certificates or (ii) such
additional debt or contingent liability is subordinated to the outstanding
Series of Investor Certificates.
Section 17.4. Dissolution. Upon the dissolution of the Company pursuant
to Section 15.1 of this Agreement, (i) subject to the terms of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and all Supplements thereto, the Trustee (as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall have the ability to retain the Trust
Assets (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and continue to pay
scheduled principal and interest payments on the outstanding Series of Investor
Certificates or to liquidate the Trust Assets (as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement) in the event the proceeds of Receivables would be
insufficient to repay all amounts due, and (ii) subject to the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the assets of the Company shall not be
liquidated without the consent of 100% of the holders of the outstanding Series
of Investor Certificates (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (ii) shall not
apply to Trust Assets).
Section 17.5 Qualification. The Company shall at all times be qualified
to transact business in the states where the tangible assets of the Company are
located.
Section 17.6 Interests of Creditors. When acting on matters subject to
the vote of the Members, notwithstanding that the Company may be insolvent, the
Members and the Independent Manager shall take into account the interests of the
Company's creditors."
ARTICLE III. Miscellaneous.
SECTION 3.1. Headings. The titles of Sections of this Amendment are for
convenience or reference only and shall not define or limit any of the
provisions of this Amendment.
SECTION 3.2. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving
effect to conflicts of law principles thereof.
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SECTION 3.3. Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this
Amendment shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or
provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under
any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality
shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Amendment
which are valid, enforceable and legal.
SECTION 3.4. Further Assurances. Each Initial Member agrees to execute
and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may
be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Amendment.
SECTION 3.5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound
hereby, have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Steven F. Kluger
Name: Steven F. Kluger
Title: Vice President
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First Amendment to Limited
Liability Company Agreement
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, L.P.
By: Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, Inc., its
general partner
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Treasurer
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First Amendment to Limited
Liability Company Agreement
Exhibit 4.1
MASTER INDENTURE
between
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST,
as Issuer
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of [ ], 2004
Master Indenture
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
Reconciliation and Tie between this Indenture
and the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
TIA Section Indenture Section
----------- -----------------
310(a)(1) 6.11
(a)(2) 6.11
(a)(3) 6.10(b)
(a)(4) Not Applicable
(b) 6.11
(c) Not Applicable
311(a) 6.13
(b) 6.13
312(a) 7.1
(b) 7.2(b); 10.14
(c) 7.2(c); 10.14
313(a) 6.14; 6.6
(b)(1) 6.14
(b)(2) 6.14
(c) 6.14
(d) 6.14
314(a) 7.3
(b) 3.6; 8.8
(c)(1) 8.7
(c)(2) 8.7
(c)(3) 8.7
(d) 8.7
(e) 10.1
(f) Not Applicable
315(a) 6.1
(b) 6.5
(c) 6.1
(d) 6.7
(e) 5.12
316(a) (last sentence) 2.12
(a)(1)(A) 5.10
(a)(1)(b) 5.11
(a)(2) Not Applicable
317(a)(1) 5.3
(a)(2) 5.3
(b) 6.16
318(a) 10.17
(c) 10.17
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ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.......................................................................... 2
SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Matters........................................................... 21
SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.................................................... 22
ARTICLE II
The Notes
SECTION 2.1. Form................................................................................. 22
SECTION 2.2. Execution, Authentication and Delivery............................................... 23
SECTION 2.3. Temporary Notes...................................................................... 23
SECTION 2.4. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.................................. 23
SECTION 2.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes........................................... 25
SECTION 2.6. Persons Deemed Owner................................................................. 26
SECTION 2.7. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest................................ 26
SECTION 2.8. New Issuances........................................................................ 27
SECTION 2.9. Cancellation......................................................................... 29
SECTION 2.10. Book-Entry Notes..................................................................... 29
SECTION 2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency........................................................... 30
SECTION 2.12. Definitive Notes..................................................................... 30
SECTION 2.13. Treasury Notes....................................................................... 32
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Numbers........................................................................ 32
SECTION 2.15. Perfection Representations and Warranties............................................ 32
SECTION 2.16. Notes to Constitute Indebtedness..................................................... 32
SECTION 2.17. Redemption........................................................................... 32
ARTICLE III
Covenants
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.................................................... 32
SECTION 3.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................................... 33
SECTION 3.3. Paying Agent's Obligations........................................................... 33
SECTION 3.4. Existence............................................................................ 33
SECTION 3.5. Protection of the Collateral; Further Assurances..................................... 33
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SECTION 3.6. Opinion as to the Collateral......................................................... 34
SECTION 3.7. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Transferred Receivables..................... 34
SECTION 3.8. Taxes................................................................................ 37
SECTION 3.9. Annual Statement as to Compliance.................................................... 37
SECTION 3.10. Negative Covenants................................................................... 37
SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee.............................................................. 40
SECTION 3.12. Notice of Early Amortization Event and Events of Default............................. 40
SECTION 3.13. Further Instruments and Acts......................................................... 41
SECTION 3.14. Enforcement of Related Documents..................................................... 41
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.............................................. 41
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Funds........................................................... 43
ARTICLE V
TRUST EARLY AMORTIZATION EVENTS, EVENTS OF DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Trust Early Amortization Events...................................................... 43
SECTION 5.2. Events of Default.................................................................... 43
SECTION 5.3. Acceleration of Maturity and Annulment; Remedies..................................... 44
SECTION 5.4. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee........ 47
SECTION 5.5. Limitation of Suits.................................................................. 49
SECTION 5.6. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest................ 50
SECTION 5.7. Restoration of Rights and Remedies................................................... 50
SECTION 5.8. Rights and Remedies Cumulative....................................................... 50
SECTION 5.9. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver....................................................... 50
SECTION 5.10. Control by Noteholders............................................................... 50
SECTION 5.11. Waiver of Past Defaults.............................................................. 51
SECTION 5.12. Undertaking for Costs................................................................ 51
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..................................................... 51
SECTION 5.14. Action on Notes...................................................................... 51
SECTION 5.15. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations................................... 52
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SECTION 5.16. Sale of Collateral................................................................... 52
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE PAYING AGENT
SECTION 6.1. Duties of the Indenture Trustee...................................................... 54
SECTION 6.2. Rights of the Indenture Trustee...................................................... 56
SECTION 6.3. Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee........................................... 57
SECTION 6.4. Funds Held in Trust.................................................................. 58
SECTION 6.5. Notice of Early Amortization Events or Events or Defaults........................... 58
SECTION 6.6. Reports by Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders...................................... 58
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Indemnity........................................................... 58
SECTION 6.8. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.................................... 59
SECTION 6.9. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger................................................ 60
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........................................ 60
SECTION 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification........................................................ 61
SECTION 6.12. Acceptance by Indenture Trustee...................................................... 62
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer................................. 63
SECTION 6.14. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders.......................................... 63
SECTION 6.15. Representations and Warranties....................................................... 63
SECTION 6.16. The Paying Agent..................................................................... 64
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1. The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders....... 65
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders........................... 65
SECTION 7.3. Reports by the Issuer................................................................ 66
SECTION 7.4. List of Noteholders.................................................................. 66
ARTICLE VIII
Accounts, Disbursements and Releases
SECTION 8.1. Collection of Amounts Due............................................................ 67
SECTION 8.2. Trust Accounts....................................................................... 67
SECTION 8.3. Rights of Noteholders................................................................ 68
SECTION 8.4. Collections and Allocations.......................................................... 68
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SECTION 8.5. Shared Principal Collections......................................................... 70
SECTION 8.6. Excess Non-Principal Collections..................................................... 70
SECTION 8.7. Release of Collateral................................................................ 70
SECTION 8.8. Opinion of Counsel................................................................... 70
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders............................... 71
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders.................................. 72
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures................................................. 75
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indenture..................................................... 75
SECTION 9.5. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures........................................ 75
SECTION 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.................................................. 75
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.1. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc............................................ 75
SECTION 10.2. Form of Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee................................. 77
SECTION 10.3. Acts of Noteholders.................................................................. 78
SECTION 10.4. Notices, etc., to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and Rating Agencies.............. 79
SECTION 10.5. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver....................................................... 79
SECTION 10.6. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.............................................. 80
SECTION 10.7. Successors and Assigns............................................................... 80
SECTION 10.8. Severability......................................................................... 80
SECTION 10.9. Benefits of Indenture................................................................ 80
SECTION 10.10. Legal Holidays....................................................................... 81
SECTION 10.11. Governing Law........................................................................ 81
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts......................................................................... 82
SECTION 10.13. The Issuer Obligation................................................................ 82
SECTION 10.14. Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders.................................. 83
SECTION 10.15. Agents of the Issuer................................................................. 83
SECTION 10.16. Survival of Representations and Warranties........................................... 83
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SECTION 10.17. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.................................................... 83
SECTION 10.18. Subordination........................................................................ 83
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Officer's Certificate (Section 3.9)
SCHEDULE 1 Perfection Representations and Warranties (Section 2.15)
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MASTER INDENTURE, dated as of [_______], 2004, between GE DEALER FLOORPLAN
MASTER NOTE TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a
[___________], as trustee and not in its individual capacity.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by
the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the benefit of
all Noteholders, as follows:
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer, as security for the Issuer's obligations under the Notes and
this Indenture, hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date
relating to the first Series of Notes, as the Indenture Trustee for the benefit
of the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee, a security interest in all of the
Issuer's right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether now
existing or hereafter arising or acquired (collectively, the "Collateral"): (a)
the Note Trust Certificate; (b) the Transferred Receivables; (c) Collections
related to and all money, instruments, investment property and other property
distributed or distributable in respect of (together with all earnings,
dividends, distributions, income, issues, and profits relating to) the
Transferred Receivables pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any
Indenture Supplement; (d) all funds, Financial Assets, Investment Property or
other property on deposit from time to time in or credited to the Trust
Accounts, including the proceeds thereof and income thereon; (e) all Insurance
Proceeds; (f) all proceeds of derivative contracts, if any, between the Issuer
or, to the extent assigned to the Issuer, the Transferor and a counterparty, as
described in any Indenture Supplement; (g) all present and future claims,
demands, causes and causes in action in respect of any or all of the property
described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (f) and all payments on, under or
in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all
cash proceeds, Trust Accounts, promissory notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables,
instruments and other property that at any time constitute all or part of or are
included in the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing; (h) all rights,
remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under or with respect to
any Series Enhancement or any Related Document (whether arising pursuant to the
terms of the related Enhancement Agreement, any Related Document or otherwise
available to the Issuer at law or in equity), including the rights of the Issuer
to enforce such Enhancement Agreement or any Related Document and to give or
withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals,
extensions or waivers under or with respect to such Enhancement Agreement or any
Related Document to the same extent as the Issuer could but for the assignment
and security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders; (i) all general intangibles relating to or arising out of any of
the property described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (h); (j) all
proceeds of any of the property described in the foregoing clauses (a) through
(i); and (k) all other personal property of the Issuer, of whatever kind or
nature and wherever located.
Such Grant is made in trust to the Indenture Trustee.
Master Indenture
The Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, (i) acknowledges such
Grant, and (ii) accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with this
Indenture and agrees, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to perform its
duties required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end that the
interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and effectively protected.
The Issuer shall file, and hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to
file, a UCC financing statement with a collateral description covering all of
the Issuer's personal property, wherever located, whether now existing or
arising in the future.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Except as otherwise specified or as the context
may otherwise require, the following capitalized terms only have the meanings
set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture (including the Granting
Clause of this Indenture).
"Account" means each Initial Account and, from and after the related
Addition Date, each Additional Account. The term "Account" shall not include any
Removed Accounts.
"Account Schedule" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Accounts Receivable" means, with respect to any Dealer, all amounts shown
on such Dealer's records as amounts payable by a customer in respect of goods or
services sold by such Dealer to such customer.
"Accounts Receivable Business" means the extensions of credit made by an
Originator to Dealers in order to finance the Accounts Receivable of such
Dealers.
"Accounts Receivable Financing Agreement" means an accounts receivable
financing agreement entered into by an Originator with a Dealer in connection
with the Accounts Receivable Business.
"Act" is defined in Section 10.3(a).
"Addition Date" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Additional Account" means an Eligible Account, which is designated
pursuant to the First Tier Agreement to be included as an Account and is
identified in an Account Schedule delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated as of
[ ], 2004, between the Administrator, the Trustee and the Issuer.
"Administrator" means GE Capital, in its capacity as Administrator under
the Administration Agreement, or any other Person designated as Administrator
under the Administration Agreement.
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"Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any action, that such action will
(a) result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event or an Event of
Default or (b) materially and adversely affect the amount or timing of
distributions to be made to the Noteholders of any Series or Class pursuant to
the Related Documents.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee,
guardian or other fiduciary, five percent (5%) or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each
Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person, or (c) each of such Person's officers, directors, joint venturers and
partners. For the purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Aggregate Principal Receivables" means, as of any date of determination,
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables as of such date.
"Allocation Percentage" is defined, for any Series, in the related
Indenture Supplement.
"Amortization Period" means, as to any Series or any Class within a
Series, any Early Amortization Period or any period specified as an
"Amortization Period," if any, in the related Indenture Supplement.
"Asset Based Lending Business" means the extensions of credit made by an
Originator to Dealers in order to provide loans based on the value of certain
assets of such Dealers.
"Asset Based Lending Financing Agreement" means an asset based lending
financing agreement entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in connection
with the Asset Based Lending Business.
"Authorized Officer" means (a) with respect to any corporation or
statutory trust, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer and each other officer or employee of such corporation or
trustee of such statutory trust specifically authorized in resolutions of the
Board of Directors of such corporation or trustee or administrator of such
statutory trust to sign agreements, instruments or other documents on behalf of
such corporation or statutory trust or by the governing documents or agreements
of such statutory trust in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Related Documents, and (b) with respect to a limited liability company, any
officer or manager of such limited liability company, provided, that any
Authorized Officer of the Transferor shall be considered to be an Authorized
Officer of the Issuer.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the provisions of Title 11 of the United States
Code, 11 U.S.C. Sections 101 et seq.
"Benefit Plan" means (i) an "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a "plan" as defined in
Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity whose underlying assets include plan
assets by reason of investment by an employee
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benefit plan or plans in such entity, or (iv) a governmental plan subject to
applicable law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
"Book-Entry Notes" means a beneficial interest in the Notes of a
particular Class, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York, the
State of Illinois or the State of Connecticut (or, with respect to any Series,
any additional city specified by the related Indenture Supplement).
"Certificated Security" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
8-102 of Article 8 of the UCC.
"Chattel Paper" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 9-102 of
Article 9 of the UCC.
"Class" means any class of Notes of any Series.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act that has been designated
as the "Clearing Agency" for purposes of this Indenture.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
such Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means, with respect to any Series, the date specified as
such in the Indenture Supplement for such Series.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Collateral" is defined in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.
"Collateral Amount" is defined, with respect to any Series, in the
Indenture Supplement for such Series.
"Collateral Security" means, with respect to any Receivable, (i) the
security interest, if any, granted by or on behalf of the related Dealer with
respect thereto, including a security interest in the related Products, Accounts
Receivable or assets, (ii) all other security interests or liens and property
subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such
Receivable, whether pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or
otherwise, together with all financing statements filed against a Dealer
describing any collateral securing such Receivable, (iii) all guarantees,
insurance and other agreements (including Floorplan Agreements and subordination
agreements with other lenders) or arrangements of whatever
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character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable
whether pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or otherwise,
and (iv) all Records in respect of such Receivable.
"Collection Account" means the account designated as such, established and
owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with Section 8.2.
"Collections" means, without duplication, all payments by or on behalf of
Dealers received in respect of the Receivables (including proceeds from the
realization upon any Collateral Security), in the form of cash, checks, wire
transfers or any other form of payment. Collections of Non-Principal Receivables
shall include all Recoveries. Amounts paid by Transferor pursuant to Section 2.5
of the Second Tier Agreement shall be deemed to be Principal Collections.
Amounts paid by Transferor pursuant to Section 6.1(e) of the Second Tier
Agreement shall be deemed to be Principal Collections to the extent that they
represent the purchase price of Principal Receivables. Amounts paid by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Servicing Agreement shall be
deemed to be Principal Collections.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Control", with respect to any Federal Book Entry Security, means that:
(i) the Indenture Trustee is a "participant" (as such term is defined in
the Federal Book Entry Regulations) in the book entry system maintained by the
Federal Reserve Bank that is acting as fiscal agent for the issuer of such
Federal Book Entry Security, and such Federal Reserve Bank has indicated by book
entry that a Securities Entitlement to such Federal Book Entry Security has been
credited to the Indenture Trustee's Securities Account maintained by such
Federal Reserve Bank in such book entry system; or
(ii) (a) the Indenture Trustee (1) is registered on the records of a
Securities Intermediary as the Person having a Securities Entitlement in respect
of such Federal Book Entry Security against such Securities Intermediary; or (2)
has obtained the agreement, in writing, of the Securities Intermediary for such
Securities Entitlement that such Securities Intermediary will comply with
Entitlement Orders of the Indenture Trustee without further consent of any other
Person; (b) the Securities Intermediary is a "participant" (as such term is
defined in the Federal Book Entry Regulations) in the book entry system
maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank that is acting as fiscal agent for the
issuer of such Federal Book Entry Security; and (c) such Federal Reserve Bank
has indicated by book entry that a Security Entitlement to such Federal Book
Entry Security has been credited to the Securities Intermediary's Securities
Account maintained by such Federal Reserve Bank in such book entry system.
"Corporate Trust Office" means, (a) with respect to the Indenture Trustee,
the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time
its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
this Indenture is located at [1100 N. Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890], Attention: [________] (facsimile no.[(___) ___-____)]; or at such other
address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to
the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture
Trustee will notify the Noteholders and the
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Issuer) and (b) with respect to the Trustee, the principal office of the Trustee
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of this Indenture is located at [White
Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711], Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration (facsimile no.[(___) ___-____)].
["Credit and Collection Policies" means the credit and collection policies
adopted by the Issuer pursuant to the Credit and Collection Policies Resolution,
as such credit and collection policies may be amended or modified from time to
time.]
["Credit and Collection Policies Resolution" means a resolution adopted by
the Issuer on or prior to the Closing Date for the first Series issued by the
Issuer.]
"Custodian" means [ ].
"Custody and Control Agreement" means the Custody and Control Agreement,
dated as of [ ], 2004, among the Issuer, the Custodian and the Indenture
Trustee.
"Date of Processing" means, as to any transaction, the date on which the
transaction is first recorded on the Issuer's computer file of accounts (without
regard to the effective date of such recordation).
"Dealer" means a Person engaged generally in the business of purchasing
consumer or commercial products from a manufacturer or distributor thereof and
holding such Products for sale or lease in the ordinary course of business or a
Person engaged generally in the business of manufacturing or distributing
Products for sale to Dealers in the ordinary course of business.
"Debtor Relief Law" means the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets or similar debtor relief laws of the United
States, any state or any foreign country from time to time in effect, affecting
the rights of creditors generally.
"Default" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Receivable" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Definitive Notes" is defined in Section 2.10.
"Delivery" means, when used with respect to Trust Account Property:
(i) with respect to any such Trust Account Property that constitutes a
Certificated Security, transfer of possession of such Certificated Security to
the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the
Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, endorsed to, or registered in the
name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank
(and, in the case of delivery to any nominee of or custodian for the Indenture
Trustee, such nominee or custodian shall have acknowledged in writing that it is
holding possession thereof on behalf of and for the Indenture Trustee); and
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(ii) with respect to any such Trust Account Property that constitutes an
Uncertificated Security (including any investments in money market mutual funds,
but excluding any Federal Book-Entry Security), satisfaction of the requirements
for obtaining "control" pursuant to Section 8-106(c)(2) of Article 8 of the UCC.
"Determination Date" means, unless otherwise specified in any Indenture
Supplement with respect to the related Series, the second Business Day preceding
each Payment Date.
"DFS Financing Trust" means Distribution Financial Services Floorplan
Master Trust.
"DFS Financing Trust Termination Date" means the date on which the DFS
Financing Trust is terminated.
"Discount Factor" is defined in the Second Tier Agreement.
"Discount Portion" means, with respect to a Receivable, the portion
thereof equal to the product of the Discount Factor and the outstanding
principal balance of such Receivable.
"Early Amortization Event" means, as to any Series, (a) each event, if
any, specified in the relevant Indenture Supplement as an Early Amortization
Event for that Series and (b) a Trust Early Amortization Event.
"Early Amortization Period" with respect to a Series, is defined in the
related Indenture Supplement.
"Eligible Account" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Eligible Deposit Account" means: (a) a segregated deposit account
maintained with a depository institution or trust company whose short term
unsecured debt obligations, if rated by S&P, are rated A-1+ by S&P and, if rated
by Moody's, are rated P-1 by Moody's, (b) a segregated account which is either
(i) maintained in the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee or
(ii) maintained with a depository institution or trust company whose long term
unsecured debt obligations, if rated by S&P, are rated at least BBB by S&P and,
if rated by Moody's, are rated at least Baa3 by Moody's, or (c) a segregated
trust account or similar account maintained with a federally or state chartered
depository institution (i) whose long-term unsecured debt obligations, if rated
by S&P, are rated at least BBB by S&P and, if rated by Moody's, are rated at
least Baa3 by Moody's and (ii) that is subject to federal or state regulations
regarding fiduciary funds on deposit substantially similar to 12 C.F.R.
Section 9.10(b) in effect on the date hereof.
"Enhancement Agreement" means any agreement, instrument or document
governing the terms of any Series Enhancement or pursuant to which any Series
Enhancement is issued.
"Entitlement Order" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8-102(a)
of Article 8 of the UCC.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
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"Event of Default" is defined in Section 5.2.
"Excess Allocation Series" means a Series that, pursuant to the Indenture
Supplement therefor, is entitled to receive certain excess Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables, as set forth in such Indenture Supplement. If so
specified in the Indenture Supplement for a Group of Series, such Series may be
an Excess Allocation Series only for the Series in such Group.
"Excess Funding Account" means the account designated as such, established
and owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with Section 8.2.
"Excess Non-Principal Collections" means all amounts, if any, that any
Indenture Supplement designates as "Excess Non-Principal Collections."
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
"Federal Book-Entry Regulations" means (a) the Federal regulations listed
on Appendix A to Operating Circular No. 7 issued by the Federal Reserve Banks
and (b) the Federal regulations published at 25 C.F.R. Part 350.
"Federal Book-Entry Security" means a marketable security (a) issued in
electronic form by (i) the United States Government, (ii) the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the
Government National Mortgage Association or (iii) any direct obligation of any
other agency or instrumentality of the United States Government that is fully
guaranteed as to timely payment or principal and interest by the United States
of America and (b) that the Federal Reserve Banks have determined is eligible to
be held in an account at a Federal Reserve Bank containing securities of such
type pursuant to the Federal Book-Entry Regulations.
"Financial Asset" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8-102 of
Article 8 of the UCC.
"Financing Agreement" means any Wholesale Financing Agreement or Asset
Based Lending Financing Agreement.
"First Tier Agreement" means the Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of
[___________], 2004, among the Originators and the Transferor.
"Fitch" means Fitch, Inc., doing business as Fitch Ratings.
"Floorplan Agreement" means an agreement entered into by an Originator and
a Manufacturer establishing certain terms and conditions for the financing of
such Manufacturer's Dealers by such Originator, which may include such
Manufacturer's agreement, among other matters, to repurchase from, or remarket
for, such Originator Products sold by such Manufacturer to any of its Dealers
and financed by such Originator under a Wholesale Financing Agreement if such
Originator acquires possession of such Products because of a default by such
Dealer under such Wholesale Financing Agreement, whether by repossession,
voluntary surrender or other circumstances.
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"Floorplan Business" means the extensions of credit made by an Originator
to Dealers in order to finance Products purchased by Dealers from Manufacturers
for sale or lease by such Dealers.
"Free Equity Amount" means, on any date of determination, (a) the Note
Trust Principal Balance, minus (b) the aggregate of the Collateral Amounts for
all Series of Notes that are Outstanding.
"GE Capital" means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state,
county, city, town, district, board, bureau, office commission, any other
municipality or other political subdivision thereof (including any educational
facility, utility or other Person operated thereby), and any agency, department
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
"Grant" means to create and grant a Lien pursuant to this Indenture, and
other forms of the verb "to Grant" shall have correlative meanings. A Grant with
respect to the Collateral or any other agreement or instrument shall include a
grant of a Lien upon all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the right, upon the
occurrence of a Default and declaration thereof by the party to whom such Grant
is made, to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and
interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other amounts payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do
and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
"Group" means, with respect to any Series, the group of Series, if any, in
which the related Indenture Supplement specifies such Series is to be included.
"Indenture" means this Master Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2004 between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture Servicer Default" means:
(a) failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any covenants or agreements of the Master
Servicer set forth in the Servicing Agreement which has a material adverse
effect on the Noteholders, which continues unremedied for a period of
sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of such failure
requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Issuer by
the Indenture Trustee; or the Master Servicer shall assign or delegate its
duties under the Servicing Agreement except as permitted by the Servicing
Agreement, and such assignment or delegation continues unremedied for
fifteen (15) days after the date on which written notice thereof,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Issuer by
the Indenture Trustee at the direction of Noteholders of more than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes; or
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(b) any representation, warranty or certification made by the
Master Servicer in the Servicing Agreement or in any certificate delivered
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect
when made, which has a material adverse effect on the rights of the
Noteholders and which continues to be incorrect in any material respect
for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of Noteholders of
more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes.
"Indenture Supplement" means, with respect to any Series, a supplement to
this Indenture, executed and delivered in connection with the original issuance
of the Notes of such Series pursuant to Section 2.8, and an amendment to this
Indenture executed pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2, and, in either case,
including all amendments thereof and supplements thereto.
"Indenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
"Independent" means, with respect to any specified Person, any such Person
who (a) does not have any direct financial interest, or any material indirect
financial interest in any Originator, the Master Servicer, the Transferor, the
Issuer, or any Affiliate of any thereof and (b) is not connected with any
Originator, the Master Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer, or any Affiliate of
any thereof, as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a
Person shall not fail to be Independent of any Originator, the Master Servicer,
the Transferor, the Issuer, or any Affiliate of any thereof merely because such
Person is the beneficial owner of one percent (1%) or less of any class of
securities issued by any Originator, the Master Servicer, the Transferor, the
Issuer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
"Independent Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered
to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.1 made by an
Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order, and such
opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of
"Independent" in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the
meaning thereof.
"Initial Account" means each individual revolving credit arrangement
established by an Originator with a Dealer which was identified in an Account
Schedule delivered to the Indenture Trustee on or prior to the Initial Closing
Date. By its execution of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee acknowledges
receipt of such Account Schedule on or prior to the Initial Closing Date.
"Initial Closing Date" means [ ], 2004.
"Insolvency Event" means, with respect to a specified Person: (a) the
commencement by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of an involuntary
action seeking: (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in a
case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar law, (ii) the appointment of a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other similar official
of such Person or (iii)
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the winding up or liquidation of such Person's affairs, and notwithstanding the
objection by such Person any such action shall have remained undischarged or
unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or any order or decree
providing the sought after relief, remedy or other action shall have been
entered; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or an insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal
or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or similar official of such Person or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or such Person's failure to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance
of any such action.
"Instruments" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 9-102 of Article
9 of the UCC.
"Insurance Proceeds" with respect to an Account means any amounts received
pursuant to any policy of insurance which are required to be paid to an
Originator pursuant to a Wholesale Financing Agreement, Accounts Receivable
Financing Agreement or Asset Based Lending Financing Agreement.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940.
"Investment Property" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 9-102 of
Article 9 of the UCC.
"Issuer" means GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, a Delaware statutory
trust, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and,
for purposes of any provision contained in this Indenture and required by the
TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
"Issuer Order" and "Issuer Request" means a written order or request,
respectively, signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized
Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
"Lien" means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest,
easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any
conditional sale, any lease or title retention agreement, or any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing), and the
filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security
interest under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction); provided,
however, Permitted Encumbrances shall not constitute a Lien.
"Manufacturer" means a Person engaged generally in the business of
manufacturing or distributing Products for sale or lease to Dealers in the
ordinary course of business.
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"Master Servicer" means GE Capital, in its capacity as the master servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, or any other Person designated as a Successor
Master Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
"Material Originator" means an Originator that is the Originator with
respect to Principal Receivables representing at least [five] percent ([5]%) of
the Outstanding Balance of the Principal Receivables owned by the Issuer.
"Minimum Free Equity Amount" means, as of any date of determination, the
product of (a) the Note Trust Principal Balance and (b) the highest of the
Minimum Free Equity Percentages specified in the Indenture Supplements effective
on the date of determination.
"Minimum Free Equity Percentage", with respect to a Series, has the
meaning specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
"Monthly Period" means as to each Payment Date, the preceding calendar
month, unless otherwise defined with respect to a Series in the related
Indenture Supplement.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"New Issuance" is defined in Section 2.8(a).
"Non-Principal Collections" means the sum of (a) Collections of interest
and all other non-principal charges (including insurance service fees and
handling fees) on the Receivables, (b) the product of (i) principal payments on
the Receivables and (ii) the Discount Factor, and (c) all Recoveries.
"Non-Principal Receivables" with respect to any Account means all amounts
billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other non-principal
charges.
"Non-Principal Shortfalls" is defined, as to any Series, in the related
Indenture Supplement.
"Note" means one of the notes issued by the Issuer pursuant to this
Indenture and an Indenture Supplement, substantially in the form attached to the
related Indenture Supplement.
"Note Depository Agreement" means an agreement among the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing
Agency.
"Note Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is
the owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing
Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with the Clearing
Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant,
in each case in accordance with the rules of the Clearing Agency).
"Note Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a).
"Note Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a).
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"Note Trust Certificate" means a certificate captioned "Note Trust
Certificate", representing a beneficial interest in a portion of the assets held
by the DFS Financing Trust.
"Note Trust Principal Balance" means, as of any time of determination
falling within or relating to a Monthly Period, the sum of (a) the Aggregate
Principal Receivables at that time and (b) the amount on deposit in the Excess
Funding Account at that time (exclusive of any investment earnings on such
amount).
"Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Note Register or such other Person deemed to be a "Noteholder" in any related
Indenture Supplement.
"Notice of Default" is defined in Section 5.2(c).
"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel (who may, except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of or counsel
to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer), which counsel and opinion shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
"Originator Guaranty" means the Originator Performance Guaranty dated as
of [ ], 2004 made by GE Capital.
"Originators" means the Persons from time to time party to the First Tier
Agreement as "Sellers". As of the Initial Closing Date, the only Originators are
GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation and Transamerica Commercial
Finance Corporation.
"Other Assets" is defined in Section 10.18.
"Outstanding" means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered
to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(b) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which funds in the
necessary amount have been theretofore deposited with the Indenture
Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Noteholders (provided,
however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption
has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture); and
(c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes that have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are
held by a Protected Purchaser;
provided, that in determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite
Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any
Related Document, Notes owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
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whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes
that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee actually knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect
to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof.
"Outstanding Balance" means, with respect to any Principal Receivable, the
outstanding amount of such Principal Receivable; provided, that the Outstanding
Balance of a Defaulted Receivable shall equal zero.
"Outstanding Principal Balance" means the aggregate principal amount of
all Notes which are Outstanding at the date of determination.
"Participation Agreement" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Participation Interest" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Paying Agent" means with respect to the Notes, initially the Indenture
Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the
Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the Issuer to
make the payments from the Trust Accounts, including payment of principal of or
interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer; provided, that if the Indenture
Supplement for a Series so provides, a separate or additional Paying Agent may
be appointed with respect to such Series.
"Payment Date" means, with respect to any Series, the date specified as
such in the related Indenture Supplement.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means the following: (a) Liens for taxes or
assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable; (b) inchoate
and unperfected workers', mechanics', suppliers' or similar Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business; (c) presently existing or hereinafter created Liens
in favor of, or created by, Issuer; (d) any Lien created or permitted by any
Related Document; (e) any Lien created by any Participation Agreement; and (f)
any security interests in Products or Accounts Receivable that are subordinate
to the security interests securing the related Receivables.
"Permitted Investments" means one or more of the following:
(a) obligations of, or guaranteed as to the full and timely
payment of principal and interest by, the United States or obligations of
any agency or instrumentality thereof, when such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States;
(b) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (a);
provided, that the short-term debt obligations of the party agreeing to
repurchase are rated on the date of acquisition by at least one rating
agency and, if rated by S&P, are rated A-1+ by S&P and, if rated by
Moody's, are rated P-1 by Moody's;
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(c) federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits and
bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not
more than 90 days or, in the case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no
event have an original maturity of more than 365 days) of any United
States depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws
of the United States or any State thereof or of any United States branch
or agency of a foreign commercial bank; provided, that the short-term debt
obligations of such depository institution or trust company are rated on
the date of acquisition by at least one rating agency and, if rated by
S&P, are rated A-1+ by S&P and, if rated by Moody's, are rated P-1 by
Moody's;
(d) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than
30 days) which on the date of acquisition are rated by at least one rating
agency and, if rated by S&P, are rated A-1+ by S&P and, if rated by
Moody's, are rated P-1 by Moody's;
(e) securities of money market funds rated on the date of
acquisition by at least one rating agency and, if rated by S&P, are rated
A-1+ by S&P and, if rated by Moody's, are rated P-1 by Moody's; and
(f) any other investment permitted by each of the rating agencies
as set forth in writing delivered to the Indenture Trustee; provided, that
investments described in clauses (e) and (f) shall be made only if there
shall have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that making such investments will not require the Issuer to
register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act [or
impair the Issuer's status as a qualifying special purpose entity under
Statement of Accounting Standards No. 140].
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, trust including a business trust,
association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit
corporation, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or any other entity of
whatever nature.
"Predecessor Note" means, with respect to any particular Note in a Series,
every previous Note in such Series evidencing all or a portion of the same debt
as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purpose of this
definition, any Note in a Series authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5
in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note in such Series shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen
Note.
"Principal Collections" means Collections under the Receivables other than
Non-Principal Collections. Amounts paid by an Originator pursuant to Section 2.5
of the First Tier Agreement shall be deemed to be Principal Collections. To the
extent not duplicative of the preceding sentence, amounts paid by Transferor
pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Second Tier Agreement shall be deemed to be
Principal Collections. Amounts paid by Transferor pursuant to Section 6.1(e) of
the Second Tier Agreement shall be deemed to be Principal Collections to the
extent that they represent the purchase price of Principal Receivables. Amounts
paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Servicing Agreement
shall be deemed to be Principal Collections.
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"Principal Receivable" with respect to an Account means amounts shown on
the Issuer's records as Receivables (other than such amounts which represent
Non-Principal Receivables and Discount Portions) payable by the related Dealer.
"Principal Sharing Series" means a Series that, pursuant to the Indenture
Supplement therefor, is entitled to receive Shared Principal Collections.
"Principal Shortfalls" is defined, as to any Series, in the related
Indenture Supplement.
"Principal Terms" means, with respect to any Series, the following
information related thereto, not all of which will necessarily apply to each
Series: (a) the name or designation and Closing Date for such Series; (b) the
initial principal amount of each Class of Notes (or method for calculating such
amount) and the Collateral Amount; (c) the note interest rate for each Class of
Notes of such Series (or method for the determination thereof); (d) the payment
date or dates and the date or dates from which interest shall accrue; (e) the
method for allocating Collections to Noteholders of such Series; (f) the
designation of any Series Accounts and the terms governing the operation of any
such Series Accounts; (g) the Series Servicing Fee Percentage; (h) the terms of
any form of Series Enhancement with respect thereto; (i) the terms, if any, on
which the Notes of such Series may be exchanged for Notes of another Series,
repurchased by the Transferor or remarketed to other investors; (j) the Series
Maturity Date; (k) the number of Classes of Notes of such Series and, if more
than one Class, the rights and priorities of each such Class; (l) the extent to
which the Notes of such Series will be issuable in temporary or permanent global
form (and, in such case, the depositary for such global note or notes, the terms
and conditions, if any, upon which such global note or notes may be exchanged,
in whole or in part, for Definitive Notes, and the manner in which any interest
payable on a temporary or global note will be paid); (m) whether the Notes of
such Series may be issued in bearer form and any limitations imposed thereon;
(n) the priority of such Series with respect to any other Series; (o) whether
such Series will be part of a Group; (p) whether such Series will be a Principal
Sharing Series; (q) whether such Series will be an Excess Allocation Series; (r)
the applicable Payment Dates; (s) the legal final maturity date on which the
rights of the Noteholders of such Series to receive payments from the Issuer
will terminate; and (t) whether such Series will or may act as a paired series
with another existing Series and the Series, with which it will be paired, if
applicable.
"Proceeding" means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
"Products" means the commercial and consumer goods financed by an
Originator for Dealers.
"Protected Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in Section 8-303 of the
UCC.
"Rating Agency" means, as to each Series, the Persons, if any, specified
as such in the related Indenture Supplement.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
Rating Agency, if any, shall have notified the Issuer that such action will not
result in a reduction or withdrawal
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of the rating, if any, of any Notes that are Outstanding with respect to which
it is a Rating Agency.
"Receivable" means, with respect to an Account, all amounts payable
(including interest, finance charges and other charges), and the obligation to
pay such amounts, by the related Dealer from time to time in respect of advances
made by an Originator to or on behalf of such Dealer in connection with the
Floorplan Business, the Accounts Receivable Business, or the Asset Based Lending
Business, as the case may be, [together with the group of writings evidencing
such amounts and the security interest created in connection therewith and all
of the rights, remedies, powers and privileges thereunder (including under the
related Financing Agreement)]; provided, that if a Participation Interest has
been created in respect of such Account, whether before or after that Account
has been designated as an Account, the amounts so payable by the related Dealer
that are allocable to such Participation Interest shall not be part of the
"Receivables" in respect of such Account. A Receivable that, prior to its
transfer to the Transferor, was subject to a participation from an Originator in
favor of another Originator shall be considered a Receivable.
"Record Date" means, with respect to a Payment Date, unless otherwise
specified for a Series in the Indenture Supplement for such Series, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding
such Payment Date.
"Records" means, with respect to any Receivable, all Financing Agreements
and other documents, books, records and other information (including computer
programs, tapes, disks, data processing software and related property and
rights) relating to such Receivable and the related Dealer.
"Recoveries" on any Determination Date means all amounts received,
including Insurance Proceeds, during the Monthly Period immediately preceding
such Determination Date with respect to Receivables which have previously become
Defaulted Receivables.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Series, the date or dates
specified as such in this Indenture or the related Indenture Supplement.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Series, the price specified
as such in the Indenture Supplement.
"Related Documents" means the First Tier Agreement, the Second Tier
Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Notes, the
Trust Agreement, this Indenture, any Indenture Supplement, the Note Trust
Certificate, the Custody and Control Agreement, the Originator Guaranty, and
including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments,
contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Person, or any employee of any Person,
and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing. Any reference in the
foregoing documents to a Related Document shall include all Annexes, Exhibits
and Schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other
modifications thereto, and shall refer to such Related Documents as the same may
be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
"Removed Accounts" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
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"Required Principal Balance" means, as of any date of determination, the
sum of the numerators used at such date to calculate the Allocation Percentages
with respect to Principal Collections for all Series outstanding on such date,
less the amount on deposit in the Excess Funding Account as of the date of
determination.
"Responsible Officer" means:
(a) with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Administrator;
(b) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer assigned to
the Corporate Trust Office, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Indenture
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of the applicable Related Documents, and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject;
(c) with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of the Issuer, or any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject; and
(d) with respect to any Person other than the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee or the Trustee, an officer or employee of such Person
corresponding to any officer or employee described in clause (c) above.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
"Second Tier Agreement" means the Receivables Purchase and Contribution
Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004 between the Transferor and the Issuer.
"Securities Account" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8-501(a)
of Article 8 of the UCC.
"Securities Act" means the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, 15
U.S.C. Sections 77a et seq., and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Securities Entitlement" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8-102
of Article 8 of the UCC.
"Securities Exchange Act" means the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 15 U.S.C. Sections 78a et seq., and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Securities Intermediary" is defined in Section 8-102 of Article 8 of the
UCC.
"Series" means any series of Notes, which may include within any such
Series a Class or Classes of Notes subordinate to another such Class or Classes
of Notes of the same Series.
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"Series Account" means any deposit, trust, escrow or similar account
maintained for the benefit of the Noteholders of any Series or Class, as
specified in any Indenture Supplement.
"Series Enhancement" means the rights and benefits provided to the Issuer
or the Noteholders of any Series or Class pursuant to any letter of credit,
surety bond, cash collateral account, collateral interest, spread account,
reserve account, cash collateral guaranty, insurance policy, tax protection
agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other
similar arrangement. The subordination of any Series or Class to another Series
or Class shall be deemed to be a Series Enhancement.
"Series Enhancer" means the Person or Persons providing any Series
Enhancement, other than (except to the extent otherwise provided with respect to
any Series in the Indenture Supplement for such Series) any account or deposits
therein or the Noteholders of any Series or Class which is subordinated to
another Series or Class.
"Series Maturity Date" means, with respect to any Series, the date
specified as such in the Indenture Supplement for such Series.
"Series Servicing Fee Percentage" is defined, as to any Series, in the
related Indenture Supplement.
"Servicer Default" is defined in Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
"Servicing Agreement" means the Servicing Agreement dated as of
[__________], 2004, between the Master Servicer and the Issuer.
"Shared Principal Collections" means all amounts that any Indenture
Supplement designates as "Shared Principal Collections."
"STAMP" is defined is Section 2.4(d).
"State" means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or
the District of Columbia.
"Sub-Servicer" means any Person with whom the Master Servicer enters into
a Sub-Servicing Agreement.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement" means any written contract entered into between
the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to the servicing,
administration or collection of the Transferred Receivables.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons
performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person or (b) that is directly or indirectly controlled by such Person
within the meaning of control under Section 15 of the Securities Act.
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"Successor Master Servicer" means a successor to the initial Master
Servicer as appointed under the Servicing Agreement.
"Tax Opinion" means, with respect to any action, an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that, for Federal income tax purposes, (a) such action will not
adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding
Class with respect to which an Opinion of Counsel was delivered at the time of
their issuance that such Notes would be characterized as debt, (b) such actions
will not cause the Issuer to be classified as an association (or publicly traded
partnership) taxable as a corporation, (c) such action will not cause or
constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder
and (d) and with respect to a New Issuance, unless otherwise specified in the
related Indenture Supplement, the Notes of the new Series will be treated as
debt.
"TIA" or the "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as in force on the date of this Indenture unless otherwise specifically
provided.
"Transfer Date" means the Business Day preceding each Payment Date.
"Transferor" means CDF Funding, Inc.
"Transferor Interest" means the interest of the Transferor or its assigns
in the Issuer and the Receivables, which entitles the Transferor or its assigns
to receive the various amounts specified in the Related Documents to be paid or
transferred to the holder(s) of the Transferor Interest.
"Transferor Percentage" means as to Non-Principal Receivables, Defaulted
Receivables and Principal Receivables, one hundred percent (100%) less the sum
of the applicable Allocation Percentages for all outstanding Series.
"Transferred Receivable" means a Receivable that has been transferred by
the Transferor to the Issuer under the Second Tier Agreement.
"Treasury Regulations" means regulations, including proposed or temporary
regulations, promulgated under the Code. References to specific provisions of
proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final
Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
"Trust Account" is defined in Section 8.2.
"Trust Account Property" means the Trust Accounts, all amounts, Financial
Assets, Investment Property and other investments or other property held from
time to time in or credited to any Trust Account and all proceeds of the
foregoing.
"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement relating
to the Issuer, dated as of [ ], 2004 between the Transferor and the Trustee.
"Trust Early Amortization Event" is defined in Section 5.1.
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"Trust Estate" means all right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to
the property and rights assigned to the Issuer pursuant to the Second Tier
Agreement, all monies, investment property, instruments and other property on
deposit from time to time in a Trust Account and all other property of the
Issuer from time to time, including any rights of the Trustee and the Issuer
pursuant to the Related Documents.
"Trustee" means The Bank of New York (Delaware), not in its individual
capacity but solely in its capacity as Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its
successors in interest and any successor Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
"Uncertificated Security" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
8-102 of Article 8 of the UCC.
"UCC" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
"Variable Funding Note" means any Note that is designated as a variable
funding note in the related Indenture Supplement.
"Wholesale Financing Agreement" means a wholesale financing agreement
entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in order to finance Products
purchased by such Dealer from a Manufacturer.
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SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Matters. All terms defined directly or by
reference in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein. For purposes of this Indenture and all such certificates and other
documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein and accounting terms partly defined herein to the
extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles; and unless otherwise provided,
references to any month, quarter or year refer to a calendar month, quarter or
year; (b) unless defined in this Indenture or the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the UCC shall have
the meaning given such term in the UCC; (c) any reference to each rating agency
shall only apply to any specific rating agency if such rating agency is then
rating any outstanding Series; (d) references to any amount as on deposit or
outstanding on any particular date means such amount at the close of business on
such day; (e) the words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import refer to this Indenture (or the certificate or other document in which
they are used) as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture
(or the certificate or other document in which reference is made); (f)
references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Indenture, and references to any paragraph,
subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer
to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or
definition; (g) the term "including" means "including without limitation"; (h)
references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended
from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (i) references to
any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or
supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in
accordance with its terms; and (j) references to any Person include that
Person's successors and permitted assigns.
SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of TIA. Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this Indenture. The following terms, where used in the TIA
shall have the following meanings for the purposes hereof:
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have
the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
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ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1. Form. With respect to any Series, the Notes related thereto,
together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be in
substantially the form of an exhibit to the Indenture Supplement for such
Series, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or such Indenture
Supplement, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their
execution of such Notes. 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 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 Persons executing such Notes, as evidenced by
their execution of such Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Notes set forth in an exhibit to the related Indenture Supplement are part of
the terms of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified in the related Indenture Supplement, the
Notes of each Series shall be issuable only in registered form and only in
minimum denominations of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that
the foregoing shall not restrict or prevent the registration or transfer in
accordance with Section 2.4 of any Note having an Outstanding Principal Balance
of other than an integral multiple of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or the
issuance of a single Note of each Class with a denomination less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000).
SECTION 2.2. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
(a) Each Note shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers.
(b) Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual
who was at the time of signature an Authorized Officer of the Issuer shall
bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individual has 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) No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
the related Indenture Supplement or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein or in the related Indenture
Supplement executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of
one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate of authentication
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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(d) From time to time when permitted hereunder, the Issuer shall
execute and deliver Notes to the Indenture Trustee for authentication
together with an Issuer Request to the Trustee directing the
authentication and delivery of such Notes and thereupon the same shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with
such Issuer Request.
SECTION 2.3. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes,
when permitted hereunder, the Issuer shall execute, and upon receipt of an
Issuer Order, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Notes of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and
with such variations not inconsistent with this Indenture as the Issuer may
determine, as evidenced by its execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will 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 office or agency 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 exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture and the applicable Indenture
Supplement as if they were Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.4. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note
Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the
registration of transfers of Notes. The Issuer hereby appoints the
Indenture Trustee as registrar (in such capacity, the "Note Registrar")
for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein
provided and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. Upon
any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor or, if it cannot make such an appointment, the Issuer shall
assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the
Issuer as the Note Registrar, the Issuer will 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, to obtain copies thereof and to rely upon a certificate
executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an officer thereof as to the
names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and
number of such Notes.
(b) Subject to Section 2.4(a), upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture
Trustee to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements
of Section 8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met, 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 and Class in any
authorized denominations of a like
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aggregate principal amount. At the option of a Noteholder, its Notes may
be exchanged for other new Notes of the same Series or Class in any
authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section
8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the
Indenture Trustee, the Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. The Indenture Trustee shall make a notation on any
such new Note of the amount of principal, if any, that has been paid on
such Note.
(c) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same
debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture and the
related Indenture Supplement as the Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(d) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee)
be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee duly executed
by, the Noteholder thereof or such Noteholder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which
requirements include membership or participation in the Securities
Transfer Agent's Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature
guarantee program" as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition
to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act.
(e) By acquiring a Note, each purchaser and transferee shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that either (i) it is not acquiring the
Note with the plan assets of a Benefit Plan or (ii) the acquisition and
holding of the Note will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or, in
the case of a governmental plan, any substantially similar law).
(f) The registration of transfer of any Note shall be subject to the
additional requirements, if any, set forth in the Indenture Supplement
related to such Note.
(g) No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may require the payment by such Noteholder 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 Section 2.3 or 9.5.
(h) If and so long as any Series of Notes are listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and such exchange shall so require, the Issuer
shall appoint a co-transfer agent and co-registrar in Luxembourg or
another European city. Any reference in this Indenture to Note Registrar
shall include any co-transfer agent and co-registrar unless the context
otherwise requires. The Indenture Trustee will enter into any appropriate
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agreement with any co-transfer agent and co-registrar not a party to this
Indenture, which will implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such agent.
SECTION 2.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(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 the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer to hold the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer, respectively, 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 Protected Purchaser, and provided, that the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall
execute, and upon its 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 the same Class, Series and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided,
however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a
mutilated Note, shall have become, or within seven days shall be, due and
payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a
replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note
when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender
thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note (or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding
sentence), a Protected 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 the Person to whom it was
delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to
whom such replacement Note was delivered (or payment made) or any assignee
of such Person, except a Protected Purchaser, and 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.
(b) Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section,
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall require the payment by such
Noteholder 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 the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee)
connected therewith.
(c) Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in
replacement of 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 at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits
of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes
of the same Class and Series duly issued hereunder.
(d) The provisions of this Section 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.
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SECTION 2.6. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment on such Note pursuant to the terms of
the applicable Indenture Supplement and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected
by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.7. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
(a) Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any
Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the
applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date
by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to such Person's address as
it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement. However, with respect to
Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the
Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee. Notwithstanding the above, the final
installment of principal payable with respect to such Note (and except for
the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to
Section 2.17) shall be payable as provided in clause (b)(ii). The funds
represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in
accordance with Section 6.16.
(b) (i) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments
on each applicable Payment Date in an amount set forth in the related
Indenture Supplement, for such Payment Date.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire Outstanding
Principal Balance of any affected Series shall be due and payable
on: (A) the date on which an Event of Default described in paragraph
(a), (b) or (c) of Section 5.2 shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to such Series if the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series have declared the
Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
Section 5.3, (B) the date on which an Event of Default described in
paragraph (d) of Section 5.2 shall have occurred and be continuing
and (C) if the Notes in any Series remain Outstanding, the Series
Maturity Date for such Series.
(iii) The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee, and the
Indenture Trustee shall subsequently notify the Person in whose name
a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date
preceding the Payment Date, of the date on which the Issuer expects
that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note
will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed no later than the fifth
day of the calendar month for such final Payment Date and shall
specify that such final installment will be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of such
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Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented
and surrendered for payment of such installment.
(c) All reductions in the principal amount of a Note effected by
payments of installments of principal made on any Payment Date shall be
binding upon all Noteholders of such Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Note. All payments
on the Notes shall be made without any requirement of presentment but each
Noteholder of any Note shall be deemed to agree, by its acceptance of the
same, to surrender such Note at the Corporate Trust Office against payment
of the final installment of principal of such Note.
SECTION 2.8. New Issuances.
(a) Pursuant to one or more Indenture Supplements, the Issuer may
issue one or more new Series of Notes (a "New Issuance"). The Notes of all
outstanding Series shall be equally and ratably entitled as provided
herein to the benefits of this Indenture without preference, priority or
distinction, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Indenture and the related Indenture Supplement except, with respect to any
Series or Class, as provided in the Indenture Supplement related to such
Series. Interest on and principal of the Notes of each outstanding Series
shall be paid as specified in the Indenture Supplement relating to such
outstanding Series. If a conflict exists between the terms and provisions
of this Indenture and any Indenture Supplement, the terms and provisions
of the Indenture Supplement shall be controlling with respect to the
related Series.
(b) On or before the Closing Date relating to any New Issuance, the
parties hereto will execute and deliver an Indenture Supplement which will
specify the Principal Terms of the new Series to be issued. The terms of
such Indenture Supplement may modify or amend the terms of this Indenture
solely as applied to such new Series. The obligation of the Issuer to
execute the Notes of any Series and of the Indenture Trustee to
authenticate such Notes (other than the Series issued on or about the
Initial Closing Date) and to execute and deliver the related Indenture
Supplement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) on or before the fifth Business Day immediately preceding
the applicable Closing Date (unless a shorter period shall be
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and each applicable Rating
Agency), the Issuer shall have given the Indenture Trustee and each
Rating Agency notice (unless such notice requirement is otherwise
waived) of such New Issuance and the Closing Date;
(ii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
any related Indenture Supplement, in form satisfactory to the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, executed by each party hereto;
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(iii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
any Enhancement Agreement to be entered into in connection with such
New Issuance executed by the Series Enhancer;
(iv) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such issuance;
(v) such New Issuance will not have an Adverse Effect as of
the applicable Closing Date and after giving effect to such New
Issuance, and the Transferor shall have delivered an Officer's
Certificate to the effect that based upon the facts known to the
officer or manager executing such Officer's Certificate, the New
Issuance will not have an Adverse Effect as of the applicable
Closing Date and after giving effect to such New Issuance;
(vi) the Free Equity Amount shall not be less than the Minimum
Free Equity Amount as of the applicable Closing Date after giving
effect to such New Issuance;
(vii) the Note Trust Principal Balance shall not be less than
the Required Principal Balance as of the applicable Closing Date
after giving effect to such New Issuance; and
(viii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture
Trustee (with a copy to each Rating Agency) a Tax Opinion, dated the
Closing Date with respect to such issuance.
(c) Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, pursuant to Section
2.2, the Issuer, shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall, upon
receipt of an Issuer Request, authenticate and deliver the Notes of such
Series as provided in this Indenture and the applicable Indenture
Supplement.
SECTION 2.9. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration
of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be
promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver
to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder that the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee.
No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled
as provided in this Section except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance
with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless
the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be returned to it;
provided, that such Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 2.10. Book-Entry Notes. Unless otherwise provided in any related
Indenture Supplement, the Notes of each Series and Class, upon original
issuance, will be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the
Book-Entry Notes to be delivered to the depository specified in such Indenture
Supplement which shall be the Clearing Agency or its custodian, by or on behalf
of the Issuer. The Notes of each Series and Class shall, unless otherwise
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the related Indenture Supplement, initially be registered in the Note Register
in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Notes and
shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or, pursuant to such Clearing
Agency's instructions, held by the Indenture Trustee's agent as custodian for
the Clearing Agency.
Unless and until definitive fully registered Notes (the "Definitive
Notes") are issued under the circumstances described in Section 2.12 or any
applicable Indenture Supplement, no Note Owner shall be entitled to receive a
Definitive Note representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note. Unless and
until Definitive Notes have been issued to the Note Owners pursuant to Section
2.12 or any applicable Indenture Supplement:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect with respect to each such Series;
(ii) the Issuer, the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee,
and their officers, directors, manager, employees and agents may
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes (including the
payment of principal of and interest on the Notes of each such
Series) as the authorized representative of the respective Note
Owners;
(iii) to the extent that this Section conflicts with any other
provisions of this Indenture, this Section shall control with
respect to each such Series;
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(iv) the rights of the respective Note Owners of each such
Series shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and the
Clearing Agency Participants and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such respective Note
Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement applicable
to a Series, unless and until Definitive Notes of such Series are
issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency will
make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the
related Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and
(v) whenever this Indenture or any applicable Indenture
Supplement requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions, directions, or the consent of Noteholders evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes or of a particular Series or Class of Notes, the Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the
extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note
Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing,
respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in
such Notes, Series or Class, as applicable, and has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
communication to any Noteholder is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Notes have been issued to the related Note Owners, the
Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications to the Clearing
Agency.
SECTION 2.12. Definitive Notes.
(a) If: (i) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that
the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities under the Note Depository Agreement with respect to the
Notes of a given Series, and the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified
successor, (ii) circumstances change so that the book-entry system through
the Clearing Agency is less advantageous due to economic or administrative
burden or if the use of the book-entry system becomes unlawful with
respect to such Series and the Issuer notifies the Indenture Trustee in
writing that because of such changes in circumstances it is terminating
such book-entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to such
Series or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners
representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes (or such other percentage as
specified in the related Indenture Supplement) of such Series advise the
Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Note
Owners of such Series, then the Clearing Agency has undertaken to notify
all Note Owners of such Series and the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence
of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note
Owners of such Series requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture
Trustee of the typewritten Notes of such Series representing the
Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration and
transfer instructions from the Clearing Agency for registration, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate, the
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Definitive Notes of such Series in accordance with the instructions of the
Clearing Agency and shall recognize registered holders of such Definitive
Notes as Noteholders under this Indenture. None of the Issuer, the Note
Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Notes of such Series, all references herein to obligations
imposed upon or to be performed by the Clearing Agency with respect to
such Series shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the
Issuer, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Notes,
and the Issuer shall recognize the holders of the relevant Definitive
Notes of such Series as Noteholders hereunder.
(b) Definitive Notes will not be eligible for clearing or settlement
through the Clearing Agency.
SECTION 2.13. Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Noteholders of
the required Outstanding Principal Balance have concurred in any direction,
waiver or consent, any such Notes owned by the Issuer or an Affiliate of the
Issuer shall be considered as though not Outstanding, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use
"CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Indenture Trustee
shall indicate the "CUSIP" numbers of the Notes in notices of redemption and
related materials as a convenience to Noteholders; provided, that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and related materials.
SECTION 2.15. Perfection Representations and Warranties. The parties
hereto agree that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in
Schedule 1 shall be a part of this Indenture for all purposes.
SECTION 2.16. Notes to Constitute Indebtedness. The parties hereto agree
that it is their mutual intent that, for all applicable tax purposes, the Notes
will constitute indebtedness. Further, each party hereto and each Noteholder (by
accepting and holding a Note) hereby covenants to every other party hereto and
to every other Noteholder to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all applicable
tax purposes in all tax filings, reports and returns and otherwise, and further
covenants that neither it nor any of its Affiliates will take, or participate in
the taking of or permit to be taken, any action that is inconsistent with the
treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for tax purposes. All successors and
assignees of the parties hereto shall be bound by the provisions hereof.
SECTION 2.17. Redemption. If so specified in the applicable Indenture
Supplement, the Notes of each Series shall be subject to redemption in
connection with exercise by [the Transferor] of its rights under Section 10.1 of
the Trust Agreement relating to the Collateral Amount for that Series. The terms
of any such redemption shall be specified in the applicable Indenture
Supplement.
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.
(a) The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes,
as specified in the Indenture Supplement related to such Notes.
(b) The Noteholders of any Series as of the Record Date in respect
of a Payment Date shall be entitled to the interest accrued and payable
and principal payable on such Payment Date with respect to such Series as
specified in the related Indenture Supplement. All payment obligations
under a Note are discharged to the extent such payments are made to the
Noteholder of record.
SECTION 3.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a) The Issuer will maintain at the Corporate Trust Office an office
or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of
the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially
appoints the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office to serve as
its agent for the foregoing purposes.
(b) The chief executive office of the Issuer at which the Issuer
maintains its records with respect to the Transferred Receivables and the
transactions contemplated hereby, is currently located at 5595 Trillium
Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192. The Issuer will not change the
location of such offices or its jurisdiction of organization, as defined
in the UCC, without giving the Indenture Trustee at least thirty (30)
days' prior written notice thereof.
SECTION 3.3. Paying Agent's Obligations. The Issuer will cause each Paying
Agent to comply with the obligations of the Paying Agent set forth in Section
6.16.
SECTION 3.4. Existence.
(a) The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a Delaware statutory trust.
(b) The Issuer shall at all times observe and comply in all material
respects with (i) all laws applicable to it, and (ii) all requisite and
appropriate organizational and other formalities in the management of its
business and affairs and the conduct of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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SECTION 3.5. Protection of the Collateral; Further Assurances. The Issuer
will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments
hereto and all such writings of further assurance and other writings, and will
take such other action necessary or advisable to:
(a) more effectively make a Grant over all or any portion of the
Collateral;
(b) maintain or preserve the Lien (and the priority thereof) of this
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(c) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Indenture and perfect the Lien contemplated
hereby in favor of the Indenture Trustee;
(d) enforce or cause the Master Servicer to enforce any of the
Collateral; or
(e) preserve and defend against the claims of all Persons and
parties, (i) title to the Collateral (including the right to receive all
payments due or to become due with respect to the Transferred Receivables)
and the interests in the property included in the Collateral and (ii) the
rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders with respect to such
Collateral (including the right to receive all payments due or to become
due with respect to the Transferred Receivables) and interests with
respect to the property included in the Collateral.
The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee as its agent and
attorney-in-fact to file and/or execute any financing statement, continuation
statement, writing of further assurance or other writing required to be executed
and/or filed to accomplish the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in
this paragraph shall obligate the Indenture Trustee to file or execute any
financing statement or continuation statement or to take any other action
hereunder.
SECTION 3.6. Opinion as to the Collateral. On the Closing Date relating to
the first Series of Notes, 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 filing of any financing statements as
is necessary to perfect and make effective the Lien 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 perfect and make effective such Lien.
SECTION 3.7. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Transferred
Receivables.
(a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use commercially
reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that
would release any Person from any material covenants or obligations under
any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral 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 expressly provided in this Indenture,
any applicable Indenture Supplement, or any other Related Document or such
other instrument or agreement.
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(b) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its
obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, any applicable
Indenture Supplement, the other Related Documents and in the instruments
and agreements included in the Collateral, including filing or causing to
be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required
to be filed by this Indenture, any applicable Indenture Supplement, and
any other Related Document in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein.
(c) The Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that it will enforce the
obligations of the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and if a
Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Master Servicer to
perform any of its duties or obligations under the Servicing Agreement
with respect to the Transferred Receivables, the Issuer shall take all
reasonable actions available to it to remedy such failure; provided,
however, that any Servicer Default other than a Servicer Default arising
under Section 5.1(a) of the Servicing Agreement may be waived by the
Issuer upon consent of the Noteholders of not less than sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance for the
Notes for all Series to which the Servicer Default relates.
(d) The Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that it shall deliver a
notice to the Master Servicer of any Servicer Default if directed to do so
by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders of not less than
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes for all Series; provided, however, with respect to any Servicer
Default that does not relate to all Series, the Issuer shall deliver a
notice to the Master Servicer of such Servicer Default if directed to do
so by the Noteholders of twenty-five percent (25%) of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes for all Series to which the Servicer
Defaults relates; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer breaches
its covenants in Section 2.6 of the Servicing Agreement, upon discovery by
the Issuer, the Issuer shall provide prompt written notice of such breach
to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.6 of the Servicing
Agreement. The Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that it shall: (i) upon
the occurrence of a Servicer Default set forth in Section 5.1(e) of the
Servicing Agreement, promptly exercise its rights to terminate the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement and (ii) prior
to exercising its rights to terminate the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Servicer
Default set forth in Section 5.1(a), Section 5.1(b), Section 5.1(c) or
Section 5.1(d) of the Servicing Agreement, obtain the consent of the
Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance
of each affected Series of Notes. Within thirty (30) days after the giving
of notice of termination to the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer's
rights and powers pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement, the
Issuer shall appoint a Successor Master Servicer, such appointment to be
reflected by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee. In the event that a Successor Master Servicer has not been
appointed and accepted its appointment at the time when the previous
Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further
action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Master Servicer,
subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating
thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the terms and provisions of the
Servicing Agreement, provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall
not be liable for any actions of any Servicer prior to the Indenture
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appointment as Successor Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it is legally unable to so act
or if the Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of all Series so request in writing to the Indenture Trustee,
appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any
institution established in servicing receivables substantially similar to
the Transferred Receivables as the successor to the Master Servicer under
the Servicing Agreement in the assumption of the responsibilities, duties
or liabilities of the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee may resign as the Master Servicer by giving written
notice of such resignation to the Issuer and in such event will be
released from such duties and obligations, such release not to be
effective until the date a Successor Master Servicer enters into a
servicing agreement with the Issuer as provided below. Upon delivery of
any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain a new servicer as
the Successor Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement. Any Successor
Master Servicer other than the Indenture Trustee shall: (i) be an
established financial institution having a net worth of not less than five
hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) and whose regular business includes
the servicing of receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement
with the Issuer having substantially the same provisions as the provisions
of the Servicing Agreement applicable to the Master Servicer. If within 30
days after the delivery of the notice of termination of the Master
Servicer's rights and powers referred to above, the Issuer shall not have
obtained such a Successor Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee may
appoint, or may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a
Successor Master Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, the
Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
Successor Master Servicer as it and such Successor Master Servicer shall
agree, subject to the limitations set forth below and in the Servicing
Agreement, and in accordance with Section 6.2 of the Servicing Agreement,
the Issuer shall enter into an agreement with such Successor Master
Servicer for the servicing of the Transferred Receivables (such agreement
to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If the
Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the previous Servicer's duties as
servicer of the Transferred Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so
in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
and, accordingly, the provisions of Article VI shall be inapplicable to
the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the Successor Master Servicer and
the servicing of the Transferred Receivables. In case the Indenture
Trustee shall become the Successor Master Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Servicer
any one of its Affiliates; provided, that it shall be fully liable for the
actions and omissions of such Affiliate in its capacity as Successor
Master Servicer.
(e) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer's rights and powers
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the
Indenture Trustee. As soon as a Successor Master Servicer is appointed,
the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such appointment,
specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Master
Servicer.
(f) The Issuer shall provide to Trustee or its respective designees
access to the documentation regarding the Accounts and the Transferred
Receivables in such cases where Trustee or such designee is required in
connection with the enforcement of the
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rights of Trustee, or by applicable statutes or regulations, to review
such documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (i)
upon reasonable request, (ii) during normal business hours, (iii) subject
to the Issuer's normal security and confidentiality procedures and (iv) at
offices designated by the Issuer. Nothing in this section shall derogate
from the obligation of any Person to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Dealers, and the
failure of the Issuer to provide access as provided in this section as a
result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
(g) Upon a merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or an
Originator, the Issuer shall provide prompt written notice to the Rating
Agencies.
SECTION 3.8. Taxes. The Issuer shall contest or pay all taxes when due and
payable or levied against its assets, properties or income, including any
property that is part of the Collateral.
SECTION 3.9. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to
the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Issuer (commencing with the first fiscal year of the Issuer ending after 2004),
an Officer's Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, stating that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year
and of performance under this Indenture has been made under the
supervision of the Authorized Officer signing such Officer's
Certificate; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's 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.
SECTION 3.10. Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
the Issuer shall not:
(a) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the
properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the
Collateral, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, any Indenture
Supplement, or any other Related Document;
(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 Collateral;
(c) engage in any business or activity other than in connection
with, or relating to the financing, purchasing, owning, selling and
servicing of, the Transferred Receivables and the interests in the
property constituting the Collateral, the issuance of the Notes, and
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the specific transactions contemplated by the Related Documents and
activities incidental thereto;
(d) issue, incur, assume, or allow to remain outstanding any
indebtedness, or guaranty any indebtedness or otherwise become liable,
directly or indirectly for any indebtedness of any Person, other than the
Notes, except as contemplated by this Indenture and the other Related
Documents;
(e) (i) seek dissolution or liquidation or wind up its affairs in
whole or in part, or reorganize its business or affairs, or (ii) amend the
Trust Agreement in a manner that would be adverse in any material respect
to the Noteholders;
(f) (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 to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or
burden the Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein or the
proceeds thereof or (iii) permit the Lien of this Indenture not to
constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any tax
lien, mechanics' lien or other lien not considered a Lien) "security
interest" (as such term is defined in Section 1-201 of Article 1 of the
UCC) in the Collateral;
(g) make any loan or advance to any Affiliate of the Issuer or to
any other Person;
(h) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or
otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty);
(i) directly or indirectly: (i) pay any dividend or make any
distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash,
property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any
ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer, (ii) redeem,
purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or
equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any
amounts for any such purpose or (iv) make payments to or from the
Collection Account, in each case, except in accordance with this Indenture
and the Related Documents;
(j) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or (unless
expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Second Tier Agreement, the
Servicing Agreement or an Indenture Supplement) convey or transfer any of
its properties or assets, including those included in the Collateral, to
any Person unless:
(i) such Person shall be a United States citizen or a Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any State,
(ii) such Person shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and
the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant
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of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed, all as provided herein,
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such transaction;
(v) the Issuer shall have received a Tax Opinion (and shall
have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee);
(vi) such Person is not required to be registered as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act;
(vii) in the case of a sale of the Issuer's business, such
Person expressly agrees by an indenture supplement hereto that (A)
all right, title and interest so conveyed by the Issuer will be
subject and subordinate to the rights of the Noteholders, (B) such
Person will mail all filings with the Commission required by the
Securities Exchange Act in connection with the Notes and (c) such
Person expressly agrees to indemnify the Indenture Trustee for any
loss, liability or expense arising under the Indenture and the
Notes;
(viii) any action that is necessary to maintain the Lien
created by this Indenture and the priority thereof shall have been
taken; and
(ix) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that
such consolidation or merger or such conveyance or transfer, as the
case may be, and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Section and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any
filing, if any, required by the Securities Exchange Act) and the
supplemental indenture is duly authorized, executed and delivered
and is valid, binding and enforceable; or
(k) amend the Second Tier Agreement or the Servicing Agreement or
consent to any amendment of the First Tier Agreement unless (A) (I) the
amendment (x) is being entered into to cure any ambiguity or correct or
supplement any provision of or to add any provisions concerning matters or
questions raised under the Second Tier Agreement, the Servicing Agreement
or the First Tier Agreement and (y) does not materially adversely affect
the interest of the Noteholders, (II) the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied and (III) the Transferor has delivered an Officer's Certificate
to the Issuer certifying the amendment will not result in an Adverse
Effect, or (B) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied and the amendment
is being entered into to add, modify or eliminate provisions necessary or
advisable in order to avoid the imposition of state or local income or
franchise taxes on the Issuer's property or its income, or (C) the Issuer
obtains the consent of Noteholders representing more than sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of Outstanding Principal Balance of each
Series affected by the
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amendment for which the Transferor has not delivered an Officer's
Certificate required under clause (A). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Issuer will not enter into any amendment of the Second Tier Agreement, the
Servicing Agreement or consent to any amendment of the First Tier
Agreement if the amendment (A) reduces the amount of, or delays the timing
of distributions to the Noteholders of any Series (provided, however,
changes in Early Amortization Events or Events of Default that decrease
the likelihood of the occurrence of those events will not be considered
delays in the timing of distributions or deposits of amounts to be
distributed or the amount available under any Enhancement Agreement), in
each case without the consent of each affected Noteholder, (B) changes the
manner of calculating the interest of any Noteholder without the consent
of each affected Noteholder or (C) would reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the ratings of any Series or Class then maintained by any
Rating Agency, without the consent of the Noteholders representing more
than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of each affected Series or Class.
SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee.
(a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance
with Section 3.10(j), 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 and have every obligation
of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person
had been named as the original Issuer.
(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties
of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(j), the Issuer will 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 stating that
the Issuer is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12. Notice of Early Amortization Event and Events of
Default.
(a) The Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies written notice of each Early Amortization Event, each Event of
Default and each Servicer Default (and, in the case of a Servicer Default,
shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking with
respect to such Servicer Default), in each case within five (5) Business
Days after an Authorized Officer of the Issuer obtains actual knowledge of
such Early Amortization Event, Event of Default or Servicer Default.
(b) The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five
(5) Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Issuer obtains actual
knowledge thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate
of any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both,
would become an Early Amortization Event or an Event of Default, its
status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
SECTION 3.13. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further
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acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out more effectively the
provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.14. Enforcement of Related Documents. With respect to any
Related Document to which it is a party, the Issuer will enforce the
obligations of the other parties to such Related Documents.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect except as to:
(i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to
receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Section
3.2, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee
hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7
and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.2) and (vi)
the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of
them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when:
(A) either:
(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than: (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and that have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.5 and (ii) Notes for whose payment funds have
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and
held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the
Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 6.16) have been delivered to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation:
(i) have become due and payable,
(ii) will become due and payable on the Series Maturity
Date therefor within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by
the Indenture Trustee on behalf, and at the
expense, of the Issuer;
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and the Issuer, in the case of clause (2)(i), (ii) or (iii),
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States
of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts
are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee
for cancellation when due to the Series Maturity Date for such
Class or Series of Notes or the Redemption Date (if Notes
shall have been called for redemption pursuant to the related
Indenture Supplement), as the case may be;
(B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Issuer; and
(C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate, 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 10.1(a) and, subject to
Section 10.2, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been met.
At such time, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer or,
upon an Issuer Order, its assignee, all cash, securities and other
property held by it as part of the Collateral other than funds deposited
with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(A)(2) for the
payment and discharge of the Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.7, and if funds shall have been deposited with the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(A)(2), the obligations of the Indenture
Trustee under Sections 4.2 and 6.7 (in its capacity as Paying Agent) shall
survive.
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Funds. All funds deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by
it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, this Indenture and the
applicable Indenture Supplement, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Noteholders of the
particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such funds have been
deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal and interest; but such funds need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required herein or as required by law.
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ARTICLE V
TRUST EARLY AMORTIZATION EVENTS, EVENTS OF DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Trust Early Amortization Events. If any one of the following
events (each, a "Trust Early Amortization Event") shall occur:
(a) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to a Material
Originator or the Transferor;
(b) a Material Originator shall become unable for any reason to
transfer Receivables to the Transferor pursuant to the First Tier
Agreement or the Transferor shall become unable for any reason to transfer
Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to the Second Tier Agreement; or
(c) the Issuer or the DFS Financing Trust shall be required to
register as an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act;
then an Early Amortization Event with respect to all Series of Notes shall occur
without any notice or other action on the part of the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders immediately upon the occurrence of such event.
Upon the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event, payment on the Notes
of each Series will be made in accordance with the terms of the related
Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 5.2. Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used herein,
means, with respect to any Series, any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or Governmental Authority):
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note of that
Series when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall
continue for a period of thirty-five (35) days;
(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Note of that
Series, if and to the extent not previously paid, when the same becomes
due and payable on its Series Maturity Date;
(c) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or
agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture in respect of the Notes of
such Series (other than a covenant or agreement a default in the
observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with) (all such covenants and agreements in the
Indenture which are not expressly stated to be for the benefit of a
particular Series being deemed to be in respect of the Notes of all Series
for this purpose) and (i) such default shall continue or not be cured for
a period of sixty (60) days after there shall have been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Noteholders of at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of the
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Outstanding Principal Balance 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, and (ii) as a result
of such default, the interests of the Noteholders are materially and
adversely affected and continue to be materially and adversely affected
during such sixty (60) day period;
(d) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the
Issuer; or
(e) any additional events specified as Events of Default in the
Indenture Supplement related to such Series.
SECTION 5.3. Acceleration of Maturity and Annulment; Remedies.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to any Series, and the Notes of such Series have been
accelerated pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or Section 5.3(c), the Indenture
Trustee may do one or more of the following:
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the
Notes of the affected Series or under this Indenture with respect
thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment
obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon
such Notes moneys adjudged due;
(ii) take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce
the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders
of the affected Series;
(iii) cause the Issuer to sell randomly selected Receivables
(or interests therein) in an amount equal to the Collateral Amount
of the accelerated Series in accordance with Section 5.16;
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not exercise the remedy
described in subparagraph (iii) above unless (A) (1) the Noteholders
representing one hundred percent (100%) of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes of the affected Series consent in writing thereto,
(2) the Indenture Trustee determines that any proceeds of such exercise
distributable to the Noteholders of the affected Series are sufficient to
discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for
principal and interest and is directed to exercise this remedy by
Noteholders representing more than a majority of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes of such Series, or (3) the Indenture Trustee
determines that the Collateral may not continue to provide sufficient
funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as they
would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable,
and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Noteholders
representing at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of each Class of such Series
for such sale of Receivables (or interests therein) and (B) the Indenture
Trustee has been provided with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the exercise of such remedy complies with applicable federal and state
securities laws. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with
respect to clauses (A)(2) and (A)(3), the Indenture Trustee may, but need
not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent
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banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of
such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such
purpose.
(b) If an Event of Default described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of
Section 5.2 should occur and be continuing with respect to a Series, then
the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders representing not less than a
majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series
may declare all the Notes of such Series to be immediately due and
payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer, and upon any such
declaration the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Notes, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration,
shall become immediately due and payable;
(c) If an Event of Default described in paragraph (d) of Section 5.2
should occur and be continuing, then the unpaid principal of the Notes,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of
acceleration, shall automatically become due and payable.
(d) At any time after a declaration of acceleration of maturity of
an affected Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the amount due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Noteholders of Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance
of such Series, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all payments of principal of and interest on all
Notes of such Series and all other amounts that would then be
due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default
giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its
agents and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of the Notes that have become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.11.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereto.
(e) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant
to this Article V following the acceleration of the Notes of the affected
Series pursuant to this Section 5.3 (so long as such a declaration shall
not have been rescinded or annulled), it shall pay out the money or
property in the following order:
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FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due pursuant to
Section 6.7; and
SECOND: unless otherwise specified in the related Indenture
Supplement, for application and payment in accordance
with the related Indenture Supplement with such amounts
being deemed to be Principal Collections and
Non-Principal Collections in the same proportion as (x)
the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes bears to
(y) the sum of the accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes and other fees and expenses payable in connection
therewith under the applicable Indenture Supplement,
including the amounts payable under any Series
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(f) The Indenture Trustee may, upon notification to the Issuer, fix
a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders of the
affected Series pursuant to this Section. At least fifteen (15) days
before such record date, the Indenture Trustee shall mail or send by
facsimile, at the expense of the Issuer, to each such Noteholder a notice
that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
(g) In addition to the application of money or property referred to
in Section 5.16 for an accelerated Series, amounts then held in the
Collection Account, Excess Funding Account or any Series Accounts for such
Series and any amounts available under the Series Enhancement for such
Series shall be used to make payments to the Noteholders of such Series
and the Series Enhancement Provider for such Series in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture, the related Indenture Supplement and the Series
Enhancement for such Series. Following the sale of any Principal
Receivables and related Non-Principal Receivables pursuant to Section 5.16
(or interests therein) for a Series and the application of the proceeds of
such sale to such Series and the application of the amounts then held in
the Collection Account, the Excess Funding Account and any Series Accounts
for such Series as are allocated to such Series and any amounts available
under the Series Enhancement for such Series, such Series shall no longer
be entitled to any allocation of Collections or other property
constituting the Collateral under this Indenture.
(h) Each of the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder by its
acceptance of a Note covenants that: (i) it will not directly or
indirectly institute or cause to be instituted against the Issuer any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding or other proceeding under any Federal or state bankruptcy law
unless Noteholders of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Principal Amount of each Class of each Series
have approved such filing; and (ii) it will not directly or indirectly
institute or cause to be instituted against DFS Financing Trust or the
Transferor any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceeding or other proceeding under any Federal or state
bankruptcy law in any instance; provided, that the foregoing shall not in
anyway limit a Noteholder's rights to pursue any other creditor rights or
remedies that such Noteholder may have for claims against the Issuer.
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(i) The remedies provided in this Section are the exclusive remedies
provided to the Noteholders with respect to the Collateral and each of the
Noteholders (by their acceptance of their respective interests in the
Notes) and the Indenture Trustee hereby expressly waive any other remedy
that might have been available under the applicable UCC.
SECTION 5.4. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the
Indenture Trustee.
(a) In case (i) there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or
any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral,
Proceedings under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) a receiver, assignee,
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 Person, or (iii) of any other
comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer, then 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 this Section), shall be entitled and empowered to, and at the
written direction of the requisite Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.10
shall, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(A) file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes of
such Series and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture
Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor the Indenture Trustee, and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith, and all other amounts due to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7) and of the Noteholders of such
Series allowed in such Proceedings;
(B) unless prohibited by applicable law or regulations, vote
on behalf of the Noteholders of such Series in any election of a
trustee, a standby trustee or any Person performing similar
functions in any such Proceedings;
(C) collect and receive any amounts or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts
received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders of such
Series and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
(D) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders of such Series allowed in any
judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its
property;
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and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by
each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and,
in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of
payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee
such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to
the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and
each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith, and all other amounts due to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7.
(b) 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
Noteholder 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.
(c) 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
action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought
in its own name and 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 Indenture Trustee
and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable
benefit of the Noteholders of the affected Series as provided herein.
(d) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also
any Proceedings to which the Indenture Trustee is a party involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture), the Indenture Trustee
shall be held to represent all the Noteholders of the affected Series, and
it shall not be necessary to make any such Noteholder a party to any such
Proceedings.
SECTION 5.5. Limitation of Suits. No Noteholder shall have any right to
institute any Proceeding, with respect to this Indenture or any Indenture
Supplement, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder or thereunder, unless:
(i) such Noteholder has previously given written notice to the
Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Noteholder(s) of not less than twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of each
affected Series have made written request to the Indenture Trustee
to institute such Proceeding in its own name as the Indenture
Trustee hereunder;
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(iii) such Noteholder or Noteholders has offered to the
Indenture Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such
request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for sixty (60) days after its
receipt of such request and offer of indemnity has failed to
institute such Proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty (60) day
period by the Noteholders of more than a majority of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Noteholder(s) of the
affected Series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the
rights of any other Noteholder of such Series or to obtain or to seek to obtain
priority or preference over any other Noteholder(s) of such Series or to enforce
any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal and ratable benefit of all the other Noteholders of the same Series.
Nothing in this Section 5.5 shall be construed as limiting the rights of
otherwise qualified Noteholders to petition a court for the removal of an
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.8.
In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders of an
affected Series, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series, the Indenture Trustee in its sole
discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 5.6. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, each
Noteholder shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Note on or after the
respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in the applicable
Indenture Supplement (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the applicable
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Noteholder.
SECTION 5.7. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee
or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such
Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders
shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.8. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or
stolen Notes in Section 2.5(d) and as provided in Section 5.3(i), no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to
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the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
SECTION 5.9. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and
remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the
Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.10. Control by Noteholders. Upon the occurrence and continuation
of an Event of Default, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture
or any Indenture Supplement, the Noteholders of not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of any affected Series shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any
remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to such Series; provided,
that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture; provided, further, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture
Trustee need not take any action that it determines might subject it to
liability for which it is not indemnified to its satisfaction or might
materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder(s) of an affected
Series not consenting to such action. The Indenture Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction.
SECTION 5.11. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the acceleration of the
maturity of any Series of Notes pursuant to Section 5.3, and subject to Section
5.3(b), the Noteholders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes of the affected Series (or with respect to any Series with
two or more Classes, each Class) may waive any past Event of Default and its
consequences except an Event of Default: (a) in payment of principal of or
interest on any of the Notes of such Series or (b) in respect of a covenant or
provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each
Noteholder of such Series. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders of the affected Series shall be restored
to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively.
Upon any such waiver, such Event of 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.12. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree
(and each Noteholder by such Noteholder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed) that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as the
Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
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undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney's fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to: (a) any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder(s) holding in the
aggregate more than ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
the Notes of the affected Series or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder
for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Notes and the related Indenture
Supplement (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption
Date).
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may adversely affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.14. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee's right to seek and
recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the Lien created by this Indenture nor any rights or
remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the
recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the
levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Collateral.
Any funds or other property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied
in accordance with the applicable Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 5.15. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Issuer's
expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action to compel or secure the
performance and observance by the Master Servicer of its obligations to the
Issuer under or in connection with the Servicing Agreement or by the Transferor
of its obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Transfer
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 Servicing Agreement (or under or in connection with
the Transfer Agreement), in each case to the extent and in the manner directed
by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on
the part of the Master Servicer or the Transferor thereunder and the institution
of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure
performance by the Master Servicer or the Transferor of each of their
obligations under the Servicing Agreement or the Transfer Agreement.
SECTION 5.16. Sale of Collateral.
(a) The power to effect any sale of any portion of the Collateral
described pursuant to Section 5.3 shall not be exhausted by any one or
more sales as to any portion
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of the Collateral remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until
Collateral in an amount up to the Collateral Amount of the affected Series
shall have been sold or all amounts due to the Noteholders of the affected
Series under this Indenture and the applicable Indenture Supplement have
been paid in full. The Indenture Trustee may from time to time, upon
directions in accordance with Section 5.10, postpone any public sale by
public announcement made at the time and place of such sale. For any
public sale of Collateral, the Indenture Trustee shall have provided each
Noteholder of the affected Series with notice of such sale at least two
(2) weeks in advance of such sale, which notice shall specify the date,
time and location of such sale.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Indenture Trustee
shall not sell Collateral, or any portion thereof, to a third party in any
private sale unless:
(i) the Noteholders of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66-2/3%) of the then Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes of the affected Series consent to or direct the Indenture
Trustee in writing to make such sale; or
(ii) the proceeds of such sale would be not less than the sum
of all amounts due to the Noteholders of the affected Series under
this Indenture and the Indenture Supplement related to such Series.
The foregoing provisions shall not preclude or limit the ability of
the Indenture Trustee to purchase all or any portion of the Collateral at
a private sale.
(c) In connection with a sale of all or any portion of the
Collateral:
(i) any one or more Noteholders (other than the Transferor and
its Affiliates) may bid for and purchase the property offered for
sale, and upon compliance with the terms of sale may hold, retain,
and possess and dispose of such property, without further
accountability, and any Noteholder of the affected Series may, in
paying the purchase price therefor, deliver in lieu of cash any
Outstanding Notes of such Series or claims for interest thereon for
credit in the amount that shall, upon distribution of the net
proceeds of such sale, be payable thereon, and the Notes of the
affected Series, in case the amounts so payable thereon shall be
less than the amount due thereon, shall be returned to the
Noteholders of such Series after being appropriately stamped to show
such partial payment;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the
agent and attorney-in-fact of the Issuer to transfer and convey any
portion of the Collateral in connection with a sale thereof, and to
take all action necessary to effect such sale;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver an
appropriate instrument of conveyance transferring, without
representation, warranty or recourse, any portion of the Collateral
in connection with a sale thereof; and
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(iv) no purchaser or transferee at such a sale shall be bound
to ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application
of any funds.
(d) The method, manner, time, place and terms of any sale of all or
any portion of the Collateral shall be commercially reasonable.
(e) The provisions of this Section 5.16 shall not be construed to
restrict the ability of the Indenture Trustee to exercise any rights and
powers against the Issuer or all or a portion of the Collateral that are
vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture, including the power of
the Indenture Trustee to proceed against the Collateral subject to the
Lien of this Indenture and to institute judicial proceedings for the
collection of any deficiency remaining thereafter.
(f) The purchase price received by the Indenture Trustee in respect
of any sale made in accordance with this Section 5.16 shall be deemed
conclusive and binding on the parties hereto and the Noteholders and the
proceeds of such sale shall be applied in accordance with Section 8.4.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE PAYING AGENT
SECTION 6.1. Duties of the Indenture Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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
of such rights and powers as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee:
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties
and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part,
the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; provided, however,
in the case of any such certificates or opinions that are
specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or any Indenture
Supplement, the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture or the applicable Indenture
Supplement.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge
of such Event of Default,
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the Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in the
exercise of such rights and powers, as a prudent person would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person's own affairs.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall notify each Rating Agency (i) of any
change in any rating of the Notes by any other Rating Agency of which a
Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, and (ii) promptly after the
occurrence thereof, of any Event of Default or Early Amortization Event of
which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Indenture Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this clause (e) does not limit the effect of clauses (b),
(c) or (d) of this Section;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance
with a direction received by it pursuant to this Indenture;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge
of an Event of Default, Early Amortization Event or Servicer Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtains actual
knowledge of such event or the Indenture Trustee receives written
notice of such event from the Issuer or Note Owners beneficially
owning Notes of the affected Series or all Series, as applicable,
aggregating not less than ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes of the affected Series or all Series,
as applicable; and
(v) the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the
performance of the Issuer or its agents, nor shall it have any
liability in connection with malfeasance or nonfeasance by the
Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in connection
with compliance of the Issuer or its agents with statutory or
regulatory requirements related to the Transferred Receivables. The
Indenture Trustee shall not make or be deemed to have made any
representations or warranties with respect to the Transferred
Receivables or the validity or sufficiency of any assignment of the
Receivables to the Indenture Trustee.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any
amounts received by it, except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in
writing with the Issuer.
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(g) 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 reasonably believes that
repayments of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against
any loss, liability or expense is not reasonably assured to it.
(h) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to this
Section 6.1 and the TIA.
(i) The Indenture Trustee:
(i) shall at all times be a "participant" (as such term is
defined in the Federal Book-Entry Regulations) in the Federal
Reserve System;
(ii) shall, to the extent that any of the Trust Accounts is a
Securities Account, comply with all of the obligations of a
Securities Intermediary under Article 8 of the UCC with respect
thereto;
(iii) agrees that each item of property including cash
received by it for deposit in or credit to a Trust Account, and each
investment made by it pursuant to Section 8.5 shall constitute and
be treated by it as a Financial Asset; and
(iv) shall not, except with respect to the Indenture Trustee
as provided herein, consent to or permit anyone to have "control"
(as such term is defined in Section 8-106 of Article 8 of the UCC
and Section 9-401 of Article 9 of the UCC) of any of the Trust
Accounts.
SECTION 6.2. Rights of the Indenture Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(i) the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, note, debenture, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(ii) any request or direction or action of the Issuer
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Order;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Indenture Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Indenture Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, conclusively rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
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(iv) the Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel as to
legal matters and the advice or opinion of any such counsel selected
by the Indenture Trustee with respect to legal matters relating to
this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(v) the Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to
this Indenture, if: (A) the Indenture Trustee is advised by counsel
that the action its directed to take is in conflict with applicable
laws or the Indenture, (B) the Indenture Trustee determines in good
faith that the requested actions would be illegal or involve the
Indenture Trustee in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial
to Noteholders not making the request or direction or (C) the
Indenture Trustee reasonably believes it will not be adequately
indemnified against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might
be missed by it in complying with that request;
(vi) the Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, note, debenture, other evidence
of indebtedness, or other paper or document, but the Indenture
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if
the Indenture Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry
or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records
and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;
(vii) the Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or
by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees and the
Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian or nominee
appointed by it hereunder;
(viii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to give any
bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and
duties hereunder;
(ix) the Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or
inquire as to the performance or observance of any covenants,
conditions or agreements on the part of the Issuer;
(x) the permissive rights of the Indenture Trustee to do
things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty
and the Indenture Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its
gross negligence or willful default;
(xi) in the event that the Indenture Trustee is also acting as
Paying Agent or Note Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections
afforded to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall
also be afforded to such Paying Agent or Note Registrar; and
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(xii) the Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any
responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality,
validity or enforceability of any Collateral or any arrangement or
agreement between the Issuer and any Person with respect thereto, or
the perfection of any security interest created in any of the
Collateral or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority,
or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Collateral
following an Event of Default.
(b) The recitals contained in the Agreement and in the Notes, except
the Indenture Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as
the statements of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Indenture Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Agreement or the
Notes, except to the extent provided by the Indenture Trustee's
certificate of authentication on the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of the
proceeds of the Notes.
SECTION 6.3. Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee. Subject to
compliance with subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act:
(a) the Indenture Trustee shall not, in its individual capacity, but may in a
fiduciary capacity, become the owner of Notes or otherwise extend credit to the
Issuer; and (b) the Indenture Trustee may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Indenture
Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may
do the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with
Sections 6.11 and 6.13.
SECTION 6.4. Funds Held in Trust. Funds and investments and other property
held by the Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent shall be held in trust in one or
more Trust Accounts hereunder, but need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 6.5. Notice of Early Amortization Events or Events or Defaults. If
any Early Amortization Event or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and is
known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
shall mail to the Rating Agencies and to the affected Noteholders or all
Noteholders, as applicable, notice of such Early Amortization Event or Event of
Default within thirty (30) days after it occurs or within ten (10) Business Days
after it receives notice or obtains actual notice, if later. Except in the case
of an Early Amortization Event or an Event of Default relating to the failure to
pay principal or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the
mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in
good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Noteholders.
SECTION 6.6. Reports by Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders. The Issuer
shall deliver, or cause the Master Servicer to deliver, to each Noteholder such
information as may be required to enable such Noteholder to prepare its Federal,
State and other income tax returns. To the extent required in the Indenture
Supplement for any Series, on or before the date prescribed by applicable law,
the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder of a Note in such Series a
brief report as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (if required
by said section).
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to the
Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services
hereunder as the Issuer and
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the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing (which compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Issuer
shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request, 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 Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall
indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and
agents against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable
attorneys' fees) incurred by them to the extent related to or arising out of the
administration of this Indenture and the performance of its duties hereunder.
The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer 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 of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall
defend the claim and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the
Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee's own willful
misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer's payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture
Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.2(c) or Section 5.2(d), the expenses are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Debtor Relief Law.
SECTION 6.8. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section. The
Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days written
notice to the Issuer. The Noteholders of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes for all
Series may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall remove
the Indenture Trustee if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Indenture Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of
acting.
If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of the 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 a successor Indenture Trustee.
A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment 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
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Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring
Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as the
Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within sixty (60)
days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Noteholders of not less than a majority of
the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes for all Series may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee.
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.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Issuer's obligations under Section 6.7 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall
have no liability for any act or omission by any successor Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.9. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another Person, the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person without any further act shall be the
successor Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Issuer
prior written notice of any such transaction; provided, that such Person shall
be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11.
In case at the time such successor(s) by merger, conversion 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 trustee hereunder or in the name of
the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates
of authentication shall have the full force and effect to the same extent given
to the certificate of authentication of the Indenture Trustee anywhere in the
Notes or in this Indenture.
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate 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 Collateral 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 Person(s) to act as co-trustee(s), or
separate trustee(s) for the benefit of the Noteholders, and to vest in
such Person(s), in such capacity, all rights hereunder with respect to the
Collateral, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of
this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms
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of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to
Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall
be required under Section 6.8.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions
and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such
separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that
such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act
separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act),
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act(s) are to be performed, the Indenture Trustee
shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act(s), in which
event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the
holding of rights with respect to the Collateral or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason
of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the
resignation of or remove, in its sole discretion, any separate
trustee or co-trustee.
(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
trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.
Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer
to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate
trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall
be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of
appointment, either jointly with the 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 trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute
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 trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting,
resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and
trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the
extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor
trustee.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to determine
whether a co-trustee or separate trustee is legally required in any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may be located.
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SECTION 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall
at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a), Section 26(a)(1) of
the Investment Company Act and subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 of the
Investment Company Act. There shall at all times be an Indenture Trustee
hereunder which shall (a) be a bank organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America, any State or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers; (b) have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition; (c) be subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority; and (d) at the time of appointment,
shall have a long term senior, unsecured debt rating of "Baa3" or better by
Moody's, if rated by Moody's, or "BBB" or better by S&P, if rated by S&P (or, if
not rated by Moody's or S&P, a comparable rating by another statistical rating
agency). The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including
the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section
310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture(s) under which other securities of the
Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA
Section 310(b)(1) are met.
If such bank publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such bank
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Indenture Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Article.
This Indenture shall always have a trustee who satisfies the requirements
of Section 310(a)(1) of the TIA. The Indenture Trustee is subject to the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the TIA regarding disqualification of a trustee
upon acquiring any conflicting interest.
If a default occurs under this Indenture or any Indenture Supplement, and
the Indenture Trustee is deemed to have a conflicting interest as a result of
acting as trustee for more than one Series or Class of Notes, a successor
Indenture Trustee shall be appointed for one or more of such Classes or Series,
so that the Indenture Trustee for any one of the affected Classes or Series is
different from the Indenture Trustees for the other affected Classes or Series.
No such event shall alter the voting rights of the Noteholders of such Classes
or Series under this Indenture, any Indenture Supplement or any other Related
Document. However, so long as any amounts remain unpaid with respect to any
Class of Notes, only the Indenture Trustee for the Noteholders of such Class
will have the right to exercise remedies under this Indenture or the applicable
Indenture Supplement (but subject to the express provisions of Section 5.3 and
to the right of the Noteholders of any subordinate Class within the same Series
to receive their share of any proceeds of enforcement). Upon repayment of the
Class of Notes with the higher payment priority in full, all rights to exercise
remedies under this Indenture will transfer to the Indenture Trustee for the
next subordinate Class of Notes within the same Series.
In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture Trustee
with respect to any Series or Class of Notes, the Issuer, the retiring Indenture
Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with respect to such Series or Class
of Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein the
successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
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transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect
to the Notes of the Series or Class to which the appointment of such successor
Indenture Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not
retiring with respect to all Series or Classes of Notes, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect
to the Notes of each Series or Class as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee
is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Indenture Trustee,
and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture and the
applicable Indenture Supplement as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
indenture shall constitute such Indenture Trustee's co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Indenture Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Indenture Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein.
SECTION 6.12. Acceptance by Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
hereby acknowledges the grant of a Lien on the Collateral and the receipt of a
Lien on the assets constituting the Collateral granted by the Issuer hereunder
and declares that the Indenture Trustee, through a custodian, will hold such
Lien on the Collateral in trust, for the use and benefit of all Noteholders
subject to the terms and provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.14. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders. To the extent
required by the TIA, on or before the date prescribed by applicable law, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Noteholders a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if such a report is
required pursuant to TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply
with TIA Section 313(b). The Indenture Trustee shall also transmit by mail all
reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each such report required under TIA Section 313 shall, at the
time of such transmission to Noteholders be filed with the Commission and with
each stock exchange or other market system on which the Notes are listed. The
Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing if the Notes become listed
on any stock exchange or market trading system.
SECTION 6.15. Representations and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee hereby
represents that:
(a) the Indenture Trustee is duly organized and validly existing as
a bank in good standing under the laws of the State of [Delaware] with
power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as
such properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted;
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(b) the Indenture Trustee has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Indenture and to carry out its terms; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Indenture have been duly authorized by
the Indenture Trustee by all necessary corporate action;
(c) each of this Indenture and the other Related Documents to which
it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Indenture
Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation in
accordance with its terms;
(d) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Indenture and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under the articles of
organization or bylaws of the Indenture Trustee or any material agreement
or other instrument to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or by which
it is bound; and
(e) there are no proceedings or investigations pending or to the
best of the Indenture Trustee's knowledge, threatened before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Indenture, (ii) seeking
to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Indenture or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Indenture Trustee
of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Indenture.
SECTION 6.16. The Paying Agent. The Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture
Trustee as the initial Paying Agent. All payments of amounts due and payable
with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from any
Trust Account pursuant to Section 4.2 and the applicable Indenture Supplement
shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent hereby agrees that subject to the provisions of this
Section, it shall:
(i) hold any sums held by it for the payment of amounts due
with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee prompt notice of any default
by the Issuer of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to
the Indenture Trustee any sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent;
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(iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to
the Indenture Trustee any sums held by it in trust for the payment
of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to
be met by a Paying Agent; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code and any
applicable State law with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes
imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting
requirements in connection therewith.
The Issuer shall at any time when necessary or required, for the purpose
of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
all the Notes or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order, cause any Paying Agent
other than the Indenture Trustee to pay to the Indenture Trustee any sums held
in trust by such Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, 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, in the case of satisfaction and discharge of the
Indenture, applied according to Section 4.1; 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 sums.
Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any amounts
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 two (2)
years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such
trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and the related Noteholder
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 funds shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
shall at the expense and direction 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 funds remain unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such funds then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The
Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any
other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including mailing
notice of such repayment to Noteholders whose Notes have been called but have
not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in amounts due
and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture
Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such
Noteholder).
Each Paying Agent (other than the initial Paying Agent) shall be appointed
by Issuer Order with written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee. Any Paying
Agent appointed by the Issuer shall be a Person who would be eligible to be
Indenture Trustee hereunder as provided in Section 6.11. The Issuer shall not
appoint any Paying Agent (other than the Indenture Trustee) which is not, at the
time of such appointment, a depository institution or trust company, including
the Indenture Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any State, (b) is subject to supervision and examination by
federal or state banking authorities, and (c) has outstanding unsecured
commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that are rated
at least "A-1" by S&P or "P-1" by Moody's (or its equivalent).
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ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1. The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and
Addresses of Noteholders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Indenture Trustee (a) upon each transfer of a Note, a list, in such form as
the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names, addresses and
taxpayer identification numbers of the as of such Record Date, and (b) at such
other times, as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within ten (10)
days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note
Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, at all times, the names
and addresses of the Noteholders contained in the most recent list
furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the
names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture Trustee in
its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
under the Notes.
(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall
have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 7.3. Reports by the Issuer.
(a) The Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within fifteen (15) days
after the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Issuer may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act;
(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time
by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports
with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and
covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by
such rules and regulations; and
(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA
Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i)
and (ii) of this Section 7.3(a) as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
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(b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the
Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year. The Issuer shall notify the
Indenture Trustee in writing of any change in its fiscal year.
(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Indenture Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Indenture
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Issuer's compliance with any of the covenants
hereunder.
SECTION 7.4. List of Noteholders.
Noteholders of not less than ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of any Series of Notes may obtain access to the list of
Noteholders the Indenture Trustee maintains for the purpose of communicating
with the other Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee may elect not to allow the
requesting Noteholders access to the list of Noteholders if the Indenture
Trustee agrees to mail the requested communication or proxy, on behalf and at
the expense of the requesting Noteholders, to all Noteholders of record.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.1. Collection of Amounts Due. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein and in the related Indenture Supplement, the Indenture Trustee
may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and
without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary,
all sums and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such amounts
received by it as provided in this Indenture.
SECTION 8.2. Trust Accounts.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date for the first Series (in respect
of clauses (i) and (ii) below) or the Closing Date for the applicable
Series (in respect to clause (iii) below), the Issuer covenants to have
established and shall thereafter maintain the following accounts (the
"Trust Accounts"), which accounts shall be Eligible Deposit Accounts:
(i) Collection Account;
(ii) Excess Funding Account; and
(iii) a Series Account for the applicable Series of Notes.
(b) If any Trust Account is a Securities Account, such Trust Account
shall be maintained in accordance with the Custody and Control Agreement.
(c) If any Trust Account is a deposit account: (i) If, at any time,
any of the Trust Accounts ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the
Issuer shall within ten (10)
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Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar
days, as to which, if any Notes are Outstanding, each Rating Agency may
consent to such longer period) establish a new Trust Account as an
Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any
investments held in the no longer Eligible Deposit Account to such new
Trust Account.
(ii) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the Issuer
and Indenture Trustee agree, as security for the Issuer's
obligations under this Indenture, that:
(A) any Trust Account Property that constitutes, or is held
through or in, a deposit account shall be, or shall be held through
or in, an Eligible Deposit Account continuously identified in the
deposit bank's books and records as subject to a security interest
of the Indenture Trustee and, except as may be expressly provided
herein to the contrary, in order to perfect the security interest of
the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 9-104 of the UCC,
the Indenture Trustee shall have the power to direct disposition of
the funds in such deposit account without further consent by the
Issuer; provided, however, that prior to delivery by the Indenture
Trustee to the Issuer of notice otherwise, the Issuer shall direct
the disposition of the funds in such deposit account in accordance
with the terms of the Related Documents; provided, further that the
Indenture Trustee agrees that it will not deliver such notice or
exercise its power to direct disposition of the funds in such
deposit account unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing; and
(B) any Trust Account Property that constitutes a Permitted
Investment or a similar investment shall be held by the Custodian in
accordance with the Custody and Control Agreement and shall be
subject to the Indenture Trustee's security interest in such Trust
Account Property.
(d) Funds on deposit in the Excess Funding Account shall be
withdrawn and paid to the Transferor on any day to the extent that the
Free Equity Amount exceeds the Minimum Free Equity Amount. On any Transfer
Date on which one or more Series is in an Amortization Period, the Issuer
shall determine the aggregate amounts of Principal Shortfalls, if any,
with respect to each such Series that is a Principal Sharing Series (after
giving effect to the allocation and payment provisions in the related
Indenture Supplement, including the application of Shared Principal
Collections, with respect to each such Series), and Issuer shall instruct
the Indenture Trustee to withdraw such amount from the Excess Funding
Account (up to the lesser of (x) the amount on deposit in the Excess
Funding Account after application of the preceding sentence on that day
and (y) the amount, if any, by which the Free Equity Amount would be less
than zero if there were no funds on deposit in the Excess Funding Account
on that day) on such Transfer Date and allocate such amount among each
such Series as specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 8.3. Rights of Noteholders. The Collateral shall secure the rights
of the Noteholders of each Series to receive the portion of Collections
allocable to the Noteholders of such Series pursuant to this Indenture and the
related Indenture Supplement, funds and other
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property credited to the Collection Account (or any subaccount thereof)
allocable to the Noteholders of such Series pursuant to this Indenture and such
Indenture Supplement, funds and other property credited to any related Series
Account and funds available pursuant to any related Series Enhancement, it being
understood that, except as specifically set forth in the Indenture Supplement
with respect thereto, the Notes of any Series or Class shall not be secured by
any interest in any Series Account or Series Enhancement pledged for the benefit
of any other Series or Class that is Outstanding.
SECTION 8.4. Collections and Allocations.
(a) Issuer shall apply all funds on deposit in the Collection
Account as described in this Article VIII and in each Indenture
Supplement. Except as otherwise provided below and in each Indenture
Supplement, Issuer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, Collections
into the Collection Account no later than the second Business Day
following the Date of Processing of such Collections.
Subject to the express terms of any Indenture Supplement, but
notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture to the contrary, if (x)
for so long as the Master Servicer maintains a short term debt rating of
A-1 or better by S&P (if rated by S&P), P-1 or better by Moody's (if rated
by Moody's) and F1 or better by Fitch (if rated by Fitch), (y) with
respect to Collections allocable to any Series, any other conditions
specified in the related Indenture Supplement are satisfied or (z) the
Master Servicer has provided to the Indenture Trustee a letter of credit,
surety bond or other similar arrangement covering collection risk of
Servicer and in each case acceptable to each Rating Agency (as evidenced
by a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that the Rating Agency
Condition has been satisfied), if any, Issuer need not make the daily
deposits of Collections into the Collection Account as provided in the
preceding paragraph, but may make a single deposit in the Collection
Account in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the related Business Day immediately preceding the Payment
Date.
(b) On each Date of Processing, Principal Collections and
Non-Principal Collections shall be allocated to each Series of Notes in
accordance with the related Indenture Supplement. On each Determination
Date, Defaulted Receivables will be allocated to each Series of Notes in
accordance with the related Indenture Supplement.
(c) Throughout the existence of the Issuer, unless otherwise stated
in any Indenture Supplement, on each Date of Processing, the Issuer shall
allocate to the Transferor an amount equal to the product of (A) the
Transferor Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of Principal
Collections and Non-Principal Collections, respectively, on that Date of
Processing; provided, that, if the Free Equity Amount (determined after
giving effect to any transfer of Principal Receivables to the Issuer on
such date), is less than or equal to the Minimum Free Equity Amount,
Issuer shall deposit in the Excess Funding Account an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) the amounts that otherwise would be allocated to the
Transferor and (ii) the amount by which the Minimum Free Equity Amount
exceeds the Free Equity Amount. Unless otherwise stated in any Indenture
Supplement, neither the Master Servicer nor Transferor need deposit any
amounts
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allocated to Transferor pursuant to the foregoing into the Collection
Account and shall pay, or be deemed to pay, such amounts as collected to
Transferor.
The payments to be made to Transferor pursuant to this Section 8.4(c) do
not include amounts that do not represent Collections, including proceeds from
the sale, disposition or liquidation of Transferred Receivables pursuant to
Section 5.3 or payment of the purchase price for the Notes of a specific Series
pursuant to the related Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 8.5. Shared Principal Collections. On each Transfer Date, (a)
Issuer shall allocate Shared Principal Collections not previously so applied or
paid to each applicable Principal Sharing Series, pro rata, in proportion to the
Principal Shortfalls, if any, with respect to each such Series and (b) Issuer
shall withdraw from the Collection Account and pay to Transferor any amounts
representing Shared Principal Collections remaining after the allocations and
applications referred to in clause (a); provided, that, if, on any day the Free
Equity Amount (determined after giving effect to any transfer of Principal
Receivables to the Issuer on such day), is less than or equal to the Minimum
Free Equity Amount, Issuer shall not distribute to Transferor any Shared
Principal Collections that otherwise would be distributed to Transferor, but
shall deposit such funds in the Excess Funding Account to the extent required so
that the Free Equity Amount equals the Minimum Free Equity Amount.
SECTION 8.6. Excess Non-Principal Collections. On each Transfer Date, (a)
for each Group, Issuer shall allocate the aggregate amount for all outstanding
Series in such Group of the amounts which the related Indenture Supplements
specify are to be treated as "Excess Non-Principal Collections" for such
Transfer Date to each Series in such Group, pro rata, in proportion to the
Non-Principal Shortfalls, if any, with respect to each such Series, and (b)
Issuer shall on the related Payment Date withdraw (or shall instruct the
Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw) from the Collection Account and pay to
Transferor an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate amount
for all outstanding Series in a Group of the amounts which the related Indenture
Supplements specify are to be treated as "Excess Non-Principal Collections" for
such Payment Date over (y) the aggregate amount for all outstanding Series in
such Group which the related Indenture Supplements specify are "Non-Principal
Shortfalls", for such Payment Date.
SECTION 8.7. Release of Collateral.
(a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to
Section 6.7, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by this
Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the Lien of
this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee's interest in the same, in
a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with this
Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture
Trustee as provided in this Article shall be bound to ascertain the
Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent or see to the application of any funds.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding, release and transfer, without recourse, all of the Collateral
that secured the Notes (other than any cash held for the payment of the
Notes pursuant to Section 4.2). The Indenture
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Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture pursuant to
this Section 8.7(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request requesting such
release accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
and (if required by the TIA and the applicable Indenture Supplement)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 10.1.
SECTION 8.8. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at
least five (5) days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action
pursuant to Section 8.7(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved,
and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an
Opinion of Counsel stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the
steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions
precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action
will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the
rights of the Noteholders in contravention of this Indenture; provided, however,
that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to
the fair value of the Collateral. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely,
without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any
certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection
with any such action.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Noteholders, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and
from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto or to any Indenture Supplement (which shall conform to the TIA as
in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to
the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at
any time subject to the Lien of this Indenture, or better to Grant
unto the Indenture Trustee a Lien on any property subject or
required to be subjected to the Lien of this Indenture, or to
subject to the Lien of this Indenture additional property;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the
applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the Issuer, and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer
herein and in the Notes;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit
of the Noteholders, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Issuer; provided such surrender would not (as
evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer) have a material
adverse effect on the Noteholders;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any
property to or with the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders;
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be
inconsistent with any other
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provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided, that such
action shall not (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the
Issuer) materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Noteholders;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the
appointment hereunder by a successor or additional trustee with
respect to the Notes or any class thereof and to add to or change
any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than
one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI;
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar
Federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such
other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA; or
(viii) to provide for the issuance of one or more new Series
of Notes, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8.
The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution
of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may when authorized by an
Issuer Request, also without the consent of any Noteholders of any Series
then Outstanding, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto or to any Indenture Supplement for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or to any Indenture Supplement or modifying
in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture or under
any Indenture Supplement; provided, however, that the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate, dated the
date of any such action, stating that all requirements therefor contained
in this Section 9.1(b) have been met, and that the Issuer reasonably
believes that such action will not result in an Adverse Effect and (ii) a
Tax Opinion. Additionally, notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Request,
may, without the consent of any Noteholders of any Series then
Outstanding, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to
add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary or advisable
to avoid the imposition of state or local income or franchise taxes
imposed on the Issuer's property or its income; provided, however, that
(i) the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer an
Officer's Certificate to the effect that the proposed action (i) meets the
requirements set forth in this Section 9.1(b) and (ii) does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, protections, indemnities, immunities or
obligations of the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer hereunder. The
amendments which the Issuer may make without the consent of Noteholders
pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) may include the addition of Transferred
Receivables.
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SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders. If
Section 9.1 is not applicable, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when
authorized by an Issuer Order, may, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, and with the consent of the Noteholders of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes
of each adversely affected Series, by Act of such Noteholders delivered to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto or to any Indenture Supplement for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Indenture and the Indenture Supplement related to such affected Series or
of modifying in any manner the rights of such Noteholders under this Indenture
and such Indenture Supplement; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Noteholder of each Outstanding Note
affected thereby:
(a) change the due date of any installment of principal of or
interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest
rate specified thereon or the Redemption Price with respect thereto or
change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Note or any interest thereon is payable;
(b) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available
therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due
on or after the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
(c) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
Notes of any Series the consent of the Noteholders of which is required
for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Noteholders of
which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of
this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture;
(d) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
Notes of any Series, the consent of the Noteholders of which is required
to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell the
Collateral or any portion thereof if the proceeds of such sale would be
insufficient to pay the principal amount and accrued but unpaid interest
on the Outstanding Notes of such Series;
(e) decrease the percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
Notes required to amend the sections of this Indenture which specify the
applicable percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of Notes of any
Series necessary to amend the Indenture or any Related Documents which
require such consent;
(f) modify or alter the provisions of this Indenture prohibiting the
voting of Notes held by the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes, a
Transferor or any affiliate thereof; or
(g) permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity
with the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral
for any Notes or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein,
terminate the Lien of this Indenture on any
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such Collateral at any time subject hereto or deprive the Noteholders of
the security provided by the Lien of this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any
Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination
shall be conclusive upon the Noteholders, whether theretofore or thereafter
authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable
for any such determination made in good faith.
Satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition shall not be required with
respect to the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section
for which the consent of all of the affected Noteholders is required; provided
that prior notice of any such supplemental indenture shall be given to each
Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of the Noteholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders
provided for in this Indenture or in any other Related Document) and of
evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may provide.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall
mail to the Noteholders to which such amendment or supplemental indenture
relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created
by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and,
subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be fully protected in relying upon, in
addition to the documents required by Section 10.1, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall
be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture for any and all purposes and every Noteholder, theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. This
Section does not apply to Indenture Supplements.
SECTION 9.5. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall,
bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture
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Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Notes.
SECTION 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this
Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect so long as this
Indenture shall then be qualified under the TIA.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
(a) Upon any written application or request (or oral application
with prompt written or facsimiled confirmation) by the Issuer to the
Indenture Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, other than any
request that (i) the Indenture Trustee authenticate the Notes specified in
such request, or (ii) the Indenture Trustee pay amounts due and payable to
the Issuer hereunder to the Issuer's assignee specified in such request,
the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee: (A) an Officer's
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with,
(B) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (C) if
required by the TIA and the applicable Indenture Supplement, an
Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants
meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, except that, in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by this Indenture, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion
has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such
signatory has made (or has caused to be made) such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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(b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or
securities with the Indenture Trustee 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 10.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each
person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within ninety (90)
days of such deposit) to the Issuer of such Collateral or other property
or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate described in clause (i),
the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value to
the Issuer of such Collateral or other property or securities to be
so deposited and of all other Collateral or other property or
securities released from the Lien of this Indenture since the
commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set
forth in the certificates required by clause (i) and this clause
(ii), equals ten percent (10%) or more of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished
with respect to any Collateral or other property or securities so
deposited if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in
the related Officer's Certificate is less than twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) or less than one percent of the then Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes.
(iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Defaulted
Receivables and Receivables in Removed Accounts, whenever any
property or investment property is to be released from the Lien of
this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion
of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within
ninety (90) days of such release) of the property or securities
proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such
person the proposed release will not impair the security under this
Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate described in clause
(iii), the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value to
the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities and of
all other such Collateral or other property, other than Defaulted
Receivables and Transferred Receivables in Removed Accounts, or
securities released from the Lien of this Indenture since the
commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the
certificates required by clause (iii) and this clause (iv), equals
ten percent (10%) or more of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of
any release of Collateral or other property or securities if the
fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related
Officer's Certificate is less than twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) or less than one percent of the then Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes.
(v) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of
Transferred Receivables as and
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to the extent permitted or required by the Related Documents and (B)
make cash payments out of the Series Accounts as and to the extent
permitted or required by the Related Documents.
SECTION 10.2. Form of Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee. 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.
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, opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based
is/are erroneous. Any 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 any Originator, the
Master Servicer, the Transferor and/or the Issuer, stating that the information
with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of any Originator, the
Master Servicer, the Transferor and/or the Issuer, as applicable, unless such
Authorized Officer or the applicable counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate, opinion or representations
with respect to such matters is/are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be
based on the written opinion of other counsel, in which event such Opinion of
Counsel shall be accompanied by a copy of such other counsel's opinion.
Where any Person is required or permitted 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.
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application,
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 Issuer's 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 Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article VI.
SECTION 10.3. Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instrument(s)
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by
agents duly appointed in writing; and except
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as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument(s) are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument(s) (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Noteholders signing such instrument(s).
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. At any time
the Notes of any Class are maintained on Book-Entry Notes, any reference
in this Indenture to an Act of Noteholders or a Noteholder or Noteholders
representing a specified portion of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
the Notes or such Class of Notes shall be deemed to refer to an Act of
Note Owners or a Note Owner or Note Owners holding such specified portion
of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes or Class, as the case
may be.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date
of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of
the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner
which the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act by the Noteholder shall bind every Noteholder issued upon
the registration of the related Note, 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.
(e) By accepting the Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture, each
Noteholder irrevocably appoints the Indenture Trustee hereunder as the
special attorney-in-fact for such Noteholder vested with full power on
behalf of such Noteholder to effect and enforce the rights of such
Noteholder and the revisions pursuant hereto for the benefit of such
Noteholder; provided, that nothing contained in this Section shall be
deemed to confer upon the Indenture Trustee any duty or power to vote on
behalf of the Noteholders with respect to any matter on which the
Noteholders have a right to vote pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
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SECTION 10.4. Notices, etc., to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and
Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Noteholders, or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture, shall be in writing and, if such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders is to be made upon,
given or furnished to or filed with:
(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 mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid, to the Issuer addressed to: GE Dealer
Floorplan Master Note Trust, in care of General Electric Capital
Corporation, 1600 Summer Street, 4th Floor, Stamford, CT 06927, Attention:
Manager, Securitizations, or at any other address furnished in writing to
the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer. The Issuer shall promptly transmit
any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.
Notices, if any, required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Trustee shall be in writing, personally
delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to their
respective addresses set forth in the applicable Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 10.5. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Noteholders of any event or the mailing of any report to
Noteholders, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid or
certified mail return receipt requested, or sent by private courier or confirmed
telecopy to each Noteholder affected by such event or to whom such report is
required to be mailed, at its 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 or the mailing of such report. In any case where
notice or report to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice or report nor any defect in any notice or report so mailed to any
particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice or report 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.
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 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.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause it shall be impracticable to mail or send notice to
Noteholders, in accordance with this Section, of any event or any report to
Noteholders when such notice or report is required to be delivered pursuant to
any provision of this Indenture, then such notification or delivery as shall be
made with the approval of the Indenture Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder.
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.
SECTION 10.6. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer
will, upon reasonable request of any Noteholder, enter into any agreement with
such Noteholder providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture
Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Noteholder, that is different from the
methods provided for in this Indenture or the Notes for such payments or
notices, unless such agreement or the effects thereof could cause economic or
administrative burden on the Issuer or is unlawful; provided, however, that any
such agreement that imposes any duties or obligations on the Indenture Trustee
(including in its capacity as Paying Agent) shall be subject to the prior
written consent of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer will furnish to the
Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will
cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such
agreements.
SECTION 10.7. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents of the Indenture
Trustee, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 10.8. Severability. Any provision of this Indenture or the Notes
that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or of the
Notes, as applicable, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.9. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder, the Noteholders, any other party secured
hereunder and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the
Collateral, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary
in this Indenture, each of the Transferor and the Master Servicer is hereby
authorized to make any filings, reports, notices, applications and registrations
with, and seek consents and authorizations from, the Commission and any State
securities authority on behalf of the Issuer as may be necessary or advisable to
comply with any federal or state securities laws or reporting requirements.
SECTION 10.10. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any
payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Notes or this
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Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which
nominally due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the
period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION 10.11. Governing Law.
(a) THIS INDENTURE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN
ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS
5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO
ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN ANY APPLICABLE
INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT, THIS INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT
AND SHALL BE GOVERNED THEREBY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH.
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(a) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL
HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES
BETWEEN THEM PERTAINING TO THIS INDENTURE OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE; PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A
COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED OR
OPERATE TO PRECLUDE THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING
OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL
OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE NOTES, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER
COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS
AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT
COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS
TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE
BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE
SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE
MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS
ADDRESS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.4 AND THAT SERVICE SO
MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY'S ACTUAL
RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL,
PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF
ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY
LAW.
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BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED
AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR
DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE,
TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND
OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument. Executed counterparts may be delivered electronically.
SECTION 10.13. The Issuer Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly
or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer on the Notes or
under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Trustee in its
individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or
agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Trustee in its individual capacity, any
holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Trustee in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
SECTION 10.14. Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders.
Subject to Section 7.2(b), Noteholders may communicate, pursuant to TIA Section
312(b), with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture
or the Notes. The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar and all
other parties shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 10.15. Agents of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee hereby
acknowledges that it has been advised that any agent of the Issuer may act on
behalf of the Issuer hereunder for purposes of all consents, amendments, waivers
and other actions permitted or required to be taken, delivered or performed by
the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee agrees that any such action taken by an
agent on behalf of the Issuer shall satisfy the Issuer's obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 10.16. Survival of Representations and Warranties. The
representations, warranties and certifications of the Issuer made in this
Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered by the Issuer
pursuant hereto shall survive the authentication and delivery of the Notes
hereunder.
SECTION 10.17. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to
be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required provision shall control.
The provisions of TIA Sections 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.
SECTION 10.18. Subordination. The Issuer and each Noteholder by accepting
a Note acknowledge and agree that such Note represents indebtedness of the
Issuer and does not represent an interest in any assets (other than the Trust
Estate) of Transferor (including by virtue of any deficiency claim in respect of
obligations not paid or otherwise satisfied from the Trust Estate and proceeds
thereof). In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, to the
extent Transferor enters into other financial transactions, the Issuer as well
as each Noteholder by accepting a Note acknowledge and agree that it shall have
no right, title or interest in or to any assets (or interest therein) (other
than Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by Transferor to another
trust or other Person or Persons in connection therewith (whether by way of a
sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien) ("Other
Assets"). To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions
contained in the preceding sentences of this subsection, the Issuer or any
Noteholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other
Assets, whether asserted against or through Transferor or any other Person owned
by Transferor, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim or benefit in
or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to
applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of
Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar
effect under the Bankruptcy Code), and whether deemed asserted against or
through Transferor or any other Person owned by Transferor, then the Issuer and
each Noteholder by accepting a Note further acknowledges and agrees that any
such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and shall be
expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of all obligations
and liabilities of Transferor which, under the terms of the relevant documents
relating to the securitization of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid
from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets
(whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected
or otherwise entitled to a priority of distribution or application under
applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether asserted against
Transferor or any other Person owned by Transferor), including, the payment of
post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This
subordination agreement shall be deemed a subordination agreement within the
meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Noteholder further
acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of
this Section and the terms of this Section may be enforced by an action for
specific performance.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
By: THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity, but solely
on behalf of the Issuer
By: ________________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but solely
as Indenture Trustee
By: ________________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
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EXHIBIT A
to Indenture
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE (SECTION 3.9)
_____________,______
[ ]
Pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Master Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2004
(the "Indenture"), between GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (the "Issuer")
and Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, the undersigned hereby
certifies that:
(a) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the previous
fiscal year and of the Issuer's performance under the Indenture has been
made under the supervision of the undersigned; and
(b) [to the best knowledge of the undersigned, based on such review,
the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under the
Indenture throughout such year] [if there has been a default in the
compliance of any such condition or covenant, this certificate is to
specify each such default known to the undersigned and the nature and
status thereof].
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
By: The Bank of New York (Delaware), not in its
individual capacity, but solely on behalf of the
Issuer
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A-1
SCHEDULE 1
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES (SECTION 2.15)
(a) In addition to the representations, warranties and
covenants contained in the Indenture, the Issuer hereby represents,
warrants and covenants to the Indenture Trustee as follows as of the
Initial Closing Date:
(i) The Indenture creates a valid and continuing
security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the
Issuer's rights in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture
Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens
(other than Permitted Encumbrances (in the case of the Note
Trust Certificate, upon the Indenture Trustee obtaining and
maintaining possession of the Note Trust Certificate)), and is
enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from
the Issuer.
(ii) The Transferred Receivables constitute
"instruments," "general intangibles", "accounts" or "chattel
paper" within the meaning of the UCC. The Note Trust
Certificate constitutes a "general intangible" or an
"instrument" or a "certificated security" within the meaning
of the UCC.
(iii) The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title
to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or
encumbrance of any Person (other than Permitted Encumbrances).
(iv) There are no consents or approvals required by the
terms of the Financing Agreements for the pledge of the
Issuer's rights in the Transferred Receivables to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(v) The Issuer has caused, or will have caused within
ten (10) days after the Closing Date, the filing of all
appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office
in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order
to perfect the security interest granted to the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture in the Collateral.
(vi) Other than the pledge of the Collateral to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer has
not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in,
or otherwise conveyed the Collateral. The Issuer has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against the Issuer that include a description of
collateral covering the Collateral, except for the financing
statement filed pursuant to the Indenture. The Issuer is not
aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer.
(vii) Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Indenture, the representations and warranties set forth in
this Schedule 1 shall be continuing, and remain in full force
and effect, until such time as the Notes cease to be
Outstanding.
Schedule 1-1
(b) The Indenture Trustee covenants that it shall not, without
the consent of S&P, if S&P is then rating any outstanding Series,
waive a breach of any representation or warranty set forth in this
Schedule 1.
Schedule 1-2
Exhibit 4.2
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST,
as Issuer,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Indenture Trustee
SERIES [ ] INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT
Dated as of [ ], 2004
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ARTICLE I Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Definitions........................................................... 1
SECTION 1.2. Incorporation of Terms................................................ 10
ARTICLE II Creation of the Series [ ] Notes
SECTION 2.1. Designation........................................................... 10
ARTICLE III [RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV Rights of Series [ ] Noteholders and Allocation and Application of
Collections
SECTION 4.1. Determination of Interest and Principal............................... 10
SECTION 4.2. Establishment of Accounts............................................. 12
SECTION 4.3. Calculations and Series Allocations................................... 13
SECTION 4.4. Application of Available Non-Principal Collections and Available
Principal Collections................................................. 15
SECTION 4.5. Distributions......................................................... 18
SECTION 4.6. Investor Charge-Offs.................................................. 19
SECTION 4.7. Reallocated Principal Collections..................................... 19
SECTION 4.8. Excess Non-Principal Collections...................................... 19
SECTION 4.9. Shared Principal Collections.......................................... 19
SECTION 4.10. [Reserve Account...................................................... 19
SECTION 4.11. Investment of Amounts on Deposit in Series Accounts................... 20
SECTION 4.12. Controlled Accumulation Period........................................ 20
SECTION 4.13. [Determination of LIBOR].............................................. 21
ARTICLE V Delivery of Series [ ] Notes; Reports to Series [ ] Noteholders
SECTION 5.1. Delivery and Payment for the Series [ ] Notes........................ 22
SECTION 5.2. Reports and Statements to Series [ ] Noteholders..................... 22
ARTICLE VI Series [ ] Early Amortization Events
SECTION 6.1. Series [ ] Early Amortization Events................................. 22
ARTICLE VII Redemption of Series [ ] Notes; Final Distributions; Series Termination
SECTION 7.1. Optional Redemption of Series [ ] Notes; Final Distributions......... 24
SECTION 7.2. Series Termination.................................................... 25
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 8.1. Ratification of Indenture; Amendments................................. 25
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SECTION 8.2. Form of Delivery of the Series [ ] Notes............................. 25
SECTION 8.3. Counterparts.......................................................... 25
SECTION 8.4. GOVERNING LAW......................................................... 26
SECTION 8.5. Limitation of Liability............................................... 27
SECTION 8.6. Rights of the Indenture Trustee....................................... 27
SECTION 8.7. No Petition........................................................... 27
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EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF CLASS A NOTE
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF CLASS B NOTE
EXHIBIT A-3 FORM OF CLASS C NOTE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF MONTHLY SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE
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SERIES [ ] INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2004 ("Indenture
Supplement"), between GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST, a Delaware
statutory trust (herein, the "Issuer" or the "Trust"), and WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY, a [ ], not in its individual capacity, but solely as indenture trustee
(herein, together with its successors in the trusts thereunder as provided in
the Master Indenture referred to below, the "Indenture Trustee") under the
Master Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2004 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee.
The Principal Terms of this Series are set forth in this Indenture
Supplement.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used as
defined in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. This Indenture Supplement shall be
interpreted in accordance with the conventions set forth in Section 1.2 of the
Indenture.
(b) Each capitalized term defined herein relates only to Series [ ] and
to no other Series. Whenever used in this Indenture Supplement, the following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Additional Interest" means, for any Payment Date, Class A Additional
Interest, Class B Additional Interest and Class C Additional Interest for such
Payment Date.
"Addition Date" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated as of
[ ], 2004, between the Administrator, the Trustee and the Issuer.
"Administrator" means General Electric Capital Corporation, in its
capacity as Administrator under the Administration Agreement or any other Person
designated as an Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
"Aggregate Investor Default Amount" means, as to any Monthly Period, the
sum of the Investor Default Amounts in respect of such Monthly Period.
"Allocation Percentage" means, with respect to any Monthly Period, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction:
(a) the numerator of which shall be equal to:
(i) for Principal Collections during the Revolving Period and
for Non-Principal Collections and Default Amounts at any time, the
Collateral Amount at the end of the last day of the prior Monthly
Period (or, in the case of the first Monthly Period on the Closing
Date); or
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(ii) for Principal Collections during the Early Amortization
Period and the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Collateral Amount
at the end of the last day of the Revolving Period; and
(b) the denominator of which shall be the greater of (x) the
Aggregate Principal Receivables determined as of the close of business on
the last day of the prior Monthly Period (or, in the case of the first
Monthly Period, as of the Closing Date) and (y) the sum of the numerators
used to calculate the allocation percentages for allocations with respect
to Non-Principal Collections, Principal Collections or Default Amounts, as
applicable, for all outstanding Series on such date of determination;
provided, that if one or more Reset Dates occur in a Monthly Period, the
denominator for the portion of the Monthly Period falling on and after
such Reset Date and prior to any subsequent Reset Date will be
recalculated for such period as of the close of business on the subject
Reset Date; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the preceding
proviso, if a Reset Date occurs during any Monthly Period as a result of
an Addition Date and if the Issuer is permitted to make a single monthly
deposit to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.4 of the Indenture
for such Monthly Period, then the denominator determined pursuant to
clause (x) of this clause (b) for each day during such Monthly Period
shall equal the Average Principal Balance for such Monthly Period.
"Available Non-Principal Collections" means, for any Monthly Period, an
amount equal to the sum of (a) the Investor Non-Principal Collections for such
Monthly Period, (b) the Series [ ] Excess Non-Principal Collections for such
Monthly Period and (c) Investment Earnings.
"Available Principal Collections" means, for any Monthly Period, an amount
equal to (a) the Investor Principal Collections for such Monthly Period, minus
(b) the amount of Reallocated Principal Collections with respect to such Monthly
Period which pursuant to Section 4.7 are required to be applied on the related
Payment Date, plus (c) the sum of (i) any Shared Principal Collections with
respect to other Principal Sharing Series (including any amounts on deposit in
the Excess Funding Account that are allocated to Series [ ] for application as
Shared Principal Collections), (ii) the aggregate amount to be treated as
Available Principal Collections pursuant to Sections 4.4(a)(vi) and (vii), and
(iii) during an Early Amortization Event, the amount of Available Non-Principal
Collections used to pay principal on the Series [ ] Notes pursuant to Section
4.4(a)(xi) for the related Payment Date.
["Available Reserve Account Amount" means, for any Transfer Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
(exclusive of Investment Earnings on such date and before giving effect to any
deposit to, or withdrawal from, the Reserve Account made or to be made with
respect to such date) and (b) the Required Reserve Account Amount, in each case
on such Transfer Date.]
"Average Principal Balance" means for any Monthly Period in which a Reset
Date occurs as a result of an Addition Date, the sum of (i) the Aggregate
Principal Receivables determined as of the close of business on the last day of
the prior Monthly Period, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days from and including the first day of such Monthly Period, to but
excluding the related Reset Date, and the denominator of which is the number of
days in such Monthly Period, plus (ii) for each such Reset Date, the product of
the Aggregate
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Principal Receivables determined as of the close of business on such Reset Date,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and
including such Reset Date to the earlier of the last day of such Monthly Period
(in which case such period shall include such date) or the next succeeding Reset
Date (in which case such period shall exclude such date), and the denominator of
which is the number of days in such Monthly Period.
"Class A Additional Interest" is defined in Section 4.1(a).
"Class A Deficiency Amount" is defined in Section 4.1(a).
"Class A Monthly Interest" is defined in Section 4.1(a).
"Class A Note Initial Principal Balance" means [ ] dollars
($[___________]).
"Class A Note Interest Rate" means a per annum rate of [ ] percent ([__]%)
[in excess of LIBOR as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date for the
applicable Interest Period].
"Class A Note Principal Balance" means, on any date of determination, an
amount equal to (a) the Class A Note Initial Principal Balance, minus (b) the
aggregate amount of principal payments made to the Class A Noteholders on or
prior to such date.
"Class A Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Class A Notes" means any one of the Notes executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1.
"Class A Required Amount" means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the excess of the amounts described in Sections 4.4(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) over
Available Non-Principal Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to
Section 4.4(a).
"Class B Additional Interest" is defined in Section 4.1(b).
"Class B Deficiency Amount" is defined in Section 4.1(b).
"Class B Monthly Interest" is defined in Section 4.1(b).
"Class B Note Initial Principal Balance" means [ ] dollars
($[__________]).
"Class B Note Interest Rate" means a per annum rate of [ ] percent
([___]%) [in excess of LIBOR as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date for
the applicable Interest Period].
"Class B Note Principal Balance" means, on any date of determination, an
amount equal to (a) the Class B Note Initial Principal Balance, minus (b) the
aggregate amount of principal payments made to the Class B Noteholders on or
prior to such date.
"Class B Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is
registered in the Note Register.
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"Class B Notes" means any one of the Notes executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2.
"Class B Required Amount" means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the excess of the amount described in Section 4.4(a)(iv) over Available
Non-Principal Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to Section 4.4(a).
"Class C Additional Interest" is defined in Section 4.1(c).
"Class C Deficiency Amount" is defined in Section 4.1(c).
"Class C Monthly Interest" is defined in Section 4.1(c).
"Class C Note Initial Principal Balance" means [ ] dollars
($[____________]).
"Class C Note Interest Rate" means a per annum rate of [ ] percent ([__]%)
[in excess of LIBOR as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date for the
applicable Interest Period].
"Class C Note Principal Balance" means, on any date of determination, an
amount equal to (a) the Class C Note Initial Principal Balance, minus (b) the
aggregate amount of principal payments made to the Class C Noteholders on or
prior to such date.
"Class C Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class C Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Class C Notes" means any one of the Notes executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-3.
"Class C Required Amount" means with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the excess of the amount described in Section 4.4(a)(v) over
Available Non-Principal Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to
Section 4.4(a).
"Closing Date" means [ ].
"Collateral Amount" means, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (i) the Note Principal Balance on
such date, plus (ii) an amount equal to [ ] percent ([ ]%) of the Note Principal
Balance on such date over (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate amount of
Investor Charge-Offs and Reallocated Principal Collections since the Closing
Date over (ii) the reimbursements of such amounts pursuant to Section
4.4(a)(vii) prior to such date of determination.
"Controlled Accumulation Amount" means, for any Transfer Date with respect
to the Controlled Accumulation Period, [ ] dollars ($[_________]); provided,
however, that if the Controlled Accumulation Period Length is determined to be
less than or more than [ ] months pursuant to Section 4.12, the Controlled
Accumulation Amount for each Payment Date with respect to the Controlled
Accumulation Period will be equal to (i) the initial Note Principal Balance
divided by (ii) the Controlled Accumulation Period Length; provided, further,
that the
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Controlled Accumulation Amount for any Payment Date shall not exceed the Note
Principal Balance minus any amount already on deposit in the Principal Account
on such Transfer Date.
"Controlled Accumulation Date" means [ ] [200 ].
"Controlled Accumulation Period" means, unless an Early Amortization Event
shall have occurred prior thereto, the period commencing at the opening of
business on the Controlled Accumulation Date and ending on the earliest to occur
of (a) the commencement of the Early Amortization Period, (b) the Series
Maturity Date, and (c) the date on which the Note Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero.
"Controlled Accumulation Period Length" is defined in Section 4.12.
"Default Amount" means, as to any Defaulted Account, the amount of
Principal Receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables, unless there is an
Insolvency Event with respect to the related Originator or the Transferor) in
such Defaulted Account on the day it became a Defaulted Account; provided, that
the amount of Principal Receivables included in the Overconcentration Amount (as
defined in the First Tier Agreement) shall be excluded in determining Default
Amounts.
"Default Margin" means [ ] percent ([ ]%) per annum.
"Defaulted Account" means an Account in which there are Defaulted
Receivables.
"Distribution Account" means the account designated as such, established
and owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with Section 4.2.
"Early Amortization Period" means the period commencing on the date on
which a Trust Early Amortization Event or a Series [ ] Early Amortization Event
is deemed to occur and ending on the Series Maturity Date.
"Excess Collateral Amount" means, at any time, the excess of (a) the
Collateral Amount over (b) the Note Principal Balance.
"Expected Principal Payment Date" means the Payment Date in [month, year].
"Group One" means Series [ ] and each other outstanding Series hereafter
specified in the related Indenture Supplement to be included in Group One.
"Indenture" is defined in the preamble.
"Indenture Trustee" is defined in the preamble.
"Ineligible Receivables" means Receivables that are not Eligible
Receivables (as such term is defined in the First Tier Agreement).
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"Initial Collateral Amount" means $[ ], which equals the sum of (i) the
Class A Note Initial Principal Balance, (ii) the Class B Note Initial Principal
Balance, (iii) the Class C Note Initial Principal Balance and (iv) the Initial
Excess Collateral Amount.
"Initial Excess Collateral Amount" means, as of any date of determination,
[ ] dollars ($ ).
"Interest Period" means, for any Payment Date, the period from and
including the Payment Date immediately preceding such Payment Date (or, in the
case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but
excluding such Payment Date.
"Investment Earnings" means, for any Payment Date, all interest and
earnings on Permitted Investments included in the Reserve Account (net of losses
and investment expenses) during the period commencing on and including the
Payment Date immediately preceding such Payment Date and ending on but excluding
such Payment Date.
"Investor Charge-Offs" is defined in Section 4.6.
"Investor Default Amount" means, for any Monthly Period and for all
Accounts that became Defaulted Accounts during such Monthly Period, the sum of
the following amount for each such Defaulted Account: the product of (a) the
Default Amount with respect to each such Defaulted Account and (b) the
Allocation Percentage on the day such Account became a Defaulted Account.
"Investor Non-Principal Collections" means, for any Monthly Period, an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of Non-Principal Collections retained or
deposited in the Non-Principal Account for Series [ ] pursuant to Section
4.3(b)(i) for such Monthly Period.
"Investor Principal Collections" means, for any Monthly Period, an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of Principal Collections retained or deposited in
the Principal Account for Series [ ] pursuant to Section 4.3(b)(ii) for such
Monthly Period.
"Issuer" is defined in the preamble.
["LIBOR" means, for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate
for one-month United States dollar deposits determined by the Indenture Trustee
for each Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.13.]
["LIBOR Determination Date" means (i) with respect to the first Interest
Period, the Closing Date, and (ii) with respect to any Interest Period
thereafter, the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.]
["London Business Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in
United States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.]
"Minimum Free Equity Percentage" means, for purposes of Series [ ], [ ]
percent ([ ]%).
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"Monthly Interest" means, for any Payment Date, the sum of the Class A
Monthly Interest, the Class B Monthly Interest, and the Class C Monthly Interest
for such Payment Date.
"Monthly Payment Rate" means, for any Monthly Period, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage), (a) the numerator of which is the Principal
Collections (without excluding therefrom the Discount Portions) collected during
such Monthly Period, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate balance
of the Principal Receivables [(without deducting therefrom the Discount
Portions)] as of the beginning of such Monthly Period.
"Monthly Period" means, as to each Payment Date, the preceding calendar
month; provided, that the Monthly Period relating to the first Payment Date
after the Closing Date means the period from and including the Closing Date to
and including the end of the calendar month preceding the first Payment Date.
"Monthly Principal" is defined in Section 4.1(d).
"Monthly Principal Reallocation Amount" means, for any Monthly Period, an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Required Amount and (ii) (x) the Initial
Excess Collateral Amount minus (y) the sum of [(I)] the amount of unreimbursed
Investor Charge-Offs (after giving effect to Investor Charge-Offs for such
Monthly Period) and unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections (as of the
previous Payment Date) [and (II) any reductions to the Collateral Amount on
account of reductions to the Required Excess Collateral Amount], provided,
however, the Monthly Principal Reallocation Amount shall not be less than zero.
"Non-Principal Account" means the account designated as such, established
and owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with Section 4.2.
"Non-Principal Shortfall" is defined in Section 4.8.
"Noteholder Servicing Fee" means, for any Transfer Date, an amount equal
to one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Series Servicing Fee Percentage and (b)
the Collateral Amount as of the last day of the Monthly Period preceding such
Transfer Date; provided, however, that with respect to the first Transfer Date,
the Noteholder Servicing Fee shall be calculated based on the Collateral Amount
as of the Closing Date and shall be an amount equal to the product of (a) the
product of (I) the Series Servicing Fee Percentage and (II) the Collateral
Amount as of the Closing Date and (b) the number of days from and including the
Closing Date to and including the last day of the month in which the Closing
Date occurs divided by 360.
"Note Principal Balance" means, on any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum of the Class A Note Principal Balance, the Class B Note
Principal Balance and the Class C Note Principal Balance.
"Payment Date" means the twentieth (20th) day of each calendar month, or
if such twentieth (20th) day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day; provided, that the first Payment Date shall be [ ], 2004.
"Principal Account" means the account designated as such, established and
owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with Section 4.2.
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"Principal Shortfall" is defined in Section 4.9.
"Rating Agency" means, with respect to Series [ ], each of [Fitch, Moody's
and S&P].
"Reallocated Principal Collections" means, for any Transfer Date, Investor
Principal Collections applied in accordance with Section 4.7 in an amount not to
exceed the Monthly Principal Reallocation Amount for the related Monthly Period.
"Reassignment Amount" means, for any Transfer Date, after giving effect to
any deposits and payments otherwise to be made on the related Payment Date, the
sum of (i) the Note Principal Balance on the related Payment Date, plus (ii)
Monthly Interest for the related Payment Date and any Monthly Interest
previously due but not distributed to the Series [ ] Noteholders, plus (iii)
without duplication, the other amounts specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
of Section 7.1(d).
"Record Date" means, for purposes of Series [ ] with respect to any
Payment Date, the date falling five (5) Business Days prior to such date.
"Reference Banks" means four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Master Servicer.
"Removal Date" is defined in the Second Tier Agreement.
"Required Amount" means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the
excess of the sum of the amounts described in Sections 4.4(a)(i) through (v)
over Available Non-Principal Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to
Section 4.4(a).
"Required Excess Collateral Amount" means, at any time, [ ] percent ([ ]%)
of the Collateral Amount.
"Required Reserve Account Amount" means, for any day, an amount equal to
the product of (a) [ ] percent ([ ]%) and (b) the Note Principal Balance as of
such day (after giving effect to any changes therein on such day).
"Reset Date" means:
(a) each Addition Date;
(b) each Removal Date;
(c) each date on which there is an increase in the outstanding
balance of any Variable Funding Note; and
(d) each date on which a new Series or Class of Notes is issued.
["Reserve Account" means the account designated as such, established and
owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with Section 4.2.]
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["Reserve Account Deficiency" means the excess, if any, of the Required
Reserve Account Amount over the Available Reserve Account Amount.]
"Revolving Period" means the period beginning on the Closing Date and
ending at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the earlier of
the day the Controlled Accumulation Period commences or the day the Early
Amortization Period commences.
"Series Accounts" is defined in Section 4.2.
"Series Allocation Percentage" means, with respect to any Monthly Period,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the numerator
used in determining the Allocation Percentage for Non-Principal Collections for
that Monthly Period and the denominator of which is the sum of the numerators
used in determining the Allocation Percentage for Non-Principal Collections for
all outstanding Series on such date of determination; provided, that if one or
more Reset Dates occur in a Monthly Period, the Series Allocation Percentage for
the portion of the Monthly Period falling on and after each such Reset Date and
prior to any subsequent Reset Date will be determined using a denominator which
is equal to the sum of the numerators used in determining the Allocation
Percentage for Non-Principal Collections for all outstanding Series as of the
close of business on the subject Reset Date.
"Series Servicing Fee Percentage" means [ ] percent ([ ]%) per annum.
"Series Maturity Date" means the earliest to occur of (a) the date on
which the Note Principal Balance is paid in full, (b) the date on which the
Collateral Amount is reduced to zero and (c) the Series [ ] Final Maturity Date.
"Series [ ]" means the Series of Notes the terms of which are specified in
this Indenture Supplement.
"Series [ ] Early Amortization Event" is defined in Section 6.1. The
Series [ ] Early Amortization Events are, with respect to Series [ ], the Early
Amortization Events contemplated by clause (a) of the definition of Early
Amortization Event in the Indenture.
"Series [ ] Excess Non-Principal Collections" means Excess Non-Principal
Collections allocated from other Series in Group One to Series [ ] pursuant to
Section 8.6 of the Indenture.
"Series [ ] Final Maturity Date" means the Payment Date in [month, year].
"Series [ ] Note" means any one of the Class A Notes, Class B Notes or
Class C Notes executed by the Issuer and authenticated by or on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, A-2 or A-3,
respectively.
"Series [ ] Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Series [ ] Note
is registered in the Note Register.
"Servicer Advance" is defined in the Servicing Agreement.
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"Surplus Collateral Amount" means, at any time, the excess, if any, of the
Excess Collateral Amount over the Required Excess Collateral Amount.
"Target Amount" is defined in Section 4.3(b)(i).
"Trust" is defined in the preamble.
SECTION 1.2. Incorporation of Terms. The terms of the Indenture are
incorporated in this Supplement as if set forth in full herein. As supplemented
by this Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and
both together shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same agreement.
If the terms of this Supplement and the terms of the Indenture conflict, the
terms of this Supplement shall control with respect to Series [ ].
ARTICLE II
CREATION OF THE SERIES [ ] NOTES
SECTION 2.1. Designation.
(a) There is hereby created and designated a Series of Notes to be
issued pursuant to the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement to be known as
"GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, Series [ ]" or the "Series [ ] Notes."
The Series [ ] Notes shall be issued in three Classes, known as the "Class A
Series [ ] [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Notes," the "Class B Series [ ]
[Floating Rate] Asset Backed Notes," and the "Class C Series [ ] [Floating Rate]
Asset Backed Notes."
(b) Series [ ] shall be included in Group One and shall be a Principal
Sharing Series. Series [ ] shall be an Excess Allocation Series with respect to
Group One only. Series [ ] shall not be subordinated to any other Series.
ARTICLE III
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS OF SERIES [ ] NOTEHOLDERS AND ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION
OF COLLECTIONS
SECTION 4.1. Determination of Interest and Principal.
(a) The amount of monthly interest ("Class A Monthly Interest") due and
payable with respect to the Class A Notes on any Payment Date shall be an amount
equal to the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is [the actual
number of days in the related Interest Period] [30] and the denominator of which
is three hundred sixty (360), (ii) the Class A Note Interest Rate in effect with
respect to the related Interest Period and (iii) the Class A Note Principal
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly
Period (or, with respect to the initial Payment Date, the Class A Note Initial
Principal Balance).
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With respect to each Payment Date, the Issuer shall determine the excess,
if any (the "Class A Deficiency Amount"), of (x) the aggregate amount of Class A
Monthly Interest payable pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) as of the prior Payment
Dates over (y) the amount of Class A Monthly Interest actually paid on such
Payment Dates. If the Class A Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date is greater
than zero, on each subsequent Payment Date until such Class A Deficiency Amount
is fully paid, an additional amount ("Class A Additional Interest") equal to the
product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days
in the related Interest Period and the denominator of which is three hundred
sixty (360), (ii) the Class A Note Interest Rate in effect with respect to the
related Interest Period plus the Default Margin and (iii) such Class A
Deficiency Amount (or the portion thereof which has not been paid to the Class A
Noteholders) shall be payable as provided herein with respect to the Class A
Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Class A Additional
Interest shall be payable or distributed to the Class A Noteholders only to the
extent permitted by applicable law.
(b) The amount of monthly interest ("Class B Monthly Interest") due and
payable with respect to the Class B Notes on any Payment Date shall be an amount
equal to the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is [the actual
number of days in the related Interest Period] [30] and the denominator of which
is three hundred sixty (360), (ii) the Class B Note Interest Rate in effect with
respect to the related Interest Period and (iii) the Class B Note Principal
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly
Period (or, with respect to the initial Payment Date, the Class B Note Initial
Principal Balance).
With respect to each Payment Date, the Issuer shall determine the excess,
if any (the "Class B Deficiency Amount"), of (x) the aggregate amount of Class B
Monthly Interest payable pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) as of the prior Payment
Dates over (y) the amount of Class B Monthly Interest actually paid on such
Payment Dates. If the Class B Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date is greater
than zero, on each subsequent Payment Date until such Class B Deficiency Amount
is fully paid, an additional amount ("Class B Additional Interest") equal to the
product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days
in the related Interest Period and the denominator of which is three hundred
sixty (360), (ii) the Class B Note Interest Rate in effect with respect to the
related Interest Period plus the Default Margin and (iii) such Class B
Deficiency Amount (or the portion thereof which has not been paid to the Class B
Noteholders) shall be payable as provided herein with respect to the Class B
Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Class B Additional
Interest shall be payable or distributed to the Class B Noteholders only to the
extent permitted by applicable law.
(c) The amount of monthly interest ("Class C Monthly Interest") due and
payable with respect to the Class C Notes on any Payment Date shall be an amount
equal to the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is [the actual
number of days in the related Interest Period] [30] and the denominator of which
is three hundred sixty (360), (ii) the Class C Note Interest Rate in effect with
respect to the related Interest Period and (iii) the Class C Note Principal
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly
Period (or, with respect to the initial Payment Date, the Class C Note Initial
Principal Balance).
With respect to each Payment Date, the Issuer shall determine the excess,
if any (the "Class C Deficiency Amount"), of (x) the aggregate amount of Class C
Monthly Interest payable pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) as of the prior Payment
Dates over (y) the amount of Class C
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Monthly Interest actually paid on such Payment Dates. If the Class C Deficiency
Amount for any Payment Date is greater than zero, on each subsequent Payment
Date until such Class C Deficiency Amount is fully paid, an additional amount
("Class C Additional Interest") equal to the product of (i) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest Period
and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty (360), (ii) the Class C Note
Interest Rate in effect with respect to the related Interest Period plus the
Default Margin and (iii) such Class C Deficiency Amount (or the portion thereof
which has not been paid to the Class C Noteholders) shall be payable as provided
herein with respect to the Class C Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, Class C Additional Interest shall be payable or distributed to
the Class C Noteholders only to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(d) The amount of monthly principal ("Monthly Principal") to be
transferred from the Principal Account with respect to the Series [ ] Notes on
each Transfer Date, beginning with the Transfer Date following the Monthly
Period in which the Controlled Accumulation Period or the Early Amortization
Period begins, shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the Available Principal
Collections for the preceding Monthly Period and (ii) the Note Principal Balance
on such Transfer Date.
SECTION 4.2. Establishment of Accounts.
(a) As of the Closing Date, the Issuer covenants to have established and
shall thereafter maintain the Non-Principal Account, the Principal
Account[,][and] the Distribution Account [and the Reserve Account]
(collectively, the "Series Accounts") each of which shall be an Eligible Deposit
Account.
(b) If the depositary institution wishes to resign as depositary of any
of the Series Accounts for any reason or fails to carry out the instructions of
the Issuer for any reason, then the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders.
(c) On or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall enter into a
depositary agreement to govern the Series Accounts pursuant to which such
accounts are continuously identified in the depositary institution's books and
records as subject to a security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders and, except as may be expressly provided
herein to the contrary, in order to perfect the security interest of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders under the UCC, the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders shall have the power
to direct disposition of the funds in the Series Accounts without further
consent by the Issuer; provided, however, that prior to the delivery by the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders of notice otherwise,
the Issuer shall have the right to direct the disposition of funds in the Series
Accounts; provided, further that the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series [
] Noteholders agrees that it will not deliver such notice or exercise its power
to direct disposition of the funds in the Series Accounts unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon delivery of the foregoing notice by
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders, the depositary
institution shall comply with the orders of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Series [ ] Noteholders without further consent by the Issuer.
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(d) The Issuer shall not close any of the Series Accounts unless it
shall have (i) received the prior consent of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Series [ ] Noteholders, (ii) established a new Eligible Deposit Account with
the depositary institution holding the Series Account being closed or with a new
depositary institution satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Series [ ] Noteholders, (iii) entered into a depositary agreement to govern such
new account(s) with such new depositary institution which agreement is
satisfactory in all respects to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of Noteholders
(whereupon such new account(s) shall become the applicable Series Account(s) for
all purposes of this Indenture Supplement), and (iv) taken all such action as
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series [ ] Noteholders shall reasonably
require to grant and perfect a first priority security interest in such
account(s) in favor of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 4.3. Calculations and Series Allocations.
(a) Allocations. Non-Principal Collections, Principal Collections and
Defaulted Receivables allocated to Series [ ] pursuant to Article VIII of the
Indenture shall be allocated and distributed as set forth in this Article IV.
During any period when the Issuer is permitted by Section 8.4 of the Indenture
to make a single monthly deposit to the Collection Account, amounts allocated to
the Series [ ] Noteholders pursuant to this Sections 4.3 with respect to any
Monthly Period need not be deposited into the Collection Account or any Series
Account prior to the related Transfer Date, and, when so deposited, (x) may be
deposited net of any amounts required to be distributed to Transferor and, if an
Originator is Servicer, any amounts owed to the Master Servicer, and (y) shall
be deposited into the Non-Principal Account (in the case of Non-Principal
Collections) and the Principal Account (in the case of Principal Collections
(not including any Shared Principal Collections allocated to Series [ ] pursuant
to Section 8.5 of the Indenture)).
(b) Allocations to the Series [ ] Noteholders. The Issuer shall, on each
Date of Processing, allocate to the Series [ ] Noteholders the following amounts
as set forth below:
(i) Allocations of Non-Principal Collections. The Issuer shall
allocate to the Series [ ] Noteholders an amount equal to the product of
(A) the Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate Non-Principal
Collections processed on such Date of Processing and shall deposit such
amount into the Non-Principal Account; provided; that, so long as, with
respect to each Monthly Period falling in the Revolving Period (and with
respect to that portion of each Monthly Period in the Controlled
Accumulation Period falling on or after the day on which Principal
Collections equal to the related Controlled Payment Amount have been
allocated pursuant to Section 4.3(b)(ii) and deposited pursuant to Section
4.3(a)), Non-Principal Collections shall be transferred into the
Non-Principal Account only until such time as the aggregate amount so
deposited equals the sum (the "Target Amount") of (A) the fees payable to
the Indenture Trustee, the Trustee and the Administrator on the related
Payment Date, (B) the Monthly Interest for the related Payment Date, (C)
the Noteholder Servicing Fee, [and (D) any amount required to be deposited
in the Reserve Account on the related Transfer Date]; and any
Non-Principal Collections allocated to the Series [ ] Noteholders but not
deposited into the Non-Principal Account due to the operation of this
proviso shall be released to Transferor; provided, further, that,
notwithstanding the preceding proviso, if on any Business Day the
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Issuer determines that the Target Amount for a Monthly Period exceeds the
Target Amount for that Monthly Period as previously calculated by Issuer,
then (x) Issuer shall (on the same Business Day) inform Transferor of such
determination, and (y) within two (2) Business Days thereafter direct
Transferor to deposit into the Non-Principal Account funds in an amount
equal to the excess of the recalculated Target Amount for such Monthly
Period over the Target Amount previously calculated by the Issuer for the
same Monthly Period; and provided, further, if on any Transfer Date the
Free Equity Amount is less than the Minimum Free Equity Amount after
giving effect to all transfers and deposits on that Transfer Date, the
Issuer shall cause Transferor, on that Transfer Date, to deposit into the
Principal Account funds in an amount equal to the amounts of Available
Non-Principal Collections that are required to be treated as Available
Principal Collections pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(vi) and (vii) but are not
available from funds in the Non-Principal Account as a result of the
operation of the second preceding proviso.
With respect to any Monthly Period when deposits of Non-Principal
Collections into the Non-Principal Account are limited to deposits up to the
Target Amount in accordance with clause (i) above, notwithstanding such
limitation: (1) "Reallocated Principal Collections" for the related Transfer
Date shall be calculated as if the full amount of Non-Principal Collections
allocated to the Series [ ] Noteholders during that Monthly Period had been
deposited in the Non-Principal Account and applied on such Transfer Date in
accordance with Section 4.4(a); and (2) Non-Principal Collections released to
Transferor pursuant to clause (i) above shall be deemed, for purposes of all
calculations under this Indenture Supplement, to have been applied to the items
specified in Section 4.4(a) to which such amounts would have been applied (and
in the priority in which they would have been applied) had such amounts been
available in the Non-Principal Account on such Transfer Date. To avoid doubt,
the calculations referred to in the preceding clause (2) include the
calculations required by clause (b)(iii) of the definition of Collateral Amount.
(ii) Allocations of Principal Collections. The Issuer shall
allocate to the Series [ ] Noteholders the following amounts as set forth
below:
(x) Allocations During the Revolving Period.
(1) During the Revolving Period an amount equal to the
product of the Allocation Percentage and the aggregate amount
of Principal Collections processed on such Date of Processing,
shall be allocated to the Series [ ] Noteholders and first, if
any other Principal Sharing Series is outstanding and in its
accumulation period or amortization period, shall be retained
in the Principal Account for application, to the extent
necessary, as Shared Principal Collections to other Principal
Sharing Series on the related Payment Date, second, shall be
deposited in the Excess Funding Account to the extent
necessary so that the Free Equity Amount is not less than the
Minimum Free Equity Amount, and third, shall be paid to the
holders of the Transferor Interest.
(2) With respect to each Monthly Period falling in the
Revolving Period, to the extent that Principal Collections
allocated to the Series [ ]
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Noteholders pursuant to this Section 4.3(b)(ii) are paid to
Transferor, the Issuer shall cause Transferor to make an
amount equal to the Reallocated Principal Collections for the
related Transfer Date available on that Transfer Date for
application in accordance with Section 4.7.
(y) Allocations During the Controlled Accumulation Period.
During the Controlled Accumulation Period, an amount equal to
the product of the Allocation Percentage and the aggregate
amount of Principal Collections processed on such Date of
Processing shall be allocated to the Series [ ] Noteholders
and transferred to the Principal Account until applied as
provided herein; provided, however, that after the date on
which an amount of such Principal Collections equal to the
Note Principal Balance has been deposited into the Principal
Account such amount shall be first, if any other Principal
Sharing Series is outstanding and in its accumulation period
or amortization period, retained in the Principal Account for
application, to the extent necessary, as Shared Principal
Collections to other Principal Sharing Series on the related
Payment Date, and second, deposited in the Excess Funding
Account to the extent necessary so that the Free Equity Amount
is not less than the Minimum Free Equity Amount, and third,
paid to the holders of the Transferor Interest.
(z) Allocations During the Early Amortization Period. During
the Early Amortization Period, an amount equal to the product
of the Allocation Percentage and the aggregate amount of
Principal Collections processed on such Date of Processing
shall be allocated to the [ ] Noteholders and transferred to
the Principal Account until applied as provided herein;
provided, however, that after the date on which an amount of
such Principal Collections equal to the Note Principal Balance
has been deposited into the Principal Account such amount
shall be first, if any other Principal Sharing Series is
outstanding and in its accumulation period or amortization
period, retained in the Principal Account for application, to
the extent necessary, as Shared Principal Collections to other
Principal Sharing Series on the related Payment Date, and
second, deposited in the Excess Funding Account to the extent
necessary so that the Free Equity Amount is not less than the
Minimum Free Equity Amount, and third, paid to the holders of
the Transferor Interest.
SECTION 4.4. Application of Available Non-Principal Collections and
Available Principal Collections. On each Transfer Date or related Payment Date,
as applicable, the Issuer shall withdraw, to the extent of available funds, the
amount required to be withdrawn from the Non-Principal Account, the Principal
Account and the Distribution Account as follows:
(a) On each Transfer Date, an amount equal to the Available
Non-Principal Collections with respect to the related Payment Date will be paid
or deposited in the following priority:
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(i) on a pari passu basis,
(A) the accrued and unpaid fees and other amounts owed to the
Indenture Trustee up to a maximum amount of [ ] dollars ($[ ]) for
the prior Monthly Period,
(B) the accrued and unpaid fees and other amounts owed to the
trustee for the DFS Financing Trust up to a maximum amount of [ ]
dollars ($[ ]) for the prior Monthly Period,
(C) the accrued and unpaid fees and other amounts owed to the
Trustee up to a maximum amount of [ ] dollars ($[ ]) for the prior
Monthly Period, and
(D) the accrued and unpaid fees and other amounts owed to the
Administrator up to a maximum amount of [ ] dollars ($[ ]) for the
prior Monthly Period;
(ii) to pay the Noteholder Servicing Fee for the prior Monthly
Period and any overdue Noteholder Servicing Fee (to the extent not
previously paid [, and to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Servicer
Advances and accrued and unpaid interest thereon]);
(iii) an amount equal to Class A Monthly Interest for such Payment
Date, plus any Class A Deficiency Amount, plus the amount of any Class A
Additional Interest for such Payment Date, plus (without duplication) the
amount of any Class A Additional Interest previously due but not paid to
Class A Noteholders on a prior Payment Date, shall be deposited into the
Distribution Account;
(iv) an amount equal to Class B Monthly Interest for such Payment
Date, plus any Class B Deficiency Amount, plus the amount of any Class B
Additional Interest for such Payment Date, plus (without duplication) the
amount of any Class B Additional Interest previously due but not paid to
Class B Noteholders on a prior Payment Date, shall be deposited into the
Distribution Account;
(v) an amount equal to Class C Monthly Interest for such Payment
Date, plus any Class C Deficiency Amount, plus the amount of any Class C
Additional Interest for such Payment Date, plus (without duplication) the
amount of any Class C Additional Interest previously due but not paid to
Class C Noteholders on a prior Payment Date, shall be deposited into the
Distribution Account;
(vi) to deposit into the Principal Account, during the Controlled
Accumulation Period or the Early Amortization Period, an amount (treated
as a portion of Available Principal Collections) equal to the Aggregate
Investor Default Amount for the prior Monthly Period;
(vii) to deposit into the Principal Account, during the Controlled
Accumulation Period or the Early Amortization Period, an amount (treated
as a portion of Available Principal Collections) equal to the sum of the
aggregate amount of Investor Charge-Offs
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and the amount of Reallocated Principal Collections which have not been
previously reimbursed;
(viii) [to deposit into the Reserve Account an amount equal to the
amounts, if any, required to be deposited in the Reserve Account pursuant
to Section 4.10(d);]
(ix) to pay to the Persons listed in clause (i) above on a pari
passu basis any amounts owed to such Persons and not paid pursuant to
clause (i) above;
(x) if the Early Amortization Period has not occurred and is not
continuing, the balance, if any, will constitute a portion of Excess
Non-Principal Collections for such Payment Date and will be applied in
accordance with Section 8.6 of the Indenture; and
(xi) during the Early Amortization Period, the remaining balance,
if any, will be used to make principal payments on first, to the Class A
Notes until the Class A Note Principal Balance is paid in full, second, to
the Class B Notes until the Class B Note Principal Balance is paid in full
and third, to the Class C Notes until the Class C Note Principal Balance
is paid in full.
On each Transfer Date, to the extent that there is a shortfall (a
"Transfer Date Shortfall") in the amounts to be paid or deposited pursuant to
[clauses(a)(i), (a)(iii), (a)(iv) and (a)(v)] of this Section 4.4, [the
Indenture Trustee] shall withdraw from the Collection Account, from any Servicer
Advance on deposit therein, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Transfer
Date Shortfall for such Transfer Date and (ii) the product of (x) such Servicer
Advance and (y) the Series Allocation Percentage for the previous Monthly
Period, and apply such withdrawn amount to make the payments and deposits
contemplated by such clauses of this Section 4.4.
(b) On each Transfer Date with respect to the Revolving Period, an
amount equal to the Available Principal Collections for the related Monthly
Period shall be treated as Shared Principal Collections and applied in
accordance with Section 8.5 of the Indenture.
(c) On each Transfer Date or Payment Date, as applicable, with respect
to the Controlled Accumulation Period or the Early Amortization Period, an
amount equal to the Available Principal Collections for the related Monthly
Period shall be paid or deposited in the following order of priority:
(i) during the Controlled Accumulation Period, an amount equal to
the Monthly Principal for each Transfer Date shall be deposited into the
Principal Account on such Transfer Date;
(ii) during the Early Amortization Period, an amount equal to the
Monthly Principal for each Transfer Date shall be deposited into the
Distribution Account on such Transfer Date and on the related Payment Date
shall be paid, first to the Class A Noteholders on the related Payment
Date until the Class A Note Principal Balance has been paid in full;
second to the Class B Noteholders until the Class B Note Principal Balance
has been paid in full; and third to the Class C Noteholders until the
Class C Note Principal Balance has been paid in full; and
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(iii) in the case of each of the Controlled Accumulation Period and
the Early Amortization Period, the balance of such Available Principal
Collections remaining after application in accordance with clauses (i) and
(ii) above shall be treated as Shared Principal Collections and applied in
accordance with Section 8.5 of the Indenture. As of any Payment Date
during the Controlled Accumulation Period or Early Amortization Period on
which Available Principal Collections are treated as Shared Principal
Collections, the Collateral Amount shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the lesser of (x) the amount of Available Principal Collections applied as
Shared Principal Collections and (y) the excess, if any, of the Excess
Collateral Amount over the Required Excess Collateral Amount.
(d) On each Payment Date in accordance with Section 4.5, the Issuer
shall pay first, to the Class A Noteholders from the Distribution Account, the
amount deposited into the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(iii)
on the preceding Transfer Date, second, to the Class B Noteholders from the
Distribution Account, the amount deposited into the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(iv) on the preceding Transfer Date and third, to the
Class C Noteholders from the Distribution Account, the amount deposited into the
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(v) on the preceding Transfer
Date;
(e) On the earlier to occur of (i) the first Transfer Date during the
Early Amortization Period and (ii) the Transfer Date immediately preceding the
Expected Principal Payment Date, the Issuer shall withdraw from the Principal
Account and deposit into the Distribution Account the amount deposited into the
Principal Account pursuant to Section 4.4(c)(i) and on the related Payment Date
shall pay such amount first to the Class A Noteholders, until the Class A Note
Principal Balance is paid in full, second to the Class B Noteholders until the
Class B Note Principal Balance is paid in full and third to the Class C
Noteholders until the Class C Note Principal Balance is paid in full.
SECTION 4.5. Distributions.
(a) On each Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay to each Class A
Noteholder of record on the related Record Date such Class A Noteholder's pro
rata share of the amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account that are
allocated and available on such Payment Date and as are payable to the Class A
Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture Supplement.
(b) On each Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay to each Class B
Noteholder of record on the related Record Date such Class B Noteholder's pro
rata share of the amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account that are
allocated and available on such Payment Date and as are payable to the Class B
Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture Supplement.
(c) On each Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay to each Class C
Noteholder of record on the related Record Date such Class C Noteholder's pro
rata share of the amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account that are
allocated and available on such Payment Date and as are payable to the Class C
Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture Supplement.
(d) The payments to be made pursuant to this Section 4.5 are subject to
the provisions of Section 7.1 of this Indenture Supplement.
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(e) All payments to Noteholders hereunder shall be made by (i) check
mailed to each Series [ ] Noteholder (at such Noteholder's address as it appears
in the Note Register), except that for any Series [ ] Notes registered in the
name of the nominee of a Clearing Agency, such payment shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds and (ii) except as provided in Section
2.7(b) of the Indenture, without presentation or surrender of any Series [ ]
Note or the making of any notation thereon.
SECTION 4.6. Investor Charge-Offs. On each Determination Date, the Issuer
shall calculate the Investor Default Amount for the preceding Monthly Period.
If, on any Transfer Date, the sum of the Investor Default Amount for the
preceding Monthly Period exceeds the amount of Available Non-Principal
Collections allocated with respect thereto pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(vi) with
respect to such Transfer Date and the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
on such Transfer Date, the Collateral Amount will be reduced (but not below
zero) by the amount of such excess (such reduction, an "Investor Charge-Off").
SECTION 4.7. Reallocated Principal Collections. On each Transfer Date, the
Issuer shall apply Reallocated Principal Collections with respect to that
Transfer Date to fund any deficiency pursuant to and in the priority set forth
in Sections 4.4(a)(i) through (v). On each Transfer Date, the Collateral Amount
shall be reduced by the amount of Reallocated Principal Collections for such
Transfer Date.
SECTION 4.8. Excess Non-Principal Collections. Series [ ] shall be an
Excess Allocation Series with respect to Group One only. Subject to Section 8.6
of the Indenture, Excess Non-Principal Collections with respect to the Excess
Allocation Series in Group One for any Transfer Date will be allocated to Series
[ ] in an amount equal to the product of (x) the aggregate amount of Excess
Non-Principal Collections with respect to all the Excess Allocation Series in
Group One for the related Payment Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Non-Principal Shortfall for Series [ ] for such Payment Date and
the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of Non-Principal Shortfalls for
all the Excess Allocation Series in Group One for such Payment Date. The
"Non-Principal Shortfall" for Series [ ] for any Payment Date will be equal to
the excess, if any, of (a) the full amount required to be paid, without
duplication, pursuant to Sections 4.4(a)(i) through (viii) on such Payment Date
over (b) the Available Non-Principal Collections with respect to such Payment
Date (excluding any portion thereof attributable to Excess Non-Principal
Collections).
SECTION 4.9. Shared Principal Collections. Subject to Section 8.5 of the
Indenture, Shared Principal Collections allocable to Series [ ] on any Transfer
Date will be equal to the product of (x) the aggregate amount of Shared
Principal Collections with respect to all Principal Sharing Series for such
Transfer Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Principal
Shortfall for Series [ ] for such Transfer Date and the denominator of which is
the aggregate amount of Principal Shortfalls for all the Series which are
Principal Sharing Series for such Transfer Date. The "Principal Shortfall" for
Series [ ] will be equal to (a) for any Transfer Date prior to the Transfer Date
relating to the Expected Principal Payment Date, zero, and (b) for any Transfer
Date relating to any Payment Date on or after the Expected Principal Payment
Date, the Note Principal Balance.
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SECTION 4.10. [Reserve Account.
(a) On each Transfer Date, if the aggregate amount of Available
Non-Principal Collections is less than the aggregate amount required to be paid
or deposited pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.4(a), the Issuer
shall withdraw from the Reserve Account the amount of such deficiency up to the
Available Reserve Account Amount and shall apply such amount in accordance with
such clauses of Section 4.4(a).
(b) On any day following the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to Series [ ] that has resulted in the acceleration of the Series [ ]
Notes, the Issuer shall withdraw from the Reserve Account the Available Reserve
Account Amount and deposit such amount in the Distribution Account for payment
to the Series [ ] Noteholders to fund any shortfalls in amounts owed to the
Series [ ] Noteholders.
(c) If on any Transfer Date, after giving effect to all withdrawals from
the Reserve Account, the Available Reserve Account Amount is less than the
Required Reserve Account Amount then in effect, Available Non-Principal
Collections shall be deposited into the Reserve Account pursuant to Section
4.4(a)(viii) up to the amount of the Reserve Account Deficiency.
(d) If, after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the
Reserve Account with respect to any Transfer Date, the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Account exceeds the Required Reserve Account Amount, the Issuer shall
withdraw an amount equal to such excess from the Reserve Account and distribute
such amount to the Transferor. On the date on which the Note Principal Balance
has been paid in full, after making any payments to the Series [ ] Noteholders
required pursuant to Sections 4.10(a), (b) and (c), the Issuer shall withdraw
from the Reserve Account all amounts then remaining in the Reserve Account and
pay such amounts to the holders of the Transferor Interest.]
SECTION 4.11. Investment of Amounts on Deposit in Series Accounts.
(a) To the extent there are uninvested amounts deposited in the Series
Accounts, the Issuer shall cause such amounts to be invested in Permitted
Investments selected by the Issuer that mature no later than the following
Transfer Date.
(b) On each Transfer Date, the Investment Earnings, if any, accrued
since the preceding Transfer Date on funds on deposit in the Reserve Account
shall be treated as Available Non-Principal Collections and paid or deposited in
accordance with Section 4.4(a). Subject to the foregoing, for purposes of
determining the availability of funds or the balance in the Reserve Account for
any reason under this Indenture Supplement, all Investment Earnings shall be
deemed not to be available or on deposit.
SECTION 4.12. Controlled Accumulation Period. The Controlled Accumulation
Period is scheduled to commence at the beginning of business on [______ __,
200_]; [provided, that if the Controlled Accumulation Period Length (determined
as described below) on any Determination Date on or after the [_______ 200_]
Determination Date is less than or more than the number of months in the
scheduled Controlled Accumulation Period, upon written notice to the Indenture
Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency, the Issuer shall either postpone or
accelerate, as applicable, the date on which the Controlled Accumulation Period
actually
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commences, so that as a result, the number of Monthly Periods in the Controlled
Accumulation Period will equal the Controlled Accumulation Period Length;
provided, that the length of the Controlled Accumulation Period will not be less
than one (1) month]. The "Controlled Accumulation Period Length" will mean a
number of whole months such that the amount available for payment of principal
on the Notes on the Expected Principal Payment Date is expected to equal or
exceed the Note Principal Balance, assuming for this purpose that (1) the
payment rate with respect to Principal Collections remains constant at the
lowest level of such payment rate during the twelve (12) preceding Monthly
Periods, (2) the total amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust (and the
principal amount on deposit in the Excess Funding Account, if any) remains
constant at the level on such date of determination, (3) no Early Amortization
Event with respect to any Series will subsequently occur and (4) no additional
Series (other than any Series being issued on such date of determination) will
be subsequently issued. Any notice by Issuer modifying the commencement of the
Controlled Accumulation Period pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall specify (i)
the Controlled Accumulation Period Length, (ii) the commencement date of the
Controlled Accumulation Period and (iii) the Controlled Accumulation Amount with
respect to each Monthly Period during the Controlled Accumulation Period.
SECTION 4.13. [Determination of LIBOR].
(a) [On each LIBOR Determination Date in respect of an Interest Period,
the Indenture Trustee shall determine LIBOR on the basis of the rate per annum
displayed in the Bloomberg Financial Markets system as the composite offered
rate for London interbank deposits for a one-month period, as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on that date. If that rate does not appear on that display page,
LIBOR for that Interest Period will be the rate per annum shown on page 3750 of
the Bridge Telerate Services Report screen or any successor page as the
composite offered rate for London interbank deposits for a one-month period, as
shown under the heading "USD" as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR
Determination Date. If no rate is shown as described in the preceding two
sentences, LIBOR for that Interest Period will be the rate per annum based on
the rates at which U.S. dollar deposits for a one-month period are displayed on
page "LIBOR" of the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or such other page as
may replace the LIBOR page on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the
LIBOR Determination Date; provided, that if at least two rates appear on that
page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the displayed rates and if fewer
than two rates are displayed, or if no rate is relevant, the rate for that
Interest Period shall be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits
in United States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks in the London interbank
market for a one-month period. The Indenture Trustee shall request the principal
London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate.
If at least two (2) such quotations are provided, the rate for that Interest
Period shall be the arithmetic mean of all quotations provided. If fewer than
two (2) quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that Interest Period
will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City,
selected by the Master Servicer, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on that day for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks
for a one-month period.]
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(b) The Class A Note Interest Rate, Class B Note Interest Rate and Class
C Note Interest Rate applicable to the then current and the immediately
preceding Interest Periods may be obtained by telephoning the Indenture Trustee
at its corporate trust office at [(___) ___-____] or such other telephone number
as shall be designated by the Indenture Trustee for such purpose by prior
written notice by the Indenture Trustee to each Series [ ] Noteholder from time
to time.
(c) On each LIBOR Determination Date, the Indenture Trustee shall send
to the Issuer, by facsimile transmission, notification of LIBOR for the
following Interest Period.]
ARTICLE V
DELIVERY OF SERIES [ ] NOTES;
REPORTS TO SERIES [ ] NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 5.1. Delivery and Payment for the Series [ ] Notes.
The Issuer shall execute and issue, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate, the Series [ ] Notes in accordance with Section 2.2 of the
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Series [ ] Notes to or upon
Issuer Order when so authenticated.
SECTION 5.2. Reports and Statements to Series [ ] Noteholders.
(a) Not later than the second Business Day preceding each Payment Date,
the Issuer shall deliver, or cause the Master Servicer to deliver to the
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Series [ ] Noteholder and each Rating
Agency a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit B prepared by the Master
Servicer; provided, that the Issuer may amend the form of Exhibit B from time to
time with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee.
(b) On or before January 31 of each calendar year, beginning with
January 31, 2005, the [Trustee, on behalf of the] Issuer, shall furnish or cause
to be furnished to each Person who at any time during the preceding calendar
year was a Series [ ] Noteholder the information for the preceding calendar
year, or the applicable portion thereof during which the Person was a
Noteholder, as is required to be provided by an issuer of indebtedness under the
Code to the holders of the Issuer's indebtedness and such other customary
information as is necessary to enable such Noteholder to prepare its federal
income tax returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, [the Trustee, on behalf of] the Issuer, shall, to the extent required
by applicable law, from time to time furnish to the appropriate Persons, at
least five (5) Business Days prior to the end of the period required by
applicable law, the information required to complete a Form 1099-INT.
ARTICLE VI
SERIES [ ] EARLY AMORTIZATION EVENTS
SECTION 6.1. Series [ ] Early Amortization Events. If any one of the
following events shall occur with respect to the Series [ ] Notes:
(a) (i) failure on the part of Transferor or the Issuer to make any
payment or deposit required to be made by it by the terms of the Second Tier
Agreement, the Indenture or this
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Indenture Supplement on or before the date occurring five (5) Business Days
after the date such payment or deposit is required to be made therein or herein
or (ii) failure of the Issuer or the Transferor duly to observe or perform in
any material respect any of their respective covenants or agreements set forth
in the Second Tier Agreement, the Indenture or this Indenture Supplement
(excluding matters addressed by clause (i) above), which failure has a material
adverse effect on the Series [ ] Noteholders and which continues unremedied for
a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Issuer
or the Transferor, as applicable, by the Indenture Trustee, or to the Issuer or
the Transferor, as applicable, and the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder of
the Series [ ] Notes;
(b) any representation or warranty made by the Issuer or the Transferor
in the Second Tier Agreement, the Indenture or this Indenture Supplement or any
information contained in an account schedule required to be delivered by it
pursuant to [Section 2.1 or Section 2.6(c)] of the Second Tier Agreement shall
prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or when
delivered, which continues to be incorrect in any material respect for a period
of sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of the same, requiring
the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Issuer or Transferor, as
applicable, by the Indenture Trustee, or to Transferor or the Issuer, as
applicable, and the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder of the Series [ ] Notes
and as a result of which the interests of the Series [ ] Noteholders are
materially and adversely affected for such period; provided, however, that a
Series [ ] Early Amortization Event pursuant to this Section 6.1(b) shall not be
deemed to have occurred hereunder if Transferor has accepted reassignment of the
related Transferred Receivable, or all of such Transferred Receivables, if
applicable, during such period in accordance with the provisions of the Second
Tier Agreement;
(c) a failure by Transferor under the Second Tier Agreement to convey
Transferred Receivables in Additional Accounts to the Issuer when it is required
to convey such Transferred Receivables pursuant to [Section 2.6(a)] of the
Second Tier Agreement;
(d) any material Servicer Default or any Indenture Servicer Default
shall occur;
(e) (i) on any Determination Date occurring in the months of [ ] through
[ ], the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three (3) preceding
Monthly Periods is less than [ ] percent ([ ]%) or (ii) on any Determination
Date occurring in the months of [ ] through [ ], the average of the Monthly
Payment Rates for the three (3) preceding Monthly Periods is less than [ ]
percent ([ ]%);
(f) the Note Principal Balance shall not be paid in full on the Expected
Principal Payment Date;
(g) without limiting the foregoing, the occurrence of an Event of
Default with respect to Series [ ] and acceleration of the maturity of the
Series [ ] Notes pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Indenture; [or]
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(h) [the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account is less than the
Required Reserve Account Amount on any [ ] ([ ]) consecutive Payment Dates after
giving effect to all payments and deposits on such Payment Dates];
then, in the case of any event described in subsection (a), (b) or (d), after
the applicable grace period, if any, set forth in such subparagraphs, either the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders of Series [ ] Notes evidencing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Series [ ] Notes
by notice then given in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if
given by the Series [ ] Noteholders) may declare that a "Series Early
Amortization Event" with respect to Series [ ] (a "Series [ ] Early Amortization
Event") has occurred as of the date of such notice, and, in the case of any
event described in subsection (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) a Series [ ] Early
Amortization Event shall occur without any notice or other action on the part of
the Indenture Trustee or the Series [ ] Noteholders immediately upon the
occurrence of such event.
ARTICLE VII
REDEMPTION OF SERIES [ ] NOTES; FINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SERIES
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1. Optional Redemption of Series [ ] Notes; Final Distributions.
(a) On any day occurring on or after the date on which the outstanding
principal balance of the Series [ ] Notes is reduced to ten percent (10%) or
less of the highest Note Principal Balance on or at any time after the Closing
Date, Transferor has the option pursuant to the Trust Agreement to reduce the
Collateral Amount to zero by paying a purchase price equal to the greater of (x)
the Collateral Amount plus the Allocation Percentage of outstanding
Non-Principal Receivables, and (y) (i) if such day is a Payment Date, the
Reassignment Amount for such Payment Date or (ii) if such day is not a Payment
Date, the Reassignment Amount for the Payment Date following such day. If
Transferor exercises such option, Issuer will apply such purchase price to repay
the Series [ ] Notes in full as specified below.
(b) In order to exercise such option, Issuer shall give the Indenture
Trustee at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice of the date on which
Transferor intends to exercise such optional redemption. Not later than 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the day of such redemption, Issuer shall deposit
into the Collection Account in immediately available funds the Reassignment
Amount. Such redemption option is subject to payment in full of the Reassignment
Amount. Following such deposit into the Collection Account in accordance with
the foregoing, the Collateral Amount for Series [ ] shall be reduced to zero and
the Series [ ] Noteholders shall have no further security interest or other
interest in the Transferred Receivables. The Reassignment Amount shall be paid
as set forth in Section 7.1(d).
(c) The amount to be paid by the Issuer with respect to Series [ ] in
connection with a repurchase of the Series [ ] Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 of
the Trust Agreement shall not be less than the Reassignment Amount for the
Payment Date of such repurchase.
(d) With respect to the Reassignment Amount deposited into the
Collection Account pursuant to this Section 7.1 or the proceeds of any sale of
Transferred Receivables pursuant to
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Section 5.3 of the Indenture with respect to Series [ ], the Indenture Trustee
shall, in accordance with an Issuer Order, not later than 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the related Payment Date, make payments of the following amounts
(in the priority set forth below and, in each case, after giving effect to any
deposits and payments otherwise to be made on such date) in immediately
available funds: (i) (x) the Class A Note Principal Balance on such Payment Date
will be paid to the Class A Noteholders and (y) an amount equal to the sum of
(A) Class A Monthly Interest due and payable on such Payment Date or any prior
Payment Date, (B) any Class A Deficiency Amount for such Payment Date and (C)
the amount of Class A Additional Interest, if any, for such Payment Date and,
without duplication, any Class A Additional Interest previously due but not paid
to the Class A Noteholders on any prior Payment Date, will be paid to the Class
A Noteholders, (ii) (x) the Class B Note Principal Balance on such Payment Date
will be paid to the Class B Noteholders and (y) an amount equal to the sum of
(A) Class B Monthly Interest due and payable on such Payment Date or any prior
Payment Date, (B) any Class B Deficiency Amount for such Payment Date and (C)
the amount of Class B Additional Interest, if any, for such Payment Date and,
without duplication, any Class B Additional Interest previously due but not paid
to the Class B Noteholders on any prior Payment Date, will be paid to the Class
B Noteholders, (iii) (x) the Class C Note Principal Balance on such Payment Date
will be paid to the Class C Noteholders and (y) an amount equal to the sum of
(A) Class C Monthly Interest due and payable on such Payment Date or any prior
Payment Date, (B) any Class C Deficiency Amount for such Payment Date, and (C)
the amount of Class C Additional Interest, if any, for such Payment Date and,
without duplication, any Class C Additional Interest previously due but not paid
to the Class C Noteholders on any prior Payment Date will be paid to the Class C
Noteholders, and (iv) any excess shall be released to the Issuer.
SECTION 7.2. Series Termination.
On the Series [ ] Final Maturity Date, the unpaid principal amount of the
Series [ ] Notes shall be due and payable.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 8.1. Ratification of Indenture; Amendments. As supplemented by
this Indenture Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Indenture as so supplemented by this Indenture Supplement
shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. This
Indenture Supplement may be amended only in accordance with the terms of Section
9.1 or 9.2 of the Indenture. For purposes of the application of Section 9.2 of
the Indenture to any amendment of this Indenture Supplement, the Series [ ]
Noteholders shall be the only Noteholders whose vote shall be required.
SECTION 8.2. Form of Delivery of the Series [ ] Notes. The Class A Notes,
the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes shall be Book-Entry Notes and shall be
delivered as provided in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Indenture.
SECTION 8.3. Counterparts. This Indenture Supplement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
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SECTION 8.4. GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER
SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM
PERTAINING TO THIS INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT; PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT
LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
THAT NOTHING IN THIS INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE
SERIES [ ] NOTES, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH
JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF
PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY
CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF
THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.4 OF THE INDENTURE AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR
THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON
AND THE PARTIES
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WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES),
THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH
APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE,
WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
SECTION 8.5. Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision
herein or elsewhere, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by The Bank
of New York (Delaware), not in its individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as Trustee of the Issuer, in no event shall The Bank of New York
(Delaware) in its individual capacity have any liability in respect of the
representations, warranties, or obligations of the Issuer hereunder or under any
other document, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of
the Trust, and for all purposes of this Agreement and each other document, the
Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity) shall be subject to, and
entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 8.6. Rights of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall
have herein the same rights, protections, indemnities and immunities as
specified in the Master Indenture.
SECTION 8.7. No Petition. Each holder of a Note covenants and agrees that
(i) it will not at any time directly or indirectly institute or cause to be
instituted against the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other proceeding under any federal state
bankruptcy law unless holders of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66 2/3%) of the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Class of each Series have
approved such filing; and (ii) it will not at any time directly or indirectly
institute or cause to be instituted against the Trust or CDF Funding, Inc. any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or
other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy law in connection with
any obligation relating to the Notes, the Indenture or any of the Related
Documents.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Indenture Supplement
to be duly executed and delivered on the day and year first above written.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE
TRUST, as Issuer
By: THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity, but as
Trustee on behalf of Issuer
By:________________________________
Name: __________________________
Title: _________________________
Indenture Supplement
S-1
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Indenture Trustee
By:________________________________
Name: __________________________
Title: _________________________
Indenture Supplement
S-2
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF COVENANTS AND AGREES
THAT (I) IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INSTITUTE OR CAUSE TO BE
INSTITUTED AGAINST THE ISSUER ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT,
INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR
STATE BANKRUPTCY LAW UNLESS NOTEHOLDERS OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY-SIX AND
TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF EACH CLASS
OF EACH SERIES HAVE APPROVED SUCH FILING; AND (II) IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INSTITUTE OR CAUSE TO BE INSTITUTED AGAINST GE DEALER
FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST OR CDF FUNDING, INC. ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION,
ARRANGEMENT, INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING UNDER ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE BANKRUPTCY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OBLIGATION RELATING TO
THE NOTES, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OF THE RELATED DOCUMENTS.
THE HOLDER OF THIS CLASS A NOTE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, AND EACH
HOLDER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN, AGREE TO TREAT THE CLASS A NOTES AS
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE ISSUER FOR APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL INCOME AND
FRANCHISE TAX LAW AND FOR PURPOSES OF ANY OTHER TAX IMPOSED ON, OR MEASURED BY,
INCOME.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 1)
REGISTERED $______________________________________
No. R- CUSIP NO.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
SERIES [ ]
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CLASS A SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (herein referred to as the "Issuer"
or the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust governed by an Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004, for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, subject to the following provisions,
the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS ($[ ]), or such greater or lesser
amount as determined in accordance with the Indenture, on the [____________ __]
200[_] Payment Date, except as otherwise provided below or in the Indenture. The
Issuer will pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at the
Class A Note Interest Rate on each Payment Date until the Series Maturity Date
(which is the earlier to occur of (a) the Payment Date on which the Note
Principal Balance is paid in full, (b) the date on which the Collateral Amount
is reduced to zero and (c) the [____________ __], 200[_] Payment Date). Interest
on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and including the most
recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such
Payment Date or, for the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding such Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a [360-day] year and the [actual] number of days elapsed. Principal of this
Note shall be paid in the manner specified in the Indenture Supplement referred
to on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on
the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee, by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or the Indenture Supplement referred
to on the reverse hereof, or be valid for any purpose.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 2)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Class A Note to be duly executed.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE
TRUST, as Issuer
By: THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(DELAWARE), not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee on behalf of Issuer
By:________________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: _________________________________
Dated:____________
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 3)
INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Indenture Trustee
By:________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:____________
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 4)
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
SERIES [ ]
CLASS A SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
This Class A Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer, designated as GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, Series [ ] (the
"Series [ ] Notes"), issued under a Master Indenture dated as of [ ], 2004 (the
"Master Indenture"), between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as
indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), as supplemented by the Indenture
Supplement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the "Indenture Supplement"), and
representing the right to receive certain payments from the Issuer. The term
"Indenture," unless the context otherwise requires, refers to the Master
Indenture as supplemented by the Indenture Supplement. The Notes are subject to
all of the terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Indenture
and this Note, the Indenture shall control.
The Class B Notes and the Class C Notes will also be issued under the
Indenture.
The Noteholder, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that it will look
solely to the property of the Issuer allocated to the payment of this Note for
payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee is
liable to the Noteholders for any amount payable under the Notes or the
Indenture or, except in the case of the Indenture Trustee as expressly provided
in the Indenture, subject to any liability under the Indenture.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is
made to the Indenture for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee.
THIS CLASS A NOTE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF CDF FUNDING, INC.,
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST, GE COMMERCIAL
DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION, TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION,
OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES (OTHER THAN THE ISSUER), AND IS NOT INSURED OR
GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.
The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall treat the person in whose name this Class A Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
THIS CLASS A NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL
RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 5)
(INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT
WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY
APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 6)
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto __________ (name and address of assignee) the within certificate and all
rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ___________
attorney, to transfer said certificate on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:___________________________ ________________________________ **
Signature Guaranteed:
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** The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-1 (Page 7)
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CLASS B SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT
(I) IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INSTITUTE OR CAUSE TO BE
INSTITUTED AGAINST THE ISSUER ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT,
INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR
STATE BANKRUPTCY LAW UNLESS NOTEHOLDERS OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY-SIX AND
TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF EACH CLASS
OF EACH SERIES HAVE APPROVED SUCH FILING; AND (II) IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INSTITUTE OR CAUSE TO BE INSTITUTED AGAINST GE DEALER
FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST OR CDF FUNDING, INC. ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION,
ARRANGEMENT, INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING UNDER ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE BANKRUPTCY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OBLIGATION RELATING TO
THE NOTES, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OF THE RELATED DOCUMENTS.
THE HOLDER OF THIS CLASS B NOTE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, AND EACH
HOLDER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN, AGREE TO TREAT THE CLASS B NOTES AS
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE ISSUER FOR APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL INCOME AND
FRANCHISE TAX LAW AND FOR PURPOSES OF ANY OTHER TAX IMPOSED ON, OR MEASURED BY,
INCOME.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 1)
REGISTERED $__________________________________________
No. R- CUSIP NO.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
SERIES [ ]
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CLASS B SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (herein referred to as the "Issuer"
or the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust governed by an Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004, for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, subject to the following provisions,
the principal sum of ____________ DOLLARS ($[ ]), or such greater or lesser
amount as determined in accordance with the Indenture, on the [____________ __]
200[_] Payment Date, except as otherwise provided below or in the Indenture. The
Issuer will pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at the
Class B Note Interest Rate on each Payment Date until the Series Maturity Date
(which is the earlier to occur of (a) the Payment Date on which the Note
Principal Balance is paid in full, (b) the date on which the Collateral Amount
is reduced to zero and (c) the [____________ __], 200[_] Payment Date). Interest
on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and including the most
recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such
Payment Date or, for the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding such Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a [360-day] year and the [actual] number of days elapsed. Principal of this
Note shall be paid in the manner specified in the Indenture Supplement referred
to on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on
the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee, by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or the Indenture Supplement referred
to on the reverse hereof, or be valid for any purpose.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 2)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Class B Note to be duly executed.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE
TRUST, as Issuer
By: THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(DELAWARE), not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee on behalf of Issuer
By:________________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: _________________________________
Dated:____________
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 3)
INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class B Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Indenture Trustee
By:____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:____________
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 4)
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
SERIES [ ]
CLASS B SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
This Class B Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer, designated as GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, Series [ ] (the
"Series [ ] Notes"), issued under a Master Indenture dated as of [ ], 2004 (the
"Master Indenture"), between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as
indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), as supplemented by the Indenture
Supplement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the "Indenture Supplement"), and
representing the right to receive certain payments from the Issuer. The term
"Indenture," unless the context otherwise requires, refers to the Master
Indenture as supplemented by the Indenture Supplement. The Notes are subject to
all of the terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Indenture
and this Note, the Indenture shall control.
The Class A Notes and the Class C Notes will also be issued under the
Indenture.
The Noteholder, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that it will look
solely to the property of the Issuer allocated to the payment of this Note for
payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee is
liable to the Noteholders for any amount payable under the Notes or the
Indenture or, except in the case of the Indenture Trustee as expressly provided
in the Indenture, subject to any liability under the Indenture.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is
made to the Indenture for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee.
THIS CLASS B NOTE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF CDF FUNDING, INC.,
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST, GE COMMERCIAL
DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION, TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION,
OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES (OTHER THAN THE ISSUER), AND IS NOT INSURED OR
GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.
The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall treat the person in whose name this Class B Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
THIS CLASS B NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL
RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 5)
(INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT
WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY
APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 6)
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto _____________ (name and address of assignee) the within certificate and all
rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________
attorney, to transfer said certificate on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:_______________________________ ___________________________________**
Signature Guaranteed:
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** The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-2 (Page 7)
EXHIBIT A-3
FORM OF CLASS C SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT
(I) IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INSTITUTE OR CAUSE TO BE
INSTITUTED AGAINST THE ISSUER ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT,
INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR
STATE BANKRUPTCY LAW UNLESS NOTEHOLDERS OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY-SIX AND
TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF EACH CLASS
OF EACH SERIES HAVE APPROVED SUCH FILING; AND (II) IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INSTITUTE OR CAUSE TO BE INSTITUTED AGAINST GE DEALER
FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST OR CDF FUNDING, INC. ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION,
ARRANGEMENT, INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING UNDER ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE BANKRUPTCY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OBLIGATION RELATING TO
THE NOTES, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OF THE RELATED DOCUMENTS.
THE HOLDER OF THIS CLASS C NOTE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, AND EACH
HOLDER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN, AGREE TO TREAT THE CLASS C NOTES AS
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE ISSUER FOR APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL INCOME AND
FRANCHISE TAX LAW AND FOR PURPOSES OF ANY OTHER TAX IMPOSED ON, OR MEASURED BY,
INCOME.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 1)
REGISTERED $__________________________________________
No. R- CUSIP NO.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
SERIES [ ]
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CLASS C SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (herein referred to as the "Issuer"
or the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust governed by an Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004, for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, subject to the following provisions,
the principal sum of ______________ DOLLARS ($[ ]), or such greater or lesser
amount as determined in accordance with the Indenture, on the [____________ __]
200[_] Payment Date, except as otherwise provided below or in the Indenture. The
Issuer will pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at the
Class C Note Interest Rate on each Payment Date until the Series Maturity Date
(which is the earlier to occur of (a) the Payment Date on which the Note
Principal Balance is paid in full, (b) the date on which the Collateral Amount
is reduced to zero and (c) the [____________ __], 200[_] Payment Date). Interest
on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and including the most
recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such
Payment Date or, for the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding such Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a [360-day] year and the [actual] number of days elapsed. Principal of this
Note shall be paid in the manner specified in the Indenture Supplement referred
to on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on
the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee, by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or the Indenture Supplement referred
to on the reverse hereof, or be valid for any purpose.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 2)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Class C Note to be duly executed.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE
TRUST, as Issuer
By: THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(DELAWARE), not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee on behalf of Issuer
By:________________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: _________________________________
Dated:____________
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 3)
INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class C Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Indenture Trustee
By:________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:____________
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 4)
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
SERIES [ ]
CLASS C SERIES [ ] [FLOATING RATE] ASSET BACKED NOTE
This Class C Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer, designated as GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, Series [ ] (the
"Series [ ] Notes"), issued under a Master Indenture dated as of [ ], 2004 (the
"Master Indenture"), between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as
indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), as supplemented by the Indenture
Supplement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the "Indenture Supplement"), and
representing the right to receive certain payments from the Issuer. The term
"Indenture," unless the context otherwise requires, refers to the Master
Indenture as supplemented by the Indenture Supplement. The Notes are subject to
all of the terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Indenture
and this Note, the Indenture shall control.
The Class A Notes and the Class B Notes will also be issued under the
Indenture.
The Noteholder, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that it will look
solely to the property of the Issuer allocated to the payment of this Note for
payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee is
liable to the Noteholders for any amount payable under the Notes or the
Indenture or, except in the case of the Indenture Trustee as expressly provided
in the Indenture, subject to any liability under the Indenture.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is
made to the Indenture for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee.
THIS CLASS C NOTE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF CDF FUNDING, INC.,
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST, GE COMMERCIAL
DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION, TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION,
OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES (OTHER THAN THE ISSUER), AND IS NOT INSURED OR
GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.
The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall treat the person in whose name this Class C Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
THIS CLASS C NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL
RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 5)
(INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT
WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY
APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 6)
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ____________ (name and address of assignee) the within certificate and all
rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________
attorney, to transfer said certificate on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:_______________________________ ____________________________________**
Signature Guaranteed:
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** The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit A-3 (Page 7)
EXHIBIT B
Form of Monthly Servicer's Certificate
[to be attached]
Indenture Supplement
Exhibit B (Page 1)
Exhibit 4.3
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, is made and entered into as of April 20, 2004 by and
between CDF Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Depositor") and The Bank
of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as Owner Trustee (acting
hereunder not in its individual capacity but solely as the "Owner Trustee"). The
Depositor and the Owner Trustee hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "GE Dealer Floorplan
Master Note Trust" (the "Issuer"), in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct
the business of the Issuer, make and execute contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Owner Trustee the sum of $1.00. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt of such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall
constitute the initial trust estate. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Issuer created hereby constitute a statutory trust
under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et
seq. and that this document constitute the governing instrument of the Issuer.
The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
3. The Depositor and the Owner Trustee will enter into an amended and
restated Trust Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to each such party
to provide for, among other things, the contemplated operation of the Issuer.
Prior to the execution and delivery of such an amended and restated Trust
Agreement, (i) the Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder
or with respect to the Issuer or the trust estate, except as expressly set forth
herein and (ii) the Depositor shall take any and all action as may be necessary,
prior to such execution and delivery, including but not limited to, executing
any licenses, consents, approvals or filings on behalf of the Issuer as may be
required by applicable law or otherwise; provided, however, the Owner Trustee
shall not be required to take any action (i) if the Owner Trustee shall
determine, or shall be advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result
in personal liability or is contrary to applicable law or any agreement to which
the Owner Trustee is a party and (ii) unless the Owner Trustee has been provided
indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall have the power and authority, and is hereby
authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Issuer, to take all
actions necessary, appropriate, or convenient to effect the transactions
contemplated herein, including but not limited to, executing such licenses,
consents or approvals as are presented to the Owner Trustee by the Depositor in
execution form.
4. (a) Except as otherwise expressly required by Section 3 of this
Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or liability with
respect to the
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administration of the Issuer, the investment of the Issuer's property or the
payment of dividends or other distributions of income or principal to the
Issuer's beneficiaries, and no implied obligations shall be inferred from this
Trust Agreement on the part of the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall not be
liable for the acts or omissions of the Depositor or any other person who acts
on behalf of the Issuer nor shall the Owner Trustee be liable for any act or
omission by it in good faith in accordance with the directions of the Depositor.
(b) The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees
to perform its duties hereunder with respect to the same but only upon the terms
of this Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable under
any circumstances, except for its own willful misconduct or gross negligence. In
particular, but not by way of limitation:
(i) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence by
an officer or employee of the Owner Trustee;
(ii) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the
Owner Trustee to expend or risk its personal funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of its rights or duties hereunder, if the
Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured or provided to it;
(iii) Under no circumstance shall the Owner Trustee be
personally liable for any representation, warranty, covenant or indebtedness of
the Issuer;
(iv) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally responsible
for or in respect of the genuineness, form or value of the Trust property, the
validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the due execution hereof
by the Depositor;
(v) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure of the
course of action to be taken by it hereunder, the Owner Trustee may request
instructions from the Depositor and to the extent the Owner Trustee follows such
instructions in good faith it shall not be liable to any person. In the event
that no instructions are provided within the time requested by the Owner
Trustee, it shall have no duty or liability for its failure to take any action
or for any action it takes in good faith;
(vi) All funds deposited with the Owner Trustee hereunder may
be held in a non-interest bearing trust account and the Owner Trustee shall not
be liable for any interest thereon or for any loss as a result of the investment
thereof at the direction of the Depositor; and
(vii) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Owner
Trustee has duties and liabilities relating thereto to the Depositor or the
Issuer, the Depositor agrees that such duties and liabilities are replaced by
the terms of this Trust Agreement.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting
upon any document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and reasonably
believed by it to be signed by
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the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a
resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate
party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such
body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the
manner of ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the
Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the
Depositor, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full
protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(d) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder, the
Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or, at the expense of the Trust, through
agents or attorneys, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default
or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have
been selected by the Owner Trustee in good faith and in the absence of gross
negligence, and (ii) may, at the expense of the Trust, consult with counsel,
accountants and other experts, and it shall not be liable for anything done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the advice or opinion
of any such counsel, accountants or other experts.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
neither The Bank of New York (Delaware) nor the Owner Trustee shall be required
to take any action in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware if the
taking of such action will (i) require the consent or approval or authorization
or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with or the taking
of any other action in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or
agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, (ii) result in any
fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of any jurisdiction or any
political subdivision thereof in existence becoming payable by The Bank of New
York (Delaware), or (iii) subject The Bank of New York (Delaware) to personal
jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware for causes of
action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions by
The Bank of New York (Delaware) or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
contemplated hereby.
(f) Except as expressly provided in this Section 4, in accepting
and performing the trusts hereby created, the Owner Trustee acts solely as Owner
Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all persons having any
claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by
this Trust Agreement shall look only to the Issuer's property for payment or
satisfaction thereof.
5. The Issuer shall (i) compensate the Owner Trustee in accordance with
a separate fee agreement with the Owner Trustee, (ii) reimburse the Owner
Trustee for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel and other experts) and (iii) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Owner Trustee and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the
Owner Trustee (the "Indemnified Persons") from and against any and all losses,
damages, liabilities, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), taxes and penalties of
any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, "Expenses"), to the extent that
such Expenses arise out of or are imposed upon or asserted at any time against
such Indemnified Persons with respect to the performance of this Trust
Agreement, the creation, operation or termination of the Issuer or the
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transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not
be required to indemnify any Indemnified Person for any Expenses which are a
result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such
Indemnified Person.
6. The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor. If no
successor has been appointed within thirty days after the giving of notice, the
Owner Trustee may, at the expense of the Issuer, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint a successor trustee.
7. Upon and in accordance with written instructions from the Depositor
the Owner Trustee shall dissolve, wind-up and terminate the Issuer and file in
accordance with 12 Del. Code ss. 3810 a Certificate of Cancellation.
8. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
9. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be an original and all of which when taken
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of
the day and year first above written.
CDF FUNDING, INC., as Depositor
By: /s/ Timothy J. Yanoti
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Name: Timothy J. Yanoti
Title: Vice President
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Patrick J. Burns, Sr.
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Name: Patrick J. Burns, Sr.
Title: Sr. Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (the
"Trust") is being duly executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the
undersigned, as owner trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code ss. 3801 et. seq.) (the "Act").
1. Name. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is "GE Dealer
Floorplan Master Note Trust".
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the owner trustee
of the Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), White
Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon
filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of
Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as owner trustee
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit 4.4
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
between
CDF FUNDING, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as the Trustee
Dated as of [ ], 2004
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.......................................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Matters................................................... 6
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION......................................................................... 6
SECTION 2.1. Name......................................................................... 6
SECTION 2.2. Office....................................................................... 6
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers.......................................................... 6
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of the Trustee................................................... 7
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate................................. 7
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust......................................................... 7
SECTION 2.7. Liability of Beneficiaries................................................... 8
SECTION 2.8. Title to Trust Property...................................................... 8
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Trust............................................................... 8
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Transferor............................. 8
ARTICLE III BENEFICIAL INTERESTS................................................................. 9
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership............................................................ 9
SECTION 3.2. Transferor Certificate....................................................... 9
SECTION 3.3. Restrictions on Transfer; Issuance of Supplemental Certificates.............. 9
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ARTICLE IV ACTIONS BY THE TRUSTEE............................................................... 10
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Holder of the Transferor Certificate with Respect to
Certain Matters.............................................................. 10
SECTION 4.2. Action by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate with Respect to
Certain Matters.............................................................. 11
SECTION 4.3. Action by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate with Respect to
Bankruptcy................................................................... 11
SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Power........................................................ 11
ARTICLE V AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE.................................................. 11
SECTION 5.1. General Authority............................................................ 11
SECTION 5.2. General Duties............................................................... 11
SECTION 5.3. Action upon Instruction...................................................... 12
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SECTION 5.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions........... 13
SECTION 5.5. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions................... 13
SECTION 5.6. Restrictions................................................................. 13
SECTION 5.7. Tax Returns.................................................................. 13
ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE............................................................... 13
SECTION 6.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.............................................. 13
SECTION 6.2. Furnishing of Documents...................................................... 15
SECTION 6.3. Representations and Warranties............................................... 15
SECTION 6.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.................................................. 15
SECTION 6.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity............................................ 16
SECTION 6.6. Trustee Not Liable for Notes or Receivables.................................. 16
SECTION 6.7. Trustee May Not Own Notes.................................................... 17
ARTICLE VII COMPENSATION OF THE TRUSTEE.......................................................... 17
SECTION 7.1. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................................. 17
SECTION 7.2. Indemnification.............................................................. 17
SECTION 7.3. Payments to the Trustee...................................................... 17
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT....................................................... 17
SECTION 8.1. Termination of Trust Agreement............................................... 17
ARTICLE IX SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES........................................... 18
SECTION 9.1. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee..................................... 18
SECTION 9.2. Resignation or Removal of the Trustee........................................ 18
SECTION 9.3. Successor Trustee............................................................ 19
SECTION 9.4. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee....................................... 19
SECTION 9.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................................ 19
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................ 21
SECTION 10.1. Clean-Up Call................................................................ 21
SECTION 10.2. Supplements and Amendments................................................... 21
SECTION 10.3. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in the Transferor............................. 22
SECTION 10.4. Limitations on Rights of Others.............................................. 22
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SECTION 10.5. Notices...................................................................... 22
SECTION 10.6. Severability................................................................. 22
SECTION 10.7. Separate Counterparts........................................................ 22
SECTION 10.8. Successors and Assigns....................................................... 23
SECTION 10.9. No Petition.................................................................. 23
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse.................................................................. 23
SECTION 10.11. Headings..................................................................... 23
SECTION 10.12. Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial................. 23
SECTION 10.13. Administrator................................................................ 23
SECTION 10.14. Securities Law Filings....................................................... 23
SECTION 10.15. Amendment and Restatement.................................................... 24
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EXHIBIT A Form of Transferor Certificate
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate of Trust
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT (as amended or supplemented from time
to time, this "Agreement") dated as of [ ], 2004 between CDF FUNDING, INC., a
Delaware corporation, and The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking
corporation, as the trustee (the "Trustee").
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
"Account" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated as of
[ ], 2004, between the Administrator, the Trustee and the Trust.
"Administrator" means General Electric Capital Corporation, in its
capacity as Administrator under the Administration Agreement, or any other
Person designated as an Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
"Affiliate" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Aggregate Principal Receivables" is defined in the Indenture.
"Agreement" is defined in the preamble.
"Authorized Officer" means (a) with respect to any corporation or
statutory trust, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer and each other officer or employee of such corporation or
trustee of such trust specifically authorized in resolutions of the Board of
Directors of such corporation or trustee of such trust to sign agreements,
instruments or other documents on behalf of such corporation or statutory trust
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents, and
(b) with respect to a limited liability company, any officer or manager of such
limited liability company; provided that any Authorized Officer of the
Transferor shall be considered to be an Authorized Officer of the Trust.
"Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust for the Trust,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware.
"Class" means any class of Notes of any Series.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time and the Treasury Regulations.
"Collateral" is defined in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
"Collateral Amount" is defined, with respect to any Series, in the related
Indenture Supplement.
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"Collection Account" means the account designated as such, established and
owned by the Trust and maintained in accordance with Section 8.2 of the
Indenture.
"Collections" is defined in the Indenture.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Corporate Trust Office" means, the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date of this Agreement is located at
[______________________], Attention: [________] (facsimile no.[(___) ___-____)].
"Custody and Control Agreement" is defined in the Indenture.
"Dealer" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"DFS Financing Trust" means Distribution Financial Services Floorplan
Master Trust.
"Excess Funding Account" means the account designated as such, established
and owned by the Trust and maintained in accordance with Section 8.2 of the
Indenture.
"Existing Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement, dated as of April
20, 2004, between the Transferor and the Trustee.
"Expenses" is defined in Section 7.2.
"First Tier Agreement" means the Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of [
], 2004, among the Originators and the Transferor.
"Free Equity Amount" means, on any date of determination, the result of
(a) the Note Trust Principal Balance, minus (b) the aggregate of the Collateral
Amounts for all outstanding Series of Notes.
"GE Capital" means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state,
county, city, town, district, board, bureau, office commission, any other
municipality or other political subdivision thereof (including any educational
facility, utility or other Person operated thereby), and any agency, department
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
"Grant" means to create and grant a Lien pursuant to the Indenture, and
other forms of the verb "to Grant" shall have correlative meanings.
"Holder" means a holder of the Transferor Certificate or a Supplemental
Certificate, as applicable.
"Indemnified Parties" is defined in Section 7.2.
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"Indenture" means the Master Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2004, between the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture Supplement" means, with respect to any Series, a supplement to
the Indenture, executed and delivered in connection with the original issuance
of the Notes of such Series pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Indenture, and an
amendment to the Indenture executed pursuant to Sections 9.1 or 9.2 of the
Indenture, and, in either case, including all amendments thereof and supplements
thereto.
"Indenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
"Lien" means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest,
easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease
or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to
give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the UCC or
comparable law of any jurisdiction); provided, however, Permitted Encumbrances
shall not constitute a Lien.
"Master Servicer" means GE Capital, in its capacity as the master servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, or any other Person designated as a Successor
Master Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
"Monthly Period" is defined in the Indenture.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"Non-Principal Receivables" with respect to any Account means all amounts
billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other non-principal
charges.
"Note Register" is defined in the Indenture.
"Note Registrar" is defined in the Indenture.
"Note Trust Certificate" is defined in the Indenture.
"Note Trust Principal Balance" means, as of any time of determination
falling within or relating to a Monthly Period, the result of (a) the Aggregate
Principal Receivables at that time, plus (b) the amount on deposit in the Excess
Funding Account at that time (exclusive of any investment earnings on such
amount).
"Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Note Register and, if applicable, the holder of any Note, as the case may be, or
such other Person deemed to be a "Noteholder" in any related Indenture
Supplement.
"Notes" is defined in the Indenture.
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"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" is defined in the Indenture.
"Originators" means the Persons from time to time party to the First Tier
Agreement as "Originators".
"Outstanding Principal Balance" means the aggregate principal amount of
all Notes outstanding at the date of determination as determined under the
Indenture.
"Paying Agent" means with respect to the Notes, initially the Indenture
Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards in Section 6.11
of the Indenture.
"Payment Date" means, with respect to any Series, the date specified in
the related Indenture Supplement.
"Permitted Encumbrances" is defined in the Indenture.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, trust (including a business trust),
association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit
corporation, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or any other entity of
whatever nature.
"Rating Agency" is defined in the Indenture.
"Reassignment Amount" means, with respect to any Series, the amount
specified as such in the related Indenture Supplement.
"Receivable" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Related Documents" means the First Tier Agreement, the Second Tier
Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Notes,
this Agreement, the Indenture, any Indenture Supplement, the Custody and Control
Agreement and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents,
assignments, contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether
heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Person, or any
employee of any Person, and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.
Any reference in the foregoing documents to a Related Document shall include all
annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to such Related
Documents as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference
becomes operative.
"Second Tier Agreement" means the Receivables Purchase and Contribution
Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004, between the Transferor and the Trust.
"Series" means any series of Notes, which may include within any such
Series a Class or Classes of Notes subordinate to another such Class or Classes
of Notes.
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"Series Account" means any deposit, trust, escrow or similar account
maintained for the benefit of the Noteholders of any Series or Class, as
specified in any Indenture Supplement.
"Servicing Agreement" means the Servicing Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004,
between the Master Servicer and the Trust.
"Successor Master Servicer" means the successor to the Master Servicer as
appointed under the Servicing Agreement.
"Supplemental Certificate" is defined in Section 3.3.
"Tax Opinion" means, with respect to any action, an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that, for Federal income tax purposes, (a) such action will not
adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding
Series or Class with respect to which an Opinion of Counsel was delivered at the
time of their issuance that such Notes would be characterized as debt, (b) such
actions will not cause the Trust to be classified, for federal income tax
purposes, as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a
corporation and, (c) such action will not cause or constitute an event in which
gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder and (d) with respect to a New
Issuance, unless otherwise specified in the Indenture Supplement, the Notes of
the new Series will be treated as debt.
"Transferor" means CDF Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Transferor Certificate" means the certificate, substantially in the form
of Exhibit A attached hereto, representing a fractional undivided beneficial
interest in the Trust.
"Transferred Receivable" means a Receivable that has been transferred by
the Transferor to the Trust pursuant to the Second Tier Agreement, but excluding
Receivables that have been repurchased by an Originator pursuant to the First
Tier Agreement or by the Transferor pursuant to the Second Tier Agreement or
assigned to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Servicing
Agreement.
"Treasury Regulations" means regulations, including proposed or temporary
regulations, promulgated under the Code. References to specific provisions of
proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final
Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
"Trust" means the GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust.
"Trust Accounts" means any Series Account, the Collection Account or
Excess Funding Account.
"Trust Estate" means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to
the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to the Second Tier
Agreement, all monies, investment property, instruments and other property on
deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and all other property of the
Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Trustee and the Trust
pursuant to the Related Documents.
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"Trust Statute" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.
Code Section 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
"Trust Termination Date" is defined in Section 8.1(a).
"Trustee" is defined in the preamble.
"UCC" means, with respect to any jurisdiction, the Uniform Commercial Code
as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in such
jurisdiction.
SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Matters. All terms defined directly or by
incorporation in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For
purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a)
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein and accounting terms partly
defined herein to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under generally accepted accounting principles; (b) unless
otherwise provided, references to any month, quarter or year refer to a calendar
month, quarter or year; (c) unless defined in this Agreement or the context
otherwise requires, capitalized terms used in this Agreement which are defined
in the UCC shall have the meaning given such term in the UCC; (d) references to
any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount
at the close of business on such day; (e) the words "hereof," "herein" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (f) references to any
Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits
in or to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or
other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph,
subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (g) the
term "including" means "including without limitation"; (h) references to any law
or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and
include any successor law or regulation; (i) references to any agreement refer
to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as
the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its terms;
and (j) references to any Person include that Person's successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1. Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as "GE Dealer
Floorplan Master Note Trust", in which name the Trustee may conduct the business
of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the
Trust and sue and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware as
the Trustee may designate by written notice to the Transferor.
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is, and the
Trust shall have the power and authority to, engage in the following activities:
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(a) to issue (i) the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and any
Indenture Supplement; (ii) the Transferor Certificate pursuant to this
Agreement; and (iii) the Supplemental Certificates, if any, pursuant to
this Agreement;
(b) to acquire the Transferred Receivables and the Note Trust
Certificate pursuant to the Second Tier Agreement;
(c) to Grant the Collateral pursuant to the Indenture and to hold,
manage and distribute to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate any
portion of the Collateral released from the Lien of the Indenture;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Related
Documents to which it is to be a party;
(e) to engage in those activities, including entering into
agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the
foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(f) subject to compliance with the Related Documents, to engage in
such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation
of the Collateral and the making of distributions to the Holder of the
Transferor Certificate and payments to the Noteholders.
The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with
the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by this Agreement or the
Related Documents.
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of the Trustee. The Transferor hereby appoints
the Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all
the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. Pursuant to the
Second Tier Agreement, the Transferor shall assign, transfer, convey and set
over to the Trust, as of the date hereof, the assets specified in the Second
Tier Agreement. The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the
Transferor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall
constitute the initial Trust Estate. The Transferor shall pay organizational
expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of the
Trustee, promptly reimburse the Trustee for any such expenses paid by the
Trustee. The Transferor may also take steps necessary, including the execution
and filing of any necessary filings, to ensure that the Trust is in compliance
with any applicable state securities law.
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust. The Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth
herein for the use and benefit of the Transferor, subject to the obligations of
the Trust under the Related Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto
that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Trust Statute and that
this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It
is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax
purposes, until the interest in the Transferor Certificate is held by more than
one Person, the Trust be disregarded as an entity separate from the Transferor.
At such time as the interest in the Transferor Certificate is
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held by more than one Person, it is the intention of the parties hereto that,
solely for income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust be treated as a
partnership, with the assets of the partnership being the Transferred
Receivables, the Note Trust Certificate and other assets held by the Trust, the
partners of the partnership being the Holder of the Transferor Certificate and
the Holders of the Supplemental Certificates. The parties agree that, unless
otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, until the interest in the
Transferor Certificate is held by more than one Person, the Trust will not file
or cause to be filed annual or other returns, reports and other forms consistent
with the characterization of the Trust as an entity separate from the
Transferor. Effective as of the date hereof, the Trustee shall have all rights,
powers and duties set forth herein and in the Trust Statute with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
SECTION 2.7. Liability of Beneficiaries. The Holder of the Transferor
Certificate and the Holders of any Supplemental Certificates, if any, shall be
entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders
of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 2.8. Title to Trust Property. Subject to the Lien granted in the
Indenture, legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in
the Trust as a separate legal entity except where applicable law in any
jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in a
trustee or trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the
Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered in
the State of Illinois. All bank accounts maintained by the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of Illinois.
The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than Illinois;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Trustee
from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be
received by the Trust only in Delaware or Illinois, and payments will be made by
the Trust only from Delaware or Illinois.
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Transferor. The
Transferor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee that:
(a) the Transferor is duly organized and validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as
such properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted.
(b) the Transferor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications.
(c) the Transferor has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Transferor has full
power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and
assigned to the Trust and the Transferor has duly authorized such sale and
assignment to the Trust by all necessary corporate or other
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action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have
been duly authorized by the Transferor by all necessary company or other
action.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Transferor, or any indenture, agreement
or other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or by which it is
bound; or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than pursuant to the Related Documents); or violate any
law or, to the best of the Transferor's knowledge, any order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Transferor of any court or of any federal or
state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferor or its properties.
(e) the Transferor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement,
and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Transferor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
ARTICLE III
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Transferor pursuant to Section 2.5, the Transferor shall be
the sole beneficiary of the Trust.
SECTION 3.2. Transferor Certificate. The Transferor Certificate shall
represent an undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Estate subject to the
Lien created pursuant to the Indenture, including the right to receive
Collections with respect to the Transferred Receivables and other amounts at the
times and in the amounts specified in the Indenture and any Indenture Supplement
to be paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate.
SECTION 3.3. Restrictions on Transfer; Issuance of Supplemental
Certificates.
(a) The Transferor may from time to time transfer a portion of the
Transferor Certificate by causing the issuance of one or more additional
certificates (each a "Supplemental Certificate"). The form and terms of
any Supplemental Certificate shall be defined in a supplement to this
Agreement (which supplement shall be subject to Section 10.2 to the extent
that it amends any of the terms of this Agreement) to be delivered to or
upon the order of the Transferor (or the Holder of a Supplemental
Certificate, in the case of the transfer or exchange thereof, as provided
below). The issuance of any such Supplemental Certificate to any Person
shall be subject to the Transferor having delivered to the Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee a Tax Opinion, dated the date of such action (or
transfer, exchange or other disposition provided below), with respect to
such action or any state
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securities law except for any such registration that has been duly
completed and become effective.
A Supplemental Certificate may be transferred or exchanged, and the
Transferor Certificate may be pledged, only upon satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in clause (a).
(b) The Transferor Certificate may be transferred in its entirety
to a Person which is a member of the "affiliated group" as defined in
Section 1504(a) of the Code of which the Transferor is a member without
the consent or approval of the Noteholders, provided that the Transferor
shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a Tax
Opinion and an Opinion of Counsel of the type described in Section 3.3(a),
dated the date of such transfer, with respect thereto. In connection with
any such transfer, the Person to whom the Transferor Certificate is
transferred will, by its acquisition and holding of an interest in the
Transferor Certificate, assume all of the rights and obligations of the
Transferor as described in this Agreement, each Related Document and in
any supplement or amendment thereto (including the right under this
paragraph (b) with respect to subsequent transfers of an interest in the
Transferor Certificate).
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Holder of the Transferor Certificate with
Respect to Certain Matters. With respect to the following matters, the Trustee
shall not take action unless, at least thirty (30) days before the taking of
such action, the Trustee shall have notified the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate in writing of the proposed action and the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate shall not have notified the Trustee in writing prior to the
thirtieth (30th) day after such notice is given that the Holder of the
Transferor Certificate withheld consent or shall not have provided alternative
direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except
claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Trust
Estate) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or
lawsuits for collection of Trust Estate);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust;
(c) the amendment of the Indenture in circumstances where the
consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of the Indenture in circumstances where the
consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially
and adversely affects the interest of the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate;
(e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration
Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any
provision in a manner, or add any provision, that would not materially and
adversely affect the interests of the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate; or
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(f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee, or the consent to the
assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its
obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
SECTION 4.2. Action by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate with
Respect to Certain Matters. The Trustee shall not have the power, except upon
the direction of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate, to: (a) remove the
Administrator under the Administration Agreement, (b) appoint a successor
Administrator, or (c) except as expressly provided in the Related Documents,
sell the Transferred Receivables after the termination of the Indenture. The
Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon
written instructions signed by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate.
SECTION 4.3. Action by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate with
Respect to Bankruptcy. The Trustee shall not have the power to commence a
voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior
approval of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate and the delivery to the
Trustee by the Holder of a Transferor Certificate of a certificate certifying
that the Holder of the Transferor Certificate reasonably believes that the Trust
is insolvent.
SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Power. The Holder of the Transferor
Certificate shall not direct the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any
action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the
Trust or the Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Related Documents or
would be contrary to Section 2.3, nor shall the Trustee be obligated to follow
any such direction, if given.
ARTICLE V
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.1. General Authority. The Trustee is authorized and directed to
execute and deliver the Related Documents to which the Trust is to be a party
and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated
by the Related Documents to which the Trust is to be a party, in each case in
such form as the Transferor shall approve as evidenced conclusively by the
Trustee's execution thereof, and, on behalf of the Trust, to direct the
Indenture Trustee, from time to time, to authenticate and deliver Notes in the
amount specified in a letter of instruction from the Transferor to the Trustee.
In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee is authorized, but shall not be
obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Related
Documents. The Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such
action as the Transferor or the Administrator recommends with respect to the
Related Documents.
SECTION 5.2. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Trustee to
discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to
this Agreement and the Related Documents to which the Trust is a party and to
administer the Trust in the interest of the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate, subject to the Related Documents and in accordance with this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall be deemed to have
discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Related
Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration
Agreement to perform any act or to discharge
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any duty of the Trustee hereunder or under any Related Document, and the Trustee
shall not be held liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to
carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement.
SECTION 5.3. Action upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article IV and in accordance with the Related
Documents, the Holder of the Transferor Certificate may by written
instruction direct the Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Holder of the Transferor Certificate pursuant to Article IV.
(b) The Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder
or under any Related Document if the Trustee shall have reasonably
determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is
likely to result in liability on the part of the Trustee or is contrary to
the terms hereof or of any Related Document or is otherwise contrary to
law.
(c) Whenever the Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by this Agreement or any Related
Document, the Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be
appropriate under the circumstances) to the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate requesting instruction as to the course of action to be
adopted, and to the extent the Trustee acts in good faith in accordance
with any written instruction of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate
received, the Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any
Person. If the Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction
within ten (10) days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time
as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under
the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain
from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the
Related Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Holder of the Transferor Certificate, and shall have no liability to any
Person for such action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Trustee is unsure as to the application
of any provision of this Agreement or any Related Document or any such
provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in
conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Agreement permits any determination by the Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Trustee is required to take
with respect to a particular set of facts, the Trustee may give notice (in
such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Holder
of the Transferor Certificate requesting instruction and, to the extent
that the Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance
with any such instruction received, the Trustee shall not be liable, on
account of such action or inaction, to any Person. If the Trustee shall
not have received appropriate instruction within ten (10) days of such
notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it
may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such
action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Related Documents, as
it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
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SECTION 5.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. The Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make
any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of or otherwise
deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any
action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which
the Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by this Agreement or in any
document or written instruction received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.3;
and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any
Related Document against the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no responsibility
for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any
time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest
or Lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing for
the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Related Document. The Trustee
nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all
action as may be necessary to discharge any Liens on any part of the Trust
Estate that result from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.
SECTION 5.5. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions.
The Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal
with any part of the Trust Estate except: (i) in accordance with the powers
granted to and the authority conferred upon the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Related Documents and (iii) in accordance
with any document or instruction delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section
5.3.
SECTION 5.6. Restrictions. The Trustee shall not take any action: (a) that
is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.3 or (b)
that, to the actual knowledge of the Trustee, would result in the Trust becoming
taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes. The Transferor shall
not direct the Trustee to take action that would violate this Section.
SECTION 5.7. Tax Returns. In the event the Trust shall be required to file
tax returns, the Trustee, upon request, will furnish Administrator with all such
information known to the Trustee as may be reasonably required in connection
with the preparation of all tax returns of the Trust, and shall, upon request,
execute such returns. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any
liabilities, costs or expenses of the Trust arising under any tax law, including
federal, state or local income or excise taxes or any other tax imposed on or
measured by income (or any interest or penalty with respect thereto arising from
a failure to comply therewith).
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Trustee accepts the
trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to
such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee also agrees
to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust
Estate upon the terms of the Related Documents and this Agreement. The Trustee
shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any Related Document
under any circumstances, except: (i) for its own willful misconduct or
negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or
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expressly made by the Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and
subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a responsible officer of the Trustee unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of
the Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Transferor;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any Related Document shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers
hereunder or under any Related Document, if the Trustee shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or
provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Related Documents,
including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) the Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof
by the Transferor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency,
value or validity of any of the Trust Estate or for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of the Related Documents, other than the
certificate of authentication on the Transferor Certificate, and the
Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or
obligation to any Noteholder or to the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate, other than as expressly provided for herein and in the
Related Documents;
(f) the Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct
of the Administrator, the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee or the Master
Servicer under any of the Related Documents or otherwise and the Trustee
shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the
Trust under this Agreement or the Related Documents that are required to
be performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Master Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement; and
(g) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in
relation to this Agreement or any Related Document, at the request, order
or direction of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate unless the Holder
of the Transferor Certificate offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be
incurred by the Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Trustee to
perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any
Related Document shall not be construed as a
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duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its
negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act.
SECTION 6.2. Furnishing of Documents. The Trustee shall furnish to the
Holder of the Transferor Certificate promptly upon receipt of a written request
therefor, and at the expense of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate,
duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Trustee under
the Related Documents.
SECTION 6.3. Representations and Warranties. The Trustee hereby represents
and warrants to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate, that:
(a) it is a banking corporation duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with the requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(b) it has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be
executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf;
(c) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of
the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Trustee, or to the best of its knowledge without independent investigation
any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee is a
party or by which it is bound; or violate any Federal or state law
governing the banking or trust powers of the Trustee; or, to the best of
the Trustee's knowledge, violate any order, rule or regulation applicable
to the Trustee of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Trustee or its properties; and
(d) this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Transferor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with the
terms hereof subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 6.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 6.1, the
Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature,
instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate,
report, opinion, bond or other document or paper (whether in its original
or facsimile form believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be
signed by the proper party or parties). The Trustee may accept a certified
copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of
any party as conclusive
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evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that
the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method
of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the
Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the
president, any vice president, the treasurer or other authorized officers
of the relevant party as to such fact or matter, and such certificate
shall constitute full protection to the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and
in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or
the Related Documents, the Trustee: (i) may act directly or through its
agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them,
and the Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such
agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected
by the Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel,
accountants and other skilled Persons to be selected with reasonable care
and employed by it. The Trustee shall not be liable for anything done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the written
opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons
and which opinion or advice states that such action is not contrary to
this Agreement or any Related Document.
SECTION 6.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this
Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created The Bank of New York
(Delaware) acts solely as the Trustee hereunder and not in its individual
capacity and all Persons having any claim against the Trustee by reason of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Related Document shall look
only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 6.6. Trustee Not Liable for Notes or Receivables. The recitals
contained in the Notes (other than the signature and counter-signature of the
Trustee on the Notes) shall be taken as the statements of the Transferor, and
the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of
any Related Document, of the Notes, or of any Transferred Receivable or related
documents. The Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for
or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Transferred
Receivable, or the perfection and priority of any security interest created by
any Transferred Receivable or the maintenance of any such perfection and
priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its
ability to generate the payments to be distributed to the Holder of the
Transferor Certificate under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the
Indenture, including: (a) the existence, condition and ownership of the
Transferred Receivables, (b) the existence and enforceability of any insurance
thereon, (c) the existence and contents of any Transferred Receivable on any
computer or other record thereof, (d) the validity of the assignment of any
Transferred Receivable to the Trust or of any intervening assignment, (e) the
completeness of any Transferred Receivable, (f) the performance or enforcement
of any Transferred Receivable, and (g) the compliance by the Transferor or the
Master Servicer with any warranty or representation made under any Related
Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation or any action of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the
Master Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of the Trustee.
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SECTION 6.7. Trustee May Not Own Notes. The Trustee shall not, in its
individual capacity, but may in a fiduciary capacity, become the owner or
pledgee of Notes or otherwise extend credit to the Trust. The Trustee may
otherwise deal with the Transferor, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and
the Master Servicer with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Trustee.
ARTICLE VII
COMPENSATION OF THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Trustee shall receive as
compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed
upon before the date hereof between the Transferor and the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Transferor for its other
reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation, expenses
and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the
Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights
and its duties hereunder.
SECTION 7.2. Indemnification. The Transferor shall be liable as primary
obligor for, and shall indemnify the Trustee and its successors, assigns, agents
and servants (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against, any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits,
and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Expenses"), which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Trustee or any other Indemnified Party in any way relating
to or arising out of this Agreement, the Related Documents, the Trust Estate,
the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Trustee
hereunder, except only that the Transferor shall not be liable for or required
to indemnify an Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting
from: (a) such Indemnified Party's willful misconduct or negligence or (b) with
respect to the Trustee, the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
contained in Section 6.3 expressly made by the Trustee. The indemnities
contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or termination of the
Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In any event of any claim, action
or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section, the
Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the approval of the
Transferor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 7.3. Payments to the Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Trustee
pursuant to this Article VII shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust
Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
SECTION 8.1. Termination of Trust Agreement.
(a) The Trust shall dissolve upon the date specified by the
Transferor (the "Trust Termination Date", written notice of which shall be
provided to the Trustee), provided, that the Trust Termination Date shall
not be earlier than the day on which the
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rights of all Noteholders of all Series of Notes to receive payments from
the Trust have terminated. After satisfaction of liabilities of the Trust
as provided by applicable law, any money or other property held as part of
the Trust Estate following such distribution shall be distributed to the
Transferor. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, termination, death
or incapacity of the Transferor shall not (x) operate to terminate this
Agreement or annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust, (y) entitle the
Transferor's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up
of all or any part of the Trust or Trust Estate or (z) otherwise affect
the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 8.1(a), neither the Transferor
nor the Holder of the Transferor Certificate shall be entitled to
dissolve, revoke or terminate the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES
SECTION 9.1. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee. The Trustee shall
at all times: (a) be a bank satisfying the provisions of Section 26(a)(1) (and
subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3(a)(7)) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, (b) be authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (c) have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and be subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities, and (d) have (or
have a parent that has) a rating of at least "Baa3" by Moody's, if rated by
Moody's, or at least "BBB" by S&P, if rated by S&P (or if not rated by Moody's
or S&P, a comparable rating by another statistical rating agency). If such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. At all times, the Trustee
of the Trust shall satisfy the requirements of Section 3807(a) of the Trust
Statute. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect specified in Section 9.2.
SECTION 9.2. Resignation or Removal of the Trustee. The Trustee may at any
time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written
notice thereof to the Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of resignation,
the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor Trustee. If
no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
Section 9.1 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Administrator, or if at any time the Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or
shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, may
remove the Trustee. If the
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Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall remove the Trustee under the
authority of the preceding sentence, the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Trustee so
removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, and pay all fees owed to the
outgoing Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3 and payment of all
fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Trustee. The Administrator shall provide
notice of such resignation or removal of the Trustee to each of the Rating
Agencies.
SECTION 9.3. Successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed pursuant
to this Section shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator and
to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this
Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties,
and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if
originally named as the Trustee. The predecessor Trustee shall upon payment of
its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Trustee all documents and
statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Administrator and
the predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such
other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible
pursuant to Section 9.1.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Administrator shall mail notice of such appointment to the Holder
of the Transferor Certificate, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Rating Agencies. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within ten
(10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the
successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Administrator.
SECTION 9.4. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee. Any corporation or
other entity into which the 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 Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided, that such
corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.1, without the execution or
filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; and provided further,
that the Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the Rating
Agencies.
SECTION 9.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust or Trust Estate may at the time be
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located, the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, and the Trustee acting
jointly shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to
appoint one or more Person(s) approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee(s),
jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee(s), of all or any part of the
Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person(s), in such capacity and for the
benefit of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate, such title to the Trust
Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, and the Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. If the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall not have joined
in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a
request so to do, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to
Section 9.1 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 9.3.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee
or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act(s) are to be
performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act(s), in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or
any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely
at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) no separate trustee or co-trustee under this Agreement
shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any
other trustee under this Agreement; and
(iii) the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, and the
Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as
may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Each
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Administrator.
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Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Trustee as
its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor separate trustee or co-trustee.
The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether a co-trustee or
separate trustee is legally required in any jurisdiction in which any part of
the Trust Estate may be located.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Clean-Up Call. On any day occurring on or after the date on
which the outstanding principal balance of any Series of Notes is reduced to ten
percent (10%) or less of the initial outstanding principal balance of such
Series (or, if so specified in the related Indenture Supplement, the highest
outstanding principal balance of such Series), the Transferor shall have the
option to reduce the Collateral Amount for such Series to zero and transfer that
portion of the Note Trust Principal Balance to the Free Equity Amount by paying
the Trust a redemption price equal to the greater of (x) the Collateral Amount,
plus the applicable Allocation Percentage of outstanding Non-Principal
Receivables and (y) (i) if such day is a Payment Date, the Reassignment Amount
for such Payment Date or (ii) if such day is not a Payment Date, the
Reassignment Amount of the Payment Date following such day. The Transferor shall
give the Trust at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice on the date on
which the Transferor intends to exercise such option.
SECTION 10.2. Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended
from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the
Transferor and the Trustee, without the consent of the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in
this Agreement, or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate;
provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate of the Transferor, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Transferor and
the Trustee, with the written consent of the Holder of Transferor Certificate,
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holder of the Transferor Certificate.
Without the consent of all Noteholders, no amendment shall (a) increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of
distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or
(b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment.
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Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Transferor shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment
or consent to the Indenture Trustee.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate pursuant to this Section 10.1 to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust,
the Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware.
The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Officer's Certificate of the Transferor to the effect that the
conditions to amendment of this Agreement have been satisfied.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
amendment that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 10.3. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in the Transferor. The
Transferor shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. No
transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of
the Transferor in, to and under their ownership interest in the Trust Estate
shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any
transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part
of the Trust Estate.
SECTION 10.4. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Trustee, the Transferor, and the
Holder of the Transferor Certificate and nothing in this Agreement, whether
express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of
this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 10.5. Notices. Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted
by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing, personally delivered or
mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, and
shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt: (i) if to the Trustee,
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office, and (ii) if to the Transferor,
addressed to 5595 Trillium Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192,
Attention: General Counsel; or, as to any party, at such other address as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.
SECTION 10.6. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.7. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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SECTION 10.8. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the Trustee
and its successors and the Transferor and its successors and permitted assigns,
all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other
instrument or action by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate shall bind the
successors and assigns of the Transferor.
SECTION 10.9. No Petition. The Trustee on behalf of the Trust, by entering
into this Agreement and the Holder of the Transferor Certificate, by accepting
the Transferor Certificate, hereby covenant and agree that they each will not at
any time institute against the Transferor or the Trust, or join in any
institution against the Transferor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any Federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating to the Notes for a period of one (1) year and one
(1) day following the termination of all obligations under any of the Related
Documents; provided, that nothing in this paragraph shall preclude, or be deemed
to estop, the Trustee or the Holder of the Transferor Certificate from taking
any action prior to the expiration of the applicable preference period in any
involuntary proceeding filed or commenced against the Transferor or the Trust by
a Person other than the Trustee or the Holder of the Transferor Certificate or
to otherwise limit any claims that the Trustee or the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate may have against the Transferor or the Trustee.
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse. The Holder of the Transferor Certificate (or
any interest therein), by accepting the Transferor Certificate (or its interest
therein), acknowledges that the Transferor Certificate represents a beneficial
interest in the Trust only and the Transferor Certificate does not represent an
interest in or obligation of the Transferor, the Master Servicer, the
Administrator, the Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing, and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets
except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated provided in this Agreement
or the Related Documents.
SECTION 10.11. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 10.12. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN DELAWARE SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND
DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR TO ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDED,
THAT EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE
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COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF DELAWARE. EACH
PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY
ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS
TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE
BY SUCH COURT.
(c) BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED
AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR
DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE,
TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND
OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 10.13. Administrator. The Transferor and Trustee acknowledge that
the Administrator is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall
be the duty of the Trust to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement
and the Related Documents. Upon written request, the Trustee shall execute and
deliver to the Administrator a power of attorney appointing the Administrator
its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions.
SECTION 10.14. Securities Law Filings. The Transferor is hereby authorized
to, and shall, make and file on behalf of the Trust any and all registration
statements, amendments to registration statements, Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs, other
periodic reports, and any and all other reports, forms or filings to be filed
under any securities laws, rules and regulations or with any Governmental
Authority, including the Commission. Any such filings made by the Transferor on
or prior to the date hereof are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified.
SECTION 10.15. Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and
restates the Existing Trust Agreement.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as Trustee
By:________________________________________
Name:______________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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CDF FUNDING, INC.
By:________________________________________
Name:______________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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EXHIBIT A
to Trust Agreement
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY
INTEREST HEREIN) MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE TRUST AGREEMENT.
R-[__]
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the
property of which includes a pool of dealer floorplan loan receivables sold or
contributed to the Trust by CDF Funding, Inc.
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of CDF
Funding, Inc., GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation, Transamerica
Commercial Finance Corporation, General Electric Capital Services, Inc., General
Electric Capital Corporation or General Electric Company, or any of their
respective Affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CDF Funding, Inc. is the owner of a ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT nonassessable, fully-paid, undivided interest in the GE Dealer Floorplan
Master Note Trust (the "Trust") formed by CDF Funding, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Transferor").
The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of April 20,
2004 (as amended and restated as of [ ], 2004, the "Trust Agreement") between
the Transferor and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as trustee (the "Trustee").
To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement. This Certificate is
one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as "Transferor Certificate"
(herein called the "Transferor Certificate") issued under and subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which the Holder of
this Transferor Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which holder is bound.
It is the intent of the Transferor, and the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate that, solely for purposes of Federal income, State and local income
and franchise and any other income taxes measured in whole or in part by income,
until the interest in the Transferor Certificate is held by more than one
Person, the Trust be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner. At such
time that the interest in the Transferor Certificate is held by more than one
Person, it is the intent of the Transferor, and the Holder of a Transferor
Certificate and the Holders of the Supplemental Certificates that, solely for
purposes of Federal income, State and local income and franchise and any other
income taxes measured in whole or in part by income, the Trust be treated as a
partnership, the assets of which are the assets held by the Trust, and the
Holder of the Transferor Certificate and the Holders of the Supplemental
Interests will be treated as partners in that partnership. The Transferor and
the Holder of the Transferor Certificate, by acceptance of the Transferor
Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the
treatment of, the Transferor Certificate as such for tax purposes.
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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The Holder of the Transferor Certificate, by its acceptance of the
Transferor Certificate, covenants and agrees that the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate will not at any time institute against the Transferor or the Trust,
or join in any institution against the Transferor or the Trust of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings,
or other proceedings under any United States Federal or State bankruptcy or
similar law in connection with any obligations relating to any of the Related
Documents for a period of one (1) year and one (1) day following the termination
of all obligations under the Related Documents.
The Transferor Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an
interest in, the Transferor, the Master Servicer, GE Commercial Distribution
Finance Corporation, Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, General
Electric Capital Services, Inc., General Electric Capital Corporation or General
Electric Company, the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no
recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be
expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement or the
Related Documents.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed
by an Authorized Officer of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Transferor
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
This Transferor Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware, without reference to its conflict of law provisions,
and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be
determined in accordance with such laws.
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity has caused this Transferor Certificate to be duly executed.
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
By: The Bank of New York (Delaware),
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Transferor Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned
Trust Agreement.
The Bank of New York (Delaware),
as Trustee
By: _____________________________________
Authorized Officer
Date: [____________], 200[_]
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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EXHIBIT B
to Trust Agreement
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust (the
"Trust") is being duly executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the
undersigned, as owner trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq.) (the "Act").
1. Name. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is "GE Dealer
Floorplan Master Note Trust. "
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the owner trustee
of the Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), White
Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon
filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of
Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as owner trustee
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement
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Exhibit 4.5
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.
Seller
DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Servicer
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
Trustee
Distribution Financial Services Floorplan Master Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I Definitions.............................................................. 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions......................................................... 1
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions....................................... 24
SECTION 1.3. Provisions Relating to Rating Agencies.............................. 25
ARTICLE II Conveyance of Receivables................................................ 25
SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of Receivables........................................... 25
SECTION 2.2. Acceptance by Trustee............................................... 27
SECTION 2.3. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to
the Seller and the Agreement...................................... 27
SECTION 2.4. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to
the Receivables................................................... 30
SECTION 2.5. Addition of Accounts................................................ 31
SECTION 2.6. Covenants of the Seller............................................. 34
SECTION 2.7. Removal of Eligible Accounts........................................ 36
SECTION 2.8. Removal of Ineligible Accounts...................................... 37
SECTION 2.9. Sale of Ineligible Receivables...................................... 39
SECTION 2.10. Removal of Receivables in Connection with Overconcentration
Amount............................................................ 39
ARTICLE III Administration and Servicing of Receivables.............................. 39
SECTION 3.1. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to
the Servicer...................................................... 39
SECTION 3.2. Servicing Compensation.............................................. 41
SECTION 3.3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer........... 41
SECTION 3.4. Reports and Records for the Trustee................................. 44
SECTION 3.5. Annual Servicer's Certificate and Assertion......................... 44
SECTION 3.6. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Attestation and
Agreed Upon Procedures Report..................................... 45
SECTION 3.7. Tax Treatment....................................................... 45
SECTION 3.8. Notices to DFS...................................................... 46
SECTION 3.9. Adjustments......................................................... 46
ARTICLE IV Rights of Holders and Allocation and Application of Collections.......... 46
SECTION 4.1. Rights of Holders................................................... 46
SECTION 4.2. Establishment of the Collection Account............................. 47
SECTION 4.3. Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds......... 48
SECTION 4.4. Unallocated Principal Collections................................... 49
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SECTION 4.5. Allocations to the Dealer Overconcentration
Series............................................................ 49
ARTICLE V Distributions and Reports to Certificateholders.......................... 50
ARTICLE VI The Certificates......................................................... 50
SECTION 6.1. The Certificates.................................................... 50
SECTION 6.2. Authentication of Certificates...................................... 50
SECTION 6.3. New Issuances....................................................... 51
SECTION 6.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates............... 53
SECTION 6.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates................... 55
SECTION 6.6. Persons Deemed Owners............................................... 55
SECTION 6.7. Access to List of Registered Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses......................................................... 55
SECTION 6.8. Book-Entry Certificates............................................. 56
SECTION 6.9. Notices to Depository............................................... 57
SECTION 6.10. Definitive Certificates............................................. 57
SECTION 6.11. Global Certificate; Exchange Date................................... 57
SECTION 6.12. Meetings of Certificateholders...................................... 58
ARTICLE VII Other Matters Relating to the Seller..................................... 60
SECTION 7.1. Liability of the Seller............................................. 60
SECTION 7.2. Limitation on Liability of the Seller............................... 60
SECTION 7.3. Seller Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee................. 60
SECTION 7.4. Liabilities......................................................... 61
ARTICLE VIII Other Matters Relating to the Servicer................................... 61
SECTION 8.1. Liability of the Servicer........................................... 61
SECTION 8.2. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of, the Obligations
of the Servicer................................................... 61
SECTION 8.3. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.................. 62
SECTION 8.4. Servicer Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee............... 62
SECTION 8.5. The Servicer Not to Resign.......................................... 63
SECTION 8.6. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Receivables......................................... 63
SECTION 8.7. Delegation of Duties................................................ 63
SECTION 8.8. Examination of Records.............................................. 63
SECTION 8.9. Custodial Arrangements.............................................. 64
ARTICLE IX Early Amortization Events................................................ 64
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SECTION 9.1. Early Amortization Events........................................... 64
SECTION 9.2. Additional Rights Upon the Occurrence of Certain Events............. 66
ARTICLE X Servicer Defaults........................................................ 67
SECTION 10.1. Servicer Defaults................................................... 67
SECTION 10.2. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor............................ 69
ARTICLE XI The Trustee.............................................................. 70
SECTION 11.1. Duties of Trustee................................................... 70
SECTION 11.2. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee............................... 72
SECTION 11.3. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Certificates..................... 73
SECTION 11.4. Trustee May Own Certificates........................................ 74
SECTION 11.5. The Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses..................... 74
SECTION 11.6. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee................................ 74
SECTION 11.7. Resignation or Removal of Trustee................................... 75
SECTION 11.8. Successor Trustee................................................... 75
SECTION 11.9. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.................................. 76
SECTION 11.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee....................... 76
SECTION 11.11. Tax Returns......................................................... 77
SECTION 11.12. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Certificates....... 77
SECTION 11.13. Suits for Enforcement............................................... 78
SECTION 11.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee........................... 78
SECTION 11.15. Maintenance of Office or Agency..................................... 78
ARTICLE XII Termination.............................................................. 78
SECTION 12.1. Termination of Trust................................................ 78
SECTION 12.2. Final Distribution.................................................. 79
SECTION 12.3. Seller's Termination Rights......................................... 80
ARTICLE XIII Miscellaneous Provisions................................................. 80
SECTION 13.1. Amendment........................................................... 80
SECTION 13.2. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Trust.................... 82
SECTION 13.3. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.......................... 83
SECTION 13.4. No Petition......................................................... 84
SECTION 13.5. GOVERNING LAW....................................................... 84
SECTION 13.6. Notices............................................................. 84
SECTION 13.7. Severability of Provisions.......................................... 85
SECTION 13.8. Assignment.......................................................... 85
SECTION 13.9. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid........................... 85
SECTION 13.10. Further Assurances.................................................. 85
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SECTION 13.11. No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies...................................... 85
SECTION 13.12. Counterparts........................................................ 85
SECTION 13.13. Third-Party Beneficiaries........................................... 85
SECTION 13.14. Actions by Certificateholders....................................... 85
SECTION 13.15. Rule 144A Information............................................... 86
SECTION 13.16. Action by Trustee................................................... 86
SECTION 13.17. Merger and Integration.............................................. 86
SECTION 13.18. Headings............................................................ 86
SECTION 13.19. Continued Effectiveness of the Existing Pooling and
Servicing Agreement............................................... 86
SECTION 13.20. Submission to Jurisdiction.......................................... 86
SECTION 13.21. Actions by Seller on Behalf of Trust................................ 87
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A [Reserved]
Exhibit B Form of Assignment of Receivables in Additional Accounts
Exhibit C Form of Annual Servicer's Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Legends
Exhibit E [Reserved]
Exhibit F Forms of Certificates for European Transfer
Exhibit G Forms of Opinions of Counsel
Exhibit H Form of Reassignment of Receivables in Removed Accounts
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 List of Accounts
Schedule 2 Designation of Collection Account
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AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of
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April 1, 2000, among DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, as Seller, DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, a Nevada
corporation, as Servicer, and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee.
WHEREAS, each party hereto executed a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of December 1, 1993, an amended and restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 1994, an amendment, dated as of January
24, 1996 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and an amended and restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 1996 (as so amended and
restated, the "Existing Pooling and Servicing Agreement") and now wishes to
amend and restate the Existing Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, each party agrees to amend and restate the Existing Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries to the extent provided
herein, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Account" shall mean each Initial Account and, from and after the
related Addition Date, each Additional Account. The term "Account" shall not
apply to any Removed Accounts reassigned or assigned to the Seller or the
Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Accounts Receivable" shall mean, with respect to any Dealer, all
amounts shown on such Dealer's records as amounts payable by a customer in
respect of goods or services sold by such Dealer to such customer.
"Accounts Receivable Business" shall mean the extensions of credit
made by DFS or an Approved Affiliate to Dealers in order to finance the Accounts
Receivable of such Dealers.
"Accounts Receivable Financing Agreement" shall mean an accounts
receivable financing agreement entered into by DFS or an Approved Affiliate with
a Dealer in connection with the Accounts Receivable Business with such Dealer.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Addition Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5(c).
"Addition Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.5(c).
"Additional Accounts" shall mean each individual revolving credit
arrangement established by DFS or an Approved Affiliate with a Dealer in
connection with the Floorplan Business, the Accounts Receivable Business, or the
Asset Based Lending Business, which account is designated pursuant to Section
2.5(a) or (b) to be included as an Account and is identified in a computer file
or microfiche or written list delivered to the Trustee by the Seller pursuant to
Sections 2.1 and 2.5(d).
"Additional Cut-Off Date" shall mean, with respect to Additional
Accounts, the day specified in the Addition Notice delivered with respect to
such Additional Accounts pursuant to Section 2.5(c).
"Adjustment Payment" shall have the meaning specified in Section
3.9.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any
other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with
respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the Person (if any)
so designated in the related Supplement.
"Agreement" shall mean this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the
same may from time to time be amended or supplemented, including, with respect
to any Series or Class, by the related Supplement.
"Allocable Miscellaneous Payments" shall mean, with respect to any
Series and for any Collection Period, the product of the amount of Miscellaneous
Payments for such Collection Period and a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Invested Amount for such Series immediately prior to the following
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Trust Invested Amount as
of such time.
"Applicants" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.7.
"Appointment Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Approved Affiliate" shall mean any Affiliate of DFS if the Rating
Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to designating such Affiliate
as an Approved Affiliate.
"A/R Receivable Overconcentration" on any Determination Date shall
mean the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of all amounts of Principal
Receivables in Accounts created pursuant to Accounts Receivable Financing
Agreements as of the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding
such Determination Date over (b) 20% of the Pool Balance on the last day of such
immediately preceding Collection Period or, if the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied, such larger percentage of such Pool Balance as is stated in the
applicable notice from each applicable Rating Agency in connection with the
satisfaction of such Rating Agency Condition.
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"A/R Receivables" shall mean Receivables arising from the Accounts
Receivable Business.
"Asset Based Lending Business" shall mean the extensions of credit
made by DFS or an Approved Affiliate to Dealers in order to provide loans based
on the value of certain assets of such Dealer and generally secured by a first
priority security interest in such assets.
"Asset Based Lending Financing Agreement" shall mean an asset based
lending financing agreement entered into by DFS or an Approved Affiliate and a
Dealer in connection with the Asset Based Lending Business with such Dealer.
"Asset Based Receivable Overconcentration" on any Determination Date
shall mean the excess of (a) the aggregate of all amounts of Principal
Receivables in Accounts created pursuant to Asset Based Lending Financing
Agreements on the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such
Determination Date over (b) 20% of the Pool Balance on the last day of such
immediately preceding Collection Period or, if the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied, such larger percentage of such Pool Balance as is stated in the
applicable notice from each applicable Rating Agency in connection with the
satisfaction of such Rating Agency Condition.
"Asset Based Receivables" shall mean Receivables arising from the
Asset Based Lending Business.
"Assignment" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5(d).
"Authorized European Newspaper" shall mean a daily newspaper, in the
official language of the country of publication, customarily published at least
once a day for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general
circulation in Luxembourg (or, if not practical in Luxembourg, in Europe)
including, without limitation, the Luxemburger Wort.
"Authorized Newspaper" shall mean any newspaper or newspapers of
general circulation in New York City customarily published on each Business Day,
whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
"Automatic Addition Condition" shall mean, with respect to the
addition of Accounts pursuant to Section 2.5(c), that, as of the related Notice
Date, (i) during the calendar quarter in which such addition occurs, the number
of new Accounts for Dealers that are financing products of the type already
being financed by DFS and purchasing such products from Existing Manufacturers
does not exceed 5% of the number of all Accounts at the end of the preceding
calendar quarter, (ii) during the twelve months ending at the beginning of such
calendar quarter, the number of such new Accounts does not exceed 20% of the
number of all Accounts at the beginning of such twelve month period, (iii) the
average for the three months preceding the month of such addition of the
aggregate balance of Receivables that have been SAU or NSF for more than 30 days
does not exceed 1.25% of the Pool Balance at the end of the month preceding the
month of such addition, and (iv) the annualized average for such three month
period of the net losses incurred in respect of the Receivables does not exceed
1.75% of the Pool Balance at the end of the month preceding the month of such
addition. An Account that is removed from the Trust pursuant to Section 2.7 for
the purpose of permitting DFS or the
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related Approved Affiliate to convey a Participation Interest in the receivables
arising in such Account and, after such Participation Interest is created, is
designated as an Additional Account pursuant to Section 2.5 and has an Addition
Date that is no more than 45 days after its Removal Date, shall not be a "new
Account" for purposes of this definition.
"Beneficiary" shall mean any of the Holders of the Investor
Certificates, any of the Holders of the Dealer Overconcentration Series and any
Enhancement Provider.
"Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.4(c).
"Book-Entry Certificates" shall mean beneficial interests in the
Investor Certificates, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through
book entries by a Depository as described in Section 6.8.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than (a) a Saturday or a
Sunday or (b) another day on which banking institutions in the state in which
the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or obligated by law,
executive order or governmental decree to be closed.
"Cedel" shall mean Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres S.A.
"Certificate" shall mean any of the Investor Certificates or the
Seller's Certificates.
"Certificate Owner" shall mean, with respect to a Book-Entry
Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Certificate.
"Certificate Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Series or Class,
the interest rate, if any, specified therefor in the related Supplement;
provided, however, that the Dealer Overconcentration Series shall not have a
Certificate Rate.
"Certificate Register" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.4.
"Certificateholder" shall mean an Investor Certificateholder or a
Person in whose name any one of the Seller's Certificates is registered.
"Certificateholders' Interest" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.1.
"Class" shall mean, with respect to any Series, any one of the
classes of Investor Certificates of that Series.
"Closing Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the Closing
Date specified in the related Supplement.
"Collateral Security" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable,
(i) the security interest, if any, granted by or on behalf of the related Dealer
with respect thereto, including a first priority perfected security interest in
the related Products, Accounts Receivable or assets, (ii) all other security
interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to
secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the agreement giving rise
to such
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Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements signed by a
Dealer describing any collateral securing such Receivable, (iii) all guarantees,
insurance and other agreements (including Floorplan Agreements and subordination
agreements with other lenders) or arrangements of whatever character from time
to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable whether pursuant to
the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or otherwise, and (iv) all Records
in respect of such Receivable.
"Collection Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.2.
"Collection Period" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Collections" shall mean, without duplication, all payments by or on
behalf of Dealers received by the Servicer in respect of the Receivables
(including proceeds from the realization upon any Collateral Security), in the
form of cash, checks, wire transfers or any other form of payment. Collections
of Non-Principal Receivables shall include all Recoveries.
"Common Depositary" shall mean the Person specified as such in the
applicable Supplement, in its capacity as common depositary for the respective
accounts of any Foreign Clearing Agencies.
"Concentration Limit Percentage" shall have the meaning contemplated
by the definition of Dealer Concentration Limit.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean the principal office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is
located at 450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10001,
Attention: Capital Markets Fiduciary Services, Deutsche Floorplan Receivables.
"Cut-Off Date" shall mean October 31, 1993.
"Date of Processing" shall mean, with respect to any transaction,
the date on which such transaction is first recorded on the Servicer's computer
file of accounts (without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
"Dealer" shall mean a Person engaged generally in the business of
purchasing consumer or commercial products from a manufacturer or distributor
thereof and holding such Products for sale or lease in the ordinary course of
business or a Person engaged generally in the business of manufacturing or
distributing Products for sale to Dealers in the ordinary course of business.
"Dealer Overconcentration" shall be determined by the Servicer on
each Determination Date. A Dealer Overconcentration shall exist with respect to
a Dealer (an "Overconcentrated Dealer") if the aggregate amount of the Principal
Receivables owed by such Dealer exceeds the applicable Dealer Concentration
Limit. "Dealer Concentration Limit" is a dollar amount calculated as a
percentage of the Pool Balance as of the end of each Collection Period (the
"Concentration Limit Percentage"). If the Dealer is among the fifteen Dealers
owing the largest amount of Principal Receivables as of the end of a Collection
Period (the "Top 15
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Dealers"), the Concentration Limit Percentage as of April 20, 2000 is 3%. If the
Dealer is not among the Top 15 Dealers, the Concentration Limit Percentage as of
April 20, 2000 is 2%. The Concentration Limit Percentage for Top 15 Dealers, as
well as the Concentration Limit Percentage for the other Dealers, may be
increased or decreased from time to time by the Seller upon notice to the
Trustee and the Servicer without the consent of any Investor Certificateholder
if the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection with that
increase or decrease. For purposes of the definitions of Dealer
Overconcentration, Overconcentrated Dealer and Top 15 Dealers, a Dealer and all
of its Affiliates that are Dealers shall be considered to be a single Dealer.
For so long as a Dealer Overconcentration exists, allocations of Principal
Collections, Non-Principal Collections, Defaulted Amounts and Miscellaneous
Payments related to an Overconcentrated Dealer shall be allocated in accordance
with Section 4.5.
"Dealer Overconcentration Series" shall mean an uncertificated
Series known as the "Distribution Financial Services Floorplan Master Trust
Dealer Overconcentration Series."
"Defaulted Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean an amount
(which shall not be less than zero) equal to (a) the sum for all the Accounts of
the amount of Principal Receivables which became Defaulted Receivables during
the immediately preceding Collection Period (or with respect to a particular
Dealer, the amount of Principal Receivables of such Dealer which became
Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period) minus (b) the full amount
of any such Defaulted Receivables for such Collection Period which are subject
to reassignment or assignment to the Seller or the Servicer in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement (or, with respect to a particular Dealer, the full
amount of such Defaulted Receivables of such Dealer which are subject to
reassignment or assignment to the Seller or the Servicer in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement); provided, however, that, if an Insolvency Event occurs
with respect to the Seller, the amounts of such Defaulted Receivables which are
subject to reassignment to the Seller shall not be included in clause (b) and,
if an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Servicer, the amount of such
Defaulted Receivables which are subject to assignment to the Servicer shall not
be included in clause (b).
"Defaulted Receivables" on any Determination Date shall mean (a) all
Receivables (other than all of the Ineligible Receivables) in an Account which
are charged off as uncollectible in respect of the immediately preceding
Collection Period in accordance with the Servicer's customary and usual
servicing procedures for servicing Dealer receivables comparable to the
Receivables which have not been sold to third parties and (b) all Receivables
which were Eligible Receivables when transferred to the Trust on the initial
Closing Date or the related Addition Date or on their respective Transfer Date,
which arose in an Account that thereafter became an Ineligible Account and which
remained outstanding for any six consecutive Determination Dates (inclusive of
the Determination Date on which such determination is being made) after such
Account became an Ineligible Account.
"Definitive Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.8.
"Definitive Euro-Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.11.
"Delayed Funding Receivable" shall mean a Receivable in respect of
which the related Floorplan Agreement permits DFS or an Approved Affiliate to
delay payment of the
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purchase price of the related Product to the Manufacturer for a specified period
after the invoice date for such Product; provided that such Receivable shall be
a Delayed Funding Receivable only until DFS or such Approved Affiliate funds the
payment of such purchase price. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, then the Receivables referred to in
the preceding sentence shall not be Delayed Funding Receivables and the
provisions herein relating to Delayed Funding Receivables shall no longer be of
any force or effect.
"Deposit Date" shall mean each day on which the Servicer deposits
Collections in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.
"Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, as initial
Depository, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall at all times be a
"clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial
Code of the State of New York.
"Depository Agreement" shall mean, with respect to any Series or
Class, an agreement among the Trust, the Trustee and the initial Depository. The
Seller is hereby authorized to enter into each Depository Agreement on behalf of
the Trust.
"Depository Participant" shall mean a broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
"Designated Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.8(b).
"Designated Balance" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.8(b).
"Determination Date" with respect to any Distribution Date shall
mean the day that is two Business Days prior to such Distribution Date.
"Deutsche FRI" shall mean Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, and its successors and assigns.
"Deutsche FRLP" shall mean Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, and its successors.
"Deutsche FRLP Certificate" shall mean the certificate executed by
the Seller and authenticated by the Trustee, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to the Existing Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Deutsche North America" shall mean Deutsche Bank Americas Holding
Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its successors in interest.
"DFS" shall mean Deutsche Financial Services Corporation, a Nevada
corporation, and its successors and assigns.
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"Discount Factor" shall initially mean 0.50% and shall be adjusted
as provided in this definition. If on any Distribution Date the Net Receivables
Rate for such Distribution Date less (i) the weighted average of the Certificate
Rates (as determined in accordance with this definition) for all outstanding
Series (other than the Dealer Overconcentration Series) for such Distribution
Date less (ii) the annualized Net Loss Rate for the preceding twelve Collection
Periods is less than 1%, then the Discount Factor for such Distribution Date
shall be adjusted upwards, rounded up to the nearest 0.1% (but in no event to
exceed 1%), so that the Net Receivables Rate less the rate in clause (i) less
the rate in clause (ii) shall be equal to 1%; and the Discount Factor shall
remain at such adjusted percentage until it is further adjusted by the terms of
this sentence or either of the following two sentences. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Seller, at its discretion, may increase or decrease the Discount
Factor, but in no event shall the Discount Factor exceed 1% or be less than the
percentage required by the immediately preceding sentence or be greater than the
percentage required by the next sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
application of the Discount Factor would cause the Pool Balance to be less than
the Required Participation Amount, then the Discount Factor shall be the
percentage (which shall in no event be less than 0%), rounded down to the
nearest 0.1%, which, when applied, shall cause the Pool Balance to at least
equal the Required Participation Amount. For purposes of this definition, (i) if
a Certificate Rate is calculated as the lesser of (x) a fixed rate or a formula
rate and (y) the Net Receivables Rate, then such Certificate Rate shall be the
rate in clause (x) and (ii) if an interest rate swap agreement provides the
interest distributable on a Series or Class of Investor Certificates, then the
Certificate Rate for such Series or Class of Investor Certificates shall be the
interest rate payable by the Trust to the related swap counterparty.
"Discount Portion" shall mean, with respect to a Receivable, the
portion thereof equal to the product of the Discount Factor and the outstanding
principal balance of such Receivable.
"Distribution Date" shall mean the fifteenth day of each month or,
if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Distribution Date Statement" shall mean, with respect to any
Series, a report prepared by the Servicer on each Determination Date for the
immediately preceding Collection Period in substantially the form set forth in
the related Supplement.
"Duff & Phelps" shall mean Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. or its
successor.
"Early Amortization Event" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 9.1 and, with respect to any Series, shall also mean any Early
Amortization Event specified in the related Supplement.
"Early Amortization Period" shall mean, with respect to any Series,
the period beginning at the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the day on which the Early Amortization Event is deemed to have
occurred and ending upon the earliest to occur of (a) the payment in full to the
Investor Certificateholders of such Series of the Invested Amount with respect
to such Series, (b) the Termination Date with respect to such Series and (c) if
such Early Amortization Period has resulted from the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(a), the end of the first Collection
Period during which an Early
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Amortization Event would no longer be deemed to exist pursuant to Section
9.1(a), so long as no other Early Amortization Event with respect to such Series
shall have occurred and the scheduled termination of the Revolving Period with
respect to such Series shall not have occurred. The Dealer Overconcentration
Series shall not have an Early Amortization Period.
"Eligible Account" shall mean each individual revolving credit
arrangement payable in U.S. dollars and established by DFS or an Approved
Affiliate with a Dealer in the ordinary course of business pursuant to a
Financing Agreement, which arrangement, as of the date of determination with
respect thereto: (a) is in favor of a Dealer (i) which is doing business in the
United States of America (including its territories and possessions), (ii) which
has not been identified by the Servicer as being the subject of any voluntary or
involuntary bankruptcy proceeding or being in a voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, and (iii) in which the direct controlling shareholder of DFS (which
is currently Deutsche North America) or any Affiliate thereof does not have an
equity investment, (b) is in existence and maintained and serviced by DFS or an
Approved Affiliate and (c) is an Account in respect of which no amounts have
been charged off as uncollectible.
"Eligible Deposit Account" shall mean either (a) a segregated
account with an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the
corporate trust department of a depository institution or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the
states thereof, or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign
bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited
in such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository institution
or trust company shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of
its rating categories which signifies investment grade.
"Eligible Institution" shall mean (a) the corporate trust department
of the Trustee or (b) a depository institution or trust company organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof, or
the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which at
all times (i) has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A2 or better
by Moody's, AAA by Standard & Poor's and, if Fitch has rated such debt, AA- or
better by Fitch or such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency,
as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Trustee or (B) a
certificate of deposit rating of P-1 by Moody's, A-1+ by Standard & Poor's and,
if Fitch has rated such certificate of deposit, F-1+ by Fitch or such other
rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from
such Rating Agency to the Trustee and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the
FDIC. If so qualified, the Trustee may be considered an Eligible Institution for
the purposes of clause (b) of this definition.
"Eligible Investments" shall mean book-entry securities, negotiable
instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered
form having original or remaining maturities of 30 days or less, but in no event
occurring later than the Distribution Date next succeeding the Trustee's
acquisition thereof, which evidence:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment by, the United States of America;
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(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of
any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic branch
of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal
or state banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however,
that at the time of the Trust's investment or contractual commitment to
invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt
obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on
the credit of a person or entity other than such depository institution or
trust company) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating
Agencies in the Highest Investment Category granted thereby;
(c) commercial paper having, at the time of the Trust's investment
or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the
Rating Agencies in the Highest Investment Category granted thereby;
(d) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of
the Rating Agencies in the Highest Investment Category granted thereby or
otherwise approved in writing thereby;
(e) bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company referred to in clause (b) above;
(f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a
direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America
or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in
either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (b); and
(g) any other investment as to which (x) the Rating Agency
Condition has been satisfied and (y) the Seller certifies will not result
in the Seller or the Trust becoming an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act.
"Eligible Receivable" shall mean each Receivable:
(a) which was originated or acquired by DFS or the related
Approved Affiliate in the ordinary course of business;
(b) which arose under an Eligible Account;
(c) which is owned by DFS or the related Approved Affiliate at the
time of sale or contribution by DFS or the related Approved Affiliate to
the Seller;
(d) which represents the obligation of a Dealer to repay an
advance made or to be made to or on behalf of such Dealer (i) to finance
the acquisition of Products or (ii) in connection with the Accounts
Receivable Business or the Asset Based Lending Business;
(e) which at the time of creation and, except at the Closing Date
for the initial Series in the case of Receivables in respect of which the
related financed Product has been sold, at the time of transfer to the
Trust is secured, to the extent required by the
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related Financing Agreement, by, inter alia, a first priority perfected
security interest (whether by prior filing, purchase money security
interest statutory priority, or subordination agreement from prior filers
or otherwise) in the related Product, Accounts Receivable other assets
financed by the related advance (except that such security interest need
not be a first priority security interest (x) in the case of a Receivable
arising in an Account for which the payment terms are on a scheduled
payment plan basis and the maximum credit line is $250,000 or less and
which was included as an Account hereunder on or before the Closing Date
for Series 1994-1 or (y) in the case of any Receivable if the Rating
Agency Condition is satisfied with respect thereto); and the perfection of
such security interest is governed by the laws of one or more of the
states of the United States, the District of Columbia or, if the Rating
Agency Condition is satisfied, a territory or possession of the United
States;
(f) which was created in compliance in all respects with all
Requirements of Law applicable thereto and pursuant to a Financing
Agreement which complies in all respects with all Requirements of Law
applicable to any party thereto;
(g) with respect to which all consents, licenses, approvals or
authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with, any Governmental
Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by DFS, the related
Approved Affiliate or the Seller in connection with the creation of such
Receivable or the transfer thereof to the Trust or the execution, delivery
and performance by DFS or the related Approved Affiliate of the Financing
Agreement pursuant to which such Receivable was created, have been duly
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect;
(h) as to which at all times following the transfer of such
Receivable to the Trust, the Trust shall have (x) good and marketable
title thereto free and clear of all Liens arising prior to the transfer or
arising at any time other than Liens permitted by this Agreement, or (y) a
first priority perfected security interest therein and in the related
Collateral Security (and in the proceeds thereof);
(i) which shall at all times be the legal, valid, binding and
assignable payment obligation of the Dealer relating thereto, enforceable
against such Dealer in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in
effect, affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of
equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(j) which at the time of transfer to the Trust is not subject to
any valid claim of a right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or any
other defense (including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws)
of the Dealer;
(k) as to which, at the time of transfer of such Receivable to the
Trust, DFS, the related Approved Affiliate and the Seller have satisfied
all their respective obligations with respect to such Receivable required
to be satisfied at such time (whether pursuant to the related Financing
Agreement, the related Floorplan Agreement or otherwise);
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(l) as to which, at the time of transfer of such Receivable to the
Trust, neither DFS, the related Approved Affiliate nor the Seller has
taken or failed to take any action which would impair the rights of the
Trust or the Certificateholders therein;
(m) which constitutes "chattel paper", an "account" or a "general
intangible", and is not represented by an "instrument," each as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC as then in effect in the State of Missouri; provided
that the Financing Agreement giving rise to such Receivable may be subject
by its terms, or by judicial interpretation, to the laws of other states;
(n) with respect to which the representations set forth in
Sections 2.4(a)(i) and (ii) were correct as of the Transfer Date with
respect thereto; and
(o) if such Receivable has the benefit of a Floorplan Agreement,
such Floorplan Agreement provides that the related Manufacturer is
obligated, subject to the specific terms of such Floorplan Agreement
(which may vary among Floorplan Agreements), to repurchase Products that
the Servicer repossesses upon a default by the related Dealer.
"Eligible Servicer" shall mean the Trustee or an entity which, at
the time of its appointment as Servicer, (a) is legally qualified and has the
capacity to service the Accounts, (b) has demonstrated the ability to
professionally and competently service a portfolio of similar accounts in
accordance with high standards of skill and care and (c) is qualified to use the
software that is then currently being used to service the Accounts or obtains
the right to use or has its own software which is adequate to perform its duties
under this Agreement.
"Enhancement" shall mean the rights and benefits provided to the
Investor Certificateholders of any Series or Class pursuant to any letter of
credit, surety bond, cash collateral account, spread account, guaranteed rate
agreement, maturity liquidity facility, tax protection agreement, interest rate
swap agreement or other similar arrangement. The subordination of any Series or
Class to any other Series or Class or of the Seller's Interest to any Series or
Class shall be deemed to be an Enhancement. Enhancement provided to a particular
Series or Class shall not be available to another Series or Class unless the
applicable Enhancement Agreement otherwise provides.
"Enhancement Agreement" shall mean any agreement, instrument or
document governing the terms of any Enhancement or pursuant to which any
Enhancement is issued or outstanding.
"Enhancement Provider" shall mean the Person providing any
Enhancement, other than any Certificateholders (including any holders of the
Seller's Certificates) the Certificates of which are subordinated to any Series
or Class.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
"Euroclear Operator" shall mean Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New
York, Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear System.
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"Exchange Date" shall mean any date that is after the Series
Issuance Date, in the case of Definitive Euro-Certificates in registered form,
or upon presentation of certification of non-United States beneficial ownership
(as described in Section 6.11), in the case of Definitive Euro-Certificates in
bearer form.
"Existing Manufacturer" shall mean (i) each Manufacturer with which
DFS has entered into a business arrangement, either through a Floorplan
Agreement or any other arrangement, on or prior to the Closing Date for Series
1994-1, (ii) each Manufacturer with which DFS enters into such a business
arrangement after the Closing Date for Series 1994-1 so long as the aggregate
balances of the Receivables subject to such Floorplan Agreement do not exceed
lesser of (a) 1% of the Pool Balance at the beginning of the Collection Period
in which the addition of the related Additional Account occurs and (b) $25
million and (iii) each Manufacturer with which DFS enters into such a business
arrangement after the Closing Date for Series 1994-1 and as to which the Rating
Agency Condition is satisfied.
"Existing Pooling and Servicing Agreement" shall have the meaning
set forth in the recitals.
"FDIC" shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
successor entity thereto.
"Final Maturity Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.1.
"Financing Agreement" shall mean any Wholesale Financing Agreement,
Accounts Receivable Financing Agreement or Asset Based Lending Financing
Agreement.
"Financing Guidelines" shall mean DFS's written policies and
procedures, as such policies and procedures may be amended from time to time,
(a) relating to the operation of the Floorplan Business, the Accounts Receivable
Business and the Asset Based Lending Business, including the written policies
and procedures for determining the interest rate, if any, charged to Dealers,
the other terms and conditions relating to DFS's wholesale financing accounts,
the creditworthiness of Dealers and the extension of credit to Dealers, and (b)
relating to the maintenance of accounts and collection of receivables.
"Fitch" shall mean Fitch IBCA, Inc. or its successor.
"Floorplan Agreement" shall mean an agreement, entered into by DFS
or the related Approved Affiliate and a Manufacturer pursuant to which such
Manufacturer agrees, among other matters, to repurchase from DFS or such
Approved Affiliate, as applicable, Products sold by such Manufacturer to any of
its Dealers and financed by DFS or such Approved Affiliate under a Wholesale
Financing Agreement if DFS or such Approved Affiliate acquires possession of
such Products because of a default by such Dealer under such Wholesale Financing
Agreement, voluntary surrender or other circumstances.
"Floorplan Business" shall mean the extensions of credit made by DFS
or the related Approved Affiliate to Dealers in order to finance Products
purchased by Dealers from Manufacturers.
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"Floorplan Receivables" shall mean Receivables arising from the
Floorplan Business.
"Foreign Clearing Agency" shall mean Cedel and the Euroclear
Operator.
"Global Certificate" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.11.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean the United States of America,
any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
"Highest Investment Category" means, with respect to a Rating
Agency, the highest long-term or short-term rating given by that Rating Agency
with respect to long-term or short-term obligations or investments, as the case
may be.
"Holder" shall mean a Certificateholder.
"Ineligible Account" shall mean an Account that at the time of
determination is not an Eligible Account.
"Ineligible Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean the amount
of Ineligible Receivables included in the Trust on such Determination Date.
"Ineligible Receivable" shall mean, without duplication, (i) any
Receivable that arises in an Eligible Account, was not an Eligible Receivable at
the time of its transfer to the Trust and was transferred to the Trust in
accordance with Section 2.9, (ii) any Receivable that, at the time of its
transfer to the Trust, has been SAU or NSF for more than 30 days, and (iii) the
aggregate of Receivables that, at the time of transfer of each such Receivable
to the Trust, have been SAU or NSF for a period of one to 30 days but only to
the extent that such aggregate amount exceeds 0.75% of the Pool Balance at the
end of such Collection Period.
"Initial Account" shall mean each individual revolving credit
arrangement established by DFS or an Approved Affiliate with a Dealer which was
identified in the computer file or microfiche or written list delivered to the
Trustee on the Closing Date for the Series issued in 1993 by the Seller pursuant
to Section 2.1.
"Initial Invested Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Series and
for any date, an amount equal to the initial invested amount specified in the
related Supplement. The Initial Invested Amount for any Series may be increased
or decreased from time to time as specified in the related Supplement. However,
the Dealer Overconcentration Series shall not have an Initial Invested Amount.
"Insolvency Event" shall mean any event specified in Section 9.1(b)
or 9.1(c).
"Insolvency Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in Section
9.2(b).
"Insurance Proceeds" with respect to an Account shall mean any
amounts received by the Servicer pursuant to any policy of insurance which are
required to be paid to
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DFS pursuant to a Wholesale Financing Agreement, Accounts Receivable Financing
Agreement or Asset Based Lending Financing Agreement.
"Internal Revenue Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
"Invested Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Series and at the
time of determination thereof, an amount equal to the invested amount specified
in the related Supplement at such time. However, the Dealer Overconcentration
Series shall not have an Invested Amount.
"Investment Company Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
"Investor Certificateholder" shall mean the Person in whose name a
Registered Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register or the bearer
of any Global Certificate and, with respect to the Dealer Overconcentration
Series, shall mean the Person or Persons in whose name an interest in the Dealer
Overconcentration Series is registered in the Certificate Register.
"Investor Certificates" shall mean any one of the certificates
(including the Registered Certificates or any Global Certificate) executed by
the Seller and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in
the form attached to the related Supplement other than the Seller's
Certificates. The Dealer Overconcentration Series shall not be evidenced by any
certificate.
"Investors' Servicing Fee" shall mean the portion of the Servicing
Fee allocable to the Investor Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of the
Supplements.
"Lien" shall mean any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), preference, participation interest, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and
the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any
jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing; provided, however, that (i) any
assignment permitted by Section 8.2, (ii) any Lien created by this Agreement,
any Supplement or any Participation Agreement, (iii) any security interests in
Products or Accounts Receivable that are subordinate to the security interests
securing the related Receivables and (iv) any inchoate lien that arises by
operation of law, is not delinquent or due and affects collateral securing a
Receivable (but does not encumber any Receivable) shall not be deemed to
constitute a Lien.
"Manager" shall mean the lead manager, manager or co-manager or
person performing a similar function with respect to an offering of Definitive
Euro-Certificates.
"Manufacturer" shall mean a Person engaged generally in the business
of manufacturing or distributing Products for sale or lease to Dealers in the
ordinary course of business.
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"Manufacturer Overconcentration" on any Determination Date shall
mean, with respect to all Accounts covered by a Floorplan Agreement with the
same Manufacturer as obligor, the excess of (a) the aggregate of all amounts of
Principal Receivables in such Accounts on the last day of the Collection Period
immediately preceding such Determination Date that are covered by such Floorplan
Agreement over (b) 15% of the Pool Balance on the last day of such immediately
preceding Collection Period or, if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied,
such larger percentage of such Pool Balance as is stated in the notice from each
applicable Rating Agency in connection with the satisfaction of such Rating
Agency Condition.
"Miscellaneous Payments" shall mean, with respect to any Collection
Period and the related Distribution Date, the sum of (a) Adjustment Payments and
Transfer Deposit Amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on such
Distribution Date and (b) Unallocated Principal Collections available to be
treated as Miscellaneous Payments pursuant to Section 4.4 on such Distribution
Date.
"Monthly Payment Rate" shall mean, unless otherwise specified for a
Series in the related Supplement, for any Collection Period, the percentage
derived from dividing the Principal Collections (without excluding therefrom the
Discount Portions) collected during such Collection Period by the aggregate
balance of the Principal Receivables (without deducting therefrom the Discount
Portions) as of the beginning of such Collection Period.
"Monthly Servicing Fee" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
amount specified therefor in the related Supplement.
"Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or its
successor.
"Net Loss Rate" shall mean, with respect to a Collection Period, the
percentage derived from a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of
the net losses on Receivables (exclusive of the Ineligible Receivables) that
were charged off during such Collection Period (i.e., gross losses less any
recoveries (including recoveries from Collateral Security) received in such
Collection Period in respect of charged off Receivables, whether such charge off
occurred in such Collection Period or a prior Collection Period) and the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the Principal Receivables (without
deducting therefrom the Discount Portions) in the Trust at the beginning of such
Collection Period.
"Net Receivables Rate" shall mean, with respect to a Distribution
Date and unless otherwise specified for a Series in the related Supplement, (i)
the weighted average of the interest rates borne by the Receivables during the
second Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date (interest payments on
the Receivables at such rates being due and payable in the Collection Period
preceding such Distribution Date) plus (ii) the product of (x) the Monthly
Payment Rate for the Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date, (y) the
Discount Factor for such Distribution Date and (z) twelve less (iii) 2% per
annum.
"Non-Principal Collections" shall mean the sum of (a) Collections of
interest and all other non-principal charges (including insurance service fees
and handling fees) on the Receivables, (b) the product of (i) principal payments
on the Receivables and (ii) the Discount Factor, and (c) all Recoveries.
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"Non-Principal Receivables" with respect to any Account shall mean
all amounts billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other
non-principal charges.
"Notice Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5(c).
"NSF" shall mean, with respect to a Receivable, that a check in
payment of such Receivable has been returned because of insufficient funds and
has not thereafter been paid.
"Officers' Certificate" with respect to any corporation (in the case
of the Seller, the Officers' Certificate shall be with respect to Deutsche FRI)
shall mean, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, a certificate signed
by (a) the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President or any
Vice President and (b) a Treasurer, Associate or Assistant Treasurer, Secretary
or Assistant Secretary of such corporation.
"Opinion of Counsel" shall mean a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel of the Seller or DFS and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Overconcentrated Dealer" shall have the meaning specified in the
definition of Dealer Overconcentration.
"Overconcentration Amount" on any Determination Date shall mean the
sum of the Asset Based Receivable Overconcentration, the A/R Receivable
Overconcentration, the Manufacturer Overconcentrations and the Product Line
Overconcentrations on such Determination Date.
"Overconcentration Percentage" on any Determination Date shall mean,
with respect to an Overconcentrated Dealer, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, (a) the numerator of which is equal to the result of (i) the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables in all Accounts of such Dealer as of the end of
the Collection Period immediately preceding such Determination Date, minus (ii)
the product of (A) the Concentration Limit Percentage for such Overconcentrated
Dealer, and (B) the Unconcentrated Pool Balance as of the end of such Collection
Period, and (b) the denominator of which is the amount determined in accordance
with clause (a)(i).
"Participation Agreement" shall mean an agreement between DFS or an
Approved Affiliate and a lender (i) pursuant to which DFS or such Approved
Affiliate, as applicable, conveys to such lender an undivided interest in
certain receivables that is pari passu in all respects (other than
nonsubordinated interest strips and fees) with the undivided interest retained
by DFS or such Approved Affiliate, as applicable, and (ii) that satisfies the
applicable requirements of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement.
"Participation Interest" shall mean the undivided interest, created
pursuant to a Participation Agreement, in a receivable in which a Receivable
represents the remaining undivided interest. The Trustee is hereby authorized to
execute and deliver any documentation reasonably requested and prepared by the
Seller in order to effect and evidence any Participation Interest, subject in
each case to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement.
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"Paying Agent" shall mean any Person authorized by the Trustee to
make distributions of principal of or interest on any Certificates on behalf of
the Trustee.
"Permitted Transactions" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.6(f).
"Person" shall mean any legal person, including any individual,
corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other
entity.
"Pool Balance" shall mean, as of the time of determination thereof,
the product of (a) the aggregate of Principal Receivables (without deducting
therefrom the Discount Portion) in the Trust at such time (other than all
Ineligible Receivables) and (b) 1 minus the Discount Factor.
"Principal Collections" shall mean Collections under the Receivables
other than Non-Principal Collections.
"Principal Receivables" with respect to an Account shall mean
amounts shown on the Servicer's records as Receivables (other than such amounts
which represent Non-Principal Receivables and Discount Portions) payable by the
related Dealer.
"Principal Terms" shall mean, with respect to any Series, one or
more of the following items, not all of which will necessarily apply to each
Series: (a) the name or designation; (b) the initial principal amount (or method
for calculating such amount), if applicable; (c) the Certificate Rate or
Certificate Rates (or method for the determination thereof); (d) the payment
date or dates and the date or dates from which interest shall accrue; (e) the
method for allocating Collections to Investor Certificateholders; (f) the
designation of any Series Accounts and the terms governing the operation of any
such Series Accounts; (g) the Monthly Servicing Fee and the Investors' Servicing
Fee; (h) any Enhancement Provider for and terms of any form of Enhancement with
respect thereto; (i) the terms on which the Investor Certificates of such Series
may be exchanged for Investor Certificates of another Series, repurchased,
redeemed in an optional redemption or mandatory redemption or remarketed to
other investors; (j) the Termination Date; (k) the number of Classes of Investor
Certificates of such Series and, if more than one Class, the rights and
priorities of each such Class; (l) the extent to which the Investor Certificates
of such Series shall be issuable in temporary or permanent global form (and, in
such case, the depositary for such Global Certificate or certificates, the terms
and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Certificate may be exchanged, in
whole or in part, for Definitive Certificates, and the manner in which any
interest payable on a temporary or Global Certificate shall be paid); (m)
whether the Investor Certificates of such Series may be issued in bearer form
and any limitations imposed thereon; (n) the priority of such Series with
respect to any other Series; (o) whether such Series shall be part of a group;
(p) the date on which such Series will begin its accumulation period,
amortization period or controlled amortization period, if any; and (q) any other
terms of such Series which are permitted or not prohibited by this Agreement.
"Product Line Overconcentration" on any Determination Date shall
mean, with respect to Accounts created pursuant to Wholesale Financing
Agreements, the excess of (a) the aggregate of all amounts of Principal
Receivables in such Accounts that represent financing for a single Product line
(according to DFS's classification system) on the last day of the Collection
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Period immediately preceding such Determination Date over (b) (i) 25% of the
Pool Balance on the last day of such immediately preceding Collection Period if
such Product line is not computers and related equipment and (ii) 40% of such
Pool Balance if such Product line is computers and related equipment or, in the
case of clause (i) or (ii), if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, such
larger percentage of such Pool Balance as is stated in the applicable notice
from each applicable Rating Agency in connection with the satisfaction of such
Rating Agency Condition.
"Products" shall mean the commercial and consumer goods financed by
DFS or the related Approved Affiliate for Dealers pursuant to a Wholesale
Financing Agreement.
"Purchase Price" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable for any
date on which such Receivable is to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.3 or by
DFS as a result of the breach of representations and warranties in the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, (a) an amount equal to the amount
payable by the Dealer in respect thereof as reflected in the records of the
Servicer as of the date of purchase plus (b) interest accrued (to the extent
interest accrues on such Receivable) from the end of the last Collection Period
in respect of which interest on such Receivable was billed by the Servicer, at a
per annum rate equal to the rate being charged to the Dealer under the Wholesale
Financing Agreement, Accounts Receivable Financing Agreement or Asset Based
Lending Financing Agreement, as the case may be, based on the actual number of
days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
"Rating Agency" shall mean, with respect to any outstanding Series
or Class, each statistical rating agency, if any, selected by the Seller to rate
the Investor Certificates of such Series or Class.
"Rating Agency Condition" shall mean, with respect to any action,
that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer and the
Trustee in writing that such action shall not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of such Rating Agency's rating of any outstanding Series or Class
with respect to which it is a Rating Agency. The Rating Agency Condition shall
be inapplicable at any time that no such Series or Class is outstanding.
"Reassignment" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.7(c).
"Receivables" shall mean, with respect to an Account, all amounts
payable (including interest, finance charges and other charges), and the
obligation to pay such amounts, by the related Dealer from time to time in
respect of advances made by DFS or the related Approved Affiliate to or on
behalf of such Dealer in connection with the Floorplan Business, the Accounts
Receivable Business, or the Asset Based Lending Business, as the case may be,
together with the group of writings evidencing such amounts and the security
interest created in connection therewith and all of the rights, remedies, powers
and privileges thereunder (including under the related Financing Agreement);
provided that if a Participation Interest has been created in respect of such
Account, whether before or after that Account has been designated as an Account,
the amounts so payable by the related Dealer that are allocable to such
Participation Interest shall not be part of the "Receivables" in respect of such
Account. A Receivable that, prior to its transfer to the Seller, was subject to
a participation from an Approved Affiliate in favor of DFS shall be considered a
Receivable. Receivables which become Defaulted
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Receivables shall remain in the Trust but shall cease to be included in the Pool
Balance on the day on which they become Defaulted Receivables. Delayed Funding
Receivables shall cease to be included as Receivables on the day on which an
Insolvency Event in respect of DFS occurs, whether or not such Delayed Funding
Receivables are funded after the occurrence of such Insolvency Event.
Receivables which DFS or the related Approved Affiliate is unable to transfer to
the Seller pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement or which
the Seller is unable to transfer to the Trust as provided in Section 2.6(b) and
Receivables which arise in Designated Accounts from and after the related
Removal Commencement Date shall not be included in calculating the Pool Balance.
"Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement" shall mean the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement as amended and restated as of
October 1, 1996 among DFS, Deutsche Business Services Corporation and the Seller
(and any Affiliate of DFS which may become a party thereto from time to time).
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
close of business on the day preceding such Distribution Date; provided that
with respect to any Distribution Date for a Series for which Definitive
Certificates have been issued pursuant to Section 6.10, subsequent to the
issuance of such Definitive Certificates the Record Date for such Distribution
Date shall be the last day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"Records" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable, all documents,
books, records and other information (including, without limitation, computer
programs, tapes, discs, punch cards, data processing software and related
property and rights) relating to such Receivable and the related Dealer.
"Recoveries" on any Determination Date shall mean all amounts
received, including Insurance Proceeds, by the Servicer during the Collection
Period immediately preceding such Determination Date with respect to Receivables
which have previously become Defaulted Receivables.
"Reference Rate" shall mean the per annum rate of interest, if any,
designated from time to time by DFS or the related Approved Affiliate, as
applicable, to a Wholesale Financing Agreement, A/R Financing Agreement or Asset
Based Lending Financing Agreement.
"Registered Certificateholder" shall mean the Holder of a Registered
Certificate.
"Registered Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.1.
"Related Accounts" shall mean all Accounts relating to a single
Dealer.
"Related Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement and, with respect to any Series, any applicable
Enhancement Agreement.
"Removal Commencement Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.8(a).
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"Removal Date" shall mean a date specified in a Removal Notice as
the date on which the applicable Accounts are to be removed.
"Removal Notice" shall mean a notice delivered by the Seller (or the
Servicer on its behalf) pursuant to Section 2.7 or 2.8 specifying a Removal Date
for Removed Accounts.
"Removed Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.7(b).
"Required Participation Amount" shall mean, at any time of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts for each Series
obtained by multiplying the Required Participation Percentage for such Series by
the Initial Invested Amount for such Series at such time.
"Required Participation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
Series, the percentage specified therefor in the related Supplement. However,
the Dealer Overconcentration Series shall not have a Required Participation
Percentage.
"Requirements of Law" for any Person shall mean the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of an
arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or to which such Person is subject, whether Federal, state or local
(including usury laws and the Federal Truth in Lending Act).
"Responsible Officer" shall mean any officer of the Trustee with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with
respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with that
relevant subject.
"Revolving Period" shall mean with respect to any Series, the period
specified as such in the related Supplement. However, the Dealer
Overconcentration Series shall not have a period designated as a Revolving
Period.
"SAU" shall mean, with respect to a Receivable, that if such
Receivable was originally secured by a security interest in a Product, such
Product has been sold and such Receivable is not paid in full.
"Seller" shall mean Deutsche FRLP.
"Seller's Certificates" shall mean, collectively, the Deutsche FRLP
Certificate and any outstanding Supplemental Certificates.
"Seller's Interest" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
"Seller's Participation Amount" shall mean, at any time of
determination, an amount equal to (a) the Pool Balance at such time minus (b)
the aggregate Invested Amounts for all outstanding Series (other than the Dealer
Overconcentration Series, which shall not be considered to have an Invested
Amount) at such time.
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"Series" shall mean (a) any series of Investor Certificates and (b)
the Dealer Overconcentration Series.
"Series Account" shall mean any deposit, trust, escrow, reserve or
similar account maintained for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders of
any Series or Class, as specified in any Supplement.
"Series Cut-Off Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
date, if any, specified as such in the related Supplement.
"Series Issuance Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
date on which the Investor Certificates of such Series are to be originally
issued in accordance with Section 6.3 and the related Supplement.
"Series 1994-1" shall mean the series of Investor Certificates
issued and designated as "Series 1994-1".
"Service Transfer" shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.1.
"Servicer" shall initially mean DFS, in its capacity as Servicer
under this Agreement, and after any Service Transfer, the Successor Servicer.
"Servicer Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.1.
"Servicing Fee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.2.
"Servicing Officer" shall mean any officer of the Servicer involved
in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Receivables
whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by
the Servicer as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Specified Party" means any of the Seller, the Servicer, DFS, if it
is not the Servicer, Deutsche North America, so long as DFS is an Affiliate of
Deutsche North America, or, if Deutsche North America has merged or consolidated
with another Person, the surviving Person (but only so long as DFS is an
Affiliate of the surviving Person) or any other Person which is the direct,
controlling shareholder of DFS.
"Standard & Poor's" shall mean Standard & Poor's, a division of The
McGraw Hill-Companies, Inc., or its successor.
"Successor Servicer" shall have the meaning specified in Section
10.2(a).
"Supplement" shall mean, with respect to any Series, a supplement to
this Agreement, executed and delivered in connection with the original issuance
of the Investor Certificates of such Series, if applicable, pursuant to Section
6.3, and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto. No Investor
Certificates shall be issued pursuant to the Supplement for the Dealer
Overconcentration Series.
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"Supplemental Certificate" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.3.
"Tax Opinion" shall mean, with respect to any action, an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that, for Federal income and Missouri state income and
franchise tax purposes, (a) such action shall not adversely affect the
characterization of the Investor Certificates of any outstanding Series or Class
as debt or as partnership interests, (b) such action shall not cause or
constitute a taxable event with respect to any Investor Certificateholders or
the Trust and (c) in the case of Section 6.3(b), each Class of the Investor
Certificates of the new Series shall be characterized as debt or as partnership
interests.
"Termination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Series, the
termination date, if any, specified in the related Supplement. However, the
Supplement for the Dealer Overconcentration Series shall not specify a
Termination Date.
"Termination Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section
10.1.
"Termination Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.2(c).
"Transfer Agent and Registrar" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.4.
"Transfer Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
"Transfer Deposit Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable
reassigned or assigned to the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to
Section 2.4(c) or Section 3.3, the amounts specified in such Sections.
"Trust" shall mean the Distribution Financial Services Floorplan
Master Trust created by this Agreement, formerly known as the Deutsche Floorplan
Receivables Master Trust, the corpus of which shall consist of the Trust Assets.
"Trust Assets" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
"Trust Invested Amount" shall mean, at any time of determination,
the sum of the Invested Amounts for all outstanding Series at such time.
"Trust Termination Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.1.
"Trustee" shall mean The Chase Manhattan Bank, or its successor in
interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time
to time, as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
"Unallocated Principal Collections" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 4.4.
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"Unconcentrated Percentage" shall mean, with respect to an
Overconcentrated Dealer, the result of (a) 100% minus (b) the Overconcentration
Percentage for such Overconcentrated Dealer.
"Unconcentrated Pool Balance" shall mean, as of the end of any
Collection Period, the lesser of: (1) the Pool Balance at the end of such
Collection Period, and (2)(a)(i) such Pool Balance minus (ii) the sum of the
Principal Receivables in all Accounts of all Overconcentrated Dealers at the end
of such Collection Period, divided by (b)(i) 100% minus (ii) the sum of (x) the
product of (A) the number of Overconcentrated Dealers as to which the applicable
Concentration Limit Percentage is 3% and (B) 3%, (y) the product of (A) the
number of Overconcentrated Dealers as to which the applicable Concentration
Limit Percentage is 2% and (B) 2%, and (z) the product of (A) the number of
Overconcentrated Dealers as to which the applicable Concentration Limit
Percentage is other than 3% or 2% and (B) in each case, such applicable
Concentration Limit Percentage.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Seller and Servicer
shall mean any vice president (in the case of the Seller, a vice president of
Deutsche FRI) whether or not designated by a number or word or words added
before or after the title "vice president".
"Wholesale Financing Agreement" shall mean a wholesale financing
agreement entered into by DFS or the related Approved Affiliate and a Dealer in
order to finance Products purchased by such Dealer from a Manufacturer.
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that
the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate
or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule
and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and
the term "including" shall mean "including without limitation."
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to
the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
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(e) All references to any agreement shall be understood to be
references to such agreement as it may be amended, amended and restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
SECTION 1.3. Provisions Relating to Rating Agencies. Provisions in
this Agreement relating to Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, Duff & Phelps or a
Rating Agency shall be effective only so long as there is a Series of Investor
Certificates outstanding that has been rated by such Rating Agency at the
request of the Seller. By way of illustration and not limitation of the
foregoing, if no Series of Investor Certificates then outstanding has been rated
at the request of the Seller by Fitch, a notice required hereunder to be given
to a Rating Agency need not be given to Fitch and an Eligible Institution need
not have its debt or certificates of deposit rated by Fitch.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of Receivables. By execution of this
Agreement, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey, without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to the Trust for
the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries on the Closing
Date for the Series issued in 1993, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on
the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, (a) all of its
right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account and
all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the close of
business on the Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on the
applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, and all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and
all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in
effect in the State of Missouri and Recoveries) thereof, (b) all of the Seller's
rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to such Receivables, and
the Receivables conveyed to the Trust in the next sentence, under the related
Floorplan Agreements, if any, (c) all of the Seller's rights, remedies, powers
and privileges with respect to such Receivables under the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement, and (d) without limiting the foregoing, all of
the Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement. As of each Business Day prior to the earlier of
(i) the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event specified in Section 9.1(b),
(c), (d) or (e) and (ii) the Trust Termination Date, on which Receivables are
created in the Accounts (a "Transfer Date"), the Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse (except as
expressly provided herein), to the Trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account (other than any
Receivables created in any Designated Account from and after the applicable
Removal Date) and all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by the
Seller at the close of business on such Transfer Date and not theretofore
conveyed to the Trust, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received
with respect thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in
Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Missouri and Recoveries)
thereof. Such property, together with all monies on deposit in, and Eligible
Investments credited to, the Collection Account or any Series Account, any
Enhancements and the Collateral Security with respect to the Receivables shall
collectively constitute the assets of the Trust (the "Trust Assets"). The
foregoing sale,
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transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance and any subsequent sales,
transfers, assignments, set-overs and conveyances do not constitute, and are not
intended to result in, the creation or an assumption by the Trust, the Trustee,
any Agent or any Beneficiary of any obligation of the Servicer, DFS, the Seller,
or any other Person in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or any
Participation Interest or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto
(including any Participation Agreement), including any obligation to any
Dealers, Manufacturers, or owners of a Participation Interest and DFS (and not
any of the other foregoing Persons) shall continue to perform and be responsible
for their respective obligations under the Financing Agreements, Floorplan
Agreements, Participation Agreements and any related agreements and
arrangements. The foregoing transfer, assignment, setover and conveyance to the
Trust, and any subsequent transfer, assignment, setover and conveyance to the
Trust, shall be made to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and each reference
in this Agreement or any Supplement to any such transfer, assignment, setover
and conveyance shall be construed accordingly.
In connection with such sales, the Seller agrees to record and file,
at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and continuation
statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now existing and
hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper, accounts and general
intangibles (as defined in Section 9-105 of the UCC as in effect in any state
where the Seller's or DFS's chief executive offices or books and records
relating to the Receivables are located) meeting the requirements of applicable
state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect
the sale and assignment of the Receivables and the other Trust Assets to the
Trust, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other
evidence of such filing to the Trustee on or prior to the Closing Date for the
Series issued in 1993, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and (if any
additional filing is so necessary) the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts. The Trustee shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file
such financing statement, or a continuation statement to such financing
statement, or to make any other filing under the UCC in connection with such
sales.
In connection with such sales, the Seller further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the Closing Date for the Series issued in 1993, in the
case of the Initial Accounts, the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts, and the applicable Removal Commencement Date, in the case
of Removed Accounts, (a) to cause DFS to indicate in its books and records,
which may include computer files, as required by the Receivables Contribution
and Sale Agreement, that the Receivables created in connection with the Accounts
(other than Removed Accounts) have been sold, and the Collateral Security
assigned, to the Seller in accordance with the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement and sold to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries and (b) to deliver to the
Trustee (or cause DFS to do so) a computer file or microfiche or written list
containing a true and complete list of all such Accounts (other than Removed
Accounts) specifying for each such Account, as of the Cut-Off Date, in the case
of the Initial Accounts, and the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case
of Additional Accounts, (i) its account number and (ii) the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or list, as supplemented from
time to time to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be
marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made
a part of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be under no obligation whatsoever to
verify the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in Schedule 1
from time to time.
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In the event that such sale and assignment is deemed to constitute a
pledge of security for a loan, it is the intent of this Agreement that the
Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a first priority perfected
security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest to and under
the Receivables and the Collateral Security and all proceeds thereof, the
Floorplan Agreements and the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, and
that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no asset
shall be acquired by the Seller or the Trust or disposed of by the Seller or the
Trust for the primary purpose of recognizing gains or decreasing losses due to
market value changes.
SECTION 2.2. Acceptance by Trustee. (a) The Trustee hereby
acknowledges its acceptance, on behalf of the Trust, of all right, title and
interest previously held by the Seller to the property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.1 and declares
that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of any Supplement, it shall
maintain such right, title and interest, upon the trust herein set forth, for
the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries. The Trustee
further acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Seller delivered to the Trustee the computer
file or microfiche or written list which the Seller represented as being the
computer file or list relating to the Initial Accounts described in the last
paragraph of Section 2.1.
(a) The Trustee shall have no power to create, assume or incur
indebtedness or other liabilities in the name of the Trust other than as
contemplated in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.3. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating
to the Seller and the Agreement. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to
the Trust and to the Trustee as of each Closing Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a limited
partnership duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the
law of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, full power,
authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as such
properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to execute
and deliver to the Trustee pursuant hereto the Certificates.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign partnership (or is exempt
from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in
each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such
qualification except where the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or
approvals would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the applicable Supplement and the Related Documents and the
execution and delivery to the Trustee of the Certificates by the Seller and the
consummation of the transactions provided for or contemplated by this Agreement
and the applicable Supplement and the Related Documents,
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have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary partnership action on
the part of the Seller.
(d) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
applicable Supplement, the Related Documents and the Certificates, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement and the Related Documents and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof and thereof, shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the
material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or
by which it or its properties are bound.
(e) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the applicable Supplement, the Related Documents and the Certificates, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement and the Related Documents and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof and thereof applicable to the Seller, shall not conflict with or violate
any material Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened against the Seller
before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the applicable Supplement, any of the Related Documents or the
Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Supplement or the Related Documents, (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller, would materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this
Agreement and the applicable Supplement or the Related Documents, (iv) seeking
any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the applicable Supplement, the
Related Documents or the Certificates or (v) seeking to affect adversely the
income tax attributes of the Trust under the United States Federal or any State
income, single business or franchise tax systems.
(g) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations,
consents, orders, approvals or other actions of any Person or of any
governmental body or official required in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the applicable Supplement, the Related Documents and
the Certificates, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the applicable Supplement and any of the Related Documents, and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, have been obtained, except where
the failure to so obtain such item shall not have a material adverse effect on
its ability to render such performance.
(h) Enforceability. This Agreement and the applicable Supplement
and the Related Documents each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and except as
such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity).
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(i) Record of Accounts. As of the Closing Date for the Series
issued in 1993, in the case of the Initial Accounts, as of the applicable
Addition Date, in the case of the Additional Accounts, and, as of the applicable
Removal Date, in the case of Removed Accounts, Schedule 1 to this Agreement is
an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all the Accounts as
of the Cut-Off Date, the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date or the applicable
Removal Date, as the case may be, and the information contained therein with
respect to the identity of such Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder
is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date, such
applicable Additional Cut-Off Date or such Removal Date, as the case may be.
(j) Valid Transfer. This Agreement or, in the case of Additional
Accounts, the related Assignment constitutes a valid sale, transfer and
assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest of the Seller in the
Receivables and the Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof and all of the
Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to the Receivables
under the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement and the related Financing
Agreements and Floorplan Agreements, if any, and, upon the filing of the
financing statements described in Section 2.1 with the applicable filing office
and, in the case of the Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof,
upon the creation thereof, the Trust shall have a perfected ownership interest
in such property, free of the Liens of any other Person, except for Liens
permitted under Section 2.6(a). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
neither the Seller nor any Person claiming through or under the Seller has any
claim to or interest in the Trust Assets.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.3
shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Trust and
the issuance of the Certificates. Upon discovery by the Seller, the Servicer,
any Agent or any Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other parties, any Agent and to any
Enhancement Providers.
In the event of any breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.3 having a material adverse effect on the
interests of the Investor Certificateholders, then either the Trustee or the
Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing not less than a majority in
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Investor Certificates, by
notice then given in writing to the Seller (and to the Trustee, any Enhancement
Providers and the Servicer if given by the Investor Certificateholders), may
direct the Seller to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest within 60 days of
such notice (or within such longer period as may be specified in such notice),
and the Seller shall be obligated to make such purchase on a Distribution Date
occurring within such 60-day period on the terms and conditions set forth below;
provided, however, that no such purchase shall be required to be made if, by the
end of such 60-day period (or such longer period as may be specified), the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.3 shall be true and
correct in all material respects, and any material adverse effect on the
Certificateholders' Interest caused thereby shall have been cured.
The Seller shall deposit in the Collection Account in immediately
available funds on the Business Day preceding such Distribution Date, in payment
for such purchase, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts specified therefor
with respect to each outstanding Series in the
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related Supplement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
such amounts shall be distributed to the Investor Certificateholders on such
Distribution Date in accordance with Article IV and the terms of each
Supplement. If the Trustee or the Investor Certificateholders give notice
directing the Seller to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest as provided
above, the obligation of the Seller to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest
pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall constitute the sole remedy respecting an
event of the type specified in the first sentence of this Section 2.3 available
to the Investor Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of the Investor
Certificateholders).
SECTION 2.4. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating
to the Receivables. (a) Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Trustee and the Trust that:
(i) Each Receivable and all other Trust Assets existing on
the Closing Date for the Series issued in 1993 or, in the case of
Additional Accounts, on the applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer
Date, has been conveyed to the Trust free and clear of any Lien.
(ii) With respect to each Receivable and all other Trust
Assets existing on the Closing Date for the Series issued in 1993 or, in
the case of Additional Accounts, on the applicable Addition Date, and on
each Transfer Date, all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of
or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required
to be obtained, effected or given by the Seller in connection with the
conveyance of such Receivable or other Trust Assets to the Trust have been
duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect.
(iii) On the Cut-Off Date, each Initial Account was an
Eligible Account. On the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, each
applicable Additional Account is an Eligible Account. On the date any
Receivables are transferred to the Trust, the related Account or
Additional Account was or is an Eligible Account or if it was or is an
Ineligible Account on such date, such Account is being removed from the
Trust in accordance with Section 2.8.
(iv) On the Closing Date for the Series issued in 1993, in
the case of the Initial Accounts, and, in the case of the Additional
Accounts, on the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, and on each Transfer
Date, each Receivable conveyed to the Trust on such date is an Eligible
Receivable or, if such Receivable is not an Eligible Receivable, the
Account relating to such Receivable is an Eligible Account in accordance
with Section 2.9.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 2.4 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables
to the Trust and the issuance of the Certificates. Upon discovery by the Seller,
the Servicer, any Agent or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a breach of
any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.4, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties and to any Enhancement Providers.
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(c) Reassignment. In the event any representation or warranty
under Section 2.4(a) is not true and correct as of the date specified therein
with respect to any Receivable or Account and such breach has a material adverse
effect on the Certificateholders' Interest in any such Receivable or Account,
then, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Trustee)
of the earlier to occur of the discovery of any such event by the Seller or the
Servicer, or receipt by the Seller or the Servicer of written notice of any such
event given by the Trustee, any Agent or any Enhancement Provider, the Seller
shall accept a reassignment of such Receivable or, in the case of such an untrue
representation or warranty with respect to an Account, all Receivables in such
Account, on the Determination Date immediately succeeding the day of such
discovery or notice on the terms and conditions set forth in the next succeeding
paragraph; provided, however, that no such reassignment shall be required to be
made with respect to such Receivable if, by the end of such 30-day period (or
such longer period as may be agreed to by the Trustee), the breached
representation or warranty shall then be true and correct in all material
respects and any material adverse effect caused thereby shall have been cured.
The Seller shall accept a reassignment of each such Receivable by
directing the Servicer to deduct, subject to the next sentence, the principal
amount of such Receivables (exclusive of their Discount Portions) from the Pool
Balance on or prior to the end of the Collection Period in which such
reassignment obligation arises. If, following such deduction, the Pool Balance
would be less than the Required Participation Amount on the immediately
preceding Determination Date (after giving effect to the allocations,
distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on the Distribution Date
following such Determination Date), then not later than 12:00 noon New York City
time on the day on which such reassignment occurs, the Seller shall deposit in
the Collection Account in immediately available funds the amount (the "Transfer
Deposit Amount") by which the Pool Balance would be less than the Required
Participation Amount (up to the principal amount of such Receivables exclusive
of the Discount Portions thereof); provided that if the Transfer Deposit Amount
is not deposited as required by this sentence, then the amounts to be deducted
in respect of such Receivables shall only be deducted from the Pool Balance to
the extent that the Pool Balance is not reduced below the Required Participation
Amount and the Receivables, the amounts to be deducted in respect of which have
not been so deducted, shall not be reassigned to the Seller and shall remain
part of the Trust. Upon reassignment of any such Receivable, but only after
payment by the Seller of the Transfer Deposit Amount, if any, the Trust shall
automatically and without further action be deemed to sell, transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse, representation or
warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Trust in and to such
Receivable, all Collateral Security and all moneys due or to become due with
respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall execute such
documents and instruments of transfer or assignment as shall be furnished by the
Seller and shall take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested by the
Seller, to effect the conveyance of such Receivables pursuant to this Section.
The obligation of the Seller to accept a reassignment of any such Receivable and
to pay any related Transfer Deposit Amount shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting the event giving rise to such obligation available to
Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders).
SECTION 2.5. Addition of Accounts. (a) If, on any Distribution Date,
(i) the Pool Balance (for purposes of this paragraph, determined by excluding
from the calculation thereof all Delayed Funding Receivables) as of the close of
business on the last day of the
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preceding Collection Period is less than the Required Participation Amount as of
such Distribution Date (after giving effect to the allocations, distributions,
withdrawals and deposits to be made on such Distribution Date), or (ii) the
result obtained by multiplying (x) the Seller's Participation Amount (for
purposes of this paragraph, determined by using the Pool Balance as determined
in accordance with this paragraph) as of such Distribution Date (after giving
effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on
such Distribution Date), by (y) the percentage equivalent of the portion of the
Seller's Interest represented by the Deutsche FRLP Certificate, is less than 5%
of the Pool Balance on such last day, then the Seller shall, within 10 Business
Days following such Distribution Date, designate additional Eligible Accounts to
be included as Accounts and transfer to the Trust the Receivables (and the
related Collateral Security) of those Additional Accounts in a sufficient amount
such that after giving effect to such designation and transfer: (i) the Pool
Balance (determined in accordance with this paragraph) as of the close of
business on the Addition Date is at least equal to such Required Participation
Amount; and (ii) the result obtained by multiplying (x) such Seller's
Participation Amount (determined in accordance with this paragraph) by (y) the
percentage equivalent of the portion of the Seller's Interest represented by the
Deutsche FRLP Certificate, is at least equal to 5% of such Pool Balance, as the
case may be. The Seller shall satisfy the conditions specified in Section 2.5(d)
in designating such Additional Accounts and conveying the related Receivables to
the Trust. The failure of the Seller to transfer Receivables to the Trust as
provided in this paragraph solely as a result of the unavailability of a
sufficient amount of Eligible Receivables shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement; provided, however, that any such failure shall nevertheless result in
the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(a).
(b) The Seller may from time to time, at its sole discretion,
subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (d) below, voluntarily
designate additional Eligible Accounts to be included as Accounts and transfer
to the Trust the Receivables (and the related Collateral Security) of such
Additional Accounts.
(c) Receivables and Collateral Security from such Additional
Accounts shall be sold to the Trust effective on a date (each an "Addition
Date") specified in a written notice provided by the Seller (or the Servicer on
its behalf) to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies, any Agent and any Enhancement
Providers specifying the Additional Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date for such
Additional Accounts (each an "Addition Notice") on or before the fifth Business
Day but not more than the 30th day prior to the related Addition Date or, if the
Automatic Addition Condition is satisfied, on the Determination Date following
the Collection Period in which such Addition Dates occur (the "Notice Date"). An
Addition Notice may relate to one or more Accounts added on one or more Addition
Dates.
(d) The Seller shall be permitted to convey to the Trust the
Receivables and all Collateral Security related thereto in any Additional
Accounts designated by the Seller as such pursuant to Section 2.5(a) or (b) only
upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related
Addition Date (except for the condition in clause (vii), if applicable, which
shall be satisfied on or before the tenth Business Day after the applicable
Notice Date):
(i) the Seller shall have provided the Trustee, any Agent,
the Rating Agencies and any Enhancement Providers with a timely Addition
Notice;
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(ii) such Additional Accounts shall all be Eligible Accounts;
(iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee a duly
executed written assignment (including an acceptance by the Trustee) in
substantially the form of Exhibit B (the "Assignment") covering the
Receivables in the Accounts specified in the Addition Notice and the
computer file or microfiche or written list required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 2.1;
(iv) the Seller shall, to the extent required by Section 4.3,
have deposited in the Collection Account all Collections with respect to
such Additional Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(v) (A) no selection procedures reasonably believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries shall have been
used in selecting such Additional Accounts; (B) the list of Additional
Accounts delivered pursuant to clause (iii) above shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and (C)
as of each of the Notice Date and the Addition Date, neither DFS nor the
Seller shall have been insolvent nor shall any of them have been made
insolvent by such transfer nor shall any of them be aware of any pending
insolvency;
(vi) if the Automatic Addition Condition is not satisfied
with respect to such addition, the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such addition, provided that the Rating Agency
Condition must be satisfied for any Additional Account designated pursuant
to Section 2.5(b) if such Additional Account contains Asset Based
Receivables (or, if such Additional Account contains A/R Receivables if a
Participation Interest has been created in such A/R Receivables);
(vii) If (A) one or more of the Additional Accounts specified
in such Addition Notice shall contain Receivables secured by a security
interest in a type of Product that has not been previously financed in the
Floorplan Business or (B) one or more of the Additional Accounts is
supported by a Floorplan Agreement with a Manufacturer that, as of the
related Addition Date, is not an Existing Manufacturer, then, whether or
not the Automatic Condition is satisfied, the Rating Agency Condition
shall have been satisfied in respect of the addition of each Additional
Account specified in clauses (A) and (B) on or prior to the related
Addition Date;
(viii) the addition of the Receivables arising in such
Additional Accounts shall not result in the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event;
(ix) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Providers a certificate of a Vice President or more senior
officer confirming (A) the items set forth in paragraphs (ii) through
(vii) above and (B) that the Seller reasonably believes that the addition
of the Receivables arising in such Additional Accounts shall not result in
the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event; and
(x) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Providers (A) an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
Receivables in the Additional Accounts added since the last delivery of
such Opinion substantially in the form of
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Exhibit G-2 and (B) except in the case of an addition required by Section
2.5(a), a Tax Opinion with respect to such addition; provided that if such
Opinion of Counsel and Tax Opinion are required to be delivered, they
shall be from outside counsel no less frequently than quarterly; provided
further that, unless the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, such
Opinion of Counsel and Tax Opinion shall be from outside counsel if the
rating of the unsecured long-term debt of the parent of DFS or, if DFS
does not have a parent, DFS is below investment grade.
(e) The Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the applicable
Addition Date as to the matters set forth in Section 2.5(d)(v). Upon discovery
by the Seller, the Servicer, any Agent, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or
any Enhancement Providers of a breach of the foregoing representations and
warranties, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice to
the other parties, to any Agent and to any Enhancement Providers.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.5 to the contrary,
the additions of Additional Accounts pursuant to Section 2.5(b) on or prior to
the Closing Date for Series 1994-1 need not satisfy clause (i), (vi), (vii) or
(x) of Section 2.5(d).
SECTION 2.6. Covenants of the Seller. The Seller hereby covenants
that:
(a) No Liens. Except for the conveyances hereunder or as provided
in Section 6.3(c), the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any
other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on,
any Receivable or any other Trust Asset, whether now existing or hereafter
created, or any interest therein, Seller's Interest or the Seller's Certificates
and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Trust in, to
and under the Receivables and the other Trust Assets, whether now existing or
hereafter created, and such rights, remedies, powers and privileges, against all
claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.
(b) Account Allocations. In the event that the Seller is unable
for any reason to transfer Receivables to the Trust, then the Seller agrees that
it shall allocate, after the occurrence of such event, payments on each Account
with respect to the principal balance of such Account first to the oldest
principal balance of such Account and to have such payments applied as
Collections in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The parties hereto
agree that Non-Principal Receivables, whenever created, accrued in respect of
Principal Receivables which have been conveyed to the Trust shall continue to be
a part of the Trust notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer of additional
Principal Receivables to the Trust and Collections with respect thereto shall
continue to be allocated and paid in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) Delivery of Collections. In the event that the Seller, DFS or
any Affiliate thereof receives payments in respect of Receivables, the Seller
and DFS agree to pay or cause to be paid to the Servicer or any Successor
Servicer all payments received thereby in respect of the Receivables as soon as
practicable after receipt thereof, but in no event later than two Business Days
after the receipt by the Seller, DFS or any Affiliate thereof.
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(d) Notice of Liens. The Seller shall notify the Trustee promptly
after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable other than the conveyances
hereunder and Participation Interests.
(e) Compliance with Law. The Seller hereby agrees to comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
(f) Activities of the Seller. The Seller shall not engage in any
business or activity of any kind or enter into any transaction other than (i)
the businesses, activities and transactions contemplated and authorized by this
Agreement or the Related Documents, (ii) acquiring, selling, financing, holding,
assigning, pledging and otherwise dealing with receivables arising out of the
financing of commercial and consumer products, accounts receivable and other
assets and related activities and transactions or out of unsecured loans, (iii)
transferring such receivables to trusts pursuant to a pooling and servicing
agreement or similar agreement or arrangement, (iv) authorizing, selling and
delivering any class of certificates or other securities of any such trust, (v)
issuing, selling, authorizing and delivering one or more series and classes of
bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured or collateralized by one
or more pools of receivables or by certificates of any class issued by one or
more trusts (collectively, the "Notes"), provided that the Seller shall have no
liability under any Notes except to the extent of the one or more pools of
receivables or the certificates securing or collateralizing such Notes, (vi)
holding and enjoying all of the rights and privileges of any certificates issued
by the trusts to the Seller under the related agreements and holding and
enjoying all of the rights and privileges of any class of any series of Notes,
including any class of Notes or certificates which may be subordinate to any
other class of Notes or certificates, respectively, (vii) performing its
obligations under the agreements and any indenture or other agreement (each, an
"Indenture") pursuant to which any Notes are issued, (viii) engaging in any
activity and exercising any powers permitted to limited partnerships under the
laws of the State of Delaware that are related or incidental to the foregoing
and necessary, convenient or advisable to accomplish the foregoing, and (ix) any
other activity in connection with which the Rating Agency Condition has been
satisfied (such businesses, activities and transactions, collectively,
"Permitted Transactions").
(g) Indebtedness. The Seller shall not create, incur or assume any
indebtedness or issue any securities or sell or transfer any receivables to a
trust or other Person which issues securities in respect of any such
receivables, unless (i) any such indebtedness or securities have no recourse to
any assets of the Seller other than the specified assets to which such
indebtedness or securities relate and (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied in connection therewith prior to the incurrence or issuance
thereof.
(h) Guarantees. The Seller shall not become or remain liable,
directly or contingently, in connection with any indebtedness or other liability
of any other Person, whether by guarantee, endorsement (other than endorsements
of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business), agreement to purchase or purchase, agreement to supply or advance
funds, or otherwise, except in connection with Permitted Transactions and unless
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.
(i) Investments. The Seller shall not make or suffer to exist any
loans or advances to, or extend any credit to, or make any investments (by way
of transfer of property,
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contributions to capital, purchase of stock or securities or evidences of
indebtedness, acquisition of the business or assets, or otherwise) in, any
Affiliate, unless prior thereto the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect thereto; provided, however, that the Seller shall not be
prohibited under this Section 2.6(i) from making distributions to its partners.
(j) Stock; Merger. The Seller shall not (i) sell any general
partner's interests in the Seller to any Person (other than Deutsche FRI), or
enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation unless (A) the surviving
Person of such merger or consolidation assumes all of the Seller's obligations
under this Agreement, (B) the Seller shall have given the Rating Agencies and
the Trustee at least 10 days' prior notice and the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (C) such merger or
consolidation does not conflict with any provisions of the partnership agreement
of the Seller, or (ii) terminate, liquidate or dissolve itself (or suffer any
termination, liquidation or dissolution), or (iii) acquire or be acquired by any
Person, or (iv) otherwise make (or suffer) any material change in the
organization of or method of conducting its business.
(k) Agreements. The Seller shall not become a party to, or permit
any of its properties to be bound by, any indenture, mortgage, instrument,
contract, agreement, lease or other undertaking, except this Agreement, the
Related Documents and any document relating to a Permitted Transaction, or amend
or modify its partnership agreement or cancel, terminate, amend, supplement,
modify or waive any of the provisions of the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement or any of the other Related Documents or request, consent or agree to
or suffer to exist or permit any such cancellation, termination, amendment,
supplement, modification or waiver unless, in any such case, the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.
(l) Separate Existence. The Seller shall take all reasonable steps
to make it apparent to third Persons that the Seller is an entity with assets
and liabilities distinct from those of DFS and any other Affiliate and that the
Seller is not a division of DFS or any other Person.
SECTION 2.7. Removal of Eligible Accounts. (a) On each Determination
Date the Seller shall have the right to remove Eligible Accounts in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.7(b). The termination of an Account by a Dealer upon
such Dealer's payment in full of the Receivables in the related Account shall
not be a removal of such Account for purposes of this Section 2.7.
(b) To remove Eligible Accounts, the Seller (or the Servicer on
its behalf) shall take the following actions and make the following
determinations:
(i) not less than five Business Days prior to the Removal
Date, furnish to the Trustee, any Agent, any Enhancement Providers and the
Rating Agencies a Removal Notice specifying the Removal Date, which shall
be a Determination Date (which may be a Determination Date on which such
Removal Notice is given) on which removal of one or more Accounts (the
"Removed Accounts") shall occur;
(ii) from and after such Removal Date, cease to transfer to
the Trust any and all Receivables arising in such Removed Accounts;
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(iii) represent and warrant that the removal of any such
Eligible Account on any Removal Date shall not, in the reasonable belief
of the Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the
Pool Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(iv) represent and warrant that no selection procedures
reasonably believed by the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the
Beneficiaries were utilized in selecting the Accounts to be removed;
(v) cause the Rating Agency Condition to be satisfied with
respect to such removal;
(vi) deliver to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, any Agent
and any Enhancement Providers a Tax Opinion, dated the Removal Date, with
respect to such removal;
(vii) on or before the related Removal Date, deliver to the
Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers an Officers' Certificate
confirming the items set forth in clauses (iii) through (v) above and
confirming that the Seller reasonably believes that the removal of the
Removed Accounts shall not result in the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event; the Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers'
Certificate and shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the
matters set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so relying; and
(viii) on or before the fifth Business Day after the Removal
Date, furnish to the Trustee a computer file, microfiche list or other
list of the Removed Accounts that were removed on the Removal Date,
specifying for each Removed Account as of the date of the Removal Notice
its number, the aggregate amount outstanding in such Removed Account and
the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables therein and represent that
such computer file, microfiche list or other list of the Removed Accounts
is true and complete in all material respects and such Removed Accounts
shall be deemed to have been removed from the list of Accounts maintained
by the Trustee.
No Accounts shall be so removed if such removal shall result in a reduction or
withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or Class by the applicable
Rating Agency.
(b) Subject to Section 2.7(b), on the Removal Date with respect to
any such Removed Account, such Removed Account shall be deemed removed from the
Trust for all purposes. After the Removal Date and upon the written request of
the Servicer, the Trustee shall deliver to the Seller a reassignment in
substantially the form of Exhibit H (the "Reassignment").
SECTION 2.8. Removal of Ineligible Accounts. (a) The date on which
the Seller or the Servicer becomes aware that an Account is an Ineligible
Account shall be the "Removal Commencement Date" with respect to such Account.
(b) With respect to each Account that becomes an Ineligible
Account, the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following
actions and make the following determinations:
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(i) promptly following the related Removal Commencement
Date, furnish to the Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers a
Removal Notice specifying the Removal Commencement Date and the Ineligible
Accounts to be removed and the related Removal Date, which shall be a date
occurring on or before the next Determination Date (the "Designated
Accounts");
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect
to such Designated Accounts the aggregate balance of Principal Receivables
in respect of each Designated Account (the "Designated Balance") and amend
Schedule 1 by delivering to the Trustee a computer file or microfiche or
written list containing a true and complete list of the Designated
Accounts specifying for each such Designated Account, as of the Removal
Commencement Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of Receivables
outstanding in such Designated Account and the Designated Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Trust any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts;
(iv) if such Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it
was originally designated as an Account, from and after such Removal
Commencement Date, allocate Collections of Principal Receivables in
respect of each Designated Account, first to the oldest outstanding
principal balance of such Designated Account, until the Removal
Commencement Date with respect thereto; and
(v) if such Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it
was originally designated as an Account, on each Business Day from and
after such Removal Commencement Date to and until the related Removal
Date, allocate (A) to the Trust (to be further allocated pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement), Defaulted Receivables and Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables in respect of each Designated Account, based on
the ratio of the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in all
Designated Accounts owned by the Trust on such Business Day to the total
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts
on such Business Day and (B) to the Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted
Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in all such
Designated Accounts on such Business Day.
(c) On the Removal Commencement Date with respect to any such
Ineligible Account, the Seller shall cease to allocate any Collections therefrom
in accordance herewith and such Account shall be deemed a Removed Account and
shall be deemed removed from the Trust for all purposes. After the Removal
Commencement Date and upon the written request of the Servicer, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Seller a Reassignment.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, unless
an Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it was originally designated as
an Account, the Reassignment shall remove only such Account and shall not
reassign any Receivable existing in such Account.
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SECTION 2.9. Sale of Ineligible Receivables. The Seller shall sell
to the Trust on each Transfer Date any and all Receivables arising in any
Eligible Accounts that are Ineligible Receivables, provided that on the Cut-Off
Date or, in the case of Receivables arising in Additional Accounts, on the
related Additional Cut-Off Date, and on the applicable Transfer Date, the
Account in which such Receivables arise is an Eligible Account.
SECTION 2.10. Removal of Receivables in Connection with
Overconcentration Amount. (a) If on any Determination Date the Overconcentration
Amount as of the end of the preceding Collection Period exceeds zero, the Seller
may attempt to reduce the Overconcentration Amount to zero by removing
Receivables from the Trust. However, in attempting to reduce the
Overconcentration Amount to zero, the Seller shall not be permitted to remove a
Receivable (a) that has been classified by the Servicer as SAU or NSF for more
than sixty days, (b) that has been charged off, (c) as to which the related
Dealer is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, or (d) if the Servicer
believes that the Receivable will be charged off in the foreseeable future or
that the related Dealer will be in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings in the
foreseeable future.
(b) In order to remove Receivables in accordance with Section
2.10(a), the Seller shall send a notice to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies
identifying the proposed removal date and the Receivables to be removed,
together with a certification by the Seller and the Servicer to the effect that
such removal complies with the terms of this Section 2.10. On the proposed
removal date, the Seller shall remit to the Trustee, for deposit in the
Collection Account, an amount equal to the outstanding principal balances of
such Receivables.
(c) The Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into any assignment
documentation reasonably requested and prepared by the Seller in connection with
this Section 2.10.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing
of Receivables
SECTION 3.1. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to
the Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall service and administer the Receivables,
shall collect payments due under the Receivables and shall charge-off as
uncollectible Receivables, all in accordance with its customary and usual
servicing procedures in effect from time to time for servicing wholesale
receivables comparable to the Receivables which the Servicer services for its
own account and in accordance with the Financing Guidelines; provided, however,
that (i) the Servicer shall change its policy for charging off wholesale
receivables as totally uncollectible only upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition and (ii) in respect of a Floorplan Agreement, the obligation of the
related Manufacturer to repurchase repossessed Products may be modified and
subject to various terms, but shall not be deleted; and provided, further, that
if a Successor Servicer shall succeed to the duties of the Servicer, the
Successor Servicer shall service the Receivables in accordance with standards
that would be employed by a prudent lender in servicing comparable receivables
for its own account. The Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting
alone or through any party properly designated by it hereunder, to do
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any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it
may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing and subject to Section 10.1, the Servicer is hereby authorized and
empowered, unless such power and authority is revoked by the Trustee on account
of the occurrence of a Servicer Default pursuant to Section 10.1, (i) to
instruct the Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Collection
Account and any Series Account as set forth in this Agreement or any Supplement,
(ii) to instruct the Trustee to take any action required or permitted under any
Enhancement, (iii) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables
and, after the delinquency of any Receivable and to the extent permitted under
and in compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, to commence enforcement
proceedings (which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, may be in the
name of the Servicer) with respect to such Receivables, (iv) to make any
filings, reports, notices, applications, registrations with, and seek any
consents or authorizations from, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
State securities authority on behalf of the Trust as may be necessary or
advisable to comply with any Federal or State securities laws or reporting
requirement, and (v) to delegate certain of its servicing, collection,
enforcement and administrative duties hereunder with respect to the Accounts and
the Receivables to any Person who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance
with the Financing Guidelines (or such other standards required hereunder in the
case of a Successor Servicer) and this Agreement; provided, however, that (a)
the Servicer shall notify the Trustee, the Rating Agencies, any Agent and any
Enhancement Providers in writing of any such delegation of its duties which is
not in the ordinary course of its business, (b) no delegation shall relieve the
Servicer of its liability and responsibility with respect to such duties and (c)
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to any
delegation whether that delegation is in the ordinary course of business or
otherwise. The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer any powers of
attorney and other documents prepared by the Servicer and certified by a
Servicing Officer as being reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(b) In the event that the Seller is unable or is not permitted for
any reason to transfer Receivables to the Trust in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement (including by reason of the application of the
provisions of Section 2.1 or Section 9.2 or any court of competent jurisdiction
ordering that the Seller not transfer any additional Receivables to the Trust)
then, in any such event, the Servicer agrees (i) to give prompt written notice
thereof to the Trustee, any Enhancement Providers, any Agent and each Rating
Agency and (ii) that it shall in any such event allocate, after the occurrence
of such event, Principal Collections with respect to each Account first to the
oldest principal balance of Receivables in such Account, and to have such
payments applied as Collections in accordance with Section 4.2. The parties
hereto agree that Non-Principal Collections with respect to Receivables that are
in the Trust shall continue to be allocated and paid in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) The Servicer shall not, and any Successor Servicer shall not
be obligated to, use separate servicing procedures, offices, employees or
accounts for servicing the Receivables from the procedures, offices, employees
and accounts used by the Servicer or such Successor Servicer in connection with
servicing other wholesale receivables.
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(d) The Servicer shall comply with and perform its servicing
obligations with respect to the Financing Agreements relating to the Accounts
and the Financing Guidelines (except as otherwise provided in Section 3.1(a)),
except insofar as any failure to so comply or perform would not materially and
adversely affect the rights of the Trust or any of the Beneficiaries. Subject to
compliance with all Requirements of Law and subject to Section 3.1(a), the
Servicer (or DFS) may change the terms and provisions of the Wholesale Financing
Agreements, the Floorplan Agreements, the Accounts Receivable Financing
Agreements, the Asset Based Lending Financing Agreements or the Financing
Guidelines in any respect (including the calculation of the amount or the timing
of charge-offs and the rate of the finance charge assessed thereon), if, in the
reasonable judgment of the Servicer, no Early Amortization Event shall occur as
a result of such change.
SECTION 3.2. Servicing Compensation. As full compensation for its
servicing activities hereunder and reimbursement for its expenses as set forth
in the immediately following paragraph, the Servicer shall be entitled to
receive the Servicing Fee on each Distribution Date on or prior to the Trust
Termination Date payable in arrears. The "Servicing Fee" shall be the aggregate
of the Monthly Servicing Fees specified in the Supplements. The Servicing Fee
shall be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent amounts are available for
payment in accordance with the terms of the Supplements.
The Servicer's expenses include the amounts due to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 11.5 and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
independent accountants and all other expenses (including costs of collection
and legal fees) incurred by the Servicer in connection with its activities
hereunder, and including all other fees and expenses of the Trust not expressly
stated herein to be for the account of or payable by the Certificateholders, the
Seller or the Trust; provided that the Servicer shall not be responsible for
paying federal, state or local income or franchise taxes, if any, of the Seller,
the Trust or any Certificateholder. The Servicer shall be required to pay such
expenses for its own account, and shall not be entitled to any payment therefor
other than the Servicing Fee. The Servicer shall be solely responsible for all
fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Servicer in connection
herewith and the Servicer shall not be entitled to any fee or other payment
from, or claim on, any of the Trust Assets (other than the Servicing Fee).
SECTION 3.3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Servicer. (a) DFS, as Servicer, hereby makes, and any Successor Servicer by its
appointment hereunder shall make, on each Closing Date (and on the date of any
such appointment) the following representations, warranties and covenants:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. Such party is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the applicable laws of the state of its incorporation and has, in all
material respects, full corporate power, authority and legal rights to own
its properties and conduct its wholesale receivable servicing business as
such properties are presently owned and as such business is presently
conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the applicable Supplement.
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(ii) Due Qualification. Such party is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is exempt
from such requirements) and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in each jurisdiction in which the servicing of the Receivables
as required by this Agreement requires such qualification except where the
failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not have a
material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations
hereunder and under each Supplement.
(iii) Due Authorization. The execution, delivery, and
performance of this Agreement and the applicable Supplement has been duly
authorized by such party by all necessary corporate action on the part
thereof and are within its corporate powers.
(iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and each applicable
Supplement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereinafter in effect, affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights and except as such enforceability may
be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(v) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the applicable Supplement by such party, the performance of
the transactions contemplated by this agreement and the applicable
Supplement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable
to such party shall not conflict with or violate any Requirements of Law
applicable to such party or conflict with, violate, result in any breach
of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other
instrument to which such party is a party or by which it is bound.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of such party, investigations, pending or threatened against
such party before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
other tribunal or governmental instrumentality seeking to prevent the
issuance of the Certificates or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable Supplement,
seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of
such party, would materially and adversely affect the performance by such
party of its obligations under this Agreement and the applicable
Supplement, or seeking any determination or ruling that would materially
and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement and
the applicable Supplement.
(vii) No Consents. No authorizations, consents, orders or
approvals of or notices to or registrations or declarations or filings
with any Governmental Authority are required to be obtained, effected or
given by the Servicer in connection with the due execution and delivery of
this Agreement and each Supplement by the Servicer and the performance of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Supplement by
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the Servicer, except for those that have been duly obtained, effected or
given and are in full force and effect.
(viii) Compliance with Requirements of Law. Such party shall
duly satisfy all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in
connection with the Receivables and the Accounts, shall maintain in effect
all qualifications required under Requirements of Law in order to service
properly the Receivables and the Accounts and shall comply in all material
respects with all Requirements of Law in connection with servicing the
Receivables and the Accounts the failure to comply with which would have a
material adverse effect on the interests of Beneficiaries.
(ix) No Rescission or Cancellation. Such party shall not
permit any rescission or cancellation of a Receivable except as ordered by
a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority;
provided that this clause (ix) shall not prohibit a negotiated work-out of
defaulted Receivables that enhances the Trust's recovery in respect of
such Receivables.
(x) Protection of Beneficiaries Rights. Such party shall
take no action, nor omit to take any action, which would impair the rights
of Beneficiaries in the Receivables nor shall it reschedule, revise or
defer payments due on any Receivable except in accordance with the
Financing Guidelines (or other servicing standards required hereunder in
the case of a Successor Servicer).
(xi) Negative Pledge. Except for the conveyance hereunder to
the Trustee and the conveyances of Participation Interests permitted by
the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the Servicer shall not
sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, any Receivable sold and
assigned to the Trust, whether now existing or hereafter created, or any
interest therein, and the Servicer shall defend the rights, title and
interest of the Trust in, to and under any Receivable sold and assigned to
the Trust, whether now existing or hereafter created, against all claims
of third parties claiming through or under the Seller or the Servicer.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 3.3 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables
to the Trust and the issuance of the Certificates. Upon discovery by the Seller,
the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties or covenants set forth in this Section 3.3, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties and to any Enhancement Providers.
(c) Purchase. In the event any covenant under Section
3.3(a)(viii), (ix) or (x) has not been complied with in any material respect
with respect to any Receivable or Account and such non-compliance has a material
adverse effect on the Certificateholders' Interest in such Receivable or
Account, then, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the
Trustee) of the earlier to occur of the discovery of any such event by the
Seller or the Servicer, or receipt by the Seller or the Servicer of written
notice of any such event given by the Trustee or any Enhancement Providers, the
Servicer shall purchase such Receivable or, in the case of non-
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compliance with respect to an Account, all Receivables in such Account, on the
Determination Date immediately succeeding the expiration of such 30-day period
(or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Trustee) on the terms and
conditions set forth in the next succeeding paragraph; provided, however, that
no such purchase shall be required to be made with respect to such Receivable
if, by the end of such 30-day period (or such longer period as may be agreed to
by the Trustee) the non-compliance shall have been remedied in all material
respects and any material adverse effect caused thereby shall have been cured.
The Servicer shall effect such purchase by depositing in the Collection Account
in immediately available funds an amount equal to the Purchase Price of such
Receivable. Any such deposit of such Purchase Price into the Collection Account
shall be considered a Transfer Deposit Amount and shall be applied in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
Upon each such payment of such Purchase Price, the Trust shall
automatically and without further action be deemed to sell, transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey to the Servicer, without recourse, representation
or warranty (other than the representation that the Trustee has not sold,
transferred or assigned an interest in the Receivables), all right, title and
interest of the Trust in and to such Receivables, all monies due or to become
due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the related Collateral
Security. The Trustee shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer
or assignment and take such other actions as shall be reasonably requested and
prepared by the Servicer to effect the conveyance of any such Receivables
pursuant to this Section. The obligation of the Servicer to purchase such
Receivables, and to make the deposits required to be made to the Collection
Account as provided in the preceding paragraph, shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting the event giving rise to such obligation available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders.
SECTION 3.4. Reports and Records for the Trustee. On or before each
Distribution Date, with respect to each outstanding Series, the Servicer shall
deliver to any Enhancement Providers, the Rating Agencies, the Trustee and each
Investor Certificateholder a Distribution Date Statement for such Distribution
Date substantially in the form specified in the related Supplement.
SECTION 3.5. Annual Servicer's Certificate and Assertion. The
Servicer shall deliver to the Rating Agencies, the Trustee, any Agent and any
Enhancement Providers on or before March 31 of each calendar year,
(a) an Officer's Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C stating that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding calendar year (or part of the
preceding calendar year in the case of the first Officers'
Certificate) and of its performance under this Agreement was made
under the supervision of the officer signing such certificate and
(ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review,
the Servicer has performed in all material respects its obligations
under this Agreement and each Supplement throughout such year (or
part of such year, as applicable), or, if there has been a material
default in the performance of any such obligation, specifying each
such default known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof, and
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(b) an assertion (made in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards) addressed to a firm of nationally recognized
independent certified public accountants, who may also render other
services to the Servicer or to the Seller, stating that (i) the
Servicer is responsible for compliance with the servicing
requirements in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.9 of
this Agreement and Article IV of this Agreement, and the applicable
provisions of the Supplements for the outstanding Series, and (ii)
based upon the evaluation of the Servicer's compliance with the
aforementioned sections of this Agreement and the applicable
provisions of the Supplements for the outstanding Series throughout
such year, the Servicer believes that it was in compliance with the
aforementioned sections of this Agreement and the applicable
provisions of the Supplements for the outstanding Series in all
material respects, or, if there has been a material default in the
performance of any such obligations, specifying such default known
to the Servicer and the nature and the status thereof.
SECTION 3.6. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Attestation and
Agreed Upon Procedures Report. (a) The Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally
recognized independent certified public accountants, who may also render other
services to the Servicer or to the Seller, to deliver to the Trustee, the Rating
Agencies, each Agent and each Enhancement Provider on or before March 31 of each
year, a report addressed to the Servicer and the Trustee, to the effect that
they have examined the assertion prepared by the Servicer on the Servicer's
compliance with the servicing requirements in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5,
3.6 and 3.9 of this Agreement and Article IV of this Agreement, and the
applicable provisions of the Supplements for the outstanding Series, and that
based upon examination of such assertion, the Servicer was in compliance with
this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Supplements for the
outstanding Series throughout such year (or part of such year, as applicable),
in all material respects, or, if there has been a material default in the
performance of any such obligations, specifying such default of the Servicer and
the nature thereof.
(b) On or before March 31 of each calendar year, the Servicer
shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants (who
may also render other services to the Servicer or Seller) to furnish a report
(addressed to the Trustee) to the Trustee, each Agent, the Servicer, each Rating
Agency and each Enhancement Provider to the effect that they have performed
certain agreed upon procedures (and which reports the results of those
procedures), which were agreed to by the Servicer, solely to assist in
evaluating the Servicer's assertion as to the Servicer's compliance with the
servicing requirements in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.9 of this
Agreement and Article IV of this Agreement, and the applicable provisions of the
Supplements for the outstanding Series.
(c) A copy of each statement, certificate, assertion or report
provided pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 may be obtained by any Investor
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner by a request to the Trustee addressed to
the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 3.7. Tax Treatment. The Seller has entered into this
Agreement and the Investor Certificates have been (or shall be) issued with the
intention that the Investor Certificates shall qualify as indebtedness secured
by the Receivables for Federal income taxes, state and local income and
franchise taxes (if such franchise taxes are imposed on or measured
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by income) and any other taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Seller, the
Servicer, each Beneficiary and each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner, by
the acceptance of its Certificate or Book-Entry Certificate or an interest in a
Certificate or a Book-Entry Certificate, as applicable, agrees to treat the
Investor Certificates as indebtedness secured by the Receivables for Federal
income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes (if such franchise
taxes are imposed on or measured by income) and any other taxes imposed on or
measured by income.
SECTION 3.8. Notices to DFS. In the event DFS is no longer acting as
Servicer, any Successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 shall
deliver or make available to DFS, as the case may be, each certificate and
report required to be prepared, forwarded or delivered thereafter pursuant to
Sections 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6.
SECTION 3.9. Adjustments. (a) If the Servicer adjusts downward the
amount of any Principal Receivable because of a rebate, refund, credit
adjustment or billing error to a Dealer, or because such Receivable was created
in respect of a Product which was refused or returned by a Dealer, then, in any
such case, the Seller's Participation Amount shall be automatically reduced by
the amount of the adjustment. Furthermore, if following such a reduction the
Pool Balance would be less than the Required Participation Amount on the
immediately preceding Determination Date (after giving effect to the
allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on the
Distribution Date immediately following such Determination Date), then the
Seller shall be required to pay an amount equal to such deficiency (up to the
amount of such adjustment) into the Collection Account on the day on which such
reduction occurs (each such payment an "Adjustment Payment").
(b) If (i) the Servicer makes a deposit into the Collection
Account in respect of a Collection of a Receivable and such Collection was
received by the Servicer in the form of a check which is not honored for any
reason or (ii) the Servicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any
Collection and deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual
amount of such Collection, the Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount
subsequently deposited into the Collection Account to reflect such dishonored
check or mistake. Any Receivable in respect of which a dishonored check is
received shall be deemed not to have been paid.
ARTICLE IV
Rights of Holders and
Allocation and Application of Collections
SECTION 4.1. Rights of Holders. The Investor Certificates shall
represent fractional undivided interests in the Trust, which, with respect to
each Series, shall consist of the right to receive pari passu, to the extent
necessary to make the required payments with respect to the Investor
Certificates of such Series at the times and in the amounts specified in the
related Supplement, the portion of Collections allocable to Investor
Certificateholders of such Series pursuant to this Agreement and such
Supplement, funds on deposit in the Collection Account allocable to
Certificateholders of such Series pursuant to this Agreement and such
Supplement, funds on deposit in any related Series Account and funds available
pursuant to any related Enhancement (collectively, with respect to all Series,
the "Certificateholders' Interest");
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provided that the Investor Certificates of any Series or Class shall not
represent any interest in any Series Account or Enhancement for the benefit of
any other Series or Class; provided, further, that allocations to a Series other
than the Dealer Overconcentration Series are subject to allocations to the
Dealer Overconcentration Series. The Seller's Certificate shall represent a
fractional undivided interest in the Trust, which shall consist of the right to
receive Collections with respect to the Receivables and other amounts at the
times and in the amounts specified in this Agreement or in any Supplement to be
paid to the Seller on behalf of all holders of the Seller's Certificates (the
"Seller's Interest"), and shall evidence the interest in the Trust not allocated
to the Certificateholders' Interest; provided, however, that the Seller's
Certificates shall not represent any interest in the Collection Account, any
Series Account or any Enhancement, except as specifically provided in this
Agreement or any Supplement.
SECTION 4.2. Establishment of the Collection Account. The Trustee
has established and maintained, and shall continue to maintain, in the name of
the Trust an Eligible Deposit Account bearing a designation clearly indicating
that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries (the "Collection Account"). The
Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds from time to
time on deposit in, and all Eligible Investments credited to, the Collection
Account and in all proceeds thereof. The Collection Account shall be under the
sole dominion and control of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries. If, at any time, the Collection
Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Servicer shall, within 10
days after such occurrence, establish a substitute Eligible Deposit Account as
the Collection Account, instruct the Trustee to transfer any cash and/or any
Eligible Investments to such new Collection Account and, from the date any such
substitute account is established, such account shall be the Collection Account.
Neither the Seller nor the Servicer, nor any Person claiming by, through or
under the Seller or Servicer, shall have any right, title or interest in, or any
right to withdraw any amount from, the Collection Account. Pursuant to the
authority granted to the Servicer in Section 3.1, the Servicer shall have the
power, revocable by the Trustee, to instruct the Trustee to make withdrawals and
payments from the Collection Account for the purposes of carrying out the
Servicer's or Trustee's duties specified in this Agreement.
All Eligible Investments shall be held by the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries. Funds on deposit
in the Collection Account shall at the direction of the Servicer be invested by
the Trustee solely in Eligible Investments that shall mature so that such funds
shall be available by the close of business on the Business Day preceding the
next Distribution Date (or on or before 10:00 a.m. on such next Distribution
Date in the case of Eligible Investments in respect of which the Trustee is the
obligor). Any request by the Servicer to invest funds in the Collection Account
shall be in writing and shall certify that the requested investment is an
Eligible Investment that matures at or prior to the time required hereby. As of
each Determination Date, all interest and other investment earnings (net of
losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account
received on such Determination Date shall be credited to the Collection Account.
Schedule 2, which is hereby incorporated into and made part of this Agreement,
identifies the Collection Account by setting forth the account number of such
account, the account designation of such account and the name of the Eligible
Institution with which such account has been established. If a substitute
Collection Account is established pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Servicer
shall provide to the
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Trustee an amended Schedule 2, setting forth the relevant information for such
substitute Collection Account.
SECTION 4.3. Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other
Funds. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.3(b) and (c), the Servicer
shall deposit Collections into the Collection Account as promptly as possible
after the Date of Processing of such Collections, but in no event later than the
second Business Day after such Date of Processing.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
for so long as (i) DFS remains the Servicer hereunder, (ii) no Servicer Default
has occurred and is continuing and (iii) (x) DFS arranges for and maintains a
letter of credit or other form of Enhancement in respect of the Servicer's
obligations to make deposits of collections on the Receivables in the Collection
Account that is acceptable in form and substance to each Rating Agency and any
Agents or (y) DFS otherwise obtains the Rating Agency confirmations described
below, then, subject to any limitations in the confirmations described below,
the Servicer need not make the daily deposits of Collections into the Collection
Account as provided in Section 4.3(a), but may make a single deposit into the
Collection Account in same-day funds not later than 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date in a net
amount equal to the amount which would have been on deposit with respect to the
immediately preceding Collection Period in the Collection Account; provided,
however, that prior to ceasing daily deposits as described above the Seller
shall have delivered to the Trustee written confirmation from each of the Rating
Agencies that the failure by DFS to make daily deposits shall not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or Class.
(c) Subject to Section 4.4, but notwithstanding anything else in
this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Collection Period, whether
the Servicer is required to make deposits of Collections pursuant to paragraph
(a) or (b) above, (i) the Servicer shall only be required to deposit Collections
into the Collection Account up to the aggregate amount of Collections required
to be deposited into all Series Accounts or, without duplication, distributed on
the related Distribution Date to all Investor Certificateholders, to each Agent
or to each Enhancement Provider pursuant to the terms of any Supplement or
Enhancement Agreement and (ii) if at any time prior to such Distribution Date
the amount of Collections deposited in the Collection Account exceeds the amount
required to be deposited pursuant to clause (i) above, the Servicer shall be
permitted to withdraw the excess from the Collection Account.
The Servicer may make any deposits, distributions or payments under
this Agreement or a Supplement net of any amounts to be distributed or paid to
the Servicer under this Agreement or a Supplement; provided that the Servicer
shall account for such deposits, distributions and payments as if such amounts
were deposited, distributed or paid separately without such netting. The
Servicer shall net the portion of its Monthly Servicing Fee allocated to a
particular Series for a Distribution Date only if amounts deposited in the
Collection Account for that Distribution Date otherwise would be sufficient to
pay the amounts that are payable to that Series on such Distribution Date.
(d) Subject to Section 4.5, collections of Non-Principal
Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Amounts and Miscellaneous
Payments shall be allocated to
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each Series from and after the related Series Cut-Off Date as specified in the
related Supplement, and amounts so allocated to any Series shall not, except as
specified in the related Supplement, be available to the Investor
Certificateholders of any other Series. Allocations thereof between the
Certificateholders' Interest and the Seller's Interest, among the Series in any
group and among the Classes in any Series shall be set forth in the related
Supplement or Supplements.
(e) With respect to a receivable in which a Receivable and a
Participation Interest are undivided interests, the Servicer shall instruct the
Trustee in writing to distribute (and the Trustee shall distribute) the portion
of a collection allocable to such Participation Interest from the Collection
Account (to the extent it has been deposited into the Collection Account) to the
Servicer not later than one month after the deposit of such portion into the
Collection Account.
SECTION 4.4. Unallocated Principal Collections. On each Distribution
Date, (a) the Servicer shall allocate Excess Principal Collections (as described
below) to each Series as set forth in the related Supplement and (b) the
Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in the Distribution Date Statement for such
Distribution Date to withdraw from the Collection Account and pay to the Seller
(i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate amount, if any,
for all outstanding Series of Collections of Principal Receivables which the
related Supplements specify are to be treated as "Excess Principal Collections"
with respect to such Distribution Date, over (y) the aggregate amount, if any,
for all outstanding Series which the related Supplements specify are "Principal
Shortfalls" with respect to such Distribution Date and, without duplication,
(ii) the aggregate amount for all outstanding Series of that portion of
Principal Collections which the related Supplements specify are to be allocated
and paid to the Seller with respect to such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), such amounts shall be paid
to the Seller only if the Unconcentrated Pool Balance for such Distribution Date
(determined after giving effect to any Principal Receivables transferred to the
Trust on such date) exceeds the Required Participation Amount for the
immediately preceding Determination Date (after giving effect to the
allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on such
Distribution Date). The amount held in the Collection Account as a result of the
proviso in the preceding sentence ("Unallocated Principal Collections") shall be
paid to the Seller at the time the Unconcentrated Pool Balance exceeds the
Required Participation Amount for the immediately preceding Determination Date
(after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits
to be made on the Distribution Date immediately following such Determination
Date); provided, however, that any Unallocated Principal Collections on deposit
in the Collection Account at any time during which any Series is in its
amortization period, accumulation period or Early Amortization Period shall be
deemed to be "Miscellaneous Payments" and shall be allocated and distributed in
accordance with Sections 4.3 and 4.5 and the terms of each Supplement.
SECTION 4.5. Allocations to the Dealer Overconcentration Series. (a)
On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine whether a Dealer
Overconcentration exists with respect to any Dealer, and, if any Dealer
Overconcentration does exist, shall calculate the Overconcentration Percentage
for each Overconcentrated Dealer. For so long as a Dealer Overconcentration
exists, Principal Collections, Non-Principal Collections, Defaulted Amounts and
Miscellaneous Payments related to an Overconcentrated Dealer shall be allocated
in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (a) the
Overconcentration Percentage of (i) all Principal Collections relating to each
Overconcentrated Dealer, (ii) all Non-Principal Collections relating to each
Overconcentrated Dealer, and (iii) all Defaulted Amounts and Miscellaneous
Payments relating to each Overconcentrated Dealer with respect to each
Collection Period shall be allocated to the Dealer Overconcentration Series, and
(b) the Unconcentrated Percentage of (i) all Principal Collections relating to
each Overconcentrated Dealer, (ii) all Non-Principal Collections relating to
each Overconcentrated Dealer, and (iii) all Defaulted Amounts and Miscellaneous
Payments relating to each Overconcentrated Dealer shall be allocated among the
Seller's Interest and the Certificateholders' Interest of the outstanding Series
(other than the Dealer Overconcentration Series).
ARTICLE V
Distributions and Reports to
Certificateholders
Distributions shall be made to, and reports shall be provided to,
Certificateholders as set forth in the applicable Supplement.
ARTICLE VI
The Certificates
SECTION 6.1. The Certificates. The Investor Certificates of any
Series or Class may be issued (a) in fully registered form ("Registered
Certificates") and shall be substantially in the form of the exhibits with
respect thereto attached to the applicable Supplement, or (b) in uncertificated
form. The Deutsche FRLP Certificate was issued to the Seller in registered form.
If specified in any Supplement, the Investor Certificates of any Series or Class
shall be issued upon initial issuance as a single certificate evidencing the
aggregate original principal amount of such Series or Class as described in
Section 6.11. The Deutsche FRLP Certificate shall be a single certificate and
shall initially represent the entire Seller's Interest. Each Certificate shall
be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the Seller by its
President or any Vice President. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile
signature of the individual who was, at the time when such signature was
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Seller shall not be rendered
invalid, notwithstanding that such individual ceased to be so authorized prior
to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or does not hold such
office at the date of such Certificates. No Certificates shall be entitled to
any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual
signature of a duly authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Registered
Certificates and Seller's Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
SECTION 6.2. Authentication of Certificates. The Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver the Investor Certificates of each Series and Class that
are issued upon original issuance to
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or upon the order of the Seller, which order may be given under normal or
facsimile signature. The Trustee authenticated and delivered the Deutsche FRLP
Certificate to the Seller simultaneously with its delivery of the Investor
Certificates of the first Series issued hereunder. If specified in the related
Supplement for any Series or Class, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
outside the United States the Global Certificate that is issued upon original
issuance thereof.
SECTION 6.3. New Issuances. (a) The Seller may from time to time
direct the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to issue one or more new Series
pursuant to a Supplement. The Investor Certificates of all outstanding Series
shall be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits of this
Agreement without preference, priority or distinction, all in accordance with
the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the applicable Supplement except,
with respect to any Series or Class, as provided in the related Supplement.
(b) On or before the Series Issuance Date relating to any new
Series, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Supplement which shall
specify the Principal Terms of such new Series. The terms of such Supplement may
modify or amend the terms of this Agreement solely as applied to such new
Series. The obligation of the Trustee to issue the Investor Certificates of such
new Series on the related Closing Date and to execute and deliver the related
Supplement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) on or before the fifth Business Day immediately
preceding the Series Issuance Date (or in the case of the Dealer
Overconcentration Series or the Series designated as "Series 2000-1" or
"Series 2000-2", on or before the Series Issuance Date of such Series),
the Seller shall have given the Trustee, the Servicer, each Rating Agency,
any Agent and any Enhancement Provider written notice of such issuance and
the anticipated date on which such Series will be issued;
(ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee the
related Supplement, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, executed by each
party hereto other than the Trustee;
(iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee any
related Enhancement Agreement executed by each of the parties thereto,
other than the Trustee;
(iv) the Rating Agency Condition, if applicable, shall have
been satisfied with respect to such issuance;
(v) such issuance shall not result in the occurrence of an
Early Amortization Event and the Seller shall have delivered to the
Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Provider a certificate of a Vice
President or more senior officer, dated the Series Issuance Date, to the
effect that the Seller reasonably believes that such issuance shall not
result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event and is not
reasonably expected to result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization
Event at any time in the future;
(vi) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Provider a Tax Opinion, dated the Series Issuance Date, with
respect to such issuance;
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(vii) the result obtained by multiplying (x) the Seller's
Participation Amount by (y) the percentage equivalent of the portion of
the Seller's Interest represented by the Deutsche FRLP Certificate, shall
not be less than 2% of the Pool Balance, in each case as of the Series
Issuance Date, and after giving effect to such issuance;
(viii) if there are any Delayed Funding Receivables in the
Pool Balance, the conditions in clauses (v) and (vii) shall also be
satisfied after excluding from the Pool Balance all Principal Receivables
that are Delayed Funding Receivables; and
(ix) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate to the effect that the conditions precedent in this
Section 6.3(b) have been satisfied; and
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, the Trustee shall execute the
Supplement and issue to the Seller the Investor Certificates, if any, of such
Series for execution and redelivery to the Trustee for authentication.
(c) The Seller may surrender the Deutsche FRLP Certificate to the
Trustee in exchange for a newly issued Deutsche FRLP Certificate and a second
certificate (a "Supplemental Certificate"), the terms of which shall be defined
in a supplement to this Agreement (which Supplement shall be subject to Section
13.1 hereof to the extent that it amends any of the terms of this Agreement), to
be delivered to or upon the order of the Seller (or the holder of a Supplemental
Certificate, in the case of the transfer or exchange thereof, as provided
below), upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the result obtained by multiplying (x) the Seller's
Participation Amount (determined in accordance with Section 2.5(a)) by (y)
the percentage equivalent of the portion of the Seller's Interest
represented by the Deutsche FRLP Certificate, shall not be less than 2% of
the Pool Balance (determined in accordance with Section 2.5(a)), in each
case as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such exchange;
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such exchange (or transfer or exchange as provided below);
(iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee, any
Agent and any Enhancement Provider a Tax Opinion, dated the date of such
exchange (or transfer or exchange as provided below), with respect to such
transfer and exchange; and
(iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate to the effect that the conditions precedent in this
Section 6.3(c) shall have been satisfied.
The Deutsche FRLP Certificate shall at all times be beneficially owned by the
Seller. Any Supplemental Certificate may be transferred or exchanged only upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
any Series may be issued in uncertificated form, i.e., without being evidenced
by a certificate of any kind. This is in addition to, and is not the same as,
the fact that certificates of a Series may be issued as Book-Entry Certificates.
All references in this Agreement or a Supplement (x) to a Series shall be deemed
to refer also to an uncertificated Series, and (y) to Certificateholders of a
Series shall be deemed to refer also to the holder or holders of an
uncertificated Series.
SECTION 6.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at the office or agency to be maintained
in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.15 a register (the "Certificate
Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
a transfer agent and registrar (the "Transfer Agent and Registrar") shall
provide for the registration of the Registered Certificates and the Dealer
Overconcentration Series, and of transfers and exchanges of the Registered
Certificates and the Dealer Overconcentration Series, as herein provided. The
Transfer Agent and Registrar shall initially be the Trustee and any co-transfer
agent and co-registrar chosen by the Seller and acceptable to the Trustee. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall include
any co-transfer agent and co-registrar unless the context requires otherwise.
Subject to paragraph (c) below, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Registered Certificate at any office or agency of the Transfer
Agent and Registrar maintained for such purpose, one or more new Registered
Certificates (of the same Series and Class) in authorized denominations shall be
executed, authenticated and delivered, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees.
At the option of a Registered Certificateholder, Registered
Certificates (of the same Series and Class) may be exchanged for other
Registered Certificates of authorized denominations upon surrender of the
Registered Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the
Trustee or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, as the case may be, shall not be
required to register the transfer of or exchange any Certificate for a period of
15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Certificate.
Whenever any Investor Certificates are so surrendered for exchange,
the Seller shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate, and the Transfer Agent
and Registrar shall deliver the Investor Certificates which the Investor
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Investor
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in a form satisfactory
to the Trustee or the Transfer Agent and Registrar duly executed by the Investor
Certificateholder or the attorney-in-fact thereof duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Investor Certificates or the Dealer Overconcentration Series, but
the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
such transfer or exchange.
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All Investor Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer
and exchange or for payment shall be canceled and disposed of in a manner
satisfactory to the Trustee. The Trustee shall cancel and destroy any Global
Certificate upon its exchange in full for Definitive Euro-Certificates and shall
deliver a certificate of destruction to the Seller. Such certificate shall also
state that a certificate or certificates of a Foreign Clearing Agency to the
effect referred to in Section 6.11 was received with respect to each portion of
the Global Certificate exchanged for Definitive Euro-Certificates.
The Seller shall execute and deliver to the Trustee Registered
Certificates in such amounts and at such times as are necessary to enable the
Trustee to fulfill its responsibilities under this Agreement and the
Certificates.
(b) The Transfer Agent and Registrar shall maintain at its expense
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where
Investor Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange.
(c) (i) Registration of transfer of Investor Certificates
containing a legend to the effect set forth on Exhibit D-1 shall be effected
only if such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act, or is exempt from the registration requirements under the Act. In
the event that registration of a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an
exemption from the registration requirements under the Act, the transferor or
the transferee shall deliver, at its expense, to the Seller, the Servicer and
the Trustee, an investment letter from the transferee, substantially in the form
attached to the applicable Supplement, and no registration of transfer shall be
made until such letter is so delivered.
Investor Certificates issued upon registration or transfer of, or
Investor Certificates issued in exchange for, Investor Certificates bearing the
legend referred to above shall also bear such legend unless the Seller, the
Servicer, the Trustee and the Transfer Agent and Registrar receive an opinion of
counsel, satisfactory to each of them, to the effect that such legend may be
removed.
Whenever an Investor Certificate containing the legend referred to
above is presented to the Transfer Agent and Registrar for registration of
transfer, the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall promptly seek instructions from
the Servicer regarding such transfer and shall be entitled to receive and
conclusively rely upon instructions signed by a Servicing Officer prior to
registering any such transfer. The Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the
Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Trustee and to hold each of them harmless
against any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith
on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by
them in relation to any such instructions furnished pursuant to this clause (i).
(ii) Registration of transfer of Investor Certificates
containing a legend to the effect set forth on Exhibit D-2 shall be
effected only if such transfer is made to a Person which is not an
employee benefit plan, trust or account, including an individual
retirement account, that is subject to ERISA or that is described in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or an entity whose underlying assets
include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in such entity (a
"Benefit Plan"). By accepting and holding any such Investor Certificate,
an Investor Certificateholder shall be deemed to have represented and
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warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan. With respect to any such
Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, by acquiring any interest in
such Book-Entry Certificate a Certificate Owner shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
SECTION 6.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Transfer Agent and
Registrar, or the Transfer Agent and Registrar receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there
is delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Trustee such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by
a bona fide purchaser, the Seller shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate
and the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate
of like tenor and aggregate fractional undivided interest. In connection with
the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar may require the payment by the Certificateholder of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and Transfer Agent and Registrar) connected therewith.
Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute
complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found
at any time.
SECTION 6.6. Persons Deemed Owners. The Trustee, the Transfer Agent
and Registrar and any agent of any of them may prior to due presentation of a
Registered Certificate for registration of transfer, treat the Person or Persons
in whose name any Registered Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Registered Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
the terms of the applicable Supplement and for all other purposes whatsoever;
and, in any such case, neither the Trustee, the Transfer Agent and Registrar nor
any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite Investor Certificates have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Certificates owned by the
Seller, the Servicer, any other holder of a Seller's Certificate or any
Affiliate thereof, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Certificates which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Certificates so owned which have been pledged in good
faith shall not be disregarded and may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Certificates and that the pledgee is not the Seller, the
Servicer, any other holder of a Seller's Certificate or any Affiliate thereof.
SECTION 6.7. Access to List of Registered Certificateholders' Names
and Addresses. The Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished by the
Transfer Agent and Registrar to the Servicer, within five Business Days after
receipt by the Trustee of a request therefor, a list in such form as the
Servicer may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered
Certificateholders. If three or more holders of Investor Certificates (the
"Applicants") apply to the Trustee, and such application states that the
Applicants desire to
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communicate with other Investor Certificateholders with respect to their rights
under this Agreement or any Supplement or under the Investor Certificates and is
accompanied by a copy of the communication which such Applicants propose to
transmit, then the Trustee, after having been indemnified to its reasonable
satisfaction by such Applicants for its costs and expenses, shall afford or
shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to afford such Applicants access
during normal business hours to the most recent list of Registered
Certificateholders of such Series or all outstanding Series, as applicable, held
by the Trustee, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application.
Such list shall be as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date of
receipt of such Applicants' request.
Every Registered Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a
Registered Certificate, agrees with the Trustee that neither the Trustee, the
Transfer Agent and Registrar, nor any of their respective agents, shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names
and addresses of the Registered Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the
sources from which such information was derived.
SECTION 6.8. Book-Entry Certificates. Unless otherwise specified in
the related Supplement for any Series or Class, the Investor Certificates, upon
original issuance, shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten
Investor Certificates representing the Book-Entry Certificates, to be delivered
to the Depository, by, or on behalf of, the Seller. The Investor Certificates
shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of the
Depository or its nominee, and no Certificate Owner shall receive a physical
certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in the Investor
Certificates, except as provided in Section 6.10. Unless and until certificated,
fully registered Investor Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") have been
issued to the applicable Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 6.10 or as
otherwise specified in any such Supplement:
(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force
and effect;
(b) the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee may deal with
the Depository and the Depository Participants for all purposes
(including the making of distributions) as the authorized
representatives of the respective Certificate Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section
conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions
of this Section shall control; and
(d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners shall be
exercised only through the Depository and the Depository
Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Certificate Owners and the Depository and/or
the Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement,
unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to
Section 6.10, the Depository shall make book-entry transfers among
the Depository Participants and receive and transmit distributions
of principal and interest on the related Investor Certificates to
such Depository Participants.
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For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or
permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Investor
Certificateholders evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of Investor Certificates, such direction or consent may be
given by Certificate Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository
Participants) owning Investor Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage
of principal amount of Investor Certificates.
SECTION 6.9. Notices to Depository. Whenever any notice or other
communication is required to be given to Investor Certificateholders of any
Series or Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates have been issued,
unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to the related
Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall give all such notices and communications
to the applicable Depository.
SECTION 6.10. Definitive Certificates. If Book-Entry Certificates
have been issued with respect to any Series or Class and (a) the Seller advises
the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to
discharge properly its responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with
respect to such Series or Class, and the Trustee or the Seller is unable to
locate a qualified successor, (b) the Seller, at its option, advises the Trustee
in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system with respect to
such Series or Class through the Depository or (c) after the occurrence of a
Servicer Default, Certificate owners of such Series or Class evidencing more
than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Series or Class the
Certificates of which are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee advise
the Trustee in writing and the Depository through the Depository Participants
that the continuation of a book-entry system with respect to the Investor
Certificates of such Series or Class through the Depository is no longer in the
best interests of the Certificate Owners with respect to such Certificates, then
the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners of such Certificates, through
the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of any such Certificates by the Depository, accompanied
by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive Certificates to such Certificate
Owners. Neither the Seller nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of such Definitive
Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be
performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by
the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive
Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive
Certificates as Investor Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 6.11. Global Certificate; Exchange Date. (a) If specified in
the related Supplement for any Series or Class, the Investor Certificates shall
initially be issued in the form of a single temporary global Certificate (the
"Global Certificate") in bearer form, without interest coupons, in the
denomination of the entire aggregate principal amount of such Series or Class
and substantially in the form set forth in the exhibit with respect thereto
attached to the related Supplement. The Global Certificate shall be
authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions, in substantially the same
manner and with the same effect as the Definitive Certificates. The Global
Certificate may be exchanged as described below for Registered Certificates in
definitive form (the "Definitive Euro-Certificates").
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(b) The Manager shall, upon its determination of the date of
completion of the distribution of the Investor Certificates of such Series or
Class, so advise the Trustee, the Seller, the Common Depositary, and each
Foreign Clearing Agency forthwith. A United States institutional investor may
exchange the portion of the Global Certificate beneficially owned by it only for
an equal aggregate principal amount of Registered Certificates bearing the
applicable legend set forth in the form of Registered Certificate attached to
the related Supplement and having a minimum denomination of $500,000, which may
be in temporary form if the Seller so elects. The Seller may waive the $500,000
minimum denomination requirement if it so elects, by delivery of an Officer's
Certificate to the Trustee to such effect. Upon any demand for exchange for
Definitive Euro-Certificates in accordance with this paragraph, the Seller shall
cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Definitive Euro-Certificates
to the Holder and according to the instructions of the Holder, in the case of
Registered Certificates, but in either case only upon presentation to the
Trustee of a written statement substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 with
respect to the Global Certificate or portion thereof being exchanged, signed by
a Foreign Clearing Agency and dated on the Exchange Date or a subsequent date,
to the effect that it has received in writing or by tested telex a certification
substantially in the form of (i) in the case of beneficial ownership of the
Global Certificate or a portion thereof being exchanged by a United States
institutional investor pursuant to the second preceding sentence, the
certificate in the form of Exhibit F-2 signed by the Manager which sold the
relevant Certificates or (ii) in all other cases, the certificate in the form of
Exhibit F-3, the certificate referred to in this clause (ii) being dated on the
earlier of the first actual payment of interest in respect of such Certificates
and the date of the delivery of such Certificate in definitive form. Upon
receipt of such certification, the Trustee shall cause the Global Certificate to
be endorsed in accordance with paragraph (d) below. Any exchange as provided in
this Section shall be made free of charge to the holders and the beneficial
owners of the Global Certificate and to the beneficial owners of the Definitive
Euro-Certificates issued in exchange, except that a Person receiving Definitive
Euro-Certificates must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and
the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive
Euro-Certificates in person at the offices of a Foreign Clearing Agency.
(c) The delivery to the Trustee by a Foreign Clearing Agency of
any written statement referred to above may be relied upon by the Seller and the
Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certification or
certifications has or have been delivered to such Foreign Clearing Agency
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Upon any such exchange of all or a portion of the Global
Certificate for a Definitive Euro-Certificate or Certificates, such Global
Certificate shall be endorsed by or on behalf of the Trustee to reflect the
reduction of its principal amount by an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of such Definitive Euro-Certificate or Certificates. Until so exchanged
in full, such Global Certificate shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Agreement as Definitive Euro-Certificates authenticated and
delivered hereunder except that the beneficial owners of such Global Certificate
shall not be entitled to receive payments of interest on the Certificates until
they have exchanged their beneficial interests in such Global Certificate for
Definitive Euro-Certificates.
SECTION 6.12. Meetings of Certificateholders. (a) Notice of any
meeting of Investor Certificateholders, setting forth the time and place of such
meeting and in general terms
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the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given in accordance
with Section 13.5, the first mailing and publication to be not less than 20 nor
more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. To be entitled to
vote at any meeting of Investor Certificateholders a Person shall be (i) a
Holder of one or more Investor Certificates of the applicable Series or Class or
(ii) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by the Holder of
one or more such Investor Certificates. The only Persons who shall be entitled
to be present or to speak at any meeting of Investor Certificateholders shall be
the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any
representatives of the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee and their respective
counsel.
(b) At a meeting of Investor Certificateholders, Persons entitled
to vote Investor Certificates evidencing a majority of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the applicable Series or Class or all outstanding Series, as
the case may be, shall constitute a quorum. No business shall be transacted in
the absence of a quorum, unless a quorum is present when the meeting is called
to order. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, the meeting may be
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; in the absence of a quorum at
any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for
a period of not less than 10 days; at the reconvening of any meeting further
adjourned for lack of a quorum, the Persons entitled to vote Investor
Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the applicable Series or Class or all outstanding Series, as the case may be,
shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice
of the original meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided above except that such notice must be given not less
than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
applicable Investor Certificates which shall constitute a quorum.
(c) Any Investor Certificateholder who has executed an instrument
in writing appointing a person as proxy shall be deemed to be present for the
purposes of determining a quorum and be deemed to have voted; provided that such
Investor Certificateholder shall be considered as present or voting only with
respect to the matters covered by such instrument in writing. Subject to the
provisions of Section 13.1, any resolution passed or decision taken at any
meeting of Investor Certificateholders duly held in accordance with this Section
shall be binding on all Investor Certificateholders whether or not present or
represented at the meeting.
(d) The Trustee shall appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting.
A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing a majority of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of Investor Certificates of the applicable
Series or Class or all outstanding Series, as the case may be, represented at
the meeting. No vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Investors Certificate challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of
the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote except as an Investor Certificateholder or proxy. Any meeting of
Investor Certificateholders duly called at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without
further notice.
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(e) The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of
Investor Certificateholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of Investor Certificateholders or proxies and on which
shall be inscribed the serial number or numbers of the Investor Certificates
held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint
two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or
against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the
meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the
meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Investor
Certificateholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there
shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes
on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was published as provided above. The record shall be
signed and verified by the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and
one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Servicer and the other to the
Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the
ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be
conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE VII
Other Matters Relating
to the Seller
SECTION 7.1. Liability of the Seller. The Seller shall be liable for
all obligations, covenants, representations and warranties of the Seller arising
under or related to this Agreement. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, the Seller shall be liable only to the extent of the obligations
specifically undertaken by it in its capacity as Seller hereunder.
SECTION 7.2. Limitation on Liability of the Seller. Subject to
Sections 7.1, 7.3 and 7.4, neither the Seller, any of its partners, employees or
agents, nor any of the shareholders, directors, officers, employees or agents of
such partners in its capacity as Seller shall be under any liability to the
Trust, the Trustee, the Certificateholders or any other Person for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in the capacity as Seller
pursuant to this Agreement whether arising from express or implied duties under
this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the
Seller or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed
by reason of wilful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Seller and any of its partners and any director or officer
or employee or agent of the Seller or any of its partners may rely in good faith
on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
SECTION 7.3. Seller Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee.
The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, and the Trustee, from and
against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained by
reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of
activities of the Trust or the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, including any
judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs or
expenses incurred in connection
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with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim;
provided, however, that the Seller shall not indemnify the Trust or the Trustee
if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions constitute fraud, gross
negligence, breach of fiduciary duty or wilful misconduct by the Trustee; and
provided further that the Seller shall not indemnify the Trust, Trustee or the
Certificateholders or any other Beneficiaries for any liabilities, cost or
expense of the Trust with respect to any action taken by the Trustee at the
request of any Certificateholders or other Beneficiaries to the extent the
Trustee is fully indemnified by such Certificateholders or other Beneficiaries
with respect to such action and such action is inconsistent with their rights
hereunder or with respect to any Federal, state or local income or franchise
taxes (or any interest or penalties with respect thereto) required to be paid by
the Trust or any Certificateholder or other Beneficiary in connection herewith
to any taxing authority. Subject to Section 7.1, any indemnification pursuant to
this Section shall only be from (i) the excess of the Seller's Interest for any
date of determination over the Required Participation Amount as of such date and
(ii) any other assets of the Seller not pledged to third parties or otherwise
encumbered in a manner permitted by the Seller's agreement of limited
partnership and shall only be made after payment in full of any amounts that the
Seller is obligated to deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to this
Agreement. Any indemnification under this Article VII shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.4. Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, the Seller by entering into this Agreement, and any holder of
any interest in the Seller's Certificate by its acceptance thereof, agree to be
liable, directly to the injured party, for the entire amount of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (other than those incurred by an Investor
Certificateholder in its capacity as an Investor Certificateholder) arising out
of or based on the arrangement created by this Agreement or the actions of
Servicer taken pursuant hereto (to the extent Trust Assets remaining after the
Investor Certificateholders and Enhancement Providers, if any, have been paid in
full are insufficient to pay any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities) as
though this Agreement created a partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform
Partnership Act in which Seller and such holder of the Seller's Certificate were
general partners.
ARTICLE VIII
Other Matters Relating to the Servicer
SECTION 8.1. Liability of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable
under this Article VIII only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer.
SECTION 8.2. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of, the
Obligations of the Servicer. The Servicer shall not consolidate with or merge
with any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or with which
the Servicer is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as
an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America or any
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State or the District of Columbia and, if the Servicer is not the
surviving entity, such Person shall assume, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, the performance of every covenant and obligation of
the Servicer hereunder, and upon compliance with paragraph (b) below
such Person shall be the Servicer; and
(b) the Servicer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer comply with this
Section 8.2 and that all conditions provided for in paragraph (a)
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Neither this Section 8.2 nor any other part of this Agreement shall
prevent or limit the sale or other transfer of shares of stock of DFS.
The Servicer (if DFS) shall notify the Rating Agencies promptly in
the event that DFS ceases to be a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Deutsche
Bank AG.
SECTION 8.3. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.
Except as provided in Sections 8.1 and 8.4, neither the Servicer nor any of the
directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer, shall be under any
liability to the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificateholders or any other Person
for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in its
capacity as Servicer pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that this
provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of wilful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director or
officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not
incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement which in its reasonable opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability.
SECTION 8.4. Servicer Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustee.
The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, and the Trustee, from the
Servicer's own funds, from and against any loss, liability, expense, damage or
injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or
omissions arising out of activities of the Servicer, the Trust or the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, including any judgment, award, settlement,
reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection
with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim;
provided, however, that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust or the
Trustee if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions constitute fraud,
gross negligence, breach of fiduciary duty or wilful misconduct by the Trustee;
and provided, further that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust, the
Trustee or the Certificateholders or the other Beneficiaries (i) for any
liabilities, cost or expense of the Trust with respect to any action taken by
the Trustee at the request of the Certificateholders or any other Beneficiaries
to the extent the Trustee is fully indemnified by such Certificateholders or
other Beneficiaries with
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respect to such action or (ii) with respect to any Federal, state or local
income or franchise taxes (or any interest or penalties with respect thereto)
required to be paid by the Trust or the Certificateholders or the other
Beneficiaries in connection herewith to any taxing authority or (iii) for any
loss due to the financial inability of any Dealer to make payments on or with
respect to any Receivable. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation and removal of the
Trustee.
SECTION 8.5. The Servicer Not to Resign. The Servicer shall not
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon
determination that (a) the performance of its duties hereunder is no longer
permissible under applicable law and (b) there is no reasonable action which the
Servicer could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder permissible
under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the
Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a) above by an Opinion of Counsel to
such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective
until the Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall have assumed the
responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 10.2
hereof. If the Trustee is unable within 120 days of the date of such
determination to appoint a Successor Servicer, the Trustee shall serve as
Successor Servicer hereunder.
SECTION 8.6. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee access to
the documentation regarding the Accounts and the Receivables in such cases where
the Trustee is required in connection with the enforcement of the rights of the
Certificateholders, or by applicable statutes or regulations, to review such
documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (a) upon
reasonable request, (b) during normal business hours, (c) subject to the
Servicer's normal security and confidentiality procedures and (d) at offices
designated by the Servicer. Nothing in this Section 8.6 shall derogate from the
obligation of the Seller, the Trustee or the Servicer to observe any applicable
law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Dealers and the failure
of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 8.6 as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 8.6.
SECTION 8.7. Delegation of Duties. Subject to Section 3.1, in the
ordinary course of business, the Servicer may at any time delegate any duties
hereunder to any Person who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the
Financing Guidelines (or, in the case of a Successor Servicer, the servicing
standards required hereunder) and this Agreement. The Servicer shall give prompt
written notice of any such delegation of a material function to the Rating
Agencies, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers. Such delegation shall not
relieve the Servicer of its liability and responsibility with respect to such
duties, and shall not constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 8.5
and the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
delegation prior to such delegation.
SECTION 8.8. Examination of Records. The Seller and the Servicer
shall indicate generally in its computer files or other records that the
Receivables arising in the Accounts have been conveyed to the Trust pursuant to
this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries. The Seller and the Servicer shall, prior to the sale or transfer
to a third party of any receivable held in its custody, examine its computer and
other records to determine that such receivable is not a Receivable.
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SECTION 8.9. Custodial Arrangements. (a) The Servicer shall maintain
custody of all documents, instruments or records that evidence or relate to
Receivables as custodian for the benefit of the Trustee and the Investor
Certificateholders. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for
any acts or omissions or any negligence or wilful misconduct of the Servicer as
such custodian.
(b) In performing its duties under this Section 8.9, the Servicer
agrees to act with that degree of skill and care that it exercises with respect
to similar documents, instruments or records that evidence or relate to
receivables owned or serviced by it.
ARTICLE IX
Early Amortization Events
SECTION 9.1. Early Amortization Events. If any one of the following
events shall occur:
(a) a failure by the Seller to convey Receivables in
Additional Accounts to the Trust within five Business Days after the
day on which it is required to convey such Receivables pursuant to
this Agreement; or
(b) any Specified Party shall file a petition commencing a
voluntary case under any chapter of the Federal bankruptcy laws; or
any Specified Party 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 any
Specified Party shall appoint, or consent to the appointment of, a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee, sequestrator or
other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency or receivership
of it or of any substantial part of its property; or any Specified
Party 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; or
(c) any order for relief against any Specified Party 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 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 any Specified Party under any other similar
applicable Federal law, and such decree or order shall have
continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 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 or receivership of any Specified Party 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 120 days; or
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(d) failure on the part of the Seller, the Servicer or DFS,
as applicable, (i) to make any payment or deposit (including any
Transfer Deposit Amount or Adjustment Payment) required by the terms
of this Agreement or the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement
on or before the date occurring five Business Days after the date
such payment or deposit is required to be made, or (ii) with respect
to any Series, to deliver a Distribution Date Statement within ten
Business Days after notice from the Trustee of such failure to
deliver such Distribution Date Statement, or (iii) in the case of
the Seller duly to observe or perform in any material respect the
covenant of the Seller set forth in Section 2.6(a) with respect to a
Receivable, which failure, in the case of this clause (iii), has a
material adverse effect on the interests of the Holders of the
Investor Certificates and continues unremedied for a period of 60
days after the date on which notice of such failure, requiring the
same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Seller by the
Trustee or any Enhancement Provider; provided, however, that an
Early Amortization Event pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not be
deemed to have occurred if the Seller shall have repurchased the
related Receivables or, if applicable, all of the Receivables during
such period in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or
(iv) duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other
covenants or agreements of the Seller or the Servicer or DFS, as the
case may be, set forth in this Agreement or the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement, which failure in the case of this
clause (iv) has a material adverse effect on the interests of the
Holders of the Investor Certificates and continues unremedied for a
period of 45 days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Seller and the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Seller and the
Servicer and the Trustee by any Enhancement Provider; or
(e) any representation or warranty made by DFS in the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement or the Seller in this
Agreement or any information contained in a computer file or
microfiche or written list required to be delivered by the Seller
pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.5, 2.7 or 2.8, (i) shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made or when delivered,
and shall continue to be incorrect in any material respect for a
period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Seller by the Trustee and (ii) as a result of such incorrectness
the interests of the Holders of the Investor Certificates are
materially and adversely affected (excluding, however, the
representation and warranty made by the Seller pursuant to Section
2.3(j) if this Agreement constitutes the grant of a perfected
security interest in the Receivables and the Collateral Security and
the proceeds thereof under the UCC as then in effect; provided,
however, that an Early Amortization Event shall not be deemed to
have occurred under this paragraph if the Seller has repurchased the
related Receivable or all such Receivables, if applicable, during
such period in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or
(f) the Trust or the Seller shall become an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;
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then, subject to applicable law, and after the applicable grace
period, if any, an amortization event (an "Early Amortization
Event") shall occur without any notice or other action on the part
of the Trustee, any Agent, the Certificateholders or any other
Beneficiary, immediately upon the occurrence of such event.
SECTION 9.2. Additional Rights Upon the Occurrence of Certain
Events. (a) If an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Seller or the
Seller violates Section 2.6(a) for any reason, the Seller shall on the day such
Insolvency Event or violation occurs (the "Appointment Date") immediately cease
to transfer Receivables to the Trust and shall promptly give notice to the
Trustee of such Insolvency Event or violation and the Trust shall be deemed to
have terminated, subject to the liquidation, winding up and dissolution
procedures described below. Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer to the
Trust of additional Receivables, Receivables transferred to the Trust prior to
the occurrence of such Insolvency Event or violation and Collections in respect
of such Receivables whenever created or accrued in respect of such Receivables,
shall continue to be a part of the Trust. Within 15 days of the date on which
the Trustee receives notice from the Seller of the Appointment Date, the Trustee
shall (i) publish a notice in an Authorized Newspaper that an Insolvency Event
or violation has occurred and that the Trustee intends to sell, dispose of or
otherwise liquidate the Receivables on commercially reasonable terms and in a
commercially reasonable manner and (ii) give notice to Investor
Certificateholders describing the provisions of this Section and requesting
instructions from such Holders. Unless the Trustee shall have received
instructions within 90 days from the date notice pursuant to clause (ii) above
is first given from (x) Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing more than
50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Series or, with
respect to any Series with two or more Classes, of each Class, to the effect
that such Investor Certificateholders disapprove of such sale, disposition or
liquidation of the Receivables and wish to continue having Receivables
transferred to the Trust as before such Insolvency Event or violation, and (y)
each Holder of a Supplemental Certificate to such effect, then the Trustee shall
promptly sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate the Receivables, or cause to be
sold, disposed of or otherwise liquidated, in a commercially reasonable manner
and on commercially reasonable terms, which shall include the solicitation of
competitive bids, provided that if such sale, disposition or liquidation is
being made solely on account of the Seller's violation of Section 2.6(a), then
the Trustee shall effect such sale, disposition or liquidation, or cause such
sale, disposition or liquidation to be effected, only if the net proceeds of
such sale, disposition or liquidation, applied in accordance with Section
9.2(b), shall be sufficient to pay accrued and unpaid interest on each Series of
Certificates plus the excess of the outstanding principal balance of each Series
of Certificates over the unreimbursed investor charge-offs, if applicable, for
such Series. The Trustee may obtain and conclusively rely upon a prior
determination from any applicable conservator, receiver or liquidator that the
terms and manner of any proposed sale, disposition or liquidation are
commercially reasonable. The provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.2 shall not be
deemed to be mutually exclusive.
(b) The proceeds from the sale, disposition or liquidation of the
Receivables pursuant to paragraph (a), net of all reasonable expenses incurred
by the Trustee in connection with such sale, liquidation or other disposition,
which shall be paid to the Trustee from such proceeds ("Insolvency Proceeds")
shall be immediately deposited in the Collection Account. The Trustee shall
determine conclusively the amount of the Insolvency Proceeds which are deemed to
be Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables. The Insolvency Proceeds
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shall be allocated and distributed to Investor Certificateholders in accordance
with Article IV and the terms of each Supplement and the Trust shall terminate
immediately thereafter.
ARTICLE X
Servicer Defaults
SECTION 10.1. Servicer Defaults. If any one of the following events
(a "Servicer Default") shall occur and be continuing with respect to the
Servicer:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer or
deposit or to give instructions or to give notice to the Trustee to make any
payment, transfer or deposit or to take any action under any Enhancement
Agreement on or before the date such payment, transfer or deposit or such
instruction or notice is required to be made or given, as the case may be, under
the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not cured within five Business
Days after notice of such failure from the Trustee to the Servicer;
(b) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform
its covenant not to create any Lien on any Receivable which failure has a
material adverse effect on the Certificateholders and which continues unremedied
for a period of sixty (60) days after written notice to it of such failure;
provided, however, that a "Servicer Default" shall not be deemed to have
occurred if the Seller or the Servicer shall have repurchased the related
Receivables or, if applicable, all of the Receivables during such period in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(c) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform
any covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement (other
than with respect to those specified in clause (a) or (b) above and with respect
to clauses (viii), (ix) and (x) under Section 3.3(a) hereof, to the extent the
terms of Section 3.3(c) hereof have been complied with) which failure has a
material adverse effect on the Certificateholders and which continues unremedied
for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Trustee;
(d) any representation, warranty or certification made by the
Servicer in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect when made, which has a material
adverse effect on the rights of the Investor Certificateholders of any Series
and which material adverse effect continues for a period of 60 days after the
date on which written notice thereof, requiring the same to be remedied, shall
have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee; provided, however, that a
"Servicer Default" shall not be deemed to have occurred if the Seller or the
Servicer shall have repurchased the related Receivables or, if applicable, all
of such Receivables during such period in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement;
(e) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator or other similar official in any bankruptcy,
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or
substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court or agency or
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supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of
a conservator or receiver or liquidator or other similar official in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty days; or the
Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization statute, make any assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;
then, in the event of any Servicer Default, so long as the Servicer Default
shall not have been remedied, the Trustee, by notice then given in writing to
the Servicer (a "Termination Notice"), may terminate all but not less than all
of the rights and obligations (other than its obligations that have accrued up
to the time of such termination) of the Servicer as Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. After receipt
by the Servicer of a Termination Notice, and on the date that a Successor
Servicer shall have been appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.2, all
authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement shall pass to and be
vested in a Successor Servicer (a "Service Transfer") and, without limitation,
the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered (upon the failure of the Servicer
to cooperate) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments upon the
failure of the Servicer to execute or deliver such documents or instruments, and
to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect
the purposes of such Service Transfer; provided that in no event shall the
Servicer incur any liability for any such action by the Trustee. The Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and such Successor Servicer in effecting
the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer to conduct
servicing hereunder, including the transfer to such Successor Servicer of all
authority of the Servicer to service the Receivables provided for under this
Agreement, including all authority over all Collections which shall on the date
of transfer be held by the Servicer for deposit, or which have been deposited by
the Servicer, in the Collection Account, or which shall thereafter be received
with respect to the Receivables, and in assisting the Successor Servicer. The
Servicer shall promptly transfer its electronic records relating to the
Receivables to the Successor Servicer in such electronic form as the Successor
Servicer may reasonably request and shall promptly transfer to the Successor
Servicer all other records, correspondence and documents necessary for the
continued servicing of the Receivables in the manner and at such times as the
Successor Servicer shall reasonably request. To the extent that compliance with
this Section 10.1 shall require the Servicer to disclose to the Successor
Servicer information of any kind which the Servicer reasonably deems to be
confidential, the Successor Servicer shall be required to enter into such
customary licensing and confidentiality agreements as the Servicer shall deem
necessary to protect its interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance
under Section 10.1(a) for a period of 10 Business Days or under Section 10.1(b),
(c) or (d) for a period of 60 Business Days, shall not constitute a Servicer
Default if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise of
reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was caused by an
act of God or the public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public
disorder, rebellion or sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire,
hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or similar causes. The preceding sentence shall
not relieve the Servicer from using its best efforts to perform its obligations
in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
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and the Servicer shall provide the Trustee, any Agents, any Enhancement
Providers, the Seller and the Certificateholders with an Officers' Certificate
giving prompt notice of such failure or delay by it, together with a description
of its efforts so to perform its obligations. The Servicer shall immediately
notify the Trustee in writing of any Servicer Default.
SECTION 10.2. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. (a) On and
after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section
10.1, the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under this
Agreement until the date specified in the Termination Notice or otherwise
specified by the Trustee in writing or, if no such date is specified in such
Termination Notice, or as otherwise specified by the Trustee, until a date
mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and Trustee. The Trustee shall as promptly
as possible after the giving of a Termination Notice appoint an Eligible
Servicer as a successor servicer (the "Successor Servicer"), subject to the
consent of any Enhancement Providers and any Agents, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment
by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Trustee. In the event that a
Successor Servicer has not been appointed or has not accepted its appointment at
the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Trustee without
further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. The
Trustee may delegate any of its servicing obligations to an affiliate or agent
in accordance with Sections 3.1 and 8.7. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee
shall, if it is legally unable so to act, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint any established institution having a net worth of not
less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of
wholesale receivables as the Successor Servicer hereunder. The Trustee shall
promptly give notice to the Rating Agencies, any Enhancement Providers, any
Agents and the Certificateholders upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer.
(b) Upon its appointment, the Successor Servicer shall be the
successor in all respects to the Servicer with respect to servicing functions
under this Agreement and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and
provisions hereof (except that the Successor Servicer shall not be liable for
any liabilities incurred by the predecessor Servicer), and all references in
this Agreement to the Servicer shall be deemed to refer to the Successor
Servicer, except for references in Sections 3.3 (as it relates to the Initial
Servicer) and 8.4 (exclusive of indemnification for acts, omissions, alleged
acts and alleged omissions that constitute fraud, gross negligence, breach of
fiduciary duty or wilful misconduct by the Successor Servicer) and 11.5, which
shall continue to refer to the Initial Servicer. Any Successor Servicer, by its
acceptance of its appointment, shall automatically agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions of any Enhancement Agreement.
(c) In connection with any Termination Notice, the Trustee shall
review any bids which it obtains from Eligible Servicers and shall be permitted
to appoint any Eligible Servicer submitting such a bid as a Successor Servicer
for servicing compensation not in excess of the Servicing Fee (provided that if
all such bids exceed the Servicing Fee the Seller at its own expense shall pay
when due the amount of any compensation in excess of the Servicing Fee);
provided, however, that the Seller shall be responsible for payment of the
Seller's portion of the Servicing Fee as determined pursuant to this Agreement
and all other amounts in excess of the Investors' Servicing Fee, and that no
such monthly compensation paid out of Collections shall be in excess of the
Investors' Servicing Fee permitted to the Servicer. The Holders of the Seller's
Certificates agree that if DFS (or any Successor Servicer) is terminated as
Servicer hereunder,
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the portion of Collections to be paid to the Seller shall be reduced by an
amount sufficient to pay Seller's share of the compensation of the Successor
Servicer.
(d) All authority and power granted to the Successor Servicer
under this Agreement shall automatically cease and terminate upon termination of
the Trust pursuant to Section 12.1, and shall pass to and be vested in the
Seller and, without limitation, the Seller is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Successor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do and accomplish all
other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such
transfer of servicing rights. The Successor Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Seller in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of
the Successor Servicer to conduct servicing on the Receivables. The Successor
Servicer, at the expense of the Seller, shall transfer its electronic records
relating to the Receivables to the Seller in such electronic form as the Seller
may reasonably request and shall transfer all other records, correspondence and
documents to the Seller in the manner and at such times as the Seller shall
reasonably request. To the extent that compliance with this Section 10.2 shall
require the Successor Servicer to disclose to the Seller information of any kind
which the Successor Servicer deems to be confidential, the Seller shall be
required to enter into such customary licensing and confidentiality agreements
as the Successor Servicer shall deem necessary to protect its interests.
All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred in connection with transferring the Receivables and the other Trust
Assets to the Successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such
succession as Successor Servicer pursuant to this Article X shall be paid by the
Servicer (or, if the Trustee is the Successor Servicer, the initial Servicer)
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
ARTICLE XI
The Trustee
SECTION 11.1. Duties of Trustee. (a) The Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of a Servicer Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has knowledge and after the curing of all Servicer Defaults which may have
occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement. If a Servicer Default to the knowledge
of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has occurred (which has not been cured
or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
substantially conform to the requirements of this Agreement.
(c) Subject to Section 11.1(a), no provision of this Agreement
shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct; provided,
however, that:
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(i) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any
Servicer Default or the failure by the Servicer to comply with the
obligations of the Servicer referred to in Section 10.1(a) and (b)
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge
of such failure;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an
Early Amortization Event (or the related Early Amortization Period)
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge
thereof;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of Investor
Certificates relating to the time, method or place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Agreement
or any Supplement; and
(v) prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default of which a
Responsible Officer has knowledge, and after the curing or waiver of
such Servicer Defaults that may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Agreement and any Supplements, the Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as shall be specifically set forth in this Agreement and
any Supplement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement or any Supplement against the Trustee and, in
the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates
or opinions furnished to the Trustee and, if specifically required
to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any
Supplement, conforming to the requirements of this Agreement or such
Supplement.
(d) The Trustee shall not be required 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 there is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and
none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require
the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement except during such time, if
any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights,
duties, powers and privileges of, the Servicer in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the Trustee when acting as
Successor Servicer, is still entitled to indemnification under Sections 7.3 and
8.4.
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(e) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Trustee
shall have no power to vary the corpus of the Trust including the power to (i)
accept any substitute obligation for a Receivable initially assigned to the
Trust under Section 2.1 or 2.5, (ii) add any other investment, obligation or
security to the Trust or (iii) withdraw from the Trust any Receivables.
(f) In the event that the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall fail
to perform any obligation, duty or agreement in the manner or on the day
required to be performed by the Transfer Agent and Registrar, as the case may
be, under this Agreement, the Trustee shall be obligated promptly upon a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtaining actual knowledge of such failure to
perform such obligation, duty or agreement in the manner so required.
(g) If the Seller has agreed to transfer any of its wholesale
receivables (other than the Receivables) to another Person, then upon the
written request of the Seller, the Trustee shall enter into such intercreditor
agreements with the transferee of such receivables as are customary and
necessary to identify separately the rights of the Trustee and the Trust, on the
one hand, and such other Person, on the other hand, in the Seller's wholesale
receivables; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to enter
into any intercreditor agreement which could, in the sole opinion of the
Trustee, adversely affect the interests of the Investor Certificateholders or
the Trustee and, upon the request of the Trustee, the Seller shall deliver an
Opinion of Counsel on any matters relating to such intercreditor agreement,
reasonably requested by the Trustee.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the
Trustee is not acting as, and shall not be deemed to be, a fiduciary for any
Enhancement Provider in its capacity as such or as a Beneficiary, and the
Trustee's sole responsibility with respect to said parties shall be to perform
those duties with respect to said parties as are specifically set forth herein
and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against
the Trustee with respect to any such party.
SECTION 11.2. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01:
(a) the Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting on,
or in refraining from acting in accord with, any resolution, Officers'
Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented to it pursuant to this Agreement by the proper party or parties;
(b) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(c) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto, at the request, order or
direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee
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reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which may be incurred therein or thereby; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the
occurrence of a Servicer Default (which has not been cured or waived) of which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge, to exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Agreement or any Supplement, and to use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
(d) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Agreement;
(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine, unless requested so to do
by (i) Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing more than 25% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Investor Certificates (or, with respect
to any such matters that do not relate to all Series, 25% of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Investor Certificates of all Series to which such
matters relate); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time
to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it
in the making of such investigation shall be, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of
this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost,
expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of
every such examination shall be paid by the Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee,
shall be reimbursed by the Servicer upon demand;
(f) the 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, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or custodian
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(g) except as may be required by Section 11.1(a) hereof, the
Trustee shall not be required to make any initial or periodic examination of any
documents or records related to the Receivables or the Accounts for the purpose
of establishing the presence or absence of defects, the compliance by the Seller
with its representations and warranties or for any other purpose; and
(h) the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act
enumerated in this Agreement or any Supplement shall not be construed as a duty,
and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of any such act.
SECTION 11.3. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Certificates. The
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals contained
herein and in the Certificates (other than the certificate of authentication on
the Certificates). Except as set forth in Section 11.14, the Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the
Certificates (other than the certificate of authentication on the Certificates)
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or of any Receivable or related document or any security interest of the Trust
therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Seller of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or
for the use or application of any funds paid to the Seller in respect of the
Receivables or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or any
Series Account.
SECTION 11.4. Trustee May Own Certificates. Subject to compliance
with subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act: (x) the
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Investor Certificates and (y) the Trustee in its individual or any other
capacity may deal with the Seller and Servicer in banking and other transactions
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
SECTION 11.5. The Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The
Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trust
hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the power and
duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, subject to Section 8.4, the Servicer shall
pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee accordance with any
of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable fees and expenses
of its agents, any co-trustee and counsel) except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith and except as provided
in the second following sentence. The Servicer's covenants to pay the expenses,
disbursements and advances provided for in the preceding sentence shall survive
the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Agreement.
If the Trustee is appointed Successor Servicer pursuant to Section 10.2, the
provisions of this Section 11.5 shall not apply to expenses, disbursements and
advances made or incurred by the Trustee in its capacity as Successor Servicer,
which shall be covered out of the Servicing Fee; provided, however, if such
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred by the Trustee are in amount in
excess of the Servicing Fee, such excess amount shall be paid in full to the
Trustee by DFS. To the extent, if any, that any Federal, state or local taxes
are payable by the Trust, such taxes shall be payable solely out of Trust Assets
an not out of the personal assets of the Trustee.
SECTION 11.6. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a bank (a) organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or state authority and (b) which is in compliance with subsection
(a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act. If such bank publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority then, for the purpose of
this Section 11.6, the combined capital and surplus of such bank shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.6, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
11.7.
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SECTION 11.7. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created by giving
written notice thereof to the Seller and the Servicer. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Seller shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee.
(b) The Servicer may remove the Trustee at any time and from time
to time by giving written notice of such removal to the Trustee if any of the
following events or circumstances occurs at any time (such notice to be sent at
least thirty days prior to the date of removal in the case of clause (vi)
below):
(i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with Section 11.6 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Servicer; or
(ii) the Trustee shall be legally unable to act; or
(iii) the Trustee shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;
or
(iv) a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed; or
(v) any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; or
(vi) the Trustee shall fail to perform, as determined by the
Servicer in its sole discretion, any of the Trustee's
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any
Supplement in a manner and at a cost that is
satisfactory to the Servicer.
The Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument,
in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and one copy to the successor trustee.
(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 11.8 hereof.
SECTION 11.8. Successor Trustee. (a) Any successor trustee appointed
as provided in Section 11.7 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Seller and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally
named as Trustee herein. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver to the successor
trustee all
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documents or copies thereof, at the expense of the Servicer, and statements held
by it hereunder; and the Seller and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such
rights, power, duties and obligations. The Servicer shall immediately give
notice to each Rating Agency and the Certificateholders upon the appointment of
a successor trustee.
(b) No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section 11.8 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 11.6 hereof.
SECTION 11.9. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. Any Person into
which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to
all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall
be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 11.6 hereof, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 11.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and
may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as
a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate 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 Certificateholders, such title to the Trust, or any
part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 11.10, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
11.6 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or
separate trustee shall be required under Section 11.8 hereof.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee
or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to
be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the
Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified
to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust
or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised
and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but
solely at the direction of the Trustee;
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(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article XI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement
relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection
to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a
copy thereof given to the Servicer.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute
the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to
the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of
this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of
its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 11.11. Tax Returns. In the event the Trust shall be required
to file tax returns, the Servicer shall prepare, or shall cause to be prepared,
and shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, to the Trustee no later than
five Business Days immediately preceding any applicable due date; the Trustee
shall promptly execute, to the extent it is the appropriate person to so
execute, file any such tax returns to be filed by the Trust and deliver such
executed returns to the Servicer, and such returns shall be filed by the
Servicer. The Servicer in accordance with the terms of the Supplements shall
also prepare or shall cause to be prepared all tax information required by law
to be distributed to the Investor Certificateholders. The Trustee shall
distribute or cause to be distributed such information to the Investor
Certificateholders. The Trustee, upon request, shall furnish the Servicer with
all such information known to the Trustee as may be reasonably required in
connection with the preparation of all tax returns of the Trust or in connection
with the distribution of tax information to the Investor Certificateholders.
SECTION 11.12. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates. All rights of action and claims under this Agreement or the
Certificates may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Certificates or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee. Any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Certificateholders in respect of which such judgment has
been obtained.
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SECTION 11.13. Suits for Enforcement. If a Servicer Default shall
occur and be continuing, the Trustee, in its discretion may, subject to the
provisions of Section 10.1, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the
rights of the Certificateholders under this Agreement by suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific
performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid
of the execution of any power granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement
of any other legal, equitable or other remedy as the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the rights of
the Trustee or the Certificateholders. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed
to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf
of any Certificateholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Certificates or the rights of any Holder thereof, or
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Certificateholder
in any such proceeding.
SECTION 11.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee. The
Trustee represents and warrants that:
(i) the Trustee is a banking corporation organized, existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York;
(ii) the Trustee has full power, authority and right to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Agreement; and
(iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Trustee.
SECTION 11.15. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee shall
maintain at its expense in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or offices or agency or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the
Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The
Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office as its office such
purposes in New York. The Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the
Servicer and to Holders of the Certificates of a change in the location of the
Certificate Register or any such office or agency. So long as any of the
Certificates are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and such stock exchange
shall so require, the Trustee shall maintain an additional Paying Agent in
Luxembourg.
ARTICLE XII
Termination
SECTION 12.1. Termination of Trust. The Trust and the respective
obligations and responsibilities of the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
created hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make payments to
Investor Certificateholders as hereafter set forth) shall terminate, except with
respect to the duties described in Sections 7.3, 8.4, 11.5 and 12.2(b), upon the
earlier of (i) December 31, 2014 (the "Final Maturity Date"), (ii) the day
following the Distribution Date on which the Invested Amount for all Series is
zero, but only if the Seller has notified the Trustee that it wishes the Trust
to terminate upon such event and (iii) the time
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provided in Section 9.2(b) (the "Trust Termination Date"). The Servicer shall
give the Rating Agencies prompt notice of the termination of the Trust.
SECTION 12.2. Final Distribution. (a) The Servicer shall give the
Trustee notice of the Distribution Date on which the Investor Certificateholders
of any Series or Class may surrender their Investor Certificates for payment of
the final distribution on and cancellation of such Investor Certificates
promptly after the Servicer has determined that a final distribution shall
occur. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer's Certificate setting
forth the information specified in Section 3.5 covering the period during the
then-current calendar year through the date of such notice. Upon at least one
Business Day's prior written notice by the Servicer, not later than the fifth
day of the month in which the final distribution in respect of such Series or
Class is payable to Investor Certificateholders, the Trustee shall provide
notice to Investor Certificateholders of such Series or Class specifying (i) the
date upon which final payment of such Series or Class shall be made upon
presentation and surrender of Investor Certificates of such Series or Class at
the office or offices therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final
payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such payment date
is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of
such Investor Certificates at the office or office therein specified. The
Trustee shall give such notice to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the
Rating Agencies at the time such notice is given to Investor Certificateholders.
Notice of the final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (so long as the rules
thereof so require) shall be published by the Trustee once in an Authorized
European Newspaper.
(b) Notwithstanding a final distribution to the Investor
Certificateholders of any Series or Class (or the termination of the Trust),
except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, all funds then on deposit in the
Collection Account and any Series Account allocated to such Investor
Certificateholders shall continue to be held in trust for the benefit of such
Investor Certificateholders and the Trustee shall pay such funds to such
Investor Certificateholders upon surrender of their Investor Certificates (and
any excess shall be paid in accordance with the terms of any Enhancement
Agreement). In the event that all such Investor Certificateholders shall not
surrender their Investor Certificates for cancellation within six months after
the date specified in the notice from the Trustee described in paragraph (a),
the Trustee shall give a second notice to the remaining such Investor
Certificateholders to surrender their Investor Certificates for cancellation and
receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after
the second notice all such Investor Certificates shall not have been surrendered
for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an
agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining such Investor
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Investor Certificates, and the
cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds in the Collection Account or any
Series Account held for the benefit of such Investor Certificateholders. The
Trustee shall pay to the Seller any monies held by it for the payment of
principal or interest with respect to a Series that remain unclaimed for two
years after the date of the first notice of final distribution with respect to
such Series. After such payment to the Seller, Investor Certificateholders
entitled to the money must look to the Seller for payment as general creditors
unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
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(c) In the event that the Invested Amount with respect to any
Series is greater than zero on its Termination Date (after giving effect to
deposits and distributions otherwise to be made on such Termination Date), the
Trustee shall sell or cause to be sold on such Termination Date Receivables (or
interests therein) in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Invested Amount with
respect to such Series on such Termination Date (after giving effect to such
deposits and distributions) plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest with respect
to such Series; provided, however, that in no event shall such amount exceed the
lesser of (x) such Series' Allocation Percentage (as defined in the Series
Supplements and for the Collection Period in which such Termination Date occurs)
of the aggregate unpaid balance of the Principal Receivables on such Termination
Date and (y) 110% of such Invested Amount. The proceeds, net of all reasonable
expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such sale, which shall be
paid to the Trustee from such proceeds (the "Termination Proceeds") from such
sale shall be immediately deposited into the Collection Account for the benefit
of the Investor Certificateholders of such Series. The Termination Proceeds
shall be allocated and distributed to the Investor Certificateholders of such
Series in accordance with the terms of the applicable Supplement.
SECTION 12.3. Seller's Termination Rights. Upon the termination of
the Trust pursuant to Section 12.1, and the surrender of the Seller's
Certificates the Trustee shall sell, assign and convey to the Seller or its
designee, without recourse, representation or warranty, all right, title and
interest of the Trust in the Receivables, whether then existing or thereafter
created, all Collateral Security with respect thereto, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
thereof, except for amounts held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.2(b), and
all of the Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to such
Receivables under the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement. The Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer and assignment, in each
case without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be reasonably
requested by the Seller to vest in the Seller or its designee all right, title
and interest which the Trust had in all such property.
ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 13.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement or any Supplement may be
amended from time to time (including in connection with the issuance of a
Supplemental Certificate) by the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee without
the consent of any of the Certificateholders, but with prior notice to each
Rating Agency, provided that such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate of the Seller, addressed and delivered to the Trustee,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Investor
Certificateholder. In addition, this Agreement and any Supplement may be amended
by the Servicer and the Trustee at the direction of the Seller without the
consent of any of the Certificateholders: (1) to add, modify or eliminate such
provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to enable the Seller or any
of its Affiliates (including Deutsche Bank AG) to minimize or avoid capital
charges under any applicable law, rule, regulation or guideline relating to
regulatory or risk-based capital, or (2) to enable all or a portion of the Trust
to qualify as a partnership for federal income tax purposes under applicable
regulations on the classification of entities as partnerships or
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corporations under the Internal Revenue Code, and to the extent that such
regulations eliminate or modify the need therefor, to modify or eliminate
existing provisions of this Agreement or any Supplement relating to the intended
availability of partnership treatment of the Trust for federal income tax
purposes, or (3) to enable all or a portion of the Trust to qualify as, and to
permit an election to be made to cause the Trust to be treated as, a "financial
asset securitization investment trust," as described in the provisions of the
"Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996," H.R. 3448 (and, in connection with
any such election, to modify or eliminate existing provisions of this Agreement
or any Supplement relating to the intended Federal income tax treatment of the
Certificates and the Trust in the absence of such election, which may include
elimination of the sale of Receivables, upon the occurrence of an insolvency
event with respect to Seller, pursuant to the Agreement and certain provisions
of the Agreement relating to the liability of the Seller), or (4) to enable the
Seller or any of its Affiliates to comply with or obtain more favorable
treatment under any law or regulation or any accounting rule or principle, so
long as in each case the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied and, in the
case of (2) or (3), the Seller and the Trustee have received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment shall not adversely affect the
characterization of the Investor Certificates of any outstanding Series or Class
as debt or as interests in a partnership. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the Trustee, with the consent of any Enhancement
Providers, may at any time and from time to time amend, modify or supplement the
form of Distribution Date Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the contrary, this Agreement or any Supplement may be amended from time to
time by the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee without the consent of any of
the Certificateholders, but only upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition, to change in any manner the treatment of Delayed Funding Receivables
under this Agreement or any such Supplement. In addition, this Agreement or any
Supplement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Servicer and the
Trustee, without the consent of any Certificateholder, in order to make changes
required in order to obtain a listing of any Class of any Series on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
(b) In the event that Section 13.1(a) is not then applicable, this
Agreement or any Supplement may be amended from time to time (including in
connection with the issuance of a Supplemental Certificate) by the Servicer, the
Seller and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Investor Certificates
evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Investor Certificates of all adversely affected Series and with prior notice to
each Rating Agency, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or any
Supplement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the
amount of, or delay the timing of, any distributions required to be made to any
Investor Certificateholders or deposits of amounts to be so distributed or the
amount available under any Enhancement without the consent of each affected
Investor Certificateholder, (ii) change the definition of or the manner of
calculating the interest of any Investor Certificateholder without the consent
of each affected Investor Certificateholder, (iii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of each
Investor Certificateholder or (iv) adversely affect the rating of any Series or
Class by any Rating Agency without the consent of all of the Holders of the
Investor Certificates of such Series or Class. Any amendment to be effected
pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to adversely affect all outstanding
Series, other than any Series with respect to which such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Seller, addressed and delivered to
the
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Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Investor
Certificateholder of such Series. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee's rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent
(other than an amendment pursuant to paragraph (a)), the Trustee shall furnish
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Investor
Certificateholder, and the Servicer shall furnish notification of the substance
of such amendment to each Rating Agency, each Agent and each Enhancement
Provider.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Investor
Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Investor Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no
amendment may be made to this Agreement or any Supplement which would adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Enhancement Provider without
the written consent of such Enhancement Provider.
(f) Any Supplement executed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.3 shall not be considered an amendment to this Agreement for the
purposes of this Section.
(g) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon (i) an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
Agreement and that all conditions precedent to such execution and delivery have
been satisfied and (ii) the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 13.2(d). The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.
SECTION 13.2. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Trust. (a)
The Servicer shall cause this Agreement, all amendments hereto and/or all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Certificateholders' and the Trustee's right, title and
interest in and to the Trust Assets to be promptly recorded, registered and
filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and
protect the right, title and interest of the Certificateholders and the Trustee
hereunder to all property comprising the Trust. The Servicer shall deliver to
the Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document
recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following
such recording, registration or filing. The Seller shall cooperate fully with
the Servicer in connection with the obligations set forth above and shall
execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of this
Section 13.2(a).
(b) Within 30 days after the Seller or the Servicer makes any
change in its name, identity or corporate structure which would make any
financing statement or continuation
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statement filed in accordance with Section 13.2(a) seriously misleading within
the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC as in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction (including as a result of a Designated Affiliate Transfer), the
Seller shall give the Trustee and any Agent notice of any such change and shall
file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue the
perfection of the Trust's security interest in the Receivables and the proceeds
thereof.
(c) The Seller and the Servicer shall give the Trustee and any
Agent prompt written notice of any relocation of any office from which it
services Receivables or keeps Records concerning the Receivables or of its
principal executive office if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable
provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any
previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing
statement and shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be
necessary to perfect or to continue the perfection of the Trust's security
interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. The Seller and the
Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it services
Receivables and its principal executive office within the United States of
America.
(d) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, any Agent and any
Enhancement Provider, upon the execution and delivery of each amendment of this
Agreement or any Supplement, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect specified in
Exhibit G-1.
SECTION 13.3. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. (a) The
death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the Trust, nor shall such death or incapacity entitle such
Certificateholders' legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a partition or
winding-up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
(b) No Investor Certificateholder shall have any right to vote
(except as expressly provided in this Agreement) or in any manner otherwise
control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Investor
Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association,
nor shall any Investor Certificateholder be under any liability to any third
person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant
to any provision hereof.
(c) No Investor Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue
of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding
in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Investor Certificateholder previously shall have made, and unless the Holders of
Investor Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of all Investor Certificates (or, with respect to any such action, suit
or proceeding that does not relate to all Series, 50% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Investor Certificates of all Series to which such
action, suit or proceeding relates) shall have made, a request to the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after such request and offer of indemnity,
shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
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expressly covenanted by each Investor Certificateholder with every other
Investor Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Investor
Certificateholders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by
availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of the Investor
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Investor Certificateholder, or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and
common benefit of all Investor Certificateholders except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section, each and every Investor Certificateholder and the Trustee shall
be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 13.4. No Petition. The Servicer, DFS (if it is no longer the
Servicer) and the Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, each Investor Certificateholder, by
accepting an Investor Certificate or an interest in an Investor Certificate,
each holder of a Supplemental Certificate by accepting a Supplemental
Certificate and any Successor Servicer and each other Beneficiary and each
Certificate Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants
and agrees or is deemed to covenant and agree, that they shall not at any time
institute against, or encourage or solicit any Person to institute against,
Deutsche FRLP, the general partner of Deutsche FRLP or the Trust, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings,
or other proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or
similar law.
SECTION 13.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CERTIFICATES
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 13.6. Notices. (a) All demands, notices, instructions,
directions and communications (collectively, "Notices") under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally
delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, to (i) in
the case Deutsche FRLP, 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141,
Attention: Secretary, (ii) in the case of DFS, 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St.
Louis, Missouri 63141, Attention: Secretary, (iii) in the case of the Trustee,
450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Capital
Markets Fiduciary Services, Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, (iv) in the case of
Standard & Poor's, 55 Water Street, 40th Floor, New York, New York 10041,
Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, (v) in the case of Moody's, 99
Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: Structured Finance
Surveillance, (vi) in the case of Fitch, One State Street Plaza, New York, New
York 10004, or, as to each party and Rating Agency, at such other address as
shall be designated by such party or Rating Agency in a written notice to each
other party.
(b) Any Notice required or permitted to be given to a Holder of
Registered Certificates shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at
the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any Notice so
mailed within the time prescribed in this
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Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Investor Certificateholder receives such Notice.
SECTION 13.7. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or rights of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 13.8. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, except as provided in Section 8.2, this Agreement may not be
assigned by the Servicer.
SECTION 13.9. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. It is the
intention of the parties to this Agreement that the Investor Certificateholders
shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust, that the interests
in the Trust represented by the Investor Certificates shall be nonassessable for
any losses or expenses of the Trust or for any reason whatsoever and that
Investor Certificates upon authentication thereof by the Trustee are and shall
be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 13.10. Further Assurances. The Seller and the Servicer agree
to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and
all further instruments required or reasonably requested by the Trustee more
fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the Receivables for
filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
SECTION 13.11. No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies. No failure to
exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Trustee or the
Certificateholders, any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided under this
Agreement are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by law.
SECTION 13.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two
or more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each
of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
SECTION 13.13. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Certificateholders
and the other Beneficiaries and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no other
Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION 13.14. Actions by Certificateholders. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act by a
Certificateholder shall bind
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such Certificateholder and every subsequent holder of any Certificate issued
upon the registration of transfer of the Certificates of such Certificateholder
or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done or
omitted to be done by the Trustee or the Servicer in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon any such Certificate.
SECTION 13.15. Rule 144A Information. For so long as any of the
Investor Certificates of any Series or Class are "restricted securities" within
the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act, each of the Seller, the Trustee,
the Servicer and any Enhancement Providers agree to cooperate with each other to
provide to any Investor Certificateholders of such Series or Class and to any
prospective purchaser of Investor Certificates designated by such an Investor
Certificateholder, upon the request of such Investor Certificateholder or
prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided to such holder or
prospective purchaser to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Act.
SECTION 13.16. Action by Trustee. Upon any application or request by
the Seller or Servicer to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
under this Agreement, the Seller or Servicer, as the case may be, shall furnish
to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
Counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with. The
Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Officer's Certificate or
the Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be, as authority for any action
undertaken in connection therewith.
SECTION 13.17. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
SECTION 13.18. Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of
reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation or
any provision hereof.
SECTION 13.19. Continued Effectiveness of the Existing Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. As amended and restated hereby, the Existing Pooling and
Servicing Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
SECTION 13.20. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) submits for itself and its
property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any
Supplement, the Assignments, the Reassignments or the other 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
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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 Section 13.6; 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.
SECTION 13.21. Actions by Seller on Behalf of Trust. The Seller
shall have the right on behalf of the Trust to make any filings, reports,
notices, applications, registrations with, and to seek any consents or
authorizations from, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any State
securities authority on behalf of the Trust as may be necessary or advisable to
comply with any Federal or State securities laws or reporting requirement, and
the parties hereto hereby ratify and approve all such filings, reports, notices,
applications, registrations with, consents or authorizations made, sought or
obtained by the Seller prior to the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee have
caused this Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be duly executed as of the day
and year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
L.P., Seller
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
INC., General Partner
By: /s/ RICHARD H. SCHUMACHER
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Name: Richard H. Schumacher
Title: President
By: /s/ RICHARD C. GOLDMAN
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Name: Richard C. Goldman
Title: Senior Vice President
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DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES
CORPORATION, Servicer
By: /s/ RICHARD H. SCHUMACHER
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Name: Richard H. Schumacher
Title: Senior Vice President
By: /s/ RICHARD C. GOLDMAN
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Name: Richard C. Goldman
Title: Senior Vice President
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
Trustee
By: /s/ KRISTIN DRISCOLL
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Name: Kristin Driscoll
Title: Trust Officer
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EXHIBIT A
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.05
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated as of , ,
among Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., as seller (the "Seller"), Deutsche
Financial Services Corporation ("DFS"), as servicer (the "Servicer"), and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee are parties to the
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2000
(as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller wishes to designate
Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to convey the Receivables and
related Collateral Security of such Additional Accounts, whether now existing or
hereafter created, to the Trust as part of the corpus of the Trust (as each such
term is defined in the Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Trustee is willing to accept such designation and
conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts
designated hereby, ___, 20__.
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. The Seller hereby delivers
herewith a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of all such Additional Accounts specifying for each such Account,
as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of
Receivables outstanding in such Account and the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or list shall, as of the date
of this Assignment, supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
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3. Conveyance of Receivables. (a) The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse (except as
expressly provided in the Agreement), to the Trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries, all its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables in such Additional Accounts and all
Collateral Security with respect thereto, owned by the Seller and existing at
the close of business on the Additional Cut-Off Date and thereafter created from
time to time until the termination of the Trust, all monies due or to become due
and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including
"proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the State of
Missouri and Recoveries) thereof. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment,
set-over and conveyance does not constitute and is not intended to result in the
creation or an assumption by the Trust, the Trustee, any Agent or any
Beneficiary of any obligation of the Servicer, the Seller or any other Person in
connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to any Dealers.
(b) In connection with such sale, the Seller agrees to record and
file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and continuation
statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now existing and
hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper (as defined in Section 9-105 of
the UCC as in effect in any state where the Seller's or the Servicer's chief
executive offices or books and records relating to the Receivables are located)
meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the sale and assignment of the
Receivables and the Collateral Security to the Trust, and to deliver a
file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of such filing
to the Trustee on or prior to the Addition Date. The Trustee shall be under no
obligation whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a continuation
statement to such financing statement, or to make any other filing under the UCC
in connection with such sales.
(c) In connection with such sale, the Seller further agrees, at
its own expense, on or prior to the Addition Date, to indicate in its computer
files that the Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts
designated hereby have been sold and the Collateral Security assigned to the
Trust pursuant to this Assignment for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the other Beneficiaries.
4. Acceptance by Trustee. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 6 of this Assignment, the Trustee hereby
acknowledges its acceptance, on behalf of the Trust, of all right, title and
interest previously held by the Seller to the property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 3(a) of this
Assignment, and declares that it shall maintain such right, title and interest,
upon the trust set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and other Beneficiaries. The Trustee further acknowledges
that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Assignment, the Seller delivered to the Trustee the computer file or microfiche
or written list relating to the Additional Accounts described in Section 2 of
this Assignment. The Trustee shall be under no obligation whatsoever to verify
the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in such file or list.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller
hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, as of the
date of this Assignment and as of the Addition Date that:
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(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting creditors, rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a limited
partnership duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under
the law of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, full
power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its
business as such properties are presently owned and such business is
presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Assignment.
(c) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign partnership (or is
exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify or
obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse effect on
its ability to perform its obligations hereunder;
(d) Eligible Accounts. Each Additional Account designated hereby
is an Eligible Account;
(e) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were utilized
in selecting the Additional Accounts designated hereby;
(f) Insolvency. As of the Notice Date and the Addition Date,
neither DFS nor the Seller are insolvent nor, after giving effect to the
conveyance set forth in Section 3 of this Assignment, shall any of them
have been made insolvent, nor are any of them aware of any pending
insolvency;
(g) Valid Transfer. This Assignment constitutes a valid sale,
transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest of
the Seller in the Receivables and the Collateral Security and the proceeds
thereof and upon the filing of the financing statements described in
Section 3 of this Assignment with the Secretary of State of the State of
Missouri and other applicable states and, in the case of the Receivables
and the Collateral Security hereafter created and the proceeds thereof,
upon the creation thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority perfected
ownership interest in such property, except for Liens permitted under
Section 2.6(a) of the Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, neither the Seller nor any Person
claiming through or under the Seller has any claim to or interest in the
Trust Assets;
(h) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Assignment and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Assignment
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have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary partnership
action on the part of the Seller.
(i) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Assignment,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and
the fulfillment of the terms hereof, shall not conflict with, result in
any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default
under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or its
properties are bound;
(j) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Assignment by
the Seller, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the
Seller shall not conflict with or violate any material Requirements of Law
applicable to the Seller;
(k) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened against the
Seller before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Assignment, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller,
would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Assignment, (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of this Assignment or (v) seeking to affect adversely the
income tax attributes of the Trust under the United States Federal or any
State income, single business or franchise tax systems;
(l) Record of Accounts. As of the Addition Date, Schedule 1 to
this Assignment is an accurate and complete listing in all material
respects of all the Additional Accounts as of the Additional Cut-Off Date
and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such
Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct in
all material respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(m) No Liens. Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing
on the Addition Date has been conveyed to the Trust free and clear of any
Lien, except for Liens permitted under Section 2.6(a) of the Agreement;
(n) All Consents Required. With respect to each Receivable and all
Collateral Security existing on the Addition Date, all consents, licenses,
approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations with any
Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by the
Seller in connection with the conveyance of such Receivable or Collateral
Security to the Trust, the execution and delivery of this Assignment and
the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect; and
(o) Eligible Receivables. On the Additional Cut-Off Date each
Receivable conveyed to the Trust as of such date is an Eligible Receivable
or, if such Receivable is
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not an Eligible Receivable, such Receivable is conveyed to the Trust in
accordance with Section 2.9 of the Agreement.
6. Conditions Precedent. The acceptance of the Trustee set forth
in Section 4 of this Assignment is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to
the Addition Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5 of this Assignment shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Assignment and as of the Addition
Date;
(b) Agreement. Each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.5(d)
of the Agreement applicable to the designation of the Additional Accounts
to be designated hereby shall have been satisfied; and
(c) Officer's Certificate. The Seller shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate, dated the date of this Assignment, in
which an officer of the Seller shall state that the representations and
warranties of the Seller under Section 5 hereof are true and correct. The
Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers' Certificate, shall have no
duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein and
shall incur no liability in so relying.
7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Assignment,
the Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Agreement as so
supplemented by this Assignment shall be read, taken and construed as one and
the same instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee have
caused this Assignment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective
duly authorized officers as of the day and the year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.,
Seller,
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, INC., General Partner
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES
CORPORATION, as Servicer
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Trustee,
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ANNUAL SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE
(As required to be delivered on or before March 31
of each calendar year pursuant to Section 3.5 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
Deutsche Financial Services Corporation
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES
FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST
The undersigned, duly authorized representatives of Deutsche Financial
Services Corporation ("DFS"), as Servicer, pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended, amended
and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Agreement"), by and
among Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., as seller, DFS, as servicer, and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee, do hereby certify that:
1. DFS is, as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the
Agreement.
2. The undersigned are Servicing Officers and are duly authorized
pursuant to the Agreement to execute and deliver this Certificate to the
Trustee, any Agent and any Enhancement Providers.
3. A review of the activities of the Servicer during the calendar
year ended December 31, , and of its performance under the Agreement was
conducted under our supervision.
4. Based on such review, the Servicer has, to the best of our
knowledge, performed in all material respects all of its obligations under
the Agreement throughout such year and no default in the performance of
such obligations has occurred or is continuing except as set forth in
paragraph 5 below.
5. The following is a description of each default in the
performance of the Servicer's obligations under the provisions of the
Agreement known to us to have been made by
the Servicer during the year ended December 31, _____, which sets forth in
detail the (a) nature of each such default, (b) the action taken by the
Servicer, if any, to remedy each such default and (c) the current status
of each such default: [If applicable, insert "None."]
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this
Certificate this ____ day of _______, ______.
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D-1
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"). NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY PORTION HEREOF MAY
BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS OF THE
1933 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE BLUE SKY OR SECURITIES LAWS
OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS. THE
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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EXHIBIT D-2
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A BENEFIT PLAN (AS
DEFINED BELOW). */
*/ The following should be inserted in any Certificate bearing such legend:
This Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of any
employee benefit plan, trust or account, including an individual retirement
account, that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, or that is described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or an entity whose underlying assets include plan
assets by reason of a plan's investment in such entity (a "Benefit Plan"). By
accepting and holding this Certificate or any interest in this Certificate, the
Holder hereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not
funding its acquisition with the assets of any Benefit Plan.
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EXHIBIT E
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT F-1
[FORM OF CLEARANCE SYSTEM CERTIFICATE
TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRUSTEE BY
EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL FOR
DELIVERY OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES
IN EXCHANGE FOR A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST
[ %] [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Certificates, Series [ ]
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Certificates to be delivered]
We refer to that portion of the temporary Global Certificate in
respect of the above-captioned issue which is herewith submitted to be exchanged
for definitive Certificates (the "Submitted Portion") as provided in the Amended
and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2000 (as
amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Agreement"), in respect of such issue. This is to certify that (i) we have
received a certificate or certificates, in writing or by tested telex, with
respect to each of the persons appearing in our records as being entitled to a
beneficial interest in the Submitted Portion and with respect to such persons
beneficial interest either (a) from such person, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-2 to the Agreement, or (b) from [ ], substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-3 to the Agreement, and (ii) the Submitted Portion includes no part of
the temporary Global Certificate excepted in such certificates.
We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received
any notification from any of the persons giving such certificates to the effect
that the statements made by them with respect to any part of the Submitted
Portion are no longer true and cannot be relied on as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities and tax laws in the United States of America. If
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in
such proceedings.
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Dated: 1/
[Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company of New York,
Brussels office, as
operator of the
Euroclear System]2/
[Centrale de Livraison
de Valeurs Mobiliere S.A.]2/
By: ____________________________
1/ To be dated on the Exchange Date.
2/ Delete the inappropriate reference.
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EXHIBIT F-2
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
TO EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL
BY [ ]
WITH RESPECT TO REGISTERED CERTIFICATES SOLD TO
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS]
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES
FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST,
[ %] [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Certificates, Series [ ]
In connection with the initial issuance and placement of the above
referenced Asset Backed Certificates (the "Certificates"), an institutional
investor in the United States ("institutional investor") is purchasing U.S. $
aggregate principal amount of the Certificates held in our account at [Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the
Euroclear System] [Cedel S.A.] on behalf of such investor.
We reasonably believe that such institutional investor is a
qualified institutional buyer as such term is defined under Rule 144A of the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
United States laws. We irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings
or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered by this certificate.]
The Definitive Certificates in respect of this certificate are to be
issued in registered form in the minimum denomination of U.S. $ 00,000 and such
Definitive Certificates (and, unless the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
Supplement relating to the Certificates otherwise provides, any Certificates
issued in exchange or substitution for or on registration of transfer of
Certificates) shall bear the following legend:
"THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY PORTION
HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS (EACH AS DEFINED HEREIN), EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION
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PROVISIONS OF SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS. THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS
SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. THIS CERTIFICATE CANNOT BE EXCHANGED
FOR A BEARER CERTIFICATE."
Dated:
[_________________________________]
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT F-3
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
TO EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER
OF CERTIFICATES, OTHER THAN A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER]
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES
FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST
[ %] [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Certificates, Series [ ]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as provided
in the third paragraph hereof, the above-captioned Certificates held by you for
our account (i) are not owned by a person that is a United States person, (ii)
are owned by a United States person that is (A) the foreign branch of a United
States financial institution (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v)) (a "financial institution") purchasing for its own account or
for resale, or (B) a United States person who acquired the Certificates through
the foreign branch of a financial institution and who holds the Certificates
through the financial institution on the date hereof (and in either case (A) or
(B), the financial institution hereby agrees to comply with the requirements of
Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by a financial
institution for purposes of resale during the Restricted Period (as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) . In addition,
financial institutions described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence
(whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) certify that they have not
acquired the Certificates for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a
United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
We undertake to advise you by tested telex if the above statement as
to beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the
above-captioned Certificates in bearer form with respect to such of said
Certificates as then appear in your books as being held for our account.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S. $ principal
amount of Certificates held by you for our account, as to which we are not yet
able to certify beneficial ownership. We understand that delivery of Definitive
Certificates in such principal amount cannot be made until we are able to so
certify.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities and tax laws in the United States of America. If
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in
such proceedings. As used herein, "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and "United States
Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a
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corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source.
Dated: 1/ By: As, or as agent for, the
beneficial owner(s) of
the interest in the
Certificates to which
this certificate relates.
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1/ This Certificate must be dated on the earlier of the date of the first actual
payment of interest in respect of the Certificates and the date of the delivery
of the Certificates in definitive form.
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EXHIBIT G-1
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
Provisions to be Included in
Opinion of Counsel Delivered Pursuant
to Section 13.2(d)
(a) The Amendment to the [Pooling and Servicing Agreement]
[Supplement], attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the "Amendment"), has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Seller, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect. The enforceability of the Seller's
obligations is also subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) The Amendment has been entered into in accordance with the
terms and provisions of Section 13.1 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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EXHIBIT G-2
TO PSA
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
Provisions to be Included in Opinion of Counsel to be
Delivered Pursuant to Sections 2.5 and 13.2(g)(i) and (ii)(1)
The opinions set forth below may be subject to all the
qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions taken or made in the
opinion of counsel to Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P. (the "Seller")
delivered on any Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are
used as defined in the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Agreement"), among the Seller, as seller,
Deutsche Financial Services Corporation, as servicer, and The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as trustee.
[(a) The Assignment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Seller, and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms.]
(b) Assuming the Receivables [in the Additional Accounts] are
created under, and are evidenced solely by, Wholesale Financing Agreements,
Accounts Receivable Financing Agreements, or Asset Based Financing Agreements,
such Receivables shall constitute "chattel paper", "accounts" or "general
intangibles" as defined under Section 9-105 of the UCC. We note that the Seller
has given us an Officer's Certificate to the effect that the Receivables are
created under Wholesale Financing Agreements, Accounts Receivable Financing
Agreements, or Asset Based Financing Agreements.
(c) [True sale opinion regarding transfer of Receivables from DFS
to the Seller.]
(d) If the transfer of the Receivables [in the Additional
Accounts] and all [of the related] Collateral Security to the Trust pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement constitutes a true sale of such Receivables
and Collateral Security to the Trust:
(i) with respect to such Receivables and Collateral Security
in existence on the date hereof, such sale transfers all of the
right, title and interest of the Seller in and to such Receivables
and Collateral Security to the Trust, free and clear of any liens
now existing or hereafter created, but subject to the rights of the
holder of the Deutsche FRLP Certificate and except for Liens
permitted under Section 2.6(a) of the Agreement;
(ii) with respect to such Receivables and Collateral Security
which come into existence after the date hereof, upon the creation
of such Receivables and Collateral Security and the subsequent
transfer of such Receivables and Collateral
(1) Include bracketed language only in the case of additions of Accounts
effected pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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Security to the Trust in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and receipt by the Seller of the consideration therefor
required pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such sale
shall transfer all of the right, title and interest of the Seller in
and to such Receivables and Collateral Security to the Trust free
and clear of any liens but subject to the rights of the holder of
the Deutsche FRLP Certificate and except for Liens permitted under
Section 2.6(a) of the Agreement;
and, in either case, no further action shall thereafter be required
under Missouri or federal law to protect the Trust's ownership
interest in the Receivables and the Collateral Security against
creditors of, or subsequent purchasers from, the Seller.
(e) If the transfer of the Receivables and Collateral Security to
the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement does not constitute a
true sale of the Receivables and the Collateral Security to the Trust, then the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement as amended and supplemented by the Assignment
creates a valid security interest in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, in the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the
Receivables and the Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof securing the
obligations of the Seller thereunder. Financing statements on form UCC-1 having
been filed in the Offices of the Secretaries of State of the State of Missouri
and [other applicable states] [and counties) and accordingly, such security
interest constitutes a perfected security interest in such Receivables and
Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof subject to no prior liens (but
subject to the Liens permitted by Section 2.6(a) of the Agreement), enforceable
as such against creditors of, and subsequent purchasers from, the Seller,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally
and to general equity principles.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.7 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to below)
REASSIGNMENT NO. OF RECEIVABLES,
dated as of , 20__, by and between DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, L.P., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Seller"), and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee")
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Seller, Deutsche Financial Services Corporation, as
servicer (the "Servicer"), and the Trustee are parties to the Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended,
amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the"Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller wishes (a) to remove
certain Accounts (the "Removed Accounts") and (b) if and only if permitted by
Section 2.8(d) of the Agreement, to cause the Trustee to reconvey the
Receivables of such Removed Accounts and the related Collateral Security,
whether now existing or hereafter created, and all amounts currently held by the
Trust or thereafter received by the Trust in respect of such Removed Accounts,
from the Trust to the Seller (as each such term is defined in the Agreement);
and
WHEREAS the Trustee is willing to accept such removal and to
reconvey the Receivables in the Removed Accounts, such Collateral Security and
any related amounts held or received by the Trust subject to the terms and
conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used
herein shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise
defined herein.
"Removal Date" shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts
designated hereby,
2. Notice of Removed Accounts. (a) Not less than five Business
Days prior to the Removal Date, the Seller shall furnish to the Trustee, any
Agent, any Enhancement Providers and the Rating Agencies a written notice
specifying the Determination Date (which may be the Determination Date on which
such notice is given) on which removal of one or more Accounts shall occur, such
date being a Removal Date.
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(b) On or before the fifth Business Day after the Removal Date,
the Seller shall furnish to the Trustee a computer file, microfiche list or
other list of the Removed Accounts that were removed on the Removal Date,
specifying for each Removed Account as of the date of the Removal Notice its
number, the aggregate amount outstanding in such Removed Account and the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables therein and represent that such
computer file, microfiche list or other list of the Removed Accounts is true and
complete in all material respects.
3. Conveyance of Receivables and Accounts. (a) The Trustee does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without
recourse, representation or warranty on and after the Removal Date, all right,
title and interest of the Trust in, to and under all [in the case of Removed
Accounts which were Ineligible Accounts at the time they were originally
designated as Accounts, use the following language: Receivables now existing at
the close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created from time to
time until the termination of the Trust in Removed Accounts designated hereby,
all Collateral Security thereof, all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect thereto (including all Non-Principal Receivables), all
proceeds (as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the State of
Missouri) and Recoveries thereof relating thereto] [in the case of Removed
Accounts which were not Ineligible Accounts at the time they were originally
designated as Accounts, replace the immediately preceding bracketed text with
the following: the Removed Accounts but not any right, title and interest of the
Trust in, to and under (i) all Receivables existing at the close of business on
the Removal Date in Removed Accounts designated hereby, (ii) all Collateral
Security relating to such Receivables, (iii) all monies due or to become due and
all amounts received with respect to such Receivables (including all
Non-Principal Receivables), (iv) all proceeds (as defined in Section 9-306 of
the UCC in effect in the State of Missouri) of such Receivables and (v) all
Recoveries of such Receivables relating thereto, it being understood that the
items described in clauses (i)-(v) shall continue to be Trust Assets].
(b) If requested by the Seller, in connection with such transfer,
the Trustee agrees to execute and deliver to the Seller on or prior to the date
of this Reassignment, a termination statement under the UCC of each applicable
jurisdiction with respect to the Receivables existing at the close of business
on the Removal Date and thereafter created from time to time and Collateral
Security thereof in the Removed Accounts reassigned hereby (which may be a
single termination statement with respect to all such Receivables and Collateral
Security) evidencing the release by the Trust of its lien on the Receivables in
the Removed Accounts and the Collateral Security, and meeting the requirements
of applicable state law, in such manner and such jurisdictions as are necessary
to remove such lien.
4. Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee hereby acknowledges that,
prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Reassignment,
the Seller delivered to the Trustee the computer file or such microfiche or
written list described in Section 2(b) of this Reassignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller
hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, as of the
date of this Reassignment and as of the Removal Date:
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(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or
in equity);
(b) No Early Amortization Event. The removal of the Accounts
hereby removed shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Seller,
cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool Balance
to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(c) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed
by the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries
were utilized in selecting the Accounts to be removed;
(d) True and Complete List. The list of Removed Accounts
described in Section 2 of this Assignment is, as of the Removal
Commencement Date, true and complete in all material respects; and
(e) Rating of Certificates. The removal of such Accounts
shall not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any
outstanding series or Class by the applicable Rating Agency;
provided, however, that in the event that the removal on such
Removal Date relates solely to Ineligible Accounts, the Seller shall
be deemed to make only the representations and warranties contained
in paragraph 5(a) above.
6. Conditions Precedent. In addition to the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 2.7 of the Agreement, the obligation of the Trustee to
execute and deliver this Reassignment is subject to the satisfaction, on or
prior to the Removal Date, of the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) Officers' Certificate. The Seller shall have delivered to the
Trustee, any Agent, and any Enhancement Providers an Officers' Certificate
certifying that (i) as of the Removal Date, all requirements set forth in
Section 2.7 of the Agreement for removing such Accounts and reconveying the
Receivables of such Removed Accounts and the Collateral Security, whether
existing at the close of business on the Removal Date or thereafter created from
time to time until the termination of the Trust, have been satisfied, and (ii)
each of the representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5
hereof is true and correct as of the date of this Reassignment and as of the
Removal Date. The Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers' Certificate,
shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth
therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
(b) The Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee, any Agent, any
Enhancement Providers and each Rating Agency a Tax Opinion, dated the Removal
Date, with respect to the removal of Accounts.
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7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this
Reassignment, the Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the
Agreement as so supplemented by this Reassignment shall be read, taken and
construed as one and the same instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Reassignment to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on
the day and year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.,
Seller,
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, INC., General Partner
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, Trustee
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
List of Accounts
Delivered separately to the Trustee and deemed to be incorporated
herein.
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Schedule 2
The Collection Account for the Trust has been established with The
Chase Manhattan Bank, Account #507-865677.
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Exhibit 4.6
FIRST OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
AND SUPPLEMENTS
THIS FIRST OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTS, dated as of as of December 31, 2002 (this
"Amendment"), is among Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P. ("Limited
Partnership"), a Delaware limited partnership, GE Commercial Distribution
Finance Corporation ("CDF"), a Nevada corporation (formerly known as Deutsche
Financial Services Corporation), as Servicer, Wilmington Trust Company ("WTC")
(successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee, and CDF Financing, L.L.C.
("LLC"), a Delaware limited liability company.
BACKGROUND
The parties hereto include the parties to the following agreements:
1. Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
April 1, 2000, among Limited Partnership as Seller, CDF as Servicer and WTC as
Trustee (as amended from time to time, the "PSA");
2. Series 2000-1 Supplement, dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended from
time to time, the "Series 2000-1 Supplement"), among Limited Partnership as
Seller, CDF as Servicer and WTC as Trustee;
3. Series 2000-2 Supplement, dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended from
time to time, the "Series 2000-2 Supplement"), among Limited Partnership as
Seller, CDF as Servicer and WTC as Trustee; and
4. Series 2000-4 Supplement, dated as of July 1, 2000 (as amended from
time to time, the "Series 2000-4 Supplement"); the Series 2000-1 Supplement, the
Series 2000-2 Supplement, and the Series 2000-4 Supplement may be referred to
collectively as the "Supplements"; the Supplements and the PSA may be referred
to collectively as the "Agreements" and individually as an "Agreement"), among
Limited Partnership as Seller, CDF as Servicer, and WTC as Trustee.
The parties hereto desire to amend each of the Agreements as set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms defined in an Agreement and used
but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in such
Agreement.
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SECTION 2. Preambles. The phrase "Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, as Seller" as it appears in the Preamble of each
of the Agreements is hereby deleted and replaced by:
"CDF Financing, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as Seller".
SECTION 3. Section 1.1 of PSA.
(a) Section 1.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by adding the following
definitions:
"CDF" shall mean GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation
(formerly known as Deutsche Financial Services Corporation), a
Nevada corporation, and its successors.
"First Tier Transfer Agreement" means the Receivables Contribution
and Sale Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1993, amended and
restated as of March 1, 1994, as amended as of January 24, 1996,
amended and restated as of October 1, 1996, and amended as of
December 31, 2002, between CDF and Deutsche FRLP, as the same may be
further amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"GECC" shall mean General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
Corporation, and its successors.
"GECS" shall mean General Electric Capital Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and its successors.
"LLC" shall mean CDF Financing, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company, and its successors.
"LLC Certificate" shall mean the certificate executed by the Seller
and authenticated by the Trustee, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to the Existing Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Section 1.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by deleting the following
definitions:
"Deutsche FRI"
"Deutsche FRLP Certificate"
"Deutsche North America"
"DFS"
(c) Section 1.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by amending the following
defined terms to read as follows:
"Officers' Certificate" with respect to any Person shall mean,
unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, a certificate signed
by an officer or manager of such
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Person (or, if such Person is a limited partnership, a certificate
signed by an officer or manager of the general partner of such
limited partnership).
"Rating Agency" shall mean, with respect to any outstanding Series
or Class, each statistical rating agency, if any, selected by the
Seller (or, if such Series or Class was issued prior to 2003,
selected by Deutsche FRLP) to rate the Investor Certificates of such
Series or Class.
"Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement" shall mean the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement dated as of December 31,
2002 between Deutsche FRLP and the LLC, as the same may be amended,
amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Seller" shall mean the LLC.
"Trustee" shall mean Wilmington Trust Company, or its successor in
interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Vice President" when used with respect to any Person shall mean a
vice president or a manager of such Person, whether or not
designated by a number or word or words added before or after the
title "vice president" or "manager".
(d) Clause (ii) of the definition of Participation Agreement in Section
1.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement" and replacing it with the phrase "First Tier
Transfer Agreement".
SECTION 4. Deutsche FRLP.
(a) Section 13.6 of the PSA is hereby amended by deleting the phrases:
(i) in the case Deutsche FRLP, 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St.
Louis, Missouri 63141, Attention: Secretary,
(iii) in the case of the Trustee: 450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor,
New York, New York 10001, Attention: Capital Markets Fiduciary
Services, Deutsche Floorplan Receivables,
and replacing them with the phrases:
(i) in the case of LLC, 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis,
Missouri, 63141, Attention: Manager,
(iii) in the case of the Trustee, 1100 N. Market Street, Wilmington,
Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
(b) The definition of "Facility Account" in Section 1.1 of the Series
2000-4 Supplement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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"Facility Account" shall mean a bank account specified by the
Administrative Agent upon ten (10) days' prior written notice to the
Trustee, the Managing Agents, the Seller and the Servicer from time
to time.
(c) All references in the Agreements to "the Deutsche FRLP Certificate"
are hereby deleted and replaced with a reference to "the LLC Certificate".
SECTION 5. References to the Uniform Commercial Code/State of Missouri.
(a) Clause (m) of the definition "Eligible Receivable" in Section 1.1 of
the PSA is hereby amended by replacing the reference to "State of Missouri" with
"applicable jurisdiction".
(b) Section 2.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by replacing all references
to "State of Missouri" with "applicable jurisdiction".
(c) Section 2.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by replacing all references
therein to "Section 9-306 of the UCC" with "the UCC", and by replacing the
reference therein to "9-105 of the UCC" with "the UCC".
SECTION 6. References to Partnership.
(a) Sections 2.3 and 2.6(k) of the PSA are hereby amended by replacing
all references therein to "limited partnership" with "limited liability company"
and by replacing all references therein to "partnership" with "limited liability
company".
(b) Section 2.6(f) of the PSA is hereby amended by replacing the phrase
"limited partnerships" with "limited liability companies".
(c) Section 2.6(j) of the PSA is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
"(j) Merger, Etc. The Seller shall not (i) enter into any
transaction of merger or consolidation unless (A) the surviving
Person of such merger or consolidation assumes all of the Seller's
obligations under this Agreement, (B) the Seller shall have given
the Rating Agencies and the Trustee at least 10 days' prior notice
and the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such transaction and (C) such merger or consolidation
does not conflict with any provisions of the limited liability
company agreement of the Seller, or (ii) terminate, liquidate or
dissolve itself (or suffer any termination, liquidation or
dissolution), or (iii) acquire or be acquired by any Person, or (iv)
otherwise make (or suffer) any material change in the organization
of or method of conducting its business."
(d) Section 7.3 of the PSA is hereby amended by replacing the phrase
"Seller's agreement of limited partnership" with "Seller's limited liability
company agreement".
SECTION 7. Series 2000-4 Supplement.
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(a) The definition of "Excess Servicing" in Section 2.1 of the Series
2000-4 Supplement is hereby amended by replacing "Section 4.6(a)(ix)" with
"Section 4.6(a)(x)".
(b) Section 9.8 of the Series 2000-4 Supplement is hereby amended by
deleting the last sentence of the Section and by replacing it with the
following:
"Change of Control" shall mean that CDF, the LLC, Deutsche FRLP or
the general partner of Deutsche FRLP shall fail to be owned or
controlled, indirectly or directly, by GECS and/or GECC.
(c) Section 9.11 of the Series 2000-4 Supplement is hereby amended by
replacing each reference therein to "the seller or the general partner of the
Seller" with "the Seller, Deutsche FRLP, or the general partner of Deutsche
FRLP".
SECTION 8. Deutsche Bank AG; Deutsche North America. Except as otherwise
provided in this Amendment, (a) all references to "Deutsche Bank AG" in the
Agreements are hereby deleted and replaced with "GECS" and (b) all references to
"Deutsche North America" in the Agreements are hereby deleted and replaced with
"GECS".
SECTION 9. DFS. All references to "DFS" in the Agreements are hereby
deleted and replaced with "CDF".
SECTION 10. The Chase Manhattan Bank. The parties hereto agree and
acknowledge that WTC has succeeded to The Chase Manhattan Bank as the Trustee
under the Agreements. All references to "The Chase Manhattan Bank" in the
Agreements are hereby deleted and replaced with "Wilmington Trust Company".
SECTION 11. Amendment to Section 2.5(d)(x) of the PSA. Section
2.5(d)(x)(B) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "less frequently" and
replacing it with the phrase "more frequently".
SECTION 12. Amendment to Section 2.6(k) of the PSA. Section 2.6(k) of the
PSA is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof, immediately
prior to the period at the end thereof: "or the Seller Certification Condition
shall have been satisfied with respect thereto. "Seller Certification Condition"
shall mean, with respect to any event, circumstance, matter, or action, that
such event, circumstance, matter or action shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of Investor Certificateholder (as evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate of the Seller)."
SECTION 13. Amendment to Section 11.7(b) of the PSA. Section 11.7(b) of
the PSA is hereby amended by deleting "The Servicer" and "the Servicer" in each
place either such phrase appears and replacing each such phrase with "GECS".
SECTION 14. Amendment to Section 13.4 of the PSA. Section 13.4 of the PSA
is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Section 13.4 No Petition. The Servicer, CDF (if it is no longer the
Servicer) and the Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee), by entering into this Agreement,
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each Investor Certificateholder, by accepting an Investor Certificate or an
interest in an Investor Certificate, each holder of a Supplemental Certificate
by accepting a Supplemental Certificate, and any Successor Servicer and each
other Beneficiary and each Certificate Owner, by accepting the benefits of this
Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees or is deemed to covenant and agree, that
they shall not at any time institute against, or encourage or solicit any Person
to institute against, the Seller, the Trust, Deutsche FRLP or the general
partner of Deutsche FRLP, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United
States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law."
SECTION 15. Amendment to Section 13.5 of the PSA. Section 13.5 of the PSA
is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Section 13.5. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CERTIFICATES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK)."
SECTION 16. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties to this
Amendment hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Amendment 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 set forth in Section 13.6 of PSA (or, in the case of Deutsche FRLP, at
its address set forth in the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement) or at
such other address notified to the other parties to this Amendment; 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.
SECTION 17. Miscellaneous. (a) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK).
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(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall
constitute one and the same Amendment. Executed counterparts of this Amendment
may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.
(c) The Agreements, as amended hereby, remain in full force and effect.
Any reference to the Agreements after the date hereof shall be deemed to refer
to the Agreements as amended hereby, unless otherwise expressly stated therein.
(d) The section titles contained in this Amendment are and shall be
without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed as of the date and year first-above written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
By: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(f/k/a Bankers Trust Company), as Agent
By: /s/ Louis Bodi
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Name: Louis Bodi
Title: Vice President
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GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
FINANCE CORPORATION, as Servicer
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
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Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Finance Manager
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DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., as
Seller
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
INC., its general partner
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
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Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Treasurer
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CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Cristina Harter
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Name: Cristina Harter
Title: Manager
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Exhibit 4.7
SECOND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
AND SUPPLEMENTS
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTS, dated as of as of April 1, 2003 (this "Amendment"),
is among GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation ("CDF"), a Nevada
corporation (formerly known as Deutsche Financial Services Corporation), as
Servicer, Wilmington Trust Company ("WTC") (successor to The Chase Manhattan
Bank), as Trustee, and CDF Financing, L.L.C. ("LLC"), a Delaware limited
liability company.
BACKGROUND
The parties are parties to the following agreements:
1. the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2000, as amended (as so amended, the "PSA") among the
LLC, CDF, as Servicer, and WTC, as Trustee;
2. the Series 2000-2 Supplement, dated as of April 1, 2000, as
amended (as so amended, the "Series 2000-2 Supplement"), among the LLC,
CDF, as Servicer, and WTC, as Trustee; and
3. the Series 2000-4 Supplement, dated as of July 1, 2000, as
amended (as so amended, the "Series 2000-4 Supplement"); the Series 2000-2
Supplement and the Series 2000-4 Supplement may be referred to
collectively as the "Supplements"; the Supplements and the PSA may be
referred to collectively as the "Agreements" and individually as an
"Agreement"), among the LLC, CDF, as Servicer, and WTC, as Trustee.
The parties hereto desire to amend each of the Agreements as set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms defined in an Agreement and used
but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in such
Agreement.
SECTION 2. Section 1.1 of the PSA.
(a) Section 1.1 of the PSA is hereby amended by amending the following
defined terms to read as follows:
"Dealer Overconcentration" shall be determined by the Servicer on
each Determination Date. A Dealer Overconcentration shall exist with
respect to a Dealer (an "Overconcentrated Dealer") if the aggregate
amount of the Principal Receivables owed by such Dealer exceeds the
applicable Dealer Concentration Limit. "Dealer Concentration Limit"
is a dollar amount calculated as a percentage of the Pool Balance as
of the end of each Collection Period (the "Concentration Limit
Percentage"). If the Dealer is among the eight Dealers owing the
largest amount of Principal Receivables as of the end of a
Collection Period (the "Top 8 Dealers"), the Concentration Limit
Percentage is currently two and one-half percent (2.5%). If the
Dealer is not among the Top 8 Dealers, the Concentration Limit
Percentage is currently two percent (2%). The Concentration Limit
Percentage for the Top 8 Dealers, as well as the Concentration Limit
Percentage for the other Dealers, may be increased or decreased from
time to time by the Transferor upon notice to the Trustee and the
Servicer without the consent of any Investor Certificateholder if
the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection with
that increase or decrease. For purposes of the definitions of Dealer
Overconcentration, Overconcentrated Dealer and Top 8 Dealers, a
Dealer and all of its Affiliates that are Dealers shall be
considered to be a single Dealer. For so long as a Dealer
Overconcentration exists, allocations of Principal Collections,
Non-Principal Collections, Defaulted Amounts and Miscellaneous
Payments related to an Overconcentrated Dealer shall be allocated in
accordance with Section 4.5.
"Manufacturer Overconcentration" on any Determination Date shall
mean, with respect to all Accounts covered by a Floorplan Agreement
with the same Manufacturer as obligor, the excess of (a) the
aggregate of all amounts of Principal Receivables in such Accounts
on the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such
Determination Date that are covered by such Floorplan Agreement over
(b) 15% of the Pool Balance on the last day of such immediately
preceding Collection Period (in the case of each of the
Manufacturers that is among the three Manufacturers which are
parties to Floorplan Agreements covering the largest aggregate
amounts of Principal Receivables) or 10% of the Pool Balance on the
last day of such immediately preceding Collection Period (in the
case of Manufacturers other than such top three Manufacturers (or,
in each case, if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, such
larger percentage of such Pool Balance as is stated in the notice
from each applicable Rating Agency in connection with the
satisfaction of such Rating Agency Condition).
"Net Receivables Rate" shall mean, with respect to a Payment Date
and unless otherwise specified for a Series in the related
Supplement, (i) the weighted average of the interest rates borne by
the Receivables during the second Collection Period preceding such
Payment Date (interest payments on the Receivables at such rates
being due and payable in the Collection Period preceding such
Payment Date) plus (ii) the product of (x) the Monthly Payment Rate
for the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date, (y) the
Discount Factor for such Payment Date and (z) twelve less (iii) 2%
per annum unless the
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Monthly Servicing Fee has been waived (other than a deemed waiver)
pursuant to each Supplement, in which case solely, for that Payment
Date, "2% per annum" will be deemed to be replaced by "0% per
annum".
"Product Line Overconcentration" on any Determination Date shall
mean, with respect to Accounts created pursuant to Wholesale
Financing Agreements, the excess of (a) the aggregate of all amounts
of Principal Receivables in such Accounts that represent financing
for a single Product line (according to CDF's classification system)
on the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such
Determination Date over (b) (i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the
Pool Balance on the last day of such immediately preceding
Collection Period if such Product line is not recreational vehicles
or boats or boat motors, (ii) thirty-five percent (35%) of that Pool
Balance if that product line is recreational vehicles, or (iii)
thirty-five percent (35%) of that Pool Balance if that product line
is boats or boat motors or, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or
(iii), if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, such larger
percentage of such Pool Balance as is stated in the applicable
notice from each applicable Rating Agency in connection with the
satisfaction of such Rating Agency Condition.
"Rating Agency Condition" shall mean, with respect to any action,
that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Transferor or the
Servicer or the Trustee in writing that such action shall not result
in a reduction or withdrawal of such Rating Agency's rating of any
outstanding Series or Class with respect to which it is a Rating
Agency. The Rating Agency Condition shall be inapplicable at any
time that no such Series or Class is outstanding.
"Specified Party" means any of the Transferor, General Electric
Capital Corporation, the Limited Partnership, the Servicer, CDF, if
it is not the Servicer, GECS, so long as CDF is an Affiliate of
GECS, or, if GECS has merged or consolidated with another Person,
the surviving Person (but only so long as CDF is an Affiliate of the
surviving Person) or any other Person which is the direct,
controlling shareholder of CDF.
"Unconcentrated Pool Balance" shall mean, as of the end of any
Collection Period, the lesser of: (1) the Pool Balance at the end of
such Collection Period, and (2)(a)(i) such Pool Balance minus (ii)
the sum of the Principal Receivables in all Accounts of all
Overconcentrated Dealers at the end of such Collection Period,
divided by (b)(i) 100% minus (ii) the sum of (x) the product of (A)
the number of Overconcentrated Dealers as to which the applicable
Concentration Limit Percentage is 2.5% and (B) 2.5%, (y) the product
of (A) the number of Overconcentrated Dealers as to which the
applicable Concentration Limit Percentage is 2% and (B) 2%, and (z)
the product of (A) the number of Overconcentrated Dealers as to
which the applicable Concentration Limit Percentage is other than
2.5% or 2% and (B) in each case, such applicable Concentration Limit
Percentage.
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(b) The definition of "Eligible Investments" in Section 1.1 of the PSA
is hereby further amended by inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of
clause (e) thereof, by replacing ", and" at the end of clause (f) thereof with a
period, and by deleting clause (g) thereof.
(c) Section 1.1 of the PSA is hereby further amended by adding the
following terms thereto in appropriate alphabetical order:
"Payment Date" shall mean the fifteenth day of each month or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Transferor" shall mean CDF Financing, L.L.C., and its successors.
(d) Section 2.4(a) of the PSA is hereby amended by adding the following
new subsection at the end thereof:
"(v) The additional representations and warranties set forth in
Schedule 3 hereto are true and correct."
(e) Section 4.3 of the PSA is hereby amended by adding the following new
paragraph (f) at the end thereof:
"(f) For avoidance of doubt, Collections that are not required by
this Agreement or a Supplement (i) to be held or deposited in a
Trust account, or (ii) to be paid to a Person specified in this
Agreement or a Supplement, may be released to the Transferor."
(f) Subsection 11.14(i) of the PSA is hereby amended by deleting the
words "New York" where they appear in such subsection and replacing them with
the word "Delaware".
(g) Section 11.15 of the PSA is hereby amended by deleting the first
sentence of such section and replacing it with the following sentence:
"The Trustee shall maintain at its expense in Wilmington, Delaware
or New York, New York, an office or offices or agency or agencies
where notices and demands to or upon the Trustee in respect of the
Certificates and this Agreement may be served."
(h) The PSA is hereby amended by adding Schedule 3 attached hereto as
Schedule 3 to the PSA.
(i) Subsection 13.6(a)(iii) of the PSA is hereby amended by inserting
the following phrase at the end of such subsection: "with a copy to Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as agent, 280 Park Avenue, MS NYC03-0918, New York,
NY 10017 Attention: Corporate Trust & Agency Services / Structured Finance
Group".
SECTION 3. Series 2000-2 Supplement.
Section 6.1(d) of the Series 2000-2 Supplement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
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"(d) on any Determination Date occurring in the months of November
through June, the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three
preceding Collection Periods is less than twenty percent (20%) (or a
lower percentage if the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied
with respect to that lower percentage) or on any Determination Date
occurring in the months of July through October, the average of the
Monthly Payment Rates for the three preceding Collection Periods is
less than twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) (or a lower
percentage if the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with
respect to that lower percentage); or".
SECTION 4. Series 2000-4 Supplement.
(a) Section 6.1(c) of the Series 2000-4 Supplement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
"(c) on any Determination Date occurring in the months of November
through June, the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three
preceding Collection Periods is less than twenty percent (20%) (or a
lower percentage if (i) the Rating Agency Condition has been
satisfied with respect to that lower percentage, and (ii) the
Managing Agents shall have consented in writing to such lower
percentage, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) or on
any Determination Date occurring in the months of July through
October, the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three
preceding Collection Periods is less than twenty-two and one-half
percent (22.5%) (or a lower percentage if (i) the Rating Agency
Condition has been satisfied with respect to that lower percentage,
and (ii) the Managing Agents shall have consented in writing to such
lower percentage, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);
or".
(b) Section 6.1(e) of the Series 2000-4 Supplement is hereby amended by
inserting "in" immediately after "amounts on deposit".
SECTION 5. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties to this
Amendment hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Amendment 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 set forth in Section 13.6 of the PSA or at such other address notified
to the other parties to this Amendment; and
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(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.
SECTION 6. Distribution Date Statement. The calculations set forth in the
Distribution Date Statement to be delivered for April, 2003 shall be determined
after giving effect to the amendments set forth in this Amendment.
SECTION 7. Miscellaneous. (a) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK).
(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall
constitute one and the same Amendment. Executed counterparts of this Amendment
may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.
(c) The Agreements, as amended hereby, remain in full force and effect.
Any reference to an Agreement (whether in such Agreement or in any other
agreement or document) after the date hereof shall be deemed to refer to such
Agreement as amended hereby, unless otherwise expressly stated therein.
(d) The section titles contained in this Amendment are and shall be
without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed as of the date and year first above written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
By: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(f/k/a Bankers Trust Company), as Agent
By: /s/ Louis Bodi
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Name: Louis Bodi
Title: Vice President
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S-1 Second Omnibus Amendment - CDF
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE
CORPORATION, as Servicer
By: /s/ Walter D. Bay
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Name: Walter D. Bay
Title: Attesting Secretary
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S-2 Second Omnibus Amendment - CDF
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Cristina Harter
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Name: Cristina Harter
Title: Manager
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S-3 Second Omnibus Amendment - CDF
SCHEDULE 3
Perfection Representations and Warranties
1. General. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in all of the Transferor's right,
title and interest in, to and under (i) the Receivables, (ii) the Collateral
Security and all proceeds thereof, (iii) the Floorplan Agreements and (iv) the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement (clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
may be referred to herein as the "Receivables Property") in favor of the
Trustee, which (a) is enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the
Transferor, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable law, now or
hereafter in effect, and by general principles of equity (whether considered in
a suit at law or in equity), and (b) will be prior to all other Liens (other
than Liens permitted pursuant to paragraph 5 below) in such property.
2. Characterization. The Receivables constitute "accounts", "general
intangibles" or "tangible chattel paper" within the meaning of UCC Section
9-102. The Transferor has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security
interest in the rights of the Limited Partnership in the property securing the
Receivables Property.
3. Creation. Immediately prior to the conveyance of the Receivables
pursuant to this Agreement, the Transferor owns and has good and marketable
title to, or has a valid security interest in the Limited Partnership's rights
in, the Receivables Property free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of
any Person.
4. Perfection. The Transferor has caused the filing of all appropriate
financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest
granted to the Trustee under this Agreement in the Transferor's rights in the
Receivables Property.
5. Priority. Other than the security interests granted to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, the Transferor has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables
Property except as permitted by this Agreement. The Transferor has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against
the Transferor that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables
Property other than any financing statement (i) relating to the security
interests granted to the Trustee under this Agreement, (ii) that has been
terminated, or (iii) that has been granted pursuant to the terms of the Related
Documents. None of the tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the
Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged,
assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee. The
Transferor is not aware of any judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against it.
6. Survival of Perfection Representations. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement or any other Related Document, the Perfection
Representations contained in this Schedule 3 shall be continuing, and remain in
full force and effect.
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7. No Waiver. The parties to this Agreement: (i) shall not, without
satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive any of the representations and
warranties in this Schedule 3 (the "Perfection Representations"); (ii) shall
provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of the
Perfection Representations, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency
Condition (as determined after any adjustment or withdrawal of the ratings
following notice of such breach) waive a breach of any of the Perfection
Representations.
8. Servicer to Maintain Perfection and Priority. The Servicer covenants
that, in order to evidence the interests of the Transferor and the Trustee under
this Agreement, the Servicer shall take such action, or execute and deliver such
instruments (other than effecting a Filing (as defined below), unless such
Filing is effected in accordance with this paragraph) as may be necessary or
advisable (including such actions as are requested by the Trustee) to maintain
and perfect, as a first priority interest, the Trustee's security interest in
the Transferor's rights in the Receivables Property. The Servicer shall, from
time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present
to the Trustee for the Trustee to authorize (based in reliance on the Opinion of
Counsel hereinafter provided for in this paragraph) the Servicer to file, all
financing statements, amendments, continuations, financing statements in lieu of
a continuation statement, terminations, partial terminations, releases or
partial releases, or any other filings necessary or advisable to continue,
maintain and perfect the Trustee's security interest in the Transferor's rights
in the Receivables Property as a first-priority interest (each a "Filing"). The
Servicer shall present each such Filing to the Trustee together with (x) an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Filing is (i) consistent with grant
of the security interest to the Trustee pursuant to the Section 2.1 of this
Agreement, (ii) satisfies all requirements and conditions to such Filing in this
Agreement and (iii) satisfies the requirements for a Filing of such type under
the UCC in the applicable jurisdiction (or if the UCC does not apply, the
applicable statute governing the perfection of security interests), and (y) a
form of authorization for the Trustee's signature. Upon receipt of such Opinion
of Counsel and form of authorization, the Trustee shall promptly authorize in
writing the Servicer to, and the Servicer shall, effect such Filing under the
UCC. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer shall not have any authority to effect a Filing without obtaining
written authorization from the Trustee in accordance with this paragraph (8).
Any reference in this Schedule to the Rating Agency Condition shall be
construed as if Standard & Poor's were the only Rating Agency.
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Exhibit 4.8
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.,
as Transferor,
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Servicer,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
SERIES 2004-NTC SUPPLEMENT
Dated as of [ ], 2004
to
AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 2000
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST
SERIES 2004-NTC
Series 2004-NTC Supplement
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I CREATION OF THE SERIES 2004-NTC CERTIFICATE............................................... 1
SECTION 1.1 DESIGNATION....................................................................... 1
ARTICLE II Definitions............................................................................... 1
SECTION 2.1 DEFINITIONS....................................................................... 1
ARTICLE III Servicing Fee............................................................................. 9
SECTION 3.1 Servicing Compensation............................................................ 9
SECTION 3.2 Servicer Advances................................................................ 10
ARTICLE IV RIGHTS OF SERIES 2004-NTC CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF
COLLECTIONS.............................................................................. 10
SECTION 4.1 Allocations; Payments to Transferor.............................................. 10
SECTION 4.2 Monthly Interest; Determination of Certificate Rate.............................. 10
SECTION 4.3 Determination of Monthly Principal............................................... 11
SECTION 4.4 Establishment of [Reserve Fund and] Funding Accounts............................. 11
SECTION 4.5 Deficiency Amount................................................................ 13
SECTION 4.6 Application of Investor Non-Principal Collections, Investment Proceeds,
Servicer Advances and Available Investor Principal Collections................... 14
SECTION 4.7 Payments to Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.................................... 15
SECTION 4.8 Application of Reserve Fund...................................................... 16
SECTION 4.9 Investor Charge-Offs............................................................. 16
SECTION 4.10 Transferor Amount................................................................ 17
SECTION 4.11 Excess Principal Collections..................................................... 17
ARTICLE V PAYMENT AND REPORTS TO SERIES 2004-NTC CERTIFICATEHOLDER................................. 17
SECTION 5.1 Payments......................................................................... 17
SECTION 5.2 Reports and Statements to Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder...................... 17
ARTICLE VI EARLY AMORTIZATION EVENTS................................................................ 18
SECTION 6.1 Additional Early Amortization Events............................................. 18
ARTICLE VII OPTIONAL REPURCHASE...................................................................... 19
SECTION 7.1 Optional Repurchase............................................................... 19
ARTICLE VIII FINAL PAYMENTS........................................................................... 20
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SECTION 8.1 Sale of Certificateholder's Interest Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the
Agreement; Payments Pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Series Supplement or
Section 2.3 or 12.2(c) of the Agreement.......................................... 20
SECTION 8.2 Payment of Proceeds of Sale, Disposition or Liquidation of the
Receivables Pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Agreement............................. 20
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................................. 21
SECTION 9.1 Securities Law Filings........................................................... 21
SECTION 9.2 Ratification of Agreement........................................................ 21
SECTION 9.3 Counterparts..................................................................... 21
SECTION 9.4 Governing Law.................................................................... 21
SECTION 9.5 [reserved]....................................................................... 21
SECTION 9.6 The Trustee; Paying Agent; Transfer Agent and Registrar.......................... 21
SECTION 9.7 Instructions in Writing.......................................................... 22
SECTION 9.8 [Initial Funding of Reserve Fund................................................. 22
SECTION 9.9 Severability; Certificate Rate Limitation........................................ 22
SECTION 9.10 Headings......................................................................... 22
EXHIBIT A FORM OF NOTE TRUST CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF PAYMENT DATE STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 1 SERIES 2004-NTC ACCOUNTS
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SERIES 2004-NTC SUPPLEMENT dated as of [ ], 2004 (this "Series
Supplement"), among CDF FINANCING, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company,
as Transferor, GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION, a Nevada
corporation, as Servicer, and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as successor to The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee.
Pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended, the "Agreement"), among the
Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee, the Transferor may from time to time
direct the Trustee to issue, on behalf of the Trust, one or more new Series of
Investor Certificates.
Pursuant to this Series Supplement, the Transferor and the Trustee shall
create a new Series of Investor Certificates and specify the Principal Terms
thereof.
ARTICLE I
Creation of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate
SECTION 1.1 Designation.
(a) There is hereby created a Series of Investor Certificates to be issued
pursuant to the Agreement and this Series Supplement to be known as the "Note
Trust Certificate" or the "Series 2004-NTC Certificate", which shall consist of
one Class.
(b) In the event that any term or provision contained herein shall
conflict with or be inconsistent with any term or provision contained in the
Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Series Supplement shall govern.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
SECTION 2.1 Definitions.
(a) Whenever used in this Series Supplement the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Accumulation Period" shall mean, unless an Early Amortization Event shall
have occurred prior thereto (other than an Early Amortization Event which has
resulted in an Early Amortization Period which has ended as described in clause
(c) of the definition of Early Amortization Period in the Agreement), the period
commencing on the Accumulation Period Commencement Date and ending upon the
earlier of (a) the commencement of an Early Amortization Period and (b) the
Expected Final Payment Date.
"Accumulation Period Commencement Date" shall mean the first day of the
calendar month which is the fifth calendar month prior to the calendar month in
which the Expected Final Payment Date occurs; provided, however, that upon
written notice to the Trustee, the Servicer may elect to postpone the
Accumulation Period Commencement Date so that the number of
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months included in the Accumulation Period shall equal or exceed the
Accumulation Period Length; provided, further, that such election shall only be
permitted if the Accumulation Period Length is less than five months and that
the Accumulation Period Commencement Date shall not be postponed beyond the
first day of the calendar month which is the second calendar month prior to the
calendar month in which the Expected Final Payment Date occurs.
"Accumulation Period Length" shall mean, as determined by the Servicer on
each Determination Date, beginning with the Determination Date occurring in the
calendar month which is the sixth calendar month prior to the calendar month in
which the Expected Final Payment Date occurs, the number of calendar months that
the Servicer expects to be required so that sufficient funds are on deposit in
the Principal Funding Account no later than the Expected Final Payment Date to
pay the outstanding principal balance of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate, based
on (a) the expected monthly collections of Principal Receivables expected to be
distributable to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder assuming a principal
payment rate no greater than the lowest Monthly Payment Rate on the Receivables
for the preceding three months, so that, for example, if the lowest Monthly
Payment Rate for that preceding three month period is 50% or more, the number of
calendar months required would be two; if the lowest Monthly Payment Rate for
that preceding three month period is between 33.33% and 50%, the number of
calendar months required would be three; if the lowest Monthly Payment Rate for
that preceding three month period is between 25% and 33.33%, the number of
calendar months required would be four; and if the lowest Monthly Payment Rate
for that preceding three month period is between 20% and 25%, the number of
calendar months required would be five; and (b) the amount of principal expected
to be distributable to Investor Certificateholders of other Series which are
expected to be in their accumulation or amortization periods during the
Accumulation Period; provided, that in the event that no other Series are
expected to be in their accumulation or amortization periods during the
Accumulation Period, then the Servicer shall have the right to designate a
shorter Accumulation Period Length than would be otherwise required by this
definition of Accumulation Period Length.
"Additional Early Amortization Event" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.1.
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a).
"Adjustment Date" shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period, the
second London Business Day preceding such Interest Period; provided, that with
respect to the first Interest Period, the Adjustment Date shall be the Closing
Date.
"Allocable Miscellaneous Payments" shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series
2004-NTC Allocation Percentage for the related Collection Period and the
denominator of which is the sum of the series allocation percentages for all
Series not in their revolving periods, and (b) Miscellaneous Payments with
respect to the related Collection Period.
"Available Investor Principal Collections" shall mean, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (a) an amount equal to Investor Principal Collections
for such Payment Date, (b) Allocable Miscellaneous Payments with respect to such
Payment Date, and (c) on the Termination Date, any funds in the Reserve Fund
after giving effect to Section 4.8.
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["Certificate Rate" shall mean, for an Interest Period and the Payment
Date immediately following such Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to LIBOR
plus [ ] basis points ([ ]%) per annum.]
"Closing Date" shall mean [ ], 2004.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Controlled Accumulation Amount" shall mean the quotient obtained by
dividing the Invested Amount as of the Determination Date on which the
Accumulation Period Length is determined (after giving effect to any changes
therein on such date) by the number of months comprising the Accumulation Period
Length.
"Controlled Deposit Amount" shall mean, for any Payment Date with respect
to the Accumulation Period, the excess, if any, of (i) the product of the
Controlled Accumulation Amount and the number of Payment Dates from and
including the first Payment Date during the Accumulation Period through and
including such Payment Date over (ii) the sum of amounts on deposit in the
Principal Funding Account, in each case before giving effect to any withdrawals
from or deposits to such accounts on such Payment Date.
"Current Payment Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.5.
"Deficiency Amount" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.5.
"Early Amortization Event" shall mean any Early Amortization Event
specified in Section 9.1 of the Agreement, together with any Additional Early
Amortization Event specified in Section 6.1 of this Series Supplement.
"Early Amortization Period" shall mean an Early Amortization Period (as
defined in the Agreement) with respect to Series 2004-NTC.
"Excess Principal Collections" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.6(b).
"Expected Final Payment Date" shall mean the [July 2006] Payment Date.
"Floating Allocation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
Collection Period, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never
exceed 100%) of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Invested Amount as of
the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period and the denominator
of which is the Unconcentrated Pool Balance as of such last day; provided,
however, for the Collection Period in which the Closing Date occurs, the
Floating Allocation Percentage shall mean the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the initial principal balance of
the Series 2004-NTC Certificate and the denominator of which is the
Unconcentrated Pool Balance on the last day of the Collection Period immediately
preceding the Closing Date.
"Initial Invested Amount" shall mean, for any date, the result of (a) the
Pool Balance (as defined in the Agreement), minus (b) the aggregate Invested
Amount (as defined in the
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Agreement) of all Series (other than Series 2004-NTC) then outstanding, minus
(c) the Required Participation Amount (as defined in the Agreement).
"Initial Servicer" shall mean CDF.
["Interest Funding Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.4(b).]
["Interest Period" shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the
period from and including the Payment Date immediately preceding such Payment
Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing
Date) to, but excluding, such Payment Date.]
"Interest Shortfall" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a).
"Invested Amount" shall mean, for any date, an amount equal to (i) the
Initial Invested Amount, minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Monthly Principal
paid to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder prior to such date, minus (iii)
the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs; provided, that
the Invested Amount shall not be less than zero [and shall not be greater than
six billion dollars ($6,000,000,000)].
"Investment Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, all
interest and other investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses)
on the related Determination Date on funds on deposit in the Series 2004-NTC
Accounts, together with an amount equal to the Series 2004-NTC Allocation
Percentage of the interest and other investment earnings (net of losses and
investment expenses) on funds held in the Collection Account credited as of the
related Determination Date to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.2 of
the Agreement.
"Investor Certificateholder" shall have the meaning specified in the
Agreement.
"Investor Charge-Off" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.9.
"Investor Default Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (a) the Defaulted Amount for the related
Collection Period, after giving effect to any allocation of any portion of that
Defaulted Amount to the Dealer Overconcentration Series, and (b) the Floating
Allocation Percentage for the related Collection Period.
"Investor Non-Principal Collections" shall mean, with respect to any
Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Floating Allocation
Percentage for the related Collection Period and (ii) Non-Principal Collections
deposited in the Collection Account for the related Collection Period after
giving effect to any allocations to the Dealer Overconcentration Series for such
Collection Period.
"Investor Principal Collections" shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (a) the product of (i) the Floating Allocation Percentage, with
respect to the Revolving Period, or the Principal Allocation Percentage, with
respect to the Accumulation Period or an Early Amortization Period, for the
related Collection Period (or the portion of the Collection Period which occurs
as part of the first Collection Period during an Early Amortization Period), and
(ii) Principal Collections for the related Collection Period after giving effect
to any allocations to the Dealer Overconcentration Series for such Collection
Period and (b) the amount, if any, of
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Non-Principal Collections to be allocated with respect to the Investor Default
Amount or unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(iv) or
4.6(a)(v); provided, that in the case of clause (a), if for any Payment Date the
sum of the Floating Allocation Percentage (if the Revolving Period is in
effect), the Principal Allocation Percentage (if the Early Amortization Period
or the Accumulation Period is in effect), the floating allocation percentages
for all other outstanding Series of Investor Certificates in their revolving
periods and the principal allocation percentages for all other outstanding
Series of Investor Certificates in their early amortization or accumulation
periods exceeds 100%, then, after giving effect to any allocations to the Dealer
Overconcentration Series, Principal Collections shall be allocated among all
Series (including Series 2004-NTC) pari passu and pro rata on the basis of such
floating allocation percentages and principal allocation percentages.
["LIBOR" shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period, the offered
rates for deposits in United States dollars having a maturity of one month (the
"Index Maturity") commencing on the related Adjustment Date which appears on the
Telerate Page 3750 as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News
(or other such page as may replace Telerate Page 3750 for the purpose of
displaying comparable rates) as of approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on the
date of calculation as determined by the Trustee. If at least two such offered
rates appear on the Telerate Page 3750, LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest seven decimals) of such offered
rates. If fewer than two such offered rates appear, LIBOR with respect to such
Interest Period shall be determined at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on
such Adjustment Date on the basis of the rate at which deposits in United States
dollars having the Index Maturity are offered to prime banks in the London
interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market selected by
the Trustee and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than U.S.
$1,000,000 and that is representative for a single transaction in such market at
such time. The Trustee shall request the principal London office of each of such
banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such banks quote rates
to the Trustee, LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if
necessary, as aforesaid) of such quotations. If fewer than two of such banks
quote rates to the Trustee, LIBOR with respect to such Interest Period shall be
the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary, as aforesaid) of the rates
quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Adjustment Date
by three major banks in New York, New York selected by the Trustee for loans in
United States dollars to leading European banks having the Index Maturity and in
a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 and that
is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time;
provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid are not providing
quotations as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR in effect for the applicable
period shall be LIBOR in effect for the previous period.]
["London Business Day" shall mean any business day on which dealings in
deposits in United States dollars are transacted in the London interbank
market.]
["Monthly Interest" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.2.]
"Monthly Principal" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.3.
"Monthly Servicing Fee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
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"Note Trust" shall mean GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, a Delaware
statutory trust.
"Note Trust Certificate" shall have the meaning specified in Section
1.1(a).
"Payment Date" shall mean the fifteenth day of each month or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Payment Date Statement" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.2(a).
["Pool Factor" shall mean, with respect to any Determination Date, a
number carried out to eleven decimals representing the ratio of the [Invested
Amount] of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate as of such Determination Date
(determined after taking into account any reduction in the [Invested Amount] of
the Series 2004-NTC Certificate which shall occur on the following Payment Date)
to the [Invested Amount] of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate on the Closing Date.
"Principal Allocation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
Collection Period, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never
exceed 100%) of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Invested Amount as of
the last day of the Revolving Period and the denominator of which is the
Unconcentrated Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Collection Period.
"Principal Funding Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.4(c).
"Reassignment Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, after
giving effect to any deposits and payments otherwise to be made on such Payment
Date, the sum of (i) the Invested Amount on such Payment Date and (ii) the
amounts distributable pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(i).
"Required Participation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to Series
2004-NTC, [ ] percent ([ ]%); provided, however, that the Transferor may, upon
ten (10) days' prior notice to the Trustee, each Rating Agency and any
Enhancement Provider, reduce the Required Participation Percentage to a
percentage which shall not be less than 100%; provided, further, however, that
the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
["Reserve Fund" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.4(a).]
["Reserve Fund Deposit Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the Reserve Fund Required Amount for such
Payment Date exceeds (ii) the amount of funds in the Reserve Fund after giving
effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date.]
["Reserve Fund Required Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount equal to the product of (a) [ ] percent ([ ]%) and (b) the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate as of
such Payment Date (after giving effect to any changes therein on such Payment
Date).]
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"Revolving Period" shall mean the period beginning at the opening of
business on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the close of
business on the day immediately preceding the Accumulation Period Commencement
Date, and (b) the close of business on the day an Early Amortization Period
commences; provided, however, that, if any Early Amortization Period ends as
described in clause (c) of the definition of Early Amortization Period in the
Agreement, the Revolving Period shall recommence as of the close of business on
the day such Early Amortization Period ends.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Series 2004-NTC" shall mean the Series of Investor Certificates, the
terms of which are specified in this Series Supplement.
"Series 2004-NTC Accounts" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.4(e).
"Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage" for a Collection Period shall mean
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Invested
Amount on the last Business Day of the Collection Period immediately preceding
such Collection Period and the denominator of which is the Trust Invested Amount
on such last Business Day. The Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage is the
"Series Allocation Percentage" for Series 2004-NTC for purposes of the
Agreement.
"Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder" shall mean initially, CDF Funding,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and, after giving effect to the transfer of the
Series 2004-NTC Certificate by CDF Funding, Inc. to the Note Trust, shall mean
the Note Trust.
"Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder's Interest" shall mean that portion of
the Certificateholders' Interest evidenced by the Series 2004-NTC Certificate.
"Series 2004-NTC Certificate" shall mean the Series 2004-NTC Certificate
executed by the Transferor and authenticated by the Trustee, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
"Series 2004-NTC Excess Principal Collection" shall mean that portion of
Excess Principal Collections allocated to Series 2004-NTC pursuant to Section
4.11.
"Series 2004-NTC Monthly Servicing Fee" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 3.1.
"Series 2004-NTC Principal Shortfall" with respect to any Payment Date,
shall equal the excess of (i) (x) for any Payment Date with respect to the
Accumulation Period, the Controlled Deposit Amount or (y) for any Payment Date
with respect to an Early Amortization Period, the Invested Amount, over (ii)
Available Investor Principal Collections for such Payment Date (excluding any
portion thereof attributable to Excess Principal Collections).
"Servicer Advance" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.2.
"Servicing Fee Rate" shall mean, with respect to Series 2004-NTC, [ ]
percent ([ ]%).
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"Special Payment Date" shall mean each Payment Date with respect to an
Early Amortization Period (other than an Early Amortization Period that has
ended as described in clause (c) of the definition of Early Amortization Period
in the Agreement).
"Telerate Page 3750" shall mean the display designated as page 3750 on
Telerate (or such other page as may replace such page on that service for the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks).
"Termination Date" for Series 2004-NTC shall mean the [July 2008] Payment
Date.
"Termination Proceeds" shall mean any proceeds arising out of a sale of
Receivables (or interests therein) pursuant to Section 12.2(c) of the Agreement
with respect to Series 2004-NTC.
"Transferor" shall mean CDF Financing, L.L.C. and its successors.
"Transferor Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the
amount, if any, specified pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(vi) with respect to such
Payment Date.
"Transferor's Interest" shall mean the interest in the Trust not allocated
to the Certificateholders' Interest.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Series Supplement or
the Agreement, the term "Rating Agency" shall mean, whenever used in this Series
Supplement or the Agreement with respect to Series 2004-NTC, [Standard & Poor's,
Moody's and Fitch]. As used in this Series Supplement and in the Agreement with
respect to Series 2004-NTC, "highest investment category" shall mean [(i) in the
case of Standard & Poor's, AAA and A-1+, as applicable, (ii) in the case of
Moody's, Aaa and P-1, as applicable, and (iii) in the case of Fitch, AAA and
F-1+, as applicable].
(c) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. The definitions in Section
2.1 are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and
to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(d) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Series Supplement shall refer to this Series Supplement
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Series Supplement;
references to any Article, Section or Exhibit are references to Articles,
Sections and Exhibits in or to this Series Supplement unless otherwise
specified; and the term "including" means "including without limitation".
(e) All references to any agreement (including the Agreement) shall be
understood to be references to such agreement as it may be amended, amended and
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
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ARTICLE III
Servicing Fee
SECTION 3.1 Servicing Compensation.
(a) A monthly servicing fee for Series 2004-NTC (the "Monthly Servicing
Fee") shall be payable to the Servicer, in arrears, on each Payment Date in
respect of any Collection Period (or portion thereof) occurring prior to the
first Payment Date on which the Invested Amount is zero, in an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the product of
(i) the Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage and (ii) the Pool Balance as of
the last day of the second Collection Period preceding such Payment Date. The
share of the Monthly Servicing Fee allocable to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder with respect to any Payment Date (the "Series 2004-NTC Monthly
Servicing Fee") shall be equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a) the
Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the Invested Amount as of the last day of the second
Collection Period preceding such Payment Date and shall be payable in the manner
set forth in Section 4.6 and Section 4.10; provided, however, that with respect
to the first Payment Date for Series 2004-NTC, clause (b) of this sentence shall
be deemed to refer to the Invested Amount on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to the first Payment Date for Series 2004-NTC, each
reference in the preceding sentences of this Section to one-twelfth shall be
deemed to be replaced by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
days from but excluding the Closing Date to and including the last day of the
month in which the Closing Date occurs and the denominator of which is 360.
(b) The remainder of the Monthly Servicing Fee shall be paid by the
Transferor and in no event shall the Trust, the Trustee or the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder be liable for the share of the Monthly Servicing Fee to be
paid by the Transferor; and the remainder of the Servicing Fee shall be paid by
the Transferor and the Investor Certificateholders of other Series, the Trustee
and the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder shall in no event be liable for the
share of the Servicing Fee to be paid by the Transferor or the Investor
Certificateholders of other Series. The Series 2004-NTC Monthly Servicing Fee
shall be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent amounts are available for
payment in accordance with the terms of this Series Supplement or to the extent
that amounts may be netted with respect thereto in accordance with the terms of
this Series Supplement or the Agreement.
[(c) The Servicer shall be permitted, in its sole discretion, to waive the
Monthly Servicing Fee for any Payment Date, in whole or in part, by notice to
the Trustee on or before the related Determination Date; provided, that the
Servicer reasonably believes that sufficient Non-Principal Collections shall be
available on any future Payment Date to pay the waived portion of Monthly
Servicing Fee. The waived portion of such Monthly Servicing Fee shall be paid on
a future Payment Date to the extent amounts are available therefor pursuant to
Section 4.10(a) or to the extent that amounts may be netted with respect thereto
in accordance with the terms of this Series Supplement or the Agreement;
provided, however, that, to the extent any such waived Monthly Servicing Fee is
so paid, the related portion of the Monthly Servicing Fee to be paid by the
Transferor shall be paid by the Transferor to the Servicer.]
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[(d) If the Servicer is the Initial Servicer, and payment of any portion
of the Monthly Servicing Fee to the Initial Servicer on a Payment Date would
require a withdrawal from the Reserve Fund, then absent affirmative notice to
the Trustee by the Initial Servicer to the contrary, the Initial Servicer shall
be deemed to have waived payment of that portion on that Payment Date; provided,
that a deemed waiver described in this sentence shall not occur on more than
[two] Payment Dates in any twelve month period and shall not occur on any [two]
consecutive Payment Dates.]
SECTION 3.2 Servicer Advances. On or before each Payment Date, the
Servicer will have the right, but not the obligation, to deposit into the
Collection Account as an advance (a "Servicer Advance") an amount equal to the
amount of interest due but unpaid on any Receivable for the related Collection
Period (but only to the extent that the Servicer reasonably expects to recover
that Servicer Advance from subsequent payments on that delinquent Receivable).
No Servicer Advance shall be made by the Servicer for the principal portion of
the Receivables or for Defaulted Receivables. The Servicer shall reimburse
itself for a Servicer Advance on the subsequent Determination Date or Payment
Date (and, if necessary, on other Determination Dates or Payment Dates) out of
funds collected on all Receivables prior to the deposit of funds in the
Collection Account.
ARTICLE IV
Rights of Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder and
Allocation and Application of Collections
SECTION 4.1 Allocations; Payments to Transferor.
(a) Subject to Section 4.3(c) of the Agreement, and after giving effect to
any allocations to the Dealer Overconcentration Series, Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Miscellaneous Payments and
Defaulted Amounts, as they relate to Series 2004-NTC, shall be allocated and
distributed as set forth in this Article IV.
(b) The Servicer shall instruct the Trustee to withdraw from the
Collection Account and pay (and the Trustee shall so withdraw and pay) to the
Transferor on each Deposit Date any funds not required to be held therein (or
not required to be transferred from the Collection Account to a deposit account
for the benefit of Investor Certificateholders of any Series).
The withdrawals to be made from the Collection Account pursuant to this
Section 4.1(b) do not apply to deposits into the Collection Account that do not
represent Collections, including Miscellaneous Payments, payment of the purchase
price for the Certificateholders' Interest pursuant to Section 2.3 of the
Agreement, payment of the purchase price for the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder's Interest pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Series Supplement
and proceeds from the sale, disposition or liquidation of Receivables pursuant
to Section 9.2 or 12.2 of the Agreement.
SECTION 4.2 [Monthly Interest; Determination of Certificate Rate.
(a) "Monthly Interest" with respect to the Series 2004-NTC Certificate on
any Payment Date shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) the Certificate
Rate, (ii) a fraction
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the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest
Period and the denominator of which is 360, and (iii) (A) the Invested Amount as
of the close of business on the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to
all Monthly Principal paid to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder on such
preceding Payment Date, if any) or (B) in the case of the first Payment Date
with respect to Series 2004-NTC, the Invested Amount as of the Closing Date.
Interest on the Invested Amount shall be payable to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder on each Payment Date.
On the Determination Date preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall
determine the excess, if any (the "Interest Shortfall"), of (x) the Monthly
Interest for the Interest Period applicable to such Payment Date over (y) the
amount which shall be available to be paid to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder as Monthly Interest from the Interest Funding Account on such
Payment Date pursuant to this Series Supplement. "Additional Interest" shall
mean, as of any Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
Certificate Rate for the Interest Period then ended, (ii) a fraction the
numerator of which is the actual number of days in that Interest Period and the
denominator of which is 360, and (iii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, for the
previous Payment Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
Additional Interest shall be payable to the Interest Funding Account or
distributed to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder only to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
(b) The Trustee shall determine the Certificate Rate for each Interest
Period on the Determination Date immediately preceding each Interest Period. The
Trustee shall notify the Servicer and the Listing Agent on each Adjustment Date
of the Trustee's determination of LIBOR. The establishment of LIBOR on each
Adjustment Date (or in the case of the date specified in the proviso to the
definition of Adjustment Date, promptly following such date) by the Trustee and
the Trustee's calculation of the Certificate Rate shall (in the absence of
manifest error) be final and binding.]
SECTION 4.3 Determination of Monthly Principal. The amount of monthly
principal ("Monthly Principal") payable with respect to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificate on each Payment Date with respect to an Early Amortization Period
and the Accumulation Period shall be equal to the Available Investor Principal
Collections with respect to such Payment Date; provided, however, that for each
Payment Date with respect to the Accumulation Period, Monthly Principal, at the
option of the Transferor, may be increased to include amounts otherwise payable
or distributable to the Transferor (including, without limitation, (i) amounts
allocable to other Series but not required to be paid to such other Series on
such Payment Date and not required to be kept in a deposit account for such
other Series after such Payment Date and (ii) Collections otherwise allocable to
the Transferor's Interest) or may be limited to the Controlled Deposit Amount
for such Payment Date; and provided further, however, that Monthly Principal
shall not exceed the Invested Amount of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate.
SECTION 4.4 Establishment of [Reserve Fund and] Funding Accounts.
[(a) (i) The Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder, shall cause to be established and maintained in the name of
the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Reserve
Fund") which shall be identified as the "Reserve Fund for the Distribution
Financial Services Floorplan Master Trust, Series 2004-NTC" and shall bear
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a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.
(ii) At the direction of the Servicer, funds on deposit in the
Reserve Fund shall be invested by the Trustee in Eligible Investments
selected by the Servicer that shall mature so that such funds shall be
available at the close of business on or before the Business Day next
preceding the following Payment Date. All Eligible Investments shall be
held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder. On each Payment Date, all interest and other investment
earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in
the Reserve Fund and received prior to such Payment Date shall be applied
as set forth in Section 4.6(a) of this Series Supplement. Funds deposited
in the Reserve Fund on the Business Day preceding a Payment Date are not
required to be invested overnight.]
[(b) (i) The Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Interest Funding
Account"), which shall be identified as the "Interest Funding Account for the
Distribution Financial Services Floorplan Master Trust, Series 2004-NTC" and
shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.
(ii) At the direction of the Servicer, funds on deposit in the
Interest Funding Account shall be invested by the Trustee in Eligible
Investments selected by the Servicer that shall mature so that such funds
shall be available at the close of business on or before the Business Day
next preceding the following Payment Date. All such Eligible Investments
shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder. On each Payment Date, all interest and other investment
earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in
the Interest Funding Account and received prior to such Payment Date shall
be applied as set forth in Section 4.6(a) of this Series Supplement. Funds
deposited in the Interest Funding Account on the Business Day preceding a
Payment Date are not required to be invested overnight.]
(c) (i) The Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Principal Funding
Account"), which shall be identified as the "Principal Funding Account for
Distribution Financial Services Floorplan Master Trust, Series 2004-NTC" and
shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.
(ii) At the direction of the Servicer, funds on deposit in the
Principal Funding Account shall be invested by the Trustee in Eligible
Investments selected by the Servicer that shall mature so that such funds
shall be available at the close of business on or before the Business Day
next preceding the following Payment Date. All such Eligible Investments
shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder. On each Payment Date all interest and other investment
earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in
the Principal Funding Account and received prior to such Payment Date
shall be applied as set forth in Section 4.6(a) of
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this Series Supplement. Funds deposited in the Principal Funding Account
on the Business Day preceding the Expected Final Payment Date are not
required to be invested overnight.
(d) [Reserved.]
(e) (i) The Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in and to
all funds on deposit from time to time in, and all Eligible Investments credited
to, [the Reserve Fund, the Interest Funding Account and] the Principal Funding
Account (collectively, the "Series 2004-NTC Accounts") and in all proceeds
thereof. The Series 2004-NTC Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.
If, at any time, any of the Series 2004-NTC Accounts ceases to be an Eligible
Deposit Account, the Trustee (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall within ten
(10) Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar
days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Series
2004-NTC Account meeting the conditions specified in paragraph (a)(i), (b)(i) or
(c)(i) above, as applicable, as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer
any cash and/or investments to such new Series 2004-NTC Account. Neither the
Transferor, the Servicer nor any other Person or entity claiming by, through or
under the Transferor, the Servicer or any such other Person or entity shall have
any right, title or interest in, or any right to withdraw any amount from, any
Series 2004-NTC Account, except as expressly provided herein. Schedule 1, which
is hereby incorporated into and made part of this Series Supplement, identifies
each Series 2004-NTC Account by setting forth the account number of each such
account, the account designation of each such account and the name of the
institution with which such account has been established. If a substitute Series
2004-NTC Account is established pursuant to this Section, the Servicer shall
provide to the Trustee an amended Schedule 1, setting forth the relevant
information for such substitute Series 2004-NTC Account.
(ii) Pursuant to the authority granted to the Servicer in Section
3.1(a) of the Agreement, the Servicer shall have the power, revocable by
the Trustee, to make withdrawals and payments or to instruct the Trustee
to make withdrawals and payments from the Series 2004-NTC Accounts for the
purposes of carrying out the Servicer's or the Trustee's duties hereunder.
(f) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Rating Agencies, at no time may
funds on deposit in any Series 2004-NTC Account in an amount greater than 10% of
the outstanding principal balance of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate be invested
in Eligible Investments (other than obligations of the United States government
or investments in a mutual fund that does not have credit concentrations greater
than 10%) of any single entity or its Affiliates.
(g) Upon payment in full of all amounts payable on the Series 2004-NTC
Certificate pursuant to this Series Supplement, or any earlier date contemplated
by this Series Supplement, any funds remaining on deposit in any Series 2004-NTC
Account shall be paid to the Transferor.
(h) The Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any
insufficiency in any Series 2004-NTC Account held by the Trustee resulting from
any investment loss on any Eligible Investment included therein (except to the
extent that the Trustee is the obligor and has defaulted thereon).
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SECTION 4.5 Deficiency Amount. On each Determination Date, with respect to
the related Payment Date (the "Current Payment Date"), the Servicer shall
determine the amount (the "Deficiency Amount"), if any, by which
(a) the sum of
(i) [the Monthly Interest for the Current Payment Date,]
(ii) [any Monthly Interest for any prior Payment Dates not
distributed to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder on a prior Payment
Date,]
(iii) [Additional Interest, if any, for the Current Payment Date and
any Additional Interest for any prior Payment Date not distributed to the
Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder on such prior Payment Date (but only to
the extent permitted by applicable law),]
(iv) the Series 2004-NTC Monthly Servicing Fee for the Current
Payment Date,
(v) the Investor Default Amount for the Current Payment Date, and
(vi) the Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage of the amount of any
Adjustment Payment required to be deposited in the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.9(a) of the Agreement with respect to the related
Collection Period that has not been so deposited as of such Determination
Date
exceeds
(b) the sum of Investor Non-Principal Collections for the Current Payment
Date plus any Investment Proceeds, if any, with respect to such Payment Date.
SECTION 4.6 Application of Investor Non-Principal Collections, Investment
Proceeds, Servicer Advances and Available Investor Principal Collections. The
Servicer shall direct the Trustee (by setting forth the following amounts in the
related Payment Date Statement) to make the following payments on each Payment
Date (and the Trustee shall distribute):
(a) On each Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of Investor
Non-Principal Collections on deposit in the Collection Account (after giving
effect to repayment to the Servicer of any Servicer Advances from any previous
Payment Dates) and any Investment Proceeds and the Servicer Advance, if any, for
such Payment Date, with respect to such Payment Date in the following priority:
(i) first, an amount equal to the Series 2004-NTC Monthly Servicing
Fee for such Payment Date shall be paid to the Servicer (unless such
amount has been netted by the Servicer against deposits to the Collection
Account);
(ii) [second, an amount equal to the Monthly Interest for such
Payment Date, plus the amount of any Monthly Interest for any prior
Payment Dates not paid to the
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Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder on such prior Payment Dates plus (but
only to the extent permitted under applicable law) the amount of any
Additional Interest for the current Payment Date and, without duplication,
any Additional Interest previously due but not paid to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder on prior Payment Dates, shall be deposited to the
Interest Funding Account;]
(iii) [third, an amount equal to the Reserve Fund Deposit Amount, if
any, for such Payment Date shall be deposited in the Reserve Fund;]
(iv) fourth, an amount equal to the Investor Default Amount, if any,
for such Payment Date shall be treated as a portion of Investor Principal
Collections for such Payment Date;
(v) fifth, an amount required to reimburse unreimbursed Investor
Charge-Offs pursuant to Section 4.9 shall be treated as a portion of
Investor Principal Collections for such Payment Date; and
(vi) sixth, the balance, if any, shall constitute the "Transferor
Amount" and shall be allocated and paid as set forth in Section 4.10.
(b) On each Payment Date with respect to the Revolving Period, the
Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing, by setting forth the Excess
Principal Collections on the Payment Date Statement, to apply an amount equal to
the Available Investor Principal Collections deposited in the Collection Account
for the related Collection Period ("Excess Principal Collections") in accordance
with Section 4.4 of the Agreement.
(c) On each Payment Date (x) with respect to the Accumulation Period or
(y) an Early Amortization Period, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee in
writing (by setting forth the applicable amounts on the Payment Date Statement)
to deposit or apply an amount equal to the Available Investor Principal
Collections, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, in the following
priority:
(i) first, an amount equal to Monthly Principal for such Payment
Date shall be deposited by the Servicer or the Trustee into the Principal
Funding Account; and
(ii) second, for each Payment Date with respect to the Accumulation
Period (unless an Early Amortization Event has occurred), an amount equal
to the balance (such balance being part of "Excess Principal
Collections"), if any, of such Available Investor Principal Collections
shall be applied in accordance with the written instructions of the
Servicer in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Agreement.
SECTION 4.7 Payments to Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.
(a) The Servicer shall direct the Trustee (by setting forth the amounts in
clause (i) below in the related Payment Date Statement) to make (and the Trustee
shall make) the following payments at the following times from the Interest
Funding Account and the Principal Funding Account:
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(i) [on each Payment Date, available amounts on deposit in the
Interest Funding Account shall be paid to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Monthly
Interest for the current Payment Date, plus (ii) any Monthly Interest that
was not paid on any prior Payment Date to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder plus (iii) to the extent permitted under applicable law,
the amount of any Additional Interest for the current Payment Date and,
without duplication, any Additional Interest previously due but not paid
to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder; and]
(ii) on each Special Payment Date (if a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has actual knowledge of the Early Amortization Period) and on the
Expected Final Payment Date, all amounts on deposit in the Principal
Funding Account shall be paid to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder
until the Invested Amount has been reduced to zero; provided, however,
that the maximum amount paid pursuant to this clause (ii) on any Payment
Date shall not exceed the excess, if any, of (x) the Invested Amount, over
(y) the sum of the unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs, on such Payment
Date.
(b) The payments to be made pursuant to this Section are subject to the
provisions of Sections 2.3, 9.2, 10.1 and 12.2 of the Agreement and Section 8.1
and 8.2 of this Series Supplement.
SECTION 4.8 [Application of Reserve Fund.
(a) If Investor Non-Principal Collections and Investment Proceeds on any
Payment Date (plus the amount of any Servicer Advance for such Payment Date) are
not sufficient to make the entire payments required on such Payment Date by
Sections 4.6(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) the Servicer shall direct the Trustee to
withdraw (and the Trustee shall withdraw) funds from the Reserve Fund to the
extent available therein, and apply such funds to complete the payments pursuant
to Section 4.6(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) in the numerical order thereof.
(b) On the Termination Date, any funds in the Reserve Fund shall be
treated as Available Investor Principal Collections. Upon payment in full of the
outstanding principal balance of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate, any funds
remaining on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be paid to the Transferor.]
SECTION 4.9 Investor Charge-Offs. If on any Payment Date (after giving
effect to the allocations, payments, withdrawals and deposits to be made on such
Payment Date) the balance of the Reserve Fund is zero, then the Invested Amount
shall be reduced by the lesser of the Deficiency Amount for that Payment Date
and the Investor Default Amount for that Payment Date (the lesser of such
Deficiency Amount and such Investor Default Amount being an "Investor
Charge-Off"). Investor Charge-Offs shall thereafter be reimbursed and the
Invested Amount increased (but not by an amount in excess of the aggregate
unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs) on any Payment Date by the sum of (a)
Allocable Miscellaneous Payments with respect to such Payment Date and (b) the
amount allocated and available for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(v).
The Servicer shall be responsible for calculating Investor Charge-Offs and shall
give the Trustee notice thereof by setting forth such amounts in the Payment
Date Statement.
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SECTION 4.10 Transferor Amount. The Servicer shall direct the Trustee to
apply (and the Trustee shall so apply), on each Payment Date, the Transferor
Amount for such Payment Date to make the following payments in the following
priority:
(a) an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding amounts of the Monthly
Servicing Fee which have been previously waived pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be
paid to the Servicer; and
(b) the balance, if any, shall be released to the Transferor.
SECTION 4.11 Excess Principal Collections.
"Series 2004-NTC Excess Principal Collections", with respect to any
Payment Date, shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Series
2004-NTC Principal Shortfall, if any, for such Payment Date and (b) an amount
equal to the product of (x) excess principal collections for all Series for such
Payment Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series 2004-NTC
Principal Shortfall for such Payment Date and the denominator of which is the
aggregate amount of principal shortfalls for all Series for such Payment Date.
ARTICLE V
Payment and Reports to
Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder
SECTION 5.1 Payments.
(a) On each Payment Date, the Trustee as paying agent shall pay to the
Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder on the preceding Record Date (other than as
provided in Section 12.2 of the Agreement with respect to a final payment) the
amounts on deposit in the Series 2004-NTC Accounts.
(b) Except as provided in Section 12.2 of the Agreement with respect to a
final payment, payments to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder hereunder shall
be made by wire transfer or other electronic funds transfer to the Series
2004-NTC Certificateholder at its address appearing in the Certificate Register
without presentation or surrender of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate or the
making of any notation thereon.
SECTION 5.2 Reports and Statements to Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder.
(a) At least two (2) Business Days prior to each Payment Date, the
Servicer shall provide to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies a statement
substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a "Payment Date Statement"), and on each
Payment Date the Trustee shall forward to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder
such statement prepared by the Servicer setting forth certain information
relating to the Trust and the Series 2004-NTC Certificate.
(b) A copy of each statement provided pursuant to paragraph (a) and a copy
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (without exhibits) and this Series
Supplement shall be made available to Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder for
inspection at the Corporate Trust Office during the Trustee's normal business
hours.
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(c) On or before January 31 of each calendar year, beginning with calendar
year 2005, the Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Series
2004-NTC Certificateholder, a statement prepared by the Servicer containing the
information which is required to be contained in the statement to the Series
2004-NTC Certificateholder as set forth in paragraph (a) above, together with
other information as is required to be provided by an issuer of indebtedness
under the Internal Revenue Code for the preceding calendar year and such other
customary information as is necessary to enable the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder to prepare its tax returns. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code as from time to time in effect.
ARTICLE VI
Early Amortization Events
SECTION 6.1 Additional Early Amortization Events. The occurrence of any of
the following events shall, immediately upon the occurrence thereof without
notice or other action on the part of the Trustee or the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder, be deemed to be an Early Amortization Event solely with
respect to Series 2004-NTC (each, an "Additional Early Amortization Event"):
(a) [on any Payment Date, the balance of the Reserve Fund is less than [ ]
percent ([ ]%) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Series
2004-NTC Certificate, in each case after giving effect to all deposits,
withdrawals and payments on such Payment Date; or]
(b) any Servicer Default occurs; or
(c) on any Determination Date occurring in the months of [ ] through [ ],
the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three preceding Collection
Periods is less than [ ] percent ([ ]%) (or a lower percentage if the Rating
Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to that lower percentage); or
on any Determination Date occurring in the months of [ ] through [ ], the
average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three preceding Collection Periods
is less than [ ] percent ([ ]%) (or a lower percentage if the Rating Agency
Condition has been satisfied with respect to that lower percentage); or
(d) [the Invested Amount is not reduced to zero on the Expected Final
Payment Date]; or
(e) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the average for each
month of the net losses on the Receivables (exclusive of the Ineligible
Receivables) owned by the Trust (i.e., gross losses less recoveries on any
Receivables) (including recoveries from collateral security in addition to
recoveries from the products, recoveries from Manufacturers and insurance
proceeds) during any three consecutive calendar months, to (ii) the average of
the month-end aggregate balances of those Receivables (without deducting
therefrom the Discount Portion) for such three-month period, exceeds [ ] percent
([ ]%) on an annualized basis; provided, that the percentage in this clause (e)
may be changed, or any Early Amortization Event relating to this clause (e) may
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be waived, at the direction of the Transferor and without the consent of the
Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder upon the satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition; or
(f) the sum of all Eligible Investments and amounts on deposit in any
excess funding accounts for any other Series represents more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total assets of the Trust on each of six or more consecutive
Determination Dates, after giving effect to all payments made or to be made on
the Payment Dates relating to (i.e., next succeeding) those Determination Dates;
or
(g) the Overconcentration Amount exceeds zero for a period of five (5)
Business Days after any Payment Date, unless the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied with respect to the existence of the Overconcentration
Amount.
ARTICLE VII
Optional Repurchase
SECTION 7.1 Optional Repurchase.
(a) On any Payment Date occurring after the date on which the Invested
Amount is reduced to less than ten percent (10%) of the initial principal amount
of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate on the Closing Date or less, the Transferor
shall have the option, subject to the condition set forth in paragraph (c), to
purchase the entire, but not less than the entire, Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder's Interest, at a purchase price equal to the Reassignment
Amount for such Payment Date.
(b) The Transferor shall give the Servicer and the Trustee at least ten
(10) Business Days' prior written notice of the Payment Date on which the
Transferor intends to exercise such purchase option. Not later than 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on such Payment Date the Transferor shall deposit the
Reassignment Amount into the Collection Account in immediately available funds.
Such purchase option is subject to payment in full of the Reassignment Amount
and if for any reason the Transferor fails to deposit the Reassignment Amount,
payments shall continue to be made to Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder as
provided herein. The Reassignment Amount shall be paid as set forth in Section
8.1(b).
(c) If at the time the Transferor exercises its purchase option hereunder
the Transferor's unsecured debt is unrated or has a rating lower than the lowest
investment grade rating of any Rating Agency, the Transferor shall deliver to
the Trustee on such Payment Date an Opinion of Counsel (which must be an
independent outside counsel) to the effect that, in reliance on certain
certificates to the effect that the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder's Interest
purchased by the Transferor constitutes fair value for the consideration paid
therefor and that the Transferor is solvent, the purchase of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder's Interest would not be considered a fraudulent conveyance
under applicable law.
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ARTICLE VIII
Final Payments
SECTION 8.1 Sale of Certificateholder's Interest Pursuant to Section 2.3
of the Agreement; Payments Pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Series Supplement or
Section 2.3 or 12.2(c) of the Agreement.
(a) The amount to be paid by the Transferor to the Collection Account
with respect to Series 2004-NTC in connection with a purchase of the Series
2004-NTC Certificateholder's Interest pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Agreement
shall equal the Reassignment Amount for the Payment Date on which such
repurchase occurs.
(b) With respect to the Reassignment Amount deposited into the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.1 or 8.1 of this Series Supplement or
Section 2.3 of the Agreement or any Termination Proceeds deposited into the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 12.2(c) of the Agreement, the Trustee
shall, not later than 12:00 noon, New York time, on the Payment Date on which
such amounts are deposited (or, if such date is not a Payment Date, on the
immediately following Payment Date) (in the priority set forth below): (i)
first, deposit an amount equal to the Invested Amount on such Payment Date into
the Principal Funding Account, (ii) second, deposit an amount equal to the
amount payable on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(i) into the
Interest Funding Account and (iii) third, pay the remainder of any Termination
Proceeds to the Transferor; provided, however, that the sum of the amounts
allocated pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) shall not exceed the
Reassignment Amount for Series 2004-NTC.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Series Supplement
or the Agreement, any Termination Proceeds deposited in the Principal Funding
Account and the Interest Funding Account pursuant to Section 8.1 of this Series
Supplement and all other amounts on deposit therein on the applicable Payment
Date shall be paid in full to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder in an amount
equal to the sum of (x) the Monthly Interest for the current Payment Date and,
without duplication, any unpaid Monthly Interest for any previous Payment Date,
(y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Additional Interest for the
current Payment Date and, without duplication, any unpaid Additional Interest
for any previous Payment Date, and (z) the Invested Amount. Any remaining funds
shall be released to the Transferor.
Any payment made pursuant to paragraph (b) above and this paragraph (c)
shall be deemed to be a final payment pursuant to Section 12.2 of the Agreement
with respect to Series 2004-NTC.
SECTION 8.2 Payment of Proceeds of Sale, Disposition or Liquidation of the
Receivables Pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Agreement.
(a) Not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Payment Date
following the date on which the Insolvency Proceeds are deposited into the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 9.2(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee
shall (after giving effect to any deposits and
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payments otherwise to be made on such Payment Date) (x) deduct an amount equal
to the amount distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(ii)
from the Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage of the Insolvency Proceeds and
deposit such amount in the Principal Funding Account, (y) deduct an amount equal
to the amount payable on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(i) from
the Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage of the Insolvency Proceeds, and
deposit such amount in the Interest Funding Account, and (z) allocate the
remainder of the Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage of the Insolvency
Proceeds to the Transferor's Interest and release the same to the Transferor on
such Payment Date.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Series Supplement
or the Agreement, the entire amount deposited in the Principal Funding Account
and the Interest Funding Account pursuant to this Section and all other amounts
on deposit therein shall be distributed in full to the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder in the order of priority set forth in Section 4.7 on the
Payment Date on which funds are deposited pursuant to this Section 8.2 (or, if
not so deposited on a Payment Date, on the immediately following Payment Date)
and any payment made pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall be deemed to be a final
payment pursuant to Section 12.2 of the Agreement with respect to Series
2004-NTC.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 9.1 Securities Law Filings. The Transferor shall cause the Series
2004-NTC Certificate to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, to the extent required to do so under applicable law.
SECTION 9.2 Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Series
Supplement, the Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the
Agreement as so supplemented by this Series Supplement shall be read, taken and
construed as one and the same instrument.
SECTION 9.3 Counterparts. This Series Supplement may be executed in two or
more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 9.4 Governing Law. This Series Supplement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York
(including Section 5-1401(1) of the General Obligations Law of the State of New
York, but without regard to any other conflict of law provisions of the State of
New York).
SECTION 9.5 [Reserved]
SECTION 9.6 The Trustee; Paying Agent; Transfer Agent and Registrar. The
Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of
the validity or sufficiency of this Series Supplement, for or in respect of the
calculation or verification of any of the amounts, allocation or payments set
forth in Article IV and Article VIII or for or in respect of the recitals
contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Transferor;
provided, however, that this sentence shall not limit the obligations of the
Trustee contemplated by
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Section 4.2(b) of this Series Supplement; it being agreed and understood that
the corresponding Section 9.6 of any other Supplement shall not limit the
obligations of the Trustee contemplated by the corresponding Section 4.2(b) of
such Supplement.
SECTION 9.7 Instructions in Writing. All instructions given by the
Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to this Series Supplement shall be in writing,
and may be included in a Payment Date Statement.
SECTION 9.8 [Initial Funding of Reserve Fund. On the Closing Date the
Transferor shall cause to be deposited with the Trustee, and the Trustee shall
deposit in the Reserve Fund, available funds in an amount equal to [ ] percent
([ ]%) of the aggregate initial principal balance of the Series 2004-NTC
Certificate.]
SECTION 9.9 Severability; Certificate Rate Limitation.
(a) If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Series Supplement or the Series 2004-NTC Certificate shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Series Supplement and shall in no way affect the
validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Series Supplement or
of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Series Supplement, the Agreement,
or the Series 2004-NTC Certificate to the contrary, if at any time any
Certificate Rate, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are
treated as interest on the Series 2004-NTC Certificate under applicable law
(collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum
Rate") which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the
Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder in accordance with the terms of this Series
Supplement, the Agreement or the Series 2004-NTC Certificate, then the
Certificate Rate, together with all Charges payable in respect of the Series
2004-NTC Certificate, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent
lawful, such Certificate Rate and Charges that would have been payable in
respect of the Series 2004-NTC Certificate, but were not payable as a result of
the operation of this Section, shall be cumulated and the Certificate Rate and
Charges payable to the Series 2004-NTC Certificateholder in respect of other
periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such
cumulated amount shall have been received by the Series 2004-NTC
Certificateholder.
SECTION 9.10 Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of reference
only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee have
caused this Series Supplement to be duly executed as of the day and year first
above written.
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.,
as Transferor
By:
Name:
Title: Manager
S-1 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By:
_____________________________________
Name:
_______________________________
Title:
_______________________________
S-2 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(f/k/a Bankers Trust Company), as Agent
By:
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
S-3 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE TRUST CERTIFICATE
NOTE TRUST CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 2004-NTC
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in certain
assets of
DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOORPLAN MASTER TRUST.
This certificate ("Certificate") does not represent any interest in, or
obligation of, CDF Financing, L.L.C. ("LLC" or the "Transferor"), GE Commercial
Distribution Finance Corporation ("CDF"), General Electric Capital Corporation,
General Electric Capital Services, Inc. or any affiliate thereof.
This certifies that [ ] (the "Certificateholder"), is the registered owner
of a fractional undivided interest in assets of the Distribution Financial
Services Floorplan Master Trust (the "Trust") created pursuant to an Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2000 (as amended,
the "P&S"), as supplemented by the Series 2004-NTC Supplement dated as of [ ],
2004 (the "Series 2004-NTC Supplement" or the "Series Supplement"), among the
LLC, as Transferor, CDF, as Servicer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as successor
to The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The P&S and the Series
2004-NTC Supplement are collectively referred to herein as the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement."
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid
for any purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions
and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to which, as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and is bound. Although a summary of certain provisions
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth herein, this Certificate
does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference
is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for information with respect to
the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced
hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee. In the event of
any conflict or inconsistency between this Certificate
Ex.A-1 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
shall control in all respects. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The Transferor has entered into the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the Series 2004-NTC Certificate has been issued with the intention that the
Series 2004-NTC Certificate shall qualify as indebtedness of the LLC secured by
the Receivables for Federal income taxes, state and local income, single
business and franchise taxes (imposed on or measured by income) and any other
taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Transferor, each Beneficiary and the
Certificateholder, by the acceptance of this Certificate, agrees to treat such
Series 2004-NTC Certificate as indebtedness of the Transferor secured by the
Receivables for Federal income taxes, state and local income, single business
and franchise taxes (imposed on or measured by income) and any other taxes
imposed on or measured by income.
Ex.A-2 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
By:
Name:
Title: Manager
Dated:
Ex.A-3 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(f/k/a Bankers Trust Company), as Agent
By:
Authorized Officer
Dated:
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby assigns and transfers unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints _______, attorney, to transfer said certificate on the
books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated: _____________________________________________________________________ *
Signature Guaranteed:
______________
(*) NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the within Certificate in every particular,
without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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Ex.A-5 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF PAYMENT DATE STATEMENT
(a) The aggregate amount of Collections, the aggregate amount of
Non-Principal Collections and the aggregate amount of Principal Collections
processed during the immediately preceding Collection Period, and the Pool
Balance as of the end of such Collection Period;
(b) the Floating Allocation Percentage, the Principal Allocation
Percentage and the Series 2004-NTC Allocation Percentage relating to such
Collection Period;
(c) the total amount, if any, distributed on the Series 2004-NTC
Certificate;
(d) the amount of such payment allocable to principal on the Series
2004-NTC Certificate;
(e) [the amount of such payment allocable to interest on the Series
2004-NTC Certificate;]
(f) the Investor Default Amount for the applicable Payment Date;
(g) the Deficiency Amount, if any, for the preceding Collection Period;
(h) the amount of the Investor Charge-Offs and the amounts of
reimbursements thereof for the preceding Collection Period;
(i) the amount of the Monthly Servicing Fee for the preceding
Collection Period;
(j) the Invested Amount for such Payment Date (after giving effect to
all payments which shall occur on such Payment Date);
(k) the Controlled Deposit Amount, if any;
(l) the Pool Factor;
(m) [LIBOR for the next Interest Period;]
(n) [the Reserve Fund balance with respect to the current Determination
Date;]
(o) the Principal Funding Account balance, [the Interest Funding
Account balance,] and the Collection Account balance with respect to the current
Payment Date;
(p) the Servicer Advance, if any, for the current Payment Date and
reimbursement of any Servicer Advance;
(q) [any elective or "deemed" waiver of the Monthly Servicing Fee for
the current Payment Date;]
Ex.B-1 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
(r) if a Dealer Overconcentration exists, (i) the Unconcentrated Pool
Balance, (ii) the aggregate amount of such Dealer Overconcentration, (iii) the
applicable Unconcentrated Percentage and Overconcentrated Percentage, and (iv)
the portion of Collections, Miscellaneous Payments and the Defaulted Amount
allocated to the Dealer Overconcentration Series and other Series;
(s) [the Monthly Interest;]
(t) [the Additional Interest;]
(u) the Series 2004-NTC Monthly Servicing Fee;
(v) [the Reserve Fund Deposit Amount];
(w) the Investor Default Amount;
(x) the Excess Principal Collections;
(y) the amounts to be deposited or applied pursuant to Section 4.6(c);
(z) the amount calculated pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(i);
(aa) the amount calculated pursuant to Section 4.8;
(bb) the amount calculated pursuant to Section 4.10; and
(cc) Miscellaneous Payments, including Adjustment Payments, Transfer
Deposit Amounts and Unallocated Principal Collections.
Ex.B-2 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
SCHEDULE 1
Name of Series
2004-NTC Account Account No.
------------------------- -----------
Interest Funding Account [ ]
Principal Funding Account [ ]
[Reserve Fund] [ ]
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[All of the foregoing accounts are maintained at Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas.]
Sch.1-1 Series 2004-NTC Supplement
Exhibit 4.9
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.
Buyer
with
DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
and
DEUTSCHE BUSINESS SERVICES CORPORATION
Sellers
RECEIVABLES CONTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1, 1993,
Amended and Restated as of March 1, 1994,
Amended as of January 24, 1996,
and
Amended and Restated as of October 1, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions............................................................................... 1
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions............................................................. 1
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Receivables................................................................. 2
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Sellers Relating to the Sellers and the Agreement... 4
Section 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Sellers Relating to the Receivables................. 6
Section 2.4 Addition of Accounts...................................................................... 8
Section 2.5 Covenants of the Sellers.................................................................. 9
Section 2.6 Removal of Eligible Accounts.............................................................. 11
Section 2.7 Removal of Ineligible Accounts............................................................ 12
Section 2.8 Sale of Ineligible Receivables............................................................ 13
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
Section 3.1 Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer...................... 13
Section 3.2 Servicing Compensation.................................................................... 13
ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1 Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds............................... 14
ARTICLE V
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SELLERS
Section 5.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of, the Obligations of the Sellers.............. 14
Section 5.2 Sellers' Indemnification of the Buyer..................................................... 14
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Termination............................................................................... 15
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
PAGE
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 Amendment................................................................................. 15
Section 7.2 Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables.................................... 17
Section 7.3 Limited Recourse.......................................................................... 17
Section 7.4 No Petition............................................................................... 17
Section 7.5 Governing Law............................................................................. 17
Section 7.6 Notices................................................................................... 17
Section 7.7 Severability of Provisions................................................................ 18
Section 7.8 Assignment................................................................................ 18
Section 7.9 Further Assurances........................................................................ 18
Section 7.10 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies............................................................ 18
Section 7.11 Counterparts.............................................................................. 18
Section 7.12 Third-Party Beneficiaries................................................................. 18
Section 7.13 Merger and Integration.................................................................... 18
Section 7.14 Headings.................................................................................. 18
Section 7.15 Continued Effectiveness of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement................ 19
Section 7.16 Submission to Jurisdiction................................................................ 19
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Assignment of Receivables in Additional Accounts
Exhibit B Form of Opinion of Counsel regarding Amendments
Exhibit C Form of Reassignment of Receivables in Removed Accounts
Schedule 1 List of Accounts
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RECEIVABLES CONTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 1, 1993,
amended and restated as of March 1, 1994, amended as of January 24, 1996 and
amended and restated as of October 1, 1996, among DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, formerly known as ITT
Floorplan Receivables, L.P., as Buyer, DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
("DFS"), a Nevada corporation, formerly known as ITT Commercial Finance Corp.,
and DEUTSCHE BUSINESS SERVICES CORPORATION ("Deutsche BSC"), a Missouri
corporation, formerly known as ITT Business Services Corporation, as Sellers.
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS the Sellers in the ordinary course of their businesses finance the
purchase of floorplan inventory, accounts receivable and other assets of dealers
in, and manufacturers of, commercial and consumer products, thereby generating
certain payment obligations;
WHEREAS the Sellers wish to sell or contribute certain of such existing
and future payment obligations from time to time to the Buyer; and
WHEREAS the Buyer desires to sell such payment obligations to the Deutsche
Floorplan Receivables Master Trust, pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of December 1, 1993, amended and restated as of March 1,
1994, amended as of January 24, 1996, and amended and restated as of October 1,
1996 (as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Buyer, as seller,
DFS, as servicer, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS the Sellers and the Buyer desire to amend and restate this
Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The rules of construction in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement shall be applied to this Agreement. In addition, the term
"Agreement" means this Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, as the same
may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof",
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement; Article, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are
references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified; and the term "including" shall mean "including without
limitation".
(b) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Receivables. By execution of this Agreement,
each Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey,
without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to the Buyer on the
first Closing Date, in the case of Initial Accounts, and on the applicable
Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account and all Collateral
Security with respect thereto owned by such Seller at the close of business on
the Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on the applicable
Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, and all monies due
or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
(including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the
State of Missouri and the State of Georgia, as applicable, and Recoveries)
thereof and all of such Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with
respect to such Receivables under the related Floorplan Agreements. Subject to
Article VI, as of each Business Day prior to the earlier of (x) the occurrence
of an Early Amortization Event specified in Section 9.1(b), (c), (d), or (e) of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (y) the Trust Termination Date, on which
Receivables are created in the Accounts (a "Transfer Date"), each Seller does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse
(except as expressly provided herein), to the Buyer, all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables in each Account (other than any
Receivables created in any Removed Account from and after the applicable Removal
Date) and all Collateral Security with respect thereto owned by such Seller at
the close of business on such Transfer Date and not theretofore conveyed to the
Buyer, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of
the UCC as in effect in the State of Missouri and the State of Georgia, as
applicable, and Recoveries) thereof and all of such Seller's rights, remedies,
powers and privileges with respect to such Receivables under the related
Floorplan Agreements. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over and
conveyance and any subsequent sales, transfers, assignments, set-overs and
conveyances do not constitute, and are not intended to result in, the creation
or an assumption by the Buyer of any obligation of the Servicer, either Seller
or any other Person in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under
any agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation under the
Financing Agreements, the Floorplan Agreements and any Participation Agreement
and any other obligation to any Dealer or Manufacturer.
To the extent, if any, that a Receivable and its Collateral Security was
subject to a participation arrangement under which DFS and Deutsche BSC owned
undivided interests in such Receivable and Collateral Security immediately prior
to its conveyance hereunder, DFS and Deutsche BSC are hereby selling,
transferring, assigning, setting over and conveying to the Buyer all of their
right, title and interest in their respective undivided interests in such
Receivable and Collateral Security, such that the Buyer owns the entire
Receivable and its Collateral Security free of any such participation
arrangement.
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On the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.1, (i) DFS
shall contribute as capital to the Buyer Receivables in the amount of
$2,245,412,372.69, together with the related Collateral Security and Floorplan
Rights (defined below) and (ii) Deutsche BSC shall sell to the Buyer Receivables
in the amount of $2,632,722.01, together with the related Collateral Security
and Floorplan Rights. Subject to Article VI, the purchase price for the
Receivables sold by (a) Deutsche BSC to the Buyer on the Closing Date and (b) by
each of the Sellers to the Buyer on each Addition Date and on each Transfer Date
thereafter shall be a price agreed to by the Buyer and each Seller at the time
of acquisition by the Buyer, which price shall not, in the opinion of the Buyer,
be materially less favorable to the Buyer than prices for transactions of a
generally similar character at the time of the acquisition taking into account
the quality of such Receivables and other pertinent factors, including, without
limitation, prevailing interest rates; provided that such consideration shall in
any event not be less than reasonably equivalent value therefor.
At its option from time to time, DFS may convey as a capital contribution
to the Buyer (or convey as a capital contribution to the general partner of the
Buyer which may then convey as a capital contribution to the Buyer) Receivables
together with the related Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights (or interests
in any of the foregoing).
In connection with such contributions and sales, each Seller agrees to
record and file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and
continuation statements when applicable) naming the applicable Seller as
"seller" and the Buyer as "Purchaser" thereon with respect to the Receivables
now existing and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper, accounts or
general intangibles (as defined in Section 9-105 of the UCC as in effect in any
state where such Seller's or the Servicer's chief executive offices or books and
records relating to the Receivables are located) meeting the requirements of
applicable state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary
to perfect the sale and assignment of the Receivables, the Collateral Security
and all of such Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to
such Receivables under the related Floorplan Agreements (the "Floorplan Rights")
to the Buyer, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or
other evidence of such filing to the Buyer on or prior to the first Closing
Date, in the case of Initial Accounts, and (if any additional filing is so
necessary) the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts. In
addition, each Seller shall cause to be timely filed in the appropriate filing
office any UCC-1 financing statement and continuation statement necessary to
perfect any sale of Receivables to the Seller. The Buyer shall be under no
obligation whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a continuation
statement to such financing statement, or to make any other filing under the UCC
in connection with such contribution and sales. The parties hereto intend that
the transfers of Receivables and other items effected by this Agreement be sales
(or, in the case of contributions, true contributions).
In connection with such contribution and sales, each Seller further
agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to the first Closing Date, in the case
of Initial Accounts, the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional
Accounts, and the applicable Removal Date, in the case of Removed Accounts, (a)
to indicate in its books and records, which may include computer files, that the
Receivables created in connection with the Accounts (other than Removed
Accounts) have been sold, and the Collateral Security and the Floorplan Rights
assigned, to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and sold to the Trust pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing
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Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries
and (b) to deliver to the Buyer a computer file or microfiche or written list
containing a true and complete list of all such Accounts (other than Removed
Accounts) specifying for each such Account, as of the Cut-Off Date, in the case
of Initial Accounts, and the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts, (i) its account number and (ii) the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or list, as supplemented from
time to time to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be
marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made
a part of this Agreement.
In the event that such contributions, sales and assignments are deemed to
constitute a pledge of security for a loan, it is the intent of this Agreement
that each Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Buyer a first priority
perfected security interest in all of such Seller's right, title and interest to
and under the Receivables, the Collateral Security and all proceeds thereof and
the Floorplan Agreements, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law.
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Sellers Relating to the
Sellers and the Agreement. Each Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Buyer, as to itself and the Receivables being transferred and sold by it
hereunder, as of each Closing Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Such Seller is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the state of its incorporation and has, in all material respects, full
corporate power, authority and legal right to own its properties and
conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such
business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Due Qualification. Such Seller is duly qualified to do
business and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign
corporation (or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct
of its business requires such qualification except where the failure to so
qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse
effect on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by such Seller by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller and are within
its corporate powers.
(d) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material
default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust, or other instrument to which such Seller is a party or by which it
or its properties are bound.
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(e) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable to such Seller,
will not conflict with or violate any material Requirements of Law
applicable to such Seller or conflict with, violate, result in any breach
of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other
instrument to which either Seller is a party or by which such Seller is
bound.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of such Seller, investigations, pending or threatened against
such Seller, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of such Seller,
would materially and adversely affect the performance by such Seller of
its obligations under this Agreement, (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or (v) seeking to affect adversely the
income tax attributes of the Trust under the United States federal or any
state income, single business or franchise tax systems.
(g) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations,
consents, orders, approvals or other actions of any Person or of any
governmental body or official required in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof or
thereof, have been obtained.
(h) Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Seller enforceable against such Seller in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at
law or in equity).
(i) Record of Accounts. As of the first Closing Date, in the case
of Initial Accounts, as of the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
the Additional Accounts, and, as of the applicable Removal Date, in the
case of Removed Accounts, Schedule 1 to this Agreement is an accurate and
complete listing in all material respects of all the Accounts as of the
Cut-Off Date, the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date or the applicable
Removal Date, as the case may be, and the information contained therein
with respect to the identity of such Accounts and the Receivables existing
thereunder is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-Off
Date, such applicable Additional Cut-Off Date or such Removal Date, as the
case may be.
(j) Valid Transfer. This Agreement or, in the case of Additional
Accounts, the related Assignment constitutes a valid sale, transfer and
assignment to the Buyer of all right, title and interest of such Seller in
the Receivables and the Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof. Upon
the filing of the financing statements described in
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Section 2.1 with the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri and the
County Recorder of St. Louis County in the State of Missouri with respect
to DFS and the County Recorder of Cobb County in the State of Georgia, in
the case of Deutsche BSC and, in the case of the Receivables hereafter
created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation thereof, the Buyer
shall have a first priority perfected ownership interest in such property.
Except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
neither such Seller nor any Person claiming through or under such Seller
has any claim to or interest in the Trust Assets.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.2 shall
survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Buyer. Upon
discovery by a Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties.
In the event of any breach of any of the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.2 and if, in connection therewith, the Buyer shall
be obligated to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest pursuant to Section
2.3 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Sellers shall repurchase the
Receivables, the Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights respectively conveyed
by them and shall pay to the Buyer on the Business Day preceding the
Distribution Date on which such purchase of the Certificateholders' Interest is
to be made an amount equal to the purchase price for the Certificateholders'
Interest as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The obligation of
the Seller to purchase the Receivables pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall
constitute the sole remedy against such Seller respecting an event of the type
specified in the first sentence of this paragraph available to the Buyer and to
the Investor Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of the Investor
Certificateholders).
Section 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Sellers Relating to the
Receivables.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Buyer, with respect to the Receivables conveyed by such Seller,
that:
(i) Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing on the
first Closing Date or, in the case of Additional Accounts, on the
applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, has been conveyed to
the Buyer free and clear of any Lien.
(ii) With respect to each Receivable and all Collateral Security
existing on the first Closing Date or, in the case of Additional Accounts,
on the applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, all consents,
licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations
with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given
by such Seller in connection with the conveyance of such Receivable or
Collateral Security to the Buyer have been duly obtained, effected or
given and are in full force and effect.
(iii) On the Cut-Off Date and each Closing Date, each Initial
Account is an Eligible Account and, in the case of Additional Accounts, on
the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date and each subsequent Closing Date,
each such Additional Account is an Eligible Account.
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(iv) On the first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial
Accounts, and, in the case of the Additional Accounts, on the applicable
Additional Cut-Off Date, and on each Transfer Date, each Receivable
conveyed to the Buyer on such date is an Eligible Receivable or, if such
Receivable is not an Eligible Receivable, such Receivable is conveyed to
the Buyer in accordance with Section 2.8.
(v) Each Participation Agreement, if any, relating to Receivables
conveyed by such Seller permits the transfer of such Receivables to the
Buyer and the Trust and provides that the undivided interest of such
participant is pari passu in all respects (other than non-subordinated
interest strips and fees) with the remaining undivided interest in the
related Receivables. If such Participation Agreement was created after
December 1, 1993, such Participation Agreement states that the related
undivided interest of such Seller may be transferred to a securitization
vehicle and contains an agreement by the participant that such participant
shall have no rights against the securitization vehicle or any successor
servicer for such securitization vehicle, other than in connection with
funds allocable to the participant that have been improperly withheld by
the securitization vehicle.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.3 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to
the Buyer. Upon discovery by such Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.3, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
(c) Repurchase. In the event any representation or warranty under
Section 2.3(a) is not true and correct as of the date specified therein with
respect to any Receivable or Account and the Buyer is, in connection therewith,
required to purchase such Receivable or all Receivables in such Account pursuant
to Section 2.4(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, then, within 30 days
(or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Buyer) of the earlier to occur
of the discovery of any such event by a Seller or the Buyer, or receipt by
either Seller or the Buyer of written notice of any such event given by the
Trustee or any Enhancement Providers, the applicable Seller shall repurchase the
Receivable or Receivables, if any, of which the Buyer is required to accept
reassignment pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on the Business Day
preceding the Determination Date on which such reassignment is to occur.
The applicable Seller shall purchase each such Receivable by making a
payment to the Buyer in immediately available funds on the Business Day
preceding the Distribution Date on which such reassignment is to occur in an
amount equal to the Purchase Price for such Receivable. Upon payment of the
Purchase Price, the Buyer shall automatically and without further action be
deemed to sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to such Seller,
without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest
of the Buyer in and to such Receivable, all Collateral Security, the related
Floorplan Rights and all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and
all proceeds thereof. The Buyer shall execute such documents and instruments of
transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be
requested by such Seller to effect the conveyance of such Receivables pursuant
to this Section. The obligation of such Seller to repurchase any such Receivable
shall constitute the
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sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to such obligation available to the
Buyer and to the Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders).
Section 2.4 Addition of Accounts. (a) Each Seller may from time to time
offer to voluntarily designate additional Eligible Accounts to be included as
Accounts, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (b) below. If any
such offer is accepted by the Buyer, Receivables and Collateral Security, if
any, from such Additional Accounts shall be sold to the Buyer (or contributed to
the Buyer in accordance with Section 2.1) effective on a date (the "Addition
Date") specified in a written notice provided by the Seller (or the Servicer on
its behalf) to the Buyer and any Enhancement Providers specifying the Additional
Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date for such Additional Accounts (the "Addition
Notice") on or before the fifth Business Day but not more than the 30th day
prior to the related Addition Date or, if the Automatic Addition Condition is
satisfied, on the Determination Date following the Collection Period in which
such Addition Dates occur (the "Notice Date"). An Addition Notice may relate to
one or more Accounts on one or more Addition Dates.
(b) Each Seller shall be permitted to convey to the Buyer the
Receivables and all Collateral Security, if any, related thereto in any
Additional Accounts designated by such Seller as such pursuant to Section 2.4(a)
only upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the
related Addition Date (except for the condition in clause (vii), if applicable,
which shall be satisfied on or before the tenth Business Day after such Notice
Date):
(i) Such Seller shall provide the Buyer and any Enhancement
Providers with a timely Addition Notice.
(ii) Such Additional Accounts shall all be Eligible Accounts.
(iii) Such Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer a duly executed
written assignment (including an acceptance by the Buyer) covering the
Receivables specified in the Addition Notice in substantially the form of
Exhibit A modified, if applicable, to reflect contributions to (and by)
the general partner of the Buyer (the "Assignment") and the computer file
or microfiche or written list required to be delivered pursuant to Section
2.1.
(iv) Such Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer for deposit in
the Collection Account all Collections with respect to such Additional
Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date.
(v) No selection procedures believed by such Seller to be adverse
to the interests of the Buyer or the Beneficiaries were used in selecting
such Additional Accounts; (B) the list of Additional Accounts delivered
pursuant to clause (iii) above is true and correct in all material
respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and (C) as of each of the
Notice Date and the Addition Date, neither such Seller, the Buyer nor the
servicer are insolvent nor will have been made insolvent by such transfer
nor are aware of any pending insolvency.
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(vi) If the Automatic Addition Condition is not satisfied with
respect to such addition, the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such addition.
(vii) If (A) one or more of the Additional Accounts specified in
such Addition Notice will contain Receivables secured by a security
interest in a type of Product that has not been previously financed in the
Floorplan Business or (B) one or more of the Additional Accounts is
supported by a Floorplan Agreement with a Manufacturer that, as of the
related Addition Date, is not an Existing Manufacturer, then, whether or
not the Automatic Condition is satisfied, the Rating Agency Condition
shall have been satisfied in respect of the addition of each Additional
Account specified in clauses (A) and (B) on or prior to the related
Addition Date.
(viii) The addition of the Receivables arising in such Additional
Accounts shall not result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization
Event.
(ix) Such Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer and any
Enhancement Providers a certificate of a Vice President or more senior
officer confirming the items set forth in paragraphs (ii) through (vi) and
(viii) above.
(x) Such Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Providers (A) an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
Receivables in the Additional Accounts added since the last delivery of
such opinion substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and (B) except in the case of an addition in
connection with an addition of Receivables by the Buyer to the Trust
required by Section 2.5(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a Tax
Opinion with respect to such addition; provided that if such Opinion of
Counsel and Tax Opinion are required to be delivered, they shall be
rendered by outside counsel no less frequently than quarterly.
(c) Each Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the applicable
Addition Date as to the matters set forth in Section 2.4(b)(v). The
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.4(b)(v) shall survive the
sale and assignment of the respective Receivables and Collateral Security, if
any, to the Buyer. Upon discovery by either Seller or the Buyer of a breach of
any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering the
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and to any
Enhancement Providers.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.4 to the contrary, the
additions of Additional Accounts pursuant to Section 2.5 on or prior to the
Closing Date for Series 1994-1 need not satisfy clause (i), (vi), (vii) or (x).
Section 2.5 Covenants of the Sellers. Each Seller hereby covenants that:
(a) No Liens. Except for the conveyances hereunder and the
conveyance of Participation Interests pursuant to the terms of any
Participation Agreements, such Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or
transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien on, any Receivable or any Collateral Security, whether now
existing or hereafter created, or any interest therein, and such Seller
shall defend the right, title and interest of the Buyer and the Trust in,
to and under the Receivables and the
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Collateral Security, whether now existing or hereafter created, against
all claims of third parties claiming through or under such Seller.
(b) Financing Agreements and Guidelines. Each Seller shall comply
with and perform its servicing obligations with respect to the Accounts
and Receivables in accordance with (i) the Wholesale Financing Agreements,
Accounts Receivable Financing Agreements, Asset Based Lending Financing
Agreements and Unsecured Receivable Financing Agreements relating to the
Accounts and (ii) the Financing Guidelines, except insofar as any failure
to so comply or perform would not materially and adversely affect the
rights of the Buyer, the Trust or any of the Beneficiaries. Subject to
compliance with all Requirements of Law, such Seller may change the terms
and provisions of (i) the Wholesale Financing Agreements, Accounts
Receivable Financing Agreements, Asset Based Lending Financing Agreements
and Unsecured Receivable Financing Agreements or (ii) the Financing
Guidelines in any respect (including the calculation of the amount or the
timing of charge-offs and the rate of the finance charge assessed thereon)
only if such change would be permitted pursuant to Section 3.1(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(c) Account Allocations. In the event that such Seller is unable
for any reason to transfer Receivables to the Buyer, then such Seller
agrees that it shall allocate, after the occurrence of such event,
payments on each Account with respect to the principal balance of such
Account first to the oldest principal balance of such Account and to have
such payments applied as Collections in accordance with the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto agree that
Non-Principal Receivables, whenever created, accrued in respect of
Principal Receivables which have been conveyed to the Buyer and by the
Buyer to the Trust shall continue to be a part of the Trust
notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer of additional Principal
Receivables to the Buyer and Collections with respect thereto shall
continue to be allocated and paid in accordance with Article IV of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(d) Delivery of Collections. In the event that such Seller
receives Collections, such Seller agrees to pay the Servicer or any
Successor Servicer all payments received by the Seller in respect of the
Receivables as soon as practicable after receipt thereof by such Seller,
but in no event later than two Business Days after the receipt by such
Seller thereof.
(e) Notice of Liens. Each Seller shall notify the Buyer and the
Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable
conveyed by such Seller other that the conveyances hereunder or under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(f) Compliance with Law. Each Seller hereby agrees to comply in
all material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to such
Seller.
(g) Concentration of Risk. In order to avoid a concentration of
the risks associated with participating its extensions of credit to
Dealers, each Seller may create Participation Interests in its receivables
to be sold or contributed to the Buyer in the same
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manner and using the same standards as such Seller does in creating
participation interests in receivables to be retained by such Seller.
(h) Limitation on Creation of Participation Interests. Such Seller
shall not create Participation Interests in its receivables to the extent
that the creation of such Participation Interests would, at the time of
such creation, cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required
Participation Amount.
(i) Performance of Floorplan Agreements. Such Seller shall perform
its obligations under each Floorplan Agreement in accordance with the
terms thereof in all material respects.
Section 2.6 Removal of Eligible Accounts. (a) On each Determination Date
on which Accounts, including all amounts then held by the Trust or thereafter
received by the Trust with respect to such Accounts, are removed from the Trust
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Buyer shall
be deemed to have offered to the applicable Seller automatically and without
notice to or action by or on behalf of the Buyer, the right to remove Eligible
Accounts from the operation of this Agreement in the manner prescribed in
Section 2.6(b), subject to Section 2.6(d). The termination of an Account by a
Dealer upon such Dealer's payment in full of such Account shall not be a removal
of an Account under this Section.
(b) To accept such offer and remove Accounts, including all amounts then
held by the Trust or thereafter received by the Trust with respect to such
Accounts, the applicable Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the
following actions and make the following determinations:
(i) not less than five Business Days prior to the Removal Date,
furnish to the Buyer, the Trustee, any Enhancement Providers and the
Rating Agencies a written notice (the "Removal Notice") specifying the
Determination Date (which may be the Determination Date on which such
notice is given) on which removal of the Receivables of one or more
Accounts (the "Removed Accounts") will occur (a "Removal Date");
(ii) from and after such Removal Date, cease to transfer to the
Buyer any and all Receivables arising in such Removed Accounts;
(iii) represent and warrant that the removal of any such Eligible
Account on any Removal Date shall not, in the reasonable belief of such
Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool
Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(iv) represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by
such Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were
utilized in selecting the Accounts to be removed; and
(v) on or before the fifth Business Day after the Removal Date,
furnish to the Trustee a computer file, microfiche list or other list of
the Removed Accounts that were removed on the Removal Date, specifying for
each Removed Account as of the date of the Removal Notice its number, the
aggregate amount outstanding in such Removed
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Account and the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables therein and
represent that such computer file, microfiche list or other list of the
Removed Accounts is true and complete in all material respects.
(c) Subject to Section 2.6(b), on the Removal Date with respect to any
such Removed Account, such Removed Account shall be deemed removed by operation
of this Agreement for all purposes. After the Removal Date and upon the written
request of the Servicer, the Buyer, subject to Section 2.6(d), shall deliver to
the applicable Seller a reassignment in substantially the form of Exhibit C (the
"Reassignment").
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Buyer
shall have the right to consent or to decline to consent to any removal of
Removed Accounts (and the related Receivables) to a Seller pursuant to this
Section 2.6. If the Buyer declines to consent to any such removal of Removed
Accounts (and the related Receivables) to a Seller, the Buyer shall provide
notice thereof to the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.7 Removal of Ineligible Accounts. (a) On any date on which an
Account becomes an Ineligible Account (which shall be deemed the Removal
Commencement Date with respect to such Account), the applicable Seller shall
commence removal of such Ineligible Account in the manner prescribed in Section
2.7(b).
(b) With respect to each Account that becomes an Ineligible Account, the
applicable Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following
actions and make the following determinations:
(i) furnish to the Buyer, the Trustee and any Enhancement
Providers a Removal Notice specifying a Removal Commencement Date and the
Ineligible Accounts to be treated as Designated Accounts;
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect to
such Designated Accounts the Designated Balance with respect to each such
Designated Account and amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Buyer a
computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and complete
list of the Removed Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the
Removal Commencement Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of
Receivables outstanding in such Account and the Designated Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Buyer any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts;
(iv) if such Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it was
originally designated as an Account, from and after such Removal
Commencement Date, allocate Collections of Principal Receivables in
respect of each Designated Account, first to the oldest outstanding
principal balance of such Designated Account, until the Removal Date with
respect thereto; and
(v) if such Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it was
originally designated as an Account, on each Business Day from and after
such Removal
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Commencement Date to and until the related Removal Date, allocate (A) to
the Buyer Defaulted Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal
Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in respect of
each Designated Account, based on the ratio of the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the Buyer on such
Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in all
such Designated Accounts on such Business Day and (B) to such Seller, the
remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal
Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such Business Day.
(c) On the Removal Date with respect to any such Designated Account,
such Seller shall cease to allocate any Collections therefor in accordance
herewith and such Designated Account shall be deemed a Removed Account. After
the Removal Date and upon the written request of the Servicer, the Buyer shall
deliver to such Seller a Reassignment; provided, however, that notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, unless such Account was an Ineligible
Account at the time it was originally designated as an Account, the Reassignment
shall reassign only the Account and shall not reassign any Receivable existing
in such Account as of the related Removal Date.
Section 2.8 Sale of Ineligible Receivables. Each Seller shall sell to the
Buyer on each Transfer Date any and all Receivables arising in any Eligible
Accounts that are Ineligible Receivables, provided that on the Cut-Off Date or,
in the case of Receivables arising in Additional Accounts, on the related
Additional Cut-Off Date, and on the applicable Transfer Date, the Account in
which such Receivables arise is an Eligible Account.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
Section 3.1 Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the
Servicer. (a) DFS agrees to act as the Servicer under this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the Buyer consents to DFS acting as
Servicer. DFS will have ultimate responsibility for servicing, managing and
making collections on the Receivables and will have the authority to make any
management decisions relating to such Receivables, to the extent such authority
is granted to the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(b) DFS shall service and administer the Receivables in accordance with
the revisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.2 Servicing Compensation. As full compensation for its servicing
activities hereunder and under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, DFS shall be
entitled to receive the Servicing Fee on each Distribution Date so long as it is
the Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Fee shall
be paid in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
Rights of Certificateholders and
Allocation and Application of Collections
Section 4.1 Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds.
The Servicer will apply all Collections with respect to the Receivables and all
funds on deposit in the Collection Account as described in Article IV of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE V
Other Matters Relating to the Sellers
Section 5.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of, the Obligations
of the Sellers. Neither Seller shall consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which
such Seller is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer the properties and assets of such Seller substantially as an
entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and,
if such Seller is not the surviving entity, such corporation shall assume,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, the performance of every covenant and
obligation of such Seller hereunder; and
(b) such Seller has delivered to the Buyer and the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer comply with this Section 5.1
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
Section 5.2 Sellers' Indemnification of the Buyer. Each Seller shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer, from and against any loss, liability,
expense, claim, damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts,
omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of activities of such Seller
pursuant to this Agreement arising out of or based on the arrangement created by
this Agreement and the activities of such Seller taken pursuant thereto,
including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys' fees and other
costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or
threatened action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that such Seller
shall not indemnify the Buyer if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or
omissions constitute fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the Buyer;
and provided further, that such Seller shall not indemnify the Buyer for any
liabilities, cost or expense of the Buyer with respect to any federal, state or
local income or franchise taxes (or any interest or penalties with respect
thereto) required to be paid by the Buyer in connection herewith to any taxing
authority. Any indemnification under this Article V shall survive the
termination of the Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
Termination
This Agreement will terminate immediately after the Trust terminates
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, the Buyer shall
not purchase Receivables from a Seller nor shall a Seller designate Additional
Accounts if such Seller shall become an involuntary party to (or be made the
subject of) any proceeding provided for by any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
such Seller or relating to all or substantially all of its property (an
"Involuntary Case") and such Involuntary Case shall have continued for a period
of ten Business Days from and including the day of receipt by such Seller at its
principal corporate office of notice of such Involuntary Case; provided, that
during such ten Business Day period, the Buyer shall suspend its purchase of
Receivables and shall hold all Collections of Principal Receivables that would
have been available to purchase Receivables in the Collection Account and (a) if
by the first Business Day after such ten Business Day period, the Buyer has not
obtained an order from the court having jurisdiction of such case or filing
which order approves the continuation of the sale of Receivables by such Seller
to the Buyer and which provides that the Buyer and any of its transferees
(including the Trustee) may rely on such order for the validity and nonavoidance
of such transfer (the "Order"), the Buyer shall hold such Collections in the
Collection Account until such time as they may be paid as elsewhere provided
herein and shall not purchase Receivables thereafter or designate Additional
Accounts for transfer to the Buyer, or (b) if by such first Business Day, the
Buyer has obtained such Order, such Seller may continue selling Receivables, and
the Buyer may continue purchasing Receivables, pursuant to the terms hereof, as
modified by the immediately succeeding sentence. During the period after the ten
Business Day period described above and before the end of the 60-day period
described below, the purchase price of the Receivables transferred during such
period, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall be
paid to such Seller by the Buyer in cash not later than the same Business Day of
any sale of Receivables. During such period, Receivables will be considered
transferred to the Buyer only to the extent that the purchase price therefor has
been paid in cash on the same Business Day. If an Order is obtained but
subsequently is reversed or rescinded or expires, such Seller shall immediately
cease selling Receivables to the Buyer and the Buyer shall immediately cease
buying Receivables. Each Seller shall give prompt written notice to each of the
Buyer and the Trustee immediately upon becoming a party to an Involuntary Case.
If by the first Business Day after the 60-day period after such involuntary
filing, such Involuntary Case has not been dismissed, the Buyer shall not
purchase thereafter Receivables or designated Additional Accounts for transfer
to the Issuer.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.1 Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time
by the Sellers and the Buyer; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel for the Sellers addressed and delivered to
the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Investor Certificateholder.
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(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Buyer
and the Sellers with the consent of the Holders of Investor Certificates
evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Investor Certificates of all materially adversely affected Series, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Sellers; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of or delay the timing of any distributions to be made to
Investor Certificateholders or deposits of amounts to be so distributed with the
amount available under any Enhancement without the consent of each affected
Investor Certificateholder, (ii) change the definition of or the manner of
calculating the interest of any Investor Certificateholders without the consent
of each affected Certificateholder, (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of each
Certificateholder or (iv) adversely affect the rating of any Series or Class by
any Rating Agency without the consent of the Holders of all of the Investor
Certificates of such Series or Class. Any amendment to be effected pursuant to
this paragraph shall be deemed to materially adversely affect all outstanding
Series, other than any Series with respect to which such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel for the Sellers, addressed and delivered to
the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Investor Certificateholder of such Series. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee's rights,
duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent (other
than an amendment pursuant to paragraph (a)), the Sellers shall furnish
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Investor
Certificateholder, each Enhancement Provider, each Agent and each Rating Agency.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Investor
Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Investor Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no
amendment may be made to this Agreement which would adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Enhancement Provider without the consent
of such Enhancement Provider.
(f) Deutsche BSC ratifies and affirms, and shall be deemed to be a party
to, that certain amendment dated as of January 24, 1996 among DFS, the Buyer and
the Trustee.
Section 7.2 Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables. (a)
The Sellers shall cause this Agreement, all amendments hereto and/or all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Buyer's right, title and interest to the Receivables and
Collateral Security relating thereto to be promptly recorded, registered and
filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and
protect the right, title and interest of the Buyer hereunder. Each Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available
following
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such recording, registration or filing. The Buyer shall cooperate fully with the
Sellers in connection with the obligations set forth above and will execute any
and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of this Section
7.2(a).
(b) Within 30 days after a Seller makes any change in its name, identity
or corporate structure which would make any financing statement or continuation
statement filed in accordance with Section 7.2(a) seriously misleading within
the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC as in effect in the State of Missouri
or the State of Georgia, as applicable, or such other applicable jurisdiction,
such Seller shall give the Buyer and any Agent notice of any such change and
shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to
continue the perfection of the Buyer's security interest in the Receivables and
the proceeds thereof.
(c) Each Seller will give the Buyer prompt written notice of any
relocation of any office at which it keeps Records concerning the Receivables or
of its principal executive office if, as a result of such relocation, the
applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of
any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing
statement and shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be
necessary to perfect or to continue the perfection of the Buyer's security
interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. Each Seller will at all
times maintain its principal executive offices within the United States of
America.
(d) Each Seller will deliver to the Buyer upon the execution and
delivery of each amendment of this Agreement, an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect specified in Exhibit B.
Section 7.3 Limited Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the obligations of the Buyer hereunder shall not be recourse
to the Buyer (or any person or organization acting on behalf of the Buyer or any
affiliate, Officer or director of the Buyer), other than to (a) the portion of
the Seller's Interest on any date of determination which is in excess of the
Required Participation Amount and (b) any other assets of the Buyer not pledged
to third parties or otherwise encumbered in a manner permitted by the Buyer's
Partnership Agreement; provided, however, that any payment by the Buyer made in
accordance with this Section 7.3 shall be made only after payment in full of any
amounts that the Buyer is obligated to deposit in the Collection Account
pursuant to this Agreement; provided further that the Investor
Certificateholders shall be entitled to the benefits of the subordination of the
Collections allocable to the Seller's Interest to the extent provided in the
Supplements.
Section 7.4 No Petition. Each Seller hereby covenants and agrees that it
will not at any time institute against the Buyer or Deutsche FRI any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
Section 7.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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Section 7.6 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally
delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the
parties at such addresses specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or,
in the case of notices to Deutsche BSC, to the following address: 655 Maryville
Centre Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141, Attention: Secretary.
Section 7.7 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or rights of the Certificateholders.
Section 7.8 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by either Seller without the prior
consent of the Buyer and the Trustee. The Buyer may assign its rights, remedies,
powers and privileges under this Agreement to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
Section 7.9 Further Assurances. Each Seller agrees to do and perform, from
time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments
required or reasonably requested by the Buyer more fully to effect the purposes
of this Agreement, including the execution of any financing statements or
continuation statements relating to the Receivables for filing under the
provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 7.10 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Buyer, any right, remedy, power or
privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under this
Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Section 7.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
Section 7.12 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Certificateholders, the
Trustee and the other Beneficiaries and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other
Person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 7.13 Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
Section 7.14 Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of reference
only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof.
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Section 7.15 Continued Effectiveness of the Receivables Contribution and
Sale Agreement. As amended and restated hereby, the Receivables Contribution and
Sale Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
Section 7.16 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) submits for itself and its property in any
legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the Assignments, the
Reassignments or the other 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;
(a) 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;
(b) 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 Section 7.6; and
(c) 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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sellers and the Buyer have caused this Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers
as of the day and year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.,
Buyer
By:DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
INC., its general partner
By: /s/ Richard H. Schumacher
Name: Richard H. Schumacher
Title: President
By: /s/ Naran Burchinow
Name: Naran Burchinow
Title:
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DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES
CORPORATION, Seller
By: /s/ Richard H. Schumacher
Name: Richard H. Schumacher
Title: Senior Vice President
By: /s/ Naran Burchinow
Name: Naran Burchinow
Title:
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DEUTSCHE BUSINESS SERVICES
CORPORATION, Seller
By: /s/ Richard H. Schumacher
Name: Richard H. Schumacher
Title:
By: /s/ Naran Burchinow
Name: Naran Burchinow
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
TO RCSA
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.4
of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. ___ OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated as of
________________, ____ this "Assignment"), between Deutsche Floorplan
Receivables, L.P., as buyer (the "Buyer"), and [Deutsche Financial Services
Corporation], [Deutsche Business Services Corporation] as seller [contributor]
(the "Seller"), pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement
referred to below.
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS DFS, Deutsche BSC and the Buyer are parties to a Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement dated as of December 1, 1993, amended and
restated as of March 1, 1994, amended as of January 24, 1996 and amended and
restated as of October 1, 1996 (as amended or supplemented, the "Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the
Seller wishes to designate Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to
convey the Receivables and related Collateral Security of such Additional
Accounts, whether now existing or hereafter created, to the Buyer as part of the
corpus of the Trust (as each such term is defined in the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Buyer is willing to accept such designation and conveyance
subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein (including in the
recitals hereto) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts
designated hereby, ___________, 19___.
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. The Seller hereby delivers
herewith a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of all such Additional Accounts specifying for each such Account,
as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of
Receivables outstanding in such Account and the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in such Account. Such file or list shall, as of the date of this
Assignment, supplement Schedule 1 to the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement.
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3. Conveyance of Receivables. (a) The Seller does hereby [sell]
[contribute], transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse
(except as expressly provided in the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement), to the Buyer, on the Addition Date all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables in such Additional Accounts, all
Collateral Security and the related Floorplan Rights with respect thereto, owned
by the Seller and existing at the close of business on the Additional Cut-Off
Date and thereafter created from time to time, all monies due or to become due
and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including
"proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect in the [State of
Missouri] [State of Georgia] and Recoveries) thereof. The foregoing [sale]
[contribution], transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance does not
constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or an assumption by the
Buyer of any obligation of the Servicer, the Seller or any other Person in
connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation under the Financing
Agreement, Floorplan Agreement and any Participation Agreement, including any
other obligation to any Dealer or Manufacturer.
(b) In connection with such [sale] [contribution], the Seller agrees to
record and file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and
continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now
existing and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper, accounts and
general intangibles (as defined in Section 9-105 or 9-106 of the UCC as in
effect in any state where the Seller's or the Servicer's chief executive offices
or books and records relating to the Receivables are located) meeting the
requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as
are necessary to perfect the sale and assignment of the Receivables and the
Collateral Security to the Buyer, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of such
financing statements or other evidence of such filing to the Buyer on or prior
to the Addition Date to the extent, if any, that the UCC-1 financing statements
filed pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement
are not sufficient for such purpose. In addition, the Seller shall cause to be
timely filed in the appropriate filing office any UCC-1 financing statement and
continuation statement necessary to perfect any sale of Receivables to the
Seller. The Buyer shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file such financing
statement, or a continuation statement to such financing statement, or to make
any other filing under the UCC in connection with such [sale] [contribution].
The parties hereto intend that the [sales] [contributions] of Receivables
effected by this Agreement be [sales] [true contributions].
(c) In connection with such [sale] [contribution], the Seller further
agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to the Addition Date, to indicate in its
books and records, which may include its computer files, that the Receivables
created in connection with the Additional Accounts designated hereby have been
sold and the Collateral Security assigned to the Buyer pursuant to this
Assignment and sold to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries.
4. Acceptance by Buyer. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 6 of this Assignment, the Buyer hereby acknowledges its
acceptance of all right, title and interest to the property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Buyer pursuant to Section 3(a) of this
Assignment. The Buyer further acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with
the execution and delivery of this Assignment, the Seller delivered to the
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Buyer the computer file or microfiche or written list relating to the Additional
Accounts described in Section 2 of this Assignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Buyer, on behalf of the Trust, as of the date of
this Assignment and as of the Addition Date that:
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting creditors, rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the law of
the State of its incorporation and has, in all material respects, full
corporate power, authority and legal right to own its properties and
conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such
business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Assignment;
(c) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is
exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify or
obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse effect on
its ability to perform its obligations hereunder;
(d) Eligible Accounts. Each Additional Account designated hereby
is an Eligible Account;
(e) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were utilized
in selecting the Additional Accounts designated hereby;
(f) Insolvency. As of the Notice Date and the Addition Date, the
Seller is not insolvent nor, after giving effect to the conveyance set
forth in Section 3 of this Assignment, will it have been made insolvent,
nor is it aware of any pending insolvency;
(g) Valid Transfer. This Assignment constitutes a valid [sale]
[contribution], transfer and assignment to the Buyer of all right, title
and interest of the Seller in the Receivables and the Collateral Security
and the proceeds thereof and upon the filing of the financing statements
described in Section 3 of this Assignment with the Secretary of State of
the State of [Missouri] [and other applicable states and counties] and, in
the case of the Receivables [and the Collateral Security] hereafter
created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation thereof, the Buyer
shall have a first priority perfected ownership interest in such property,
except for Liens permitted under Section 2.6(a) of the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement;
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(h) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Assignment and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Assignment have been duly authorized by the Seller by
all necessary corporation action on the part of the Seller;
(i) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Assignment,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and
the fulfillment of the terms hereof, will not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other
instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or its properties
are bound;
(j) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Assignment by
the Seller, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with
or violate any material Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller;
(k) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened against the
Seller before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Assignment, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller,
would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Assignment, (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of this Assignment or (v) seeking to affect adversely the
income tax attributes of the Trust under the United States federal or any
State income, single business or franchise tax systems;
(l) Record of Accounts. As of the Addition Date, Schedule 1 to
this Assignment is an accurate and complete listing in all material
respects of all the Additional Accounts as of the Additional Cut-Off Date
and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such
Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct in
all material respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(m) No Liens. Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing
on the Addition Date has been conveyed to the Buyer free and clear of any
Lien;
(n) All Consents Required. With respect to each Receivable and all
Collateral Security existing on the Addition Date, all consents, licenses,
approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations with any
Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by the
Seller in connection with the conveyance of such Receivable or Collateral
Security to the Buyer, the execution and delivery of this Assignment and
the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect; and
(o) Eligible Receivables. On the Additional Cut-Off Date each
Receivable conveyed to the Buyer as of such date is an Eligible Receivable
or, if such Receivable is
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not an Eligible Receivable, such Receivable is conveyed to the Buyer in
accordance with Section 2.8 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement.
6. Conditions Precedent. The acceptance of the Buyer set forth in
Section 4 of this Assignment is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the
Addition Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5 of this Assignment shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Assignment and as of the Addition
Date;
(b) Agreement. Each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.4(b)
of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement applicable to the
designation of the Additional Accounts to be designated hereby shall have
been satisfied; and
(c) Addition Information. The Seller shall have delivered to the
Buyer such information as was reasonably requested by the Buyer to satisfy
itself as to the accuracy of the representation and warranty set forth in
Section 5(d) of this Assignment.
7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Assignment, the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement as so supplemented
by this Assignment shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Buyer have caused this Assignment
to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers
as of the day and the year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.,
as Buyer
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, INC.,
its general partner
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
[DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES
CORPORATION], as Seller
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
[DEUTSCHE BUSINESS SERVICES
CORPORATION], as Seller
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
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EXHIBIT B
TO RCSA
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
(As required by Section 7.2(d) of
the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement)
(a) The Amendment to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement,
attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the "Amendment"), has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each Seller and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding agreement of each Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect. The enforceability of each
Seller's obligations is also subject to general principles of equity (regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(b) The Amendment has been entered into in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Section 7.1 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement.
(c) The Amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the Investor Certificateholders. [Include this clause (iii) only in
the case of amendments effected pursuant to Section 7.1(a) of the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement.]
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EXHIBIT C
TO RCSA
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.6 of the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement referred to below)
REASSIGNMENT NO. __ OF RECEIVABLES, dated as of
__________, ____, by and between DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN
RECEIVABLES, L.P., as buyer (the "Buyer"), and DEUTSCHE
FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION [or DEUTSCHE BUSINESS
SERVICES CORPORATION), as seller (the "Seller"),
pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Seller and the Buyer are parties to the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement dated as of December 1, 1993, amended and
restated as of March 1, 1994, amended as of January 24, 1996 and amended and
restated as of October 1, 1996 (as amended or supplemented, the "Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the
Seller wishes to remove all Receivables from certain Accounts, the Collateral
Security thereof and the related Floorplan Rights (the "Removed Accounts") and
to cause the Buyer to reconvey the Receivables of such Removed Accounts and such
Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights, whether now existing or hereafter
created, and all amounts currently held by the Buyer or thereafter received by
the Trust in respect of such Removed Accounts, from the Buyer to the Seller (as
each such term is defined in the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement);
and
WHEREAS the Buyer is willing to accept such removal and to reconvey the
Receivables in the Removed Accounts, such Collateral Security and any related
amounts held or received by the Trust subject to the terms and conditions
hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used herein
shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined
herein.
"Removal Date" shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts
designated hereby, ____________
2. Notice of Removed Accounts. The Seller shall deliver to the Buyer,
the Trustee, any Enhancement Providers and the Rating Agencies a computer file
or microfiche or written list
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containing a true and complete list of the Removed Accounts specifying for each
such Account, as of the Removal Commencement Date, its account number, the
aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such Accounts and the Designated
Balance. Such list shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Reassignment and shall
be incorporated into and made a part of this Reassignment as of the Removal Date
and shall amend Schedule 1 to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement.
3. Conveyance of Receivables and Accounts. (a) The Buyer does hereby
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse,
representation or warranty on and after the Removal Date, all right, title and
interest of the Trust in, to and under all [Receivables now existing at the
close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created from time to time
until the termination of the Trust in Removed Accounts designated hereby, all
Collateral Security thereof, the related Floorplan Rights, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received with respect thereto (including all
Non-Principal Receivables), all proceeds (as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC
as in effect in the State of Missouri [Georgia] and Recoveries) thereof relating
thereto][in the case of Removed Accounts which are to be removed pursuant to
Section 2.7 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement and which were
not Ineligible Accounts at the time they were originally designated as Accounts,
replace the immediately preceding bracketed text with the following: the Removed
Accounts but not any right, title and interest of the Trust in, to and under (i)
any Receivables existing as of the Removal Date in Removed Accounts designated
hereby, (ii) all Collateral Security relating to such Receivables, (iii) the
related Floorplan Rights, (iv) all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect to such Receivables (including all Non-Principal
Receivables), (v) all proceeds (as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in
effect in the State of Missouri [Georgia] and Recoveries) thereof relating to
such Receivables, it being understood that the items described in clauses
(i)-(v) will continue to be Trust Assets] .
(b) If requested by the Seller, in connection with such transfer, the
Buyer agrees to execute and deliver to the Seller, on or prior to the date of
this Reassignment, a termination statement with respect to the Receivables
existing at the close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created
from time to time and Collateral Security thereof in the Removed Accounts
reassigned hereby (which may be a single termination statement with respect to
all such Receivables and Collateral Security) evidencing the release by the
Trust of its lien on the Receivables in the Removed Accounts and the Collateral
Security, and meeting the requirements of applicable state law, in such manner
and such jurisdictions as are necessary to remove such lien.
4. Acceptance by Buyer. The Buyer hereby acknowledges that, prior to or
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Reassignment, the Seller
delivered to the Buyer the computer file or such microfiche or written list
described in Section 2(b) of this Reassignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Buyer as of the date of this Reassignment and as
of the Removal Date:
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in
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accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at
law or in equity);
(b) No Early Amortization Event. The removal of the Accounts
hereby removed shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Seller, cause an
Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool Balance to be less
than the Required Participation Amount;
(c) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were utilized
in selecting the Accounts to be removed; and
(d) True and Complete List. The list of Removed Accounts described
in Section 2(b) of this Assignment is, as of the Removal Commencement
Date, true and complete in all material respects.
provided, however, that in the event that the removal on such Removal Date
relates solely to Ineligible Accounts, the Seller shall be deemed to make only
the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5(a) above.
6. Condition Precedent. In addition to the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 2.6 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the
obligation of the Buyer to execute and deliver this Reassignment is subject to
the Seller having delivered on or prior to the Removal Date to the Trustee, the
Buyer, any Agent, and any Enhancement Providers an Officers' Certificate
certifying that (i) as of the Removal Date, all requirements set forth in
Section 2.6 of the Agreement for removing such Accounts and reconveying the
Receivables of such Removed Accounts, the Collateral Security and the related
Floorplan Rights, whether existing at the close of business on the Removal Date
or thereafter created from time to time until the termination of the Trust, have
been satisfied, and (ii) each of the representations and warranties made by the
Seller in Section 5 hereof is true and correct as of the date of this
Reassignment and as of the Removal Date. The Buyer may conclusively rely on such
officers' Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the
matters set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Reassignment the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement as so supplemented
by this Reassignment shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
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REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Reassignment to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on the
day and year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.,
Buyer
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, INC.,
its general partner
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
[DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES
CORPORATION, Seller]
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
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[DEUTSCHE BUSINESS SERVICES
CORPORATION, Seller]
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title
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Schedule 1
List of Accounts
[Provided separately to the Buyer and the
Trustee and deemed to be incorporated herein.]
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Exhibit 4.10
AMENDMENT TO
RECEIVABLES CONTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT is made and entered into as of December 31, 2002
("Amendment") by and between GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation, a
Nevada corporation (formerly known as Deutsche Financial Services Corporation),
as Seller ("CDF") and Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, as Buyer ("Limited Partnership").
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, CDF and Limited Partnership are parties to the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1993, amended and
restated as of March 1, 1994, amended as of January 24, 1996 and amended and
restated as of October 1, 1996 (as so amended, the "Sale Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Deutsche Business Services Corporation ("DBSC") is no longer a
going concern and therefore is no longer a seller under the Sale Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties to the Sale Agreement desire to amend the Sale
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms defined in the Sale Agreement
and used in this Amendment but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Sale Agreement.
SECTION 2. Recitals. The third and fourth recitals to the Sale Agreement
are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
"WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to sell or contribute such payment obligations
to CDF Financing, L.L.C. ("LLC"), pursuant to a Receivables Contribution and
Sale Agreement dated as of December 31, 2002 (as the same may from time to time
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "LP/LLC Sale Agreement");
WHEREAS, the LLC is becoming a party to (and the Buyer is ceasing to be a
party to) the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
April 1, 2000 (as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the LLC, CDF,
as Servicer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as successor to The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee")."
SECTION 3. Deutsche Business Services Corporation Amendments.
(a) Generally. All references to "Deutsche Business Services
Corporation" in the Sale Agreement are hereby deleted.
Amendment to Contribution
and Sale Agreement
(b) Sellers. All references to "either Seller" , "each Seller" ,
"such Seller" or "the applicable Seller" are hereby replaced with "the
Seller" and all references to "Sellers" are hereby replaced with "Seller".
(c) Section 5.1 of the Sale Agreement. The first sentence of
Section 5.1 of the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
language "Neither Seller shall consolidate" and replacing it with "The
Seller shall not consolidate".
(d) Section 7.1(f) of the Sale Agreement. Section 7.1(f) of the
Sale Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(e) Section 7.6 of the Sale Agreement. Section 7.6 is hereby
amended by deleting the language "or, in the case of notices to Deutsche
BSC, to the following address: 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis,
Missouri 63141, Attention: Secretary" and by replacing it with the
language "or, in the case of notices to Limited Partnership, to the
following address: 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141,
Attention: Finance Manager".
SECTION 4. Uniform Commercial Code References.
(a) Section 2.1 of the Sale Agreement. The first paragraph of
Section 2.1 of the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase
"(including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC as in effect
in the State of Missouri and the State of Georgia, as applicable, and
Recoveries)" and replacing it with "(including "proceeds" as defined in
the UCC, and Recoveries)". The fifth paragraph of Section 2.1 is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase "(as defined in Section 9-105 of the UCC as
in effect in any state where such Seller's or the Servicer's chief
executive offices or books and records relating to the Receivables are
located)" and replacing it with "(as defined in the UCC)".
(b) Section 2.2(j) of the Sale Agreement. Section 2.2(j) is hereby
amended by deleting the language "Missouri and the County Recorder of St.
Louis County in the State of Missouri with respect to DFS and the County
Recorder of Cobb County in the State of Georgia, in the case of Deutsche
BSC" and replace it with "Nevada".
(c) Section 7.2(b) of the Sale Agreement. Section 7.2 is hereby
amended by deleting the language "Section 9-402(7) of the UCC as in effect
in the State of Missouri or the State of Georgia, as applicable, or such
other applicable jurisdiction," and replacing it with "the UCC as in
effect in the applicable jurisdiction,".
SECTION 5. Additional Amendments to Sale Agreement.
(a) The last sentence of the last paragraph of Section 2.2 is
hereby amended by inserting the phrase ", the Collateral Security and
Floorplan Rights" after the words "The obligation of the Seller to
purchase the Receivables".
(b) Section 2.3(a)(iii) is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows: "(iv) On the Cut-Off Date, each Initial Account is an Eligible
Account, and, in the case of
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Additional Accounts, on the Additional Cut-Off Date, each such Additional
Account is an Eligible Account."
(c) Section 2.4(b)(v)(C) is hereby amended by changing the word
"servicer" to "Servicer".
(d) Section 2.4(b)(x) is hereby amended by deleting the language
"no less frequently" and replacing it with "no more frequently".
(e) Section 7.1(b) is hereby amended by deleting the word "action"
in the second to last sentence of the paragraph and replacing it with
"amendment".
(f) Section 7.5 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
"Section 7.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING
HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION,
VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK)."
SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the parties
hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the parties hereto represents and
warrants unto the other parties hereto as set forth in this Section 6:
(a) Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution,
delivery and performance by such party of this Amendment are within its
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and do not: (i)
contravene its organizational documents; or (ii) contravene any
contractual restriction, law or governmental regulation or court decree or
order binding on or affecting it; and
(b) Validity, etc. This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
and similar laws affecting creditors' rights and general equitable
principles.
SECTION 7. Binding Effect; Ratification. (a) This Amendment shall become
effective, as of the date first set forth above, when counterparts hereof shall
have been executed and delivered by the parties hereto, and thereafter shall be
binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(b) Any reference to the Sale Agreement from and after the date
hereof shall be deemed to refer to the Sale Agreement as amended hereby,
unless otherwise expressly stated.
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(c) Except as expressly amended hereby, the Sale Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed by
the parties hereto.
SECTION 8. Miscellaneous. (a) THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING
HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY
AND PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF
LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).
(b) Headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the meaning of this Amendment or any provision hereof.
(c) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(d) Executed counterparts of this Amendment may be delivered
electronically.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the day and
year first above written.
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Finance Manager
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DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.
By: Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, Inc.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Treasurer
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Exhibit 4.11
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.,
as Seller,
and
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.,
as Buyer
RECEIVABLES CONTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 31, 2002
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PAGE
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions.......................................................................... 1
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions........................................................ 2
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Receivables............................................................ 2
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Seller and
the Agreement........................................................................ 4
Section 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Receivables............. 6
Section 2.4 Addition of Accounts................................................................. 7
Section 2.5 Covenants of the Seller.............................................................. 9
Section 2.6 Removal of Eligible Accounts......................................................... 10
Section 2.7 Removal of Ineligible Accounts....................................................... 12
Section 2.8 Sale of Ineligible Receivables....................................................... 13
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
Section 3.1 The Servicer......................................................................... 13
Section 3.2 Servicing Compensation............................................................... 13
ARTICLE IV
Rights of Certificateholders and
Allocation and Application of Collections
Section 4.1 Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds.......................... 13
ARTICLE V
Other Matters Relating to the Seller
Section 5.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of, the Obligations of the Seller.......... 13
Section 5.2 Seller's Indemnification of the Buyer................................................ 14
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ARTICLE VI
Termination............................................................................................ 15
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.1 Amendment............................................................................ 15
Section 7.2 Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables............................... 16
Section 7.3 Limited Recourse..................................................................... 16
Section 7.4 No Petition.......................................................................... 17
Section 7.5 GOVERNING LAW........................................................................ 17
Section 7.6 Notices.............................................................................. 17
Section 7.7 Severability of Provisions........................................................... 17
Section 7.8 Assignment........................................................................... 17
Section 7.9 Further Assurances................................................................... 17
Section 7.10 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies....................................................... 18
Section 7.11 Counterparts......................................................................... 18
Section 7.12 Third-Party Beneficiaries............................................................ 18
Section 7.13 Merger and Integration............................................................... 18
Section 7.14 Headings............................................................................. 18
Section 7.15 Submission to Jurisdiction........................................................... 18
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Assignment of Receivables in Additional Accounts
Exhibit B Form of Reassignment of Receivables in Removed Accounts
Schedule 1 List of Accounts
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RECEIVABLES CONTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 31,
2002, between DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Limited Partnership"), as Seller ("Seller"), and CDF
FINANCING, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("LLC"), as Buyer
("Buyer").
WITNESETH:
WHEREAS, the Seller is party to the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement dated as of December 1, 1993, amended and restated as of March 1,
1994, amended as of January 24, 1996, and amended and restated as of October 1,
1996 (as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the "First Tier Agreement"), with GE Commercial Distribution Finance
Corporation, formally known as Deutsche Financial Services Corporation, a Nevada
corporation ("CDF");
WHEREAS, the First Tier Agreement provides for the Seller to acquire
Receivables and related assets and rights from CDF from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Seller wish to sell or contribute such Receivables and
related assets and rights from time to time to the Buyer;
WHEREAS, the Seller is party to the Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2000 (as the same may from time to time
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among the Seller, as seller, CDF, as servicer, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee");
WHEREAS, the Seller wishes to contribute to the Buyer all of the Seller's
right, title and interest in, to and under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection herewith, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will
be amended in order to, among other things, replace the Limited Partnership as a
party thereto with the Buyer.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree, effective as of December 31, 2002
(the "Effective Date"), as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The rules of
construction in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
shall be applied to this Agreement. In addition, the term "Agreement" means this
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, as the same may from time to time
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
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Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof",
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement; Article, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are
references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified; and the term "including" shall mean "including without
limitation".
(b) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Receivables. By execution of this Agreement, the
Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey,
without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to the Buyer on the
first Effective Date, in the case of Accounts existing as of the Effective Date
(the "Existing Accounts"), and on the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Receivables in each Account and all Collateral Security with respect thereto
owned by the Seller at the close of business on the Effective Date, in the case
of the Existing Accounts, and on the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, in the
case of Additional Accounts, and all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as defined
in the UCC and Recoveries) thereof and all of the Seller's rights, remedies,
powers and privileges with respect to such Receivables under the related
Floorplan Agreements. Subject to Article VI, as of each Business Day prior to
the earlier of (x) the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event specified in
Section 9.1(b), (c), (d), or (e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (y)
the Trust Termination Date, on which Receivables are created in the Accounts (a
"Transfer Date"), the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey, without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), to the
Buyer, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in
each Account (other than any Receivables created in any Removed Account from and
after the applicable Removal Date) and all Collateral Security with respect
thereto owned by the Seller at the close of business on such Transfer Date and
not theretofore conveyed to the Buyer, all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including "proceeds" as
defined in the UCC and Recoveries) thereof and all of the Seller's rights,
remedies, powers and privileges with respect to such Receivables under the
related Floorplan Agreements. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over
and conveyance and any subsequent sales, transfers, assignments, set-overs and
conveyances do not constitute, and are not intended to result in, the creation
or an assumption by the Buyer of any obligation of the Servicer, the Seller or
any other Person in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation under the
Financing Agreements, the Floorplan Agreements and any Participation Agreement
and any other obligation to any Dealer or Manufacturer.
On the Effective Date, the Seller hereby contributes as capital to the
Buyer (i) Receivables in the amount of three billion two hundred sixty-eight
million six hundred eighty-six
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thousand five hundred seventy-six dollars ($3,268,686,576), together with the
related Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights (defined below) and (ii) all of
the Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Subject to Article VI, the purchase price for the
Receivables sold by the Seller to the Buyer on each Addition Date and on each
Transfer Date thereafter shall be a price agreed to by the Buyer and the Seller
at the time of acquisition by the Buyer, which price shall not, in the opinion
of the Buyer, be materially less favorable to the Buyer than prices for
transactions of a generally similar character at the time of the acquisition
taking into account the quality of such Receivables and other pertinent factors,
including, without limitation, prevailing interest rates; provided that such
consideration shall in any event not be less than reasonably equivalent value
therefor.
At its option from time to time, the Seller may convey as a capital
contribution to the Buyer Receivables together with the related Collateral
Security and Floorplan Rights (or interests in any of the foregoing).
In connection with such contributions and sales, the Seller agrees (i) to
record and file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and
continuation statements when applicable) naming the Seller as "debtor" and the
Buyer as "secured party" thereon with respect to the Receivables now existing
and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper, accounts or general
intangibles (as defined in the UCC) meeting the requirements of applicable state
law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the
sale and assignment of the Receivables, the Collateral Security and all of the
Seller's rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to such
Receivables under the related Floorplan Agreements (the "Floorplan Rights") to
the Buyer, and to perfect the contribution of any items contemplated by this
Agreement, and (ii) to deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements
or other evidence of such filing to the Buyer promptly following such filing. In
addition, the Seller shall cause to be timely filed in the appropriate filing
office any UCC-1 financing statement and continuation statement necessary to
perfect any sale of Receivables to the Seller. The Buyer shall be under no
obligation whatsoever to file such financing statement, or a continuation
statement to such financing statement, or to make any other filing under the UCC
in connection with such contribution and sales. The parties hereto intend that
the transfers of Receivables and other items effected by this Agreement be sales
(or, in the case of contributions, true contributions).
In connection with such contribution and sales, the Seller further agrees,
at its own expense, on or prior to the Effective Date, in the case of Existing
Accounts, the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, and
the applicable Removal Date, in the case of Removed Accounts, (a) to indicate in
its books and records, which may include computer files, that the Receivables
created in connection with the Accounts (other than Removed Accounts) have been
sold, and the Collateral Security and the Floorplan Rights assigned, to the
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and sold to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other
Beneficiaries and (b) to deliver to the Buyer a computer file or microfiche or
written list containing a true and complete list of all such Accounts (other
than Removed Accounts) specifying for each such Account, as of the Effective
Date, in the case of Existing Accounts, and the applicable Additional Cut-Off
Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, (i) its account number and (ii) the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in such Account. Such file or list, as
supplemented from time to time to
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reflect Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 1
to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement.
In the event that such contributions, sales and assignments are deemed to
constitute a pledge of security for a loan, it is the intent of this Agreement
that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Buyer a first priority
perfected security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest to
and under (i) the Receivables, the Collateral Security and all proceeds thereof
and the Floorplan Agreements and (ii) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and
that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the
Seller and the Agreement. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Buyer, as to itself and the Receivables being transferred and sold by it
hereunder, as of the Effective Date and as of each Closing Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a limited
partnership duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the state of its organization and has, in all material
respects, full partnership power, authority and legal right to own its
properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently owned
and such business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership
(or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business requires such qualification except where the failure to so
qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse
effect on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by
all necessary limited partnership action on the part of the Seller and are
within its limited partnership powers.
(d) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material
default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust, or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it
or its properties are bound.
(e) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable to the Seller, will
not conflict with or violate any material Requirements of Law applicable
to the Seller or conflict with, violate, result in any breach of any of
the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
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notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under any indenture,
contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which
the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is bound.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations, pending or threatened against the
Seller, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller,
would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling
that would materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement or (v) seeking to affect adversely the income tax
attributes of the Trust under the United States federal or any state
income, single business or franchise tax systems.
(g) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations,
consents, orders, approvals or other actions of any Person or of any
governmental body or official required in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof or
thereof, have been obtained.
(h) Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at
law or in equity).
(i) Record of Accounts. As of the Effective Date, in the case of
the Existing Accounts, as of the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
the Additional Accounts, and, as of the applicable Removal Date, in the
case of Removed Accounts, Schedule 1 to this Agreement is an accurate and
complete listing in all material respects of all the Accounts as of the
Effective Date, the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date or the applicable
Removal Date, as the case may be, and the information contained therein
with respect to the identity of such Accounts and the Receivables existing
thereunder is true and correct in all material respects as of the
Effective Date, such applicable Additional Cut-Off Date or such Removal
Date, as the case may be.
(j) Valid Transfer. This Agreement or, in the case of Additional
Accounts, the related Assignment constitutes a valid sale, transfer and
assignment to the Buyer of all right, title and interest of the Seller in
the Receivables and the Collateral Security and the proceeds thereof. Upon
the filing of the financing statements described in Section 2.1 with the
Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and, in the case of the
Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation
thereof, the Buyer shall have a first priority perfected ownership
interest in such property. Except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, neither the Seller nor any Person claiming through or
under the Seller has any claim to or interest in the Trust Assets.
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The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.2 shall
survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Buyer. Upon
discovery by a Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties.
In the event of any breach of any of the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.2 and if, in connection therewith, the Buyer shall
be obligated to purchase the Certificateholders' Interest pursuant to Section
2.3 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall repurchase the
Receivables, the Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights conveyed by it and
shall pay to the Buyer on the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date on
which such purchase of the Certificateholders' Interest is to be made an amount
equal to the purchase price for the Certificateholders' Interest as specified in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The obligation of the Seller to purchase
the Receivables, the Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights pursuant to this
Section 2.2 shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting an
event of the type specified in the first sentence of this paragraph available to
the Buyer and to the Investor Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of
the Investor Certificateholders).
Section 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the
Receivables.
(a) Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby represents
and warrants to the Buyer, with respect to the Receivables conveyed by the
Seller, that:
(i) Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing on
the Effective Date or, in the case of Additional Accounts, on the
applicable Addition Date, and on each Transfer Date, has been
conveyed to the Buyer free and clear of any Lien.
(ii) With respect to each Receivable and all Collateral
Security existing on the Effective Date or, in the case of
Additional Accounts, on the applicable Addition Date, and on each
Transfer Date, all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations
of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given by the Seller in
connection with the conveyance of such Receivable or Collateral
Security to the Buyer have been duly obtained, effected or given and
are in full force and effect.
(iii) On the Effective Date, each Existing Account is an
Eligible Account and, in the case of Additional Accounts, on the
applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, each such Additional Account is
an Eligible Account.
(iv) On the Effective Date, in the case of the Existing
Accounts, and, in the case of the Additional Accounts, on the
applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, and on each Transfer Date, each
Receivable conveyed to the Buyer on such date is an Eligible
Receivable or, if such Receivable is not an Eligible Receivable,
such Receivable is conveyed to the Buyer in accordance with Section
2.8.
(v) Each Participation Agreement, if any, relating to
Receivables conveyed by the Seller permits the transfer of such
Receivables to the Buyer and the Trust and provides that the
undivided interest of such participant is pari passu in all respects
(other than non-subordinated interest strips and fees) with the
remaining undivided interest in
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the related Receivables. If such Participation Agreement was created
after December 1, 1993, such Participation Agreement states that the
related undivided interest of CDF may be transferred to a
securitization vehicle and contains an agreement by the participant
that such participant shall have no rights against the
securitization vehicle or any successor servicer for such
securitization vehicle, other than in connection with funds
allocable to the participant that have been improperly withheld by
the securitization vehicle.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.3 shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to
the Buyer. Upon discovery by the Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.3, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
(c) Repurchase. In the event any representation or warranty under
Section 2.3(a) is not true and correct as of the date specified therein with
respect to any Receivable or Account and the Buyer is, in connection therewith,
required to purchase such Receivable or all Receivables in such Account pursuant
to Section 2.4(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, then, within 30 days
(or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Buyer) of the earlier to occur
of the discovery of any such event by the Seller or the Buyer, or receipt by the
Seller or the Buyer of written notice of any such event given by the Trustee or
any Enhancement Providers, the Seller shall repurchase the Receivable or
Receivables, if any, of which the Buyer is required to accept reassignment
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on the Business Day preceding
the Determination Date on which such reassignment is to occur.
The Seller shall purchase each such Receivable by making a payment to the
Buyer in immediately available funds on the Business Day preceding the
Distribution Date on which such reassignment is to occur in an amount equal to
the Purchase Price for such Receivable. Upon payment of the Purchase Price, the
Buyer shall automatically and without further action be deemed to sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Buyer in
and to such Receivable, all Collateral Security, the related Floorplan Rights
and all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds
thereof. The Buyer shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer or
assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested by the
Seller to effect the conveyance of such Receivables pursuant to this Section.
The obligation of the Seller to repurchase any such Receivable shall constitute
the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to such obligation available to
the Buyer and to the Certificateholders (or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders).
Section 2.4 Addition of Accounts. (a) The Seller may from time to time
offer to voluntarily designate additional Eligible Accounts to be included as
Accounts, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (b) below. If any
such offer is accepted by the Buyer, Receivables and Collateral Security, if
any, from such Additional Accounts shall be sold to the Buyer (or contributed to
the Buyer in accordance with Section 2.1) effective on a date (the "Addition
Date") specified in a written notice provided by the Seller (or the Servicer on
its behalf) to the Buyer and any Enhancement Providers specifying the Additional
Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date for such Additional Accounts (the "Addition
Notice") on or before the fifth Business Day but not more than the 30th day
prior to the related Addition Date or, if the
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Automatic Addition Condition is satisfied, on the Determination Date following
the Collection Period in which such Addition Dates occur (the "Notice Date"). An
Addition Notice may relate to one or more Accounts on one or more Addition
Dates.
(b) The Seller shall be permitted to convey to the Buyer the Receivables
and all Collateral Security, if any, related thereto in any Additional Accounts
designated by the Seller as such pursuant to Section 2.4(a) only upon
satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related
Addition Date (except for the condition in clause (vii), if applicable, which
shall be satisfied on or before the tenth Business Day after such Notice Date):
(i) The Seller shall provide the Buyer and any Enhancement
Providers with a timely Addition Notice.
(ii) Such Additional Accounts shall all be Eligible Accounts.
(iii) The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer a duly executed
written assignment (including an acceptance by the Buyer) covering the
Receivables specified in the Addition Notice in substantially the form of
Exhibit A (the "Assignment") and the computer file or microfiche or
written list required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.1.
(iv) The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer for deposit in
the Collection Account all Collections with respect to such Additional
Accounts since the Additional Cut-Off Date.
(v) (A) No selection procedures believed by the Seller to be
adverse to the interests of the Buyer or the Beneficiaries were used in
selecting such Additional Accounts; (B) the list of Additional Accounts
delivered pursuant to clause (iii) above is true and correct in all
material respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and (C) as of each of
the Notice Date and the Addition Date, neither the Seller, the Buyer nor
the Servicer are insolvent nor will have been made insolvent by such
transfer nor are aware of any pending insolvency.
(vi) If the Automatic Addition Condition is not satisfied with
respect to such addition, the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such addition.
(vii) If (A) one or more of the Additional Accounts specified in
such Addition Notice will contain Receivables secured by a security
interest in a type of Product that has not been previously financed in the
Floorplan Business or (B) one or more of the Additional Accounts is
supported by a Floorplan Agreement with a Manufacturer that, as of the
related Addition Date, is not an Existing Manufacturer, then, whether or
not the Automatic Condition is satisfied, the Rating Agency Condition
shall have been satisfied in respect of the addition of each Additional
Account specified in clauses (A) and (B) on or prior to the related
Addition Date.
(viii) The addition of the Receivables arising in such Additional
Accounts shall not result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization
Event.
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(ix) The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer and any
Enhancement Providers a certificate of a Vice President or more senior
officer of its general partner confirming the items set forth in
paragraphs (ii) through (vi) and (viii) above.
(x) The Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and any
Enhancement Providers (A) an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
Receivables in the Additional Accounts added since the last delivery of
such opinion substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and (B) except in the case of an addition in
connection with an addition of Receivables by the Buyer to the Trust
required by Section 2.5(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a Tax
Opinion with respect to such addition; provided that if such Opinion of
Counsel and Tax Opinion are required to be delivered, they shall be
rendered by outside counsel no more frequently than quarterly.
(c) The Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the applicable
Addition Date as to the matters set forth in Section 2.4(b)(v). The
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.4(b)(v) shall survive the
sale and assignment of the respective Receivables and Collateral Security, if
any, to the Buyer. Upon discovery by the Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any
of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering the
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other party and to any
Enhancement Providers.
Section 2.5 Covenants of the Seller. The Seller hereby covenants that:
(a) No Liens. Except for the conveyances hereunder and the
conveyance of Participation Interests pursuant to the terms of any
Participation Agreements, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or
transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien on, any Receivable or any Collateral Security, whether now
existing or hereafter created, or any interest therein, and the Seller
shall defend the right, title and interest of the Buyer and the Trust in,
to and under the Receivables and the Collateral Security, whether now
existing or hereafter created, against all claims of third parties
claiming through or under the Seller.
(b) Financing Agreements and Guidelines. The Seller shall comply
with and perform its servicing obligations, if any, with respect to the
Accounts and Receivables in accordance with (i) the Wholesale Financing
Agreements, Accounts Receivable Financing Agreements, Asset Based Lending
Financing Agreements and Unsecured Receivable Financing Agreements
relating to the Accounts and (ii) the Financing Guidelines, except insofar
as any failure to so comply or perform would not materially and adversely
affect the rights of the Buyer, the Trust or any of the Beneficiaries.
Subject to compliance with all Requirements of Law, the Seller may change
the terms and provisions of (i) the Wholesale Financing Agreements,
Accounts Receivable Financing Agreements, Asset Based Lending Financing
Agreements and Unsecured Receivable Financing Agreements or (ii) the
Financing Guidelines in any respect (including the calculation of the
amount or the timing of charge-offs and the rate of the finance charge
assessed thereon) only if such change would be permitted pursuant to
Section 3.1(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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(c) Account Allocations. In the event that the Seller is unable
for any reason to transfer Receivables to the Buyer, then the Seller
agrees that it shall allocate, after the occurrence of such event,
payments on each Account with respect to the principal balance of such
Account first to the oldest principal balance of such Account and to have
such payments applied as Collections in accordance with the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto agree that
Non-Principal Receivables, whenever created, accrued in respect of
Principal Receivables which have been conveyed to the Buyer and by the
Buyer to the Trust shall continue to be a part of the Trust
notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer of additional Principal
Receivables to the Buyer and Collections with respect thereto shall
continue to be allocated and paid in accordance with Article IV of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(d) Delivery of Collections. In the event that the Seller receives
Collections, the Seller agrees to pay the Servicer or any Successor
Servicer all payments received by the Seller in respect of the Receivables
as soon as practicable after receipt thereof by the Seller, but in no
event later than two Business Days after the receipt by the Seller
thereof.
(e) Notice of Liens. The Seller shall notify the Buyer and the
Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable
conveyed by the Seller other that the conveyances hereunder or under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(f) Compliance with Law. The Seller hereby agrees to comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
(g) Concentration of Risk. In order to avoid a concentration of
the risks associated with participating extensions of credit to Dealers,
the Seller may create Participation Interests in its receivables to be
sold or contributed to the Buyer in the same manner and using the same
standards as the Seller does in creating participation interests in
receivables to be retained by the Seller.
(h) Limitation on Creation of Participation Interests. The Seller
shall not create Participation Interests in its receivables to the extent
that the creation of such Participation Interests would, at the time of
such creation, cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required
Participation Amount.
(i) Performance of Floorplan Agreements. The Seller shall perform
its obligations, if any, under each Floorplan Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof in all material respects.
Section 2.6 Removal of Eligible Accounts. (a) On each Determination Date
on which Accounts, including all amounts then held by the Trust or thereafter
received by the Trust with respect to such Accounts, are removed from the Trust
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Buyer shall
be deemed to have offered to the Seller automatically and without notice to or
action by or on behalf of the Buyer, the right to remove Eligible Accounts from
the operation of this Agreement in the manner prescribed in Section 2.6(b),
subject to Section 2.6(d). The termination of an Account by a Dealer upon such
Dealer's payment in full of such Account shall not be a removal of an Account
under this Section.
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(b) To accept such offer and remove Accounts, including all amounts then
held by the Trust or thereafter received by the Trust with respect to such
Accounts, the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following
actions and make the following determinations:
(i) not less than five Business Days prior to the Removal Date,
furnish to the Buyer, the Trustee, any Enhancement Providers and the
Rating Agencies a written notice (the "Removal Notice") specifying the
Determination Date (which may be the Determination Date on which such
notice is given) on which removal of the Receivables of one or more
Accounts (the "Removed Accounts") will occur (a "Removal Date");
(ii) from and after such Removal Date, cease to transfer to the
Buyer any and all Receivables arising in such Removed Accounts;
(iii) represent and warrant that the removal of any such Eligible
Account on any Removal Date shall not, in the reasonable belief of the
Seller, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur or cause the Pool
Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount;
(iv) represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by
the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were
utilized in selecting the Accounts to be removed; and
(v) on or before the fifth Business Day after the Removal Date,
furnish to the Trustee a computer file, microfiche list or other list of
the Removed Accounts that were removed on the Removal Date, specifying for
each Removed Account as of the date of the Removal Notice its number, the
aggregate amount outstanding in such Removed Account and the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables therein and represent that such computer
file, microfiche list or other list of the Removed Accounts is true and
complete in all material respects.
(c) Subject to Section 2.6(b), on the Removal Date with respect to any
such Removed Account, such Removed Account shall be deemed removed by operation
of this Agreement for all purposes. After the Removal Date and upon the written
request of the Servicer, the Buyer, subject to Section 2.6(d), shall deliver to
the Seller a reassignment in substantially the form of Exhibit B (the
"Reassignment").
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Buyer
shall have the right to consent or to decline to consent to any removal of
Removed Accounts (and the related Receivables) to the Seller pursuant to this
Section 2.6. If the Buyer declines to consent to any such removal of Removed
Accounts (and the related Receivables) to the Seller, the Buyer shall provide
notice thereof to the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.7 Removal of Ineligible Accounts. (a) On any date on which an
Account becomes an Ineligible Account (which shall be deemed the Removal
Commencement Date with respect to such Account), the Seller shall commence
removal of such Ineligible Account in the manner prescribed in Section 2.7(b).
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(b) With respect to each Account that becomes an Ineligible Account, the
Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall take the following actions and make
the following determinations:
(i) furnish to the Buyer, the Trustee and any Enhancement
Providers a Removal Notice specifying a Removal Commencement Date and the
Ineligible Accounts to be treated as Designated Accounts;
(ii) determine on the Removal Commencement Date with respect to
such Designated Accounts the Designated Balance with respect to each such
Designated Account and amend Schedule 1 by delivering to the Buyer a
computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and complete
list of the Removed Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the
Removal Commencement Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of
Receivables outstanding in such Account and the Designated Balance;
(iii) from and after such Removal Commencement Date, cease to
transfer to the Buyer any and all Receivables arising in such Designated
Accounts;
(iv) if such Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it was
originally designated as an Account, from and after such Removal
Commencement Date, allocate Collections of Principal Receivables in
respect of each Designated Account, first to the oldest outstanding
principal balance of such Designated Account, until the Removal Date with
respect thereto; and
(v) if such Account was an Ineligible Account at the time it was
originally designated as an Account, on each Business Day from and after
such Removal Commencement Date to and until the related Removal Date,
allocate (A) to the Buyer Defaulted Receivables and Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables and Collections of Non-Principal Receivables in
respect of each Designated Account, based on the ratio of the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the
Buyer on such Business Day to the total aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such Business Day and (B)
to the Seller, the remainder of the Defaulted Receivables and Collections
of Non-Principal Receivables in all such Designated Accounts on such
Business Day.
(c) On the Removal Date with respect to any such Designated Account, the
Seller shall cease to allocate any Collections therefor in accordance herewith
and such Designated Account shall be deemed a Removed Account. After the Removal
Date and upon the written request of the Servicer, the Buyer shall deliver to
the Seller a Reassignment; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, unless such Account was an Ineligible Account at
the time it was originally designated as an Account, the Reassignment shall
reassign only the Account and shall not reassign any Receivable existing in such
Account as of the related Removal Date.
Section 2.8 Sale of Ineligible Receivables. The Seller shall sell to the
Buyer on each Transfer Date any and all Receivables arising in any Eligible
Accounts that are Ineligible
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Receivables, provided that on the Cut-Off Date or, in the case of Receivables
arising in Additional Accounts, on the related Additional Cut-Off Date, and on
the applicable Transfer Date, the Account in which such Receivables arise is an
Eligible Account.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
Section 3.1 The Servicer. CDF shall service and administer the Receivables
in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.2 Servicing Compensation. As full compensation for its servicing
activities under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, CDF shall be entitled to
receive the Servicing Fee on each Distribution Date so long as it is the
Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Fee shall be
paid in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Rights of Certificateholders and
Allocation and Application of Collections
Section 4.1 Allocations and Applications of Collections and Other Funds.
The Servicer will apply all Collections with respect to the Receivables and all
funds on deposit in the Collection Account as described in Article IV of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE V
Other Matters Relating to the Seller
Section 5.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of, the Obligations
of the Seller. The Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Seller is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of the Seller substantially as an entirety shall be a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any State or the District of Columbia and, if the Seller is not the
surviving entity, such corporation shall assume, without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, the
performance of every covenant and obligation of the Seller hereunder; and
(b) the Seller has delivered to the Buyer and the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer
comply with this Section 5.1 and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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Section 5.2 Seller's Indemnification of the Buyer. The Seller shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer, from and against any loss, liability,
expense, claim, damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts,
omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of activities of the Seller
pursuant to this Agreement arising out of or based on the arrangement created by
this Agreement and the activities of the Seller taken pursuant thereto,
including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys' fees and other
costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or
threatened action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the Seller shall
not indemnify the Buyer if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions
constitute fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the Buyer; and
provided further, that such Seller shall not indemnify the Buyer for any
liabilities, cost or expense of the Buyer with respect to any federal, state or
local income or franchise taxes (or any interest or penalties with respect
thereto) required to be paid by the Buyer in connection herewith to any taxing
authority. Any indemnification under this Article V shall survive the
termination of the Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
Termination
This Agreement will terminate immediately after the Trust terminates
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, the Buyer shall
not purchase Receivables from the Seller nor shall the Seller designate
Additional Accounts if the Seller shall become an involuntary party to (or be
made the subject of) any proceeding provided for by any insolvency, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Seller or relating to all or substantially all of its property
(an "Involuntary Case") and such Involuntary Case shall have continued for a
period of ten Business Days from and including the day of receipt by the Seller
at its principal corporate office of notice of such Involuntary Case; provided,
that during such ten Business Day period, the Buyer shall suspend its purchase
of Receivables and shall hold all Collections of Principal Receivables that
would have been available to purchase Receivables in the Collection Account and
(a) if by the first Business Day after such ten Business Day period, the Buyer
has not obtained an order from the court having jurisdiction of such case or
filing which order approves the continuation of the sale of Receivables by the
Seller to the Buyer and which provides that the Buyer and any of its transferees
(including the Trustee) may rely on such order for the validity and nonavoidance
of such transfer (the "Order"), the Buyer shall hold such Collections in the
Collection Account until such time as they may be paid as elsewhere provided
herein and shall not purchase Receivables thereafter or designate Additional
Accounts for transfer to the Buyer, or (b) if by such first Business Day, the
Buyer has obtained such Order, the Seller may continue selling Receivables, and
the Buyer may continue purchasing Receivables, pursuant to the terms hereof, as
modified by the immediately succeeding sentence. During the period after the ten
Business Day period described above and before the end of the 60-day period
described below, the purchase price of the Receivables transferred during such
period, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall be
paid to the Seller by the Buyer in cash not later than the same Business Day of
any sale of Receivables. During such period, Receivables will be considered
transferred to the Buyer only to the extent that the purchase price therefor has
been paid in cash on the same Business Day. If an Order is obtained but
subsequently is reversed or rescinded or expires, the Seller shall immediately
cease selling Receivables to the Buyer and the Buyer shall immediately
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cease buying Receivables. The Seller shall give prompt written notice to each of
the Buyer and the Trustee immediately upon becoming a party to an Involuntary
Case. If by the first Business Day after the 60-day period after such
involuntary filing, such Involuntary Case has not been dismissed, the Buyer
shall not purchase thereafter Receivables or designated Additional Accounts for
transfer to the Issuer.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.1 Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time
by the Seller and the Buyer; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate for the Seller addressed and delivered to
the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Investor Certificateholder.
(b) In the event that Section 7.1(a) is not then applicable, this
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Buyer and the Seller with
the consent of the Holders of Investor Certificates evidencing more than 50% of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Investor Certificates of all
materially adversely affected Series, for the purpose of adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Seller; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of or
delay the timing of any distributions to be made to Investor Certificateholders
or deposits of amounts to be so distributed with the amount available under any
Enhancement without the consent of each affected Investor Certificateholder,
(ii) change the definition of or the manner of calculating the interest of any
Investor Certificateholders without the consent of each affected
Certificateholder, (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to
any such amendment without the consent of each Certificateholder or (iv)
adversely affect the rating of any Series or Class by any Rating Agency without
the consent of the Holders of all of the Investor Certificates of such Series or
Class. Any amendment to be effected pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be
deemed to materially adversely affect all outstanding Series, other than any
Series with respect to which such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate for the Seller, addressed and delivered to the Trustee,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Investor
Certificateholder of such Series. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee's rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent (other
than an amendment pursuant to paragraph (a)), the Seller shall furnish
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Investor
Certificateholder, each Enhancement Provider, each Agent and each Rating Agency.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Investor
Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Investor Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no
amendment may be made to this Agreement which would adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Enhancement Provider without the consent
of such Enhancement Provider.
Section 7.2 Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables. (a)
The Seller shall cause this Agreement, all amendments hereto and/or all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Buyer's right, title and interest to the Receivables and
Collateral Security relating thereto to be promptly recorded, registered and
filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and
protect the right, title and interest of the Buyer hereunder. The Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such recording, registration or filing. The Buyer shall cooperate
fully with the Seller in connection with the obligations set forth above and
will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of
this Section 7.2(a).
(b) Within 30 days after the Seller makes any change in its name,
identity or corporate structure which would make any financing statement or
continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 7.2(a) seriously
misleading within the meaning of the UCC, the Seller shall give the Buyer and
any Agent notice of any such change and shall file such financing statements or
amendments as may be necessary to continue the perfection of the Buyer's
security interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Seller will give the Buyer prompt written notice of any
relocation of any office at which it keeps Records concerning the Receivables or
of its principal executive office if, as a result of such relocation, the
applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of
any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing
statement and shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be
necessary to perfect or to continue the perfection of the Buyer's ownership
interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. The Seller will at all
times maintain its principal executive offices within the United States of
America.
Section 7.3 Limited Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the obligations of the Buyer hereunder shall not be recourse
to the Buyer (or any person or organization acting on behalf of the Buyer or any
affiliate, Officer or director of the Buyer), other than to (a) the portion of
the Seller's Interest on any date of determination which is in excess of the
Required Participation Amount and (b) any other assets of the Buyer not pledged
to third parties or otherwise encumbered in a manner permitted by the Buyer's
limited liability company agreement; provided, however, that any payment by the
Buyer made in accordance with this Section 7.3 shall be made only after payment
in full of any amounts that the Buyer is obligated to deposit in the Collection
Account pursuant to this Agreement; provided further that the Investor
Certificateholders shall be entitled to the benefits of the subordination of the
Collections allocable to the Seller's Interest to the extent provided in the
Supplements.
Section 7.4 No Petition. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees that it
will not at any time institute against the Buyer or any member of the Buyer any
bankruptcy, reorganization,
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arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
Section 7.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY
OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
Section 7.6 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally
delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, to (i) in
the case of the Seller, 655 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141,
Attention: Secretary, and (ii) in the case of the Buyer, 655 Maryville Centre
Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141, Attention: Manager, or in each case at such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the
other party.
Section 7.7 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or rights of the Certificateholders.
Section 7.8 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller without the prior
consent of the Buyer and the Trustee. The Buyer may assign its rights, remedies,
powers and privileges under this Agreement to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
Section 7.9 Further Assurances. The Seller agrees to do and perform, from
time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments
required or reasonably requested by the Buyer more fully to effect the purposes
of this Agreement, including the execution of any financing statements or
continuation statements relating to the Receivables for filing under the
provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 7.10 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Buyer, any right, remedy, power or
privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under this
Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Section 7.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
Section 7.12 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Certificateholders, the
Trustee and the other Beneficiaries
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and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, no other Person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
Section 7.13 Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
Section 7.14 Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of reference
only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof.
Section 7.15 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) submits for itself and its property in any
legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the Assignments, the
Reassignments or the other 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 Section 7.6; 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.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Buyer have caused this Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first
above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., as
Seller
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
INC., its general partner
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title:Treasurer
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CDF FINANCING, L.L.C., as Buyer
By: /s/ Cristina M. Hartar
Name: Cristina M. Hartar
Title: Manager
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EXHIBIT A
TO RCSA
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.4
of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated as of ,
(this "Assignment"), between Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., as [seller]
[contributor] (the "Seller"), and CDF Financing, L.L.C., as Buyer ("Buyer"),
pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement referred to below.
WITNESETH:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to the Receivables Contribution
and Sale Agreement dated as of December 31, 2002 (as amended or supplemented,
the "Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the
Seller wishes to designate Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to
convey the Receivables and related Collateral Security of such Additional
Accounts, whether now existing or hereafter created, to the Buyer as part of the
corpus of the Trust (as each such term is defined in the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Buyer is willing to accept such designation and conveyance
subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein (including in the
recitals hereto) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts
designated hereby, ___________, 20___.
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. The Seller hereby delivers
herewith a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and
complete list of all such Additional Accounts specifying for each such Account,
as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, its account number, the aggregate amount of
Receivables outstanding in such Account and the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in such Account. Such file or list shall, as of the date of this
Assignment, supplement Schedule 1 to the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement.
3. Conveyance of Receivables. (a) The Seller does hereby [sell]
[contribute], transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse
(except as expressly provided in the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement), to the Buyer, on the Addition Date all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables in such Additional Accounts, all
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Collateral Security and the related Floorplan Rights with respect thereto, owned
by the Seller and existing at the close of business on the Additional Cut-Off
Date and thereafter created from time to time, all monies due or to become due
and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including
"proceeds" as defined in the UCC and Recoveries) thereof. The foregoing [sale]
[contribution], transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance does not
constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or an assumption by the
Buyer of any obligation of the Servicer, the Seller or any other Person in
connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation under the Financing
Agreement, Floorplan Agreement and any Participation Agreement, including any
other obligation to any Dealer or Manufacturer.
(b) In connection with such [sale] [contribution], the Seller agrees to
record and file, at its own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 (and
continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables now
existing and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper, accounts and
general intangibles (as defined in the UCC) meeting the requirements of
applicable state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary
to perfect the sale and assignment of the Receivables and the Collateral
Security to the Buyer, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing
statements or other evidence of such filing to the Buyer on or prior to the
Addition Date to the extent, if any, that the UCC-1 financing statements filed
pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement are
not sufficient for such purpose. In addition, the Seller shall cause to be
timely filed in the appropriate filing office any UCC-1 financing statement and
continuation statement necessary to perfect any sale of Receivables to the
Seller. The Buyer shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file such financing
statement, or a continuation statement to such financing statement, or to make
any other filing under the UCC in connection with such [sale] [contribution].
The parties hereto intend that the [sales] [contributions] of Receivables
effected by this Agreement be [sales] [true contributions].
(c) In connection with such [sale] [contribution], the Seller further
agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to the Addition Date, to indicate in its
books and records, which may include its computer files, that the Receivables
created in connection with the Additional Accounts designated hereby have been
sold and the Collateral Security assigned to the Buyer pursuant to this
Assignment and sold to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the other Beneficiaries.
4. Acceptance by Buyer. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 6 of this Assignment, the Buyer hereby acknowledges its
acceptance of all right, title and interest to the property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Buyer pursuant to Section 3(a) of this
Assignment. The Buyer further acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with
the execution and delivery of this Assignment, the Seller delivered to the Buyer
the computer file or microfiche or written list relating to the Additional
Accounts described in Section 2 of this Assignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Buyer, on behalf of the Trust, as of the date of
this Assignment and as of the Addition Date that:
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(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting creditors, rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a limited
partnership duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under
the law of the State of its organization and has, in all material
respects, full limited partnership power, authority and legal right to own
its properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently
owned and such business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Assignment;
(c) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business
and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership
(or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business requires such qualification except where the failure to so
qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse
effect on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder;
(d) Eligible Accounts. Each Additional Account designated hereby
is an Eligible Account;
(e) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were utilized
in selecting the Additional Accounts designated hereby;
(f) Insolvency. As of the Notice Date and the Addition Date, the
Seller is not insolvent nor, after giving effect to the conveyance set
forth in Section 3 of this Assignment, will it have been made insolvent,
nor is it aware of any pending insolvency;
(g) Valid Transfer. This Assignment constitutes a valid [sale]
[contribution], transfer and assignment to the Buyer of all right, title
and interest of the Seller in the Receivables and the Collateral Security
and the proceeds thereof and upon the filing of the financing statements
described in Section 3 of this Assignment with the Secretary of State of
the State of Nevada and, in the case of the Receivables [and the
Collateral Security] hereafter created and the proceeds thereof, upon the
creation thereof, the Buyer shall have a first priority perfected
ownership interest in such property, except for Liens permitted under
Section 2.6(a) of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement;
(h) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this
Assignment and the consummation of the transactions provided for or
contemplated by this Assignment have been duly authorized by the Seller by
all necessary limited partnership action on the part of the Seller;
(i) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Assignment,
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and
the fulfillment of
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the terms hereof, will not conflict with, result in any breach of any of
the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any indenture,
contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which
the Seller is a party or by which it or its properties are bound;
(j) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Assignment by
the Seller, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with
or violate any material Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller;
(k) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, investigations pending or threatened against the
Seller before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Assignment, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller,
would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Assignment, (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of this Assignment or (v) seeking to affect adversely the
income tax attributes of the Trust under the United States federal or any
State income, single business or franchise tax systems;
(l) Record of Accounts. As of the Addition Date, Schedule 1 to
this Assignment is an accurate and complete listing in all material
respects of all the Additional Accounts as of the Additional Cut-Off Date
and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such
Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct in
all material respects as of the Additional Cut-Off Date;
(m) No Liens. Each Receivable and all Collateral Security existing
on the Addition Date has been conveyed to the Buyer free and clear of any
Lien;
(n) All Consents Required. With respect to each Receivable and all
Collateral Security existing on the Addition Date, all consents, licenses,
approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations with any
Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by the
Seller in connection with the conveyance of such Receivable or Collateral
Security to the Buyer, the execution and delivery of this Assignment and
the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect; and
(o) Eligible Receivables. On the Additional Cut-Off Date each
Receivable conveyed to the Buyer pursuant to this Assignment as of such
date is an Eligible Receivable or, if such Receivable is not an Eligible
Receivable, such Receivable is conveyed to the Buyer in accordance with
Section 2.8 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement.
6. Conditions Precedent. The acceptance of the Buyer set forth in
Section 4 of this Assignment is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the
Addition Date, of the following conditions precedent:
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(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties made by the Seller in Section 5 of this Assignment shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Assignment and as of the Addition
Date;
(b) Agreement. Each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.4(b)
of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement applicable to the
designation of the Additional Accounts to be designated hereby shall have
been satisfied; and
(c) Addition Information. The Seller shall have delivered to the
Buyer such information as was reasonably requested by the Buyer to satisfy
itself as to the accuracy of the representation and warranty set forth in
Section 5(d) of this Assignment.
7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Assignment, the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement as so supplemented
by this Assignment shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY
OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Buyer have caused this Assignment
to be duly executed and delivered on the day and year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., as Seller
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
INC., its general partner
By: ___________________________________________
Name:
Title:
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.,
as Buyer
By: ___________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
TO RCSA
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.6 of the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement referred to below)
REASSIGNMENT NO. __ OF RECEIVABLES, dated as of __________, ____, by
and between DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., as seller (the
"Seller"), and CDF FINANCING, L.L.C., as buyer (the "Buyer"),
pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement referred
to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Seller and the Buyer are parties to the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement dated as of December 31, 2002 (as amended or
supplemented, the "Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the
Seller wishes to remove all Receivables from certain Accounts, the Collateral
Security thereof and the related Floorplan Rights (the "Removed Accounts") and
to cause the Buyer to reconvey the Receivables of such Removed Accounts and such
Collateral Security and Floorplan Rights, whether now existing or hereafter
created, and all amounts currently held by the Buyer or thereafter received by
the Trust in respect of such Removed Accounts, from the Buyer to the Seller (as
each such term is defined in the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement);
and
WHEREAS the Buyer is willing to accept such removal and to reconvey the
Receivables in the Removed Accounts, such Collateral Security and any related
amounts held or received by the Trust subject to the terms and conditions
hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used herein
shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined
herein.
"Removal Date" shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts
designated hereby, __________________.
2. Notice of Removed Accounts. The Seller shall deliver to the Buyer,
the Trustee, any Enhancement Providers and the Rating Agencies a computer file
or microfiche or written list containing a true and complete list of the Removed
Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the Removal Commencement Date,
its account number, the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding in such
Accounts and the Designated Balance. Such list shall be marked as Schedule 1 to
this Reassignment and shall be incorporated into and made a part of this
Reassignment as of the Removal Date and shall amend Schedule 1 to the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement.
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3. Conveyance of Receivables and Accounts. (a) The Buyer does hereby
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse,
representation or warranty on and after the Removal Date, all right, title and
interest of the Trust in, to and under all [Receivables now existing at the
close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created from time to time
until the termination of the Trust in Removed Accounts designated hereby, all
Collateral Security thereof, the related Floorplan Rights, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received with respect thereto (including all
Non-Principal Receivables), all proceeds (as defined in of the UCC and
Recoveries) thereof relating thereto][in the case of Removed Accounts which are
to be removed pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement and which were not Ineligible Accounts at the time they were
originally designated as Accounts, replace the immediately preceding bracketed
text with the following: the Removed Accounts but not any right, title and
interest of the Trust in, to and under (i) any Receivables existing as of the
Removal Date in Removed Accounts designated hereby, (ii) all Collateral Security
relating to such Receivables, (iii) the related Floorplan Rights, (iv) all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect to such
Receivables (including all Non-Principal Receivables), (v) all proceeds (as
defined in the UCC and Recoveries) thereof relating to such Receivables, it
being understood that the items described in clauses (i)-(v) will continue to be
Trust Assets] .
(b) If requested by the Seller, in connection with such transfer, the
Buyer agrees to execute and deliver to the Seller, on or prior to the date of
this Reassignment, a termination statement with respect to the Receivables
existing at the close of business on the Removal Date and thereafter created
from time to time and Collateral Security thereof in the Removed Accounts
reassigned hereby (which may be a single termination statement with respect to
all such Receivables and Collateral Security) evidencing the release by the
Trust of its lien on the Receivables in the Removed Accounts and the Collateral
Security, and meeting the requirements of applicable state law, in such manner
and such jurisdictions as are necessary to remove such lien.
4. Acceptance by Buyer. The Buyer hereby acknowledges that, prior to or
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Reassignment, the Seller
delivered to the Buyer the computer file or such microfiche or written list
described in Section 2(b) of this Reassignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Buyer as of the date of this Reassignment and as
of the Removal Date:
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except
as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) No Early Amortization Event. The removal of the Accounts
hereby removed shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Seller, cause an
Early Amortization
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Event to occur or cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required
Participation Amount;
(c) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Beneficiaries were utilized
in selecting the Accounts to be removed; and
(d) True and Complete List. The list of Removed Accounts described
in Section 2(b) of this Assignment is, as of the Removal Commencement
Date, true and complete in all material respects.
provided, however, that in the event that the removal on such Removal Date
relates solely to Ineligible Accounts, the Seller shall be deemed to make only
the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5(a) above.
6. Condition Precedent. In addition to the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 2.6 of the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, the
obligation of the Buyer to execute and deliver this Reassignment is subject to
the Seller having delivered on or prior to the Removal Date to the Trustee, the
Buyer, any Agent, and any Enhancement Providers an Officers' Certificate
certifying that (i) as of the Removal Date, all requirements set forth in
Section 2.6 of the Agreement for removing such Accounts and reconveying the
Receivables of such Removed Accounts, the Collateral Security and the related
Floorplan Rights, whether existing at the close of business on the Removal Date
or thereafter created from time to time until the termination of the Trust, have
been satisfied, and (ii) each of the representations and warranties made by the
Seller in Section 5 hereof is true and correct as of the date of this
Reassignment and as of the Removal Date. The Buyer may conclusively rely on such
Officers' Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the
matters set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so relying.
7. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Reassignment the
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement as so supplemented
by this Reassignment shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.
8. Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY
OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Reassignment to be
duly executed and delivered on the day and year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P., as Seller
By: DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES,
INC., its general partner
By:______________________________________________
Name:
Title:
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.,
as Buyer
By: _____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Contribution and Sale Agreement
Schedule 1
List of Accounts
[Provided separately to the Buyer and the
Trustee and deemed to be incorporated herein.]
Contribution and Sale Agreement
Exhibit 4.12
AMENDMENT TO
RECEIVABLES CONTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT is made and entered into as of April 1, 2003 (this
"Amendment") by and between Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, as Seller (the "Limited Partnership") and CDF Financing,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as Buyer (the "LLC").
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, Limited Partnership and the LLC are parties to the Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2002 (the "Sale
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Sale Agreement desire to amend the Sale
Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms defined in the Sale Agreement
and used in this Amendment but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Sale Agreement.
SECTION 2. Amendments.
(a) Amendment to Representations and Warranties. Subsection 2.3(a)
of the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new clause
at the end thereof:
"(vi) The additional representations and warranties set forth
in Schedule 2 hereto are true and correct."
(b) Schedule 2. The Sale Agreement is hereby amended by adding
Schedule 2 attached hereto as Schedule 2 to the Sale Agreement.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the parties
hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the parties hereto represents and
warrants unto the other parties hereto as set forth in this Section 3:
(a) Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution,
delivery and performance by such party of this Amendment are within its
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and do not: (i)
contravene its organizational documents; or (ii) contravene any
contractual restriction, law or governmental regulation or court decree or
order binding on or affecting it; and
(b) Validity, etc. This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
and similar laws affecting creditors' rights and general equitable
principles.
SECTION 4. Binding Effect; Ratification. (a) This Amendment shall become
effective, as of the date first set forth above, when counterparts hereof shall
have been executed and delivered by the parties hereto, and thereafter shall be
binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(b) Any reference to the Sale Agreement (whether in the Sale
Agreement or in any other agreement or document) from and after the date
hereof shall be deemed to refer to the Sale Agreement as amended hereby,
unless otherwise expressly stated.
(c) Except as expressly amended hereby, the Sale Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed by
the parties hereto.
SECTION 5. Miscellaneous. (a) THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING
HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY
AND PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1) OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF
LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).
(b) Headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the meaning of this Amendment or any provision hereof.
(c) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(d) Executed counterparts of this Amendment may be delivered
electronically.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the day and
year first above written.
CDF FINANCING, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Manager
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Amendment to Contribution
and Sale Agreement
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DEUTSCHE FLOORPLAN RECEIVABLES, L.P.
By: Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, Inc., its
General Partner
By: Joseph B. Thomas
Name: Joseph B. Thomas
Title: Treasurer
Amendment to Contribution
and Sale Agreement
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SCHEDULE 2
Perfection Representations and Warranties
1. General. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in all of the Seller's right, title
and interest in, to and under (i) the Receivables, (ii) the Collateral Security
and all proceeds thereof and (iii) the Floorplan Agreements (clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) may be referred to herein as the "Receivables Property") in favor of
the Buyer, which (a) is enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the
Seller, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable law, now or
hereafter in effect, and by general principles of equity (whether considered in
a suit at law or in equity), and (b) will be prior to all other Liens (other
than Liens permitted pursuant to paragraph 5 below) in such property.
2. Characterization. The Receivables constitute "accounts", "general
intangibles" or "tangible chattel paper" within the meaning of UCC Section
9-102. The Seller has taken all steps necessary to perfect its ownership
interest in the rights of CDF in the property securing the Receivables Property.
3. Creation. Immediately prior to the conveyance of the Receivables
pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller owns and has good and marketable title
to, or has a valid security interest in CDF's rights in, the Receivables
Property free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
4. Perfection. The Seller has caused the filing of all appropriate
financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the ownership interest
arising under this Agreement in the Seller's rights in the Receivables Property.
5. Priority. Other than the ownership interests transferred to the
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables
Property except as permitted by this Agreement. The Seller has not authorized
the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller
that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables Property other
than any financing statement (i) relating to the security interests granted to
the Buyer under this Agreement, (ii) that has been terminated, or (iii) that has
been granted pursuant to the terms of the Related Documents. None of the
tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any
marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise
conveyed to any Person other than the Buyer. The Seller is not aware of any
judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against it.
6. Survival of Perfection Representations. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement or any other Related Document, the Perfection
Representations contained in this Schedule 2 shall be continuing, and remain in
full force and effect.
7. No Waiver. The parties to this Agreement: (i) shall not, without
satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive any of the representations and
warranties in this Schedule 2 (the "Perfection Representations"); (ii) shall
provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of the
Perfection Representations, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency
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Condition (as determined after any adjustment or withdrawal of the ratings
following notice of such breach) waive a breach of any of the Perfection
Representations.
8. Seller to Maintain Perfection and Priority. The Seller covenants
that, in order to evidence the interests of the Seller and the Buyer under this
Agreement, the Seller shall take such action, or execute and deliver such
instruments (other than effecting a Filing (as defined below), unless such
Filing is effected in accordance with this paragraph) as may be necessary or
advisable (including such actions as are requested by the Buyer) to maintain and
perfect, as a first priority interest, the Buyer's ownership interest in the
Seller's rights in the Receivables Property. The Servicer shall, from time to
time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present to the
Buyer (and the Trustee) for the Buyer to authorize (based in reliance on the
Opinion of Counsel hereinafter provided for in this paragraph) the Seller to
file, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, financing statements
in lieu of a continuation statement, terminations, partial terminations,
releases or partial releases, or any other filings necessary or advisable to
continue, maintain and perfect the Buyer's ownership interest in the Seller's
rights in the Receivables Property as a first-priority interest (each a
"Filing"). The Servicer shall present each such Filing to the Buyer (and the
Trustee) together with (x) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Filing
is (i) consistent with transfer of the ownership interest to the Buyer pursuant
to the Section 2.1 of this Agreement, (ii) satisfies all requirements and
conditions to such Filing in this Agreement and (iii) satisfies the requirements
for a Filing of such type under the UCC in the applicable jurisdiction (or if
the UCC does not apply, the applicable statute governing the perfection of
security interests), and (y) a form of authorization for the Buyer's signature.
Upon receipt of such Opinion of Counsel and form of authorization, the Buyer
shall promptly authorize in writing the Seller to, and the Seller shall, effect
such Filing under the UCC. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to
the contrary, the Seller shall not have any authority to effect a Filing without
obtaining written authorization from the Buyer in accordance with this paragraph
(8).
Any reference in this Schedule to the Rating Agency Condition shall be
construed as if Standard & Poor's were the only Rating Agency.
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Exhibit 4.13
RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
among
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION,
as a Seller,
TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION,
as a Seller,
and
CDF FUNDING, INC.,
as Buyer
Dated as of [ ], 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS............................................................................... 1
Section 1.1 Definitions...................................................................... 1
Section 1.2 Other Interpretive Matters....................................................... 12
ARTICLE II SALES..................................................................................... 13
Section 2.1 Sales............................................................................ 13
Section 2.2 Acceptance by Buyer.............................................................. 14
Section 2.3 Characterization of Transfers.................................................... 14
Section 2.4 Purchase Price................................................................... 14
Section 2.5 Adjustments...................................................................... 15
Section 2.6 Addition of Accounts............................................................. 15
Section 2.7 Removal of Accounts.............................................................. 16
Section 2.8 Additional Sellers............................................................... 17
Section 2.9 Additional Originators........................................................... 17
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...................................................................... 17
Section 3.1 Conditions to Initial Transfer................................................... 17
Section 3.2 Conditions to all Transfers...................................................... 18
ARTICLE IV OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO SELLERS......................................................... 18
Section 4.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Sellers,etc..... 18
ARTICLE V BANKRUPTCY EVENTS......................................................................... 19
Section 5.1 Rights upon the Occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event................................. 19
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS................................................. 19
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller......................................... 19
Section 6.2 Affirmative Covenants of Seller.................................................. 22
Section 6.3 Negative Covenants of Seller..................................................... 23
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................. 24
Section 7.1 Notices.......................................................................... 24
Section 7.2 No Waiver; Remedies.............................................................. 26
Section 7.3 Successors and Assigns........................................................... 26
Section 7.4 Termination...................................................................... 26
Section 7.5 Survival......................................................................... 26
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 7.6 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement.................................... 27
Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..................... 27
Section 7.8 Counterparts..................................................................... 28
Section 7.9 Severability..................................................................... 28
Section 7.10 Section Titles................................................................... 28
Section 7.11 No Setoff........................................................................ 28
Section 7.12 Further Assurances............................................................... 28
Section 7.13 Accounting Changes............................................................... 29
Section 7.14 No Indirect or Consequential Damages............................................. 29
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 List of Accounts
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(ii) Sellers' UCC Information
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(vii) Perfection Representations and Warranties
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Assignment
EXHIBIT B Form of Reassignment
EXHIBIT C Form of Opinion of Counsel with Respect to Additional
Accounts
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RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2004 (this "Agreement"),
among GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, as a
Seller, TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as
a Seller, and CDF FUNDING, INC., a Delaware corporation, as Buyer ("Buyer").
In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
"Account" means each Initial Account and each Additional Account. The
term Account includes an Additional Account only from and after its Addition
Date and includes any Removed Account only prior to its Removal Date.
"Accounting Changes" means, with respect to any Person, (a) changes in
accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation,
pronouncement or opinion of the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or any successor thereto or
any agency with similar functions); (b) changes in accounting principles
concurred by such Person's certified public accountants; (c) purchase accounting
adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and EITF 88-16, and the application of the
accounting principles set forth in FASB 109, including the establishment of
reserves pursuant thereto and any subsequent reversal (in whole or in part) of
such reserves; and (d) the reversal of any reserves established as a result of
purchase accounting adjustments.
"Account Schedule" means a computer file or microfiche list or other list
containing a true and complete list of Accounts, identified by account number
(or by an alpha-numeric identifier that uniquely and objectively identifies the
applicable account number pursuant to a protocol that has been provided to
Buyer) and setting forth the receivables balance for each as of (i) the
applicable Addition Cut-Off Date, in the case of an Account Schedule relating to
Additional Accounts, (ii) the Removal Notice Date, in the case of an Account
Schedule relating to Removed Accounts or (iii) the date specified therein, in
the case of any other Account Schedule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
initial Account Schedule does not set forth receivables balances, and any
failure to set forth receivables balances in such a file or list shall not
impair the file's or list's effectiveness as an Account Schedule.
"Addition Cut-Off Date" means, as to any Additional Account, the date
specified as such in the related Assignment.
"Addition Date" means, as to any Additional Account, the date specified as
such in the related Assignment.
"Additional Accounts" is defined in Section 2.6(a).
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"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee,
guardian or other fiduciary, five percent (5%) or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each
Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person, or (c) each of such Person's officers, directors, joint venturers and
partners. For the purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Aggregate Reassignment Amount" means, for any reassignment of the
Transferred Receivables pursuant to Section 6.1(e), the aggregate outstanding
amount (comprising principal, interest and all other non-principal amounts
billed to the related Dealers) of such Transferred Receivables as of the end of
the preceding Monthly Period.
"Agreement" is defined in the preamble.
"Agreement Termination Date" is defined in Section 7.4.
"Asset Based Lending Business" means the extensions of credit made by an
Originator to Dealers in order to provide loans based on the value of certain
assets of such Dealers.
"Asset Based Lending Financing Agreement" means an asset based lending
financing agreement entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in connection
with the Asset Based Lending Business.
"Assignment" is defined in Section 2.6(c).
"Authorized Officer" means (a) with respect to any corporation or
statutory trust, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer and each other officer or employee of such corporation or
trustee of such trust specifically authorized in resolutions of the Board of
Directors of such corporation or trustee of such trust to sign agreements,
instruments or other documents on behalf of such corporation or statutory trust
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents, and
(b) with respect to a limited liability company, an officer or manager of such
limited liability company.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, as to any Person, any of the following events:
(a) a case or proceeding shall have been commenced against such Person seeking a
decree or order in respect of such Person (i) under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii)
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator
(or similar official) for any such Person or for any substantial part of such
Person's assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs
of any such Person; or (b) such Person shall (i) file a petition seeking relief
under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) consent or fail to object in a timely and
appropriate manner to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing
of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar
official) for such Person or for any substantial part of such Person's assets,
(iii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) take any
corporate or statutory trust action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
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"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York or
the state of Master Servicer's principal place of business (currently
Connecticut).
"Buyer" is defined in the preamble.
"Closing Date" means [ ], 2004.
"Collateral Security" means, with respect to any Receivable, (i) the
security interest, if any, granted by or on behalf of the related Dealer with
respect thereto, including a security interest in the related Products or
assets, (ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto
from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether
pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or otherwise, together
with all financing statements filed against a Dealer describing any collateral
securing such Receivable, (iii) all guarantees, insurance and other agreements
(including Floorplan Agreements and subordination agreements with other lenders)
or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing
payment of such Receivable whether pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such
Receivable or otherwise, and (iv) all Records in respect of such Receivable.
"Collections" means, without duplication, all payments by or on behalf of
Dealers received in respect of the Receivables (including proceeds from the
realization upon any Collateral Security) in the form of cash, checks, wire
transfers or any other form of payment. Collections that constitute Recoveries
shall be considered to be Collections of Non-Principal Receivables.
"Credit and Collection Policies" means, with respect to a Seller, such
Seller's policies and procedures relating to the Receivables, including the
policies and procedures for determining the creditworthiness of Dealers and the
extension of credit to Dealers, and relating to the maintenance of Accounts and
collection of Receivables, as such policies and procedures may be amended from
time to time.
"Date of Processing" means, as to any transaction, the Business Day on
which the transaction is first recorded on Master Servicer's computer file of
accounts (without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
"Dealer" means a Person engaged generally in the business of purchasing
consumer or commercial goods from a manufacturer or distributor thereof and
holding such goods for sale or lease in the ordinary course of business or a
Person engaged generally in the business of manufacturing or distributing
consumer or commercial goods for sale to Dealers in the ordinary course of
business.
"Dealer Overconcentration" shall be determined on each Determination Date.
A Dealer Overconcentration shall exist with respect to a Dealer (an
"Overconcentrated Dealer") if the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Principal
Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables) owed by such Dealer exceeds the
applicable Dealer Concentration Limit. "Dealer Concentration Limit" is a dollar
amount calculated as a percentage (the "Concentration Limit Percentage") of the
Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables)
as of the end of each Monthly Period. If the Dealer is among the [ ] Dealers
owing the largest amount of
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Principal Receivables as of the end of a Monthly Period (the "Top [ ] Dealers"),
the Concentration Limit Percentage shall equal [ ] percent ([ ]%). If the Dealer
is not among the Top [ ] Dealers, the Concentration Limit Percentage shall equal
[ ] percent ([ ]%). For purposes of the definitions of Dealer Overconcentration,
Overconcentrated Dealer and Top [ ] Dealers, a Dealer and all of its Affiliates
that are Dealers shall be considered to be a single Dealer.
"Dealer Repurchase Option" means, with respect to a Dealer that has sold
Receivables to an Originator, the right of such Dealer (if any) to repurchase
such Receivables from such Originator.
"Debtor Relief Laws" means Title 11 of the United States Code and all
other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets or similar debtor relief laws of the
United States, any state or any foreign country from time to time in effect,
affecting the rights of creditors generally.
"Defaulted Receivables" on any Determination Date means all Receivables
(other than Ineligible Receivables and any Designated Ineligible Receivables) in
an Account which are charged off as uncollectible on or prior to such
Determination Date in respect of the immediately preceding Monthly Period in
accordance with the Sellers' customary and usual servicing procedures for
servicing Dealer receivables comparable to the Receivables which have not been
sold to third parties.
"Designated Ineligible Receivable" means, without duplication, (i) any
Receivable that arises in an Eligible Account but was not an Eligible Receivable
at the time of its transfer to Buyer; (ii) any Receivable that, at the time of
its transfer to Buyer has been SAU or NSF for more than thirty (30) days; and
(iii) those Receivables, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of which, at the time
of transfer of each such Receivable to Buyer, have been SAU or NSF for a period
of one (1) to thirty (30) days but only to the extent that such Receivables'
aggregate Outstanding Balance exceeds [ ] percent ([ ]%) of the Outstanding
Balance of the Principal Receivables owned by the Issuer at the end of such
Monthly Period.
"Designated Participation Interest" is defined in Section 2.6(b).
"Determination Date" means the second Business Day preceding each Payment
Date.
["Discount Factor" is defined in the Second Tier Agreement.]
"Eligible Account" means a revolving credit arrangement payable in U.S.
dollars between an Originator and a Dealer, which arrangement, as of the date of
determination with respect thereto: (a) is in favor of a Dealer (i) which is
doing business in the United States, (ii) which has not been identified by a
Seller as being the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
proceeding or being in a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, and (iii) in
which neither GE Capital nor any Affiliate thereof has an equity investment; (b)
is serviced by a Seller or an Affiliate thereof; and (c) arises under a
Financing Agreement that is in full force and effect.
"Eligible Receivable" means a Receivable:
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(a) that has arisen under an Eligible Account;
(b) that was created in compliance with the Credit and Collection
Policies and all Requirements of Law applicable to the related Originator,
other than those Requirements of Law the failure to comply with would not
have a material adverse effect on Buyer or any of its creditors or
assigns, and pursuant to a Financing Agreement that complies with all
Requirements of Law applicable to the related Originator, other than those
Requirements of Law the failure to comply with would not have a material
adverse effect on Buyer or any of its creditors or assigns;
(c) with respect to which all consents, licenses, approvals or
authorizations of, or registrations with, any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained or made by the related Originator in connection
with the creation of such Receivable or the execution, delivery and
performance by the related Originator of the related Financing Agreement,
have been duly obtained or made and are in full force and effect as of the
date of creation of such Receivable, but failure to comply with this
clause (c) shall not cause a Receivable not to be an Eligible Receivable
if, and to the extent that, the failure to so obtain or make any such
consent, license, approval, authorization or registration would not have a
material adverse effect on Buyer or its assigns;
(d) as to which, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, the
applicable Seller or Buyer will have good and marketable title free and
clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances);
(e) that is the subject of a valid transfer and assignment from
the applicable Seller to Buyer of all Seller's right, title and interest
therein;
(f) that at and after the time of transfer to Buyer is the legal,
valid and binding payment obligation of the Dealer thereof, legally
enforceable against such Dealer in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws, and by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in
equity);
(g) that constitutes an "account", "chattel paper" or "general
intangible" within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102;
(h) as to which, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, the
applicable Seller has not taken any action which, or failed to take any
action the omission of which, would, at the time of transfer to Buyer,
impair Buyer's rights therein;
(i) that, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, has not been
waived or modified except as permitted by this Agreement;
(j) that, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, is not subject to
any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or any other defense of the
Dealer (including the defense of usury), other than defenses arising out
of Debtor Relief Laws and except as the enforceability of such Receivable
may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
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considered in a suit at law or equity) or as to which the applicable
Seller makes an adjustment pursuant to Section 2.5;
(k) as to which, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, the
applicable Seller has satisfied all obligations to be fulfilled by such
Seller under the related Financing Agreement as of the time it is
transferred to Buyer;
(l) which at the time of transfer to Buyer is secured, to the
extent required by the related Financing Agreement, by, inter alia, a
first priority perfected security interest (whether by prior filing,
purchase money security interest, subordination agreement from prior
filers or otherwise) in the related Product or other assets financed by
the related advance (except that such security interest need not be a
first priority security interest in the case of any Receivable if Buyer
consents with respect thereto or if the requirement therefor has been
waived in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies); and
(m) that does not cause the Overconcentration Amount to exceed
zero.
"Financing Agreement" means a Wholesale Financing Agreement or Asset Based
Lending Financing Agreement.
"Floorplan Agreement" means an agreement entered into by an Originator and
a Manufacturer establishing certain terms and conditions for the financing of
such Manufacturer's Dealers by such Originator, which may include such
Manufacturer's agreement, among other matters, to repurchase from, or remarket
for, such Originator Products sold by such Manufacturer to any of its Dealers
and financed by such Originator under a Wholesale Financing Agreement if such
Originator acquires possession of such Products because of a default by such
Dealer under such Wholesale Financing Agreement, whether by repossession,
voluntary surrender or other circumstances.
"Floorplan Business" means the extensions of credit made by an Originator
to Dealers in order to finance Products purchased by Dealers from Manufacturers
for sale or lease by such Dealers.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America in effect from time to time.
"GE Capital" means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
"Indenture" means the Master Indenture dated as of [ ], 2004 between the
Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture trustee.
"Indenture Supplement" means a supplement to the Indenture executed and
delivered pursuant to the Indenture.
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"Ineligible Account" means an Account that at the time of determination is
not an Eligible Account.
"Ineligible Receivable" is defined in Section 6.1(c).
"Initial Account" means each individual revolving credit arrangement
established by an Originator with a Dealer which was identified in the Account
Schedule delivered in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
"Insurance Proceeds" with respect to an Account means any amounts received
pursuant to any policy of insurance which are required to be paid to an
Originator pursuant to a Wholesale Financing Agreement or Asset Based Lending
Financing Agreement.
"Issuer" means GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, a Delaware statutory
trust.
"Lien" means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest,
easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease
or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to
give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the UCC or
comparable law of any jurisdiction).
"Litigation" means, with respect to any Person, any action, claim,
lawsuit, demand, investigation or proceeding pending or threatened against such
Person before any court, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of any
federal, state, local or foreign government or of any agency or subdivision
thereof or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators.
"Manufacturer" means a Person engaged generally in the business of
manufacturing or distributing Products for sale or lease to Dealers in the
ordinary course of business.
"Manufacturer Overconcentration" means, on any Determination Date, with
respect to all Accounts covered by a Floorplan Agreement with the same
Manufacturer as obligor, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of Principal Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables) in such
Accounts on the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding such
Determination Date that are covered by such Floorplan Agreement over (b) [ ]
percent ([ ]%) of the Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables (that are
Transferred Receivables) on the last day of such Monthly Period (in the case of
each of the Manufacturers that is among the [ ] Manufacturers which are parties
to Floorplan Agreements covering the largest aggregate Outstanding Balance of
Principal Receivables that are Transferred Receivables), or [ ] percent ([ ]%)
of the Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables (that are Transferred
Receivables) on the last day of such Monthly Period (in the case of
Manufacturers other than such top [ ] Manufacturers) or, in each case, if Buyer
consents, such larger percentage of the Outstanding Balance of Principal
Receivables as is stated in the notice from Buyer providing its consent.
"Master Servicer" means GE Capital, in its capacity as master servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, or any other Person designated as a successor
master servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
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"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to a Seller, a material
adverse effect on (a) the ability of such Seller to perform any of its
obligations under the Related Documents in accordance with the terms thereof,
(b) the validity or enforceability of any Related Document or the rights and
remedies of Buyer under any Related Document with respect to such Seller, or (c)
the Transferred Receivables (including the collectibility of the Transferred
Receivables and the security interests and other rights securing and supporting
the payment of the Transferred Receivables), the Financing Agreements therefor
or the ownership interests or Liens of any Seller or Buyer thereon or the
priority of such interests or Liens.
"Monthly Period" means a calendar month.
"Non-Principal Collections" means the sum of (a) Collections of interest
and all other non-principal charges (including insurance service fees and
handling fees) on the Receivables, [(b) the product of (i) principal payments on
the Receivables and (ii) the Discount Factor,] and (c) all Recoveries.
"Non-Principal Receivables" with respect to any Account means all amounts
billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other non-principal
charges.
"NSF" means, with respect to a Receivable, that a check in payment of such
Receivable has been returned because of insufficient funds and has not
thereafter been paid.
"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for, or an employee of, the Person providing the opinion.
"Originator" means a Seller or any other originator so designated pursuant
to Section 2.9.
"Originator Guaranty" means the Originator Performance Guaranty dated as
of [ ], 2004 made by GE Capital.
"Outstanding Balance" means, with respect to any Principal Receivable, the
outstanding amount of such Principal Receivable; provided, that the Outstanding
Balance of a Defaulted Receivable shall equal zero.
"Overconcentration Amount" means, on any Determination Date, the sum of
the Dealer Overconcentration, the Manufacturer Overconcentration, the Product
Line Overconcentration and the Unsecured Receivable Overconcentration on such
Determination Date.
"Participation Agreement" means an agreement between an Originator and a
lender pursuant to which such Originator conveys to such lender an undivided
interest in certain receivables that is pari passu in all respects (other than
nonsubordinated interest strips and fees) with the undivided interest retained
by such Originator.
"Participation Interest" means the undivided interest, created pursuant to
a Participation Agreement, in a receivable in which a Receivable represents the
remaining undivided interest.
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"Payment Date" means, except as otherwise specified in any Indenture
Supplement for the Series relating thereto, the twentieth (20th) day of each
calendar month, or if the twentieth (20th) day is not a Business Day, the next
Business Day.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means the following: (a) Liens for taxes or
assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable; (b) inchoate
and unperfected workers', mechanics', suppliers' or similar Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business; (c) presently existing or hereinafter created Liens
in favor of, or created by, Buyer; (d) any Lien created or permitted by any
Related Document; (e) any Lien created by any Participation Agreement; (f) any
security interests in assets that are subordinate to the security interests
securing the related Receivables; and (g) any Dealer Repurchase Option that has
not been exercised by the applicable Dealer.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, trust (including a business trust),
association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit
corporation, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or any other entity of
whatever nature.
"Principal Collections" means Collections other than Non-Principal
Collections. Amounts paid by a Seller pursuant to Section 2.5 shall be deemed to
be Principal Collections.
"Principal Receivable" with respect to an Account means amounts shown on
the Seller's records as Receivables (other than such amounts which represent
Non-Principal Receivables) payable by the related Dealer.
"Product Line Overconcentration" means, on any Determination Date, the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Principal
Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables) that represent financing for a
single Product line (according to the applicable Seller's classification system)
on the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding such Determination
Date over (b)(i) [ ] percent ([ ]%) of the Outstanding Balance of Principal
Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables) on the last day of such Monthly
Period if such Product line is not recreational vehicles or boats or boat
motors, (ii) [ ] percent ([ ]%) of that Outstanding Balance of Principal
Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables) if such Product line is
recreational vehicles, or (iii) [ ] percent ([ ]%) of that Outstanding Balance
of Principal Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables) if such Product line
is boats or boat motors or, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii), if Buyer
consents, such larger percentage of the Outstanding Balance of Principal
Receivables as is stated in the applicable notice from Buyer providing its
consent.
"Products" means the commercial and consumer goods financed by an
Originator for Dealers.
"Purchase Date" means the Closing Date and, thereafter, each Business Day.
"Purchase Price" is defined in Section 2.4(a).
"Reassignment" is defined in Section 2.7(a).
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"Receivable" means, with respect to an Account, all amounts payable
(including interest, finance charges and other charges), and the obligation to
pay such amounts, by the related Dealer from time to time in respect of advances
made by an Originator to or on behalf of such Dealer in connection with the
Floorplan Business or the Asset Based Lending Business, as the case may be,
[together with the group of writings evidencing such amounts and the security
interest created in connection therewith and all of the rights, remedies, powers
and privileges thereunder (including under the related Financing Agreement)];
provided, that if a Participation Interest has been created in respect of such
Account, whether before or after such Account has been designated as an Account,
the amounts so payable by the related Dealer that are allocable to such
Participation Interest shall not be part of the "Receivables" in respect of such
Account. A Receivable that, prior to its transfer to Buyer, was subject to a
participation from an Originator in favor of another Originator shall be
considered a Receivable.
"Records" means, with respect to any Receivables, all Financing Agreements
and other documents, books, records and other information (including computer
programs, tapes, disks, data processing software and related property and
rights) relating to such Receivable and the related Dealer.
"Recoveries" on any date means all amounts received, including Insurance
Proceeds, during the Monthly Period immediately preceding such date with respect
to Receivables which have previously become Defaulted Receivables.
"Related Documents" means this Agreement, the Second Tier Agreement, the
Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, any Indenture
Supplement and all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments,
contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Person, or any employee of any Person,
and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
"Removed Account" means an Account that is removed from the Account
Schedule in accordance with Section 2.7.
"Removal Date" is defined in Section 2.7(a).
"Removal Notice Date" is defined in Section 2.7(a).
"Requirements of Law" means, as to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation or articles of association and by-laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or
determination of an arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or to which such Person is subject,
whether federal, state or local.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw -
Hill Companies, Inc.
"SAU" means, with respect to a Receivable, that if such Receivable was
originally secured by a security interest in a Product, such Product has been
sold and such Receivable is not paid in full.
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"Second Tier Agreement" means the Receivables Purchase and Contribution
Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004, between Buyer and Issuer.
"Seller" means GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation,
Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation or any additional Person designated
as a "Seller" in accordance with Section 2.8.
"Seller Termination Date" is defined in Section 7.4.
"Series" means a series of notes issued under the Indenture.
"Servicing Agreement" means the Servicing Agreement dated as of [ ], 2004,
between Master Servicer and the Issuer.
"Sub-Servicer" means any Person with whom Master Servicer enters into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement" means any written contract entered into between
Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to the servicing, administration
or collection of any Transferred Receivables.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons
performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person or (b) that is directly or indirectly controlled by such Person
within the meaning of control under Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933.
"Transfer Date" means, with respect to a Transferred Receivable, the date
on which Buyer acquires such Transferred Receivable from a Seller pursuant to
Section 2.1 or any Assignment.
"Transferred Assets" is defined in Section 2.1(a).
"Transferred Receivable" means any Receivable purchased by Buyer from a
Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any Assignment, including Principal
Receivables and Non-Principal Receivables that exist at the time of purchase of
any Principal Receivables in the same Account or that arise in an Account after
the date of purchase of Principal Receivables in the Account. However,
Receivables that are repurchased by a Seller pursuant to this Agreement or
purchased by Master Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement shall cease to
be considered "Transferred Receivables" from the date of such purchase.
"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as
of [ ], 2004, between Buyer and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as trustee.
"UCC" means, with respect to any jurisdiction, the Uniform Commercial Code
as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in such
jurisdiction.
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"United States" means the United States of America, together with its
territories and possessions.
"Unsecured Receivable Business" means the unsecured extensions of credit
made by a Seller to Dealers.
"Unsecured Receivable Financing Agreement" means an unsecured financing
agreement entered into by a Seller with a Dealer in connection with its
Unsecured Receivable Business with such Dealer, as amended or modified from time
to time.
"Unsecured Receivable Overconcentration" means, on any Determination Date,
the excess, if any, of (a) the Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables
(that are Transferred Receivables) in Accounts created pursuant to Unsecured
Receivable Financing Agreements as of the last day of the Monthly Period
immediately preceding such Determination Date over (b) [ ] percent ([ ]%) of the
Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables (that are Transferred Receivables)
on the last day of such Monthly Period or, if Buyer consents, such larger
percentage of the Outstanding Balance of Principal Receivables as is stated in
the notice from Buyer providing its consent.
"Unsecured Receivables" means Receivables arising from the Unsecured
Receivable Business.
"Wholesale Financing Agreement" means a wholesale financing agreement
entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in order to finance Products
purchased by such Dealer from a Manufacturer.
Section 1.2 Other Interpretive Matters. All terms defined directly or by
incorporation in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise
defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all related certificates and
other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not
otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this
Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to
them under GAAP; (b) unless otherwise provided; references to any month, quarter
or year refer to a calendar month, quarter or year; (c) terms defined in Article
9 of the UCC as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction and not otherwise
defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (d) references to
any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount
at the close of business on such day; (e) the words "hereof," "herein" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement (or the
certificate or other document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement (or such certificate or document); (f)
references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement (or the certificate or other
document in which the reference is made), and references to any paragraph,
subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer
to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or
definition; (g) the term "including" means "including without limitation"; (h)
references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended
from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (i) references to
any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or
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supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in
accordance with its terms; and (j) references to any Person include that
Person's successors and permitted assigns.
ARTICLE II.
SALES
Section 2.1 Sales.
(a) By execution of this Agreement, each Seller does hereby transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to Buyer, without recourse except as
provided herein, all its right, title and interest in, to and under, the
following (the "Transferred Assets"): (i) the Receivables existing at the
opening of business on the Closing Date, and thereafter created from time to
time until the Agreement Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller
Termination Date relating to such Seller), together with the Collateral Security
and Collections with respect thereto and related Recoveries, in each case
together with all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or
receivable with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto, (ii)
without limiting the generality of the foregoing or the following, all of such
Seller's rights to receive payments from any Dealer in respect of such
Receivables and (iii) all proceeds of all of the foregoing. The foregoing does
not constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by
Buyer of any obligation of any Seller or any other Person in connection with the
Accounts or the Transferred Receivables or under any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, including any obligation under the Financing Agreements, the
Floorplan Agreements or any Participation Agreement or any obligation to any
Dealer or any Manufacturer. The foregoing conveyance shall be effective (x) on
the Closing Date, as to all Transferred Assets then existing, and (y) on each
Purchase Date, as to all Transferred Assets arising since the prior Purchase
Date.
(b) Each Seller agrees, at its own expense, (i) on or prior to (x) the
Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, (y) the applicable Addition
Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, and (z) the applicable Removal Date,
in the case of Removed Accounts, to indicate, or cause to be indicated, in the
appropriate computer files that Receivables created (or reassigned, if
applicable, in the case of Removed Accounts) in connection with the Accounts
have been conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (or conveyed to a Seller
or its designee, if applicable, in accordance with Section 2.7, in the case of
Removed Accounts) by including, or causing to be included, in such computer
files a code so identifying each such Account (or, in the case of Removed
Accounts, deleting, or causing to be deleted, such code thereafter) and (ii) on
or prior to the date referred to in clauses (i)(x), (y) or (z), as applicable,
to deliver to Buyer an Account Schedule. The initial such Account Schedule, as
supplemented from time to time to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed
Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. Once the code referenced in
clause (i) of this paragraph has been included with respect to any Account, each
Seller further agrees not to permit such code to be altered during the remaining
term of this Agreement unless and until (x) such Account becomes a Removed
Account, or (y) such Seller shall have delivered to Buyer at least thirty (30)
days' prior written notice of its intention to do so and has taken such action
as is necessary or advisable to cause the interest of Buyer in the Transferred
Receivables to continue to be perfected with the priority required by this
Agreement.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Seller shall not sell a Receivable
to Buyer if the Dealer relating to such Receivable has notified such Seller that
such Dealer intends to exercise its Dealer Repurchase Option with respect to
such Receivable. Each Seller shall manage its relationships with its Dealers in
such a manner as to minimize the circumstances under which such Dealers would be
permitted to exercise Dealer Repurchase Options.
Section 2.2 Acceptance by Buyer.
(a) Buyer hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and
interest to the property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to Buyer
pursuant to Section 2.1. Buyer shall maintain a copy of Schedule 1, as delivered
to it from time to time.
(b) Buyer hereby agrees not to disclose to any Person any account
numbers or other information contained in the Account Schedule marked as
Schedule 1 and delivered to Buyer, from time to time, except (i) to Master
Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or as required by a Requirement of Law applicable to
Buyer, (ii) in connection with the performance of Buyer's duties hereunder,
(iii) to the indenture trustee under the Indenture in connection with its duties
or (iv) to bona fide creditors or potential creditors of Master Servicer or a
Seller for the limited purpose of enabling any such creditor to identify
Transferred Receivables or Accounts subject to this Agreement. Buyer agrees to
take such measures as shall be reasonably requested by a Seller to protect and
maintain the security and confidentiality of such information and, in connection
therewith, shall allow each Seller or its duly authorized representatives to
inspect Buyer's security and confidentiality arrangements from time to time
during normal business hours upon prior written notice. Buyer shall promptly
notify each Seller of any request received by Buyer to disclose information of
the type described in this Section 2.2(b), which notice shall in any event be
provided no later than five (5) Business Days prior to disclosure of any such
information unless Buyer is compelled pursuant to a Requirement of Law to
disclose such information prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days after
the giving of such notice.
Section 2.3 Characterization of Transfers. The parties hereto intend that
each transfer of the Transferred Assets shall constitute a sale by each Seller
to Buyer and not a loan by Buyer to a Seller secured by the Transferred Assets.
If, contrary to the intent of the parties hereto, a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that any transaction provided for herein constitutes a
loan and not a sale of the Transferred Assets, then this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law and each Seller shall be
deemed to have granted, and each Seller hereby grants, to Buyer a security
interest in and to all of such Seller's right, title and interest in, to and
under the Transferred Assets.
Section 2.4 Purchase Price.
(a) The purchase price for the Transferred Receivables and the other
Transferred Assets related thereto shall equal the fair market value of such
Transferred Receivables as agreed upon by Buyer and the applicable Seller prior
to such sale (such amount for any Transferred Assets, the "Purchase Price").
(b) The Purchase Price for any Transferred Assets sold by a Seller shall
be payable in full in cash on each Purchase Date or less frequently if so agreed
between Buyer and Seller;
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provided, however, that Buyer may, with respect to any sale, offset against such
Purchase Price any amounts owed by the applicable Seller to Buyer hereunder and
which remain unpaid. On each such Purchase Date or other date set by the parties
for payment, Buyer shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III, make available to the applicable Seller the Purchase Price
for the applicable Transferred Assets in same day funds.
Section 2.5 Adjustments. If on any day the outstanding amount of any
Principal Receivable is reduced because of a rebate, refund, unauthorized charge
or billing error to a Dealer, or because such Principal Receivable was created
in respect of merchandise which was refused or returned by a Dealer, or if the
outstanding amount of any Principal Receivable is otherwise reduced other than
on account of Collections thereof or such amount being charged-off as
uncollectible, then the applicable Seller shall compensate Buyer for such
reduction in the outstanding amount of such Principal Receivable as provided
below. Any adjustment required pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made
not later than the second Business Day after the Date of Processing for the
event giving rise to such adjustment or less frequently if so agreed between
Buyer and the applicable Seller. The amount of each such reduction shall be
deducted from the amount of the Purchase Price payable by Buyer to such Seller
on the Purchase Date that coincides with or next follows the date of the
adjustment, and such Seller shall pay Buyer on that Purchase Date any excess of
the aggregate amount of such reductions over the aggregate Purchase Price
otherwise payable to such Seller on that Purchase Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, on any Purchase Date the aggregate amount of such reductions shall be
paid gross by the applicable Seller to Buyer, without netting against the
Purchase Price, to the extent that Buyer informs such Seller that Buyer requires
funds to make payments on account of such reductions under any of the Related
Documents.
Section 2.6 Addition of Accounts.
(a) Additional Accounts. From time to time, a Seller may designate
additional Eligible Accounts ("Additional Accounts") to be included as Accounts.
(b) Designated Participation Interests. In lieu of, or in addition to,
designating Additional Accounts as contemplated by subsection (a) above, a
Seller may convey to Buyer participations or trust certificates representing
undivided or beneficial interests in a pool of assets primarily consisting of
receivables arising under dealer floorplan loan credit arrangements owned by
such Seller or any of its Affiliates and collections thereon ("Designated
Participation Interests"). Each Seller and Buyer will enter into a supplement to
this Agreement relating to the conveyance of any Designated Participation
Interest. Any conveyance of a Designated Participation Interest under this
subsection (b) shall occur only upon satisfaction of the conditions for
conveyances of Designated Participation Interests under [Section 2.6(c)] of the
Second Tier Agreement.
(c) Conditions for Additions of Additional Accounts. Any sale of
Receivables from Additional Accounts shall occur only upon satisfaction of the
following conditions (to the extent provided below):
(i) on or before the Addition Date, the applicable Seller shall
have delivered to Buyer, (x) a written assignment in substantially the
form of Exhibit A (the
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"Assignment"), and such Seller shall indicate in its computer files that
the Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts have
been transferred to Buyer, and (y) an Account Schedule reflecting the
addition of such Additional Accounts (which Account Schedule shall be
attached as a schedule to such Assignment);
(ii) such Seller shall deliver an Opinion of Counsel with respect
to the Receivables in the Additional Accounts to Buyer (in such numbers
and with such additional addressees as Buyer may reasonably request)
substantially in the form of Exhibit C (with appropriate modifications);
(iii) such Seller shall not make more than one such designation per
Dealer in any one Monthly Period; and
(iv) Buyer shall have determined that all requirements relating to
the designation of such Additional Accounts imposed by Buyer under the
Second Tier Agreement have been satisfied.
Section 2.7 Removal of Accounts.
(a) From time to time, but not more frequently than once during each
Monthly Period for any Dealer, a Seller may request (which request Buyer may
deny): (i) the removal of one or more Accounts from the Account Schedule, and
(ii) if any such Account was not an Eligible Account at the time such Account
was originally added to the Account Schedule, the reassignment to such Seller or
its designee of all Buyer's right, title and interest in, to and under (A) the
Transferred Receivables then existing and thereafter created in such Account,
(B) the Collateral Security, Collections and Recoveries with respect thereto,
and (C) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable
with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto. Any such removal
and reassignment shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(i) on or before the tenth Business Day immediately preceding the
Removal Date (the "Removal Notice Date"), the applicable Seller shall have
given Buyer written notice of such request and specifying the date for
removal of the proposed Removed Accounts (the "Removal Date");
(ii) Buyer shall have delivered its written consent for such
removal to such Seller;
(iii) on or prior to the Removal Date, such Seller shall have
delivered to Buyer a schedule listing the proposed Removed Accounts and a
schedule listing the Accounts that are not proposed to be Removed Accounts
(which schedules shall be attached as schedules to such Reassignment); and
(iv) such Seller shall have delivered to Buyer an Officer's
Certificate, dated as of the Removal Date, to the effect that (i) no
selection procedure believed by such Seller to be materially adverse to
the interest of Buyer or any of its creditors has been used in removing
Removed Accounts; and (ii) Accounts (or administratively convenient groups
of Accounts) were chosen for removal on a random basis or another basis
not involving
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adverse selection that such Seller believes is consistent with achieving
derecognition of the Transferred Receivables under GAAP.
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions (and subject to receipt by Buyer
of the reassignment price agreed upon between Buyer and the applicable Seller):
(i) Buyer shall execute and deliver to the applicable Seller or its designee a
written reassignment in substantially the form of Exhibit B (the
"Reassignment"); (ii) the Account Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended
to remove such Removed Accounts; and (iii) if such Removed Accounts were not
Eligible Accounts at the time such Accounts were originally designated as
Accounts, Buyer shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey to Seller or its designee, effective as of the
Removal Date, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title
and interest of Buyer in and to the Transferred Receivables arising in such
Removed Accounts, the Collateral Security and Collections and Recoveries with
respect thereto, and all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or
receivable with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto and all
proceeds of the foregoing). In addition, Buyer shall execute such other
documents and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions
as shall reasonably be requested by Seller to effect the conveyance of
Transferred Receivables pursuant to clause (iii) of the previous sentence.
Section 2.8 Additional Sellers. A Seller may designate additional or
substitute Persons to be included as Sellers by an amendment to this Agreement
upon Buyer's consent (without the consent of any other party hereto), which
consent Buyer covenants to grant if Buyer is permitted to consent to such
designation under the Second Tier Agreement.
Section 2.9 Additional Originators. A Seller may designate additional
Persons as Originators by an amendment to this Agreement upon Buyer's consent
(without the consent of any other party hereto), which consent Buyer covenants
to grant if Buyer is permitted to consent to such designation under the Second
Tier Agreement.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 3.1 Conditions to Initial Transfer. The initial sale or conveyance
hereunder shall be subject to satisfaction of each of the following conditions
precedent (any one or more of which may be waived in writing by Buyer) as of the
Closing Date:
(a) Documents. This Agreement or counterparts hereof shall have been
duly executed by, and delivered to, the initial Sellers and Buyer, and Buyer
shall have received such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions
as Buyer shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer.
(b) Governmental Approvals. Buyer shall have received satisfactory
evidence that the initial Sellers have obtained all consents and approvals of
all Persons, including all requisite Governmental Authorities, if any, required
for the initial Sellers to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(c) Compliance with Laws. Each initial Seller shall be in compliance
with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations,
except to the extent that the failure to so comply, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.2 Conditions to all Transfers. Each sale by a Seller hereunder
(including the initial sale) shall be subject to satisfaction of the following
further conditions precedent (any one or more of which, except clause (b) below,
may be waived in writing by Buyer) as of the Transfer Date therefor:
(a) the representations and warranties of such Seller contained herein
or in any other Related Document required to be made on such Transfer Date shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such Transfer Date, both
before and after giving effect to such sale; and
(b) such Seller shall be in compliance in all material respects with
each of its covenants and other agreements set forth herein.
The consummation by a Seller of the sale, as applicable, of Transferred Assets
on any Transfer Date shall be deemed to constitute, as of any such Transfer
Date, a representation and warranty by such Seller that the conditions in
clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 3.2 have been satisfied as of such Transfer
Date.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO SELLERS
Section 4.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, Sellers, etc.
(a) A Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person unless:
(i) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such
Seller is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer
the properties and assets of such Seller substantially as an entirety
shall be, if such Seller is not the surviving entity, an entity organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State
or the District of Columbia, and, if such Seller is not the surviving
entity, such entity shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to Buyer, in form reasonably satisfactory
to Buyer, the performance of every covenant and obligation of such Seller
hereunder;
(ii) such Seller has delivered to Buyer (A) an Officer's
Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with, and (B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such
surviving entity enforceable against such surviving entity in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
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moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
from time to time in effect and except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at
law or in equity);
(iii) if such Seller is not the surviving entity, (A) the surviving
entity shall file a new UCC financing statement with respect to the
interest of Buyer in the Transferred Assets, if any, and (B) GE Capital
confirms in writing to Buyer that the Originator Guaranty applies to the
surviving entity; and
(iv) prior written notice shall have been delivered to Buyer with
respect to such merger, conveyance or transfer.
(b) This Section 4.1 shall not be construed to prohibit or in any way
limit a Seller's ability to effectuate any consolidation or merger pursuant to
which such Seller would be the surviving entity.
(c) The obligations of a Seller hereunder shall not be assignable nor
shall any Person succeed to the obligations of a Seller hereunder except in each
case in accordance with (i) the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs, (ii)
Section 2.8 or (iii) conveyances, mergers, consolidations, assumptions, sales or
transfers to other entities (1) for which such Seller delivers an Officer's
Certificate to Buyer indicating that such Seller reasonably believes that such
action will not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (2) which meet the
requirements of clause (ii) of paragraph (a) and (3) for which such purchaser,
transferee, pledgee or entity shall expressly assume, in an agreement
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to Buyer in writing in form
satisfactory to Buyer, the performance of every covenant and obligation of such
Seller thereby conveyed.
ARTICLE V
BANKRUPTCY EVENTS
Section 5.1 Rights upon the Occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event. If a
Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to a Seller, such Seller shall on the day
any such event occurs, immediately cease to transfer Receivables to Buyer and
shall promptly give notice of such event to the indenture trustee under the
Indenture and Buyer. Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer to Buyer of
additional Receivables, Receivables transferred to Buyer prior to the occurrence
of such Bankruptcy Event, and Collections in respect of such Receivables, shall
continue to be property of Buyer.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller.
(a) To induce Buyer to accept the Transferred Assets, each Seller
severally makes the following representations and warranties to Buyer, as of the
Closing Date (in the case of the
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initial Sellers) and, to the extent applicable, on each subsequent Transfer Date
following the date on which such Seller became a Seller.
(i) Valid Existence; Power and Authority. Such Seller (A) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization; (B) is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification and where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
would have a Material Adverse Effect; and (C) has all requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(ii) UCC Information. The true legal name of such Seller as
registered in the jurisdiction of its organization and the current
location of such Seller's jurisdiction of organization are set forth in
Schedule 6.1(a)(ii) and such name and location have not changed within the
past twelve (12) months. In addition, Schedule 6.1(a)(ii) lists such
Seller's (A) federal employer identification number and (B) organizational
identification number as designated by the jurisdiction of its
organization.
(iii) Authorization of Transaction; No Violation. The execution,
delivery and performance by such Seller of this Agreement and the other
Related Documents to which such Seller is a party and the creation and
perfection of all Liens and ownership interests provided for herein: (A)
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such
Seller, and (B) do not violate any provision of any law or regulation of
any Governmental Authority, or contractual or restrictions binding on such
Seller, except where such violations, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Enforceability. On or prior to the Closing Date, each of the
Related Documents to which a Seller is a party shall have been duly
executed and delivered by such Seller and each such Related Document shall
then constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Seller
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general principles of equity.
(v) Accuracy of Certain Information. All written factual
information heretofore furnished by such Seller to Buyer with respect to
the Transferred Receivables for the purposes of, or in connection with,
this Agreement was true and correct in all material respects on the date
as of which such information was stated or certified.
(vi) Use of Proceeds. No proceeds received by such Seller under
this Agreement will be used by it for any purpose that violates Regulation
U of the Federal Reserve Board.
(vii) Transferred Receivables. With respect to each Transferred
Receivable relating to such Seller, such Seller represents and warrants
that as of the Transfer Date for such Transferred Receivable:
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(A) such Transferred Receivable satisfies the criteria for
an Eligible Receivable;
(B) all authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or
registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given by such Seller in
connection with the conveyance by such Seller of such Transferred
Receivable to Buyer have been duly obtained, effected or given and
are in full force and effect; and
(C) the additional representations and warranties set forth
in Schedule 6.1(a)(vii) are true and correct.
The representations and warranties described in this Section 6.1(a) shall
survive the sale of the Transferred Assets to Buyer, any subsequent assignment
or sale of the Transferred Assets by Buyer, and the termination of this
Agreement and the other Related Documents and shall continue until the payment
in full of all Transferred Assets.
(b) Upon discovery by a Seller or Buyer of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties by such Seller set forth in this Section 6.1, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other.
Each Seller agrees to cooperate with Buyer in attempting to cure any such
breach.
(c) If any representation or warranty of a Seller contained in Section
6.1(a)(vii) is not true and correct in any material respect as of the date
specified therein with respect to any Transferred Receivable or any Account and
as a result of such breach Buyer's interest in such Transferred Receivable or
Account is materially and adversely affected, including if Buyer's rights in, to
or under such Transferred Receivables or the proceeds of such Transferred
Receivables are impaired or such proceeds are not available for any reason to
Buyer free and clear of any Lien other than Permitted Encumbrances, unless cured
within sixty (60) days (or such longer period, not in excess of one hundred
twenty (120) days, as may be agreed to by Buyer) after the earlier to occur of
the discovery thereof by such Seller or receipt by such Seller of notice thereof
given by Buyer, then such Transferred Receivable shall be designated an
"Ineligible Receivable;" provided, that such Transferred Receivables will not be
deemed to be Ineligible Receivables but will be deemed Eligible Receivables if,
on any day prior to the end of such sixty (60) day or longer period, (i) the
relevant representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material
respects as if made on such day and (ii) such Seller shall have delivered an
Officer's Certificate describing the nature of such breach and the manner in
which the relevant representation and warranty became true and correct. A
Transferred Receivable shall be deemed to become an Ineligible Receivable if the
Dealer relating to such Receivable exercises a Dealer Repurchase Option with
respect thereto.
(d) On the first Purchase Date that coincides with or falls after the
date on which any Transferred Receivable is designated as an Ineligible
Receivable, the applicable Seller shall repurchase such Ineligible Receivable
from Buyer as provided below. The purchase price for the Ineligible Receivables
in any Account shall equal the Purchase Price paid for such Ineligible
Receivables, less any Principal Collections received on that Receivable from the
Closing Date or relevant Transfer Date, as applicable. On any Purchase Date the
aggregate amount of such
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repurchase prices then payable may be netted against the Purchase Price then
payable, unless Buyer informs such Seller that Buyer requires funds to make
payments on account of the related Ineligible Receivables under any of the
Related Documents, in which case such amounts shall be paid gross.
(e) If any representation or warranty of a Seller contained in Section
6.1(a)(i), 6.1(a)(ii), 6.1(a)(iii) or 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement is not true
and correct in any material respect and such breach has a material adverse
effect on the Transferred Receivables transferred to Buyer by such Seller or the
availability of the proceeds thereof to Buyer, such Seller shall be obligated to
accept a reassignment of the Transferred Receivables if such breach and any
material adverse effect caused by such breach is not cured within sixty (60)
days (or within such longer period, not in excess of one hundred fifty (150)
days, as may be agreed to by Buyer), after the earlier to occur of the discovery
thereof by such Seller or receipt by such Seller of notice thereof given by
Buyer, on the terms set forth below; provided, that such Transferred Receivables
will not be reassigned to such Seller if, on any day prior to the end of such
sixty (60) day or longer period (i) the relevant representation and warranty
shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on such day and
(ii) such Seller shall have delivered an Officer's Certificate describing the
nature of such breach and the manner in which the relevant representation and
warranty became true and correct. In connection with a reassignment pursuant to
the preceding sentence, such Seller shall pay to Buyer in immediately available
funds not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the first Payment Date
following the Monthly Period in which such reassignment obligation arises, in
payment for such reassignment, an amount equal to the Aggregate Reassignment
Amount. The payment of such deposit amount in immediately available funds shall
otherwise be considered payment in full of all of the Transferred Receivables.
(f) Upon the payment, if any, required to be made to Buyer as provided
in Section 6.1(d) or 6.1(e), Buyer shall automatically and without further
action be deemed to transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
applicable Seller or its designee, without recourse, representation or warranty,
all the right, title and interest of Buyer in and to the applicable Transferred
Receivables, all moneys due or to become due and all amounts received with
respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. Buyer shall execute such documents and
instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall
reasonably be requested by such Seller to effect the conveyance of such
Transferred Receivables pursuant to this Section.
Section 6.2 Affirmative Covenants of Seller. Each Seller severally
covenants and agrees that, unless otherwise consented to by Buyer, from and
after the Closing Date (or the relevant Transfer Date, as applicable) and until
the date after the Agreement Termination Date or, if applicable, the Seller
Termination Date relating to such Seller, when the Outstanding Balance of all
Transferred Receivables relating to such Seller have been reduced to zero:
(a) Account Allocations. If such Seller is unable for any reason to
transfer Transferred Receivables to Buyer in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement (including by reason of the application of the provisions of
Section 5.1 or an order by any Governmental Authority that such Seller not
transfer any additional Receivables to Buyer) then, in any such event, such
Seller agrees to allocate and pay to Buyer or Master Servicer on its behalf,
after the
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date of such inability, all Collections with respect to Transferred Receivables
previously sold by such Seller to Buyer.
(b) Notice of Material Event. Each Seller shall promptly inform Buyer in
writing of the occurrence of any of the following with respect to such Seller,
in each case setting forth the details thereof and what action, if any, such
Seller proposes to take with respect thereto:
(i) any Litigation commenced or threatened against such Seller or
with respect to or in connection with all or any substantial portion of
the Transferred Assets or developments in such Litigation, in each case,
that such Seller believes has a reasonable risk of being determined
adversely and having a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) the commencement of a proceeding against such Seller seeking a
decree or order in respect of Seller (A) under any Debtor Relief Laws, (B)
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or
sequestrator (or similar official) for such Seller or for any substantial
part of such Seller's assets, or (C) ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of the affairs of such Seller; or
(iii) such Seller's failure to comply with any of its obligations
under this Agreement.
(c) Notice of Liens. Each Seller shall notify Buyer promptly after
becoming aware of any Lien on any Transferred Asset other than Permitted
Encumbrances.
(d) Information for Reports. Each Seller shall promptly deliver any
material written information, documents, records or reports with respect to the
Transferred Receivables that Buyer shall reasonably request.
(e) Deposit of Collections. Each Seller shall transfer to Buyer or
Master Servicer on its behalf, promptly, and in any event no later than the
Business Day after receipt thereof, all Collections it may receive in respect of
Transferred Assets.
(f) Financing Agreements and Policies. Each Seller shall comply with and
perform its obligations under the Financing Agreements relating to the Accounts
and the Credit and Collection Policies except insofar as any failure to comply
or perform would not materially and adversely affect the rights of Buyer.
Section 6.3 Negative Covenants of Seller. Each Seller severally covenants
and agrees that, without the prior written consent of Buyer, from and after the
Closing Date (or the relevant Transfer Date, as applicable) and until the date
after the Agreement Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller Termination
Date relating to such Seller) when the Outstanding Balances of all Transferred
Receivables transferred hereunder by such Seller prior to such Agreement
Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller Termination Date relating to
such Seller) have been reduced to zero:
(a) Liens. Each Seller shall not create, incur, assume or permit to
exist any Lien, other than Permitted Encumbrances, on or with respect to the
Transferred Assets.
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(b) Amendments to Financing Agreements and Credit and Collection
Policies. [Such Seller shall not amend the Financing Agreements; provided, that
this sentence shall not prevent a Seller from assigning its rights in a
Financing Agreement to another Seller. Such Seller shall not amend its Credit
and Collection Policies if such amendment would be adverse in any material
respect to Buyer].
(c) UCC Matters. Such Seller shall not change its state of organization
or formation or its name such that any financing statement filed to perfect
Buyer's interests under this Agreement would become seriously misleading, unless
such Seller shall have given Buyer not less than thirty (30) days' prior written
notice of such change.
(d) No Proceedings. From and after the Closing Date and until the date
one year plus one day following the date on which all amounts due with respect
to securities rated by a rating agency that were issued by any entity holding
Transferred Assets or an interest therein have been paid in full in cash, such
Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, institute or cause to be instituted
against Buyer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceeding or other proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws;
provided, that the foregoing shall not in any way limit such Seller's right to
pursue any other creditor rights or remedies that such Seller may have under any
applicable law.
(e) Sale Characterization. For accounting purposes, such Seller shall
not account for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any manner
other than, with respect to the sale of each Transferred Receivable, as a true
sale and absolute assignment of its full right, title and ownership interest in
the related Transferred Assets to Buyer. Such Seller shall also maintain its
records and books of account in a manner which clearly reflects each such sale
of the Transferred Receivables to Buyer.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is
provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration
or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any party hereto
by any other party hereto, or whenever any party hereto desires to give or serve
upon any other party hereto any communication with respect to this Agreement,
each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly
served, given or delivered (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3)
Business Days after deposit in the United States mail, registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon
transmission, when sent by telecopy or other similar facsimile transmission
(with such telecopy or facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by
personal delivery or United States mail as otherwise provided in this Section
7.1), (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier
with all charges prepaid or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger,
all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the
address or facsimile number set forth below or to such other address (or
facsimile number) as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. The
giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party
entitled to receive such notice. Failure or delay
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in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration or other communication to any Person (other than Buyer) designated
in any written communication provided hereunder to receive copies shall in no
way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, declaration or other communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
whenever it is provided herein that a notice is to be given to any other party
hereto by a specific time, such notice shall be effective only if actually
received by such party prior to such time, and if such notice is received after
such time or on a day other than a Business Day, such notice shall be effective
only on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
If to a Seller:
GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation
5595 Trillium Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: [ ]
Facsimile: [ ]
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or
Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation
5595 Trillium Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: [ ]
Facsimile: [ ]
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If to Buyer:
CDF Funding, Inc.
1600 Summer Street, 4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06927
Attention: Manager - Securitization
Telephone: (203) 357-4756
Facsimile: (203) 357-6796
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With a copy to:
General Electric Capital Corporation
1600 Summer Street, 4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06927
Attention: Portfolio Manager
Telephone: (203) 357-4328
Facsimile: (203) 961-2953
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Section 7.2 No Waiver; Remedies.
(a) The failure of any party hereto, at any time or times, to require
strict performance by any other party hereto of any provision of this Agreement
shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of such party thereafter to demand
strict compliance and performance with this Agreement. Any suspension or waiver
of any breach or default hereunder shall not suspend, waive or affect any other
breach or default whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of
the same or a different type. None of the undertakings, agreements, warranties,
covenants and representations of any party contained in this Agreement, and no
breach or default by any party under this Agreement, shall be deemed to have
been suspended or waived or amended by any other party hereto unless such waiver
or suspension or amendment is by an instrument in writing signed by an officer
of or other duly authorized signatory of such party and, in the case of a
suspension or waiver, directed to the defaulting party specifying such
suspension or waiver.
(b) Each party's rights and remedies under this Agreement shall be
cumulative and nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies that such party may
have under any other agreement, including the other Related Documents, by
operation of law or otherwise.
Section 7.3 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of each Seller and Buyer and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, except as otherwise provided herein. Except as
provided below and in Sections 2.8 or 4.1 of this Agreement, a Seller may not
assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights, benefits,
obligations or duties hereunder without having obtained the prior express
written consent of Buyer. Any such purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation
or other conveyance by such Seller without the prior express written consent of
Buyer shall be void. Each Seller acknowledges that under the Second Tier
Agreement, Buyer will assign its rights granted hereunder to the Issuer, and
upon such assignment the Issuer shall have, to the extent of such assignment,
all rights of Buyer hereunder and such transferee may in turn transfer such
rights. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose of
defining the relative rights and obligations of each Seller and Buyer with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Person shall be a
third-party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
Section 7.4 Termination. This Agreement shall create and constitute the
continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and
shall remain in full force and effect until the termination of the Issuer (such
date, the "Agreement Termination Date"). A Seller may cease to be a party to
this Agreement on a date selected by such Seller upon prior notice thereof to
Buyer (such date, with respect to such Seller, being the "Seller Termination
Date").
Section 7.5 Survival. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in
any other Related Document, no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause
or procedure) of any agreement made by a Seller under this Agreement shall in
any way affect or impair the obligations, duties and liabilities of such Seller
or the rights of such Seller relating to any unpaid portion of any and all
obligations of such Seller to Buyer, due or not due, liquidated, contingent or
unliquidated or any transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or
any transaction or event, the performance of which is required after the
Agreement Termination Date (or, if
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applicable, the Seller Termination Date relating to such Seller). Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Related Document, all
undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of or
binding upon a Seller, and all rights of such Seller hereunder shall not
terminate or expire, but rather shall survive any such termination or
cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the date after
the Agreement Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller Termination Date
relating to such Seller) when the Outstanding Balances of all Transferred
Receivables transferred hereunder by such Seller prior to such Agreement
Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller Termination Date relating to
such Seller) have been reduced to zero; provided, that the rights and remedies
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2.5, 6.3(d), 7.3, 7.11 and 7.12 shall be
continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 7.6 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement. This Agreement
constitutes the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and may not be modified,
altered or amended except by written agreement of the parties hereto.
Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL
RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS
THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM
PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT; PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM
THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY; PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE BUYER FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER
LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE RECEIVABLES OR ANY
SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS OF A SELLER ARISING HEREUNDER OR TO ENFORCE A
JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF BUYER. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND
CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY
SUCH COURT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY
MAY HAVE
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BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS
AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS
DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL
SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE
MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.1 AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE
DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR
THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE
MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND
THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN
ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A
JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION
OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO
WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO
RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP
ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 7.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately
constitute one agreement.
Section 7.9 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited
by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder
of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
Section 7.10 Section Titles. The section titles and table of contents
contained in this Agreement are provided for ease of reference only and shall be
without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part
of the agreement between the parties hereto.
Section 7.11 No Setoff. A Seller's obligations under this Agreement shall
not be affected by any right of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right such Seller might have against Buyer, all of which rights are hereby
expressly waived by such Seller.
Section 7.12 Further Assurances.
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(a) Each Seller shall, at its sole cost and expense, upon request of
Buyer, promptly and duly authorize, execute and/or deliver, as applicable, any
and all further instruments and documents and take such further actions that
Buyer may reasonably request to carry out more effectively the provisions and
purposes of this Agreement or to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and
of the rights and powers herein granted, including authorizing and filing any
financing or continuation statements under the UCC with respect to the ownership
interest of Buyer created by this Agreement. Each Seller hereby authorizes Buyer
to file any such financing or continuation statements without the signature of
such Seller to the extent permitted by applicable law. A carbon, photographic or
other reproduction of this Agreement or of any notice or financing statement
covering the Transferred Assets or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a
notice or financing statement where permitted by law. If any amount payable
under or in connection with any of the Transferred Assets is or shall become
evidenced by any instrument, such instrument, other than checks and notes
received in the ordinary course of business, shall be duly endorsed in a manner
satisfactory to Buyer immediately upon such Seller's receipt thereof and
promptly delivered to or at the direction of Buyer.
(b) If a Seller fails to perform any agreement or obligation under this
Section 7.12, Buyer may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause
performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the reasonable expenses of
Buyer incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Seller upon
demand of Buyer.
Section 7.13 Accounting Changes. If any Accounting Changes occur and such
changes result in a change in the standards or terms used herein, then the
parties hereto agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such
provisions so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired
result that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of such Persons
and their Subsidiaries shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if
such Accounting Changes had not been made. If the parties hereto agree upon the
required amendments to this Agreement, then after appropriate amendments have
been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been
implemented, any reference to GAAP contained herein shall, only to the extent of
such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP consistently applied after giving effect
to the implementation of such Accounting Change. If such parties cannot agree
upon the required amendments within thirty (30) days following the date of
implementation of any Accounting Change, then all financial statements delivered
and all standards and terms used herein shall be prepared, delivered and used
without regard to the underlying Accounting Change.
Section 7.14 No Indirect or Consequential Damages. NO PARTY TO THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT,
ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER
PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Seller and Buyer have caused this Receivables
Sale Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
FINANCE CORPORATION, as a Seller
By: __________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:________________________________
S-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL
FINANCE CORPORATION, as a Seller
By: __________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:________________________________
S-2 Receivables Sale Agreement
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CDF FUNDING, INC., as Buyer
By: __________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:________________________________
S-3 Receivables Sale Agreement
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SCHEDULE 1
LIST OF ACCOUNTS
The initial Account Schedule consists of [a compact disk] delivered to
Buyer and Indenture Trustee listing Accounts and related information as of [ ],
2004.
Sch. 1-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(ii)
UCC INFORMATION
A. Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation
1. Legal Name
Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation
2. Jurisdiction of Organization
Delaware
3. Federal Employer Identification Number
94-3054016
4. Organizational Identification Number
2141782
B. GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation
1. Legal Name
GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation
2. Jurisdiction of Organization
Nevada
3. Federal Employer Identification Number
41-0954316
4. Organizational Identification Number
C1718-1969
Sch. 6.1(a)(ii)-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(vii)
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1. General. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing ownership
interest in Buyer with respect to all of such Seller's right, title and interest
in, to and under the Transferred Assets which (a) is enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from such Seller, as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable law, now or hereafter in effect, and by general principles
of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity), and (b) will be
prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances) in such property.
2. Characterization. The Receivables constitute "accounts", "general
intangibles" or "chattel paper" within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102.
3. Creation. Immediately prior to its conveyance of the Transferred
Assets pursuant to this Agreement, such Seller owns and has good and marketable
title to such Transferred Assets free and clear of any Lien, claim or
encumbrance of any Person (other than Permitted Encumbrances).
4. Perfection. Such Seller has caused, or will have caused within ten
(10) days after the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing
statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under
applicable law in order to perfect Buyer's ownership of such Transferred Assets.
5. Priority. Other than the ownership interests transferred to Buyer
pursuant to this Agreement, such Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted
a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Transferred Assets
except as permitted by this Agreement. Such Seller has not authorized the filing
of and is not aware of any financing statements against such Seller that include
a description of collateral covering the Transferred Assets other than any
financing statement (i) in favor of Buyer and its assignees, (ii) that has been
terminated, or (iii) that has been granted pursuant to the terms of the Related
Documents. None of the tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the
Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged,
assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than Buyer. Such Seller is
not aware of any judgment lien, ERISA lien or tax lien filings against it.
6. Survival of Perfection Representations. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement or any other Related Document, the representations
contained in this Schedule 6.1(a)(vii) shall be continuing and remain in full
force and effect.
7. No Waiver. The parties to this Agreement: (i) shall not, without the
consent of the other parties, waive any of the representations and warranties in
this Schedule 6.1(a)(vii) (the "Perfection Representations"); (ii) shall provide
the other parties with prompt written notice of any breach of the Perfection
Representations, and shall not, without the consent of S&P (if S&P is then
rating any outstanding Series) waive a breach of any of the Perfection
Representations.
8. Seller to Maintain Perfection and Priority. Each Seller covenants
that, in order to evidence the interests of such Seller and Buyer under this
Agreement, such Seller shall take such action, or execute and deliver such
instruments (other than effecting a Filing (as defined below),
Sch. 6.1(a)(vii)-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
unless such Filing is effected in accordance with this paragraph) as may be
necessary or advisable (including such actions as are requested by Buyer) to
maintain and perfect, as a first priority interest, Buyer's ownership of the
Transferred Assets. Such Seller shall, from time to time and within the time
limits established by law, prepare and present to Buyer for Buyer to authorize
(based in reliance on the Opinion of Counsel hereinafter provided for in this
paragraph) such Seller to file, all financing statements, amendments,
continuations, financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement,
terminations, partial terminations, releases or partial releases, or any other
filings necessary or advisable to continue, maintain and perfect Buyer's
ownership of the Transferred Assets as a first-priority interest (each a
"Filing"). Such Seller shall present each such Filing to Buyer together with (x)
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Filing (i) satisfies all
requirements and conditions to such Filing in this Agreement and (ii) satisfies
the requirements for a Filing of such type under the UCC in the applicable
jurisdiction, and (y) a form of authorization for Buyer's signature. Upon
receipt of such Opinion of Counsel and form of authorization, Buyer shall
promptly authorize in writing such Seller to, and such Seller shall, effect such
Filing under the UCC. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the
contrary, such Seller shall not have any authority to effect a Filing without
obtaining written authorization from Buyer in accordance with this paragraph.
Sch. 6.1(a)(vii)-2 Receivables Sale Agreement
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(As required by Section 2.6(c) of the Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. _______ OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS (this "Assignment")
dated as of ________, by and between [GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE
CORPORATION] [TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION], as seller ("Seller")
and CDF FUNDING, INC., as buyer ("Buyer"), pursuant to the Agreement referred to
below.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer are parties to the Receivables Sale Agreement,
dated as of [ ], 2004 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, Seller wishes to designate Additional
Accounts to be included as Accounts and to convey the Transferred Receivables in
such Additional Accounts that have been designated "Additional Accounts"
pursuant to the Agreement, whether now existing or hereafter created, to Buyer
(as each such term is defined in the Agreement); and
WHEREAS, Buyer is willing to accept such designation and conveyance
subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, Seller and Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used herein
shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined
herein.
"Addition Date" means, with respect to the Additional Accounts
designated hereby, [_______________________], 20[_________].
"Addition Cut-Off Date" means, with respect to Additional Accounts
designated hereby, [______], 20[_____].
"Transferred Property" is defined in Section 3(a).
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. The Accounts listed on Schedule
1 to this Assignment have been designated "Additional Accounts" pursuant to the
Agreement. Schedule 1 to this Assignment, as of the Addition Date, shall
supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement as required by Section 2.1(b) of the
Agreement.
3. Conveyance of Receivables.
(a) Seller does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey, without recourse except as set forth in this Assignment and the
Agreement, to Buyer, all its right, title
Exh. A-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
and interest in, to and under the following (the "Transferred Property"): the
Receivables in such Additional Accounts existing at the close of business on the
Addition Date and thereafter created from time to time until the Agreement
Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller Termination Date with respect to
such Seller), the Collateral Security and Collections with respect thereto and
related Recoveries, together with all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds
relating thereto and all proceeds of the foregoing. The foregoing does not
constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by Buyer
of any obligation of any Seller or any other Person in connection with the
Accounts or the Transferred Receivables or under any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, including any obligation under any Financing Agreement, any
Floorplan Agreement, or any Participation Agreement, or any obligation to any
Dealer or any Manufacturer.
(b) Seller agrees to record and file, at its own expense,
financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect
to the Receivables in Additional Accounts existing on the Addition Date and
thereafter created meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such
manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect, and maintain
perfection of, Buyer's ownership of such Receivables, and to deliver a
file-stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of such
filing to Buyer within ten (10) days of the Addition Date. Buyer shall be under
no obligation whatsoever to file such financing or continuation statements or to
make any other filing under the UCC in connection with such sale and assignment.
(c) In connection with such assignment, Seller further agrees, at
its own expense, on or prior to the date of this Assignment, to indicate and
cause Master Servicer to indicate in the appropriate computer files that
Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts and designated
hereby have been conveyed to Buyer pursuant to the Agreement and this
Assignment.
(d) The parties hereto intend that the transfer of the Transferred
Property by Seller to Buyer shall constitute a sale by Seller to Buyer and not a
loan by Buyer to Seller secured by the Transferred Property. If, contrary to the
intent of the parties hereto, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that
any transaction provided for herein constitutes a loan and not a sale of the
Transferred Property, then this Assignment shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law and Seller shall be deemed to have granted, and Seller
hereby grants, to Buyer a security interest in and to all of Seller's right,
title and interest in, to and under the Transferred Property.
4. Acceptance by Buyer. Buyer hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all
right, title and interest to the property, existing on the Addition Date and
thereafter created, conveyed to Buyer pursuant to Section 3(a) of this
Assignment. Buyer further acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Assignment, Seller delivered to it the Account
Schedule described in Section 2 of this Assignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller hereby represents
and warrants to Buyer as of the Addition Date:
Exh. A-2 Receivables Sale Agreement
(a) This Assignment constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and except as
such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) each of the Transferred Receivables satisfies the criteria for
an Eligible Receivable as of the Addition Cut-Off Date;
(c) each Additional Account is, as of the Addition Cut-Off Date,
an Eligible Account;
(d) no selection procedures believed by Seller to be materially
adverse to the interests of Buyer or any of its creditors were utilized in
selecting the Additional Accounts from the available Eligible Accounts;
(e) as of the Addition Date, Seller is solvent;
(f) the Account Schedule delivered pursuant to this Assignment is
an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all the Accounts as
of the related Addition Cut-Off Date, and the information contained therein with
respect to the identity of such Accounts and the Transferred Receivables
existing in such Accounts, is true and correct in all material respects as of
the Addition Cut-Off Date;
(g) the Agreement and this Assignment transfer ownership to Buyer
of the Transferred Property, and upon filing of the financing statements
described herein and, in the case of Transferred Receivables thereafter created,
upon the creation thereof, such ownership will be perfected and prior to all
Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances) in the Transferred Property;
(h) the Transferred Receivables constitute "accounts", "chattel
paper" or "general intangibles" within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102;
(i) immediately prior to the conveyance of the Receivables
pursuant to this Agreement, Seller owns and has good and marketable title to the
Receivables free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person
(other than Permitted Encumbrances); and
(j) subject to Permitted Encumbrances, other than the transfer and
assignment to Buyer pursuant to this Assignment, Seller had not pledged,
assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
Transferred Receivables. Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any UCC financing statements against Seller that included a description
of collateral covering the Transferred Receivables.
6. Amendment of the Agreement. The Agreement is hereby amended to
provide that all references therein to "this Agreement" and "herein" shall be
deemed from and after the Addition Date to be a dual reference to the Agreement
as supplemented by this Assignment. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of
the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and
Exh. A-3 Receivables Sale Agreement
conditions of the Agreement shall remain unamended and shall continue to be, and
shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
7. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
8. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN
ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE,
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS
THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM
PERTAINING TO THIS ASSIGNMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS ASSIGNMENT; PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS
FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOROUGH
OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE
TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON
LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY
CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF
THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.1 OF THE AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR
THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
Exh. A-4 Receivables Sale Agreement
(c) BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND
EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY
(RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE
RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE
BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE
PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Exh. A-5 Receivables Sale Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Assignment to be duly
executed and delivered on the day and year first above written.
[GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
FINANCE CORPORATION]
[TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE
CORPORATION], as Seller
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Exh. A-6 Receivables Sale Agreement
CDF FUNDING, INC., as Buyer
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Exh. A-7 Receivables Sale Agreement
Schedule 1
to Assignment
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
Exh. A-8 Receivables Sale Agreement
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT
(As required by Section 2.7 of the Agreement)
REASSIGNMENT No. _______ ("Reassignment") dated as of _________, by and
between [GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE CORPORATION] [TRANSAMERICA
COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION], as seller (the "Seller"), and CDF FUNDING,
INC., as buyer (the "Buyer"), pursuant to the Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS Seller and Buyer are parties to the Receivables Sale Agreement,
dated as of [ ], 2004 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Agreement");
WHEREAS pursuant to the Agreement, the parties hereto desire to remove
certain Accounts from the Account Schedule [insert if such Accounts were not
Eligible Accounts at the time such Accounts were originally designated as
Accounts; and the parties hereto desire that Buyer reconvey to Seller the
Transferred Receivables of such Removed Accounts, whether now existing or
hereafter created];
NOW, THEREFORE, Seller and Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used herein
shall have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined
herein.
"Removal Date" means, with respect to the Removed Accounts designated
hereby, ___________, ____.
"Removed Accounts" means the Accounts listed on Schedule 2 to this
Reassignment.
2. Designation of Removed Accounts. Schedule 1 to this Reassignment, as
of the Removal Date, shall not include the Removed Accounts and shall supplement
Schedule 1 to the Agreement as required by Section 2.1(b) of the Agreement.
Schedule 2 to this Reassignment lists the Removed Accounts covered by this
Reassignment.
3. [This Section should be used with respect to Accounts that were not
Eligible Accounts at the time such Accounts were originally designated as
Accounts: Conveyance of Transferred Receivables. (a) Buyer does hereby transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to Seller, without representation,
warranty or recourse, on and after the Removal Date, all right, title and
interest of Buyer in, to and under the Transferred Receivables existing at the
close of business on the Removal Date, and thereafter created from time to time,
in the Removed Accounts designated hereby, the Collateral Security and
Collections and Recoveries with respect thereto, together with all monies due or
to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and
all Insurance Proceeds related thereto and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Exhibit B-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
(b) In connection with such transfer, Buyer agrees to execute and
deliver to Seller on or prior to the date this Reassignment is delivered,
applicable termination statements prepared by Seller with respect to the
Transferred Receivables existing at the close of business on the Removal Date,
and thereafter created from time to time, in the Removed Accounts reassigned
hereby and the proceeds thereof evidencing the release by Buyer of its interest
in such Transferred Receivables, and meeting the requirements of applicable
state law, in such manner and such jurisdictions as are necessary to terminate
such interest.]
4. Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller hereby represents
and warrants to Buyer as of the Removal Date:
(a) Legal Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity); and
(b) List of Accounts and Removed Accounts. Schedule 1 attached hereto is
an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all the Accounts
(other than the Removed Accounts covered by this Reassignment) as of the Removal
Date. Schedule 2 attached hereto is an accurate and complete listing in all
material respects as of the Removal Date of the Removed Accounts being removed
pursuant to this Reassignment.
5. Amendment of the Agreement. The Agreement is hereby amended to
provide that all references therein to "this Agreement" and "herein" shall be
deemed from and after the Removal Date to be a dual reference to the Agreement
as supplemented by this Reassignment. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of
the representations, warranties, terms and covenants and conditions of the
Agreement shall remain unamended and shall continue to be and shall remain in
full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
6. Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) THIS REASSIGNMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL
RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS
THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Exhibit B-2 Receivables Sale Agreement
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM
PERTAINING TO THIS REASSIGNMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS REASSIGNMENT; PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY
APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN
ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT,
AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED
UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND
HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF
THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.1 OF THE AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR
THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
(c) BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND
EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY
(RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE
RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE
BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE
PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS REASSIGNMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Exhibit B-3 Receivables Sale Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Reassignment to be
duly executed and delivered on the day and year first above written.
[GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
FINANCE CORPORATION]
[TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE
CORPORATION], as Seller
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Exhibit B-4 Receivables Sale Agreement
CDF FUNDING, INC., as Buyer
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Exhibit B-5 Receivables Sale Agreement
Schedule 1
to Reassignment
UPDATED ACCOUNT SCHEDULE
Exhibit B-6 Receivables Sale Agreement
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Schedule 2
to Reassignment
REMOVED ACCOUNTS
Exhibit B-7 Receivables Sale Agreement
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL WITH RESPECT
TO ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(Provisions to be included in
Opinion of Counsel to be
delivered pursuant to
Section 2.6(c)(ii))
The opinions set forth below may be subject to appropriate qualifications,
assumptions, limitations and exceptions.
1. The provisions of the Receivables Sale Agreement are effective under
the UCC to create in favor of Buyer a security interest in Seller's rights in
the Transferred Receivables in such Additional Accounts and the identifiable
proceeds thereof (the "Specified Assets").
2. The security interest in the Specified Assets created by the
Receivables Sale Agreement will be perfected by the filing of the Financing
Statement as described and defined in such opinion.
Exhibit C-1 Receivables Sale Agreement
Exhibit 4.14
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
between
CDF FUNDING, INC.,
as Seller,
and
GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST,
as Buyer
Dated as of [ ], 2004
Receivables Purchase and
Contribution Agreement
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.......................................................... 1
Section 1.1 Definitions.................................................... 1
Section 1.2 Other Interpretive Matters..................................... 10
ARTICLE II SALES................................................................ 11
Section 2.1 Sales.......................................................... 11
Section 2.2 Acceptance by Buyer............................................ 12
Section 2.3 Characterization of Transfers.................................. 12
Section 2.4 Purchase Price................................................. 13
Section 2.5 Adjustments.................................................... 13
Section 2.6 Addition of Accounts........................................... 13
Section 2.7 Removal of Accounts............................................ 14
Section 2.8 Additional Sellers............................................. 15
Section 2.9 Additional Originators......................................... 15
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT ................................................ 15
Section 3.1 Conditions to Initial Transfer................................. 15
Section 3.2 Conditions to all Transfers.................................... 16
ARTICLE IV OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO SELLER..................................... 16
Section 4.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, Seller, etc................................................ 16
ARTICLE V BANKRUPTCY EVENTS.................................................... 17
Section 5.1 Rights upon the Occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event............... 17
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS............................ 17
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller....................... 17
Section 6.2 Affirmative Covenants of Seller................................ 20
Section 6.3 Negative Covenants of Seller................................... 21
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS........................................................ 22
Section 7.1 Notices........................................................ 22
Section 7.2 No Waiver; Remedies............................................ 24
Section 7.3 Successors and Assigns......................................... 24
Section 7.4 Termination.................................................... 24
Section 7.5 Survival....................................................... 24
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Section 7.6 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement.................. 25
Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL... 25
Section 7.8 Counterparts................................................... 26
Section 7.9 Severability................................................... 26
Section 7.10 Section Titles................................................. 26
Section 7.11 No Setoff...................................................... 26
Section 7.12 Further Assurances............................................. 26
Section 7.13 Accounting Changes............................................. 27
Section 7.14 No Indirect or Consequential Damages........................... 28
Section 7.15 No Proceedings................................................. 28
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 List of Accounts
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(ii) UCC Information
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(vii) Perfection Representations and Warranties
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Assignment
EXHIBIT B Form of Reassignment
EXHIBIT C Form of Opinion of Counsel with Respect to Additional Accounts
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2004
(this "Agreement"), between CDF FUNDING, INC., a Delaware corporation, as
Seller, and GE DEALER FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST, a statutory trust organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Buyer ("Buyer").
In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
"Account" means each Initial Account and each Additional Account. The term
Account includes an Additional Account only from and after its Addition Date and
includes any Removed Account only prior to its Removal Date.
"Accounting Changes" means, with respect to any Person: (a) changes in
accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation,
pronouncement or opinion of the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or any successor thereto or
any agency with similar functions); (b) changes in accounting principles
concurred by such Person's certified public accountants; (c) purchase accounting
adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and EITF 88-16, and the application of the
accounting principles set forth in FASB 109, including the establishment of
reserves pursuant thereto and any subsequent reversal (in whole or in part) of
such reserves; and (d) the reversal of any reserves established as a result of
purchase accounting adjustments.
"Account Schedule" means a computer file or microfiche list or other list
containing a true and complete list of Accounts, identified by account number
(or by an alpha-numeric identifier that uniquely and objectively identifies the
applicable account number pursuant to a protocol that has been provided to
Buyer) and setting forth the receivables balance for each as of (i) the
applicable Addition Cut-Off Date, in the case of an Account Schedule relating to
Additional Accounts, (ii) the Removal Notice Date, in the case of an Account
Schedule relating to Removed Accounts or (iii) the date specified therein, in
the case of any other Account Schedule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
initial Account Schedule does not set forth receivables balances, and any
failure to set forth receivables balances in such a file or list shall not
impair the file's or list's effectiveness as an Account Schedule.
"Addition Cut-Off Date" means, as to any Additional Account, the date
specified as such in the related Assignment.
"Addition Date" means, as to any Additional Account, the date specified as
such in the related Assignment.
"Additional Accounts" is defined in Section 2.6(a).
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"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee,
guardian or other fiduciary, five percent (5%) or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each
Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person, or (c) each of such Person's officers, directors, joint venturers and
partners. For the purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Aggregate Reassignment Amount" means, for any reassignment of the
Transferred Receivables pursuant to Section 6.1(e), the aggregate outstanding
amount (comprising principal, interest and all other non-principal amounts
billed to the related Dealers) of such Transferred Receivables as of the end of
the preceding Monthly Period.
"Agreement" is defined in the preamble.
"Agreement Termination Date" is defined in Section 7.4.
"Asset Based Lending Business" means the extensions of credit made by an
Originator to Dealers in order to provide loans based on the value of certain
assets of such Dealers.
"Asset Based Lending Financing Agreement" means an asset based lending
financing agreement entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in connection
with the Asset Based Lending Business.
"Assignment" is defined in Section 2.6(c).
"Authorized Officer" means (a) with respect to any corporation or
statutory trust, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer and each other officer or employee of such corporation or
trustee of such trust specifically authorized in resolutions of the Board of
Directors of such corporation or trustee of such trust to sign agreements,
instruments or other documents on behalf of such corporation or statutory trust
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents, and
(b) with respect to a limited liability company, an officer or manager of such
limited liability company.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, as to any Person, any of the following events:
(a) a case or proceeding shall have been commenced against such Person seeking a
decree or order in respect of such Person (i) under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii)
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator
(or similar official) for any such Person or for any substantial part of such
Person's assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs
of any such Person; or (b) such Person shall (i) file a petition seeking relief
under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) consent or fail to object in a timely and
appropriate manner to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing
of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar
official) for such Person or for any substantial part of such Person's assets,
(iii) make an
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assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) take any corporate or statutory
trust action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York or
the state of Master Servicer's principal place of business (currently
Connecticut).
"Buyer" is defined in the preamble.
"Closing Date" means [ ], 2004.
"Collateral Security" means, with respect to any Receivable, (i) the
security interest, if any, granted by or on behalf of the related Dealer with
respect thereto, including a security interest in the related Products or
assets, (ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto
from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether
pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or otherwise, together
with all financing statements filed against a Dealer describing any collateral
securing such Receivable, (iii) all guarantees, insurance and other agreements
(including Floorplan Agreements and subordination agreements with other lenders)
or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing
payment of such Receivable whether pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such
Receivable or otherwise, and (iv) all Records in respect of such Receivable.
"Collections" means, without duplication, all payments by or on behalf of
Dealers received in respect of the Receivables (including proceeds from the
realization upon any Collateral Security) in the form of cash, checks, wire
transfers or any other form of payment. Collections that constitute Recoveries
shall be considered to be Collections of Non-Principal Receivables.
"Credit and Collection Policies" means, with respect to Seller, Seller's
policies and procedures relating to the Receivables, including the policies and
procedures for determining the creditworthiness of Dealers and the extension of
credit to Dealers, and relating to the maintenance of Accounts and collection of
Receivables, as such policies and procedures may be amended from time to time.
"Date of Processing" means, as to any transaction, the Business Day on
which the transaction is first recorded on Master Servicer's computer file of
accounts (without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
"Dealer" means a Person engaged generally in the business of purchasing
consumer or commercial goods from a manufacturer or distributor thereof and
holding such goods for sale or lease in the ordinary course of business or a
Person engaged generally in the business of manufacturing or distributing
consumer or commercial goods for sale to Dealers in the ordinary course of
business.
"Dealer Repurchase Option" means, with respect to a Dealer that has sold
Receivables to an Originator, the right of such Dealer (if any) to repurchase
such Receivables from such Originator.
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"Debtor Relief Laws" means Title 11 of the United States Code and all
other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets or similar debtor relief laws of the
United States, any state or any foreign country from time to time in effect,
affecting the rights of creditors generally.
"Defaulted Receivables" on any Determination Date means all Receivables
(other than Ineligible Receivables and any Designated Ineligible Receivables) in
an Account which are charged off as uncollectible on or prior to such
Determination Date in respect of the immediately preceding Monthly Period in
accordance with Seller's customary and usual servicing procedures for servicing
Dealer receivables comparable to the Receivables which have not been sold to
third parties.
"Designated Ineligible Receivable" means, without duplication, (i) any
Receivable that arises in an Eligible Account but was not an Eligible Receivable
at the time of its transfer to Buyer; (ii) any Receivable that, at the time of
its transfer to Buyer has been SAU or NSF for more than thirty (30) days; and
(iii) those Receivables, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of which, at the time
of transfer of each such Receivable to Buyer, have been SAU or NSF for a period
of one (1) to thirty (30) days but only to the extent that such Receivables'
aggregate Outstanding Balance exceeds [ ] percent ([ ]%) of the Outstanding
Balance of the Principal Receivables owned by the Issuer at the end of such
Monthly Period.
"Designated Participation Interest" is defined in Section 2.6(b).
"Determination Date" means the second Business Day preceding each Payment
Date.
"DFS Trust" means Distribution Financial Services Floorplan Master Trust,
a common-law trust formed pursuant to the Pooling and Security Agreement.
["Discount Factor" means [ ] percent ([ ]%). The Discount Factor may be
adjusted by Seller from time to time upon prior written notice thereof to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that if after giving effect to such
adjustment, the Discount Factor would exceed [ ] percent ([ ]%), then the Rating
Agency Condition shall be satisfied with respect to any such adjustment.]
"Eligible Account" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Eligible Receivable" is defined in the First Tier Agreement.
"Financing Agreement" means a Wholesale Financing Agreement or Asset Based
Lending Financing Agreement.
"First Tier Agreement" means the Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of [
], 2004 among the Originators and Seller.
"Floorplan Agreement" means an agreement entered into by an Originator and
a Manufacturer establishing certain terms and conditions for the financing of
such Manufacturer's Dealers by such Originator, which may include such
Manufacturer's agreement, among other
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matters, to repurchase from, or remarket for, such Originator Products sold by
such Manufacturer to any of its Dealers and financed by such Originator under a
Wholesale Financing Agreement if such Originator acquires possession of such
Products because of a default by such Dealer under such Wholesale Financing
Agreement, whether by repossession, voluntary surrender or other circumstances.
"Floorplan Business" means the extensions of credit made by an Originator
to Dealers in order to finance Products purchased by Dealers from Manufacturers
for sale or lease by such Dealers.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America in effect from time to time.
"GE Capital" means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
"Indenture" means the Master Indenture dated as of [ ], 2004 between
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture Supplement" means a supplement to the Indenture executed and
delivered pursuant to the Indenture.
"Indenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture trustee
under the Indenture.
"Ineligible Account" means an Account that at the time of determination is
not an Eligible Account.
"Ineligible Receivable" is defined in Section 6.1(c).
"Initial Account" means each individual revolving credit arrangement
established by an Originator with a Dealer which was identified in the Account
Schedule delivered in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
"Insurance Proceeds" with respect to an Account means any amounts received
pursuant to any policy of insurance which are required to be paid to an
Originator pursuant to a Wholesale Financing Agreement or Asset Based Lending
Financing Agreement.
"Issuer" means GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, a Delaware statutory
trust.
"Lien" means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest,
easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease
or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to
give, any
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financing statement perfecting a security interest under the UCC or comparable
law of any jurisdiction).
"Litigation" means, with respect to any Person, any action, claim,
lawsuit, demand, investigation or proceeding pending or threatened against such
Person before any court, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of any
federal, state, local or foreign government or of any agency or subdivision
thereof or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators.
"Manufacturer" means a Person engaged generally in the business of
manufacturing or distributing Products for sale or lease to Dealers in the
ordinary course of business.
"Master Servicer" means GE Capital, in its capacity as master servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, or any other Person designated as a successor
master servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to Seller, a material
adverse effect on (a) the ability of Seller to perform any of its obligations
under the Related Documents in accordance with the terms thereof, (b) the
validity or enforceability of any Related Document or the rights and remedies of
Buyer under any Related Document with respect to Seller, or (c) the Transferred
Receivables (including the collectibility of the Transferred Receivables and the
security interests and other rights securing and supporting the payment of the
Transferred Receivables), the Financing Agreements therefor or the ownership
interests or Liens of Seller or Buyer thereon or the priority of such interests
or Liens.
"Monthly Period" means a calendar month.
"Non-Principal Collections" means the sum of (a) Collections of interest
and all other non-principal charges (including insurance service fees and
handling fees) on the Receivables, (b) the product of (i) principal payments on
the Receivables and (ii) the Discount Factor, and (c) all Recoveries.
"Non-Principal Receivables" with respect to any Account means all amounts
billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other non-principal
charges.
"Noteholder" is defined in the Indenture.
"Note Trust Certificate" means the Note Trust Certificate, Series
2004-NTC, issued pursuant to the Series 2004-NTC Supplement.
"NSF" means, with respect to a Receivable, that a check in payment of such
Receivable has been returned because of insufficient funds and has not
thereafter been paid.
"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for, or an employee of, the Person providing the opinion.
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"Originator" means each of GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation,
Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation and any other originator so
designated pursuant to Section 2.9 of the First Tier Agreement.
"Originator Guaranty" means the Originator Performance Guaranty dated as
of [ ], 2004 made by GE Capital.
"Outstanding Balance" means, with respect to any Principal Receivable, the
outstanding amount of such Principal Receivable; provided, that the Outstanding
Balance of a Defaulted Receivable shall equal zero.
"Participation Agreement" means an agreement between an Originator and a
lender pursuant to which such Originator conveys to such lender an undivided
interest in certain receivables that is pari passu in all respects (other than
nonsubordinated interest strips and fees) with the undivided interest retained
by such Originator.
"Participation Interest" means the undivided interest, created pursuant to
a Participation Agreement, in a receivable in which a Receivable represents the
remaining undivided interest.
"Payment Date" means, except as otherwise specified in any Indenture
Supplement for the Series relating thereto, the twentieth (20(th)) day of each
calendar month, or if the twentieth (20(th)) day is not a Business Day, the next
Business Day.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means the following: (a) Liens for taxes or
assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable; (b) inchoate
and unperfected workers', mechanics', suppliers' or similar Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business; (c) presently existing or hereinafter created Liens
in favor of, or created by, Buyer; (d) any Lien created or permitted by any
Related Document; (e) any Lien created by any Participation Agreement; (f) any
security interests in assets that are subordinate to the security interests
securing the related Receivables; and (g) any Dealer Repurchase Option that has
not been exercised by the applicable Dealer.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, trust (including a business trust),
association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit
corporation, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or any other entity of
whatever nature.
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing, dated as of April 1, 2000, among CDF Financing, L.L.C. (as
successor to Deutsche Floorplan Receivables, L.P.), GE Commercial Distribution
Finance Corporation (formerly known as Deutsche Financial Services Corporation),
and Wilmington Trust Company (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as
trustee.
"Principal Collections" means Collections other than Non-Principal
Collections. Amounts paid by Seller pursuant to Section 2.5 shall be deemed to
be Principal Collections.
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"Principal Receivable" with respect to an Account means amounts shown on
Seller's records as Receivables (other than such amounts which represent
Non-Principal Receivables) payable by the related Dealer.
"Products" means the commercial and consumer goods financed by an
Originator for Dealers.
"Purchase Date" means the Closing Date and, thereafter, each Business Day.
"Purchase Price" is defined in Section 2.4(a).
"Rating Agency Condition" is defined in the Indenture.
"Reassignment" is defined in Section 2.7(a).
"Receivable" means, with respect to an Account, all amounts payable
(including interest, finance charges and other charges), and the obligation to
pay such amounts, by the related Dealer from time to time in respect of advances
made by an Originator to or on behalf of such Dealer in connection with the
Floorplan Business or the Asset Based Lending Business, as the case may be,
[together with the group of writings evidencing such amounts and the security
interest created in connection therewith and all of the rights, remedies, powers
and privileges thereunder (including under the related Financing Agreement)];
provided, that if a Participation Interest has been created in respect of such
Account, whether before or after such Account has been designated as an Account,
the amounts so payable by the related Dealer that are allocable to such
Participation Interest shall not be part of the "Receivables" in respect of such
Account. A Receivable that, prior to its transfer to Buyer, was subject to a
participation from an Originator in favor of another Originator shall be
considered a Receivable.
"Records" means, with respect to any Receivables, all Financing Agreements
and other documents, books, records and other information (including computer
programs, tapes, disks, data processing software and related property and
rights) relating to such Receivable and the related Dealer.
"Recoveries" on any date means all amounts received, including Insurance
Proceeds, during the Monthly Period immediately preceding such date with respect
to Receivables which have previously become Defaulted Receivables.
"Related Documents" means this Agreement, the First Tier Agreement, the
Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, any Indenture
Supplement and all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments,
contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Person, or any employee of any Person,
and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
"Removed Account" means an Account that is removed from the Account
Schedule in accordance with Section 2.7.
"Removal Date" is defined in Section 2.7(a).
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"Removal Notice Date" is defined in Section 2.7(a).
"Requirements of Law" means, as to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation or articles of association and by-laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or
determination of an arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or to which such Person is subject,
whether federal, state or local.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw -
Hill Companies, Inc.
"SAU" means, with respect to a Receivable, that if such Receivable was
originally secured by a security interest in a Product, such Product has been
sold and such Receivable is not paid in full.
"Seller" means CDF Funding, Inc.
"Series" means a series of notes issued under the Indenture.
"Series 2004-NTC Supplement" means the Series 2004-NTC Supplement, dated
as of the Closing Date, among CDF Financing, L.L.C., GE Commercial Distribution
Finance Corporation, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.
"Servicing Agreement" means the Servicing Agreement dated as of [ ],
2004, between Master Servicer and the Issuer.
"Sub-Servicer" means any Person with whom Master Servicer enters into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement" means any written contract entered into between
Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to the servicing, administration
or collection of any Transferred Receivables.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons
performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person or (b) that is directly or indirectly controlled by such Person
within the meaning of control under Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933.
"Transfer Date" means, with respect to a Transferred Receivable, the date
on which Buyer acquires such Transferred Receivable from Seller pursuant to
Section 2.1 or any Assignment.
"Transferred Assets" is defined in Section 2.1(a).
"Transferred Receivable" means any Receivable purchased by Buyer from
Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any Assignment, including Principal
Receivables and Non-Principal Receivables that exist at the time of purchase of
any Principal Receivables in the same
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Account or that arise in an Account after the date of purchase of Principal
Receivables in the Account. However, Receivables that are repurchased by Seller
pursuant to this Agreement or purchased by Master Servicer pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement shall cease to be considered "Transferred Receivables" from
the date of such purchase.
"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as
of [ ], 2004, between Seller and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as
trustee.
"UCC" means, with respect to any jurisdiction, the Uniform Commercial Code
as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in such
jurisdiction.
"United States" means the United States of America, together with its
territories and possessions.
"Wholesale Financing Agreement" means a wholesale financing agreement
entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in order to finance Products
purchased by such Dealer from a Manufacturer.
Section 1.2 Other Interpretive Matters. All terms defined directly or by
incorporation in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise
defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all related certificates and
other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not
otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this
Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to
them under GAAP; (b) unless otherwise provided, references to any month, quarter
or year refer to a calendar month, quarter or year; (c) terms defined in Article
9 of the UCC as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction and not otherwise
defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (d) references to
any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount
at the close of business on such day; (e) the words "hereof," "herein" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement (or the
certificate or other document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement (or such certificate or document); (f)
references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement (or the certificate or other
document in which the reference is made), and references to any paragraph,
subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer
to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or
definition; (g) the term "including" means "including without limitation"; (h)
references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended
from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (i) references to
any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or
supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in
accordance with its terms; and (j) references to any Person include that
Person's successors and permitted assigns.
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ARTICLE II
SALES
Section 2.1 Sales.
(a) By execution of this Agreement, Seller does hereby transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey to Buyer, without recourse except as provided
herein, all of Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under, the
following (the "Transferred Assets"): (i) the Receivables existing at the
opening of business on the Closing Date, and thereafter created from time to
time until the Agreement Termination Date, together with the Collateral Security
and Collections with respect thereto and related Recoveries, in each case
together with all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or
receivable with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto, (ii)
without limiting the generality of the foregoing or the following, all of
Seller's rights to receive payments from any Dealer in respect of such
Receivables and (iii) all proceeds of all of the foregoing. The foregoing does
not constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by
Buyer of any obligation of Seller or any other Person in connection with the
Accounts or the Transferred Receivables or under any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, including any obligation under the Financing Agreements, the
Floorplan Agreements or any Participation Agreement or any obligation to any
Dealer or any Manufacturer. The foregoing conveyance shall be effective (x) on
the Closing Date, as to all Transferred Assets then existing, and (y) on each
Purchase Date, as to all Transferred Assets arising since the prior Purchase
Date.
(b) Seller agrees, at its own expense, (i) on or prior to (x) the Closing
Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, (y) the applicable Addition Date, in
the case of Additional Accounts, and (z) the applicable Removal Date, in the
case of Removed Accounts, to indicate, or cause to be indicated, in the
appropriate computer files that Receivables created (or reassigned, if
applicable, in the case of Removed Accounts) in connection with the Accounts
have been conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (or conveyed to Seller or
its designee, if applicable, in accordance with Section 2.7, in the case of
Removed Accounts) by including, or causing to be included, in such computer
files a code so identifying each such Account (or, in the case of Removed
Accounts, deleting, or causing to be deleted, such code thereafter) and (ii) on
or prior to the date referred to in clauses (i)(x), (y) or (z), as applicable,
to deliver to Buyer an Account Schedule. The initial such Account Schedule, as
supplemented from time to time to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed
Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. Once the code referenced in
clause (i) of this paragraph has been included with respect to any Account,
Seller further agrees not to permit such code to be altered during the remaining
term of this Agreement unless and until (x) such Account becomes a Removed
Account, or (y) Seller shall have delivered to Buyer at least thirty (30) days'
prior written notice of its intention to do so and has taken such action as is
necessary or advisable to cause the interest of Buyer in the Transferred
Receivables to continue to be perfected with the priority required by this
Agreement.
(c) By execution of this Agreement, Seller does hereby transfer, assign,
set over and otherwise convey to Buyer, as a capital contribution, all of
Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under (i) the Note Trust
Certificate, (ii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing or the
following, all of Seller's rights to receive payments from the DFS Trust in
respect of the Note
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Trust Certificate, and (iii) all proceeds of the foregoing. On the Closing Date,
Seller shall deliver to Buyer an instrument of assignment in respect of the Note
Trust Certificate, substantially in the form of the assignment attached to the
Note Trust Certificate, and shall deliver to Buyer a registered certificate
representing the Note Trust Certificate. The foregoing does not constitute and
is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by Buyer of any
obligation of Seller or any other Person in connection with the Note Trust
Certificate.
Section 2.2 Acceptance by Buyer.
(a) Buyer hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and
interest to the property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to Buyer
pursuant to Section 2.1. Buyer shall maintain a copy of Schedule 1, as delivered
to it from time to time.
(b) Buyer hereby agrees not to disclose to any Person any account numbers
or other information contained in the Account Schedule marked as Schedule 1 and
delivered to Buyer, from time to time, except (i) to Master Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer or as required by a Requirement of Law applicable to Buyer, (ii) in
connection with the performance of Buyer's duties hereunder, (iii) to the
Indenture Trustee in connection with its duties or (iv) to bona fide creditors
or potential creditors of Master Servicer or Seller for the limited purpose of
enabling any such creditor to identify Transferred Receivables or Accounts
subject to this Agreement. Buyer agrees to take such measures as shall be
reasonably requested by Seller to protect and maintain the security and
confidentiality of such information and, in connection therewith, shall allow
Seller or its duly authorized representatives to inspect Buyer's security and
confidentiality arrangements from time to time during normal business hours upon
prior written notice. Buyer shall promptly notify Seller of any request received
by Buyer to disclose information of the type described in this Section 2.2(b),
which notice shall in any event be provided no later than five (5) Business Days
prior to disclosure of any such information unless Buyer is compelled pursuant
to a Requirement of Law to disclose such information prior to the date that is
five (5) Business Days after the giving of such notice.
Section 2.3 Characterization of Transfers.
(a) The parties hereto intend that each transfer of the Transferred Assets
by Seller to Buyer shall constitute a sale by Seller to Buyer and not a loan by
Buyer to Seller secured by the Transferred Assets. If, contrary to the intent of
the parties hereto, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any
transfer of Transferred Assets by Seller to Buyer constitutes a loan and not a
sale of the Transferred Assets, then this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law with respect to the Transferred Assets and Seller
shall be deemed to have granted, and Seller hereby grants, to Buyer a security
interest in and to all of Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under
the Transferred Assets.
(b) The parties hereto intend that the transfer of the Note Trust
Certificate by Seller to Buyer shall constitute a capital contribution by Seller
to Buyer and not a loan by Buyer to Seller secured by the Note Trust
Certificate. If, contrary to the interest of the parties hereto, a court of
competent jurisdiction determines that the transfer of the Note Trust
Certificate by Seller to Buyer constitutes a loan and not a capital
contribution, then this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law with respect to the Note Trust Certificate and Seller
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shall be deemed to have granted, and Seller hereby grants, to Buyer a security
interest in all of Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under the Note
Trust Certificate.
Section 2.4 Purchase Price.
(a) The purchase price for the Transferred Receivables and the other
Transferred Assets related thereto shall equal the fair market value of such
Transferred Receivables and other Transferred Assets as agreed upon by Buyer and
Seller prior to such sale (such amount for any Transferred Assets, the "Purchase
Price").
(b) The Purchase Price for any Transferred Assets sold by Seller shall be
payable in full in cash on each Purchase Date or less frequently if so agreed
between Buyer and Seller; provided, however, that Buyer may, with respect to any
sale, offset against such Purchase Price any amounts owed by Seller to Buyer
hereunder and which remain unpaid. On each such Purchase Date or other date set
by the parties for payment, Buyer shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, make available to Seller the Purchase Price
for the applicable Transferred Assets in same day funds.
Section 2.5 Adjustments. If on any day the outstanding amount of any
Principal Receivable is reduced because of a rebate, refund, unauthorized charge
or billing error to a Dealer, or because such Principal Receivable was created
in respect of merchandise which was refused or returned by a Dealer, or if the
outstanding amount of any Principal Receivable is otherwise reduced other than
on account of Collections thereof or such amount being charged-off as
uncollectible, then Seller shall compensate Buyer for such reduction in the
outstanding amount of such Principal Receivable as provided below. Any
adjustment required pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made not later
than the second Business Day after the Date of Processing for the event giving
rise to such adjustment or less frequently if so agreed between Buyer and
Seller. The amount of each such reduction shall be deducted from the amount of
the Purchase Price payable by Buyer to Seller on the Purchase Date that
coincides with or next follows the date of the adjustment, and Seller shall pay
Buyer on that Purchase Date any excess of the aggregate amount of such
reductions over the aggregate Purchase Price otherwise payable to Seller on that
Purchase Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Purchase Date the aggregate
amount of such reductions shall be paid gross by Seller to Buyer, without
netting against the Purchase Price, to the extent that Buyer informs Seller that
Buyer requires funds to make payments on account of such reductions under any of
the Related Documents.
Section 2.6 Addition of Accounts.
(a) Additional Accounts. From time to time, Seller may designate
additional Eligible Accounts ("Additional Accounts") to be included as Accounts.
(b) Designated Participation Interests. In lieu of, or in addition to,
designating Additional Accounts as contemplated by subsection (a) above and in
addition to the Note Trust Certificate, Seller may convey to Buyer
participations or additional trust certificates representing undivided or
beneficial interests in a pool of assets primarily consisting of receivables
arising under dealer floorplan loan credit arrangements owned by Seller or any
of its Affiliates and collections thereon ("Designated Participation
Interests"). Seller and Buyer will enter into an
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amendment to this Agreement relating to the conveyance of any Designated
Participation Interest. The Rating Agency Condition shall be satisfied in
connection with any conveyance of a Designated Participation Interest under this
subsection (b).
(c) Conditions for Additions of Additional Accounts. Any sale of
Receivables from Additional Accounts shall occur only upon satisfaction of the
following conditions (to the extent provided below):
(i) on or before the Addition Date, Seller shall have delivered to
Buyer, (x) a written assignment in substantially the form of Exhibit A
(the "Assignment"), and Seller shall indicate in its computer files that
the Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts have
been transferred to Buyer, and (y) an Account Schedule reflecting the
addition of such Additional Accounts (which Account Schedule shall be
attached as a schedule to such Assignment);
(ii) Seller shall deliver an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
Receivables in the Additional Accounts to Buyer (in such numbers and with
such additional addressees as Buyer may reasonably request) substantially
in the form of Exhibit C (with appropriate modifications); and
(iii) Seller shall not make more than one such designation per
Dealer in any one Monthly Period.
Section 2.7 Removal of Accounts.
(a) From time to time, but not more frequently than once during each
Monthly Period for any Dealer, Seller may request (which request Buyer may
deny): (i) the removal of one or more Accounts from the Account Schedule, and
(ii) if any such Account was not an Eligible Account at the time such Account
was originally added to the Account Schedule, the reassignment to Seller or its
designee of all Buyer's right, title and interest in, to and under (A) the
Transferred Receivables then existing and thereafter created in such Account,
(B) the Collateral Security, Collections and Recoveries with respect thereto,
and (C) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable
with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto. Any such removal
and reassignment shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(i) on or before the [eleventh] Business Day immediately preceding
the Removal Date (the "Removal Notice Date"), Seller shall have given
Buyer written notice of such request and specifying the date for removal
of the proposed Removed Accounts (the "Removal Date");
(ii) Buyer shall have delivered its written consent for such removal
to Seller;
(iii) on or prior to the Removal Date, Seller shall have delivered
to Buyer a schedule listing the proposed Removed Accounts and a schedule
listing the Accounts that are not proposed to be Removed Accounts (which
schedules shall be attached as schedules to such Reassignment); and
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(iv) Seller shall have delivered to Buyer an Officer's Certificate,
dated as of the Removal Date, to the effect that (i) no selection
procedure believed by Seller to be materially adverse to the interest of
Buyer or any of its creditors has been used in removing Removed Accounts;
and (ii) Accounts (or administratively convenient groups of Accounts) were
chosen for removal on a random basis or another basis not involving
adverse selection that Seller believes is consistent with achieving
derecognition of the Transferred Receivables under GAAP.
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions (and subject to receipt by Buyer
of the reassignment price agreed upon between Buyer and Seller): (i) Buyer shall
execute and deliver to Seller or its designee a written reassignment in
substantially the form of Exhibit B (the "Reassignment"); (ii) the Account
Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended to remove such Removed Accounts;
and (iii) if such Removed Accounts were not Eligible Accounts at the time such
Accounts were originally designated as Accounts, Buyer shall, without further
action, be deemed to transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to Seller
or its designee, effective as of the Removal Date, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of Buyer in and to
the Transferred Receivables arising in such Removed Accounts, the Collateral
Security and Collections and Recoveries with respect thereto, and all monies due
or to become due and all amounts received or receivables with respect thereto
and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto and all proceeds of the foregoing). In
addition, Buyer shall execute such other documents and instruments of transfer
or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested by
Seller to effect the conveyance of Transferred Receivables pursuant to clause
(iii) of the previous sentence.
Section 2.8 Additional Sellers. Seller may consent to the designation of
additional or substitute Persons to be included as "Sellers" under the First
Tier Agreement by an amendment to the First Tier Agreement upon Buyer's consent.
Section 2.9 Additional Originators. Seller may consent to the designation
of additional Persons as "Originators" under the First Tier Agreement by an
amendment to the First Tier Agreement upon Buyer's consent.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 3.1 Conditions to Initial Transfer. The initial sale or conveyance
hereunder shall be subject to satisfaction of each of the following conditions
precedent (any one or more of which may be waived in writing by Buyer) as of the
Closing Date:
(a) Documents. This Agreement or counterparts hereof shall have been duly
executed by, and delivered to, Seller and Buyer, and Buyer shall have received
such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as Buyer shall
reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.
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(b) Governmental Approvals. Buyer shall have received satisfactory
evidence that Seller has obtained all consents and approvals of all Persons,
including all requisite Governmental Authorities, if any, required for Seller to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(c) Compliance with Laws. Seller shall be in compliance with all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations, except to the
extent that the failure to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.2 Conditions to all Transfers. Each sale by Seller hereunder
(including the initial sale) shall be subject to satisfaction of the following
further conditions precedent (any one or more of which, except clause (b) below,
may be waived in writing by Buyer) as of the Transfer Date therefor:
(a) the representations and warranties of Seller contained herein or in
any other Related Document required to be made on such Transfer Date shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of such Transfer Date, both before
and after giving effect to such sale; and
(b) Seller shall be in compliance in all material respects with each of
its covenants and other agreements set forth herein.
The consummation by Seller of the sale, as applicable, of Transferred Assets on
any Transfer Date shall be deemed to constitute, as of any such Transfer Date, a
representation and warranty by Seller that the conditions in clauses (a) and (b)
of this Section 3.2 have been satisfied as of such Transfer Date.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO SELLER
Section 4.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, Seller, etc.
(a) Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person (other than, in the case of a conveyance or transfer of assets, to Buyer)
unless:
(i) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which Seller is
merged or the Person (other than Buyer) which acquires by conveyance or
transfer the properties and assets of Seller substantially as an entirety
shall be, if Seller is not the surviving entity, an entity organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or
the District of Columbia, and, if Seller is not the surviving entity, such
entity shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to Buyer, in form reasonably satisfactory to Buyer,
the performance of every covenant and obligation of Seller hereunder;
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(ii) Seller has delivered to Buyer (A) an Officer's Certificate
stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such
supplemental agreement comply with this Section and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with, and (B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such surviving
entity enforceable against such surviving entity in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of
equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(iii) if Seller is not the surviving entity, the surviving entity
shall file a new UCC financing statement with respect to the interest of
Buyer in the Transferred Assets, if any; and
(iv) prior written notice shall have been delivered to Buyer with
respect to such merger, conveyance or transfer.
(b) This Section 4.1 shall not be construed to prohibit or in any way
limit Seller's ability to effectuate any consolidation or merger pursuant to
which Seller would be the surviving entity.
(c) The obligations of Seller hereunder shall not be assignable nor shall
any Person succeed to the obligations of Seller hereunder except in each case in
accordance with (i) the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs, (ii) Section 2.8
or (iii) conveyances, mergers, consolidations, assumptions, sales or transfers
to other entities (1) for which Seller delivers an Officer's Certificate to
Buyer indicating that Seller reasonably believes that such action will not
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (2) which meet the requirements of clause
(ii) of paragraph (a) and (3) for which such purchaser, transferee, pledgee or
entity shall expressly assume, in an agreement supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to Buyer in writing in form satisfactory to Buyer, the performance of
every covenant and obligation of Seller thereby conveyed.
ARTICLE V
BANKRUPTCY EVENTS
Section 5.1 Rights upon the Occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event. If a
Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to Seller, Seller shall on the day any such
event occurs, immediately cease to transfer Receivables to Buyer and shall
promptly give notice of such event to the Indenture Trustee and Buyer.
Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer to Buyer of additional
Receivables, Receivables transferred to Buyer prior to the occurrence of such
Bankruptcy Event, and Collections in respect of such Receivables, shall continue
to be property of Buyer.
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller.
(a) To induce Buyer to accept the Transferred Assets and the Note Trust
Certificate, Seller makes the following representations and warranties to Buyer,
as of the Closing Date (in the case of Seller) and, to the extent applicable, on
each subsequent Transfer Date following the date on which Seller became Seller.
(i) Valid Existence; Power and Authority. Seller (A) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization; (B) is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification and where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
would have a Material Adverse Effect; and (C) has all requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(ii) UCC Information. The true legal name of Seller as registered in
the jurisdiction of its organization and the current location of Seller's
jurisdiction of organization are set forth in Schedule 6.1(a)(ii) and such
name and location have not changed within the past twelve (12) months. In
addition, Schedule 6.1(a)(ii) lists Seller's (A) federal emplo
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