UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 31, 2019
USAA Acceptance, LLC
(Exact Name of Depositor as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 333-229302
Central Index Key Number: 0001178049
USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1
(Exact Name of Issuing Entity as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 333-229302-01
Central Index Key Number: 0001780984
USAA Federal Savings Bank
(Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in its Charter)
Central Index Key Number: 0000908392
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation of Registrant)
71-0898378
(Registrants I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
USAA Acceptance, LLC 1105 North Market Street, Suite 1300 Wilmington, Delaware |
19801 | |
(Address of Registrants Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(210) 498-0029
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 8.01. |
Other Events. |
In connection with the sale of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class B Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (other than such notes (the Other Notes) retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwritten Notes and collectively with the Other Notes, the Notes) of USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1 (the Issuing Entity), which are described in the Prospectus dated July 23, 2019 and that were issued on July 31, 2019 (the Closing Date), the Registrant is filing the following agreements, each dated as of the Closing Date:
1. A purchase agreement (the Purchase Agreement), between USAA Acceptance, LLC (USAA LLC) and USAA Federal Savings Bank (USAA FSB), pursuant to which USAA FSB transferred to USAA LLC certain retail motor vehicle installment loans relating to new or used automobiles and light-duty trucks (the Receivables) and related property.
2. An amended and restated trust agreement (the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement), between USAA LLC and Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, as owner trustee (the Owner Trustee), which amended the trust agreement dated as of June 25, 2019, pursuant to which the Issuing Entity was formed.
3. A sale and servicing agreement (the Sale and Servicing Agreement), among the Issuing Entity, USAA LLC, USAA FSB and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee), pursuant to which the Receivables and related property were transferred to the Issuing Entity.
4. An asset representations review agreement (the Asset Representations Review Agreement), among USAA FSB, the Issuing Entity and Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer, relating to the review of certain representations made by USAA FSB with respect to the Receivables pursuant to the Purchase Agreement after satisfaction of certain conditions.
5. An indenture (the Indenture), by and between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, and acknowledged and accepted by each of USAA LLC and USAA FSB, pursuant to which the Issuing Entity caused the issuance of the Notes and granted a security interest in the Receivables and the other related property to secure the Notes.
6. An administration agreement (the Administration Agreement), between the Issuing Entity and USAA FSB, as administrator, and acknowledged and agreed to by the Indenture Trustee, relating to the provision by USAA FSB of certain administrative services on behalf of the Issuing Entity relating to the Notes.
Attached as Exhibit 4.1 is the Indenture, as Exhibit 10.1 is the Purchase Agreement, as Exhibit 10.2 is the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as Exhibit 10.3 is the Administration Agreement, as Exhibit 10.4 is the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and as Exhibit 10.5 is the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Item 9.01. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(a) |
Not applicable. |
(b) |
Not applicable. |
(c) |
Not applicable. |
(d) |
Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
August 1, 2019 | USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 | |||||
By: | USAA Federal Savings Bank, as Servicer | |||||
By: | /s/ Brett Seybold | |||||
Name: | Brett Seybold | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Treasurer |
S-1 | Form 8-K re: executed transaction documents |
Exhibit 4.1
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1
Class A-1 2.26054% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2 2.26% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 2.16% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-4 2.14% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class B 2.33% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
INDENTURE
Dated as of July 31, 2019
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as the Indenture Trustee
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE 1
TIA Section |
Indenture
Section |
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(a) (1) | 6.11 | ||
(a) (2) | 6.11 | |||
(a) (3) | 6.10; 6.11 | |||
(a) (4) | N.A. 2 | |||
(a) (5) | 6.11 | |||
(b) | 6.8; 6.11 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
311 |
(a) | 6.12 | ||
(b) | 6.12 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
312 |
(a) | 7.1 | ||
(b) | 7.2 | |||
(c) | 7.2 | |||
313 |
(a) | 7.3 | ||
(b) (1) | 7.3 | |||
(b) (2) | 7.3 | |||
(c) | 7.3 | |||
(d) | 7.3 | |||
314 |
(a) | 3.9 | ||
(b) | 3.6; 11.15 | |||
(c) (1) | 11.15 | |||
(c) (2) | 11.1 | |||
(c) (3) | 11.1 | |||
(d) | 11.1 | |||
(e) | 11.1 | |||
(f) | N.A. | |||
315 |
(a) | 6.1(b) | ||
(b) | 6.5 | |||
(c) | 6.1(a) | |||
(d) | 6.1(c) | |||
(e) | 5.13 | |||
316 |
(a) (1) (A) | 5.11 | ||
(a) (1) (B) | 5.12 | |||
(a) (2) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 5.7 | |||
(c) | 5.6(b) | |||
317 |
(a) (1) | 5.3(b) | ||
(a) (2) | 5.3(d) | |||
(b) | 3.3(c) | |||
318 |
(a) | 11.7 |
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Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture. |
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N.A. means Not Applicable. |
ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.3 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
THE NOTES | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Form | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.2 |
Execution, Authentication and Delivery | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.3 |
Temporary Notes | 4 | ||||
SECTION 2.4 |
Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 4 | ||||
SECTION 2.5 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes | 5 | ||||
SECTION 2.6 |
Persons Deemed Owners | 6 | ||||
SECTION 2.7 |
Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest | 6 | ||||
SECTION 2.8 |
Cancellation | 7 | ||||
SECTION 2.9 |
Release of Collateral | 7 | ||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Book-Entry Notes | 8 | ||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Notices to Clearing Agency | 8 | ||||
SECTION 2.12 |
Definitive Notes | 9 | ||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Authenticating Agents | 9 | ||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Tax Treatment | 10 | ||||
SECTION 2.15 |
Certain Transfer Restrictions on all the Notes | 10 | ||||
SECTION 2.16 |
Transfer Restrictions on the Retained Notes | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
COVENANTS | 13 | ||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Payment of Principal and Interest | 13 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 14 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust | 14 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Existence | 16 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Protection of Collateral | 16 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Opinions as to Collateral | 17 | ||||
SECTION 3.7 |
Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables | 17 | ||||
SECTION 3.8 |
Negative Covenants | 18 | ||||
SECTION 3.9 |
Annual Compliance Statement | 18 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Restrictions on Certain Other Activities | 19 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Restricted Payments | 20 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Notice of Events of Default | 20 | ||||
SECTION 3.13 |
Further Instruments and Acts | 20 | ||||
SECTION 3.14 |
Compliance with Laws | 20 | ||||
SECTION 3.15 |
Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Application of Trust Money | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent | 21 |
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ARTICLE V |
REMEDIES | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.1 |
Events of Default | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.2 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default | 22 | ||||
SECTION 5.3 |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee | 23 | ||||
SECTION 5.4 |
Remedies; Priorities | 25 | ||||
SECTION 5.5 |
Optional Preservation of the Collateral | 27 | ||||
SECTION 5.6 |
Limitation of Suits | 27 | ||||
SECTION 5.7 |
Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest | 28 | ||||
SECTION 5.8 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 28 | ||||
SECTION 5.9 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 29 | ||||
SECTION 5.10 |
Delay or Omission Not a Waiver | 29 | ||||
SECTION 5.11 |
Control by Noteholders | 29 | ||||
SECTION 5.12 |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 30 | ||||
SECTION 5.13 |
Undertaking for Costs | 30 | ||||
SECTION 5.14 |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 30 | ||||
SECTION 5.15 |
Action on Notes | 31 | ||||
SECTION 5.16 |
Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations | 31 | ||||
SECTION 5.17 |
Sale of Collateral | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE | 32 | ||||
SECTION 6.1 |
Duties of the Indenture Trustee | 32 | ||||
SECTION 6.2 |
Rights of the Indenture Trustee | 34 | ||||
SECTION 6.3 |
Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee | 35 | ||||
SECTION 6.4 |
The Indenture Trustees Disclaimer | 35 | ||||
SECTION 6.5 |
Notice of Defaults | 36 | ||||
SECTION 6.6 |
Reports by the Indenture Trustee to Noteholders | 36 | ||||
SECTION 6.7 |
Compensation and Indemnity | 36 | ||||
SECTION 6.8 |
Removal, Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee | 37 | ||||
SECTION 6.9 |
Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger | 38 | ||||
SECTION 6.10 |
Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee | 38 | ||||
SECTION 6.11 |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 40 | ||||
SECTION 6.12 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer | 40 | ||||
SECTION 6.13 |
Representations and Warranties | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS | 40 | ||||
SECTION 7.1 |
The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders | 40 | ||||
SECTION 7.2 |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders | 40 | ||||
SECTION 7.3 |
Reports by the Indenture Trustee | 41 | ||||
SECTION 7.4 |
Noteholder Demand for Repurchase; Dispute Resolution | 41 | ||||
SECTION 7.5 |
Asset Representations Review Voting | 42 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES | 43 | ||||
SECTION 8.1 |
Collection of Money | 43 | ||||
SECTION 8.2 |
Trust Accounts | 43 | ||||
SECTION 8.3 |
General Provisions Regarding Accounts | 44 | ||||
SECTION 8.4 |
Release of Collateral | 45 | ||||
SECTION 8.5 |
Opinion of Counsel | 45 |
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ARTICLE IX |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 46 | ||||
SECTION 9.1 |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders | 46 | ||||
SECTION 9.2 |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders | 48 | ||||
SECTION 9.3 |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 48 | ||||
SECTION 9.4 |
Effect of Supplemental Indenture | 48 | ||||
SECTION 9.5 |
Conformity With Trust Indenture Act | 48 | ||||
SECTION 9.6 |
Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures | 48 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
REDEMPTION OF NOTES | 49 | ||||
SECTION 10.1 |
Redemption | 49 | ||||
SECTION 10.2 |
Form of Redemption Notice | 49 | ||||
SECTION 10.3 |
Notes Payable on Redemption Date | 50 | ||||
ARTICLE XI |
MISCELLANEOUS | 50 | ||||
SECTION 11.1 |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc | 50 | ||||
SECTION 11.2 |
Form of Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee | 51 | ||||
SECTION 11.3 |
Acts of Noteholders | 52 | ||||
SECTION 11.4 |
Notices | 53 | ||||
SECTION 11.5 |
Notices to Noteholders; Waiver | 53 | ||||
SECTION 11.6 |
Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions | 53 | ||||
SECTION 11.7 |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.8 |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.9 |
Successors and Assigns | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.10 |
Severability | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.11 |
Benefits of Indenture | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.12 |
Legal Holidays | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.13 |
Governing Law | 54 | ||||
SECTION 11.14 |
Counterparts | 55 | ||||
SECTION 11.15 |
Recording of Indenture | 55 | ||||
SECTION 11.16 |
Trust Obligation | 55 | ||||
SECTION 11.17 |
No Petition | 55 | ||||
SECTION 11.18 |
Intent | 56 | ||||
SECTION 11.19 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 56 | ||||
SECTION 11.20 |
Subordination of Claims | 57 | ||||
SECTION 11.21 |
Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee | 57 | ||||
SECTION 11.22 |
Information Requests | 58 | ||||
SECTION 11.23 |
Inspection | 58 | ||||
SECTION 11.24 |
Force Majeure | 58 | ||||
SECTION 11.25 |
Patriot Act | 58 |
Schedule I | Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | |
Exhibit A | Forms of Notes |
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This INDENTURE , dated as of July 31, 2019 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, this Indenture ), is between USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 , a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer ), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking association, solely as indenture trustee and not in its individual capacity (the Indenture Trustee ).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuers Class A-1 2.26054% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-1 Notes ), Class A-2 2.26% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-2 Notes ), Class A-3 2.16% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-3 Notes ) and Class A-4 2.14% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-4 Notes and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A Notes ) and Class B 2.33% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class B Notes and together with the Class A Notes, the Notes ).
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer, to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction except as set forth herein, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, hereby Grants in trust to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, all of the Issuers right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the Trust Estate and (ii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, 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, securities, financial assets and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the Trust Estate (collectively, the Collateral ).
The Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, acknowledges the foregoing Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (i) the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction except as set forth herein and (ii) compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
Without limiting the foregoing Grant, any Receivable purchased by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically released from the Lien of this Indenture without any action being taken by the Indenture Trustee upon payment by the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, of the related Repurchase Price for such Repurchased Receivable.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions . Except as otherwise specified herein or the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms are used in this Indenture as defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2019 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the Sale and Servicing Agreement ), among USAA Acceptance, LLC, as Seller, the Issuer, USAA Federal Savings Bank, as Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . 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 TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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 and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
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 meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.3 Other Interpretive Provisions . All terms defined 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 in this Indenture, and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP ( provided , that, to the extent that the definitions in this Indenture and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Indenture shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Indenture are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices 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; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, 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; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) unless the context otherwise requires, defined terms shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms.
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ARTICLE II THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1 Form . The Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustees certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture 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 the Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the 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.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery . The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $132,000,000, Class A-2 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $152,000,000, Class A-3 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $133,000,000, Class A-4 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $74,180,000 and Class B Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $8,820,000. The Note Balance of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes and Class B Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed such amounts except as provided in Section 2.5 .
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except for two Notes of each Class which may be issued in a denomination other than an integral multiple of $1,000).
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture 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 executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, substantially of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2 , without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order 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 as Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange . 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 Indenture Trustee shall initially be Note Registrar for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to conclusively rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by a Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2 , if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC and this Indenture are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its written request 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, in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate outstanding principal amount.
At the option of the related Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate outstanding 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 of the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute and, upon Issuer Request, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the related Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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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, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written instrument of transfer in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an eligible grantor institution meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or participation in a Securities Transfer Agents 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 Exchange Act and (ii) accompanied by such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.
No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 9.6 not involving any transfer.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of any Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to such Note.
SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of written notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar and a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and provided , that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its written request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, 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 upon delivery of the security or indemnity herein required 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 (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC) 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 any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), 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.
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Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5 , the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the 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 or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owners . 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 payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note 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) Each Note shall accrue interest at its respective Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date as specified therein, subject to Sections 3.1 , 8.2 and 11.12 . Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which 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. On each Payment Date, distributions to be made with respect to interest on and principal of the Book-Entry Notes will be paid to the Registered Holder by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee will be Cede & Co.). Distributions to be made with respect to interest on and principal of the Definitive Notes will be paid to the Registered Holder (i) if such Noteholder has provided to the Note Register appropriate written instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Payment Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Noteholder or otherwise (ii) by cashiers check mailed first class mail, postage prepaid, to such Registered Holders address as it appears on the Note Register on the related Record Date. However, the final installment of principal (whether payable by wire transfer or check) of each Note on a Payment Date, the Redemption Date or the applicable Final Scheduled Payment Date will be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3 .
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(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Payment Date as provided in Section 8.2 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid Note Balance and all accrued interest thereon shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the earlier of (i) the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.2 and (ii) with respect to any Class of Notes, on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which the Indenture Trustee expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be transmitted prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2 .
(c) If the Issuer defaults on a payment of interest on any Class of Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful at the applicable Interest Rate for such Class of Notes), which shall be due and payable on the Payment Date following such default. The Issuer shall pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on the Record Date for such following Payment Date.
SECTION 2.8 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 cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled 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 destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and that such Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral . Subject to Section 11.1 , the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officers Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and, unless the Notes have been redeemed in accordance with Section 10.1 , Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates. If the Commission shall issue an exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the Issuers obligations under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), subject to Section 11.1 and the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture in accordance with the conditions and procedures set forth in such exemptive order.
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SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes . The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of typewritten notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as agent for DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. One fully registered Note shall be issued with respect to each $500 million in principal amount of each Class of Notes and any such lesser amount. Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner shall receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owners interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12 . Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the Definitive Notes ) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12 :
(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Noteholder of Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;
(d) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between or among such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes 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 Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants (and neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall have liability or responsibility thereof); and
(e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Note Balance, 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 or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12 , the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.
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SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes . If (a) the Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Notes, and the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Administrator at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, voting together as a single Class, advise the Indenture Trustee through the Clearing Agency or its successor in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or its successor is no longer in the best interests of the Note Owners, then the Indenture Trustee shall instruct the Clearing Agency to notify each Clearing Agency Participant and request that such Clearing Agency Participant notify the related Note Owners associated, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders.
The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
SECTION 2.13 Authenticating Agents . (a) Upon the request of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall, and if the Indenture Trustee so chooses the Indenture Trustee may, appoint one or more Persons (each, an Authenticating Agent ) with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.2 , 2.3 , 2.4 , 2.5 and 9.6 , as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes by the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall be the Authenticating Agent in the absence of any appointment thereof.
(b) Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.
(c) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of any such appointment to the Issuer.
(d) The provisions of Section 6.4 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.
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SECTION 2.14 Tax Treatment .
(a) The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes (other than Retained Notes, if any, while held by the Issuer or any Person treated as the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes) shall be issued, with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, franchise and/or value added tax purposes, the Notes shall qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral (other than Retained Notes while held by the Issuer or any Person treated as the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes). The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note, if applicable), agree to treat such Notes for federal, state and local income, franchise and/or value added tax purposes as indebtedness (other than Retained Notes while held by the Issuer or any Person treated as the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes).
(b) On or before the date on which it acquires a Note (or interest therein) and thereafter promptly upon request, each Noteholder and Note Owner shall provide to the Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent and/or the Issuer (or other person responsible for withholding of taxes, including but not limited to FATCA Withholding Tax, or delivery of information under FATCA) with Tax Identification Information. Further, each Noteholder and Note Owner is deemed to understand that the Issuer, Indenture Trustee and Paying Agent have the right to withhold interest payable with respect to the Note (without any corresponding gross-up) on any beneficial owner of an interest in a Note that fails to comply with the preceding sentence.
SECTION 2.15 Certain Transfer Restrictions on all the Notes .
(a) By acquiring a Note, each purchaser and transferee (and if the purchaser or transferee is a Plan, its fiduciary) shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring such Note (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of (x) a Benefit Plan or (y) any plan subject to Similar Law; or (b) (i) such Note is rated at least BBB- or its equivalent by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization at the time of purchase or transfer and (ii) the acquisition and holding of such Note (or any interest therein) will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any Similar Law.
(b) Any purported transfer of a Note not in accordance with this Section 2.15 shall be null and void ab initio and shall not be given effect for any purpose hereunder.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
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SECTION 2.16 Transfer Restrictions on the Retained Notes.
(a) None of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any other Person may register the Retained Notes under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. No Retained Note or any interest therein may be sold or transferred (including by pledge or hypothecation) to any other Person unless such sale or transfer is to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A (except for transfers of Retained Notes to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates and by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates as part of the initial distribution or any redistribution of the Retained Notes by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to a note purchase agreement or any similar agreement).
(b) Prior to any sale or transfer of any Retained Note (or any interest therein) in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144A, each prospective transferee of such Retained Note (or any interest therein) (except for transfers of Notes to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof (or disregarded entities thereof)) shall be deemed to make the following representations to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar and the Depositor:
(i) The transferee (A) is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (B) is aware that the sale of the Retained Notes to it is being made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A and (C) is acquiring the Retained Notes for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, and as to each of which the owner exercises sole investment discretion, and in a principal amount of not less than the minimum denomination of such Retained Note for the purchaser and for each such account.
(ii) The Retained Notes may not at any time be held by or on behalf of any Person (other than the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor) that is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer.
(iii) The transferee understands that the Retained Notes are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, none of the Retained Notes have been or will be registered under the Securities Act, and, if in the future the transferee decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Retained Notes, such Retained Notes may only be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable legend on such Retained Notes set forth below. The transferee acknowledges that no representation is made by the Issuer as to the availability of any exemption under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws for resale of the Retained Notes.
(iv) The transferee understands that an investment in the Retained Notes involves certain risks, including the risk of loss of all or a substantial part of its investment under certain circumstances. The transferee has had access to such financial and other information concerning the Issuer and the Retained Notes as it deemed necessary or appropriate in order to make an informed investment decision with respect to its purchase of the Retained Notes, including an opportunity to ask questions of and request information from the Servicer, the Depositor and the Issuer. The transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Retained Notes, and the transferee and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the Holders or of its investment.
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(v) In connection with the transfer of the Retained Notes (a) none of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor, any underwriter of the Retained Notes, nor the Indenture Trustee is acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment adviser for the transferee, (b) the transferee is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of any underwriter of the Retained Notes, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor, or the Indenture Trustee other than in the most current offering memorandum for such Retained Notes and any representations expressly set forth in a written agreement with such party, (c) none of any underwriter of the Retained Notes, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor, or the Indenture Trustee has given to the transferee (directly or indirectly through any other person) any assurance, guarantee, or representation whatsoever as to the expected or projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence, or benefit (including legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting, or otherwise) of its purchase or the documentation for the Retained Notes, (d) the transferee has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advisers to the extent it has deemed necessary, and it has made its own investment decisions (including decisions regarding the suitability of any transaction pursuant to this Indenture) based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by any underwriter of the Retained Notes, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor, or the Indenture Trustee, (e) the transferee has determined that the rates, prices or amounts and other terms of the purchase and sale of the Retained Notes reflect those in the relevant market for similar transactions, (f) the transferee is purchasing the Retained Notes with a full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof (economic and otherwise), and is capable of assuming and willing to assume (financially and otherwise) these risks and (g) the transferee is a sophisticated investor familiar with transactions similar to its investment in the Retained Notes.
(vi) The transferee understands that the Retained Notes will bear the legend(s) substantially similar to those set forth in Section 2.16(c) unless the Issuer determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law.
(vii) The transferee is not acquiring the Retained Notes with a view to the resale, distribution or other disposition thereof in violation of the Securities Act.
(viii) The transferee will provide notice to each Person to whom it proposes to transfer any interest in the Retained Notes of the transfer restrictions and representations set forth in this Indenture, including the Exhibits hereto.
(ix) The transferee acknowledges that any transfer in violation of the foregoing will be of no force and effect, will be void ab initio , and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee.
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(c) Each Retained Note will bear a legend to the following effect:
THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED. THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS, PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT THERETO. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES.
TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST GENERALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE TAX TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE.
(d) Any Retained Notes may not be transferred to a Person unrelated to the Issuer unless the Administrator shall cause an Opinion of Counsel to be delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee at such time stating that either (x) such Notes will be debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (y) the sale of such Notes will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. With respect to any transfer for which the Opinion of Counsel provided pursuant to the preceding sentence is as described in clause (y), the sale or transfer of such Notes must be to a Person who is a United States person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), must not be required to be registered under the Securities Act and such Notes and the Certificate may at no time be held by more than 95 Persons, directly or indirectly, unless such Opinion of Counsel also states that such Notes will be debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In addition, if for tax or other reasons it may be necessary to track such Notes (e.g., if the Notes have original issue discount), tracking conditions such as requiring that such Notes be in definitive registered form may be required by the Administrator as a condition to such transfer. Any Retained Notes whose transfer required the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel as is described in clause (y) will require a similar Opinion of Counsel with respect to each subsequent transfer of such Retained Notes.
(e) Any purported transfer of a Retained Note not in accordance with this Section 2.16 shall be null and void ab initio and shall not be given effect for any purpose hereunder.
ARTICLE III COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to Section 8.2 , on each Payment Date the Issuer shall cause to be paid all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account which represent Available Funds for such Payment Date and the Reserve Account Draw Amount for such
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Payment Date received by the Servicer during the preceding Collection Period. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered to have been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture. Interest accrued on the Notes shall be due and payable on each Payment Date. The final interest payment on each Class of Notes is due on the earlier of (a) the Payment Date (including any Redemption Date) on which the principal amount of that Class of Notes is reduced to zero or (b) the applicable Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class of Notes.
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency . As long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain 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, which office or agency shall initially be located at the Corporate Trust Office provided in clause (i) of the definition of such term. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust . (a) As provided in Sections 8.2 and 5.4 , all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Trust Accounts shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn therefrom for payments on the Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section 3.3 and Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) On or prior to 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day prior to each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account an aggregate sum in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, and the Paying Agent shall hold such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto pursuant to the Transaction Documents and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
(c) The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees to the extent relevant), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:
(i) hold all 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 provided in the Transaction Documents;
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(ii) give the Indenture Trustee written notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) 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 all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) promptly provide 30 days prior written notice of its resignation as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all 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 at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon, including any FATCA Withholding Tax (including obtaining and retaining from Persons entitled to payments with respect to the Notes any Tax Identification Information and paying over such withheld amounts to the appropriate Governmental Authority), and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection with any payments made by it on any Notes and any withholding of taxes therefrom, and, upon request, provide any collected Tax Identification Information or Tax Identification Information of the Paying Agent and/or Indenture Trustee to the Issuer.
(d) The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such a payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
(e) Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and distributed by the Indenture Trustee to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Request and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, shall at the reasonable expense and direction of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which date shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be distributed to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the written direction of and at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies 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).
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SECTION 3.4 Existence . The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Collateral . The Issuer intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other Liens in respect of the Collateral, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, a first Lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Collateral (except to the extent that the interest of the Indenture Trustee therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto, shall file or authorize the filing of all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and shall take such other action necessary or advisable to:
(a) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral;
(b) maintain or preserve the Lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by 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;
(d) enforce any of the Collateral; or
(e) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the Collateral against the claims of all Persons.
The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact and hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file all financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments required to be filed (if any) pursuant to this Section 3.5 ; provided, however, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty and shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Issuer shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy or about any aspect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Collateral . (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to perfect and make effective the first priority Lien and security interest of this Indenture, and reciting the details of such action, or (ii) no such action is necessary to make such Lien and security interest effective.
(b) On or before April 30 th of each calendar year, beginning with April 30, 2020, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the Lien and security interest created by this Indenture, and reciting the details of such actions or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given or (ii) no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the Lien and security interest of this Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables . (a) The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, including the Administrator, that would release any Person from any of such Persons 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 ordered by any bankruptcy or other court or as expressly provided in this Indenture, the Transaction Documents or such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officers Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Administrator, and the Administrator has agreed, to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee is hereby directed to execute the acknowledgment in the Administration Agreement.
(c) The Issuer shall, and shall cause the Administrator and the Servicer to, punctually perform and observe all of its respective obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including but not limited to preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Transaction Document or any provision thereof other than in accordance with the amendment provisions set forth in such Transaction Document.
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SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(a) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the Receivables and the other Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents;
(b) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or in the other Transaction Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer;
(c) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;
(d) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;
(e) (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 (other than Permitted Liens) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of the Issuer 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 Permitted Lien) security interest in the Collateral;
(f) incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Transaction Documents; or
(g) merge or consolidate with, or transfer substantially all of its assets to, any other Person.
SECTION 3.9 Annual Compliance Statement .
(a) The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee on or before April 30 th of each calendar year beginning with April 30, 2020, an Officers Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officers Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year (or since the Closing Date, in the case of the first such Officers Certificate) and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officers supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officers knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied in all material respects 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.
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(b) The Issuer shall:
(i) deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required (if at all) to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and such other information, documents and reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) as the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or such other reports required pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(1);
(ii) deliver to the Indenture Trustee and file with the Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such other 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 if required by TIA Section 313(c) the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.9(b) as may be required pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Indenture Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Indenture Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuers compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
(d) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall be the same as the fiscal year of the Servicer, which is the calendar year.
SECTION 3.10 Restrictions on Certain Other Activities . The Issuer shall not: (i) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the Trust Estate and the other Collateral in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (ii) issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness other than the Notes; (iii) make any loan, advance or credit to, guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring anothers payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person; or (iv) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
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SECTION 3.11 Restricted Payments . The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer or the Administrator, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided , that the Issuer may cause to be made distributions to the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Trust Agreement. Other than as set forth in the preceding sentence, the Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make distributions from the Trust Accounts.
SECTION 3.12 Notice of Events of Default . The Issuer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both would become 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 acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.14 Compliance with Laws . The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
SECTION 3.15 Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants . The perfection representations, warranties and covenants attached hereto as Schedule I shall be deemed to be part of this Indenture for all purposes.
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (b) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (c) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (d) Sections 3.3 , 3.4 , 3.5 , 3.8 , 3.10 and 3.11 , (e) the rights and immunities of the Indenture Trustee, including but not limited to Article VI, hereunder and (f) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so 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) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5 and (2) Notes for which payment money has 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 3.3 ) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation;
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(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer including all amounts due and owing to the Indenture Trustee; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee), and if such discharge is not related to a redemption of the Notes in accordance with Section 10.1 ), a certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1(a) and, subject to Section 11.2 , each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with (and, in the case of an Officers Certificate, stating that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied ( provided , that such Officers Certificate need not state that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied if all amounts owing on each Class of Notes have been paid or will be paid in full on the date of delivery of such Officers Certificate)).
SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money . All monies 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 Article IV of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by law.
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent . In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
ARTICLE V REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default . The occurrence and continuation of 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 body) shall constitute a default under this Indenture (each, an Event of Default ):
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note of the Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five Business Days or more;
(b) default in the payment of principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date;
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(c) any failure by the Issuer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any of its material covenants or agreements made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder;
(d) any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 60 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(e) an Insolvency Event with respect to the Issuer;
provided, however , that a delay in or failure of performance referred to under clauses (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) above for a period of 90 days will not constitute an Event of Default if that delay or failure was caused by force majeure or another similar occurrence as certified by the Issuer in an Officers Certificate of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five (5) days of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default . (a) Except as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 5.2(a) , if an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee may, or if directed by the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, or the Noteholders of at least a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid Note Balance of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(e) occurs, all unpaid principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, of all Notes, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder.
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(b) At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided for in this Article V , the Noteholders representing a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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 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
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12 .
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
If the Notes have been declared due and payable or have automatically become due and payable following an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may institute Proceedings to collect amounts due, exercise remedies as a secured party (including foreclosure or sale of the Collateral) or elect to maintain the Collateral. Any sale of the Collateral by the Indenture Trustee will be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5.4 .
SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee . (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Note of the Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five Business Days or more, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee in writing as directed by a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable Interest Rate and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay the amounts described in clause (a) above upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
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(c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.4 , in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
(d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral, Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes 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 Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances and disbursements made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each Noteholder 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 and disbursements made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, and any other amounts due the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 .
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(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
(f) 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 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 Holders of the Notes, to the extent set forth in Section 5.4(b) .
(g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
SECTION 5.4 Remedies; Priorities . (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, or at the written direction of Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, do one or more of the following (subject to Sections 5. 2 , 5.5 , 5.6 and 5.11 ):
(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 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 monies adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;
(iii) exercise any other remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and
(iv) subject to Section 5.17 , after an acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 , sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law;
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provided , however , that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Collateral following an Event of Default unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class have consented to such liquidation, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes or (C) the default either (x) relates to the failure to pay interest or principal when due (a Payment Default ) and the Indenture Trustee determines (but shall have no obligation to make such determination) that the Collections on the Receivables will not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable or (y) relates to an Insolvency Event and, in the case of each of (x) and (y) above, the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C) of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee may at the expense of the Issuer, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Event of Default does not relate to a Payment Default or Insolvency Event with respect to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate unless the Holders of all Outstanding Notes consent to such sale or the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.2 of this Indenture or Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement after an Event of Default and acceleration of the Notes, if the Indenture Trustee collects any Collections, money or property with respect to the Collateral, it shall pay out such Collections, money or property (and other amounts, including all amounts held on deposit in the Reserve Account) held as Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders (net of liquidation costs associated with the sale of the Trust Estate) in the following order of priority:
(i) first , to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees (including any unpaid Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee fees with respect to prior periods), and expenses and indemnity payments which have not previously been paid;
(ii) second , to the Asset Representations Reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees (including any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer fees with respect to prior periods) and expenses and indemnity payments which have not previously been paid;
(iii) third , to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to prior Collection Periods;
(iv) fourth , pro rata, based on amounts due to the Class A Noteholders, for payment to each respective Class of Class A Noteholders, the Accrued Class A Note Interest; provided , that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class A Note Interest, the amount available shall be applied to the payment of such interest on each Class of Class A Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest payable to each Class of Class A Notes;
(v) fifth , to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes in respect of principal thereof until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;
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(vi) sixth , to the Holders of the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, in respect of principal thereon, on a pro rata basis (based on the Note Balance of each Class on such Payment Date), until all Classes of the Class A Notes have been paid in full;
(vii) seventh , to the Holders of the Class B Notes, the Accrued Class B Note Interest;
(viii) eighth , to the Holders of the Class B Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;
(ix) ninth , to the Servicer, legal expenses and costs incurred pursuant to Section 6.4(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and
(x) tenth , any remaining funds shall be distributed to or at the direction of the Certificateholder.
The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 5.4 . At least 15 days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
If the Notes have not been accelerated because of an Event of Default, if the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V , such amounts shall be deposited into the Collection Account and distributed in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 8.2 hereof.
SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Collateral . If the Notes have been declared or are automatically due and payable under Section 5.2 following an Event of Default and such declaration or automatic occurrence and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, if permitted hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Trust Estate and continue to apply the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.4(b) . It is the intent of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such intent into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may (at other than its own expense), but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment 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.
SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits . (a) No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
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(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as the Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance.
No Noteholder or group of Noteholders 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 Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Noteholders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except, in each case, to the extent and in the manner herein provided.
In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, the Indenture Trustee shall act at the direction of the group of Noteholders representing the greater Note Balance of the Controlling Class. If the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders representing equal Note Balances of the Controlling Class, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
(b) No Noteholder shall have any right to vote except as provided pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes, nor any right in any manner to otherwise control the operation and management of the Issuer. However, in connection with any action as to which Noteholders are entitled to vote or consent under this Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Noteholders entitled to vote or consent in accordance with TIA Section 316(c).
SECTION 5.7 Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest . Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the 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 5.8 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.
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SECTION 5.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative . No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to 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 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver . No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or 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 5.11 Control by Noteholders . Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.4 , 5. 6 , 6.1(c) , 6.2(d) , 6.2(e) and 6.2(f) . Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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 the Notes or with respect to the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided , that:
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;
(b) subject to the express terms of the proviso and the last sentence of Section 5.4(a) , any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding Note Balance unless the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes;
(c) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Note Balance to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect;
(d) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction, applicable law and the terms of this Indenture; and
(e) such direction shall be in writing;
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provided , further , that, subject to Section 6.1 , the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might expose it to personal liability or might materially adversely affect or unduly prejudice the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults . Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.2 , the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes, (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Noteholder or (c) arising from an Insolvency Event with respect to the Issuer. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Upon any such waiver, such Default or 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 prior, subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs . All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Noteholder by such Noteholders 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 undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit, 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, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Note Balance, or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 5.14 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 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.
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SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes . The Indenture Trustees 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 of 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 Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.4(b) , if the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated pursuant to Section 5.2 , or Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 8.2 of this Indenture, if the maturity of the Notes has not been accelerated.
SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations . (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance (i) by the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (ii) by the Seller or the Bank, as applicable, of each of their obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, in each case, 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 Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller, the Servicer or the Bank thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or Proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Seller or the Bank, as applicable, of each of their obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of the Holders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or against the Seller or the Bank under the Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the Servicer or the Bank of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
SECTION 5.17 Sale of Collateral . If the Indenture Trustee acts to sell the Collateral or any part thereof, pursuant to Section 5.4(a) , the Indenture Trustee or its agent shall publish a notice in an Authorized Newspaper stating that the Indenture Trustee or its agent intends to effect such a sale in a commercially reasonable manner and on commercially reasonable terms, which shall include the solicitation of competitive bids. Following such publication, the Indenture Trustee or its agent shall, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law from any such action, sell the Collateral or any part thereof, in such manner and on such terms as provided above to the highest bidder, provided , however , that the Indenture Trustee or its agent may from time to time postpone any sale by public announcement made at the time and place of such sale. The Indenture Trustee or its agent shall give notice to the Seller and the Servicer of any proposed sale, and the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be permitted to bid for the
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Collateral at any such sale. The Indenture Trustee or its agent may obtain a prior determination from a conservator, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the Issuer that the terms and manner of any proposed sale are commercially reasonable. The power to effect any sale of any portion of the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.4 and this Section 5.17 shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales as to any portion of the Collateral remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until the entire Collateral shall have been sold or all amounts payable on the Notes shall have been paid. The Indenture Trustee may utilize an agent at other than its own expense for the purpose of conducting any sale of Collateral hereunder.
ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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 with respect to the performance of its duties or obligations under this Indenture only, the Indenture Trustee shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Persons own affairs.
(b) Except during an Event of Default, subject to Section 6.1(a) :
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming on their face to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.1 ;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith 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 from Noteholders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
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(iv) the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any re-recording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Estate other than as directed by the Servicer or the Administrator, in either case, from funds available in the Collection Account, (D) except as otherwise set forth in Section 6.1(b)(ii) , to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicer delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties, or (E) to execute any certificates or other documents required pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except with respect to the back-up certification provided pursuant to Section 9.21 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a) , (b) and (c) of this Section 6.1 .
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
(f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(g) No provision of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document 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 thereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall in any event require the Indenture Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Servicer under this Indenture except during such time, if any, as the Indenture 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 Indenture.
(h) Every provision of this Indenture and each other Transaction Document relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
(i) The Indenture Trustee shall take all actions required to be taken by the Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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SECTION 6.2 Rights of the Indenture Trustee . Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 :
(a) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any resolution, certification, statement, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, provided, however , the Indenture Trustee may, and upon the written direction of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall (subject to the right hereunder to be satisfactorily indemnified for associated expense and liability), make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit or as it shall be directed.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or under any of the Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or perform any duties hereunder or under any of the Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10 , or any other such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, the Administrator or the Servicer.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided , however , that the Indenture Trustees conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture, the Notes and any Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture or to honor the request or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture (other than requests, demands or directions relating to an Asset Representations Review as explicitly set forth in Section 7.4 hereof or to the Noteholders or Note Owners rights to communicate with each other as described in Section 3.13 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by it, its agents and its counsel in compliance with such request or direction.
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(g) The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default, Event of Default, Servicer Replacement Event, breach of a representation or warranty or any other event unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or has received written notice thereof; provided , however , the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge of a breach of a representation or warranty solely as a result of the receipt by the Indenture Trustee of the Review Report.
(h) The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty.
(i) Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable under or in connection with this Indenture for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought.
(j) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust Estate created hereby or the powers granted hereunder.
(k) Under no circumstances shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any costs, expenses or liabilities that could be allocated to the Requesting Investor in any dispute resolution proceeding under Section 7.4 of this Indenture.
(l) The Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor, supervise or enforce the performance of the Depositor under the Transaction Documents, except as otherwise expressly specified in this Indenture and in the other Transaction Documents.
(m) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the failure to perform its duties hereunder if such failure is a direct or proximate result of another party failing to perform its duties.
SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee . Subject to Section 310 of the TIA, the Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Seller, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Indenture Trustee, and the Seller, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking and investment banking relationships with the Indenture Trustee and its Affiliates. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar, co-paying agent, co-trustee or separate trustee may do the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Section 6.11 .
SECTION 6.4 The Indenture Trustee s Disclaimer . The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Notes or the other Transaction Documents or the validity, sufficiency or perfection of the Collateral, shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Notes, and shall not be responsible for any statement or omission of the Issuer in the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes, all of which shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, other than the Indenture Trustees certificate of authentication. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for making Collections called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables and on each Payment Date shall make the deposits and distributions specified in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement solely based on information contained in, and as directed by, the Servicers Certificate.
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SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults . If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is either actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail (which may be via electronic mail) to each Noteholder and the Administrator notice of the Default within 90 days after such knowledge or notice occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of 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 the Indenture Trustee to Noteholders . Upon delivery from the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall make available on its website at https://pivot.usbank.com or such other website address as is provided by the Indenture Trustee to each Noteholder, not later than the latest date permitted by law (provided that such information is timely delivered by the Servicer), such information as may be required by law to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity . The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to agree (i) to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall agree in writing for services rendered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and under the Transaction Documents in accordance with a fee letter between the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee effective as of the Closing Date, (ii) to reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable expenses, advances and disbursements incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee hereunder and under the Transaction Documents and (iii) to reimburse and indemnify the Indenture Trustee from and against any and all loss, liability, expense, tax, penalty or claim (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indenture Trustee in any way relating to or arising out of this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents, or the action or inaction of the Indenture Trustee, including but not limited to the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce its rights, including enforcement of the Servicers indemnification obligations hereunder. The Indenture Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Servicer shall not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel of its own choosing and the Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, pay the fees and expenses of such counsel within a reasonable time following receipt by the Servicer of an invoice therefor. The Indenture Trustee shall not be indemnified by the Administrator, the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it or arising from (i) U.S. Bank National Associations own willful
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misconduct, negligence or bad faith, (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation, warranty or covenant expressly made by U.S. Bank National Association in its individual capacity or any representation, warranty or covenant made by U.S. Bank National Association in accordance with Sections 9.21 or 9.22 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or (iii) taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Indenture Trustee.
The compensation and indemnity obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee, the discharge of this Indenture and the termination of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default set forth in Section 5.1(e) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
SECTION 6.8 Removal, Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee . The Indenture Trustee may resign upon 30 days prior written notice to the Issuer, the Administrator and the Servicer. The Holders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may remove the Indenture Trustee without cause upon 30 days prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, and following that removal may appoint a successor to the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall, upon 30 days prior written notice, cause the Administrator to remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(a) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11 ;
(b) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Indenture Trustee;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
(d) 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 cause the Administrator to promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee which satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 6.11 .
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, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail (which may be via electronic 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 30 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may petition any court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Issuer, for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
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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.
Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8 and payment of all fees, expenses and indemnities owed to the retiring Indenture Trustee.
The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Indenture Trustee.
If the Indenture Trustee is acting as Paying Agent under this Indenture, the Paying Agent shall be subject to the resignation and removal timing requirements set forth in this Section 6.8 .
SECTION 6.9 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger . Subject to Section 6.11 , if the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee, provided , that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11 . The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Administrator written notice of any such consolidation, merger, conversion or transfer within one Business Day of the effectiveness of such transaction.
In case at the time such successor or successors 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 hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee . (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, after delivering written notice to the Administrator, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator acting jointly 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 Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator 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 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.8 .
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(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 intended 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 or acts are to be performed the Indenture 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 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) neither the Indenture Trustee nor any separate trustee or co-trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder, including acts or omissions of predecessor or successor trustees; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any time accept the resignation of or, acting jointly, remove 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 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 and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture 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 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the appointment of any separate trustee or co-trustee shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligations and duties under this Indenture.
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SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification . The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a) and, in addition, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and shall have a long term debt rating of investment grade or better by Moodys and BBB or better by Standard & Poors or shall otherwise be acceptable to each Rating Agency. The Indenture Trustee shall also satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(b). Neither the Issuer nor any Affiliate of the Issuer may serve as Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.12 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). Any Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties . The Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following representations and warranties on which the Issuer and the Noteholders shall rely:
(i) the Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States; and
(ii) the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform this Indenture and shall have taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture.
ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1 The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders . The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five days after each Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of such Record Date, and (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 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 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided , however , that so long as (i) the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, or (ii) the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall be required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders . (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, 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 the Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished; provided , however , that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar or the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall be required to be preserved or maintained.
(b) The Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of any request by three or more Noteholders or by one or more Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Note Balance to receive a copy of the current list of Noteholders (whether or not made pursuant to TIA Section 312(b)), the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Administrator thereof by providing to the Administrator a copy of such request and a copy of the list of Noteholders produced in response thereto.
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(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 7.3 Reports by the Indenture Trustee . If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after each March 31, beginning with March 31, 2020, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 7.4 Noteholder Demand for Repurchase; Dispute Resolution .
(a) If a Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or a Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) becomes aware of a breach of the Banks representations and warranties in Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement that would require the Bank to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement such Noteholder or Note Owner (the Requesting Investor ) may notify the Bank and request that the Bank repurchase the related Receivable. Any such written notice shall provide sufficient detail of the purported breach of a representation or warranty to allow the Bank reasonably to investigate such purported breach. Sufficient detail shall be deemed to be provided if the Requesting Investor identifies the Receivable to be repurchased and includes the corresponding Test Fail described in the Form 10-D with the Asset Representations Reviewers report. If the Requesting Investor is a Note Owner, the Bank may require that the Requesting Investor provide a certification stating that it is a beneficial owner of a Note, as well as Verification Documents. The Bank shall be responsible for reimbursing the Indenture Trustee for any expenses incurred in connection with such verification.
(b) If a Requesting Investor requests that the Bank repurchase a Receivable pursuant to clause (a) above, and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of such Requesting Investor within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by the Bank, the Requesting Investor may, at its discretion, refer the matter to either mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or binding arbitration pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge that any repurchase request remained unresolved for 180 days unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge that such repurchase request remained unresolved for 180 days or has received written notice evidencing that such repurchase request remained unresolved for 180 days. Other than the Indenture Trustees obligation to notify the Seller and the Bank of any demands communicated to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable for breach of the representations and warranties concerning such Receivable pursuant to Section 9.21(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation under the Indenture or any other Transaction Document to monitor and/or report the status of repurchase requests.
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(c) A Requesting Investor shall not be required to direct that an Asset Representations Review be performed prior to submitting a repurchase request with respect to any Receivable or using the dispute resolution provisions pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Receivable. The failure of a Requesting Investor to direct an Asset Representations Review shall not affect whether any Requesting Investor can pursue dispute resolution. In addition, whether any Requesting Investor voted affirmatively, negatively or abstained in the vote to cause a review shall not affect whether such Requesting Investor may use the dispute resolution proceedings pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. A Requesting Investor may refer to either mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or binding arbitration pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement a dispute related to any Receivables, including any Receivables that the Asset Representations Reviewer did not review in connection with an Asset Representations Review, any Receivables for which the Asset Representations Reviewer found a Test Fail in connection with an Asset Representations Review and any Receivables that the Asset Representation Reviewer reviewed and determined that there were no Test Fails in connection with an Asset Representations Review.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to (i) determine whether or not to give notice to Noteholders that a Delinquency Trigger has occurred or (ii) determine which assets are subject to an Asset Representations Review by the Asset Representations Reviewer.
SECTION 7.5 Asset Representations Review Voting
(a) If the Delinquency Percentage on any Payment Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger for that Payment Date, then Noteholders (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or Note Owners (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) holding at least 5% of the Outstanding Note Balance as of the filing of the Form 10-D that disclosed that the Delinquency Percentage exceeded the Delinquency Trigger (the Instituting Noteholders ) may elect to initiate a vote (which shall be conducted in accordance with the Indenture Trustees standard internal vote solicitation process at the time) to determine whether the Asset Representations Reviewer should conduct an Asset Representations Review by giving written notice to the Indenture Trustee of their desire to institute such a vote within 90 days after the filing of the Form 10-D disclosing that the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger; provided , however , that the failure of any Noteholder or Note Owner to institute such a vote shall not preclude such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, from pursuing dispute resolution pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Notice of the initiation of such vote shall be provided on Form 10-D. If any Instituting Noteholder is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the Indenture Trustee may require such Instituting Noteholder to provide Verification Documents to confirm that the Instituting Noteholder is, in fact, a Note Owner. If the Instituting Noteholders initiate such a vote, the Indenture Trustee shall submit the matter to a vote of all Noteholders, which shall be through the Clearing Agency if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes. The Indenture Trustee may set a Record Date for purposes of determining the identity of Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, entitled to vote in accordance with TIA Section 316(c). The vote will remain open until the 150 th day after the filing of the Form 10-D disclosing that the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger. Abstaining from, voting in favor of, or voting against causing the Asset Representations
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Reviewer to conduct an Asset Representations Review shall not preclude any Noteholder from pursuing dispute resolution pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Bank, the Depositor and the Issuer shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee to facilitate the voting process. The Noteholder Direction shall be deemed to have occurred if Noteholders representing at least a majority of the voting Noteholders vote in favor of directing an Asset Representations Review of the Subject Receivables by the Asset Representations Reviewer. Following the completion of the voting process, the next Form 10-D filed by the Depositor will disclose whether or not a Noteholder Direction has occurred.
(b) Within 5 Business Days of the Review Satisfaction Date, the Indenture Trustee will send a written notice (a Review Notice ) to the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer specifying that the asset review conditions have been satisfied and providing the applicable Review Satisfaction Date.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 7.5 , a Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) need not direct an Asset Representations Review be performed prior to (i)(x) notifying the Bank of a breach of the Banks representations and warranties in Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement that would require the Bank to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement and (y) requesting that the Bank repurchase the related Receivable pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof or (ii) referring the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or binding arbitration pursuant to Section 9.26 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, 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 money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V .
SECTION 8.2 Trust Accounts . (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish, in the name of Indenture Trustee, the Trust Accounts as provided in Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) On or before each Payment Date, the Issuer shall cause (i) the Servicer to deposit all Collections and (ii) the Servicer, the Seller or the Bank, as applicable, to deposit all Repurchase Prices with respect to the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date in the Collection Account as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On or before each Payment Date, all amounts required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account and deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee from the Reserve Account and deposited to the Collection Account.
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(c) If the Notes have not been accelerated because of an Event of Default, then on each Payment Date and the Redemption Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Principal Distribution Account to Noteholders in respect of principal of the Notes to the extent of the funds therein in the following order of priority:
(i) first , to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes, until the Class A-1 Notes are paid in full;
(ii) second , to the Holders of the Class A-2 Notes, until the Class A-2 Notes are paid in full;
(iii) third , to the Holders of the Class A-3 Notes, until the Class A-3 Notes are paid in full;
(iv) fourth , to the Holders of the Class A-4 Notes, until the Class A-4 Notes are paid in full; and
(v) fifth , to the Holders of the Class B Notes, until the Class B Notes are paid in full.
SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Accounts . (a) The funds in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with and subject to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and all interest and investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit (i) in the Collection Account shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Servicer in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.7 and 4.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall not be directed to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any of the Trust Accounts unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person and the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to make any such determination in its compliance with the written direction of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Subject to Section 6.1(c) , the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust Accounts resulting from any loss on any Permitted Investment included therein, except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustees failure to make payments on any such Permitted Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
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(c) If (i) investment directions shall not have been given in writing by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement for any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee), on any Business Day or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2 or (iii) the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and amounts collected or received from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Trust Accounts in one or more Permitted Investments in accordance with the standing instructions most recently given by the Servicer or should that for any reason not be possible such funds shall be held uninvested.
SECTION 8.4 Release of Collateral . (a) The Indenture Trustee may if permitted by and in accordance with the terms hereof, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the Lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustees interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or such other document. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustees authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all amounts due to the Indenture Trustee have been paid pursuant to Section 6.7 (as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee), release any remaining portion of the Collateral that secured the Notes from the Lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. Such release shall include release of the Lien of this Indenture and transfer of dominion and control over the Trust Accounts to the Issuer or its designee. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officers Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 .
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by its acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, acknowledges that from time to time the Indenture Trustee shall release the Lien of this Indenture (or shall be deemed to automatically release the Lien of this Indenture without any further action) on any Receivable to be sold to (i) to the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to the Bank in accordance with Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 8.5 Opinion of Counsel . The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least five days notice (or such shorter notice acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.4 , accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, 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 the provisions of this Indenture; provided, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, as to factual matters, 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.
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders . (a) Without the consent of the Noteholders or any other Person, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when so directed by an Issuer Request) at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or for the purposes of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee (a) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders and (b) an Officers Certificate of the Issuer to the effect that such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Issuer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) Prior to the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.1 , the Issuer shall provide written notification of the substance of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall furnish a copy of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.1 , the Indenture Trustee shall mail (which may be via electronic mail) to the Noteholders a copy of such amendment or supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail a copy of such amendment or supplemental indenture, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders . The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice from the Issuer to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture; provided , that no such supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:
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(i) change the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate 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 the interest thereon is payable, or 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 the Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
(ii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Note Balance, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders 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;
(iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term Outstanding;
(iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Note Balance required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 if the proceeds of such sale would be insufficient to pay the Outstanding Note Balance plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes;
(v) modify any provision of this Section in any respect materially adverse to the interests of the Noteholders except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of this Indenture or the Transaction Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby;
(vi) 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 Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein or in the Transaction Documents, terminate the Lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive any Noteholder of the security provided by the Lien of this Indenture; or
(vii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of payment as provided in Section 5.7 .
Prior to the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2 , the Issuer shall provide written notification of the substance of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall furnish a copy of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of 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.
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 (to be provided by the Issuer and at the Issuers expense) 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 shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee of such supplemental indenture have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustees 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 with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act . Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures . Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture 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.
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ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 10.1 Redemption . (a) Each of the Notes will be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at the direction of the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, on any Payment Date on which the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) is purchased pursuant to said Section 8.1 , for a purchase price equal to the Optional Purchase Price, which amount shall be deposited into the Collection Account on the Redemption Date.
(b) Each of the Notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on any Payment Date on which the sum of the amount of cash or other immediately available funds on deposit in the Reserve Account and Available Funds equals or exceeds the sum of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon and (iii) the Servicing Fee. On such Payment Date, all such amounts shall be applied to reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance to zero, pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, pay the Servicing Fee and then pay all amounts specified in clauses (viii) through (x) (in that order) of Section 4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) If the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 10.1(a) , the Administrator or the Issuer shall provide at least 20 days prior notice of the redemption of the Notes to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall provide prompt (but not later than 10 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date) notice thereof to the Noteholders.
SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice . Notice of redemption under Section 10.1 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or mailed prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes as of the close of business on the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holders address appearing in the Note Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Redemption Date is not applicable and that payments shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Notes, and the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2 );
(iv) that interest on the Notes shall cease to accrue on the Redemption Date; and
(v) the CUSIP numbers (if applicable) for such Notes.
Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. In addition, the Issuer shall notify each Rating Agency upon redemption of the Notes. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Noteholder shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any Note.
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SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date . The Notes to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2 (in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1 ), on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. (a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(1), (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(2) and (iii) if required by the TIA in the case of conditions precedent compliance with which is subject to verification by accountants, a certificate or opinion of an accountant that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(3), except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion in accordance with TIA Section 314(e) with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has 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
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(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 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value in accordance with TIA Section 314(d) (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.
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(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value in accordance with TIA Section 314(d) to the Issuer of the property or securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) and this clause (ii) , is 10% or more of the Outstanding Note Balance, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officers Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Outstanding Note Balance.
(iii) Other than as contemplated by Section 11.1(b)(v) , whenever any property or securities are to be released from the Lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such 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 Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all other property other than Repurchased Receivables, 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) above and this clause (iv) , equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Note Balance, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officers Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the then Outstanding Note Balance.
(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents, and (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 11.2 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.
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Any certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate is based are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator or the Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuers compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustees right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI .
SECTION 11.3 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 instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1 ) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by any Noteholder shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
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SECTION 11.4 Notices . All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service or, if so provided on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, by electronic transmission, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery will be deemed to have been made: (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail, (ii) in the case of electronic transmission, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient and (iii) in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) and notice (including email) to such recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver . Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, 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. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
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 a Default or an Event of Default.
SECTION 11.6 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions . Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any 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 for such payments or notices, provided, that such methods are reasonable, acceptable to and consented to by the Indenture Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). 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.
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SECTION 11.7 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 any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, 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 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.9 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.
SECTION 11.10 Severability . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.11 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 and to the extent expressly provided herein, the Noteholders, any other party with rights to payments or distributions under this Indenture, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any portion of the Collateral, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.12 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 Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION 11.13 Governing Law . THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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SECTION 11.14 Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture . If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation . Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner or a beneficial interest in a Note, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any Certificateholder or any other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) the Servicer, the Administrator or the Seller or (iv) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee, successor or assign of any Person described in clauses (i) , (ii) and (iii) above, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
SECTION 11.17 No Petition . Each of the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties, (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any other Person any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction, provided that the foregoing shall in no way limit the rights of the parties hereto to pursue any other creditor rights or remedies that such Persons may have against the Issuer under applicable law.
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SECTION 11.18 Intent . (a) It is the intent of the Issuer that the Notes constitute indebtedness for all financial accounting purposes and the Issuer agrees and each purchaser of a Note (by virtue of the acquisition of such Note or an interest therein) shall be deemed to have agreed, to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all financial accounting purposes.
(b) It is the intent of the Issuer that the Notes constitute indebtedness for all tax purposes and the Issuer agrees and each purchaser of a Note (by virtue of the acquisition of such Note or an interest therein) shall be deemed to have agreed to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes (other than Retained Notes while held by the Issuer or any Person treated as the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes).
SECTION 11.19 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .
(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or Proceeding relating to this Indenture or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive 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;
(ii) consents that any such action or Proceeding may be brought and maintained 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;
(iii) 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 11.4 of this Indenture;
(iv) 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; and
(v) to the extent permitted by applicable law, waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Indenture, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
(b) By acquiring a Note, each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, specifically agrees that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable shall to the extent permitted by applicable law, waive all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Indenture, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
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SECTION 11.20 Subordination of Claims . The Issuers obligations under this Indenture are obligations solely of the Issuer and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Issuer does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee (in its individual capacity and as Indenture Trustee), by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, each Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Person has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder or Note Owner and the Certificateholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to 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), then such Person further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Indenture Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Indenture Trustee), by entering into or accepting this Indenture, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Owner Trustee, and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, hereby 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. The provisions of this Section will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 11.21 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that (i) this Indenture is executed and delivered by Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer in the exercise of the power and authority conferred and vested in it as such Owner Trustee, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements made herein by the Issuer are not personal representations, undertakings and agreements of Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, but are binding only on the Issuer, (iii) nothing contained herein shall be construed as creating any liability on Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association individually or personally, to perform any covenant of the Issuer, either expressed or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under any such party, and (iv) under no circumstances shall Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture.
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SECTION 11.22 Information Requests . The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, that such party has access to, and is not restricted from providing, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.
SECTION 11.23 Inspection . The Issuer agrees that, with reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Issuers normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuers affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuers officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 11.24 Force Majeure . The Indenture Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder if such delay or failure was caused by a force majeure or other similar occurrence.
SECTION 11.25 Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Indenture Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Indenture Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Indenture Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Indenture Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 |
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By: Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
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/s/ Rosemary Kennard |
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Name: |
Rosemary Kennard |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee |
By: | /s/ Mirtza J. Escobar |
Name: |
Mirtza J. Escobar |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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Acknowledged and accepted as of |
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the date first written above: |
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USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC |
By: |
/s/ Brett Seybold |
Name: |
Brett Seybold |
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Title: |
President, Treasurer |
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USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK |
By: |
/s/ Thomas Cianelli |
Name: |
Thomas Cianelli |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
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SCHEDULE I
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
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 on the Closing Date:
General
1. The Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer.
2. The Receivables constitute chattel paper (including tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper) within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
3. Each Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party.
4. Each Trust Account constitutes either a deposit account or a securities account within the meaning of the UCC.
Creation
5. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.
Perfection
6. The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the Indenture, 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 in the Receivables granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party.
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7. With respect to Receivables that constitute tangible chattel paper, either:
(i) all original executed copies of each such tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee; or
(ii) such tangible chattel paper is in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee; or
(iii) the Servicer received possession of such tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee.
8. With respect to the Trust Accounts that constitute deposit accounts, either:
(i) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee a fully executed agreement pursuant to which the bank maintaining the deposit accounts has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee directing disposition of the funds in such Trust Accounts without further consent by the Issuer; or
(ii) the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Indenture Trustee to become the account holder of such Trust Accounts.
9. With respect to the Trust Accounts that constitute securities accounts or securities entitlements, either:
(i) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee a fully executed agreement pursuant to which the securities intermediary has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee relating to such Trust Accounts without further consent by the Issuer; or
(ii) the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the securities intermediary to identify in its records the Indenture Trustee as the Person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary in each of such Trust Accounts.
Priority
10. 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 Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Bank to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.
11. The Issuer is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax Lien filings against the Issuer.
12. Neither the Issuer nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.
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13. None of the tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
14. No Trust Account that constitutes a securities account or securities entitlement is in the name of any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to the securities intermediary of any such Trust Account to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee.
15. No Trust Account that constitutes a deposit account is in the name of any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to the bank maintaining such Trust Account to comply with instructions of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee.
Survival of Perfection Representations
16. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed.
No Waiver
17. The Issuer shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I , and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.
Issuer to Maintain Perfection and Priority
18. The Issuer covenants that, in order to evidence the interests of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, the Issuer shall take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary or advisable (including, without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Indenture Trustee) to maintain and perfect, as a first priority interest, the Indenture Trustees security interest in the Receivables. The Issuer shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and file, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, initial 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 Indenture Trustees security interest in the Receivables as a first-priority interest.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF NOTES
Indenture (USAA 2019-1) |
FORM OF CLASS [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] NOTES
REGISTERED |
$___________________ 3 | |||
No. R-________ |
CUSIP NO. ______________ | |||
ISIN. ______________ |
[For Retained Notes: THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED. THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS, PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT THERETO. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES.
TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST GENERALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE TAX TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE.]
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 PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE, EACH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE (AND ANY FIDUCIARY ACTING ON ITS BEHALF) WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WITH ANY ASSETS OF (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ( ERISA ) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN AS
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Denominations of $[___] and integral multiples of $[___] in excess thereof. |
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DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e) (1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE ), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (III) AN ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR PLANS INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR (IV) ANY PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (SIMILAR LAW) OR (B)(I) THE NOTE IS RATED AT LEAST BBB- OR ITS EQUIVALENT BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATISTICAL RATING ORGANIZATION AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE OR TRANSFER, AND (II) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.
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USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1
[CLASS A-1 [ ]%] [CLASS A-2 [ ]%]
[CLASS A-3 [ ]%] [CLASS A-4 [ ]%] [CLASS B [ ]%]
AUTO LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES
USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (including any successor, the Issuer ), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ________ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [___] DOLLARS ($[___]), in monthly installments on the 15 th of each month, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing on [ ] (each, a Payment Date ) until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, and to pay interest on each Payment Date on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Note Balance as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Payment Date), or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date, at the rate per annum shown above (the Interest Rate ), in each case as and to the extent set forth in Sections 2.7 , 3.1 , 5.4(b) and 8.2 of the Indenture and Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided , however , that the entire Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Note Balance shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) [___] (the Final Scheduled Payment Date ), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture and (iii) the date the Notes are accelerated after an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and including the preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of [Class A-1: actual days elapsed and a 360-day year][Class A-2, A-3, A-4 and B: a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months]. Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
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 the Indenture Trustee the name of which appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually, by its Authorized Officer.
Dated: __________________, 2019
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 |
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By: Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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INDENTURE TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: _______________, 2019
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, |
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not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee |
By: |
Authorized Signatory |
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its [Class A-1 [ ]%] [Class A-2 [ ]%] [Class A-3 [ ]%] [Class A-4 [ ]%] [Class B [ ]%] Auto Loan Asset-Backed Notes (herein called the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Notes or the Notes ), all issued under an Indenture dated as of July 31, 2019 (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the Indenture ), between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the Indenture Trustee ), which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. All terms used in this Note that are not otherwise defined herein and that are defined in the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or in Appendix A of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. The Class B Notes are subordinated to the Class A Notes, and are secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor on a subordinated basis as provided in the Indenture. All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer in the Indenture are for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
Principal payable on the Notes will be paid on each Payment Date in the amount specified in the Indenture and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. As described above, the entire Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Note Balance shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) [___] (the Final Scheduled Payment Date ), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture and (iii) the date the Notes are accelerated after an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of principal of and interest on this Note made on each Payment Date, Redemption Date or upon acceleration shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on the related Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of DTC (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made on any Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Payment Date or Redemption Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of
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the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date by notice mailed prior to such Payment Date or Redemption Date and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or at the office of the Indenture Trustees agent appointed for such purposes located in The City of New York.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner 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 Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any Holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
It is the intent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Noteholders and the Note Owners that, for purposes of federal, state and local income and franchise tax the Notes will qualify as indebtedness (other than Retained Notes while held by the Issuer or any Person treated as the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes). The Noteholders, by acceptance of a Note, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Notes for such tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in any involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) none of the parties hereto shall commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.
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Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, specifically agrees that, such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, shall to the extent permitted by applicable law, waive all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Note, the Indenture, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
This Note and the Indenture 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 and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ______________________, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _____________ |
_______________________________*/ | |
Signature Guaranteed: |
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in 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 of 1934, as amended. |
*/ NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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Exhibit 10.1
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of July 31, 2019
between
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
and
USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
PURCHASE | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.2 |
Consideration and Payment | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS | 2 | ||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Bank | 2 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Bank Regarding the Purchased Assets | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Representations and Warranties of the Bank as to each Receivable | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Repurchase upon Breach | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Protection of Title | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Other Liens or Interests | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
MISCELLANEOUS | 7 | ||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest | 7 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Notices, Etc | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Choice of Law | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.4 |
Headings | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.5 |
Counterparts | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.6 |
Amendment | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.7 |
Waivers | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.8 |
Entire Agreement | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.9 |
Severability of Provisions | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.10 |
Binding Effect | 10 | ||||
SECTION 4.11 |
Acknowledgment and Agreement | 10 | ||||
SECTION 4.12 |
Cumulative Remedies | 10 | ||||
SECTION 4.13 |
Nonpetition Covenant | 10 | ||||
SECTION 4.14 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 10 | ||||
SECTION 4.15 |
Third Party Beneficiaries | 11 |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Assignment Pursuant to Purchase Agreement | |
Schedule I | Representations and Warranties With Respect to the Receivables | |
Schedule II | Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of July 31, 2019 (as amended from time to time, this Agreement ) between USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK , a federally chartered savings association (the Bank ), and USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the Purchaser ).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Bank a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including retail motor vehicle installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks; and
WHEREAS, the Bank is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related property to the Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions . Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the Sale and Servicing Agreement ) among USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, the Bank, as Servicer, the Purchaser, as Seller, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.
SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions . For purposes of this Agreement, 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 ( provided , that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) 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; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices 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; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, 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; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) unless the context otherwise requires, defined terms shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms.
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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Bank agrees to transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Purchaser without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) on the Closing Date all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, described in the assignment in the form of Exhibit A (the Assignment ) delivered on the Closing Date (the Purchased Assets ) having a Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date equal to $503,778,340.17, which sale shall be effective as of the Cut-Off Date. The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of the Originator to the Obligors or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
SECTION 2.2 Consideration and Payment . In consideration of the transfer of the Purchased Assets conveyed to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to the Bank on such date an amount equal to the estimated fair market value of the Purchased Assets, as determined by the Purchaser and the Bank prior to sale, which amount shall be paid in cash to the Bank.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Bank . The Bank makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Purchaser will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Purchased Assets. The representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Grant thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Existence and Power . The Bank is a federally chartered savings association validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted. The Bank has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Bank to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets.
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(b) Authorization and No Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of each Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Bank and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Banks ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).
(c) No Consent Required . No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Bank to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(d) Binding Effect . Each Transaction Document to which the Bank is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of federally chartered savings associations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits or Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened against the Bank before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Bank of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or (iv) relate to the Bank that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.
(f) Lien Filings . The Bank is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax Lien filings against the Bank.
(g) Official Record . So long as the Notes remain outstanding, the Transaction Documents to which the Bank is a party shall be treated as an official record of the Bank within the meaning of Section 13(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1823(e)).
(h) Sale Treatment . The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Purchaser and United Services Automobile Association, a Texas reciprocal interinsurance exchange, result in sale treatment with respect to the Receivables for financial accounting purposes on the standalone balance sheet of the Bank in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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(i) Bank Approval . Each of the Transaction Documents to which the Bank is a party has been approved by the board of directors, the executive committee or the loan committee of the Bank and such approval is reflected in the minutes of the board of directors, executive committee or loan committee.
SECTION 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Bank Regarding the Purchased Assets . On the date hereof, the Bank hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser. Such representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Grant of the Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) The Receivables were selected using selection procedures that were not known or intended by the Bank to be adverse to the Issuer.
(b) The Receivables and the other Purchased Assets have been validly assigned by the Bank to the Purchaser.
(c) The information with respect to the Receivables transferred on the Closing Date as set forth in the Schedule of Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date.
(d) No Receivables are pledged, assigned, sold, subject to a security interest or otherwise conveyed other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Bank has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Bank or an Originator that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivables hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of the Purchaser which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers and assignees from the Bank.
(e) The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Purchased Assets, which are attached to this Agreement as Schedule I , are true and correct to the extent that they are applicable.
SECTION 3.3 Representations and Warranties of the Bank as to each Receivable . On the date hereof, the Bank hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth on Schedule II as to the Receivables sold, contributed, transferred, assigned, set over, sold and otherwise conveyed to the Purchaser under this Agreement on which such representations and warranties the Purchaser relies in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties shall survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Grant of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction
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Document, the Bank shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor. The Bank hereby agrees that the Issuer shall have the right to enforce any and all rights under this Agreement assigned to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right to cause the Bank to repurchase any Receivable with respect to which it is in breach of any of its representation and warranties set forth in Schedule II , directly against the Bank as though the Issuer were a party to this Agreement, and the Issuer shall not be obligated to exercise any such rights indirectly through the Depositor. Any inaccuracy in any of such representations or warranties will be deemed not to constitute a breach of such representation or warranty if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive and retain payment in full on such Receivable.
If the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that there was a Test Fail with respect to any Receivable, the Bank will investigate whether the noncompliance of such Receivable with any of the representations and warranties made by the Bank with respect to such Receivable and set forth on Schedule II of this Agreement materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders such that the Bank would be required to make a repurchase of such Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 . In conducting such investigation, the Bank will refer to the information available to it, which may include the Review Report prepared by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to such Receivable.
SECTION 3.4 Repurchase upon Breach . Upon discovery by or notice to the Purchaser or the Bank of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 with respect to any Receivable at the time such representations and warranties were made which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders, the party discovering such breach or receiving such notice shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other party; provided , that delivery of the Servicers Certificate, which identifies that Receivables are being or have been repurchased, shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer and the Seller of such breach; provided , further , that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Bank hereunder. If the Bank does not correct or cure such breach prior to the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Bank elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Bank became aware or was notified of such breach, then the Bank shall purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach from the Purchaser (or its assignee) on the Payment Date following the end of such Collection Period. Any such purchase by the Bank shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, the Bank shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Purchaser (or its assignee) equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time on such Payment Date. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Bank, the Purchaser (or its assignee) shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as may be reasonably requested by the Bank to evidence such release, transfer or assignment or more effectively vest in the Bank or its designee any Receivable repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Bank to repurchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy with respect to such breach available to the Purchaser.
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SECTION 3.5 Protection of Title .
(a) The Bank shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Purchaser under this Agreement in the Receivables as well as any subsequent assignee of the Receivables (other than any Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that the interest of the Purchaser therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Bank shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Purchaser as well as any subsequent assignee of the Receivables file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) The Bank will notify the Purchaser in writing within ten (10) days following the occurrence of (i) any change in the Banks organizational structure as a federally chartered savings association, (ii) any change in the Banks location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions) and (iii) any change in the Banks name and shall have taken all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Purchaser to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above.
(c) The Bank shall maintain (or shall cause the Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives, it being understood that any such backup archives may not reflect such interest until thirty-five (35) days after the applicable changes are made to such master computer records) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Purchaser (or any subsequent assignee of the Purchaser) in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by such Person. Indication of such Persons interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(d) If at any time the Bank shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Bank shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Purchaser (or any subsequent assignee of the Purchaser).
SECTION 3.6 Other Liens or Interests . Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Bank shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Purchaser to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and the Bank shall defend the right, title and interest of the Purchaser in, to and under such Receivables or other property transferred to the Purchaser against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Bank.
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ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.1 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest .
(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales and contributions rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and related Purchased Assets shall not be treated as property of the Bank by the FDIC or other governmental authority acting as conservator or receiver of the Bank in a conservatorship, receivership, insolvency or other similar proceeding in respect of the Bank under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 1811 et seq. or other applicable law. The sales and transfers by the Bank of the Receivables and related Purchased Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the Bank, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against the Bank are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectability of the Receivables.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Purchased Assets are held to be property of the Bank, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, then it is intended that:
(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;
(ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Bank of, and the Bank hereby grants to the Purchaser, a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of the Bank hereunder;
(iii) The possession by the Purchaser or its agent of the Receivable Files and any other property constituting instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be possession by the secured party or possession by the purchaser or a Person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
(iv) Notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
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SECTION 4.2 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service or, if so provided on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, by electronic transmission, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery will be deemed to have been given and made: (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, three (3) days after deposit in the mail, (ii) in the case of electronic transmission, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient and (iii) in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) and notice (including email) to such recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
SECTION 4.3 Choice of Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 4.4 Headings . The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.5 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 4.6 Amendment .
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Bank and the Purchaser without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) the Bank or the Purchaser delivers to the Indenture Trustee: (a) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders and (b) an Officers Certificate of the Bank or the Purchaser, respectively, to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Bank or the Purchaser notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
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(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Bank and the Purchaser, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, voting as a single class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6 , the Bank shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Bank shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee; provided , that no amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6 , the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into or execute on behalf of the Issuer any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.7 Waivers . No failure or delay on the part of the Purchaser, the Servicer, the Bank, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Purchaser or the Bank in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by either party under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
SECTION 4.8 Entire Agreement . The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
SECTION 4.9 Severability of Provisions . If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
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SECTION 4.10 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 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 such time as the parties hereto shall agree.
SECTION 4.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement . By execution below, the Bank expressly acknowledges and consents to the sale of the Purchased Assets and the assignment of all rights and obligations of the Bank related thereto by the Purchaser to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the Bank hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Purchaser under this Agreement pursuant to the Grant of such security interest in the event that the Purchaser shall fail to exercise the same.
SECTION 4.12 Cumulative Remedies . The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 4.13 Nonpetition Covenant . Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party hereto shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any other Person any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; provided , that the foregoing shall in no way limit the rights of the parties hereto to pursue any other creditor rights or remedies that such Persons may have against the Issuer under applicable law. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive 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;
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(b) consents that any such action or Proceeding may be brought and maintained 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 4.2 ;
(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; and
(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 4.15 Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and each of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be an express third party beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK |
By: |
/s/ Thomas Cianelli |
Name: | Thomas Cianelli | |
Title: | Senior Vice President | |
USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC |
By: |
/s/ Brett Seybold |
Name: | Brett Seybold | |
Title: | President, Treasurer |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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For value received, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement dated as of July 31, 2019 (the Agreement ), between USAA Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered savings association (the Bank ), and USAA Acceptance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Purchaser ), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Bank does hereby transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Purchaser without recourse (subject to the obligations in the Agreement) on the Closing Date, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables set forth on the schedule of Receivables delivered by the Bank to the Purchaser on the date hereof, the Collections on or after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, which sale shall be effective as of the Cut-Off Date.
The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in any assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of the undersigned or the Originator to the Obligors or any other Person in connection with the Receivables, or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement or if not defined in the Agreement, in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2019 among USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, the Bank, as servicer, the Purchaser, as seller, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK |
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SCHEDULE I
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the Bank hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser as follows on the Closing Date:
General
1. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Bank.
2. The Receivables constitute chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper) within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
3. Each Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party.
Creation
4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by the Bank to the Purchaser, the Bank owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Purchaser, the Purchaser will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.
Perfection
5. The Bank has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of this Agreement, 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 in the Receivables granted to the Purchaser hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser.
6. With respect to Receivables that constitute tangible chattel paper, either:
a. |
All original executed copies of each such tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee; or |
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Such tangible chattel paper is in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee; or |
c. |
The Servicer received possession of such tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee. |
Priority
7. The Bank has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of, any financing statements against the Bank that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Bank to the Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.
8. The Bank is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax Lien filings against the Bank.
9. Neither the Bank nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.
10. None of the tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Survival of Perfection Representations
11. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.
No Waiver
12. The Bank shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I , and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.
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SCHEDULE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES
(a) |
Characteristics of Receivables . As of the Cut-Off Date (or such other date as may be specifically set forth below), each Receivable: |
(i) |
as of the Closing Date, is secured by a first priority perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, which security interest, in either case, is assignable and has been so assigned (x) by the Bank to the Purchaser and (y) by the Purchaser to the Issuer; |
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contains provisions that permit the repossession and sale of the Financed Vehicle upon a default under the Receivable by the Obligor; |
(iii) |
provided, at origination, for level periodic payments which fully amortize the initial Outstanding Principal Balance over the original term; provided, that the amount of the first and last payments may be different but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment; and |
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was originated in the United States. |
(b) |
Individual Characteristics . Each Receivable has the following individual characteristics in each case as of the Cut-Off Date: |
(i) |
the Receivable is secured by a new or used automobile or light-duty truck; |
(ii) |
the Receivable has a Contract Rate of no less than 2.25%; |
(iii) |
the Receivable had an original term to maturity of not more than 84 months, and the Receivable has a remaining term to maturity of not less than 3 months; |
(iv) |
the Receivable has an Outstanding Principal Balance greater than or equal to $800.00; |
(v) |
the Obligor on the Receivable has a FICO ® score of no less than 600; |
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the Financed Vehicle related to the Receivable is a model year 2013 or newer; |
(vii) |
the Receivable has a scheduled maturity date on or before March 4, 2026; |
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the Receivable is not more than 30 days past due; |
(ix) |
the Receivable was not noted in the records of the Servicer as being the subject of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency Proceeding; |
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the Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable. |
(c) |
Compliance with Law. The Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made in all material respects with all requirements of law in effect at that time and applicable to such Receivable. |
(d) |
Binding Obligation. The Receivable constitutes the legal and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable in all material respects by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, subject, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles, consumer protection laws and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. |
(e) |
Receivable in Force. As of the Cut-off Date, neither the Banks records nor the Receivable Files indicates that the Receivable was satisfied, subordinated or rescinded nor has the related Financed Vehicle been released from the Lien granted by the Receivable in whole or in part. |
(f) |
No Waiver . As of the Cut-Off Date, no provision of a Receivable has been expressly waived in writing in any material respect, except by instruments or documents identified in the related Receivable File. |
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No Default . Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than 30 days as of the Cut-Off Date, the records of the Servicer did not disclose any payment defaults under the terms of the Receivable existed as of the Cut-Off Date. |
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Insurance. Under the terms of each Receivable, the Obligor is required to maintain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle. |
(i) |
No Government Obligor. The Obligor on each Receivable is not the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government. |
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Assignment. The terms of the Receivable do not limit the right of the owner of the Receivable to sell and assign the Receivable. |
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Good Title. As of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the sale and transfer contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Bank had good and marketable title to and was the sole owner of each Receivable free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens or any which will be released prior to assignment of such Receivable hereunder), and, immediately upon the sale and transfer thereof, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). |
(l) |
One Original. There is only one executed original, electronically authenticated original or authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case within the meaning of the UCC) related to each Receivable. |
(m) |
No Defenses . The Banks electronic records related to the Receivables do not reflect any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted or threatened in writing by an Obligor with respect to any Receivable. |
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Exhibit 10.2
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
by and among
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1
as Issuer
USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC ,
as Seller
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK ,
as Servicer
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of July 31, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE | |||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS | |||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Conveyance of Transferred Assets | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.2 |
Custody of Receivable Files | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY | |||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Duties of Servicer | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Collection of Receivable Payments | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Realization Upon Receivables | 7 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles | 7 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Covenants of Servicer | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.7 |
Servicing Fee | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.8 |
Servicers Certificate | 9 | ||||
SECTION 3.9 |
Annual Officers Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event | 9 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation Report | 9 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Servicer Expenses | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Exchange Act Filings | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.13 |
Noteholder Communication | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS; STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND THE NOTEHOLDERS | |||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Establishment of Accounts | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Remittances | 13 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Additional Deposits and Payments | 13 | ||||
SECTION 4.4 |
Distributions | 14 | ||||
SECTION 4.5 |
Net Deposits | 15 | ||||
SECTION 4.6 |
Statements to Certificateholder and Noteholders | 15 | ||||
SECTION 4.7 |
No Duty to Confirm | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
THE SELLER | |||||
SECTION 5.1 |
Representations and Warranties of Seller | 18 | ||||
SECTION 5.2 |
Liability of Seller; Indemnities | 20 | ||||
SECTION 5.3 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.4 |
Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.5 |
Seller May Own Notes | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.6 |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements | 22 | ||||
SECTION 5.7 |
Compliance with Organizational Documents | 22 |
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ARTICLE VI |
THE SERVICER | |||||
SECTION 6.1 |
Representations of Servicer | 22 | ||||
SECTION 6.2 |
Indemnities of Servicer | 23 | ||||
SECTION 6.3 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer | 25 | ||||
SECTION 6.4 |
Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others | 25 | ||||
SECTION 6.5 |
Delegation of Duties | 26 | ||||
SECTION 6.6 |
The Bank Not to Resign as Servicer | 26 | ||||
SECTION 6.7 |
Servicer May Own Notes | 26 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
REPLACEMENT OF SERVICER | |||||
SECTION 7.1 |
Replacement of Servicer | 26 | ||||
SECTION 7.2 |
Notification to Noteholders | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
OPTIONAL PURCHASE | |||||
SECTION 8.1 |
Optional Purchase of Trust Estate | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |||||
SECTION 9.1 |
Amendment | 29 | ||||
SECTION 9.2 |
Protection of Title | 30 | ||||
SECTION 9.3 |
Other Liens or Interests | 31 | ||||
SECTION 9.4 |
Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest | 32 | ||||
SECTION 9.5 |
Notices, Etc | 32 | ||||
SECTION 9.6 |
Choice of Law | 33 | ||||
SECTION 9.7 |
Headings | 33 | ||||
SECTION 9.8 |
Counterparts | 33 | ||||
SECTION 9.9 |
Waivers | 33 | ||||
SECTION 9.10 |
Entire Agreement | 33 | ||||
SECTION 9.11 |
Severability of Provisions | 33 | ||||
SECTION 9.12 |
Binding Effect | 34 | ||||
SECTION 9.13 |
Acknowledgment and Agreement | 34 | ||||
SECTION 9.14 |
Cumulative Remedies | 34 | ||||
SECTION 9.15 |
Nonpetition Covenant | 34 | ||||
SECTION 9.16 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 34 | ||||
SECTION 9.17 |
Limitation of Liability | 35 | ||||
SECTION 9.18 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries | 36 | ||||
SECTION 9.19 |
Information Requests | 36 | ||||
SECTION 9.20 |
Regulation AB | 36 | ||||
SECTION 9.21 |
Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee | 36 | ||||
SECTION 9.22 |
Form 8-K Filings | 37 | ||||
SECTION 9.23 |
Further Assurances | 38 | ||||
SECTION 9.24 |
Cooperation | 38 | ||||
SECTION 9.25 |
Rights of the Certificateholder | 38 | ||||
SECTION 9.26 |
Dispute Resolution | 38 |
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Appendix A |
Definitions | |||
Schedule I |
Notice Addresses | I-1 | ||
Exhibit A |
Form of Assignment pursuant to Sale and Servicing Agreement | A-1 | ||
Exhibit B |
Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | B-1 | ||
Exhibit C |
Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Indenture Trustees Assessment of Compliance | C-1 | ||
Exhibit D |
Form of Indenture Trustees Annual Certification | D-1 | ||
Exhibit E |
Form of Indenture Trustees Annual Certification Regarding Item 1117 and Item 1119 of Regulation AB | E-1 |
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT , dated as of July 31, 2019 (together with all exhibits, schedules and appendices hereto and as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this Agreement ), by and among USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 , a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer ), USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the Seller ), USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK , a federally chartered savings association (the Bank ), as servicer (in such capacity, the Servicer ), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee ).
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase from the Seller a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including retail motor vehicle installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks;
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related property to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS, the Bank is willing to service such motor vehicle receivables and related property on behalf of the Issuer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions . Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A hereto.
SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions . For purposes of this Agreement, 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 ( provided , that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) 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; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices 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; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, 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; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) unless the context otherwise requires, defined terms shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS
SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Transferred Assets . In consideration of the Issuers sale and delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller of all of the Notes and the Certificate on the Closing Date, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) all right, title and interest of the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Transferred Assets, described in the assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the Assignment ) delivered on the Closing Date. The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder will not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Seller or the Originator to the Obligors or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
SECTION 2.2 Custody of Receivable Files .
(a) Custody . To assure uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby revocably appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act solely on behalf of and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the following documents or instruments, but only to the extent held in tangible paper form or electronic form, which are hereby or will hereby be constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee (or its agent or designee), as pledgee of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture with respect to each Receivable (but only to the extent applicable to such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper form) (the Receivable Files ):
(i) the fully executed original of the retail motor vehicle installment loan or promissory note and security agreement related to such Receivable (with respect to tangible chattel paper) or an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of the Receivable (with respect to electronic chattel paper) or, if no such original executed Receivable or authoritative copy exists, a copy thereof, including any written amendments or extensions thereto;
(ii) the original credit application or a photocopy thereof to the extent held in paper form;
(iii) the original Certificate of Title or, if not yet received, evidence that an application therefor has been submitted with the appropriate authority or such other document (electronic or otherwise, as used in the applicable jurisdiction) that the Servicer keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, evidencing the security interest of the Originator in the Financed Vehicle; provided, however, that in lieu of being held in the Receivable File, the Certificate of Title may be held by a third party service provider engaged by the Servicer to obtain or hold Certificates of Title; and
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(iv) any and all other documents that the Servicer or the Seller keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, relating to a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle (but only to the extent applicable to such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper form or electronic form).
The foregoing appointment of the Servicer is deemed to be made with due care.
(b) Safekeeping . The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer, and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the Issuer and the Bank to comply with this Agreement. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. The Servicer, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices: (i) may maintain all or a portion of the Receivable Files in electronic form and (ii) may maintain custody of all or any portion of the Receivable Files with one or more of its agents or designees.
(c) Maintenance of and Access to Records . The Servicer will maintain each Receivable File in the United States (it being understood that the Receivable Files, or any part thereof, may be maintained at the offices of any Person to whom the Servicer has delegated responsibilities in accordance with Section 6.5 ). The Servicer will make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of locations of the Receivable Files upon request. The Servicer will provide access to the Receivable Files, and the related accounts records, and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee direct, but only upon reasonable notice and during the normal business hours, which do not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations, at the respective offices of the Servicer.
(d) Release of Documents . Upon written instructions from the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer will release or cause to be released any document in the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustees agent or the Indenture Trustees designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon thereafter as is practicable, to the extent it does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations. The Servicer shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by the failure of the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee to return any document or any delay in doing so. Any document so released will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with due care and returned to the Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, has no further need therefor.
(e) Instructions; Authority to Act . All instructions from the Indenture Trustee will be in writing and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, and the Servicer will be deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of such written instructions.
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(f) Custodians Indemnification . Subject to Section 6.2 , the Servicer as custodian will indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents for any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs, or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee as the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files, including, but not limited to, the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce its rights, including the Servicers indemnification obligations hereunder; provided , however , that the Servicer will not be liable (i) to the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer or (ii) to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the failure of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustees agent or the Indenture Trustees designee to handle with due care any Certificate of Title or other document released to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustees agent or designee pursuant to Section 2.2(d) .
(g) Effective Period and Termination . The Servicers appointment as custodian will become effective as of the Cut-Off Date and will continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section 2.2(g) . If the Bank resigns as Servicer in accordance with Section 6.6 or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer have been terminated under Section 7.1 , the appointment of the Servicer as custodian hereunder may be terminated by the Indenture Trustee, or by the Noteholders evidencing not less than 66 2 ⁄ 3 % of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Noteholders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 7.1 . As soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee (or, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee, to its agent) the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate; provided, however , that with respect to authoritative copies of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper, the Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall either (i) continue to hold any such authoritative copies on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustees agent or (ii) deliver copies of such authoritative copies and destroy the authoritative copies maintained by the Servicer prior to its termination such that such copy delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustees agent becomes the authoritative copy of the Receivable constituting electronic chattel paper.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY
SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer .
(a) The Servicer is hereby appointed by the Issuer and authorized to act as agent for the Issuer and in such capacity shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, using the degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself or others. The Servicers duties will include collection and posting of all
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payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending invoices or payment coupons to Obligors, reporting any required tax information to Obligors, accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions. The Servicer is not required under the Transaction Documents to make any disbursements via wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There are no requirements under the Receivables or the Transaction Documents for funds to be, and funds shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. No payments or disbursements are required to be made by the Servicer on behalf of an Obligor. The Servicer hereby accepts such appointment and authorization and agrees to perform the duties of Servicer with respect to the Receivables set forth herein.
(b) The Servicer will follow its Customary Servicing Practices and will have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholder, or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. The Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, a legal Proceeding to enforce a Receivable or an Insurance Policy or to commence or participate in any other legal Proceeding (including a bankruptcy Proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle. If the Servicer commences a legal Proceeding to enforce a Receivable or an Insurance Policy, the Issuer will thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned such Receivable or its rights under such Insurance Policy to the Servicer solely for purposes of commencing or participating in any such Proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Issuer to execute and deliver in the Servicers name any notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in connection with any such Proceeding. If in any enforcement suit or legal Proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable or an Insurance Policy on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable or an Insurance Policy, the Issuer will, at the Servicers expense and direction, take steps to enforce the Receivable or an Insurance Policy, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer will furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Servicer, at its expense, will obtain on behalf of the Issuer all licenses, if any, reasonably requested by the Seller to be held by the Issuer in connection with ownership of the Receivables, and will make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in connection therewith during the term hereof.
(c) The Servicer hereby agrees that upon its resignation and the appointment of a successor Servicer hereunder, the Servicer will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 7.1 , and, in any case, in a manner which the Issuer reasonably determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to such successor Servicer, and the Servicer shall cooperate with and assist such successor Servicer.
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SECTION 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments .
(a) The Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same become due in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. Subject to Section 3.5 , the Servicer may grant extensions, rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or adjustments with respect to any Receivable in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices; provided , however , that if the Servicer (i) extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of the Collection Period preceding the latest Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Notes issued under the Indenture or (ii) reduces the Contract Rate or Outstanding Principal Balance with respect to any Receivable after the Cut-off Date other than as required by applicable law (including, without limitation, by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003, as amended) or court order, it will promptly purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in Section 3.6 ; provided, further , that the Servicer shall not make any modification described in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) that would trigger a repurchase pursuant to the above provisions or pursuant to Section 3.6 , in either case for the sole purpose of enabling the Servicer to purchase a Receivable from the Issuer and provided , further, that any change referred to in this Section 3.2 shall only be made if either (a) the Obligor is in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer, is reasonably expected to default in the near future, or (b) the change is to the payment due date of a Receivable, does not exceed twenty-five (25) days and is made not more than twice during the term of such Receivable.
The Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable. Subject to the provisos of the second sentence of the first paragraph of this Section 3.2 , the Servicer and its Affiliates may engage in any marketing practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services to Obligors with respect to the Receivables for the account of the Servicer and/or its Affiliates (but not the Issuer) so long as such practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for itself and others, whether or not such practices, promotions or sales might indirectly result in a decrease in the aggregate amount of payments made (but not any related contractual obligation) on the Receivables, prepayments or faster or slower timing of the payment of the Receivables. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may refinance any Receivable by (a) making a new loan to the Obligor and depositing the full Outstanding Principal Balance of such refinanced Receivable into the Collection Account or (b) by causing the Issuer to effect a substantive modification to the Receivable when the request for such modification is the result of a contact from or request of the related Obligor, in which case the Receivable shall be deemed to be refinanced and the Servicer shall promptly deposit the full Outstanding Principal Balance of such refinanced Receivable into the Collection Account as soon as practical. The receivable created by such refinancing shall not be property of the Issuer, in the case of (b) in the prior sentence, upon the Servicers related payment to Issuer. The Servicer and its Affiliates may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products, including products which result in the repayment of some or all of the amount of a Receivable owned by the Issuer upon the death or disability of the Obligor or any casualty with respect to the Financed Vehicle.
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(b) The Servicer shall not be required to make any advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions. Payments on the Receivables, including payoffs, made in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables, shall be posted to the Servicers Obligor records in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices. Such payments shall be allocated to principal, interest or other items in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables.
(c) Records documenting collection efforts shall be maintained during the period a Receivable is delinquent in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices. Such records shall be maintained on at least a periodic basis that is not less frequent than as prescribed by the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices, and describe the entitys activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment) in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices.
SECTION 3.3 Realization Upon Receivables . On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer has determined eventual payment in full is unlikely unless it determines in its sole discretion that repossession will not increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the expense of such repossession or that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would be increased by forbearance. The Servicer will follow such Customary Servicing Practices as it deems necessary or advisable, which may include selling the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale and which shall not, except as provided below, involve the sale of all, or any portion of, a Receivable. The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle has suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses. The Servicer, in its sole discretion, may in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices purchase from the Issuer any Receivables deficiency balance (i.e., the remaining balance of a Receivable after deduction of all Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Receivable) for a purchase price equal to the fair value of the deficiency balance as determined by the Servicer at the time of purchase by the Servicer, which purchase price shall not be adjusted by the proceeds the Servicer ultimately realizes from its disposition or collection efforts related to the deficiency amount. Net proceeds of any such sale to the Servicer will constitute Liquidation Proceeds, and the sole right of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with respect to any such sold Receivables will be to receive such Liquidation Proceeds. Upon such sale, the Servicer will mark its computer records indicating that any such receivable sold is no longer a Receivable. The Servicer is authorized to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate on behalf of the Issuer to evidence the sale of the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale or the sale of the Receivable to the Servicer pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph free from any Lien or other interest of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.4 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles . The Servicer will, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The provisions set forth in this Section are the sole requirements under the Transaction Documents with respect to the maintenance of collateral or security on the Receivables. It is
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understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and security for the Receivables, but that the Certificate of Title with respect to a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral and merely evidences such security interest. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason; provided, however that such steps shall not include retitling the lien of the Financed Vehicle in the name of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.5 Covenants of Servicer . Unless required by law or court order, the Servicer will not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (a) in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, (b) in connection with repossession or (c) except as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from any Insurance Policy covering such Financed Vehicle.
SECTION 3.6 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach . Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 3.2 , 3.3 , 3.4 or 3.5 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto; provided, that delivery of the Servicers Certificate, which identifies the Receivables that are being or have been repurchased, shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer and the Issuer of such breach with respect to such repurchased Receivable; provided , further , that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Servicer hereunder. If the Servicer does not correct or cure such breach prior to the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach, then the Servicer shall purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach from the Issuer on the Payment Date following the end of such Collection Period. Any such breach or failure will be deemed to not have a material and adverse effect if such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. Any such purchase by the Servicer shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, the Servicer shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time on such Payment Date. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Servicer or its designee any Receivable repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Servicer to purchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy with respect to such breach available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.7 Servicing Fee . On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall pay to the Servicer the Servicing Fee in accordance with Section 4.4 for the immediately preceding Collection Period as compensation for its services. In addition, the Servicer will be entitled to retain all Supplemental Servicing Fees. The Servicer also will be entitled to receive investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on deposit in each of the Collection Account and the Reserve Account during each Collection Period.
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SECTION 3.8 Servicer s Certificate . On or before the Determination Date preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, and each Paying Agent, with a copy to the Rating Agencies, a Servicers Certificate containing all information necessary to make the payments, transfers and distributions pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.4 of this Agreement and Section 8.2(c) of the Indenture on such Payment Date. Each Servicers Certificate may be delivered in electronic format.
SECTION 3.9 Annual Officer s Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event .
(a) The Servicer will deliver to the Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, on or before March 30 of each calendar year, beginning on March 30, 2020, an Officers Certificate (with appropriate insertions) providing such information as is required under Item 1123 of Regulation AB.
(b) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof written notice in an Officers Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Replacement Event. Except to the extent set forth in this Section 3.9(b) and Sections 7.2 and 9.22 of this Agreement and Section 3.12 of the Indenture, the Transaction Documents do not require any policies or procedures to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default.
(c) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, on or before March 30 of each year, beginning on March 30, 2020, a report regarding the Servicers assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year (or since the Closing Date in the case of the first such report), including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
SECTION 3.10 Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation Report . On or before the 90th day following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, the Servicer shall cause a firm of independent registered public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer, the Seller or their respective Affiliates) to furnish to the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Seller and each Rating Agency each attestation report on assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria with respect to the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof during the related fiscal year (or since the Closing Date in the case of the first such report) delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The certification required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar certification using other procedures or attestation standards which are now or in the future in use by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise comply with any rule, regulation, no action letter or similar guidance promulgated by the Commission.
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SECTION 3.11 Servicer Expenses . The Servicer shall pay all expenses (other than expenses described in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds) incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to the Noteholders and the Certificateholder. The Servicer shall also pay all fees, expenses, and indemnities of the Indenture Trustee (as described in, and pursuant to the limitations set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture) and the Owner Trustee (as described in, and pursuant to the limitations set forth in, Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement). The compensation and indemnity obligations of the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee hereunder and pursuant to Section 6.7 of the Indenture and Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer, the discharge of the Indenture and the termination or assignment of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.12 Exchange Act Filings . The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any and all reports, statements and information with respect to the Issuer and/or the Notes required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder.
SECTION 3.13 Noteholder Communication . A Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or a Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) may send a request to the Seller or the Servicer at any time notifying the Seller or the Servicer that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, would like to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with respect to an exercise of their rights under the terms of the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents. Each request must include (i) the name of the Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, making the request and (ii) the method by which the other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, may contact the Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, making the request. Additionally, in the case of such requesting Note Owner, the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, may require such Note Owner to provide Verification Documents. A Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, that delivers a request under this Section 3.13 will be deemed to have certified to the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer that its request to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, relates solely to a possible exercise of rights under the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents, and will not be used for other purposes. The Seller shall include in each monthly distribution report on Form 10-D any request that complies with the requirements of this Section 3.13 received during the related Collection Period. The Form 10-D shall specify (i) the date the request was received, (ii) a statement to the effect that the Issuer has received a request from such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, stating that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, is interested in communicating with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents, (iii) the name of the Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, making such request and (iv) a description of the method other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, may use to contact the requesting Noteholder or Note Owner.
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ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS;
STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER
AND THE NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.1 Establishment of Accounts . (a) The Servicer shall cause to be established:
(i) For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the Collection Account ), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Collection Account.
(ii) For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the Principal Distribution Account ), which may be a subaccount of the Collection Account, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Principal Distribution Account.
(iii) For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the Reserve Account ), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Reserve Account.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account (collectively, with the Principal Distribution Account, the Trust Accounts ) shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Permitted Investments selected in writing by the Servicer and of which the Servicer provides notification (pursuant to standing instructions or otherwise); provided , that it is understood and agreed that neither the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee nor the Issuer shall be liable for any loss arising from such investment in Permitted Investments. If U.S. Bank National Association is the Indenture Trustee, in the absence of such written investment direction, all funds shall be invested in one or more Permitted Investments in accordance with the standing instructions most recently given by the Servicer or should that for any reason not be possible such funds shall remain uninvested. All such Permitted Investments shall be held by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Noteholders; provided, that on each Payment Date all interest and other investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in each of the Collection Account and the Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation and shall not be available to pay the distributions provided for in Section 4.4 . All investments of funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall mature so that such funds will be available by 10:00 a.m. New York City
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time on the next Payment Date. No Permitted Investment shall be sold or otherwise disposed of prior to its scheduled maturity unless a default occurs with respect to such Permitted Investment and the Servicer directs the Indenture Trustee in writing to dispose of such Permitted Investment. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to each Payment Date, any interest and other income earned on funds in deposit in each of the Collection Account and the Reserve Account from the Business Day prior to such Payment Date through such Payment Date shall be paid to the Servicer.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof and all such funds, investments and proceeds shall be part of the Trust Estate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. If, at any time, any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing (unless such Trust Account is an account with the Indenture Trustee) and within ten (10) Business Days (or any longer period if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such longer period) after becoming aware of the fact, establish a new Trust Account as an Eligible Account and shall direct the Indenture Trustee to transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Trust Account.
(d) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the parties hereto agree that:
(i) any Trust Account Property that consists of uninvested funds shall be held solely in Eligible Accounts and, except as otherwise provided herein, each such Eligible Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Indenture Trustee, and, except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee or its designee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto;
(ii) any Trust Account Property that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee, in accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of Delivery and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or any such designee;
(iii) any Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (iv) below shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of Delivery and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture Trustees (or its designees) ownership of such security on the books of the issuer thereof;
(iv) any Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security that is a book-entry security (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account at a Federal Reserve Bank and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire ® Securities Service operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of Delivery and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or its designee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property as described in such paragraph; and
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(v) to the extent any Trust Account Property is credited to a securities account, the account agreement establishing such securities account shall provide that the account agreement is governed by the law of the State of New York and that the law of the State of New York shall govern all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention; and such institution acting as securities intermediary shall have at the time of entry of the account agreement one or more offices in the United States of America.
(e) The Indenture Trustee, to the extent it is acting in the capacity of securities intermediary with respect to Trust Account Property covenants and agrees that:
(i) it is a securities intermediary, as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14)(ii) of the relevant UCC;
(ii) pursuant to Section 8-110(e)(1) of the relevant UCC for purposes of the relevant UCC, the jurisdiction of the Indenture Trustee as securities intermediary is the State of New York; and
(iii) it has one or more offices in the United States of America engaged in a business or other regular activity of maintaining securities accounts.
(f) To the extent that there are any other agreements with the Indenture Trustee governing the Trust Accounts, the parties agree that each and every such agreement is hereby amended to provide that, with respect to the Trust Accounts, the law applicable to all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention shall be the laws of the State of New York.
(g) Except for the Collection Account, the Reserve Account and the Principal Distribution Account, there are no accounts required to be maintained under the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 4.2 Remittances . The Servicer shall deposit an amount equal to all Collections into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days after identification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may remit Collections to the Collection Account on any other alternate remittance schedule (but not later than the related Payment Date) if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance schedule. Pending deposit into the Collection Account, Collections may be commingled and used by the Servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from its own funds.
SECTION 4.3 Additional Deposits and Payments . (a) On each Payment Date, the Servicer and the Seller will deposit into the Collection Account the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 or the Bank, as seller, pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, respectively, on such Payment Date and the Servicer will deposit (or will cause the applicable purchaser to deposit) into the Collection Account all amounts, if any, to be paid under Section 8.1 in connection with the Optional Purchase. All such deposits with respect to a Payment Date will be made, in immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to such Payment Date related to such Collection Period.
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(b) The Servicer will calculate the Reserve Account Excess Amount for each Payment Date and instruct the Indenture Trustee to, on each Payment Date, withdraw from the Reserve Account (i) all investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses on funds on deposit in the Reserve Account during the related Collection Period) and distribute such investment earnings to the Servicer and (ii) the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and deposit such amount in the Collection Account.
(c) The Servicer will calculate the Reserve Account Draw Amount for each Payment Date and instruct the Indenture Trustee to, on the Payment Date relating to each Collection Period, withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Draw Amount and deposit such amount in the Collection Account.
(d) On the Closing Date the Seller will deposit (or cause to be deposited) into the Reserve Account an amount equal to the Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount.
SECTION 4.4 Distributions.
(a) Subject to Article V of the Indenture, on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee (solely based on information contained in, and as directed by, the Servicers Certificate delivered on or before the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.8 ) shall make the following deposits and distributions, to the extent of Available Funds and the Reserve Account Draw Amount on deposit in the Collection Account for such Payment Date, in the following order of priority:
(i) first , to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to prior Collection Periods;
(ii) second , pro rata to the Class A Noteholders, the Accrued Class A Note Interest for the related Interest Period; provided , that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class A Note Interest, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of such interest on the Class A Notes on a pro rata basis;
(iii) third , to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.2(c) of the Indenture, the First Allocation of Principal, if any;
(iv) fourth , to the Class B Noteholders, the Accrued Class B Note Interest for the related Interest Period;
(v) fifth , to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 8.2(c) of the Indenture, the Second Allocation of Principal, if any;
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(vi) sixth, to the Reserve Account, any additional amounts required to increase the amount in the Reserve Account up to the Specified Reserve Account Balance;
(vii) seventh , to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 8.2(c) of the Indenture, the Regular Allocation of Principal, if any;
(viii) eighth , to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification amounts) due and payable under this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Asset Representations Review Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, which have not been previously paid;
(ix) ninth , to the Asset Representations Reviewer, accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification amounts) due and payable under the Asset Representations Review Agreement which have not been previously paid;
(x) tenth , to the Servicer, legal expenses and costs incurred pursuant to Section 6.4(b) ; and
(xi) eleventh , to or at the direction of the Certificateholder, any funds remaining.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.4 , following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture.
(b) After the payment in full of the Notes and all other amounts payable under Section 4.4(a) , all Collections shall be paid to or in accordance with the instructions provided from time to time by the Certificateholder.
SECTION 4.5 Net Deposits . The Servicer shall be permitted to pay the Optional Purchase Price pursuant to Section 8.1 net of amounts to be distributed to the Servicer or its Affiliates on the related Redemption Date, and accounts between the Servicer and such Affiliates shall be adjusted accordingly. The Servicer shall, however, account for all deposits and distributions in the Servicers Certificate as if the amounts were deposited and/or distributed separately.
SECTION 4.6 Statements to Certificateholder and Noteholders . Before each Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Rating Agencies, and the Indenture Trustee shall make available on its website, as described below, to the Issuer and to each Noteholder of record as of the most recent Record Date, a statement setting forth for the Collection Period relating to such Payment Date the following information (to the extent applicable):
(a) the applicable Record Date, Determination Date and Payment Date;
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(b) the aggregate amount being paid on such Payment Date in respect of interest on and principal of each Class of Notes;
(c) the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance, the Class A-4 Note Balance, the Class B Note Balance and the Principal Factor with respect to each Class of Notes, in each case after giving effect to payments on such Payment Date;
(d) (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and the Specified Reserve Account Balance, each as of the beginning and end of the related Collection Period, (ii) the amount deposited in the Reserve Account in respect of such Payment Date, if any, (iii) the Reserve Account Draw Amount and the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, (iv) the balance on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date after giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in respect of such Payment Date and (v) the change in such balance from the immediately preceding Payment Date;
(e) the First Allocation of Principal, the Second Allocation of Principal and the Regular Allocation of Principal for such Payment Date;
(f) the number of Receivables and the Net Pool Balance as of the beginning of business on the first day of the preceding Collection Period and the close of business of the last day of the preceding Collection Period;
(g) the amount of the Servicing Fee to be paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period and the amount of any unpaid Servicing Fees, and the change in such amount from that of the prior Payment Date;
(h) the amount of fees to be paid to each of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Payment Date and the amount of any unpaid fees to each of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer and the change in each such amount from that of the prior Payment Date;
(i) the amount of the Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, on such Payment Date and the change in such amounts from the preceding Payment Date;
(j) the amount of any shortfall in principal payments due to the Class A Noteholders and the Class B Noteholders on such Payment Date and the change in such amounts from the preceding Payment Date;
(k) the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables with respect to the related Collection Period;
(l) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to the Transferred Assets terms, fees, penalties or payments during the related Collection Period;
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(m) any material breaches of the representations and warranties made in the Transaction Documents with respect to the Transferred Assets;
(n) the Outstanding Principal Balance of Receivables that are 30-59, 60-89, 90-119 and over 119 days delinquent as of the end of the related Collection Period;
(o) the number of Receivables that are 30-59, 60-89, 90-119 and over 119 days delinquent as of the end of the related Collection Period;
(p) the percentage of the Net Pool Balance of Receivables that are 30-59, 60-89, 90-119 and over 119 days delinquent as of the end of the related Collection Period;
(q) the amount of Collections for the related Collection Period and any fees and expenses of the Issuer paid with respect to the Collection Period;
(r) the aggregate amount of losses realized on the Receivables during the related Collection Period;
(s) the number of 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the end of the related Collection Period;
(t) the Outstanding Principal Balance of 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the end of the related Collection Period;
(u) the Delinquency Percentage, and whether the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger for such Payment Date;
(v) whether and when the Instituting Noteholders have elected to initiate a vote to determine whether the Asset Representations Reviewer should conduct an Asset Representations Review with respect to the Subject Receivables;
(w) whether Noteholders representing at least a majority of the voting Noteholders vote in favor of directing an Asset Representations Review of the Subject Receivables by the Asset Representations Reviewer;
(x) a summary of the findings and conclusions of any Asset Representations Review of the Subject Receivables by the Asset Representations Reviewer;
(y) if applicable, a statement that the Servicer has received a communication request from a Noteholder interested in communicating with other Noteholders regarding the possibility of exercising rights under the Transaction Documents and the name and contact information for the requesting Noteholder and the date such request was received; and
(z) if applicable, information with respect to any change in the Asset Representations Reviewer as required by Item 1111(h) and Item 1125 of Regulation AB.
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No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and the Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to the posting of disbursements or otherwise.
The Indenture Trustee will make available via the Indenture Trustees internet website all reports or notices required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under this Section 4.6 . Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.6 shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner; provided , however , any such information that must be delivered to the Rating Agencies under this Section 4.6 shall be sent by the Servicer by electronic mail to each Rating Agency. The Indenture Trustee will make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor.
The Indenture Trustees internet website shall be initially located at https://pivot.usbank.com or at such other address as shall be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the Noteholders, the Servicer, the Issuer or any Paying Agent. The Indenture Trustee will forward a hard copy of the reports or notices required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under this Section 4.6 to Noteholders promptly upon Noteholder request, if such reports or notices are not accessible on its internet website. In connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustees internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement.
SECTION 4.7 No Duty to Confirm . The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of any of the information or numbers set forth in the Servicers Certificate delivered by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such Servicers Certificate.
ARTICLE V
THE SELLER
SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller . The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets. The representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Existence and Power . The Seller is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Seller has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.
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(b) Authorization and No Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of each Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Seller and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Sellers ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).
(c) No Consent Required . No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(d) Binding Effect . Each Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party constitutes the 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, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) Lien Filings . The Seller is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Seller.
(f) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits or Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the collectibility or enforceability of the Receivables, or (iv) relate to the Seller that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.
(g) Assignment . The Receivables and the other Transferred Assets have been validly assigned by the Seller to the Issuer.
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(h) Security Interests . The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivables hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of the Issuer which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers and assignees from the Seller.
(i) Creation, Perfection and Priority of Security Interests . The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Transferred Assets, which are attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B , are true and correct to the extent that they are applicable.
SECTION 5.2 Liability of Seller; Indemnities . The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:
(a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any claim, loss, liability, obligation, compensatory damages, payment, cost, fee or expense of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce its rights, including indemnification obligations of the Seller hereunder, incurred by reason of (i) the Sellers willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement and (ii) the Sellers violation of federal or State securities laws in connection with the registration or the sale of the Notes.
(b) The Seller will pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any part of the Trust Estate.
(c) Indemnification under this Section 5.2 will survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination or assignment of this Agreement and will include, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
(d) The Sellers obligations under this Section 5.2 are obligations solely of the Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise
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(including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee each further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 5.2(d) and the terms of this Section 5.2(d) may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 5.2(d) will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller . Any Person (i) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Seller is a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller, or (iv) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by United Services Automobile Association or which is United Services Automobile Association, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Seller shall provide notice of any merger, conversion, consolidation, or succession pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 5.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others . The Seller and any officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person with respect to any matters arising hereunder. The Seller will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 5.5 Seller May Own Notes . The Seller, and any Affiliate of the Seller, may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes so owned by the Seller or any such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, without preference, priority, or distinction as among all of the Notes. Unless all Notes are owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates, any Notes owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded with respect to the determination of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.
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SECTION 5.6 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements . To the extent any documents are required to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to the Issuer or the Notes pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf of the Issuer.
SECTION 5.7 Compliance with Organizational Documents . The Seller shall comply with its limited liability company agreement and other organizational documents.
ARTICLE VI
THE SERVICER
SECTION 6.1 Representations of Servicer . The Servicer makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets. The representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Existence and Power . The Servicer is a federally chartered savings association validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Servicer has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Servicer and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Servicers ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).
(c) No Consent Required . No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
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(d) Binding Effect . Each Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of federal savings associations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits or Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or (iv) relate to the Servicer that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.
(f) Fidelity Bond . The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a fidelity bond or errors and omissions policy.
SECTION 6.2 Indemnities of Servicer . The Servicer will be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:
(a) The Servicer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholder and the Seller and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all costs, fees, expenses, losses, damages, claims, obligations, payments and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle, including, but not limited to, the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce their rights, including the Servicers indemnification obligations hereunder.
(b) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents, if any, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original sales of the Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or federal or other Applicable Tax State income taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents) and costs and expenses in defending
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against the same or of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce their rights, including the Servicers indemnification obligations hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer will not indemnify for any costs, fees, expenses, losses, claims, damages, obligations, payments or liabilities due to the credit risk of the Obligor and for which reimbursement would constitute recourse for uncollectible Receivables.
(c) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and the Seller from and against any and all costs, fees, expenses, losses, claims, damages, obligations, payments and liabilities of any kind whatsoever to the extent that such cost, fee, expense, loss, claim, damage, obligation, payment or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce their rights, including the Servicers indemnification obligations hereunder; provided , however , that the Servicer will not indemnify for any costs, fees, expenses, losses, claims, damages, obligations, payments or liabilities arising from its breach of any covenant for which the repurchase of the affected Receivables is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to Section 3.6 .
(d) The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Owner Trustee to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement. The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Indenture Trustee to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture, except to the extent that any cost, fee, expense, loss, claim, damage, obligation, payment or liability arises out of or is incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of a successor Servicer hereunder.
(e) Indemnification under this Section 6.2 by the Bank (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 6.6 or Section 7.1 ) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was the Servicer, will survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination or assignment of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and will include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any enforcement (including any action, claim or suit brought by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of any indemnification or other obligation of the Servicer). If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
(f) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided , however , that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the performance of duties
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or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Servicer and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officers Certificate of the Seller or certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.
The provisions of this Section 6.2 shall survive termination or assignment of this Agreement and satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer . Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Servicer is a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer or (iv) 50% or more of the equity of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by United Services Automobile Association, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Servicer shall provide prior notice of the effective date of any merger, conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.3 to the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller. The Servicer shall provide the Seller in writing such information as reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to a successor Servicer.
SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others . (a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer will be under any liability to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided , however , that this provision will not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the performance of duties or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement (except for errors in judgment). The Servicer and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officers Certificate of the Seller or certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.
(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided , however , that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder under this Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Issuer, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. Any amounts due the Servicer pursuant to this subsection shall be payable on a Payment Date in accordance with Section 4.4(a) .
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SECTION 6.5 Delegation of Duties . The Servicer may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Transaction Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) to sub-contractors who are in the business of performing such duties; provided , that no such delegation shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibility with respect to such duties and the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for its duties hereunder as if the Servicer alone were performing such duties. For any servicing activities delegated to third parties in accordance with this Section 6.5 , the Servicer shall follow such policies and procedures to monitor the performance of such third parties and compliance with such servicing activities as the Servicer follows with respect to comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for its own account.
SECTION 6.6 The Bank Not to Resign as Servicer . Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.3 and 6.5 , the Bank will not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of the Bank will be communicated to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, will be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination will be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation will become effective until a successor Servicer has (i) assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Bank as Servicer and (ii) provided in writing the information reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement Servicer.
SECTION 6.7 Servicer May Own Notes . The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Notes.
ARTICLE VII
REPLACEMENT OF SERVICER
SECTION 7.1 Replacement of Servicer .
(a) If a Servicer Replacement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may or, at the direction of 66 2 ⁄ 3 % of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, by notice given to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrator and the
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Noteholders, terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables. In the event the Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.1 or resigns as Servicer pursuant to Section 6.6 with respect to servicing the Receivables, the Indenture Trustee, acting at the direction of 66 2 ⁄ 3 % of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, shall appoint a successor Servicer. Upon the Servicers receipt of notice of termination the predecessor Servicer will continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in such termination notice, until receipt of such notice. If a successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section 7.1 , the Indenture Trustee without further action will automatically be appointed the successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee, if it is legally unable or is unwilling to so act, will appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Servicer. Any successor Servicer shall be an established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of comparable motor vehicle receivables having an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than $50,000,000. If the Indenture Trustee shall become successor Servicer hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint a subservicer; provided that the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, shall be fully liable for the acts or omissions of such subservicer under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. If the Indenture Trustee shall become succesor Servicer hereunder, it shall not be liable for the acts or omissions by the predecessor Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Transaction Documents, if the Indenture Trustee shall act as successor Servicer, it shall not in any event have obligations (i) with respect to the repurchase of the Receivables, (ii) to pay any fees, expenses and other amounts owing to the Administrator, or (iii) to pay any indemnities owed by the Servicer.
(b) Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may waive any Servicer Replacement Event. Upon any such waiver, such Servicer Replacement Event shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any prior, subsequent or other Servicer Replacement Event or impair any right consequent thereto.
(c) If replaced, the Servicer agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the servicing of the Receivables to a successor Servicer. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be held by the Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the Servicer, in the Collection Account, or for its own account in connection with its services hereafter or thereafter received with respect to the Collateral. The Servicer shall transfer to the Successor Servicer all records held by the Servicer relating to the Collateral in such electronic form as the Successor Servicer may reasonably request and (ii) any Receivable Files in the Servicers possession. The Servicer will provide access to the Receivable Files, and the related accounts records, and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Successor Servicer directs, but only upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, which do not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations, at the respective offices of the Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the successor Servicer and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transfer to the successor Servicer related to the performance by the Servicer hereunder will be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
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(d) Upon the effectiveness of the assumption by the successor Servicer of its duties pursuant to this Section 7.1 , the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto, except with respect to the obligations of the predecessor Servicer that survive its termination as Servicer, including indemnification obligations as set forth in Section 6.2(e) . In such event, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such termination and replacement of the Servicer, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. No Servicer shall resign or be relieved of its duties under this Agreement, as Servicer of the Receivables, until a newly appointed Servicer for the Receivables shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning or terminated Servicer under this Agreement.
(e) In connection with such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of the successor Servicer out of Available Funds as it and such successor Servicer will agree; provided , however , that no such compensation will be in excess of the amount paid to the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.2 Notification to Noteholders . Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII , the Indenture Trustee will give prompt (but in any event, within five (5) Business Days of such termination or appointment) written notice thereof to the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrator and to the Noteholders at their respective addresses of record.
ARTICLE VIII
OPTIONAL PURCHASE
SECTION 8.1 Optional Purchase of Trust Estate . The Servicer shall have the right at its option (the Optional Purchase ) to purchase (and/or to designate one or more other persons to purchase) the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) from the Issuer on any Payment Date if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period has declined to 10% or less of the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date and (b) the sum of the Optional Purchase Price and Available Funds for such Payment Date would be sufficient to pay (x) the amounts required to be paid under clauses first through fifth of Section 4.4(a) and (y) the Outstanding Note Balance (after giving effect to the payments described in the preceding clause (x)). The aggregate purchase price for the Receivables (the Optional Purchase Price ) shall equal the Net Pool Balance (assuming that Receivables that were more than thirty (30) days past due as of the last day of the related Collection Period have a principal balance of zero) plus the accrued and unpaid interest on the
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Receivables as of the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Redemption Date. To exercise such option, the Servicer (or its designee) shall deposit, subject to Section 4.5 , the Optional Purchase Price into the Collection Account on the Redemption Date; provided that, at the Servicers option, any Collections deposited into the Collection Account after the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Redemption Date may either be applied to reduce the amount of such deposit or remitted to the Servicer (or its designee) following the exercise of the Optional Purchase. If the Servicer exercises the Optional Purchase, the Notes shall be redeemed and in each case in whole but not in part on the related Payment Date for the Redemption Price. Upon any such Optional Purchase, any funds remaining in the Reserve Account will be distributed to or at the written direction of the Certificateholder (which may be via electronic mail).
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 9.1 Amendment .
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller and the Servicer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) the Seller or the Servicer delivers to the Indenture Trustee (a) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders and (b) Officers Certificate of the Seller or Servicer, respectively, to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Seller or the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement (including Appendix A ) may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note or change or delay the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Note without the consent of the Holder of such Note, or (ii) reduce the percentage of the Note Balance, the Holders of which are required to consent to any matter without the consent of the Holders of at least the percentage of the Note Balance which were required to consent to such matter before giving effect to such amendment; provided , further , that in the case of any amendment pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) , the Indenture Trustee may not agree to any such amendment if such amendment failed to comply with the requirements of Section 9.2 of the Indenture. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.
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(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 9.1 , the Servicer shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee; provided , that no amendment pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Section 9.1 , the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into or execute on behalf of the Issuer any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 9.2 Protection of Title .
(a) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement in the Receivables. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above.
(b) The Seller shall notify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing within ten (10) days following the occurrence of (i) any change in the Sellers organizational structure as a limited liability company, (ii) any change in the Sellers location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions) and (iii) any change in the Sellers name and shall have taken all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above.
(c) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.
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(d) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives, it being understood that any such backup archives may not reflect such interest until thirty-five (35) days after the applicable changes are made to such master computer records) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Indication of the Issuers interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full, repurchased by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or purchased by the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.6 hereof.
(e) If at any time the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(f) The Servicer, upon receipt of reasonable prior notice, shall permit the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and their respective agents at any time during normal business hours, to the extent it does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations, to inspect, audit and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make copies of and abstracts from Servicers (or any Sub-Servicers) records regarding any Receivable.
(g) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Issuer or to the Indenture Trustee, within five (5) Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of Obligor) then owned by the Issuer, together with a reconciliation of such list to each of the Servicers Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the Issuer.
SECTION 9.3 Other Liens or Interests . Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Issuer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such Receivables and other property transferred to the Issuer against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.
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SECTION 9.4 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest .
(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales, transfers, assignments and conveyances rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and related Transferred Assets shall not be part of the Sellers estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Seller. The sales and transfers by the Seller of Receivables and related Transferred Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the Seller, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against the Seller are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectability of the Receivables.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Transferred Assets are held to be property of the Seller, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then it is intended that:
(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;
(ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller, and the Seller hereby grants, to the Issuer a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder;
(iii) The possession by the Issuer, or the Servicer as the Issuers agent, of the Receivable Files and any other property constituting instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be possession by the secured party or possession by the purchaser or a Person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
(iv) Notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
SECTION 9.5 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service or, if so provided on Schedule I to this Agreement, by electronic transmission, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to this Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery will be deemed to have been given and made: (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, three (3) days after deposit in the mail, (ii) in the case of electronic transmission, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient and (iii) in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) and notice (including email) to such recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
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SECTION 9.6 Choice of Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. REGARDLESS OF ANY PROVISION IN ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, FOR PURPOSES OF THE UCC, NEW YORK SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY S JURISDICTION, AND THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN ALL ISSUES SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2(1) OF THE HAGUE SECURITIES CONVENTION.
SECTION 9.7 Headings . The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 9.9 Waivers . No failure or delay on the part of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by any party hereto under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
SECTION 9.10 Entire Agreement . The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.
SECTION 9.11 Severability of Provisions . If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.12 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 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 such time as the parties hereto shall agree.
SECTION 9.13 Acknowledgment and Agreement . By execution below, the Seller expressly acknowledges and consents to the pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement in the event the Issuer shall fail to exercise the same.
SECTION 9.14 Cumulative Remedies . The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.15 Nonpetition Covenant . Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any other Person any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section 9.15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement; provided that the foregoing shall in no way limit the rights of the parties hereto to pursue any other creditor rights or remedies that such Persons may have against the Issuer under applicable law.
SECTION 9.16 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive 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;
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(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 9.5 ;
(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; and
(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 9.17 Limitation of Liability .
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or under the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI , VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer under the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. Under no circumstances shall the Indenture Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the Indenture provided, that the obligations under Section 6.1(a) of the Indenture shall only be applicable to the performance of the Indenture Trustees duties and obligations under the Indenture and shall not be applicable to the Indenture Trustees performance hereunder.
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SECTION 9.18 Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder and their respective successors and permitted assigns and the Owner Trustee shall be an express third party beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.18 , no other Person will have any right hereunder.
SECTION 9.19 Information Requests . The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.
SECTION 9.20 Regulation AB . The Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Seller and the Issuer to deliver to the Seller and the Issuer (including any of its assignees or designees) any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Seller or the Issuer to permit the Seller to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB and its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, together with such disclosures relating to the Servicer and the Receivables, or the servicing of the Receivables, reasonably believed by the Seller to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.
SECTION 9.21 Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee .
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall (i) on or before the fifth Business Day of each month, notify the Seller, in writing (which may be via electronic mail), of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to the Indenture Trustee, together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller; and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of any changes to such information, provide to the Seller, in writing, such updated information.
(b) As soon as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year, commencing on March 15, 2020, the Indenture Trustee shall:
(i) deliver to the Seller and Servicer a report regarding the Indenture Trustees assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, (or since the Closing Date in the case of the first such report) as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18, Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified in Exhibit C or such other criteria as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver to the Seller a report for inclusion in the Sellers filing of Exchange Act Form 10-K with respect to the Issuer that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered to the Seller pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
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(iii) deliver to the Seller and any other Person that will be responsible for signing the certification (a Sarbanes Certification ) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) on behalf of the Issuer or the Seller, a back-up certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D or such form as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee; and
(iv) deliver to the Seller the certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E , or such other form as is mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee regarding any affiliations or relationships (as described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Indenture Trustee and any Item 1119 Party and any Form 10-D Disclosure Item.
The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iii) above may rely on the certification provided by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Seller and the Bank (each, a Reporting Party and, collectively, the Reporting Parties ) with (i) notification as soon as practicable of all demands communicated to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable for breach of the representations and warranties concerning such Receivable and (ii) promptly upon written request by a Reporting Party, any other information reasonably requested by a Reporting Party that is in the Indenture Trustees possession and reasonably accessible to it to facilitate compliance by the Reporting Parties with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, and Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB (the Repurchase Rules and Regulations) but in no event more than once monthly or such other quantity of requests as may be mutually agreed to by the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Reporting Party. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be deemed to be a securitizer as defined in Section 15G(a)(1) of the Exchange Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, nor shall it have (A) any responsibility for making any filing required to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB, or (B) any duty or obligation to undertake any investigation or inquiry related to repurchase activity or otherwise to assume any additional duties or responsibilities in respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. For purposes of this section, a demand is limited to a demand for enforcement of a repurchase remedy received by the Indenture Trustee. A demand does not include general inquiries, including investor inquiries, regarding asset performance or possible breaches of representations or warranties.
SECTION 9.22 Form 8-K Filings . The Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller of any Reportable Event set forth in clauses (a), (d) or (f) of the definition thereof (other than any such Reportable Event as to which the Seller or the Servicer has actual knowledge), but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge of such Reportable Event and has determined, or should have reasonably determined, that such an event constitutes a Reportable Event.
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SECTION 9.23 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 Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee more fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.24 Cooperation . The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Sections 9.21 and 9.22 is to facilitate compliance by the Seller and Servicer with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any comments or requests of the Commission. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets or consensus among counsel to the parties hereto, and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Seller to deliver to the Seller and Servicer such information necessary in the good faith determination of the Seller and Servicer to permit the Seller or such Servicer to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.
SECTION 9.25 Rights of the Certificateholder . Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any Transaction Document to the contrary, after the Notes are no longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, (i) the Certificateholder will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders under this Agreement, (ii) the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of, but not, without its express consent, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) the Collection Account will continue to be maintained as set forth in Section 4.4 ; provided , however , the Certificateholder shall not be entitled to any payments pursuant to Section 4.4 other than pursuant to clause eleventh thereof.
SECTION 9.26 Dispute Resolution .
(a) If any Requesting Investor (each, a Requesting Party ) requests that the Bank repurchase any Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement and the Repurchase Request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the Requesting Party within one-hundred-eighty (180) days of the receipt of notice of the request by the Bank, the Requesting Party will have the right to refer the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or binding arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.26 . Dispute resolution to resolve any Repurchase Request will be available regardless of whether the Noteholders vote to direct an Asset Representations Review. The Bank will inform the Requesting Party in writing upon a determination by the Bank that a Receivable subject to a demand to repurchase will be repurchased and the monthly distribution report filed by the Seller on Form 10-D for the Collection Period in which such Receivables were repurchased will include disclosure of such repurchase. A failure of the Bank to inform the Requesting Party that a Receivable subject to a demand will be repurchased within one-hundred-eighty (180) days of the receipt of notice of the request shall be deemed to be a determination by
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the Bank that no repurchase of that Receivable due to a breach of Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement is required. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge that any Repurchase Request remained unresolved for one-hundred-eighty (180) days unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge that such Repurchase Request remained unresolved for one-hundred-eighty (180) days or has received written notice that such Repurchase Request remained unresolved for one-hundred-eighty (180) days. Other than the Indenture Trustees obligation to notify the Seller and the Bank of any demands communicated to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable for breach of the representations and warranties concerning such Receivable pursuant to Section 9.21(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation under the Indenture or any other Transaction Document to monitor and/or report the status of repurchase requests.
(b) The Requesting Party will provide notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.5 of its intention to refer the matter to mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or binding arbitration, as applicable, to the Bank, with a copy to the Issuer, the Seller, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. The Bank agrees that it will participate in the resolution method selected by the Requesting Party. Any settlement agreement reached in a mediation and any decision by an arbitrator in a binding arbitration shall be binding upon the Requesting Party, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Receivable that is the subject matter of the Repurchase Request, and, in that situation, issues relating to that Receivable may not be re-litigated by the Requesting Party or the Seller or become the subject of a subsequent Repurchase Request by the Requesting Party in mediation (including non-binding arbitration), binding arbitration, court, or otherwise.
(c) If the Requesting Party selects mediation (including non-binding arbitration) as the resolution method, the following provisions will apply:
(i) The mediation will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration and mediation association selected by the Requesting Party pursuant to such associations mediation procedures in effect at such time.
(ii) The fees and expenses of the mediation will be allocated as mutually agreed by the Requesting Party and the Bank as part of the mediation.
(iii) The mediator will be impartial, knowledgeable about and experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the repurchase dispute and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the American Arbitration Association (the AAA ).
(d) If the Requesting Party selects binding arbitration as the resolution method, the following provisions will apply:
(i) The arbitration will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration and mediation association jointly selected by the Requesting Party and the Bank, and, if the Requesting Party and the Bank are unable to agree on an association, by the AAA, and conducted pursuant to such associations arbitration procedures in effect at such time.
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(ii) The arbitrator will be impartial, knowledgeable about and experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the dispute hereunder and, if appointed by the AAA, will be selected from a list of neutrals maintained by the AAA.
(iii) The arbitrator will make its final determination no later than ninety (90) days after appointment or as soon as practicable thereafter. The arbitrator will resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and may not modify or change this Agreement in any way. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by it, and the Bank shall not be required to pay more than the applicable Repurchase Price with respect to any receivable which the Bank is required to repurchase under the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In its final determination, the arbitrator will determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and reasonable attorneys fees to the Requesting Party and the Bank as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator will be in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the Requesting Party and the Bank. For binding arbitration, the determination of the arbitrator will be final and non-appealable (absent manifest error), except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be entered and enforced in any court with jurisdiction over the Requesting Party and the Bank and the matter. The determination may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(iv) No person may bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration.
(v) By selecting binding arbitration, the Requesting Party waives the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.
(e) The following provisions will apply to both mediations (including non-binding arbitrations) and binding arbitrations:
(i) Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York or such other location mutually agreed to by the Requesting Party and the Bank;
(ii) Notwithstanding this dispute resolution provision, the Requesting Party and the Bank will have the right to seek provisional relief from a competent court of law, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or attachment order, provided such relief would otherwise be available by law;
(iii) Other than as publicly available with the Commission or otherwise publicly disclosed, the details and/or existence of any unfulfilled Repurchase Request, any meetings or discussions regarding any unfulfilled Repurchase Request, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 9.26 , including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the Requesting Party and the Banks attempt to resolve an unfulfilled Repurchase Request, any information exchanged in connection with any mediation, and any discovery taken in connection with any arbitration (collectively, Confidential Information ), shall be and
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remain confidential and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 9.26 ) other than as required to be disclosed in accordance with applicable law, regulatory requirements, or court order or to the extent that the Bank, in its sole discretion, elects to disclose such information. Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed or discussed with any third party, except that a party may disclose such information to its own attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives (collectively Representatives ), as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 9.26 , and the Asset Representations Reviewer, if an Asset Representations Review has been conducted), if the disclosing party (a) directs such Representatives to keep the information confidential, (b) is responsible for any disclosure by its Representatives of such information and (c) takes at its sole expense all reasonable measures to restrain such Representatives from disclosing such information. If any party receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for Confidential Information, the recipient will promptly notify the other party and will provide the other party with the opportunity to object to the production of its Confidential Information or seek other appropriate protective remedies, consistent with the applicable requirements of law and regulation. If, in the absence of a protective order, such party or any of its representatives are compelled as a matter of law, regulation, legal process or by regulatory authority to disclose any portion of the Confidential Information, such party may disclose to the party compelling disclosure only the part of such Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed.
(f) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee shall be liable for any expenses allocated to the Requesting Party in any dispute resolution proceeding.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC , as Seller | ||
By: | /s/ Brett Seybold | |
Name: Brett Seybold | ||
Title: President, Treasurer | ||
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK , as Servicer | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas Cianelli | |
Name: Thomas Cianelli | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
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USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 , as Issuer | ||
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WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Rosemary Kennard | |
Name: Rosemary Kennard | ||
Title: Vice President |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Mirtza J. Escobar | |
Name: Mirtza J. Escobar | ||
Title: Vice President |
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APPENDIX A
[Attached]
APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
The following terms have the meanings set forth, or referred to, below:
60-Day Delinquent Receivables means, as of any Determination Date, all Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) that are sixty (60) or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a Collection Period, as of the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such date), as determined in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices.
AAA has the meaning set forth in Section 9.26(c)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Accrued Class A Note Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Class A Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
Accrued Class B Note Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Class B Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
Act has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.
Administration Agreement means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Administrator and the Issuer and acknowledged by the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Administrator means the Bank, or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
Affiliate means, for any specified Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person and affiliated has a meaning correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of this definition, control means the power, directly or indirectly, to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person.
Applicable Tax State means, as of any date, each State as to which any of the following is then applicable: (a) a State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its Corporate Trust Office, (b) a State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its principal executive offices, and (c) the State of Texas.
Asset Representations Review Agreement means the Asset Representations Review Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer.
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Asset Representations Reviewer means Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor Asset Representations Reviewer under the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Asset Representations Review shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Indenture Trustee to act on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, printed in the English language and customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Authorized Officer means (a) with respect to the Issuer, (i) any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date or (ii) so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and (b) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the Note Registrar (if other than the Indenture Trustee) and the Servicer, any officer of the Owner Trustee, the Note Registrar (if other than the Indenture Trustee) or the Servicer, as applicable, who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee, the Note Registrar (if other than the Indenture Trustee) or the Servicer, as applicable, in matters relating to the Owner Trustee, the Note Registrar (if other than the Indenture Trustee) or the Servicer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by each of the Owner Trustee and the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date or by the Note Registrar on the date of its appointment as such (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).
Available Funds means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (i) all Collections received by the Servicer during such Collection Period, (ii) the sum of the Repurchase Prices deposited into the Collection Account with respect to each Receivable that is to become a Repurchased Receivable on such Payment Date and (iii) the Reserve Account Excess Amount for such Payment Date; provided , however , that the term Available Funds shall also include the Optional Purchase Price on any Redemption Date.
Available Funds Shortfall Amount means, as of any Payment Date, the amount by which the amounts required to be paid pursuant to clauses first through fifth of Section 4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement exceeds the Available Funds for such Payment Date.
Bank means USAA Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered savings association.
Bankruptcy Code means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended.
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Bankruptcy Remote Party means each of the Seller, the Issuer, any other trust created by the Seller or any limited liability company or corporation wholly-owned by the Seller.
Benefit Plan means (i) any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described by Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of an employee benefit plans or other plans investment in such entity.
Book-Entry Notes means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10 of the Indenture.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the states of Delaware, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota or New York, or in the state in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or government decree to be closed.
Certificate means a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of the Certificateholder in the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the references in the Transaction Documents to a Certificate or a Certificateholder, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be deemed to be references to Certificates or Certificateholders if more than one Certificate has been issued.
Certificate of Title means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the certificate of title or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed Vehicle as issued by the department, agency or official of the jurisdiction (whether in paper or electronic form) in which such Financed Vehicle is titled responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining records regarding, certificates of title and Liens thereon.
Certificate of Trust means the certificate of trust for the Issuer filed by the Owner Trustee pursuant to the Statutory Trust Statute.
Certificateholder means the Holder of a Certificate.
Class means a group of Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or owner, and references to each Class thus mean each of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class B Notes.
Class A Note Balance means, at any time, the sum of the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance and the Class A-4 Note Balance.
Class A Noteholders means, collectively, the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders and the Class A-4 Noteholders.
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Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of the Class A Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and any outstanding Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Payment Date, over the amount in respect of interest that is actually paid to Noteholders of Class A Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders of Class A Notes on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the respective Interest Rates borne by such Class A Notes for the related Interest Period.
Class A Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes at the respective Interest Rate for such Class on the Note Balance of the Notes of each such Class on the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Noteholders of the Notes of such Class on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.
Class A Notes means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in August, 2020.
Class A-1 Interest Rate means 2.26054% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the applicable Interest Period, but assuming a 360-day year).
Class A-1 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-1 Notes.
Class A-1 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-1 Notes means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-1 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in February, 2022.
Class A-2 Interest Rate means 2.26% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class A-2 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-2 Notes.
Class A-2 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-2 Notes means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-2 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
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Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in July, 2023.
Class A-3 Interest Rate means 2.16% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class A-3 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-3 Notes.
Class A-3 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-3 Notes means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-3 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in November, 2024.
Class A-4 Interest Rate means 2.14% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class A-4 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-4 Notes.
Class A-4 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-4 Notes means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-4 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in October, 2026.
Class B Interest Rate means 2.33% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class B Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class B Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class B Notes.
Class B Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of the Class B Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and any outstanding Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Payment Date, over the amount in respect of interest that is actually paid to Noteholders of Class B Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders of Class B Notes on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Class B Interest Rate for the related Interest Period.
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Class B Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class B Notes at the Class B Interest Rate on the Class B Note Balance on the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class B Noteholders on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.
Class B Notes means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class B Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Clearing Agency means an organization registered as a clearing agency pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act and shall initially be DTC.
Clearing Agency Participant means a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for which from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
Closing Date means July 31, 2019.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto, and the regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
Collection Account means the trust account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Collection Period means the period commencing on the first day of each calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month (or, in the case of the initial Collection Period, the period from the Cut-Off Date to and including July 31, 2019). As used herein, the related Collection Period with respect to a Payment Date shall be deemed to be the Collection Period which precedes such Payment Date.
Collections means, with respect to any Receivable and to the extent received by the Servicer after the Cut-Off Date, (i) any monthly payment by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder, (ii) any full or partial prepayment of such Receivable, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) any other amounts received by the Servicer which, in accordance with the Customary Servicing Practices, would customarily be applied to the payment of accrued interest or to reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable; provided , however , that the term Collections in no event will include (1) for any Payment Date, any amounts in respect of any Receivable the Repurchase Price of which has been included in the Available Funds on such Payment Date or a prior Payment Date, (2) any Supplemental Servicing Fees or (3) rebates of premiums with respect to the cancellation or termination of any Insurance Policy, extended warranty or service contract.
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Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 9.26(e)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Contract Rate means, with respect to a Receivable, the rate per annum at which interest accrues under the retail motor vehicle installment loan evidencing such Receivable. Such rate may be less than the Annual Percentage Rate disclosed in the Receivable.
Controlling Class shall mean, subject to the proviso contained in the last paragraph of the definition of Outstanding, with respect to any Notes Outstanding, the Class A Notes (voting together as a single Class) as long as any Class A Notes are Outstanding, and thereafter the Class B Notes as long as any Class B Notes are Outstanding (excluding, in each case, Notes held by the Seller or any of its Affiliates unless all of the Notes are then owned by the Seller or its Affiliates).
Controlling Person shall mean a Person, other than a Benefit Plan, that has discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the Issuer or who provides investment advice for a direct or indirect fee with respect to those assets, or any affiliate of such Person.
Corporate Trust Office means:
(a) as used with respect to the Indenture Trustee, (i) for purposes of surrendering the Notes for registration of transfer or exchange or serving notice or demands to or upon the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, 111 East Fillmore Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1402, Attention: Bondholder Services and (ii) for all other purposes, the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at date of the execution of the Indenture is located at 190 South LaSalle Street, 7 th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Global Structured FinanceUSAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer 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, the Administrator, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee); and
(b) as used with respect to the Owner Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee, 919 North Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholder and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholder and the Seller).
Customary Servicing Practices means the customary servicing practices of the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as applicable, services for itself or others, as such practices may be changed from time to time, it being understood that the Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may not have the same Customary Servicing Practices .
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Cut-Off Date means the close of business on May 31, 2019.
Default means any occurrence that is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
Defaulted Receivable means, with respect to any Collection Period, any Receivable (i) that the Servicer determines is unlikely to be paid in full or (ii) with respect to which at least 5% of a scheduled payment is 120 or more days delinquent at any time during such Collection Period. The Outstanding Principal Balance of any Receivable that becomes a Defaulted Receivable will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a Defaulted Receivable .
Definitive Note means a definitive fully registered Note issued pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Indenture.
Delinquency Percentage means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period to (ii) the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period.
Delinquency Trigger means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, 6.60%.
Delivery when used with respect to Trust Account Property means:
(a) with respect to (I) bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute instruments (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC) and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer of actual possession thereof 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 (II) with respect to a certificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer of actual possession thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, or to another Person, other than a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), who acquires possession of the certificated security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or (ii) if such certificated security is in registered form by delivery thereof to a securities intermediary, endorsed to or registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and the making by such securities intermediary of entries on its books and records identifying such certificated securities as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and the sending by such securities intermediary of a confirmation of the purchase of such certificated security by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian (all of the foregoing, Physical Property ), and, in any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof;
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(b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the other government agencies, instrumentalities and establishments of the United States identified in Appendix A to Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7 as in effect from time to time that is a book-entry security (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire ® Securities Service operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property to an appropriate securities account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a participant (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) that is a depository institution (as defined in Section 19(B)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act) pursuant to applicable Federal regulations, and issuance by such depository institution of a deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such book-entry securities; the making by such depository institution of entries in its books and records identifying such book entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations or a security entitlement thereto as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and indicating that such depository institution holds such Trust Account Property solely as agent for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and
(c) with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) and that is not governed by clause (b) above, (i) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, or (ii) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of another Person, other than a securities intermediary, who acknowledges that it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian.
Depositor means the Seller in its capacity as Depositor under the Trust Agreement.
Determination Date means the second Business Day preceding the related Payment Date, beginning August 13, 2019.
Dollar and $ mean lawful currency of the United States of America.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors.
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Eligible Account means either (a) a segregated account with an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution acting in its fiduciary capacity 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 the long-term unsecured debt of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from Moodys of at least A2 and from Standard & Poors of at least BBB. Any such trust account may be maintained with the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, if such accounts meet the requirements described in clause (b) of the preceding sentence.
Eligible Institution means a depository institution or trust company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates) 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) (a) which at all times has either (i) a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of Aa2 or better by Moodys and AA- or better by Standard & Poors or such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, (ii) a certificate of deposit rating of P-1 by Moodys and A-1+ by Standard & Poors or (iii) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and (b) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; provided, that a foreign financial institution shall be deemed to satisfy clause (b) if such foreign financial institution meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.13k-1(b)(1)).
Eligible Receivable means a Receivable meeting all of the criteria set forth on Schedule II of the Purchase Agreement as of the Closing Date.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of the Indenture.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Act Reports means any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K filed or to be filed by the Seller with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof, (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any published intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to such published intergovernmental agreement.
FATCA Withholding Tax means any withholding or deduction imposed under FATCA.
FDIC means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor agency.
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Final Scheduled Payment Date means, with respect to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (iii) the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (iv) the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date and (v) the Class B Notes, the Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date.
Financed Vehicle means an automobile or light-duty truck, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligors indebtedness under the applicable Receivable.
First Allocation of Principal means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Note Balance of the Class A Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on such Payment Date) over (b) the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided , however , that the First Allocation of Principal shall not exceed the Note Balance of the Class A Notes; provided , further, that the First Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for any Class of Class A Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Note Balance of that Class of Class A Notes to zero.
Form 10-D Disclosure Item means, with respect to any Person, (a) any legal proceedings pending against such Person or of which any property of such Person is then subject that would be material to the Noteholders, or (b) any proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against such Person or of which any property of such Person would be subject, in each case that would be material to the Noteholders.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the USA, applied on a materially consistent basis.
Governmental Authority means any (a) Federal, state, municipal, foreign or other governmental entity, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, (b) administrative or regulatory authority (including any central bank or similar authority) or (c) court or judicial authority.
Grant means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, grant a Lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys 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. Other forms of the verb to Grant shall have correlative meanings.
Hague Securities Convention means the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary (concluded July 5, 2006).
Holder means, as the context may require, the Certificateholder or a Noteholder or both.
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Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Indenture Trustee means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but as indenture trustee under the Indenture, or any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture.
Independent means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.
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 11.1 of the Indenture, 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 Appendix A and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
Initial Class A-1 Note Balance means $132,000,000.
Initial Class A-2 Note Balance means $152,000,000.
Initial Class A-3 Note Balance means $133,000,000.
Initial Class A-4 Note Balance means $74,180,000.
Initial Class B Note Balance means $8,820,000.
Initial Note Balance means, for any Class, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-2 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance or the Initial Class B Note Balance, as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of the foregoing.
Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount means an amount equal to $1,259,445.85.
Insolvency Event means, with respect to any Person, (i) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Persons affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days or (ii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
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or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Instituting Noteholders has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(a) of the Indenture.
Insurance Policy means (i) any theft and physical damage insurance policy maintained by the Obligor under a Receivable, providing coverage against loss or damage to or theft of the related Financed Vehicle, and (ii) any credit life or credit disability insurance maintained by an Obligor in connection with any Receivable.
Interest Period means, with respect to any Payment Date, (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes from and including the Closing Date (in the case of the first Payment Date) or from and including the most recent Payment Date to but excluding that Payment Date (for example, for a Payment Date in February, the Interest Period is from and including the Payment Date in January to but excluding the Payment Date in February) based upon actual days elapsed and a 360-day year and (b) for each other Class of Notes, from and including the 15th day of the calendar month preceding each Payment Date (or from and including the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to but excluding the 15th day of the following month based upon a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Interest Rate means (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest Rate, (b) with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (c) with respect to the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Interest Rate, (d) with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Interest Rate or (e) with respect to the Class B Notes, the Class B Interest Rate.
Issuer means USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, a Delaware statutory trust established pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means such successor.
Issuer Order and Issuer Request means a written order or request of the Issuer signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Item 1119 Party means the Seller, the Bank, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any underwriter of the Notes and any other material transaction party identified by the Seller or the Bank to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing.
Lien means, for any asset or property of a Person, a lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge or encumbrance in, of or on such asset or property in favor of any other Person, except any Permitted Lien.
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Liquidation Proceeds means, with respect to any Receivable, (a) insurance proceeds received by the Servicer with respect to the Insurance Policies, (b) amounts received by the Servicer in connection with such Receivable pursuant to the exercise of rights under such Receivable and (c) the monies collected by the Servicer (from whatever source, including proceeds of a sale of a Financed Vehicle or a deficiency balance recovered from the Obligor after the charge-off of such Receivable) on such Receivable, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (c) , net of any expenses (including, without limitation, any auction, painting, repair or refurbishment expenses in respect of the related Financed Vehicle) incurred by the Servicer in connection therewith and any payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor; provided , however , that the Repurchase Price for any Receivable shall not constitute Liquidation Proceeds .
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Net Pool Balance means, as of any date, the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Receivables of the Issuer on such date.
Note means a Class A-1 Note, Class A-2 Note, Class A-3 Note, Class A-4 Note or Class B Note, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.
Note Balance means, with respect to any date of determination, for any Class, the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance, the Class A-4 Note Balance or the Class B Note Balance, as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of all of the foregoing.
Note Depository Agreement means the agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Issuer and addressed to DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency relating to the Notes, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Note Owner means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
Note Register and Note Registrar have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
Noteholder means, as the context requires, all of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Class A-4 Noteholders and the Class B Noteholders, or any of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Class A-4 Noteholders or the Class B Noteholders, or any of the foregoing.
Obligor means, for any Receivable, each Person obligated to pay such Receivable.
Officers Certificate means (i) with respect to the Issuer, a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer and (ii) with respect to the Seller or the Servicer, a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable.
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Opinion of Counsel means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture or any other applicable Transaction Document, be employees of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller or the Administrator, which counsel shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as the case may be, and which opinion or opinions comply with any applicable requirements of the Transaction Documents and are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the recipient(s). Opinions of Counsel need address matters of law only and may be based upon stated assumptions as to relevant matters of fact.
Optional Purchase has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Optional Purchase Price has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Originator means, with respect to any Receivable, the Bank.
Other Assets means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Seller to another Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a Lien.
Outstandin g means, as of any date, all Notes (or all Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:
(i) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the related Noteholders ( provided , however , that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and
(iii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes (or Notes of such Class) that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser;
provided , that in determining whether Noteholders holding the requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver hereunder or under any Transaction Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless all of the Notes are then owned by the Issuer, Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee 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 thereof establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee such pledgees right so to act with respect to such Notes and that such pledgee is not the Issuer, Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates.
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Outstanding Principal Balance means, with respect to any Receivable as of any date, the outstanding principal balance of such Receivable calculated in accordance with the Customary Servicing Practices; provided , however , that the Outstanding Principal Balance of any Receivable that became a Defaulted Receivable will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a Defaulted Receivable.
Owner Trustee means Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee thereunder.
Paying Agent means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account, including the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
Payment Date means the 15 th day of each calendar month beginning August 15, 2019 provided , however , whenever a Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the next Business Day. As used herein, the related Payment Date with respect to a Collection Period shall be deemed to be the Payment Date which immediately follows such Collection Period.
Payment Default has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Indenture.
Permitted Investments means any one or more of the following instruments, obligations and securities:
(a) obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by, the full faith and credit of the United States,
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution (including any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, or the Owner Trustee), or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities (including depository receipts issued by any such institution or trust company as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to in clause (a) or a portion of such obligation for the benefit of the holders of such depository receipts); provided that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein (which shall be deemed to be made again each time funds are reinvested following each Payment Date), the commercial paper or other short-term senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) of such depository institution or trust company (or its respective parent) shall have a rating from each Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby for such obligations,
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(c) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) referred to in clause (b) ,
(d) investments in money market funds, mutual funds, or other pooled investment vehicles (i) rated, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, not lower than the highest rating category from Moodys and AAAm from Standard & Poors or (ii) which are otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer, or the Indenture Trustee, in each case including money market funds for which any of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective affiliates acts as issuer, sponsor, administrator, agent or in a similar capacity and for which the Indenture Trustee in such capacity also receives a fee,
(e) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, or the Owner Trustee) rated, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, at least A-1 (or the equivalent) by Standard & Poors and at least P-1 (or the equivalent) by Moodys,
(f) bankers acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (b) , or
(g) any other investment with respect to which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
Permitted Liens means (a) the interest of the parties under the Transaction Documents, (b) any liens for taxes not due and payable or the amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (c) any liens of mechanics, suppliers, vendors, materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and other like liens securing obligations which are not due and payable or the amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Property has the meaning specified in the definition of Delivery above.
Principal Distribution Account means the account by that name established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Principal Factor means, with respect to the Notes or any Class of Notes on any Payment Date, a nine-digit decimal figure equal to the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable, as of the end of the preceding Collection Period divided by the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable, as of the Closing Date. The Principal Factor will be 1.000000000 as of the Closing Date; thereafter, the Principal Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable.
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Proceeding means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
Prospectus means the prospectus dated as of July 23, 2019.
Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Bank and the Seller, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Purchased Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
Qualified Institutional Buyer means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Rating Agency means either or each of Moodys and Standard & Poors, as indicated by the context.
Rating Agency Condition means, with respect to any event or circumstance and each Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation (which may be in the form of a letter, press release or other publication, or a change in such Rating Agencys published ratings criteria to this effect) by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will not cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to any of the Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such event or circumstance at least ten days prior to the occurrence of such event or circumstance (or, if ten days advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will itself cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Rating Agency has any duty to review any notice given with respect to any event, and it is understood that such Rating Agency may not actually review notices received by it prior to or after the expiration of the ten (10) day period described in (b) above. Further, each Rating Agency retains the right to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to all or any of the Notes at any time in its sole judgment even if the Rating Agency Condition with respect to an event had been previously satisfied pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) above.
Realized Losses shall mean, for any Collection Period and for each Receivable that became a Defaulted Receivable during such Collection Period, the excess of the Outstanding Principal Balance of each such Receivable over Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to such Receivable during such Collection Period, to the extent allocable to principal.
Receivable means any retail motor vehicle installment loan with respect to a new or used automobile or light-duty truck which shall appear on the Schedule of Receivables and all Related Security in connection therewith which has not been released from the Lien of the Indenture.
Receivable Files has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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Record Date means, unless otherwise specified in any Transaction Document, with respect to any Payment Date or Redemption Date, (i) for any Definitive Notes and for the Certificates, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date or Redemption Date occurs and (ii) for any Book-Entry Notes, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date.
Records means, for any Receivable, all contracts, books, records and other documents or information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, software and related property and rights, to the extent legally transferable) relating to such Receivable or the related Obligor.
Recoveries shall mean, with respect to any Collection Period, all amounts received by the Servicer with respect to any Defaulted Receivable during any Collection Period following the Collection Period in which such Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable, net of any fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the collection of such Receivable and any payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
Redemption Date means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture, the Payment Date specified by the Administrator or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.
Redemption Price means an amount equal to the sum of (a) unpaid principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Interest Rate for the Notes being so redeemed, up to but excluding the Redemption Date.
Registered Holder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the related Record Date.
Regular Allocation of Principal means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Note Balance of the Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) and (ii) an amount equal to the excess of: (A) (x) the Note Balance of the Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any payments made on the Notes as of such Payment Date); minus (y) the sum of the First Allocation of Principal and the Second Allocation of Principal, if any, in each case for such Payment Date; over (B) the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period less the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount.
Regulation AB means Subpart 229.1100 Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such regulation may be amended from time to time and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518. 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be, provided in writing by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
Related Security means, for any Receivable, (i) the security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, (ii) any proceeds from claims on any Insurance Policy (if such Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable after the Cut-Off Date), (iii) any other property securing the Receivables and (iv) all proceeds of the foregoing.
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Reportable Event means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the following:
(a) entry into a material definitive agreement related to the Issuer, the Notes or the Receivables or an amendment to a Transaction Document, even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration of the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c) with respect to the Servicer only, the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event;
(d) an Event of Default;
(e) the resignation, removal, replacement or substitution of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee; and
(f) with respect to the Indenture Trustee only, a required distribution to Holders of the Notes is not made as of the required Payment Date under the Indenture.
Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 9.26(e)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Repurchase Price means, with respect to any Repurchased Receivable, a price equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable plus any unpaid accrued interest related to such Receivable accrued to and including the end of the Collection Period preceding the date that such Repurchased Receivable was purchased by the Bank, as seller, or the Servicer, as applicable.
Repurchase Request means a written request from a Requesting Party that the Bank repurchase a Receivable due to an alleged breach of a representation and warranty in Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement. A Repurchase Request from a Requesting Party shall set forth (i) each Receivable that is subject to such Repurchase Request, (ii) the specific representation or warranty contained in Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement that it alleges was breached and (iii) the material adverse effect of such breach on the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders that triggers the Repurchase Request.
Repurchased Receivable means a Receivable purchased by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.6 or 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Requesting Investor has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a) of the Indenture.
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Requesting Party has the meaning set forth in Section 9.26(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Reserve Account means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Reserve Account Draw Amount means, for any Payment Date, the amount withdrawn from the Reserve Account, equal to the lesser of (a) the Available Funds Shortfall Amount, if any, and (b) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (excluding any net investment earnings) on such Payment Date.
Reserve Account Excess Amount means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of cash or other immediately available funds in the Reserve Account (excluding any net investment earnings) on that Payment Date, after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account relating to that Payment Date, over (b) the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect to that Payment Date.
Responsible Officer means, (a) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture, (b) with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee and having direct responsibility for the administration of the Issuer, including any Managing Director, Director, Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Associate, or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (c) with respect to the Servicer, the Seller or the Administrator, any officer of such Person having direct responsibility for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the President, Treasurer or Secretary or any Vice President, Controller, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Retained Notes shall mean any Notes held by the Issuer (or any other Person treated as the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or Affiliate thereof, until such time as such Notes are transferred in accordance with the terms and conditions of Sections 2.15 and 2.16 of the Indenture and receive an opinion as described in clause (x) of Section 2.16(d) of the Indenture.
Review Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.5(b) of the Indenture.
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Review Report shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Review Satisfaction Date means, with respect to any Asset Representations Review, the first date on which (a) the Delinquency Percentage for any Payment Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger and (b) a Noteholder Direction with respect to such Asset Representations Review has occurred.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act and any successor rule thereto.
Sale and Servicing Agreement means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Seller, the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Sarbanes Certification has the meaning set forth in Section 9.21(b)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto.
Schedule of Receivables means the schedule of Receivables transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date.
Second Allocation of Principal means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) minus the First Allocation of Principal for such Payment Date, over (b) the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided , however , that the Second Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class A Notes or the Class B Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Class A Note Balance or the Class B Note Balance, as applicable, to zero (after the application of the First Allocation of Principal).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller means USAA Acceptance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Servicer means the Bank, initially, and any replacement Servicer appointed pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Servicer Replacement Event means any one or more of the following that shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to the Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders, which failure continues unremedied for five Business Days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, voting together as a single Class;
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(b) any failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, voting together as a single Class (it being understood that no Servicer Replacement Event will result from a breach by the Servicer of any covenant for which the repurchase of the affected Receivable is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement);
(c) any representation or warranty of the Servicer made in any Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound or any certificate delivered pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, voting together as a single Class (it being understood that any repurchase of a Receivable by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to remedy any incorrect representation or warranty with respect to such Receivable); or
(d) the Servicer suffers a Insolvency Event;
provided , however , that a delay or failure of performance referred to under clause (a) above for a period of 90 days will not constitute a Servicer Replacement Event if such delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence as certified by the Servicer in an Officers Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
The existence or occurrence of any material instance of noncompliance (within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB) shall not create any presumption that any event in clauses (a) , (b) or (c) above has occurred.
Servicers Certificate means the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Servicing Criteria means the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Servicing Fee means, for any Payment Date, the product of (A) one-twelfth, (B) the Servicing Fee Rate and (C) the Net Pool Balance as of the first day of the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, as of the Cut-Off Date).
Servicing Fee Rate means 1.00% per annum.
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Similar Law means any state, local or other law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Simple Interest Method means the method of calculating interest due on a motor vehicle receivable on a daily basis based on the actual outstanding principal balance of the receivable on that date.
Simple Interest Receivable means any motor vehicle receivable pursuant to which the payments due from the Obligors during any month are allocated between interest, principal and other charges based on the actual date on which a payment is received and for which interest is calculated using the Simple Interest Method. For the avoidance of doubt, a TrueCar Receivable shall be deemed to be a Simple Interest Receivable.
Specified Reserve Account Balance shall mean 0.25% of the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date; provided, however , on any Payment Date after the Notes are no longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, the Specified Reserve Account Balance shall be $0.
Standard & Poors means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Statutory Trust Statute means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq.
Subject Receivables has the meaning set forth in the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Sub-Servicer means any Affiliate of the Servicer or any sub-contractor to whom any or all duties of the Servicer (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Transaction Documents have been delegated in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Supplemental Servicing Fees means any and all (i) late fees, (ii) extension fees, (iii) non-sufficient funds charges and (iv) any and all other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to any Receivable.
TIA or Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
Targeted Overcollateralization Amount means, with respect to any Payment Date, the greater of (a) the result of (i) 1.50% of the Net Pool Balance on such Payment Date minus (ii) the Specified Reserve Account Balance and (b) 0.75% of the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount shall not exceed the Net Pool Balance on such Payment Date.
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Tax Identification Information means properly completed and signed tax certifications (generally with respect to U.S. Federal Income Tax, IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a Person that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a Person that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), and, if applicable, any other information sufficient to eliminate the imposition of, or determine the amount of FATCA Withholding Tax.
Test Fail has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a) of the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Transaction Documents means the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Depository Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Asset Representations Review Agreement and the Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
Transferred Assets means (a) the Purchased Assets, (b) all of the Sellers rights under the Purchase Agreement and (c) all proceeds of the foregoing.
TrueCar Receivable means a Receivable pursuant to which the interest rate is reduced through the TrueCar program in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices.
Trust Account Property means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Trust Accounts has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Trust Agreement means the Trust Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2019, as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Seller and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Trust Estate means all money, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property and other property of the Issuer, including without limitation (i) the Receivables acquired by the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Related Security relating thereto and Collections thereon after the Cut-Off Date, (ii) the Receivable Files, (iii) the rights of the Issuer to the funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and any other account or accounts established pursuant to the Indenture or Sale and Servicing Agreement and all cash, investment property and other property from time to time credited thereto and all proceeds thereof (including investment earnings, net of losses and investment expenses, on amounts on deposit therein, other than as provided in Section 3.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement), (iv) the rights of the Seller, as buyer, under the Purchase Agreement, (v) the rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement and (vi) all proceeds (as defined in 9-102(64) of the UCC) of the foregoing.
UCC means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.
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United States or USA means the United States of America (including all states, the District of Columbia and political subdivisions thereof).
USAA Parties means, collectively, the Bank, the Depositor and the Issuer.
Verification Documents means, with respect to any Note Owner, a certification from such Note Owner certifying that such Person is in fact, a Note Owner, as well as an additional piece of documentation reasonably satisfactory to the recipient, such as a trade confirmation, account statement, letter from a broker or dealer or other similar document.
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SCHEDULE I
NOTICE ADDRESSES
If to the Issuer:
c/o Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association
919 North Market Street, Suite 1600
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Telephone: (302) 575-2004
with copies to the Administrator, USAA Federal Savings Bank and the Indenture Trustee
If to the Owner Trustee:
Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association
919 North Market Street, Suite 1600
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telecopier No.: (302) 575-2006
Attention: Sandra Battaglia
If to the Indenture Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
190 S. LaSalle Street, 7 th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Structured Finance USAA 2019-1
If to the Bank, the Servicer or the Administrator:
USAA Federal Savings Bank
10750 McDermott Freeway
San Antonio, Texas 78288
Attention: Peter Paulsen
If to the Seller:
USAA Acceptance, LLC
1105 North Market Street, Suite 1300
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attention: USAA 2019-1
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Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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If to the Asset Representations Reviewer:
Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC
2638 South Falkenburg Road
Riverview, Florida 33578
Attention: SVP
Phone: (877) 291-5301
Email: ARRNotices@clayton.com
with a copy to:
Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, c/o Clayton Holdings LLC
1500 Market Street, West Tower, Suite 2050
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Attention: General Counsel
If to Moodys:
Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Telecopier No.: (212) 298-7139
Attention: ABS Monitoring Group
If to Standard & Poors:
S&P Global Ratings
55 Water Street
New York, New York 10041
Telecopier No.: (212) 438-2664
Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Group
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Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
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For value received, in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the Agreement ), dated as of July 31, 2019 between USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer ), USAA Acceptance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Seller ), USAA Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered savings association (the Bank ), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Seller does hereby transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations in the Agreement) on the Closing Date, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables set forth on the schedule of Receivables delivered by the Seller to the Issuer on the date hereof, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, together with all of Sellers rights under the Purchase Agreement and all proceeds of the foregoing; which sale shall be effective as of the Cut-Off Date.
The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in any assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the undersigned or the Originator to the Obligors or any other Person in connection with the Receivables, or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.
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Exhibit A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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EXHIBIT B
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the Seller hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as follows on the Closing Date:
General
1. The Sale and Servicing Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
2. The Receivables constitute chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper) within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
3. Each Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party.
Creation
4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.
Perfection
5. The Seller has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, 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 in the Receivables granted to the Issuer hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser.
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Exhibit B to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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6. With respect to Receivables that constitute tangible chattel paper, either:
(i) all original executed copies of each such tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee; or
(ii) such tangible chattel paper is in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee; or
(iii) the Servicer received possession of such tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee.
Priority
7. Neither the Seller nor the Bank has authorized the filing of, and is not aware of, any financing statements against either the Seller or the Bank that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Bank to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.
8. Neither the Seller nor the Bank is aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against either the Seller or the Bank.
9. Neither the Seller nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.
10. None of the tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Survival of Perfection Representations
11. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Exhibit B shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.
No Waiver
12. The Servicer shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Exhibit B , and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.
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Exhibit B to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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Servicer to Maintain Perfection and Priority
13. The Servicer covenants that, in order to evidence the interests of the Seller and Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, the Servicer shall take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary or advisable (including, without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Indenture Trustee) to maintain and perfect, as a first priority perfected security interest, the Indenture Trustees security interest in the Receivables. The Servicer shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and file, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, initial 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 Indenture Trustees security interest in the Receivables as a first-priority perfected security interest.
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Exhibit B to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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EXHIBIT C
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
INDENTURE TRUSTEES ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as Applicable Servicing Criteria 1 :
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1122(d)(1)(i) | Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(1)(ii) | If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third partys performance and compliance with such servicing activities. | |||
1122(d)(1)(iii) | Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained. | |||
1122(d)(1)(iv) | A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(1)(v) | Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information. | |||
Cash Collection and Administration | ||||
1122(d)(2)(i) | Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(2)(ii) | Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(iii) | Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(2)(iv) | The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(v) | Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, federally insured depository institution with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(vi) | Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. |
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Each assessment of compliance delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall be made only toward such portion(s) of the servicing criteria applicable to the Indenture Trustee and not such other portion(s) applicable to other persons. |
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Exhibit C to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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Reference |
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1122(d)(2)(vii) | Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
Investor Remittances and Reporting | ||||
1122(d)(3)(i) | Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors or the trustees records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer. | |||
1122(d)(3)(ii) | Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. |
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1122(d)(3)(iii) | Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicers investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(3)(iv) | Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. | X | ||
Pool Asset Administration | ||||
1122(d)(4)(i) | Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(ii) | Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements | |||
1122(d)(4)(iii) | Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(iv) | Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicers obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related asset pool documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(v) | The Servicers records regarding the accounts and the accounts agree with the Servicers records with respect to an obligors unpaid principal balance. | |||
1122(d)(4)(vi) | Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligors account (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(vii) | Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements. |
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Exhibit C to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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1122(d)(4)(viii) | Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entitys activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). | |||
1122(d)(4)(ix) | Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(x) | Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligors Account documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable Account documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related Accounts, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xi) | Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xii) | Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicers funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligors error or omission. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xiii) | Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligors records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xiv) | Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xv) | Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements. |
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Exhibit C to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: |
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 |
U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee ), certifies to USAA Acceptance, LLC (the Seller ), and its officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) It has reviewed the report on assessment of the Indenture Trustees compliance provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ), and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the Servicing Assessment ) (collectively, the Indenture Trustee Information );
(2) To the best of its knowledge, the Indenture Trustee Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Indenture Trustee Information; and
(3) To the best of its knowledge, all of the information required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.21 and 9.22 of the Agreement has been provided to the Seller.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Date: |
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Exhibit D to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
REGARDING ITEM 1117 AND ITEM 1119 OF REGULATION AB
Reference is made to the Form 10-K of USAA Acceptance, LLC with respect to USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1 (the Form 10-K ) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20[ ]. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Form 10-K.
U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association ( U.S. Bank ), does hereby certify to the Sponsor, the Seller and the Issuing Entity that:
1. As of the date of the Form 10-K, there are no pending legal proceedings against U.S. Bank or proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against U.S. Bank that would be material to the investors in the Notes.
2. As of the date of the Form 10-K, there are no affiliations, as contemplated by Item 1119 of Regulation AB, between U.S. Bank and any of USAA Federal Savings Bank (in its capacity as Sponsor, Originator, Servicer and Administrator), USAA Acceptance, LLC, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Issuing Entity, or any affiliates of such parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U.S. Bank has caused this certificate to be executed in its corporate name by an officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: ____________, 20[ ]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Exhibit E to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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Exhibit 10.3
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
between
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1,
as Issuer
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK,
as Administrator
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of July 31, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Duties of the Administrator | 1 | ||||
2. |
Records | 3 | ||||
3. |
Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses | 3 | ||||
4. |
Independence of the Administrator | 3 | ||||
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No Joint Venture | 3 | ||||
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Other Activities of the Administrator | 3 | ||||
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Representations and Warranties of the Administrator | 4 | ||||
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Administrator Replacement Events; Termination of the Administrator | 5 | ||||
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Action upon Termination or Removal | 6 | ||||
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Liens | 6 | ||||
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Notices | 6 | ||||
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Amendments | 7 | ||||
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Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 8 | ||||
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Headings | 9 | ||||
15. |
Counterparts | 9 | ||||
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Entire Agreement | 9 | ||||
17. |
Severability of Provisions | 9 | ||||
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Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities | 9 | ||||
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Benefits of the Administration Agreement | 9 | ||||
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Assignment | 9 | ||||
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Nonpetition Covenant | 9 | ||||
22. |
Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee | 10 |
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THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) dated as of July 31, 2019, is between USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 , a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer ) and USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK , a federally chartered savings association, as administrator (the Bank or in its capacity as administrator, the Administrator ), and is acknowledged and agreed to by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee ). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned such terms in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2019 (the Sale and Servicing Agreement ), by and among USAA Acceptance, LLC, as seller, the Issuer, the Bank, as servicer, and the Indenture Trustee.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has issued the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificate pursuant to the Trust Agreement and has entered into certain agreements in connection therewith, including, (i) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the Indenture, (iii) the Asset Representations Review Agreement and (iv) the Note Depository Agreement (the Trust Agreement and each of the agreements referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) are referred to herein collectively as the Issuer Documents );
WHEREAS, to secure payment of the Notes, the Issuer has pledged the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Issuer Documents, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee are required to perform certain duties;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the Administrator administer the affairs of the issuer and perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement), and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and the Issuer Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request;
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Duties of the Administrator .
(a) Duties with Respect to the Issuer Documents . The Administrator shall perform all of its duties as Administrator under this Agreement and the Issuer Documents and administer and perform all of the duties and obligations of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement) under the Issuer Documents; provided , however , except as otherwise provided in the Issuer Documents, that the Administrator shall have no obligation to make any payment required to be made
by the Issuer under any Issuer Document; provided , further , that the Administrator shall have no obligation, and the Owner Trustee shall be required to fully perform its duties, with respect to the obligations of the Owner Trustee under Sections 11.13 , 11.14 and 11.15 of the Trust Agreement and to otherwise comply with the requirements of the Owner Trustee pursuant to or related to Regulation AB. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Issuer and the Owner Trustee regarding its duties and obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and shall advise the Issuer and the Owner Trustee in writing when action is necessary to comply with the Issuers and the Owner Trustees duties and obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall perform such calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement) to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement) to take pursuant to the Issuer Documents, and shall prepare, execute, file and deliver on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents or otherwise by law.
(b) Notices to Rating Agencies . The Administrator shall give notice to each Rating Agency of (i) any merger or consolidation of the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.4 of the Trust Agreement; (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Indenture; (iii) any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Indenture; (iv) any Default or Event of Default of which it has been provided notice pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Indenture; (v) the termination of, and/or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and (vi) any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.1 or 9.2 of the Indenture; which notice shall be given in the case of each of clauses (i) through (vi) , promptly upon the Administrator being notified thereof by the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable.
(c) No Action by Administrator . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, take any action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take or which would result in a violation or breach of the Issuers covenants, agreements or obligations under any of the Issuer Documents.
(d) Non-Ministerial Matters; Exceptions to Administrator Duties .
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless, within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Issuer of the proposed action and the Issuer shall not have withheld consent or
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provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, non-ministerial matters shall include, without limitation:
(A) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer;
(B) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents, successor Indenture Trustees, successor Administrators or successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(C) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Transaction Documents, (y) except as provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Trust Estate or (z) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
2. Records . The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection upon reasonable written request by the Issuer, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal business hours.
3. Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses . As compensation for the performance of the Administrators obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to receive $2,000 annually, which shall be solely an obligation of the Servicer. The Administrator shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder and all expenses incurred in connection with the removal, resignation and replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Indenture.
4. Independence of the Administrator . For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or to represent the Issuer in any way (other than as permitted hereunder) and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.
5. No Joint Venture . Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Administrator and the Issuer as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on the Administrator or the Issuer or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on the Administrator or the Issuer any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.
6. Other Activities of the Administrator . Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
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7. Representations and Warranties of the Administrator . The Administrator represents and warrants to the Issuer as follows:
(a) Existence and Power . The Administrator is a federally chartered savings association validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted. The Administrator has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Administrator of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Administrator and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Administrators ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).
(c) No Consent Required . No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Administrator of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(d) Binding Effect . Each Transaction Document to which the Administrator is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Administrator enforceable against the Administrator in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of federally chartered savings associations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
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8. Administrator Replacement Events; Termination of the Administrator .
(a) Subject to clause (d) below, the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least sixty (60) days prior written notice.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The occurrence of any one of the following events (each, an Administrator Replacement Event ) shall also entitle the Issuer, subject to Section 20 hereof, to terminate and replace the Administrator:
(i) any failure by the Administrator to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to the Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders, which failure continues unremedied for five Business Days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, voting together as a single class;
(ii) any failure by the Administrator to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, voting together as a single class;
(iii) any representation or warranty of the Administrator made in any Transaction Document to which the Administrator is a party or by which it is bound or any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, voting together as a single class (it being understood that any repurchase of a Receivable by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to remedy any incorrect representation or warranty with respect to such Receivable); or
(iv) the Administrator suffers an Insolvency Event;
provided , however , that a delay in or failure of performance referred to under clause (i) above for a period of 90 days will not constitute an Administrator Replacement Event if such delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence as certified by the Administrator in an Officers Certificate of the Administrator delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
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(d) If an Administrator Replacement Event shall have occurred, the Issuer may, subject to Section 20 hereof, by notice given to the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, terminate all or a portion of the rights and powers of the Administrator under this Agreement, including the rights of the Administrator to receive the annual fee for services hereunder for all periods following such termination; provided , however , that such termination shall not become effective until such time as the Issuer, subject to Section 20 hereof, shall have appointed a successor Administrator in the manner set forth below. Upon any such termination or upon a resignation of the Administrator in accordance with Section 8(a) hereof, all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of the Administrator under this Agreement shall vest in and be assumed by any successor Administrator appointed by the Issuer, subject to Section 20 hereof, pursuant to a management agreement between the Issuer and such successor Administrator, containing substantially the same provisions as this Agreement (including with respect to the compensation of such successor Administrator), and the successor Administrator is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Administrator, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect such vesting and assumption. Further, in such event, the Administrator shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the administration of the Issuer to the new Administrator. No resignation or removal of the Administrator shall be effective until a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer.
(e) The Issuer, subject to Section 20 hereof, may waive in writing any Administrator Replacement Event by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past Administrator Replacement Event, such Administrator Replacement Event shall cease to exist, and any Administrator Replacement Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Administrator Replacement Event or impair any right consequent thereon.
9. Action upon Termination or Removal . Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 , or the removal or resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8 , the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid by the Seller all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination or removal.
10. Liens . The Administrator will not directly or indirectly create, allow or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
11. Notices . All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service or, if so provided on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, by electronic transmission, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery will be deemed to have been given and made: (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail, (ii) in the case of electronic transmission, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient and (iii) in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) and notice (including email) to such recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
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12. Amendments .
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Administrator without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) the Administrator delivers to the Indenture Trustee (a) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; and (b) an Officers Certificate of the Administrator to the effect that such amendment will not materially or adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Administrator notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer and the Administrator, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 12 , the Administrator shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Administrator shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided , that no amendment pursuant to this Section 12 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 12 , the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into or execute on behalf of the Issuer any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement.
13. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive 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;
(ii) consents that any such action or Proceeding may be brought and maintained 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;
(iii) 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 11 of this Agreement;
(iv) 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; and
(v) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
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14. Headings . The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
16. Entire Agreement . The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Severability of Provisions . If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
18. Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities . Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation the Bank may have in any other capacity.
19. Benefits of the Administration Agreement . Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Owner Trustee, any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 6.10 of the Indenture and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owner Trustee is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.
20. Assignment . Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and consents to the mortgage, pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all of the Issuers rights under this Agreement. In addition, the Administrator hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all waivers and consents, rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement pursuant to the Grant of such security interest in the event the Issuer shall fail to exercise the same.
21. Nonpetition Covenant . Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee,
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receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any other Person any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; provided , that the foregoing shall in no way limit the rights of the parties hereto to pursue any other creditor rights or remedies that such Persons may have against the Issuer under applicable law.
22. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or under the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1 | ||
By: | Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
By: |
/s/ Rosemary Kennard |
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Name: | Rosemary Kennard | |
Title: | Vice President |
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Administration Agreement USAA 2019-1 |
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, as Administrator |
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/s/ Thomas Cianelli |
Name: | Thomas Cianelli | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
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Administration Agreement USAA 2019-1 |
Acknowledged and Agreed: | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee |
By: |
/s/ Mirtza J. Escobar |
Name: | Mirtza J. Escobar | |
Title: | Vice President |
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Administration Agreement USAA 2019-1 |
Exhibit 10.4
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
between
USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC,
as the Depositor
and
WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Owner Trustee
Dated as of July 31, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.1. |
Capitalized Terms | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2. |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
ORGANIZATION | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.1. |
Name | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.2. |
Office | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.3. |
Purposes and Powers | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.4. |
Appointment of the Owner Trustee | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.5. |
Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.6. |
Declaration of Trust | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.7. |
Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.8. |
Title to the Trust Estate | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.9. |
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor | 4 | ||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Situs of Issuer | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.1. |
Initial Ownership | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.2. |
Authentication of Certificates | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.3. |
Form of the Certificates | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.4. |
Registration of Certificates | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.5. |
Transfer of Certificates | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.6. |
Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates | 7 | ||||
SECTION 3.7. |
Access to List of Certificateholders Names and Addresses | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.1. |
Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.2. |
Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.3. |
Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.4. |
Restrictions on Certificateholders Power | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.5. |
Majority Control | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES | 9 | ||||
SECTION 5.1. |
Application of Trust Funds | 9 | ||||
SECTION 5.2. |
Method of Payment | 10 | ||||
SECTION 5.3. |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act | 10 | ||||
SECTION 5.4. |
Signature on Returns | 10 | ||||
SECTION 5.5. |
Accounting and Reports to Noteholders, Certificateholders, Internal Revenue Service and Others | 10 | ||||
SECTION 5.6. |
Tax Matters | 11 |
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ARTICLE VI |
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE | 11 | ||||
SECTION 6.1. |
General Authority | 11 | ||||
SECTION 6.2. |
General Duties | 11 | ||||
SECTION 6.3. |
Action upon Instruction | 12 | ||||
SECTION 6.4. |
No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions | 13 | ||||
SECTION 6.5. |
No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions | 13 | ||||
SECTION 6.6. |
Restrictions | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE | 14 | ||||
SECTION 7.1. |
Acceptance of Trusts and Duties | 14 | ||||
SECTION 7.2. |
Furnishing of Documents | 15 | ||||
SECTION 7.3. |
Representations and Warranties | 15 | ||||
SECTION 7.4. |
Reliance; Advice of Counsel | 16 | ||||
SECTION 7.5. |
Not Acting in Individual Capacity | 17 | ||||
SECTION 7.6. |
The Owner Trustee May Own Notes | 17 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE | 17 | ||||
SECTION 8.1. |
The Owner Trustees Compensation | 17 | ||||
SECTION 8.2. |
Indemnification | 17 | ||||
SECTION 8.3. |
Payments to the Owner Trustee | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT | 18 | ||||
SECTION 9.1. |
Dissolution of the Issuer | 18 | ||||
SECTION 9.2. |
Winding Up of the Issuer | 18 | ||||
SECTION 9.3. |
Limitations on Termination | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES | 19 | ||||
SECTION 10.1. |
Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee | 19 | ||||
SECTION 10.2. |
Resignation or Removal of the Owner Trustee | 19 | ||||
SECTION 10.3. |
Successor Owner Trustee | 20 | ||||
SECTION 10.4. |
Merger or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee | 20 | ||||
SECTION 10.5. |
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee | 21 |
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ARTICLE XI |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 11.1. |
Amendments | 22 | ||||
SECTION 11.2. |
No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders | 23 | ||||
SECTION 11.3. |
Limitations on Rights of Others | 23 | ||||
SECTION 11.4. |
Notices | 23 | ||||
SECTION 11.5. |
Severability | 24 | ||||
SECTION 11.6. |
Separate Counterparts | 24 | ||||
SECTION 11.7. |
Successors and Assigns | 24 | ||||
SECTION 11.8. |
No Petition | 24 | ||||
SECTION 11.9. |
Headings | 25 | ||||
SECTION 11.10. |
Governing Law | 26 | ||||
SECTION 11.11. |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 26 | ||||
SECTION 11.12. |
Information Requests | 26 | ||||
SECTION 11.13. |
Form 10-D and Form 10-K Filings | 26 | ||||
SECTION 11.14. |
Form 8-K Filings | 26 | ||||
SECTION 11.15. |
Information to Be Provided by the Owner Trustee | 26 | ||||
SECTION 11.16. |
USA Patriot Act Compliance | 27 |
Exhibit A | Form of Certificate | |
Exhibit B | Form of Owner Trustees Annual Certification | |
Regarding Item 1117 and Item 1119 of Regulation AB |
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of July 31, 2019 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this Agreement ) between USAA ACCEPTANCE, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company, as the depositor (the Depositor ), and WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking association ( Wells Fargo ), as the owner trustee (in such capacity, the Owner Trustee ).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee entered into that certain Trust Agreement dated as of June 25, 2019 (the Original Trust Agreement ) and filed a Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which the Issuer (as defined below) was created; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the parties have agreed to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Capitalized Terms . Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the Sale and Servicing Agreement ) among the Issuer, the Depositor, as seller, USAA Federal Savings Bank, as servicer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee.
SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions . All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all such 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 ( provided , that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) 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; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Articles, 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; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) 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; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) unless the context otherwise requires, defined terms shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1. Name . The trust created under the Original Trust Agreement shall be known as USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1 (the Issuer ), in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the business of such trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of such trust and sue and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office . The office of the Issuer shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to each Certificateholder, the Depositor and the Administrator.
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers . The purpose of the Issuer is, and the Issuer shall have the power and authority, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell, transfer and exchange the Notes and the Certificates and to pay interest on and principal of the Notes and distributions on the Certificates;
(b) to acquire the property and assets set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement from the Depositor pursuant to the terms thereof, to make deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Principal Distribution Account and the Reserve Account and to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Issuer;
(c) to assign, Grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders any portion of the Trust Estate released from the lien of, and remitted to the Issuer pursuant to, the Indenture;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is 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 Transaction Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders and payments to the Noteholders.
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The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities on behalf of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of the Owner Trustee . Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall continue as trustee of the Issuer, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate . As of the date of the Original Trust Agreement, the Depositor sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed and set over to the Owner Trustee the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of such date, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate and shall be deposited in the Collection Account.
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust . The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory 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 U.S. federal income and state and local income, franchise and value added tax purposes, so long as there is a single beneficial owner of the Certificates, the Issuer will be disregarded as an entity separate from such beneficial owner and the Notes will be characterized as debt. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Issuer will not file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Issuer as an entity separate from its beneficial owner. In the event that the Issuer is deemed to have more than one beneficial owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Issuer will file returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Issuer as a partnership, and this Agreement shall be amended to include such provisions as may be required under Subchapter K of the Code. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer. The Owner Trustee filed the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Statutory Trust Statute to the contrary, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer constitute a business trust within the meaning of Section 101(9)(A)(v) of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 2.7. Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders . (a) The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Issuer as they may arise.
(b) No Certificateholder (including the Depositor) shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.8. Title to the Trust Estate . Legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Issuer as a separate legal entity.
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SECTION 2.9. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor . The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(a) Existence and Power . The Depositor is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted. The Depositor has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of each Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Depositor and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational instruments or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, indenture or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Depositors ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party).
(c) No Consent Required . No approval, authorization or other action by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings which have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(d) Binding Effect . Each Transaction Document to which the Depositor is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and, if applicable the rights of creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity or other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings . There is no action, suit, Proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened against the Depositor which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, would result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Depositor, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Depositor to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Depositor, or which would render invalid this Agreement or the Receivables or the obligations of the Depositor contemplated herein, or which would materially impair the ability of the Depositor to perform under the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
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SECTION 2.10. Situs of Issuer . The Issuer shall be located in the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE III
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership . Upon the formation of the Issuer and until the issuance of the Certificates, the Depositor is the sole beneficiary of the Issuer; and upon the issuance of the Certificates, the Depositor will no longer be a beneficiary of the Issuer, except to the extent that the Depositor is a Certificateholder.
SECTION 3.2. Authentication of Certificates . Concurrently with the sale of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificates to be executed on behalf of the Issuer, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president, its chief financial officer, its chief accounting officer, any vice president, its secretary, any assistant secretary, its treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without further corporate action by the Depositor. The Certificates shall represent 100% of the beneficial interest in the Issuer and shall be fully-paid and nonassessable.
SECTION 3.3. Form of the Certificates . Each Certificate, upon issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing a definitive Certificate. The Owner Trustee shall execute and authenticate, or cause to be authenticated, each definitive Certificate in accordance with the written instructions of the Depositor.
SECTION 3.4. Registration of Certificates . The Owner Trustee shall maintain at its office referred to in Section 2.2 , or at the office of any agent appointed by it and approved in writing by the Certificateholders at the time of such appointment, a register for the registration and transfer of any Certificate.
SECTION 3.5. Transfer of Certificates . (a) Any Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the related Certificate; provided , that (i) such transferee is either an Affiliate of the Depositor or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and (iii) such Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (x) a Benefit Plan or (y) any governmental plan, non-U.S. plan, church plan, other employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; provided , that the condition set forth in (ii) above will not apply to a transfer of 100% of the Certificate or Certificates to United Services Automobile Association or its designated nominee, provided United Services Automobile
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Association is considered a C Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(2) of the Code). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of (x) a Benefit Plan or (y) any governmental plan, non-U.S. plan, church plan, other employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iii) and (iv) above is met and shall incur no liability to any Person in the event the Holder of a Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, any Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section 3.5 . Such transfer may be made by a registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferors Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall (i) record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate, register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer and (ii) notify the Indenture Trustee of the new Certificateholders name and physical mailing address and provide the Indenture Trustee with a copy of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service form W-9 (or applicable successor form) that the new Certificateholder provides. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferors new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5 , the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5 . The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.
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(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholders interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio , and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or a disregarded entity the single owner of which is any of the foregoing) (each such entity, a flow-through entity ) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Depositor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owners interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entitys interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.
(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for safe harbor treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) No transfer shall be permitted unless the transferee that would be the beneficial owner of the interest in the Certificate is a United States person (as defined in Code section 7701(a)(30)) and shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Administrator a properly completed and duly executed original of U.S. Internal Revenue Service form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a United States person and not subject to backup withholding. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Issuer shall recognize any purchase or transfer of Certificates that is to a Person other than a United States person.
(g) No transfer will be required to be registered under the Securities Act.
(h) In the event that the Depositor (or an Affiliate of the Depositor that owns any Certificates) intends to transfer any of the Certificates to a third party, the parties to this Agreement will amend this Agreement as necessary to prevent any application of the Treasury Regulations under Section 385 of the Code (including any subsequent or successor provision) that would result in the recharacterization of any of the Notes as equity.
SECTION 3.6. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates . If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Owner Trustee, or (ii) the Owner Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction that any Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, and upon proof of ownership satisfactory to the Owner Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be requested by the Owner Trustee to save it harmless, the Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate for the same percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer as the Certificate so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, of like tenor and bearing a different issue number, with such notations, if any, as the Owner Trustee shall determine. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.6 , the Issuer or Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of a Certificate and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Issuer, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
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SECTION 3.7. Access to List of Certificateholders Names and Addresses . The Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer and the Depositor, or to the Indenture Trustee, within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of a written request therefor from the Servicer or the Depositor, or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, a list, in such form as the requesting party may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more Certificateholders or one or more holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by the Certificates apply in writing to the Owner Trustee, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Owner Trustee shall, within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of Certificateholders. Each Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold either the Depositor or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters . With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified each Certificateholder in writing of the proposed action and each Certificateholder shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Certificateholder has withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders;
(c) the amendment, change or modification of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or the Administration Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or defect or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders; or
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(d) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Indenture Trustee or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters . The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Certificateholders, to (a) except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Collateral after the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, (b) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof or (c) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by each Certificateholder.
SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary Proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer until one year and one day after the Note Balance has been reduced to zero without the prior written approval of each Certificateholder and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Issuer is insolvent.
SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders Power . No Certificateholder shall direct the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to (i) any obligation of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) would be contrary to Section 2.3 , or (iii) applicable law, nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
SECTION 4.5. Majority Control . To the extent that there is more than one Certificateholder, except as expressly provided herein, any action which may be taken or consent or instructions which may be given by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be taken by Certificateholders holding in the aggregate a percentage of the beneficial interest in the Issuer equal to more than 50% of the beneficial interest in the Issuer at the time of such action.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
SECTION 5.1. Application of Trust Funds . Distributions on the Certificates shall be made on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Subject to the lien of the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall promptly distribute to the Certificateholders all other amounts (if any) received by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Trust Estate. After the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, the Owner Trustee shall distribute all amounts received (if any) by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Trust Estate at the direction of the Certificateholders. If any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuers payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance with this Section 5.1 ; provided that the Owner Trustee shall not have an obligation to withhold any such amount if and for so long as the Depositor is the sole
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Certificateholder. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Issuer (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Issuer and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a non-U.S. Certificateholder), the Owner Trustee may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this Section 5.1 . If a Certificateholder wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Owner Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse the Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
SECTION 5.2. Method of Payment . Subject to the Indenture, distributions required to be made to the Certificateholders on any Payment Date and all amounts received by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee on any other date that are payable to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be made to the Certificateholders (i) by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of each Certificateholder designated by such Certificateholder to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee in writing if such Certificateholder shall have provided to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee appropriate written instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Payment Date, or (ii) by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address designated by such Certificateholder to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee in writing.
SECTION 5.3. Sarbanes-Oxley Act . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Transaction Document, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to execute, deliver or certify in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on behalf of the Issuer or any other Person, any periodic reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, or any other documents pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
SECTION 5.4. Signature on Returns . Subject to Section 2.6 , the Certificateholders shall sign on behalf of the Issuer the tax returns of the Issuer, unless applicable law requires the Owner Trustee to sign such documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by the Owner Trustee at the written direction of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 5.5. Accounting and Reports to Noteholders, Certificateholders, Internal Revenue Service and Others . The Issuer shall, based on information provided by or on behalf of the Depositor, (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Issuer on a calendar year basis and the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns, (c) prepare (or cause to be prepared), file (or cause to be filed) such tax returns relating to the Issuer (including a partnership information return, IRS Form 1065 if the Issuer is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable State or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to prevent the Issuer from being taxed as a corporation,
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(d) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law and (e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.1 with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders. If the Issuer is treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes the Issuer shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Receivables. The Issuer shall not make the election provided under Section 754 of the Code. No election will be made to treat the Issuer as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 5.6. Tax Matters . In the event the Issuer is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Depositor or an Affiliate shall be designated as the partnership representative within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code (and any corresponding provision of state law) and as the tax matters partner for any applicable state law purposes and the Issuer will, to the extent practicable, make the election described in Section 6221(b) or Section 6226 of the Code (and any corresponding provision of state law) and take any other action (such as disclosures and notifications) necessary to effectuate such election (including working with the Depositor to designate any designated individual required under the law).
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. General Authority . The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuer (i) the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is named as a party, (ii) each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is named as a party and (iii) (provided proper written instruction is received under this Article VI ) any amendment thereto, in each case, in such form as the Depositor shall approve, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustees execution thereof, and the Owner Trustee is further authorized, at the written direction of the Depositor, to execute on behalf of the Issuer and to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $132,000,000, Class A-2 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $152,000,000, Class A-3 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $133,000,000, Class A-4 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $74,180,000 and Class B Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $8,820,000. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Depositor or the Administrator recommends or directs in writing with respect to the Transaction Documents, except to the extent that this Agreement expressly requires the consent of the Certificateholders for such action.
SECTION 6.2. General Duties . It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to administer the Issuer in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject to Transaction Documents, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Transaction Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to
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discharge any duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Transaction Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement and shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the Administrator or any other Person under the Administration Agreement or any other document. The Owner Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect the Receivables or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Receivables. The Owner Trustee shall not be required to perform any of the obligations of the Issuer under any Transaction Document that are required to be performed by the Bank, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction . (a) Subject to Article IV , and in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Certificateholders may, by written instruction, direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Issuer. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Certificateholders pursuant to Article IV .
(b) Subject to Section 7.1 , the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or under any Transaction Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined or been advised by counsel that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Transaction Document or is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted or application of such provision, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any written instruction of the Certificateholders received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action or inaction to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
(d) The Owner 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, at the request, order or direction of any Certificateholder or any other Person, unless such Certificateholder or such Person has offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) therein or thereby, including such advances as the Owner Trustee shall reasonably request.
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SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions . The Owner 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 Issuer or the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3 ; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Transaction Document against the Owner Trustee. The Owner 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 (including any filings required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) for the Issuer or to record this Agreement or any Transaction Document. The Owner 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 actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate or the Trust.
SECTION 6.5. No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions . The Owner 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 Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Transaction Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3 .
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions . The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Issuer set forth in Section 2.3 or (b) that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, would (i) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income, state and local income, franchise and value added tax purposes, (ii) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal income or state income or franchise tax purposes or (iii) cause the Issuer or any portion thereof to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income, state and local income or franchise and value added tax purposes. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section 6.6 or applicable law (and, in the event any such direction is given by the Certificateholders to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to follow such direction).
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ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties . The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable or accountable hereunder or under any Transaction Document under any circumstances notwithstanding anything herein or in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty, expressly made by the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity or any representation or warranty made by the Owner Trustee in accordance with Section 11.13 or 11.14 , (iii) for liabilities arising from the failure of the Owner Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the third sentence of Section 6.4 or (iv) for taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation of the foregoing:
(i) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any of its officers or employees unless it is proved that such Persons were negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the instructions of the Depositor, the Administrator or any Certificateholder delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(iii) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk its personal funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise of its rights or powers hereunder;
(iv) Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or indebtedness of the Issuer; and
(v) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally responsible for or in respect of the accuracy, validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by any Person other than the Owner Trustee, or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of the Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the accuracy, validity or sufficiency of any statement of any other party in the Transactions Documents, the Certificates or any other document supplied to the Owner Trustee;
(vi) The Owner Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents against the Owner Trustee;
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(vii) The Owner 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 Transaction Document, at the request, order or direction of any of the Depositor, the Certificateholders or the Administrator, unless such Depositor, Certificateholders or the Administrator have offered to the Owner Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Owner Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it therein or thereby. The right of the Owner Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any Transaction Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act;
(viii) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Owner Trustee be liable under or in connection with this Agreement or the Trust for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Owner Trustee has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought;
(ix) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to investigate any claims with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty under any of the Transaction Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for evaluating the qualifications of any mediator or arbitrator, or be personally liable for paying the fees or expenses of any mediation or arbitration initiated by a requesting party; and
(x) The Owner Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder if such delay or failure was caused by a force majeure or other similar occurrence.
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents . The Owner Trustee shall furnish to any Certificateholder promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Transaction Documents. The Owner Trustee (i) shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any information provided to the Certificateholders or any other Person that has been provided to the Owner Trustee, (ii) shall not be required to investigate or reconfirm the accuracy of any such information and (iii) shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any errors, inaccuracies or incorrect information resulting from the use of such information.
SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties . Wells Fargo hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders, that:
(a) It is a national banking association validly existing under the federal laws of the United States of America and having an office within the State of Delaware. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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(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) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other similar laws affecting enforcement of the rights of creditors of banks generally and to equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.
(d) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws.
SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel . (a) The Owner Trustee shall incur no personal liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer, secretary or other Authorized Officers or Responsible Officers of the relevant party, 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 (the costs of which shall be paid by the party requesting such action). The Owner Trustee need not investigate or re-calculate, evaluate, verify or independently determine the accuracy of any report, certificate, information, statement, representation or warranty or any fact or matter stated in any such document and, in the absence of bad faith on its part, may conclusively rely thereon as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, but the Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, custodians, nominees (including Persons acting under a power of attorney) or attorneys selected with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons knowledgeable in the relevant area to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it at the expense of the Issuer. The Owner Trustee shall not be personally 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.
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SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity . Except as provided in this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created, Wells Fargo acts solely as the 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 Agreement or any Transaction Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.6. The Owner Trustee May Own Notes . Wells Fargo in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes, and may deal with the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Owner Trustee, and the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking relationships with the Owner Trustee and its Affiliates.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1. The Owner Trustee s Compensation . The Depositor shall cause the Servicer to agree to pay to Wells Fargo pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement from time to time compensation for all services rendered by Wells Fargo under this Agreement pursuant to a fee letter between the Servicer and the Owner Trustee (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the fee letter between the Servicer and the Owner Trustee, shall reimburse Wells Fargo upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by Wells Fargo in accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, experts and counsel as Wells Fargo may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder), except any such expense as may be attributable to its willful misconduct, negligence (other than an error in judgment) or bad faith, as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent not paid by the Servicer, such fees and reasonable expenses shall be paid in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable.
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification . The Depositor shall cause the Servicer to agree to indemnify the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity and as trustee and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents (the Indemnified Parties ) from and against, any and all loss, liability, fee, expense, cost, tax, penalty or claim (including reasonable legal fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce their rights, including the Servicers indemnification obligations)) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Wells Fargo in its individual capacity and as trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Trust Estate, the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder; provided , however , that
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neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall be liable for or required to indemnify Wells Fargo from and against any of the foregoing expenses arising or resulting from (i) Wells Fargos own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Sections 7.3 , or made pursuant to Sections 11.13 and 11.14 , expressly made by the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (iii) liabilities arising from the failure of the Owner Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the third sentence of Section 6.4 or (iv) taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Owner Trustee. To the extent not paid by the Servicer, such indemnification shall be paid in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable. The obligations under this Section 8.2 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the termination or assignment of the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Owner Trustee . Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII and the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution of the Issuer . The Issuer shall wind up and dissolve upon written notice to the Owner Trustee by the Certificateholders; provided that, the Issuer shall not wind up and dissolve prior to (a) the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (b) the discharge of the Indenture in accordance with Article IV of the Indenture. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Issuer, nor (y) entitle any such Certificateholders 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 Issuer or Trust Estate nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
SECTION 9.2. Winding Up of the Issuer . Upon dissolution of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Administrator, wind up the business and affairs of the Issuer as required by Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Statute. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, and receipt of a certificate from the Indenture Trustee stating that all Noteholders have been paid in full and that the Indenture Trustee is aware of no claims remaining against the Issuer in respect of the Indenture and the Notes, the Owner Trustee, in the absence of actual knowledge of any other claim against the Issuer and at the written direction of the Certificateholders, shall be deemed to have made reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations (including conditional, contingent or unmatured obligations) for purposes of Section 3808(e) of the Statutory Trust Statute and shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing, at the expense of the Depositor, a certificate of cancellation with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute, at which time the Issuer shall terminate and this Agreement (other than Article VIII ) shall be of no further force or effect.
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SECTION 9.3. Limitations on Termination . Except as provided in Section 9.1 , neither the Depositor nor any Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke, dissolve or terminate the Issuer.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL
OWNER TRUSTEES
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee . The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a bank (i) authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (ii) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and (iii) subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If such bank shall publish 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, 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. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be an institution satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute. In case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1 , the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.2 .
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of the Owner Trustee . The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Administrator, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and each Certificateholder. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee which satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 10.1 by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may (at the expense of the Depositor (including without limitation reasonable attorneys fees and expenses)) petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee; provided , however , that such right to appoint or to petition for the appointment of any such successor shall in no event relieve the resigning Owner Trustee from any obligations otherwise imposed on it under the Transaction Documents until such successor has in fact assumed such appointment.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the Administrator, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor or the Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Depositor or the Administrator shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Depositor and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
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Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 10.2 shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.3 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Depositor shall provide (or shall cause to be provided) notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 10.3. Successor Owner Trustee . Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Administrator and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as the Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Depositor and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 10.3 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1 .
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.3 , the Depositor shall mail (or shall cause to be mailed) notice of the successor of such Owner Trustee to each Certificateholder, Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and each of the Rating Agencies. If the Depositor shall fail to mail (or cause to be mailed) such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall promptly file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Delaware Secretary of State identifying the name and principal place of business of such successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee . Any corporation into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee, shall, 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, be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder; provided , that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1 ; and provided , further that the Owner Trustee shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer, if required by applicable law, and mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the Depositor and the Administrator.
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SECTION 10.5. 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 Estate may at the time be located, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Owner 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 10.1 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.3 .
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 Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(ii) no 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 Depositor and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article X . Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and copies thereof given to the Depositor and the Administrator.
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Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner 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 become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee. The Owner 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 XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. Amendments . (a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) the Depositor delivers to the Indenture Trustee (a) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders and (b) an Officers Certificate of the Depositor to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Depositor notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of the Controlling Class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary to obtain the consent of the Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.
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(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 11.1 , the Depositor shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Depositor shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided , that no amendment pursuant to this Section 11.1 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 11.1 , the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into or execute on behalf of the Issuer any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended without the consent of any Noteholder, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer or any other person to add (as described in Section 3.5(h) hereof) provisions necessary to prevent any application of the Treasury Regulations under Section 385 of the Code (including any subsequent or successor provision) that would result in the recharacterization of any of the Notes as equity, provided , however , that any such amendment that adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Indentures, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement shall not be effective without the prior written consent of such affected party.
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders . No Certificateholder shall have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. Each Certificateholder shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to its undivided beneficial interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX . No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of a Certificateholder to and in its 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 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others . The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Administrator, the Certificateholders and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, 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 11.4. Notices . (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service or, if so provided on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, by electronic transmission, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the
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specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery will be deemed to have been given and made: (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail, (ii) in the case of electronic transmission, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient and (iii) in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) and notice (including email) to such recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to any Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Certificateholder as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 11.5. 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 11.6. 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.
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and its successors and each Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.
SECTION 11.8. No Petition . (a) Each of the Owner Trustee, by entering into this Agreement, the Depositor, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join with any other Person in commencing, or institute with any other
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Person any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; provided , that the foregoing shall in no way limit the rights of such parties to pursue any other creditor rights or remedies that such Persons may have against the Issuer under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall the Owner Trustee authorize, institute or join in any bankruptcy or similar Proceeding described in the preceding sentence other than in accordance with Section 4.3 .
(b) The Depositors obligations under this Agreement are obligations solely of the Depositor and will not constitute a claim against the Depositor to the extent that the Depositor does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each of the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Person has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Depositor. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder or Note Owner and each Certificateholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to 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), then such Person further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby 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. The provisions of this Section will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.9. 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.
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SECTION 11.10. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS .
SECTION 11.11. Waiver of Jury Trial . To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 11.12. Information Requests . The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Bank, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Depositor or any of their Affiliates at the expense of the Bank, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Depositor or any of their Affiliates, as applicable, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.
SECTION 11.13. Form 10-D and Form 10-K Filings . With respect to Form 10-D and Form 10-K filings (i) no later than each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Depositor of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to the Owner Trustee, together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor and (ii) no later than March 15 of each calendar year, commencing March 15, 2020, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Depositor in writing of any affiliations or relationships between the Owner Trustee and any Item 1119 Party; provided , that (except as provided in the following sentence) no such notification need be made if the affiliations or relationships are unchanged from those provided in the notification in the prior calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing on March 15, 2020, the Owner Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Depositor, deliver to the Depositor the certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or such form as mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee regarding any affiliations or relationships (as contemplated in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Owner Trustee and any Item 1119 Party and any Form 10-D Disclosure Item.
SECTION 11.14. Form 8-K Filings . The Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor, but in no event later than four (4) Business Days after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee has actual knowledge (other than a Reportable Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof as to which the Depositor or the Servicer has actual knowledge). The Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event solely to the extent that it relates to the Owner Trustee or any action by the Owner Trustee (and not by someone else on its behalf) under this Agreement.
SECTION 11.15. Information to Be Provided by the Owner Trustee . The Owner Trustee shall provide the Depositor and the Bank (each, a Reporting Party and, collectively, the Reporting Parties) with (i) notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days, of all demands communicated to the Owner Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable and (ii) promptly upon reasonable written request by a Reporting Party, any other information reasonably requested by a Reporting Party that is in the Owner Trustees possession and reasonably accessible to it to facilitate compliance by the Reporting
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Parties with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, and Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB. In no event shall the Owner Trustee be deemed to be a securitizer as defined in Section 15Ga-1 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it have (A) any responsibility or liability for making any filing to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB or (B) any duty or obligation to undertake any investigation or inquiry related to repurchase activity or otherwise to assume any additional duties or responsibilities in respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. For purposes of this section, a demand is limited to a demand for enforcement of a repurchase remedy received by the Owner Trustee. A demand does not include general inquiries, including investor inquiries, regarding asset performance or possible breaches of representations or warranties.
SECTION 11.16. USA Patriot Act Compliance . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Owner Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Owner Trustee. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the Owner Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Owner Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Owner Trustee |
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/s/ Rosemary Kennard |
Name: | Rosemary Kennard | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
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[____]% BENEFICIAL INTEREST |
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USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1
CERTIFICATE
Evidencing the [ ]% beneficial interest in all of the assets of the Issuer (as defined below), which consist primarily of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks.
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of USAA Acceptance, LLC, USAA Federal Savings Bank or any of their respective Affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS, PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT THERETO.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE ACQUIRED OR HELD (IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION OR THROUGH A TRANSFER) BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF OR WITH THE ASSETS OF (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A PLAN AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR OTHER PLANS INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY OR (D) ANY GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, NON-U.S. PLAN, CHURCH PLAN, OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE PERMITTED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE SHALL DELIVER TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE ADMINISTRATOR A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED ORIGINAL OF U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR APPLICABLE SUCCESSOR FORM) CERTIFYING THAT IT IS A UNITED STATES PERSON AS DEFINED IN SECTION 7701(a)(30) OF THE CODE AND NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING.
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT [___________] is the registered owner of a [____]% nonassessable, fully-paid beneficial interest in the Trust Estate of USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer ) formed by USAA Acceptance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as depositor (the Depositor ).
The Issuer was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of June 25, 2019 (as amended and restated as of July 31, 2019, the Trust Agreement ), between the Depositor and Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, as owner trustee (the Owner Trustee ), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2019 among the Depositor, the Issuer, U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, and USAA Federal Savings Bank, as servicer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound. The provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth in their entirety herein.
The Holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
THIS 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.
By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties (i) such Person shall not authorize such Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to
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make a general assignment for the benefit of any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such Person shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.
By accepting and holding this Certificate (or any interest herein), the Holder hereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing on behalf of, (i) a Benefit Plan or (ii) any governmental plan, non-U.S. plan, church plan, other employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law, and that the Holder is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
It is the intention of the parties to the Trust Agreement that, solely for income, franchise and value added tax purposes, (i) so long as there is a single Certificateholder, the Issuer will be disregarded as an entity separate from such Certificateholder, and if there is more than one Certificateholder, the Issuer will be treated as a partnership and (ii) the Notes will be characterized as debt. By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder agrees to take no action inconsistent with the foregoing intended tax treatment.
By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder acknowledges that this Certificate represents the entire beneficial interest in the Issuer only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated in this Certificate, the Trust Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
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OWNER TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF OWNER TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
REGARDING ITEM 1117 AND ITEM 1119 OF REGULATION AB
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated July 31, 2019 (the Trust Agreement), between Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association (Wells Fargo), as Owner Trustee and USAA Acceptance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Depositor (the Depositor) with respect to USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1 (the Trust). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Trust Agreement.
Wells Fargo does hereby certify to USAA Federal Savings Bank (the Sponsor), the Depositor and the Trust that:
1. As of the date hereof, there are no pending legal proceedings against Wells Fargo or proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against Wells Fargo that would be material to the investors in the Notes.
2. As of the date hereof, there are no affiliations, as contemplated by Item 1119 of Regulation AB, between Wells Fargo and any of USAA Federal Savings Bank (in its capacity as Sponsor, Originator, Servicer and Administrator), USAA Acceptance, LLC, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust, or any affiliates of such parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wells Fargo has caused this certificate to be executed in its corporate name by an officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: ____________, 20[ ]
WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Owner Trustee |
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Title: |
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ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT
among
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1
as Issuer,
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK,
as Sponsor and Servicer
and
CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC,
as Asset Representations Reviewer
Dated as of July 31, 2019
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USAGE AND DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
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Section 1.2. |
Additional Definitions |
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ARTICLE II |
ENGAGEMENT OF ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER | 2 | ||||
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Engagement; Acceptance |
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Confirmation of Scope |
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Review Notices |
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Identification of Subject Receivables |
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Review Materials |
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Performance of Reviews |
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Section 3.5. |
Review Reports |
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Limitations on Review Obligations |
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Dispute Resolution |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Section 4.2. |
Covenants |
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Section 4.3. |
Fees, Expenses and Indemnities |
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Section 4.4. |
Limitation on Liability |
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Section 4.5. |
Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 4.6. |
Indemnification of Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 4.7. |
Inspections of Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 4.8. |
Delegation of Obligations |
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Section 4.9. |
Confidential Information |
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Section 4.10. |
Personally Identifiable Information |
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ARTICLE V |
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; SUCCESSOR ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER | 13 | ||||
Section 5.1. |
Eligibility Requirements for Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 5.2. |
Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 5.3. |
Successor Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 5.4. |
Merger, Consolidation or Succession |
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ARTICLE VI |
OTHER AGREEMENTS | 14 | ||||
Section 6.1. |
Independence of Asset Representations Reviewer |
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Section 6.2. |
No Petition |
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Section 6.3. |
Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee |
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Section 6.4. |
Termination of Agreement |
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ARTICLE VII |
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 15 | ||||
Section 7.1. |
Amendments |
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Section 7.2. |
Assignment; Benefit of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 7.3. |
Notices |
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Section 7.4. |
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 7.5. |
No Waiver; Remedies |
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Section 7.6. |
Severability |
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Section 7.7. |
Headings |
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Section 7.8. |
Counterparts |
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Schedule A |
Representations and Warranties, Review Materials and Tests |
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ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2019 (this Agreement ), among USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer (the Issuer ), USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, a federally chartered savings association (the Bank ), as Sponsor (the Sponsor ) and Servicer (the Servicer ), and CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Asset Representations Reviewer (the Asset Representations Reviewer ).
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to engage the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform reviews of certain Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties made by the Bank, as seller, about the Receivables in the pool.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, other good and valuable consideration, and the mutual terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows.
ARTICLE I
USAGE AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Usage and Definitions . (a) Except as otherwise specified herein or if the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned such terms set forth in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the Sale and Servicing Agreement ), by and among USAA Acceptance, LLC, as seller, the Servicer, and the Issuer.
(b) With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to writing include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements, and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; the term including means including without limitation; and the term or is not exclusive.
Section 1.2. Additional Definitions . The following terms have the meanings given below:
Asset Representations Review means the performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the testing procedures for each Test and each Subject Receivable according to Section 3.4 .
Confidential Information has the meaning stated in Section 4.9(b) .
Information Recipients has the meaning stated in Section 4.9(a) .
Issuer PII has the meaning stated in Section 4.10(a) .
Personally Identifiable Information or PII has the meaning stated in Section 4.10(a) .
Review Fee has the meaning stated in Section 4.3(b) .
Review Materials means, for an Asset Representations Review and a Subject Receivable, the documents and other materials for each Test listed under Review Materials in Schedule A .
Review Report means, for an Asset Representations Review, the report of the Asset Representations Reviewer prepared according to Section 3.5 .
Subject Receivables means, for any Asset Representations Review, all Receivables which are 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the related Review Satisfaction Date; provided, that any Receivable repurchased by the Sponsor or the Servicer from the Issuer in accordance with the Transaction Documents after the Review Satisfaction Date will no longer be a Subject Receivable.
Test has the meaning stated in Section 3.4(a) .
Test Complete has the meaning stated in Section 3.4(c) .
Test Fail has the meaning stated in Section 3.4(a) .
Test Incomplete has the meaning stated in Section 3.4(a) .
Test Pass has the meaning stated in Section 3.4(a) .
ARTICLE II
ENGAGEMENT OF ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 2.1. Engagement; Acceptance . The Issuer engages Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC to act as the Asset Representations Reviewer for the Issuer. Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC accepts the engagement and agrees to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer on the terms in this Agreement.
Section 2.2. Confirmation of Scope . The parties confirm that the Asset Representations Reviewer is not responsible for (a) reviewing the Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties under the Transaction Documents, except as described in this Agreement or (b) determining whether noncompliance with the representations or warranties constitutes a breach of the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE III
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW PROCESS
Section 3.1. Review Notices . On receipt of a Review Notice in accordance with Section 7.5 of the Indenture, the Asset Representations Reviewer will commence an Asset Representations Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will have no obligation to start an Asset Representations Review until a Review Notice is received.
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Section 3.2. Identification of Subject Receivables . Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a Review Notice, the Servicer will deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer a list of the Subject Receivables.
Section 3.3. Review Materials .
(a) Access to Review Materials . The Servicer will give the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the Review Materials for all of the Subject Receivables within sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of the Review Notice in one or more of the following ways in the Servicers reasonable discretion: (i) by electronic posting of Review Materials to a password-protected website to which the Asset Representations Reviewer has access, (ii) by providing originals or photocopies of documents relating to the Subject Receivables at one of the properties of the Servicer or (iii) in another manner agreed by the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Servicer may redact or remove PII from the Review Materials so long as all information in the Review Materials necessary for the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete the Asset Representations Review remains intact and unchanged.
(b) Missing or Insufficient Review Materials . The Asset Representations Reviewer will review the Review Materials to determine if any Review Materials are missing or insufficient for the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform any Test. If the Asset Representations Reviewer reasonably determines that any of the Review Materials are missing or insufficient for the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform any Test, the Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Servicer promptly, and in any event no less than twenty (20) calendar days before completing the Asset Representations Review, and the Servicer will use reasonable efforts to provide the Asset Representations Reviewer access to such missing Review Materials or other documents or information to correct the insufficiency within fifteen (15) calendar days. If the missing or insufficient Review Materials have not been provided by the Servicer within sixty (60) calendar days, the parties agree that the Subject Receivable will have a Test Incomplete for the related Test(s) and the Review Report will indicate the reason for the Test Incomplete.
Section 3.4. Performance of Reviews .
(a) Test Procedures . For an Asset Representations Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will perform for each Subject Receivable the procedures listed under Tests in Schedule A for each representation and warranty (each, a Test ), using the Review Materials listed for each such Test in Schedule A . For each Test and Subject Receivable, the Asset Representations Reviewer will determine in its reasonable judgment if the Test has been satisfied (a Test Pass ), if the Test has not been satisfied (a Test Fail ) or if the Test could not be concluded as a result of missing or incomplete Review Materials (a Test Incomplete ). The Asset Representations Reviewer will use such determination for all Subject Receivables that are subject to the same Test.
(b) Review Period . The Asset Representations Reviewer will complete the Asset Representations Review of all of the Subject Receivables within sixty (60) calendar days after receiving access to the Review Materials under Section 3.3(a) . However, if missing or additional Review Materials are provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer under Section 3.3(b) , the review period will be extended for an additional thirty (30) calendar days.
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(c) Completion of Review for Certain Subject Receivables . Following the delivery of the list of the Subject Receivables and before the delivery of the Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Servicer may notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a Subject Receivable is paid in full by the Obligor or purchased from the Issuer by the Bank according to the applicable Transaction Document. On receipt of notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will immediately terminate all Tests of such Receivables and the Review of such Receivables will be considered complete (a Test Complete ). In this case, the Review Report will indicate a Test Complete for the Receivables and the related reason.
(d) Previously Reviewed Receivable . If a Subject Receivable was included in a prior Asset Representations Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will not conduct additional Tests on any such duplicate Subject Receivable unless such Subject Receivable was deemed a Test Incomplete as a result of the failure of the Servicer to provide missing Review Material for such Subject Receivable and the Servicer elects to have such Subject Receivable included in the current Asset Representations Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will include the previously reported Test results for any such duplicate Subject Receivable within the Review Report for the current Asset Representations Review.
(e) Duplicative Tests . If the same Test is required for more than one representation or warranty listed on Schedule A , the Asset Representations Reviewer will only perform the Test once for each Subject Receivable but will report the results of the Test for each applicable representation or warranty on the Review Report.
(f) Termination of Review . If an Asset Representations Review is in process and all of the Notes will be paid in full on the next Payment Date, the Servicer will notify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Indenture Trustee no less than ten (10) calendar days before that Payment Date. On receipt of notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will terminate the Asset Representations Review immediately and will have no obligation to deliver a Review Report.
Section 3.5. Review Reports . (a) Within ten (10) calendar days after the end of the Asset Representations Review period under Section 3.4(b) , the Asset Representations Reviewer will deliver to the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee a Review Report indicating for each Subject Receivable whether there was a Test Pass, a Test Incomplete or a Test Fail for each Test, or whether the Subject Receivable was a Test Complete and the related reason. The Review Report will contain a summary of the findings and conclusions of the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the Asset Representations Review to be included in the Issuers Form 10-D report for the Collection Period in which the Review Report is received, including a description of each Test Fail and Test Incomplete, if any, from the Asset Representations Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that the Review Report does not contain any Issuer PII. On the reasonable request of the Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide additional details on the Test results.
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(b) Questions About Review . The Asset Representations Reviewer will make appropriate personnel available to respond in writing to written questions or requests for clarification of any Review Report from the Servicer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will have no obligation to respond to questions or requests for clarification from Noteholders or any Person other than the Servicer and will direct such Persons to submit written questions or requests to the Servicer.
Section 3.6. Limitations on Review Obligations . The Asset Representations Reviewer will have no obligation:
(a) to determine whether a Delinquency Trigger has occurred or whether the required percentage of Noteholders has voted to direct an Asset Representations Review under the Indenture, and may rely on the information in any Review Notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee;
(b) to determine which Receivables are Subject Receivables, and may rely on the lists of Subject Receivables provided by the Servicer;
(c) to confirm the validity of the Review Materials and may rely on the accuracy and completeness of the Review Materials; or
(d) to take any action or cause any other party to take any action under any of the Transaction Documents or otherwise to enforce any remedies against any Person for breaches of representations or warranties about the Subject Receivables.
Section 3.7. Dispute Resolution . The Asset Representations Reviewer acknowledges and agrees that any Review Report may be used by the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer in any dispute resolution proceeding related to the Subject Receivables. No additional fees or reimbursement of expenses shall be paid to the Asset Representations Reviewer regarding the Issuers, the Sellers or the Servicers use of any Review Report; provided , that the Asset Representations Reviewer will be reimbursed for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in its participation in any dispute resolution proceeding.
ARTICLE IV
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties . The Asset Representations Reviewer represents and warrants as of the Closing Date:
(a) Organization and Qualification . The Asset Representations Reviewer is duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Asset Representations Reviewer is qualified as a foreign limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its activities requires the qualification, license or approval, unless the failure to obtain the qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewers ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) Power, Authority and Enforceability . The Asset Representations Reviewer has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors rights or by general equitable principles.
(c) No Conflicts and No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement will not (A) conflict with, or be a breach or default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or other agreement or instrument under which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party, (B) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Asset Representations Reviewer under the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or other agreement or instrument, (C) violate the organizational documents of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (D) violate any law or any order, rule or regulation of a federal or state court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Asset Representations Reviewer or its properties that applies to the Asset Representations Reviewer, which, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewers ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) No Consent Required . No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of this Agreement other than (i) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (ii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(e) No Proceedings . There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Asset Representations Reviewer, threatened in writing before a federal or state court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Asset Representations Reviewer or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewers ability to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(f) Eligibility . The Asset Representations Reviewer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.1 and will notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly if it no longer meets, or reasonably expects that it will no longer meet, the eligibility requirements in Section 5.1 .
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Section 4.2. Covenants . The Asset Representations Reviewer covenants and agrees that:
(a) Eligibility . It will notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly if it no longer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.1 .
(b) Review Systems; Personnel . It will maintain business process management and/or other systems necessary to ensure that it can perform each Test and, on execution of this Agreement, will load each Test into these systems. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that these systems allow for each Subject Receivable and the related Review Materials to be individually tracked and stored as contemplated by this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain adequate staff that is properly trained to conduct Asset Representations Reviews as required by this Agreement.
(c) Maintenance of Review Materials . It will maintain copies of any Review Materials, Review Reports and other documents relating to an Asset Representations Review, including internal correspondence and work papers, for a period of two years after the termination of this Agreement or repayment of the Notes in full, whichever comes first.
Section 4.3. Fees, Expenses and Indemnities .
(a) Annual Fee . The Servicer will pay the Asset Representations Reviewer, as compensation for agreeing to act as the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, an annual fee of $5,000. The annual fee will be payable by the Servicer on the Closing Date and on each anniversary thereof until this Agreement is terminated, provided , that in the year in which all public Notes are paid in full, the annual fee shall be reduced pro rata by an amount equal to the days of the year in which the public Notes are no longer outstanding.
(b) Review Fee . Following the completion of an Asset Representations Review and the delivery to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer of the Review Report, or the termination of an Asset Representations Review in accordance with Section 3.4(f) , and the delivery to the Servicer of a detailed invoice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be entitled to a fee of $200 for each Subject Receivable for which the Asset Representations Review was started (the Review Fee ), to be paid as agreed in Section 4.3(c) . However, no Review Fee will be charged for any Tests that were performed in a prior Asset Representations Review or for any Asset Representations Review in which no Tests were completed prior to the Asset Representations Reviewer being notified of a termination of the Asset Representations Review in accordance with Section 3.4(f) . The Servicer will pay the Review Fee to the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms of the detailed invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer. If an Asset Representations Review is terminated in accordance with Section 3.4(f) , the Asset Representations Reviewer must submit its invoice for the Review Fee for the terminated Asset Representations Review no later than five Business Days before the final Payment Date in order to be reimbursed no later than the final Payment Date.
(c) Payment of Fees and Indemnities . The Asset Representations Reviewer shall submit reasonably detailed invoices to the Servicer for any amounts owed to it under this Agreement. To the extent not paid by the Servicer within sixty (60) calendar days following the receipt of a detailed invoice on the due date therefor hereunder, the fees provided for in this Section 4.3 and the indemnities provided for in Section 4.6(a) shall be paid by the Issuer pursuant to the priority of payments set forth in Section 4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided , that prior to any such payment pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall notify the Servicer in writing that such payments have been outstanding for at least sixty (60) calendar days.
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Section 4.4. Limitation on Liability . The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be liable to any Person for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under this Agreement. However, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be liable for its willful misconduct, bad faith, breach of this Agreement or negligence in performing its obligations under this Agreement. In no event will the Asset Representations Reviewer be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or damages (including lost profit), even if the Asset Representations Reviewer has been advised of the likelihood of the loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
Section 4.5. Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer . The Asset Representations Reviewer will indemnify each of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Seller, the Sponsor, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (each, an Indemnified Party ) and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents for all costs, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities (including any reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with the enforcement of any indemnification or other obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer) resulting from (a) the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing its obligations under this Agreement, (b) the Asset Representations Reviewers failure to comply with the requirements of applicable federal, state or local laws and regulations in the performance of its duties hereunder or (c) the Asset Representations Reviewers breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other obligations in this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Section 4.5 will survive the termination of this Agreement, the termination of the Issuer and the permitted resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 4.6. Indemnification of Asset Representations Reviewer .
(a) Indemnification . The Servicer will indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an Indemnified Person ), for all costs, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities resulting from the performance of its obligations under this Agreement (including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any loss, damage or liability), but excluding any cost, expense, loss, damage or liability resulting from (i) the Asset Representations Reviewers willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, (ii) the Asset Representations Reviewers failure to comply with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations in the performance of its duties hereunder or (iii) the Asset Representations Reviewers breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other obligations in this Agreement.
(b) Proceedings . Promptly on receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of a Proceeding against it, the Indemnified Person will, if a claim is to be made under Section 4.6(a) , notify the Servicer of the Proceeding. The Servicer may participate in and assume the defense and settlement of a Proceeding at its expense. If the Servicer notifies the Indemnified Person of its intention to assume the defense of the Proceeding, the Servicer will not be liable for legal expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the Servicer, and an Indemnified Person. If there is a conflict, the Servicer will pay for the reasonable fees and expenses of separate counsel to the Indemnified Person. No settlement of a Proceeding may be made without the approval of the Servicer and the Indemnified Person, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
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(c) Survival of Obligations . The Servicers obligations under this Section 4.6 will survive the permitted resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer and the termination of this Agreement.
(d) Repayment . If the Servicer makes any payment under this Section 4.6 and the Indemnified Person later collects any of the amounts for which the payments were made to it from others, the Indemnified Person will promptly repay the amounts to the Servicer.
Section 4.7. Inspections of Asset Representations Reviewer . The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that, with reasonable prior notice not more than once during any year, it will permit authorized representatives of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Sponsor, during the Asset Representations Reviewers normal business hours, to examine and review the books of account, records, reports and other documents and materials of the Asset Representations Reviewer relating to (a) the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement, (b) payments of fees and expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer for its performance and (c) any claim made by the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement. In addition, the Asset Representations Reviewer will permit the Issuers, the Servicers or the Sponsors representatives to make copies and extracts of any of those documents and to discuss them with the Asset Representations Reviewers officers and employees. Each of the Issuer, the Servicer and the Sponsor will, and will cause its authorized representatives to, hold in confidence any proprietary confidential information of the Asset Representations Reviewer except if disclosure may be required by law or if the Issuer, the Servicer or the Sponsor reasonably determines that it is required to make the disclosure under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain all relevant books, records, reports and other documents and materials for a period of at least two years after the termination of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 4.8. Delegation of Obligations . The Asset Representations Reviewer may not delegate or subcontract its obligations under this Agreement to any Person without the consent of the parties to this Agreement.
Section 4.9. Confidential Information .
(a) Treatment . The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to hold and treat Confidential Information given to it under this Agreement in confidence and under the terms and conditions of this Section 4.9 , and will implement and maintain safeguards to further assure the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. The Confidential Information will not, without the prior consent of the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Asset Representations Reviewer, or its officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or affiliates, including legal counsel (collectively, the Information Recipients ) other than for the purposes of performing Asset Representations Reviews of Subject Receivables or performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that it will not, and will cause its Affiliates to not (i) purchase or sell securities issued by the Bank or its Affiliates or special purpose entities on the basis of Confidential Information or (ii) use the Confidential Information for the preparation of research reports, newsletters or other publications or similar communications.
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(b) Definition . Confidential Information means oral, written and electronic materials (irrespective of its source or form of communication) furnished before, on or after the date of this Agreement to the Asset Representations Reviewer, including:
(i) lists of Subject Receivables and any related Review Materials;
(ii) origination and servicing guidelines, policies and procedures and form contracts; and
(iii) notes, analyses, compilations, studies or other documents or records prepared by the Sponsor or the Servicer, which contain information supplied by or on behalf of the Sponsor or the Servicer or their representatives.
However, Confidential Information will not include information that (A) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Information Recipients, (B) was available to, or becomes available to, the Information Recipients on a non-confidential basis from a Person or entity other than the Issuer, the Sponsor or the Servicer before its disclosure to the Information Recipients who, to the knowledge of the Information Recipient is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Issuer, the Sponsor or the Servicer and is not prohibited from transmitting the information to the Information Recipients, (C) is independently developed by the Information Recipients without the use of the Confidential Information, as shown by the Information Recipients files and records or other evidence in the Information Recipients possession or (D) the Issuer, the Sponsor or the Servicer provides permission to the applicable Information Recipients to release.
(c) Protection . The Asset Representations Reviewer will use best efforts to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure and unauthorized use of Confidential Information, including those measures that it takes to protect its own confidential information and not less than a reasonable standard of care. The Asset Representations Reviewer acknowledges that Personally Identifiable Information is also subject to the additional requirements in Section 4.10 .
(d) Disclosure . If the Asset Representations Reviewer is required by applicable law, regulation, rule or order issued by an administrative, governmental, regulatory or judicial authority to disclose part of the Confidential Information, it may disclose the Confidential Information. However, before a required disclosure, the Asset Representations Reviewer, if permitted by law, regulation, rule or order, will use its reasonable efforts to provide the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer with notice of the requirement and will cooperate, at the Sponsors expense, in the Issuers and the Sponsors pursuit of a proper protective order or other relief for the disclosure of the Confidential Information. If the Issuer or the Sponsor is unable to obtain a protective order or other proper remedy by the date that the information is required to be disclosed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will disclose only that part of the Confidential Information that it is advised by its legal counsel it is legally required to disclose.
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(e) Responsibility for Information Recipients . The Asset Representations Reviewer will be responsible for a breach of this Section 4.9 by its Information Recipients.
(f) Violation . The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that a violation of this Agreement may cause irreparable injury to the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer and the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer may seek injunctive relief in addition to legal remedies. If an action is initiated by the Issuer or the Servicer to enforce this Section 4.9 , the prevailing party will be entitled to reimbursement of costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by it for the enforcement.
Section 4.10. Personally Identifiable Information .
(a) Definitions . Personally Identifiable Information or PII means information in any format about an identifiable individual, including, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, account number(s), identification number(s), vehicle identification number(s) or VIN(s), any other actual or assigned attribute associated with or identifiable to an individual and any information that when used separately or in combination with other information could identify an individual. Issuer PII means PII furnished by the Issuer, the Servicer or their Affiliates to the Asset Representations Reviewer and PII developed or otherwise collected or acquired by the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Use of Issuer PII . The Issuer does not grant the Asset Representations Reviewer any rights to Issuer PII. The Asset Representations Reviewer will use Issuer PII only to perform its obligations under this Agreement or as specifically directed in writing by the Issuer and will only reproduce Issuer PII to the extent necessary for these purposes. The Asset Representations Reviewer must comply with all laws applicable to PII, Issuer PII and the Asset Representations Reviewers business, including any legally required codes of conduct, including those relating to privacy, security and data protection. The Asset Representations Reviewer will protect and secure Issuer PII. The Asset Representations Reviewer will implement privacy or data protection policies and procedures that comply with applicable laws and regulations and this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will implement and maintain reasonable and appropriate practices, procedures and systems, including administrative, technical and physical safeguards to (i) protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of Issuer PII, (ii) ensure against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Issuer PII, (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Issuer PII and (iv) otherwise comply with its obligations under this Agreement. These safeguards include a written data security plan, employee training, information access controls, restricted disclosures, systems protections (e.g., intrusion protection, data storage protection and data transmission protection) and physical security measures.
(c) Additional Limitations . In addition to the use and protection requirements described in Section 4.10(b) , the Asset Representations Reviewers disclosure of Issuer PII is also subject to the following requirements:
(i) The Asset Representations Reviewer will not disclose Issuer PII to its personnel or allow its personnel access to Issuer PII except (A) for the Asset Representations Reviewer personnel who require Issuer PII to perform an Asset Representations Review, (B) with the prior consent of the Issuer or (C) as required by applicable law. When permitted, the disclosure of or access to Issuer PII will be limited to the specific information necessary for the individual to complete the assigned task. The Asset Representations Reviewer will inform personnel with access to Issuer PII of the confidentiality requirements in this Agreement and train its personnel with access to Issuer PII on the proper use and protection of Issuer PII.
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(ii) The Asset Representations Reviewer will not sell, disclose, provide or exchange Issuer PII with or to any third party without the prior consent of the Issuer.
(d) Notice of Breach . The Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Issuer promptly in the event of an actual or reasonably suspected security breach, unauthorized access, misappropriation or other compromise of the security, confidentiality or integrity of Issuer PII and, where applicable, immediately take action to prevent any further breach.
(e) Return or Disposal of Issuer PII . Except where return or disposal is prohibited by applicable law, promptly on the earlier of the completion of the Asset Representations Review or the request of the Issuer, all Issuer PII in any medium in the Asset Representations Reviewers possession or under its control will be (i) destroyed in a manner that prevents its recovery or restoration or (ii) if so directed by the Issuer, returned to the Issuer without the Asset Representations Reviewer retaining any actual or recoverable copies, in both cases, without charge to the Issuer. Where the Asset Representations Reviewer retains Issuer PII, the Asset Representations Reviewer will limit the Asset Representations Reviewers further use or disclosure of Issuer PII to that required by applicable law.
(f) Compliance; Modification . The Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with and provide information to the Issuer regarding the Asset Representations Reviewers compliance with this Section 4.10 . The Asset Representations Reviewer and the Issuer agree to modify this Section 4.10 as necessary from time to time for either party to comply with applicable law.
(g) Audit of Asset Representations Reviewer . The Asset Representations Reviewer will permit the Issuer and its authorized representatives to audit the Asset Representations Reviewers compliance with this Section 4.10 during the Asset Representations Reviewers normal business hours on reasonable advance notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, and not more than once during any year unless circumstances necessitate additional audits. The Issuer agrees to make reasonable efforts to schedule any audit described in this Section 4.10(g) with the inspections described in Section 4.7 . The Asset Representations Reviewer will also permit the Issuer and its authorized representatives during normal business hours on reasonable advance written notice to audit any service providers used by the Asset Representations Reviewer to fulfill the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement.
(h) Affiliates and Third Parties . If the Asset Representations Reviewer processes the PII of the Issuers Affiliates or a third party when performing an Asset Representations Review, and if such Affiliate or third party is identified to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such Affiliate or third party is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 4.10 , and this Agreement is intended to benefit the Affiliate or third party. The Affiliate or third party will be entitled to enforce the PII related terms of this Section 4.10 against the Asset Representations Reviewer as if each were a signatory to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL;
SUCCESSOR ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 5.1. Eligibility Requirements for Asset Representations Reviewer . The Asset Representations Reviewer must be a Person who (a) is not Affiliated with the Sponsor, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any of their Affiliates and (b) was not, and is not Affiliated with a Person that was, engaged by the Sponsor or any underwriter to perform any due diligence on the Receivables prior to the Closing Date.
Section 5.2. Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer .
(a) No Resignation of Asset Representations Reviewer . The Asset Representations Reviewer will not resign as Asset Representations Reviewer unless the Asset Representations Reviewer no longer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.1 . The Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Issuer and the Servicer of its resignation as soon as practicable after it determines it is required to resign and stating the resignation date and including an Opinion of Counsel supporting its determination.
(b) Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer . If any of the following events occur, the Issuer, by notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, may, and in the case of clause (i) below, shall, remove the Asset Representations Reviewer and terminate its rights and obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Asset Representations Reviewer no longer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.1 ;
(ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer breaches of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations in this Agreement; or
(iii) an Insolvency Event of the Asset Representations Reviewer occurs.
(c) Notice of Resignation or Removal . The Issuer will notify the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee of any resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.
(d) Continue to Perform After Resignation or Removal . No resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement, until a successor Asset Representations Reviewer has accepted its engagement according to Section 5.3(b) .
Section 5.3. Successor Asset Representations Reviewer .
(a) Engagement of Successor Asset Representations Reviewer . Following the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Issuer will appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 5.1 .
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(b) Effectiveness of Resignation or Removal . No resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective until the successor Asset Representations Reviewer has executed and delivered to the Issuer and the Servicer an agreement accepting its engagement and agreeing to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement or entered into a new agreement with the Issuer on substantially the same terms as this Agreement.
(c) Transition and Expenses . If the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns or is removed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with the Issuer and take all actions reasonably requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transition of the Asset Representations Reviewers rights and obligations under this Agreement to the successor Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will pay the reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel) of transitioning the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement and preparing the successor Asset Representations Reviewer to take on such obligations on receipt of an invoice with reasonable detail of the expenses from the Issuer or the successor Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 5.4. Merger, Consolidation or Succession . Any Person (a) into which the Asset Representations Reviewer is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, if that Person meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.1 , will be the successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement. Such Person will execute and deliver to the Issuer and the Servicer an agreement to assume the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement (unless the assumption happens by operation of law).
ARTICLE VI
OTHER AGREEMENTS
Section 6.1. Independence of Asset Representations Reviewer . The Asset Representations Reviewer will be an independent contractor and will not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee for the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement will make the Asset Representations Reviewer nor the Issuer members of any partnership, joint venture or other separate entity or impose any liability as such on any of them.
For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be responsible for monitoring the performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 6.2. No Petition . Each of the parties, by entering into this Agreement, agrees that, before the date that is one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after payment in full of (a) all securities issued by the Depositor or by a trust for which the Depositor was a depositor (including, without limitation, the Issuer) or (b) the Notes, it will not start or pursue against, or join any other Person in starting or pursuing against (i) the Depositor or (ii) the Issuer, respectively, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any bankruptcy or similar law. This Section 6.2 will survive the termination of this Agreement.
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Section 6.3. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee . This Agreement has been signed on behalf of the Issuer by Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer. In no event will Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association in its individual capacity or a beneficial owner of the Issuer be liable for the Issuers obligations under this Agreement. For all purposes under this Agreement, the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the Trust Agreement.
Section 6.4. Termination of Agreement . This Agreement will terminate, except for the obligations under Section 4.5 or as otherwise stated in this Agreement, on the earlier of (a) the payment in full of all outstanding Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and (b) the date the Issuer is terminated under the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Amendments .
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) the Sponsor or the Servicer delivers to the Indenture Trustee (a) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders and (b) an Officers Certificate to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Sponsor or the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer, with the consent of the Noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
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(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 7.1 , the Servicer shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.1 , any amendment that adversely affects the Indenture Trustees or the Owner Trustees own rights or obligations under this Agreement shall require the consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 7.2. Assignment; Benefit of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries .
(a) Assignment . Except as stated in Section 5.4 , this Agreement may not be assigned by the Asset Representations Reviewer without the consent of the Servicer.
(b) Benefit of Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is for the benefit of and will be binding on the parties and their permitted successors and assigns. The Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of itself and the Noteholders, and the Owner Trustee will be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and entitled to enforce this Agreement against the Asset Representations Reviewer. No other Person will have any right or obligation under this Agreement.
Section 7.3. Notices .
(a) Delivery of Notices . All notices, requests, demands, consents, waivers or other communications to or from the parties must be in writing and will be considered given:
(i) For overnight mail, on delivery or, for a letter mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail;
(ii) for a fax, when receipt is confirmed by telephone, reply email or reply fax from the recipient;
(iii) for an email, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient; and
(iv) for an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has access, on delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) of an email to that recipient stating that the electronic posting has occurred.
(b) Notice Addresses . Any notice, request, demand, consent, waiver or other communication will be delivered or addressed to: (i) (a) in the case of the Sponsor and the Servicer, to USAA Federal Savings Bank, 10750 McDermott Freeway, San Antonio, TX 78288, Attention: Peter Paulsen (b) in the case of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to USAA Auto Owner Trust 2019-1, c/o Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, National Association, 919 North Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, (c) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to U.S. Bank National Association, 190 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: Global Structured Finance USAA 2019-1, and (d) in the case of the Asset Representations Reviewer, to Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, 2638 South Falkenburg Road, Riverview, FL 33578, Attention: SVP; with a copy to Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, c/o Clayton Holdings LLC, 1500 Market Street, West Tower, Suite 2050, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Attention: General Counsel or (ii) as to each party, at such other address or email as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
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Section 7.4. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . 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.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY FOR PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH COURTS LACK JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY, AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM, IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY OF THE AFORESAID COURTS, THAT ANY SUCH COURT LACKS JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 7.5. No Waiver; Remedies . No partys failure or delay in exercising a power, right or remedy under this Agreement will operate as a waiver. No single or partial exercise of a power, right or remedy will preclude any other or further exercise of the power, right or remedy or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The powers, rights and remedies under this Agreement are in addition to any powers, rights and remedies under law.
Section 7.6. Severability . If a part of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the remaining Agreement and will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining Agreement.
Section 7.7. Headings . The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 7.8. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts. Each counterpart will be an original and all counterparts will together be one document.
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EXECUTED BY:
USAA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2019-1, | ||
as Issuer | ||
By: WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: |
/s/ Rosemary Kennard |
|
Name: Rosemary Kennard | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, | ||
as Sponsor and Servicer | ||
By: |
/s/ Thomas Cianelli |
|
Name: Thomas Cianelli | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC, | ||
as Asset Representations Reviewer | ||
By: |
/s/ Robert Harris |
|
Name: Robert Harris | ||
Title: Secretary |
[Signature Page to USAA 2019-1 Asset Representations Review Agreement]
Schedule A
Representations and Warranties, Review Materials and Tests
Representation
Characteristics of Receivables (a): As of the Cut-Off Date (or such other date as may be specifically set forth below), each Receivable:
(i) |
as of the Closing Date, is secured by a first priority perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, which security interest, in either case, is assignable and has been so assigned (x) by the Bank to the Purchaser and (y) by the Purchaser to the Issuer; |
(ii) |
contains provisions that permit the repossession and sale of the Financed Vehicle upon a default under the Receivable by the Obligor; |
(iii) |
provided, at origination, for level periodic payments which fully amortize the initial Outstanding Principal Balance over the original term; provided , that the amount of the first and last payments may be different but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment; and |
(iv) |
was originated in the United States. |
Documents
Retail Contract
Title Documents
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
First Priority Interest |
A. |
Confirm that the Receivable contains security interest language in favor of USAA Federal Savings Bank in the Financed Vehicle. |
B. |
Confirm that the Title Documents report USAA Federal Savings Bank, or an acceptable variation of the name, as the first Lien holder, or that an appropriate application has been filed in the applicable state if the certificate of title is still pending. |
C. |
Confirm that the Obligors name, or an acceptable variation thereof, on the Contract matches the name on the Title Documents. |
D. |
Confirm that the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the Contract matches the VIN on the Title Documents. |
E. |
Confirm that the Receivable has been assigned: |
(x) |
by the Bank to the Purchaser, and |
(y) |
by the Purchaser to the Issuer. |
ii. |
Repossession |
A. |
Observe the Contract and confirm it contains provisions that permit the repossession and sale of the Financed Vehicle upon a default under the Receivable by the Obligor. |
iii. |
Payment Schedule Structure |
A. |
Confirm all payments are equivalent with the possible exception of the first and last months payments which may differ by no more than three times the amount of the level monthly payment. |
B. |
Confirm that the Number of Payments and the Amount of Payments, together with any first and last months payment (if applicable), equals the Total of the Payments as stated within the Truth and Lending section of the Contract. |
iv. |
United States Origination |
A. |
Confirm the Contract reports an originator and Obligor located in the United States. |
v. |
If steps (i) through (iv) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Individual Characteristics (b): Each Receivable has the following individual characteristics, in each case as of the Cut-Off Date:
(i) |
the Receivable is secured by a new or used automobile or light-duty truck; |
(ii) |
the Receivable has a Contract Rate of no less than 2.25%; |
(iii) |
the Receivable had an original term to maturity of not more than 84 months, and the Receivable has a remaining term to maturity of not less than 3 months; |
(iv) |
the Receivable has an Outstanding Principal Balance of greater than or equal to $800.00; |
(v) |
the Obligor on the Receivable has a FICO ® score of no less than 600; |
(vi) |
the Financed Vehicle related to the Receivable is a model year 2013 or newer; |
(vii) |
the Receivable has a scheduled maturity date on or before March 4, 2026; |
(viii) |
the Receivable is not more than 30 days past due; |
(ix) |
the Receivable was not noted in the records of the Servicer as being the subject of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency Proceeding; |
(x) |
the Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable. |
Documents
Retail Contract
System Screenprint
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Financed Vehicle |
A. |
Review the Contract and confirm that the Financed Vehicle is a new or used automobile or light-duty truck. |
ii. |
Contract Rate |
A. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm the Contract Rate is not less than the minimum allowable Contract Rate. |
iii. |
Original Term |
A. |
Review the Contract and confirm the Number of Payments (including first and last payments) does not exceed the maximum allowable Contract Term of no more than 84 months. |
B. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that the remaining term of the Contract is within the allowable limits of no less than 3 months. |
iv. |
Remaining Balance |
A. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that the unpaid balance as of the Cut-Off Date is not less than the minimum allowable Outstanding Principal Balance. |
v. |
FICO Score |
A. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that the Obligor has a FICO ® score of at least 600. |
vi. |
Model Year |
A. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that the Financed Vehicle related to the Receivable is a model year 2013 or newer. |
vii. |
Maturity Date |
A. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that the Receivable has a Maturity Date on or before March 4, 2026. |
viii. |
Delinquency Status |
A. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that the Receivable is not more than 30 days past due as of the Cut-Off Date. |
ix. |
Bankruptcy and Insolvency |
A. |
Verify through the System Screenprint that there is no evidence the Receivable is the subject of a Bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. |
x. |
Interest Method |
A. |
Review the Contract and confirm that the Receivable is amortized using the Simple Interest Method. |
xi. |
If steps (i) through (x) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Compliance with Law (c): The Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made in all material respects with all requirements of law in effect at that time and applicable to such Receivable.
Documents
Retail Contract
List of Approved Contract Forms
System Screenprint
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Observe the Contract and confirm the form number and revision date are on the List of Approved Contract Forms. |
ii. |
Confirm the following disclosures are included in the Contract: |
a. |
Prepayment disclosure |
b. |
Late payment policy including the late charge amount (or calculation) |
c. |
Security Interest Disclosure |
d. |
Contract Reference |
e. |
Insurance Requirements |
iii. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that there is no evidence of any judgment against USAA Federal Savings Bank indicating that the Contract was originated in violation of applicable law. |
iv. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm that there is no evidence of any Obligor(s) alleging non-compliance. |
v. |
If steps (i) through (iv) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Binding Obligation (d): The Receivable constitutes the legal and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable in all material respects by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles, consumer protection laws and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Documents
Retail Contract
List of Approved Forms
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Confirm that the Contract form number and revision date are on the List of Approved Contract Forms. |
ii. |
Confirm that the Obligor(s) signed the Contract. |
iii. |
If steps (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Receivable in Force (e): As of the Cut-Off Date, neither the Banks records nor the Receivable Files indicate that the Receivable was satisfied, subordinated or rescinded nor has the related Financed Vehicle been released from the Lien granted by the Receivable in whole or in part.
Documents
Title Documents
System Screenprint
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Confirm there is no indication within the Title Documents or the System Screenprint that the Receivable was satisfied prior to the Cut-Off Date. |
ii. |
Confirm there is no indication within the Title Documents or the System Screenprint that the Receivable was subordinated or rescinded prior to the Cut-Off Date. |
iii. |
Confirm there is no indication within the Title Documents or the System Screenprint that the Financed Vehicle has been released from the Lien in whole or in part prior to the Cut-Off Date. |
iv. |
Confirm that the Receivable is noted as active within the System Screenprint. |
v. |
If steps (i) through (iii) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
No Waiver (f): As of the Cut-Off Date, no provision of a Receivable has been expressly waived in writing in any material respect, except by instruments or documents identified in the related Receivable File.
Documents
Retail Contract
System Screenprint
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Compare the System Screenprint to the Contract and confirm that there is no indication of modifications or amendments to the Contract terms. |
ii. |
If modifications or amendments are observed, review the System Screenprint and confirm modifications and amendments were noted. |
iii. |
If steps (i) or (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
No Default (g): Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than 30 days as of the Cut-Off Date, the records of the Servicer did not disclose any payment defaults under the terms of the Receivable existed as of the Cut-Off Date.
Documents
System Screenprint
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Observe the System Screenprint and confirm the Receivable was not more than 30 days delinquent as of the Cut-Off Date. |
ii. |
If step (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Insurance (h): Under the terms of each Receivable, the Obligor is required to maintain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle.
Documents
Retail Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Confirm the Contract contains language that requires the Obligor(s) to obtain and maintain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle. |
ii. |
If step (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
No Government Obligor (i): The Obligor on each Receivable is not the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government.
Documents
Retail Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Confirm the Buyer section of the Contract includes the name of a natural person. |
ii. |
If the Buyer section of the Contract does not report a natural persons name, confirm internet search results show no indication the Buyer is the United States of America or any State, or any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of America or any State. |
iii. |
If step (i) or (ii) is confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Assignment (j): The terms of the Receivable do not limit the right of the owner of the Receivable to sell and assign the Receivable.
Documents
Retail Contract
List of Approved Forms
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Confirm that the Contract form number and revision date are included on the List of Approved Forms. |
ii. |
Confirm that the Contract does not contain language that limits the sale or transfer of the Receivable. |
iii. |
If (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
Good Title (k): As of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the sale and transfer contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Bank had good and marketable title to and was the sole owner of each Receivable free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens or any which will be released prior to assignment of such Receivable thereunder), and, immediately upon the sale and transfer thereof, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
Documents
Retail Contract
Title Documents
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Review the Contract and confirm that the Receivable has not been assigned to any party other than USAA Federal Savings Bank (or an acceptable variation of the name). |
ii. |
Observe the Title Documents and confirm they report USAA Federal Savings Bank, or an acceptable variation of its name, as the first Lien holder. |
iii. |
If steps (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
One Original (l): There is only one executed original, electronically authenticated original or authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case within the meaning of the UCC) related to each Receivable.
Documents
Retail Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Confirm there is a signature of the appropriate Obligor(s) on the Contract. |
ii. |
Confirm that the Contract either constitutes an electronically authenticated original, or is marked Authoritative Copy. |
iii. |
If steps (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass. |
Representation
No Defenses (m): The Banks electronic records related to the Receivable do not reflect any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted or threatened in writing by an Obligor with respect to any Receivable.
Documents
System Screenprint
Procedures to be Performed
i. |
Review the System Screenprint and confirm there is no evidence of litigation or other attorney involvement as of the Cut-Off Date. |
If step (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.