Exhibit 10.1
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 26, 2009
The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Indenture Trustee
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST
EQUIPMENT LOAN NOTES
RECEIVABLES NOTES
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 4 | |||
SECTION 1.1 | Definitions | 4 | ||
ARTICLE II THE NOTES | 4 | |||
SECTION 2.1 | Form | 4 | ||
SECTION 2.2 | Execution, Authentication and Delivery | 4 | ||
SECTION 2.3 | Advances and Repayments | 5 | ||
SECTION 2.4 | Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes | 5 | ||
SECTION 2.5 | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes | 6 | ||
SECTION 2.6 | Persons Deemed Noteholders | 7 | ||
SECTION 2.7 | Payment of Principal, Interest and Certain Fees | 8 | ||
SECTION 2.8 | Cancellation of Notes | 9 | ||
SECTION 2.9 | Release of Trust Estate | 9 | ||
SECTION 2.10 | ALER as Noteholder | 9 | ||
SECTION 2.11 | Tax and ERISA Treatment | 10 | ||
SECTION 2.12 | Restrictions on Transfer | 10 | ||
SECTION 2.13 | Rule 144A | 11 | ||
ARTICLE III COVENANTS | 11 | |||
SECTION 3.1 | Payment of Principal and Interest | 11 | ||
SECTION 3.2 | Maintenance of Agency Office | 12 | ||
SECTION 3.3 | Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust | 12 | ||
SECTION 3.4 | Existence | 13 | ||
SECTION 3.5 | Protection of Trust Estate; Acknowledgment of Pledge | 13 | ||
SECTION 3.6 | Opinions as to Trust Estate | 14 | ||
SECTION 3.7 | Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Loans; Consent to Amendments | 15 | ||
SECTION 3.8 | Negative Covenants | 16 | ||
SECTION 3.9 | Annual Statement as to Compliance | 17 | ||
SECTION 3.10 | Consolidation, Merger, etc., of Issuer; Disposition of Trust Assets | 17 | ||
SECTION 3.11 | Successor or Transferee | 19 | ||
SECTION 3.12 | No Other Business | 19 | ||
SECTION 3.13 | No Borrowing | 19 | ||
SECTION 3.14 | Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities | 19 |
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SECTION 3.15 | Servicer’s Obligations | 20 | ||
SECTION 3.16 | Capital Expenditures | 20 | ||
SECTION 3.17 | Removal of Administrator | 20 | ||
SECTION 3.18 | Restricted Payments | 20 | ||
SECTION 3.19 | Notice of Events of Default | 20 | ||
SECTION 3.20 | Further Instruments and Acts | 20 | ||
SECTION 3.21 | Indenture Trustee’s Assignment of Administrative Loans, Substituted Loans, Warranty Loans and Other Loans | 21 | ||
SECTION 3.22 | Representations and Warranties by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee | 21 | ||
SECTION 3.23 | Compliance with Laws | 23 | ||
SECTION 3.24 | Indemnity for Liability Claims | 23 | ||
SECTION 3.25 | Use of Proceeds | 24 | ||
SECTION 3.26 | Borrowing Base Certificate | 24 | ||
SECTION 3.27 | Letters of Credit | 24 | ||
SECTION 3.28 | Non Consolidation of Issuer | 27 | ||
SECTION 3.29 | No Bankruptcy Petition | 27 | ||
SECTION 3.30 | Liens | 28 | ||
SECTION 3.31 | Investment Company Act | 28 | ||
SECTION 3.32 | Information Requests | 28 | ||
SECTION 3.33 | Change of Control | 28 | ||
ARTICLE IV RAPID AMORTIZATION EVENTS | 28 | |||
SECTION 4.1 | Rapid Amortization Events | 28 | ||
ARTICLE V DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | 30 | |||
SECTION 5.1 | Events of Default | 30 | ||
SECTION 5.2 | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 32 | ||
SECTION 5.3 | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee | 32 | ||
SECTION 5.4 | Remedies; Priorities | 35 | ||
SECTION 5.5 | Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate | 36 | ||
SECTION 5.6 | Limitation of Suits | 36 |
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SECTION 5.7 | Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest | 37 | ||
SECTION 5.8 | Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 37 | ||
SECTION 5.9 | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 37 | ||
SECTION 5.10 | Delay or Omission Not a Waiver | 37 | ||
SECTION 5.11 | [Reserved] | 38 | ||
SECTION 5.12 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 38 | ||
SECTION 5.13 | Undertaking for Costs | 38 | ||
SECTION 5.14 | Waiver of Stay or Extension of Laws | 38 | ||
SECTION 5.15 | Action on Notes | 39 | ||
SECTION 5.16 | Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations | 39 | ||
ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE | 40 | |||
SECTION 6.1 | Duties of Indenture Trustee | 40 | ||
SECTION 6.2 | Rights of Indenture Trustee | 41 | ||
SECTION 6.3 | Indenture Trustee May Own Notes | 43 | ||
SECTION 6.4 | Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer | 43 | ||
SECTION 6.5 | Notice of Defaults and Events of Default | 43 | ||
SECTION 6.6 | Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders | 43 | ||
SECTION 6.7 | Compensation; Indemnity | 43 | ||
SECTION 6.8 | Replacement of Indenture Trustee | 44 | ||
SECTION 6.9 | Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee | 45 | ||
SECTION 6.10 | Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee | 46 | ||
SECTION 6.11 | Eligibility; Disqualification | 47 | ||
SECTION 6.12 | [Reserved] | 47 | ||
SECTION 6.13 | Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee | 47 | ||
SECTION 6.14 | Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes | 48 | ||
SECTION 6.15 | Suit for Enforcement | 48 | ||
SECTION 6.16 | Rights of the Required Noteholders to Direct Indenture Trustee | 48 | ||
ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS | 49 |
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SECTION 7.1 | Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders | 49 | ||
SECTION 7.2 | Preservation of Information, Communications to Noteholders | 49 | ||
SECTION 7.3 | Reports by Indenture Trustee | �� | 49 | |
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES | 50 | |||
SECTION 8.1 | Collection of Money | 50 | ||
SECTION 8.2 | Designated Accounts; Payments | 50 | ||
SECTION 8.3 | General Provisions Regarding Accounts | 59 | ||
SECTION 8.4 | Release of Trust Estate | 60 | ||
SECTION 8.5 | Opinion of Counsel | 60 | ||
SECTION 8.6 | Additional Payments to Indenture | 61 | ||
SECTION 8.7 | Attribution of Reserve Account and Letters of Credit to Notes | 61 | ||
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS | 61 | |||
SECTION 9.1 | Amendments Without Consent of Noteholders | 61 | ||
SECTION 9.2 | Amendments With Consent of Noteholders; Waivers | 62 | ||
SECTION 9.3 | Execution of Amendments or Waivers | 64 | ||
SECTION 9.4 | Effect of Amendments or Waivers | 65 | ||
SECTION 9.5 | [Reserved] | 65 | ||
SECTION 9.6 | Reference in Notes to Amendments and Waivers | 65 | ||
ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES | 65 | |||
SECTION 10.1 | Redemption | 65 | ||
SECTION 10.2 | Form of Redemption Notice | 65 | ||
SECTION 10.3 | Notes Payable on Redemption Date | 66 | ||
ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 66 | |||
SECTION 11.1 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 66 | ||
SECTION 11.2 | Application of Trust Money | 67 | ||
SECTION 11.3 | Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent | 67 | ||
SECTION 11.4 | Duration of Position of Indenture Trustee for Benefit of Registered Owners | 68 | ||
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS | 68 | |||
SECTION 12.1 | Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc | 68 | ||
SECTION 12.2 | Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee | 69 |
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SECTION 12.3 | Acts of Noteholders | 70 | ||
SECTION 12.4 | Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies | 70 | ||
SECTION 12.5 | Notices to Noteholders; Waiver | 71 | ||
SECTION 12.6 | Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions | 71 | ||
SECTION 12.7 | [Reserved] | 71 | ||
SECTION 12.8 | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 71 | ||
SECTION 12.9 | Successors and Assigns | 71 | ||
SECTION 12.10 | Separability | 71 | ||
SECTION 12.11 | Benefits of Indenture | 72 | ||
SECTION 12.12 | Legal Holidays | 72 | ||
SECTION 12.13 | Governing Law | 72 | ||
SECTION 12.14 | Counterparts | 72 | ||
SECTION 12.15 | Recording of Indenture | 72 | ||
SECTION 12.16 | No Recourse | 72 | ||
SECTION 12.17 | No Petition | 73 | ||
SECTION 12.18 | Inspection | 73 | ||
SECTION 12.19 | Assignment | 73 | ||
SECTION 12.20 | Survival of Agreement | 73 | ||
SECTION 12.21 | Cooperation and Further Assurances | 74 | ||
SECTION 12.22 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 74 | ||
SECTION 12.23 | Consent to Jurisdiction | 74 | ||
SECTION 12.24 | No Recourse | 75 | ||
SECTION 12.25 | No Recourse as to Indenture Trustee | 76 |
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EXHIBITS | ||||||
Exhibit A-1 | - | Form of Equipment Loan Note | ||||
Exhibit A-2 | - | Form of Receivables Note | ||||
Exhibit B | - | Locations of Schedule of Loans and Receivables | ||||
Exhibit C | - | Form of Interest Rate Swap Agreement | ||||
Exhibit D | - | Form of Investment Letter | ||||
SCHEDULES | ||||||
Schedule 3.22 | - | Perfection Certificate - Issuer |
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 26, 2009, between ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A, a Delaware statutory trust (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “Issuer”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
GRANTING CLAUSE
In order to secure (i) payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the terms of the Basic Documents and (ii) the performance by the Issuer of all of its covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party, the Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee, as trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Administrative Agent (each of the foregoing, a “Beneficiary” and collectively, the “Beneficiaries”) to secure the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and the Basic Documents to which it is a party, all of the Issuer’s assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under:
(a) the Equipment Loans, including any Substitute Loans and all documents and instruments evidencing or governing the Loans and all related Loan Files and all monies paid or payable thereon (including Liquidation Proceeds);
(b) the Equipment, including all security interests therein, granted by Obligors pursuant to the Loans and any other collateral securing the Loans;
(c) the Receivables and all monies paid or payable thereon;
(d) any Insurance Policies and Proceeds thereof, and all rights and benefits thereunder with respect to the Equipment and any other collateral securing the Loans;
(e) any Guaranties, all other Supporting Obligations with respect to each Loan or Account, and Proceeds thereof;
(f) the Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts and all funds on deposit from time to time in the Lockboxes or in the Lockbox Accounts and all Proceeds thereof;
(g) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the other Basic Documents (including all of its rights under the Purchase Agreement, the Custodial Agreement and any Assignment, but excluding the Trust Agreement, the Certificates and the documents and certificates executed in connection therewith);
(h) the Interest Rate Cap Agreements;
(i) the Reserve Account and all proceeds thereof including the Initial Reserve Account Deposit and all cash and other amounts, investments and investment property held from time to time in the Reserve Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise including any sub-accounts);
(j) the Loan Collection Account and the Receivables Collection Account, including any sub-accounts and all the Proceeds thereof including all other amounts, investments and investment property held from time to time in the Loan Collection Account and the Receivables Collection Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise);
(k) any Warranty Payments and Administrative Purchase Payments;
(l) the Letters of Credit;
(m) all Accounts;
(n) all Contracts;
(o) all Deposit Accounts;
(p) all Security Entitlements;
(q) all Documents;
(r) all UCC Equipment;
(s) all Goods;
(t) all General Intangibles and Payment Intangibles;
(u) all Instruments;
(v) all Inventory;
(w) all Investment Property;
(x) all Chattel Paper;
(y) all Supporting Obligations;
(z) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(aa) all FCIA Insurance covering Receivables, the Obligors with respect to which are not residents in the United States; and
(bb) all present and future claims, contract rights, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, 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 loans, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing.
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All of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under the items in (a) through (bb) being referred to as the “Trust Estate.”
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of, and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of the Notes of a class equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and among the class of Notes in accordance with the priorities set forth herein and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture. This Indenture constitutes a security agreement under the UCC.
The foregoing Grant includes all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations, if any) of the Issuer under any agreement or instrument included in the Trust Estate, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for payments in respect of the Equipment Loans and the Receivables included in the Trust Estate and all other monies payable under the Trust Estate, 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 Issuer or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the Issuer is or may be entitled to do or receive under or with respect to the Trust Estate.
The Indenture Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Beneficiaries, acknowledges such Grant, and accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The pledge of the Trust Estate by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture does not constitute, and is not intended to result in, an assumption by the Indenture Trustee or any Beneficiary of any obligation of the Issuer, the Servicer, Owner Trustee, or Transferor to any Obligor or other Person in connection with the Equipment, the Loans, the Receivables, the Insurance Policies, the FCIA Insurance, the Guaranties, any document in the Loan Files, or any other part of the Trust Estate other than those obligations specifically assumed pursuant to the terms of the Basic Documents.
The Issuer hereby irrevocably authorizes the Indenture Trustee, at any time, and from time to time, to file in any filing office in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Trust Estate (including any such financing statements and amendments thereto that identify the Trust Estate as including all assets of the Issuer), regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Trust Estate falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC, and (b) provide any other information required for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment. The Issuer agrees to furnish any such information to the Indenture Trustee promptly upon the Indenture Trustee’s request. The Issuer also ratifies its authorization for the Indenture Trustee, to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to file any financing statement or continuation statement unless it is directed to do so by the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrative Agent and it is provided with the financing statement in form for filing.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1Definitions. Certain capitalized terms used in this Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned them in Part I of Appendix A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of even date herewith among the Issuer, ALER and ALS (as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”). All references herein to “the Indenture” or “this Indenture” are to this Indenture as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the exhibits hereto and the capitalized terms used herein which are defined in such Appendix A. All references herein to Articles, Sections, subsections and exhibits are to Articles, Sections, subsections and exhibits contained in or attached to this Indenture unless otherwise specified. All terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate, notice, note or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The rules of construction set forth in Part II of such Appendix A shall be applicable to this Indenture.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1Form.
(a) Each of the Equipment Loan Notes and Receivables Notes, with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be substantially in the forms set forth inExhibits A-1 andA-2, respectively, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and each such class may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of 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.
(b) The Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(c) Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of each Note, as provided for in Exhibits A-1 and
A-2, are part of the terms of this Indenture.
(d) The Notes in substantially the forms set forth inExhibits A-1 andA-2 shall represent the Notes which have been issued and sold to the Noteholders pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.2Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
(a) Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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(b) The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.
(c) Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Order authenticate and deliver to, or upon the order of, the Issuer, the Equipment Loan Notes for original issue in aggregate principal amount of up to $330,000,000 and Receivables Notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $60,000,000. The aggregate principal amount of all unpaid Advances under all Notes Outstanding may not exceed $330,000,000.
(e) No Notes 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 set forth inExhibits A-1 andA-2, 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.
(f) No additional series of Notes may be issued pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 2.3Advances and Repayments. Prior to the applicable Conversion Date each Note shall be a revolving note and Advances shall be made thereon at the times and in the amounts set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall maintain a record of all Advances and repayments made on the Notes, and absent manifest error, such records shall be conclusive. The Indenture Trustee shall forward requests for Advances to the Noteholders at the times set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.4Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes.
(a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept and maintained the Note Register, comprising separate registers for each class of Notes, in which, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of the Notes (which shall include the names of the owners of each such Note and the registration of both principal of and stated interest on each such Note) and the registration of transfers and exchanges of the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall initially be the Note Registrar for the purpose of registering the Notes and transfers of the Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Note Registrar or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of the Note Registrar.
(b) If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
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(c) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office of the Issuer (and following the delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(d) At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office of the Issuer (and following the delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(e) 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.
(f) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a correspondent located, in the City of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee is located, or by a member firm of a national securities exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.
(g) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.
(h) The preceding provisions of this Section 2.4 notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to transfer or make exchanges, and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges, of Notes that: (i) if applicable, have been selected for redemption pursuant toArticle X; or (ii) are due for repayment in full within fifteen (15) days of submission to the Corporate Trust Office or the Agency Office.
SECTION 2.5Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(a) If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
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Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon the Issuer’s request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of a like class and aggregate principal amount;provided,however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven (7) days shall be due and payable in full, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may make payment to the Holder of such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date, if applicable, without surrender thereof.
(b) If, after the delivery of a replacement Note or payment in respect of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to subsection (a), any bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from (i) any Person to whom it was delivered, (ii) the Person taking such replacement Note from the Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or (iii) any assignee of such Person, except any bona fide purchaser, and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
(c) In connection with the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including all fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.
(d) Any duplicate Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement for any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time or be enforced by any Person, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(e) The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
SECTION 2.6Persons Deemed Noteholders. 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 Noteholder for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is 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.
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SECTION 2.7Payment of Principal, Interest and Certain Fees.
(a) On each Distribution Date, interest will be due and payable on each Equipment Loan Note then Outstanding and each Receivables Note then Outstanding in an amount equal to the Equipment Loan Note Interest Payment and the Receivables Note Interest Payment, respectively, and each such amount shall be paid from amounts on deposit in the Loan Collection Account or the Receivables Collection Account, as the case may be, in accordance with the priority of payment provisions ofSection 8.2. Each such interest payment shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register on the applicable Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Noteholders.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) The principal of each class of Notes shall be due and payable in full on the applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date and, to the extent of funds available therefor, due and payable in installments on the Distribution Dates (if any) and/or Business Days preceding the applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date, in the amounts and in accordance with the priorities set forth inSections 8.2(c),(d),(e) and(f), as applicable. All principal payments on each class of Notes shall be madepro rata to the Noteholders of such class entitled thereto. Any installment of principal payable on any Note shall be punctually paid or duly provided for from amounts on deposit in the Loan Collection Account or the Receivables Collection Account, as the case may be, for payment to Noteholders on such Distribution Date or Business Day and shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered in the Note Register on the applicable Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Noteholder.
(d) In no event shall the interest charged with respect to a Note exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. If at any time the interest rate charged with respect to the Notes exceeds the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, the rate of interest to accrue pursuant to this Indenture and such Note shall be limited to the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, but any subsequent reductions in the Alternative Rate shall not reduce the interest to accrue on such Note below the maximum amount permitted by Applicable Law until the total amount of interest accrued on such Note equals the amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rate per annum equal to the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law had at all times been in effect. If the total amount of interest paid or accrued on the Note under the foregoing provisions is less than the total amount of interest that would have accrued if the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law had at all times been in effect, the Issuer agrees to pay to the Noteholders an amount equal to the difference between (a) the lesser of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued if the maximum rate permitted by applicable law had at all times been in effect, or (ii) the amount of interest that would have accrued if the interest rate had at all times been in effect, and (b) the amount of interest accrued in accordance with the other provisions of this Indenture.
(e) On each Distribution Date prior to the Loan Conversion Date to the extent funds are available therefor in accordance with the priority of payments inSection 8.2, the Issuer shall pay to the Equipment Loan Noteholders a fee (the “Equipment Unused Facility Fee”),
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which shall be in an amount equal to the sum of the product for each day during the immediately preceding Interest Period of (x) Unused Facility Fee Percentage, (y) a fraction (expressed as percentage) the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is equal to the actual number of days in the applicable year and 102% of (z) $330,000,000 minus the Effective Receivables Commitment, minus the then outstanding Aggregate Equipment Loan Note Principal Balance on such date of determination. Such Equipment Unused Facility Fee shall be payable from amounts then on deposit in the Loan Collection Account, in accordance with the priority of payments set forth inSection 8.2, and shall be allocated among the Equipment Loan Noteholderspro rata in accordance with their respective shares of the Equipment Loan Commitment on such date of determination.
(f) On each Distribution Date prior to the Receivables Conversion Date to the extent funds are available therefor in accordance with the priority of payments inSection 8.2, the Issuer shall pay to the Receivables Noteholders a fee (the “Receivables Unused Facility Fee”), which shall be in an amount equal to the sum of the product for each day during the immediately preceding Interest Period of (x) Unused Facility Fee Percentage, (y) a fraction (expressed as percentage) the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is equal to the actual number of days in the applicable year and 102% of (z) the Effective Receivables Commitment on such date of determination minus the then outstanding Aggregate Receivables Note Principal Balance on such date of determination. Such Receivables Unused Facility Fee shall be payable from amounts then on deposit in the Receivables Collection Amount, in accordance with the priority of payments set forth inSection 8.2, and shall be allocated among the Receivables Noteholderspro rata in accordance with their respective shares of the Receivables Commitment on such date of determination.
SECTION 2.8Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in thisSection 2.8, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be returned to it;provided,however, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall certify to the Issuer that surrendered Notes have been duly canceled and retained or destroyed, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.9Release of Trust Estate. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture, other than as expressly permitted bySections 3.21,8.2,8.4 and10.1 of this Indenture and Section 6.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and with the Special Required Noteholders’ prior written consent.
SECTION 2.10ALER as Noteholder. ALER in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not ALER (except as provided in the definition of Outstanding).
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SECTION 2.11Tax and ERISA Treatment.
(a) The Issuer in entering into this Indenture, and the Noteholders, by acquiring any Note, (i) express their intention that the Notes qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness secured by the Trust Estate, and (ii) unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities, agree to treat the Notes as indebtedness secured by the Trust Estate for the purpose of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes, and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or based upon gross or net income.
(b) Each Noteholder, by its acquisition of its Notes, represents, warrants and covenants that (A) it is not acquiring such Note with the assets of an “employee benefit plan” subject to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, a “plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, an entity deemed to hold plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of investment by an “employee benefit plan” or other “plan” in such entity, or a governmental plan subject to applicable law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (B) the acquisition and holding of such Note by such purchaser of a Note, throughout the period that it holds such Note, will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or, in the case of a governmental plan, any substantially similar applicable law).
SECTION 2.12Restrictions on Transfer. The Notes shall not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of any other jurisdiction. Consequently, the Notes shall not be transferable other than pursuant to any exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and satisfaction of certain other provisions specified in thisSection 2.12. No sale, pledge or other transfer of any Note (or interest therein) may be made by any Person unless (x) such sale, pledge or other transfer is made pursuant to an exemption available under the Securities Act and (y) such transfer complies with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement. In the case of such sale, other than transfers of the Notes by a Noteholder to its related Support Party, transfer or pledge or other transfer, the Indenture Trustee shall require that the prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor in writing the facts surrounding such transfer and the status of such transferee, which certification shall be substantially in the form of the certificate attached hereto asExhibit D. None of the Transferor, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee shall be obligated to register any Notes under the Securities Act, qualify any Notes under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of any state or provide registration rights to any purchaser or holder thereof.
By accepting and holding a Note, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted and/or acknowledged and agreed as follows:
(1) Except for (i) transfers of the Notes in accordance withSection 7.1(c) and(e) of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee that the restrictions set forth in thisSection 2.12 have been complied with, it acknowledges that the Indenture Trustee will not be required to accept for registration of transfer any Notes acquired by it.
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(2) It acknowledges that the Transferor, the Originator, the Noteholders and others will rely on the truth and accuracy of the acknowledgments, representations and agreements set forth in thisSection 2.12.
(3) That each Note will bear the following legends:
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE 1933 ACT, AS CONFIRMED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR WHICH OPINION AND COUNSEL ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTIONS.
BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT EITHER (1) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS NOTE WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR OTHER PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS NOTE, WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR, IN THE CASE OF A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR APPLICABLE LAW).
SECTION 2.13Rule 144A. The Issuer shall furnish, if it shall have received such information from ALER, upon the request of any Noteholder, to such Noteholder and a prospective purchaser designated by such Noteholder the information required to be delivered under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the 1933 Act if at the time of such request the Issuer is not a reporting company under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and any of the Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act at such time.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer shall duly and punctually pay the principal of, and interest on, the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
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Indenture. On each Distribution Date and on the Redemption Date (if applicable), the Indenture Trustee shall distribute amounts on deposit in the Loan Collection Account and Receivables Collection Account to the Noteholders in accordance withSection 8.2, less amounts properly withheld under the Code from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal. Any amounts so withheld shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.2Maintenance of Agency Office. As long as any of the Notes remains outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office (the “Agency Office”), being an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered to the Issuer for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints The Bank of New York Mellon 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 the Agency Office. 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 of the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 3.3Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust.
(a) As provided inSection 8.2, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Loan Collection Account and the Receivables Collection Account pursuant toSection 8.2 shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Loan Collection Account and Receivables Collection Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided inSection 8.2 or thisSection 3.3.
(b) The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent 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), subject to the provisions of thisSection 3.3, 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 herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee 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;
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(iv) immediately resign 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 in effect at the time of determination; 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 and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
(c) The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
(d) The Indenture Trustee may adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any reasonable means of notification of the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for one (1) year after such amount has become due and payable (including, but not limited to (x) mailing notice of such payment 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 Holder or (y) at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the eastern edition ofThe Wall Street Journal, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall neither be less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months from the date of such publication, the Issuer shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets which remain subject hereto).
SECTION 3.4Existence. Except as otherwise permitted bySection 3.10, the Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware 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 Trust Estate and each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.5Protection of Trust Estate; Acknowledgment of Pledge. The Issuer intends the security interest granted pursuant to this Indenture to be prior to all other Liens in the respect of the Trust Estate and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiaries a first lien on and a first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate except for Exempt Collateral. The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, amendments thereto, continuation statements, assignments, certificates, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action as may be determined to be necessary or advisable in an Opinion of Counsel to the Owner Trustee delivered to the Indenture Trustee to:
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(i) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Beneficiaries, of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof including by making the necessary filings of financing statements or amendments thereto within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of any of the following: (A) any change in the Issuer’s name, (B) any change in the location of the Issuer’s principal place of business, (C) any change in the Issuer’s “location” (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC) and (D) any merger or consolidation or other change in the Issuer’s identity or organizational structure and by promptly notifying the Indenture Trustee of any such filings;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iii) enforce the rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders in any of the Trust Estate;
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties; or
(v) grant more effectively to the Indenture Trustee the security interest in all or any portion of the Trust Estate,
and the Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument as delivered to the Indenture Trustee which may be necessary, desirable or required by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to thisSection 3.5.
SECTION 3.6Opinions as to Trust Estate.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent, either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any amendments hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiaries created by this Indenture covering such portions of the Trust Estate and such matters of law as are customary in similar transactions, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective.
(b) On or before April 15 in each calendar year, beginning April 15, 2010, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent, either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any amendments hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the lien
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and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture, covering the matters covered by the opinion given pursuant toSection 3.6(a) above and such other matters of law (including changes in law dealing with perfection and priority of liens) as are customary in similar transactions. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any amendments hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements with respect to the Trust Estate consistent with the opinion provided pursuant toSection 3.6(a) above and such other matters of law as are customary in similar transactions that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest (except with respect to Exempt Collateral) of this Indenture until April 15 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Loans; Consent to Amendments.
(a) The Issuer shall not take any action, and shall use its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Basic Documents.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons, subject to the Required Noteholders’ consent, to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted (with the consent of the Administrative Agent) with the Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed under the terms of this Indenture, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
(d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Rating Agencies thereof, and shall specify in such notice the response or action, if any, the Issuer has taken or is taking with respect of such Servicer Default. If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Receivables, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall take all reasonable steps available to them pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to remedy such failure.
(e) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer agrees that it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the
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Required Noteholders amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, any of the Basic Documents or the terms thereof or any portion of the Trust Estate (other than the ability of the Servicer to amend, modify or waive provisions of the Equipment Loans and the Receivables that are specifically permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), or waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer or ALER under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, the Administrator under the Administration Agreement or ALS under the Purchase Agreement;provided,however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no action specified in the proviso toSection 9.2 shall be taken except in compliance withSection 9.2. If any such amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender shall be so consented to by the Indenture Trustee and the Required Noteholders, the Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents as the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
(f) The Issuer shall ensure that, at all times during which any fixed rate Equipment Loan is outstanding, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement shall be in place and effective with an Eligible Cap Provider;provided,however, that if the latter ceases to be an Eligible Cap Provider by reason of a downgrade by the applicable Rating Agency and within thirty (30) days of such downgrade the amount of funds in the Reserve Account is greater than or equal to the Reserve Account Required Amount (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ineligible Cap Reserve), such Person shall, notwithstanding such ratings downgrade, be deemed to be an Eligible Cap Provider unless such Person is downgraded below “A”/“A2” from the applicable Rating Agency, in which case, the Issuer shall have (30) days to replace such Eligible Cap Provider.
SECTION 3.8Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(a) except as directed by the Special Required Noteholders, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, except the Issuer may (i) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Warranty Loans, Administrative Loans and Defaulted Loans, (ii) make cash payments out of the Designated Accounts and (iii) take other actions, in each case solely as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents;
(b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;
(c) voluntarily commence any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or other proceeding, or apply for an order by a court or agency or supervisory authority for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs or any other event specified inSection 5.1(g); or
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(d) either (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on Equipment and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor), (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority security interest in the Trust Estate (other than with respect to (x) any such tax, mechanics’ or other similar liens and (y) Exempt Collateral) or (iv) amend or modify the provisions of the other Basic Documents without the consent of the Required Noteholders.
SECTION 3.9Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders, with a copy to the Rating Agencies, on or before April 15 of each year, beginning April 15, 2010, an Officer’s Certificate signed by an Authorized Officer dated as of the immediately preceding December 31, stating that:
(a) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such fiscal year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and
(b) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied in all material respects with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and has fulfilled in all material respects all of its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in such compliance of any such condition or covenant or in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10Consolidation, Merger, etc., of Issuer; Disposition of Trust Assets.
(a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by, or surviving such, consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State and shall expressly assume, by an amendment hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Special Required Noteholders, the due and timely payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
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(ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no Default, Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been completed;
(iv) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation or merger and such amendment comply with thisSection 3.10;
(v) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent an Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation or merger and such amendment shall have no material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer or any Securityholder; and
(vi) the Special Required Noteholders shall have, in their sole discretion, consented to such merger or consolidation.
(b) Except pursuant toSection 10.1 or as otherwise expressly permitted by this Indenture or the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not sell, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to any Person, unless:
(i) the Person that acquires such properties or assets of the Issuer (A) shall be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State and (B) by an amendment hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Special Required Noteholders:
(1) expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
(2) expressly agrees that all right, title and interest so sold, conveyed, exchanged, transferred or otherwise disposed of shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Noteholders; and
(3) unless otherwise provided in such amendment, expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default, Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
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(iv) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition and such amendment comply with thisSection 3.10;
(v) the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent an Opinion of Counsel stating that such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition and such amendment have no material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer or to any Noteholders or Registered Owners; and
(vi) the Special Required Noteholders, in their sole discretion, shall have consented to such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition.
SECTION 3.11Successor or Transferee.
(a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance withSection 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant toSection 3.10(b), the Issuer shall be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Securityholders immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent from the Person acquiring such assets and properties stating that the Issuer is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any business or activity other than acquiring, holding and managing the Trust Estate and the proceeds therefrom in the manner contemplated by the Basic Documents, issuing the Securities, making payments on the Securities and such other activities that are necessary, suitable, desirable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto, as set forth inSection 2.3 of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.13No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness for money borrowed other than the Notes.
SECTION 3.14Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as contemplated by this Indenture or the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s 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, or 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.
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SECTION 3.15Servicer’s Obligations. The Issuer shall use its best efforts to cause the Servicer to comply with its obligations underSections 3.10,5.01 and5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.16Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any expenditure (whether by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either real, personal or intangible property) other than the purchase of the Loans and the Receivables and other property and rights from ALER pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.17Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless the Required Noteholders shall have consented thereto and the Issuer shall have provided prior written notice thereof to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 3.18Restricted Payments. Except for payments of principal or interest on or redemption of the Notes as expressly permitted pursuant to this Indenture, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, 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, in each case with respect to any ownership or equity interest or similar security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer;
(b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or similar security; or
(c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided,however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, distributions to the Servicer, ALER, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Registered Owners solely to the extent expressly permitted by, and to the extent of Advances as contemplated bySection 3.25 or to the extent funds are available for such purpose underSection 8.2. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Loan Collection Account and Receivables Collection Account except in accordance with the Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.19Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer agrees to give the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Rating Agencies (with a copy to the Noteholders) prompt written notice, but in any event no later than within two (2) Business Days, of any Default, Event of Default, Rapid Amortization Event, Servicer Default, each default on the part of ALER or ALS of its respective obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement in each case of which the Issuer has knowledge.
SECTION 3.20Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent, the Issuer shall 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.
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SECTION 3.21Indenture Trustee’s Assignment of Administrative Loans, Substituted Loans, Warranty Loans and Other Loans. Upon receipt of (a) the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Payment with respect to an Administrative Loan or Warranty Loan, (b) a Substitute Loan with respect to a Warranty Loan, provided all conditions to the Substitute Loans have been satisfied in full under the Basic Documents, (c) payment in full of the outstanding Loan Balance plus accrued interest on any Loan and any other amounts due and owing in connection therewith upon prepayment by an obligor in accordance withSection 3.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (d) the proceeds upon the sale or other disposition by the Servicer of any Defaulted Loan or the collateral securing such Defaulted Loan in accordance with Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall assign, without recourse, representation or warranty to the Servicer, the Warranty Purchaser or the purchaser of such Defaulted Loan or the collateral securing such Defaulted Loan, as applicable, all of the Indenture Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to such repurchased or replaced Loan, all monies due thereon, the security interest in the related Equipment and any accessions thereto, any Insurance Policies and any proceeds arising thereafter with respect to such Loan, any Guaranties and any proceeds arising thereafter with respect to such Loan and the interests of the Indenture Trustee in certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to the Insurance Policies and any documents relating thereto, such assignment being an assignment outright and not for security; and the Servicer, ALER, the Warranty Purchaser or other purchaser, as applicable, shall thereupon own such Loan, and all such security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with respect thereto.
SECTION 3.22Representations and Warranties by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders as of the Closing Date with respect to clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) below and on each Equipment Loan Borrowing Date, Receivables Borrowing Date, and each Substitution Date with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (d) below as follows:
(a)Good Title. No Loan or Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Issuer to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee; immediately prior to the Grant pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer had good and marketable title thereto, free of any Lien; and, upon execution and delivery of this Indenture by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall have all of the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Trust Estate, free of any Lien.
(b)All Filings Made. The Loans, the Issuer’s rights related to the Equipment Loans and the Receivables constitute UCC Collateral. All filings necessary under the UCC or other applicable laws in any jurisdiction to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate other than Exempt Collateral have been made. Each Loan is secured by Equipment.
(c)UCC Information. The information set forth onSchedule 3.22 is true, correct and complete in all material respects.
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(d)Security Interest Representations.
(1) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Trust Estate in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, claims or encumbrances of any Person, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer;
(2) The Receivables constitute “accounts” within the meaning of the applicable UCC. The Equipment Loans constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of the applicable UCC. The Equipment Loan Notes constitute “instruments” within the meaning of the applicable UCC and related Equipment constituting “equipment” and not “fixtures” under the applicable UCC. The Loan Collection Account, the Receivables Collection Account and the Reserve Account each constitute a “securities accounts” within the meaning of the applicable UCC. The rights to payment under the Letter of Credit constitute “letter-of-credit rights” within the meaning of the applicable UCC. The rights under the Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement each constitute “general intangibles” under the applicable UCC;
(3) The Issuer is the sole owner of the Trust Estate and owned and has good and marketable title to the Trust Estate, free and clear of any Lien of any Person (whether senior, junior orpari passu);provided,however, that the Issuer makes no representation regarding the availability of a willing buyer;
(4) The Issuer has caused the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Trust Estate granted to the Indenture Trustee. All financing statements filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith describing the Trust Estate contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement except in favor of the Indenture Trustee will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee”;
(5) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Trust Estate except as expressly permitted hereby. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of, any financing statements or documents of similar import against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering the Trust Estate other than any financing statement or document of similar import (i) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee or (ii) that has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer;
(6) The Issuer or the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgement from the Custodian that the Custodian is holding the only original executed counterpart of the Equipment Loan Notes and the related security agreements on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Indenture Trustee and is subject to the Custodian’s customary security and safekeeping procedures;
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(7) None of the Equipment Loan Notes or Equipment Loans have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee and other than any holder of a Lien to be released simultaneously with the purchase by the Transferor under the Purchase Agreement;
(8) The Indenture Trustee has been named the beneficiary of each Letter of Credit;
(9) The Issuer has received all necessary consents and approvals required by the terms of the Trust Estate to the pledge to the Issuer of its interest and rights in such Trust Estate hereunder;
(10) No creditor of the Issuer has in its possession any goods that constitute or evidence the Trust Estate;
(11) The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause The Bank of New York Mellon (in its capacity as securities intermediary) to identify in its records the Indenture Trustee as the Person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary in each of the Loan Collection Account, the Receivables Collection Account and the Reserve Account; and
(12) The Loan Collection Account, the Receivables Collection Account and the Reserve Account are not in the name of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to The Bank of New York Mellon (as the securities intermediary of any Loan Collection Account, the Receivables Collection Account and the Reserve Account) to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee.
The representations and warranties set forth in thisSection 3.22 shall survive until the Indenture is terminated in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that, from and after the Receivables Payoff Date, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.22 shall be deemed not to refer or apply to the Receivables, the Receivables Notes, the Receivables Collection Account or any other concept related to the Receivables. Any breaches of the representations and warranties set forth in thisSection 3.22 may be waived upon prior written notice to the Rating Agencies and consent of the Required Noteholders unless such waiver would amount to a waiver of an Event of Default underSection 5.1(e), which, in such case, any such waiver shall require consent of the Special Required Noteholders.
SECTION 3.23Compliance 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 adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any other Basic Document.
SECTION 3.24Indemnity for Liability Claims. The Issuer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Administrative Agent (which shall include any of their respective directors, employees, officers and agents) against and from any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities arising out of or resulting
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from the use, repossession or operation of the Equipment (other than a loss in value thereof) or imposed on or asserted against the Issuer or otherwise arising out of or based on the arrangements created by this Indenture to the extent not paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and solely to the extent that funds are available for such purpose pursuant toSection 8.2 of this Agreement;provided that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer under thisSection 3.24 and that any such indemnified party agrees that it shall not, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after the termination of this Indenture with respect to the Issuer pursuant toSection 11.1, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
SECTION 3.25Use of Proceeds. The Issuer shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes solely to fund the acquisition of the Loans and Receivables, to fund the Reserve Account, to make equity distributions and to pay fees and expenses related to the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 3.26Borrowing Base Certificate. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Issuer and the Noteholders, the Issuer shall deliver, or cause the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee, to each Noteholder and the Administrative Agent a duly completed and executed (a) Equipment Loan Borrowing Base Certificate givingpro forma effect to any Advances to be made on any such Equipment Loan Borrowing Date two (2) Business Days prior to each such Advance;provided that, once per calendar quarter, an Advance to be made on any such Equipment Loan Borrowing Date shall only require the Issuer to deliver such Equipment Loan Borrowing Base Certificate one (1) day prior to such Advance and (b) Receivables Borrowing Base Certificate givingpro forma effect to any Advances to be made on any such Receivables Borrowing Date one (1) Business Day prior to each such Advance.
SECTION 3.27Letters of Credit.
(a) The Issuer shall provide on or before the Closing Date and maintain so long as any Note is Outstanding, one or more Eligible Letters of Credit (or post cash or alternative collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders), in either case in an equivalent amount to the face amount of the Letters of Credit that the Issuer would otherwise be required to maintain) for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Beneficiaries. Any cash collateral posted by the Issuer in substitution for one or more Eligible Letters of Credit shall be deposited in the Reserve Account, and disbursed for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or to remedy a shortfall in accordance with the provisions ofSection 8.2(h).
(b) On each Determination Date on which it is determined that no funds will be on deposit in the Reserve Account on the following Distribution Date (or will have been reduced to zero on such Distribution Date), the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written instructions from the Servicer, in accordance with the Servicer’s Certificate (or if a Servicer’s Certificate is not provided, in accordance with instructions from the Administrative Agent or the Required
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Noteholders), submit to each Letter of Credit Bank a completed Drawing Certificate in an amount equal to (x) the shortfall computed underSection 8.2(h) of this Indenture or (y) the remaining Available Drawing Amount in the case of an Event of Default (such draw, a “Letter of Credit Drawing”);provided,however, that in no event shall the amount of any Letter of Credit Drawing exceed the Available Drawing Amount under such Letter of Credit. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Servicer and the Administrative Agent on the date on which it makes a Letter of Credit Drawing.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall receive Letter of Credit Drawings as attorney-in-fact of each of the Beneficiaries and upon receipt thereof shall, subject to clauses (d) and (e) below, immediately deposit such Letter of Credit Drawings into the Loan Collection Account or the Receivables Collection Account to pay principal and interest on the Notes at the times and in the amounts specified inSection 8.2(h). The making of a Letter of Credit Drawing does not relieve the Issuer of any obligation under any Note, this Indenture or any other Basic Document.
(d) If at any time while the Notes are Outstanding both the issuing and the confirming bank with respect to a Letter of Credit required pursuant to this Indenture shall cease to be an Eligible Bank, the Issuer shall (unless the Required Noteholders shall otherwise consent) replace the then existing Letter of Credit with a substitute Eligible Letter of Credit or post cash or alternative collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders. The Issuer shall have thirty (30) Business Days from the date such Letter of Credit ceases to be an Eligible Letter of Credit to obtain a replacement Eligible Letter of Credit or post sufficient cash or alternative collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders;provided that, if one of the financial institutions that issued or confirmed such Letter of Credit does not have a long-term credit rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P and “Baa3” by Moody’s, respectively, the Required Noteholders shall have the right to direct the Indenture Trustee to draw on the Letter of Credit immediately. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if an Eligible Letter of Credit described inclause (a)(ii) of the definition thereof is in effect and the issuer of such Letter of Credit ceases to have a long-term credit rating of at least “AA” by S&P and “Aa2” by Moody’s, respectively, but does have a long-term credit rating of at least “AA-” by S&P and “Aa3” by Moody’s, respectively, or a short-term credit rating of at least “A-1” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s, respectively, the Issuer shall have thirty (30) Business Days from the date such Letter of Credit ceases to be an Eligible Letter of Credit to obtain a replacement Eligible Letter of Credit or post sufficient cash or alternative collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders. If the Issuer shall fail to deliver a replacement Eligible Letter of Credit or post sufficient cash or collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders within such thirty (30) Business Day period, in each case referenced above, then the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written instructions from the Servicer, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders, submit to the then existing Letter of Credit Bank a completed Drawing Certificate for the remaining Available Drawing Amount under such Letter of Credit. Any amounts received by the Indenture Trustee as the result of any such drawing shall be deposited into the Reserve Account, and disbursed for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes in accordance with the provisions ofSection 8.2(h). Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a replacement Eligible Letter of Credit in accordance with the provisions of thisSection 3.27(d), the Indenture Trustee shall surrender the original of the replaced Letter of Credit to the issuer thereof, upon written request of the Servicer, with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
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(e) If at any time while the Notes are Outstanding the issuer of an Eligible Letter of Credit shall have provided notice to the Indenture Trustee that such Letter of Credit shall not be renewed upon the expiration thereof,then the Indenture Trustee shall provide prompt written notice of same to the Administrative Agent and the Issuer shall (unless the Required Noteholders shall otherwise consent) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which the Letter of Credit shall expire, replace the then existing Letter Credit with a substitute Eligible Letter of Credit, or post sufficient cash or alternative collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders. If the Issuer shall fail to deliver a substitute Eligible Letter of Credit, cash or alternative collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders within such ten (10) Business Day period,then the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written instructions from the Servicer, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders, submit to the then existing Letter of Credit Bank a completed Drawing Certificate for the remaining Available Drawing Amount under such Letter of Credit. Any amounts received by the Indenture Trustee as the result of any such drawing shall be deposited into the Reserve Account, and disbursed for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes in accordance with the provisions ofSection 8.2(h). Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a replacement Eligible Letter of Credit in accordance with the provisions of thisSection 3.27(e), the Indenture Trustee shall surrender the original of the replaced Letter of Credit to the issuer thereof, upon written request of the Servicer, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders.
(f) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, following the occurrence of the Loan Conversion Date, an Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event, if (x) as of any Determination Date, any anticipated payment of the Notes on the related Distribution Date will cause the Available Drawing Amount to be greater than or equal to the Recourse Limit at such time, or (y) the Servicer at any time provides notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent that the Servicer anticipates that the Available Drawing Amount will in the foreseeable future be greater than or equal to the Recourse Limit, then (i) the Indenture Trustee shall, within one (1) Business Day following such Determination Date (as toclause (x) above) or the date of such notice (as toclause (y) above) (in either case, the “LC Recourse Draw Determination Date”) submit to each Letter of Credit Bank a completed Drawing Certificate (unless the Required Noteholders shall have provided the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer with a written notice instructing the Indenture Trustee not to make such draw), in an amount equal to the greater of (I) the sum of (a) the amount by which the Available Drawing Amount (as calculated without giving effect to any such draw or any reduction in the Available Drawing Amount pursuant toclause (ii) below) is expected to exceed the Recourse Limit as of the LC Recourse Draw Determination Date, and (b) $500,000 and (II) the amount specified by the Servicer in the notice delivered pursuant toclause (y) above (or, if such amount is greater than the Available Drawing Amount at such time, the entire Available Drawing Amount);provided, that, if the Servicer delivering such notice pursuant toclause (y) above is not ALS, ALS shall have the right to approve the amount set forth in such notice, and (ii) the Available Drawing Amount shall be reduced by the amount of the drawing made pursuant toclause (i) above, effective immediately following the receipt by the Indenture Trustee of the proceeds of such drawing. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Servicer, ALS (if ALS is not the Servicer) and the Administrative Agent on the date on which it makes a Letter of Credit Drawing pursuant to thisSection 3.27(f). Any amounts received by the Indenture Trustee as the result of any such drawing shall be deposited into the Loan Collection Account and the Receivables Collection Account, as allocated between such accounts in accordance withSection 8.7, and shall be
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distributed on the following Distribution Date to the Noteholdersfirst in respect of interest on the Notes to the extent of any shortfalls thereon after giving effect to all allocations underSection 8.2 on such Distribution Date, andsecond as a payment of principal on the Notes, without regard to the priority of payments set forth inSection 8.2, in each casepro rata, to the Equipment Loan Notes and the Receivables Notes. The Servicer shall provide prompt notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent if it has knowledge that the Available Drawing Amount is on any date, or is on any date expected to be, greater than or equal to the Recourse Limit at such time.
SECTION 3.28Non Consolidation of Issuer.
(a) The Issuer shall, consistent with the Basic Agreements, be operated in such a manner that it shall not be substantively consolidated with the trust estate of any other person in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer or such other Person. Without limiting the foregoing the Issuer shall (1) conduct its business in its own name, (2) maintain its books, records and cash management accounts separate from those of any other Person, (3) maintain its bank accounts separate from those of any other Person, (4) maintain separate financial statements, showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person, (5) pay its own liabilities and expenses only out of its own funds, (6) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, (7) hold itself out as a separate entity, (8) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations and (9) observe all other appropriate trust and other organizational formalities including,inter alia, remaining in good standing and qualified as a foreign trust in each jurisdiction, obtaining all necessary licenses and approvals as required under Applicable Law.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law which otherwise empowers the Issuer, the Issuer shall not (1) hold itself out as being liable for the debts of any other Person, (2) act other than in its trust name and through its trustee or its duly authorized officers or agents, (3) engage in any joint activity or transaction of any kind with or for the benefit of any Affiliate including any loan to or from or guarantee of the indebtedness of any Affiliate, except payment of lawful distributions to its Registered Owners, (4) commingle its funds or other assets with those of any other Person, (5) create, incur, assume, guarantee or in any manner become liable in respect of any indebtedness (except pursuant to this Indenture) other than indemnities, trade payables and expense accruals incurred in the ordinary course of its business, (6) enter into a transaction with an Affiliate unless such transaction is commercially reasonable and on the same terms as would be available in an arm’s length transaction with a Person or entity that is not an Affiliate, or (7) take any other action that would be inconsistent with maintaining the separate legal identity of the Issuer.
SECTION 3.29No Bankruptcy Petition. The Issuer shall not (i) commence any Proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, wind-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, (ii) seek appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or any part of its assets, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) take any action in furtherance of, or consenting to or acquiescing in, any of the foregoing.
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SECTION 3.30Liens. The Issuer shall not contract for, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the Lien created pursuant to the terms of the Indenture other than Permitted Adverse Claims.
SECTION 3.31Investment Company Act. The Issuer shall conduct its operations, and shall cause the Administrator to conduct the Issuer’s operations, in a manner which will not subject it to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.32Information Requests. The Issuer shall prepare and deliver (or shall cause the Administrator to prepare and deliver) to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders from time to time such information regarding the financial condition, operations, or business of the Issuer as the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.33Change of Control. The Transferor shall at all times own 100% of the beneficial interests of the Issuer.
ARTICLE IV
RAPID AMORTIZATION EVENTS
SECTION 4.1Rapid Amortization Events. For the purposes of this Indenture, “Rapid Amortization Event” means the occurrence, as and when declared by the Required Noteholders by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Issuer, of any one of the following events or conditions and the continuation of such condition beyond any applicable grace and/or cure period:
(a) the occurrence of a Borrowing Base Shortfall that remains unremedied by cash payments, contribution of Eligible Loans or Eligible Receivables to the Issuer or by a draw on the Reserve Account (but not by a draw on the Letters of Credit or a draw on the Reserve Account of proceeds of any draw on a Letter of Credit) for three (3) or more Business Days;
(b) the occurrence of a draw on the Reserve Account;provided,however, if the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on the immediately succeeding Distribution Date (after giving effect to the deposits to and distributions from the Reserve Account on such date) is equal to or greater than the Reserve Account Required Amount, then such draw on the Reserve Account shall not be considered a Rapid Amortization Event;
(c) the Letter(s) of Credit:
(i) shall cease to be Eligible Letters of Creditunless (x) the Indenture Trustee receives a replacement Eligible Letter of Credit issued or confirmed by an Eligible Bank, cash or alternate collateral acceptable to the Required Noteholders;provided that, if such Letter of Credit ceases to be an Eligible Letter of Credit solely because the financial institution that issued or confirmed such Letter of Credit ceases to be an Eligible Bank, then any applicable grace and/or cure period provided inSection
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3.27(d) shall apply or (y) the Letters of Credit have been drawn upon, in full, and the proceeds deposited into the Reserve Account pursuant toSection 3.27(d) (downgrade draw) orSection 3.27(e) (non-renewal draw); or
(ii) shall be drawn upon, other than pursuant toSection 3.27(d) (downgrade draw) orSection 3.27(e) (non-renewal draw);
(d) the rolling three (3) month average of the Delinquency Ratio – Receivables exceeds 5.50%;
(e) the rolling three (3) month average of the Delinquency Ratio – Equipment Loans exceeds 2.50%;
(f) the rolling three (3) month average of the Dilution Ratio – Receivables exceeds 9.0%;
(g) the rolling three (3) month average of the Default Ratio – Receivables exceeds 4.00%;
(h) the rolling three (3) month average of the Default Ratio – Equipment Loans exceeds 1.00%;
(i) the Days Sales Outstanding – Receivables exceeds ninety-six (96) days;
(j) the occurrence and continuance of either (x) an Event of Default or (y) a Servicer Default; or
(k) the rolling three (3) month average Excess Spread falls below the Minimum Excess Spread.
If a Rapid Amortization Event exists on any date, then such Rapid Amortization Event shall be deemed to continue until the Business Day on which the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction of the Special Required Noteholders) waives, in writing, such Rapid Amortization Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after the Receivables Payoff Date,clauses 4.1(d),(f),(g) and(i) above shall cease to apply.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies, within three (3) Business Days but in any event prior to the immediately succeeding Purchase Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) after learning of the occurrence of any of the events or conditions that, if declared by the Required Noteholders, would constitute a Rapid Amortization Event, written notice of such event or condition, its status and whether the Required Noteholders have declared a Rapid Amortization Event.
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ARTICLE V
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1Events of Default. For the purposes of this Indenture, “Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events or conditions and the continuation of such condition beyond any applicable grace and/or cure period:
(a) failure to pay any interest on the Equipment Loan Notes or the Receivables Notes, as and when the same becomes due and payable, regardless of whether funds are available to make such payments, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; or
(b) except as set forth inSection 5.1(c), failure to pay any installment of the principal of any Note as and when the same becomes due and payable or the failure to make any distribution of Available Amount on the Distribution Date if funds are available to make such distribution, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; or
(c) failure to pay in full the outstanding principal balance of the Notes by the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such class of Notes; or
(d) default in the observance or performance in any material respect of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or Transferor (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in thisSection 5.1) in this Indenture, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the other Basic Documents which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders or the Administrative Agent and such default shall continue or not be cured for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Issuer or the Transferor, as applicable, by the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Noteholder and (y) the date on which the Issuer or the Transferor, as applicable, has actual knowledge of such failure, or should, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, have become knowledgeable; or
(e) any representation or warranty of the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or Transferor made in this Indenture, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the other Basic Documents or any other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, proving to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders or the Administrative Agent and such breach shall continue or not be cured for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which written notice of such breach shall have been given to the Issuer or the Transferor, as applicable, by the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Noteholder and (y) the date on which the Issuer or the Transferor, as applicable, has actual knowledge of such failure, or should, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, have become knowledgeable; or
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(f) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or Transferor or any substantial part of the Trust Estate 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 the Transferor, the Servicer, any Seller, the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s, the Servicer’s, any Seller’s or Transferor’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(g) the commencement by the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or Transferor of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or the Transferor to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or the Transferor to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or the Transferor or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or the Transferor of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or the Transferor generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer, the Servicer, any Seller or the Transferor in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(h) a circumstance in which the Issuer, Servicer, any Seller or Transferor becomes an investment company or is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940; or
(i) the termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; or
(j) the failure of the Indenture Trustee to have a first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate other than Exempt Collateral; or
(k) the failure of the Issuer (as assignee of the Originator) to have:
(1) a first priority perfected security interest against the Obligors in the Equipment; or
(2) a perfected security interest against the Obligors in the other items of equipment financed by the Originator that secure such Equipment Loan;
(l) the rendering against the Issuer or Transferor of a final judgment, decree or order for the payment of money in excess of $100,000 and the continuance of such judgment, decree or order unsatisfied, unbonded or uninsured for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;
(m) a Change of Control with respect to the Issuer or the Transferor; or
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(n) failure to pay in full any Contingent Fees due and owing on any applicable Distribution Date, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent, within three (3) Business Days after learning of the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Default underSection 5.1(d) orSection 5.1(e), its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.2Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of type described in 5.1(f) or 5.1(g), the unpaid principal amount for the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, if an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case, unless the principal amount of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, the Indenture Trustee shall (at the written direction of the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Required Noteholders) declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, the Rating Agencies and the Noteholders) setting forth a description of the Event or Events of Default, and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
(b) At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity of the Notes has been made and before a sale of the Trust Estate or a judgment or decree for payment of the money due thereunder has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in thisArticle V, the Required Noteholders, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences with respect to the Notes;provided, that no such rescission and annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto; andprovided,further, that if the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction of or with the consent of the Required Noteholders) shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission and annulment or for any other reason, or such proceedings shall have been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee, then and in every such case, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall continue as though no such proceedings had been commenced.
SECTION 5.3Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Issuer covenants that if there shall occur an Event of Default underSection 5.1 which has not been waived pursuant toSection 5.12, in addition to the rights available underSection 5.4, the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee (at the
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direction of the Required Noteholders) pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Administrative Agent in accordance with their respective outstanding principal amounts or other amounts owed, whether at the Final Scheduled Distribution Date or otherwise, the entire amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, with interest through the date of such payment on the overdue principal amount of each class of Notes, at the rate applicable to such class of Notes, together with interest, 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 the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel.
(b) If the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) 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 upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee, as more particularly provided inSection 5.4 shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders and the Administrative Agent, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders deems most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by applicable law.
(d) If there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or if a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of thisSection 5.3, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the entire amount of the unpaid principal and interest owing in respect of the Notes or otherwise owed hereunder and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor trustee, the
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Administrative Agent and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor trustee and the Administrative Agent, except as a result of gross negligence or bad faith) 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 and the Administrative Agent 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, the Administrative Agent 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, the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Notes 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 the Administrative Agent and each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, if the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Administrative Agent or such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor trustee, except as a result of gross negligence or bad faith.
(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 the Administrative Agent or any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Administrative Agent, the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of the Administrative Agent or 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 Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor trustee, the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Administrative Agent in the order of priority set forth inSection 8.2 of this Indenture.
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(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 the Administrative Agent and all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make the Administrative Agent and any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
SECTION 5.4Remedies; Priorities.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes have been accelerated underSection 5.2(a), the Indenture Trustee shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) do one or more of the following (subject toSection 5.5):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then due and payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration of acceleration 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 Trust Estate;
(iii) exercise any 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, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders; and
(iv) sell the Trust Estate 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 or elect to have the Issuer maintain possession of the Loans and Receivables and continue to apply collections on such Loans and the Receivables as if there had been no declaration of acceleration;provided,however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default and acceleration of the Notes, unless (A) the Administrative Agent and the Holders of all of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes which are not Affiliates of the Issuer consent thereto or (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the Notes as of the date of such sale or liquidation or (C) (i) there has been an Event of Default underSection 5.1(a), (b) or (c) or otherwise arising from a failure to make a required payment of principal on any Notes, (ii) the Indenture Trustee or the Required Noteholders determine that it is unlikely the Trust Estate will continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as and when they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, (iii) the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Required Noteholders and (iv) the Trust Estate is sold in a commercially reasonable sale within the meaning of the UCC. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee or the Required Noteholders may, but need not, obtain and rely upon
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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.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to thisArticle V, it shall pay out or deposit such money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due underSection 6.7; and
SECOND: to (x) the Loan Collection Account (with respect to Collections in respect of the Loans) and (y) Receivables Collection Account (with respect to Collections in respect of the Receivables), for distribution pursuant toSection 8.2 of this Indenture.
SECTION 5.5Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate. If the Notes have been declared to be due and payable underSection 5.2(a) following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled in accordance withSection 5.2(b), the Indenture Trustee shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In determining whether to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate, each of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders may, 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 (with costs so incurred reimbursable pursuant toSection 6.7 of the Indenture or the other Basic Documents).
SECTION 5.6Limitation of Suits. No Noteholder 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 Person has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) such Person has made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Person or Persons have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee fails to institute such Proceedings for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty (60) day period by the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders.
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it being understood and intended that no Holder or Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of Notes or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable (on the basis of the respective aggregate amount of principal and interest, respectively, due and unpaid on the Notes held by each Noteholder) and common benefit of all Noteholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of thisSection 5.6, each and every Noteholder and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
If the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, neither being the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 5.7Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, 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, if applicable, 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 Holder.
SECTION 5.8Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent 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, the Administrative Agent or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally to their respective former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.9Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent 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 5.10Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent 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 thisArticle V or by law to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
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expedient, by the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or by the Noteholders, as the case may be, subject, however, to the right of the Required Noteholders or the Administrative Agent, as specified herein, to control any such right and remedy.
SECTION 5.11[Reserved]
SECTION 5.12Waiver of Past Defaults.
(a) Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided inSection 5.2(a), the Special Required Noteholders may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (ii) unless such consent shall have been obtained, in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to or affect any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
(b) 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 from such Default shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture and for purposes of Section 8.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; but no such waiver shall extend to or affect any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.13Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any Proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any Proceeding against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such Proceeding of an undertaking to pay the costs of such Proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such Proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of thisSection 5.13 shall not apply to:
(a) any Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders;
(b) any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes; or
(c) any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective maturity dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 5.14Waiver of Stay or Extension of Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any
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manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension of law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may adversely affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture. 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 shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Noteholders, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.15Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s, the Administrative Agent’s and the Required Noteholders’ 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, the Administrative Agent or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent 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 so collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance withSection 5.4(b).
SECTION 5.16Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
(a) Promptly following a written request from the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders to do so and at the Administrator’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Administrator, ALER and the Servicer, as applicable, of their respective obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Basic Documents or by ALS of its obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Basic Documents, to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of ALER, the Servicer or ALS thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by ALER, the Servicer or ALS of each of their respective obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement or the other Basic Documents.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against ALER or the Servicer under or in connection with the Basic Documents, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by ALER or the Servicer of each of their respective obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Basic Documents, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
(c) [Reserved]
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(d) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent) exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of ALER against ALS under or in connection with the Basic Documents, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by ALS of each of its obligations to ALER thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Basic Documents, and any right of ALER to take such action shall be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1Duties of Indenture Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other Basic Document 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 to the requirements of this Indenture;provided,however, that the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions specifically contemplated herein, to determine whether or not they conform to any applicable requirements of this Indenture.
(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) thisSection 6.1(c) does not limit the effect ofSection 6.1(b);
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant toSection 6.16.
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(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
(e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of thisSection 6.1.
(h) The Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders upon obtaining actual knowledge or receipt of written notice by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of (a) any proposed change herein or supplement hereto; (b) the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default, Rapid Amortization Event or Servicer Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee; (c) any proposed change of the Indenture Trustee hereunder; (d) any matter to be put to the Noteholders or the Administrative Agent for a vote hereunder; (e) any proposed exercise by the Noteholders or the Administrative Agent of any option, vote, right, power or the like hereunder; and (f) any other matter, notice of which is required hereunder to be given to any of the Noteholders or the Administrative Agent by the Indenture Trustee.
(i) The Indenture Trustee shall, at the written request of the Rating Agency, provide to the Rating Agency any information the Indenture Trustee has received from the Originator, the Servicer or the Issuer regarding the transactions contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents.
(j) The Indenture Trustee shall forward a copy of any Advance Increase Notice (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) received by it from the Issuer to each applicable Equipment Loan Note Purchaser or Receivables Note Purchaser (in each case, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), by not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day on which it receives such notice, as set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 6.2Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any 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.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate from the Issuer or an Opinion of Counsel that such action or omission is required or permissible hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
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(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;provided,however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any 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 at the request or direction of any of the Holders or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Indenture, unless the Indenture Trustee shall have security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Indenture Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and if the Indenture Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(h) [Reserved]
(i) The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Indenture Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
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(k) The Indenture Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(l) The Indenture Trustee shall have no duties other than as set forth in this Indenture.
SECTION 6.3Indenture Trustee May Own Notes. The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee;provided,however, that the Indenture Trustee shall comply withSections 6.10 and6.11. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights.
SECTION 6.4Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
SECTION 6.5Notice of Defaults and Events of Default. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder and the Administrative Agent notice of the Default or Event of Default within three (3) Business Days after it occurs.
SECTION 6.6Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder and the Administrative Agent the information and documents set forth inArticle VII, and, in addition, all such information with respect to the Notes as may be required, as requested in writing by the Servicer, to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
SECTION 6.7Compensation; Indemnity.
(a) The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon from time to time in writing. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to indemnify the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 8.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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(b) The Issuer’s obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to thisSection 6.7 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of any Indenture Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default specified inSection 5.1(e) or(f) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
SECTION 6.8Replacement of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee may at any time give notice of its intent to resign by so notifying the Issuer and the Administrative Agent;provided,however, that no such resignation shall become effective and the Indenture Trustee shall not resign prior to the time set forth inSection 6.8(c). The Required Noteholders may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. Such resignation or removal shall become effective in accordance withSection 6.8(c). The Issuer shall (at the direction of the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Required Noteholders) remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply withSection 6.11;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint and designate a successor Indenture Trustee, which shall be acceptable to the Required Noteholders. If the Issuer fails to appoint a successor Indenture Trustee within thirty (30) days, the Required Noteholders may designate a successor Indenture Trustee which the Issuer shall appoint.
(c) A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment and designation to the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Noteholders, the Administrative Agent and to each of the Rating Agencies. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
(d) If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders at the expense of the Issuer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment and designation of a successor Indenture Trustee;provided that any successor Indenture Trustee shall be acceptable to the Required Noteholders.
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(e) If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply withSection 6.11, any Noteholder or the Administrative Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee;provided that, any successor Indenture Trustee shall be acceptable to the Required Noteholders.
(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to thisSection 6.8, the Issuer’s obligations underSection 6.7 and the Servicer’s corresponding obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
(g) The Issuer shall (at the direction of the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Required Noteholders) remove the Indenture Trustee for (i) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or (ii) failure or unwillingness to perform its duties under the Indenture.
(h) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Indenture Trustee as provided in thisSection 6.8, the Servicer shall mail notice of the succession of such Indenture Trustee hereunder to the Beneficiaries (with a copy to the Noteholders). If the Servicer fails to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by such successor Indenture Trustee, then the successor Indenture Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Servicer.
SECTION 6.9Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee.
(a) Any Person into which the Indenture Trustee may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Indenture Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture;provided,however, that such Person shall be eligible under the provisions ofSection 6.11, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Indenture, anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding. Following such merger or consolidation, the successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of such merger or consolidation to each of the Rating Agencies, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders.
(b) If at the time such successor or successors by merger or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee. In all such cases such certificate of authentication shall have the same full force as is provided anywhere in the Notes or herein with respect to the certificate of authentication of the Indenture Trustee.
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SECTION 6.10Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate or any Equipment may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power to and shall (at the direction of the Required Noteholders) and may (with the consent of the Required Noteholders not to be unreasonably withheld) 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 and (only to the extent expressly provided herein) the Registered Owners, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of thisSection 6.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee or the Required Noteholders 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 underSection 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required underSection 6.8. The appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of any of its obligations hereunder.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act 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 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 Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of thisArticle 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
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provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, 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.
SECTION 6.11Eligibility; Disqualification.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall, at all times, be an Eligible Institution.
(b) In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes, the Issuer, the retiring Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with respect to such Notes shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein the successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Note. Upon execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein.
SECTION 6.12[Reserved]
SECTION 6.13Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee represents and warrants as of the Closing Date that:
(a) the Indenture Trustee is a New York banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, is duly authorized and licensed under applicable laws to conduct the business it is presently conducting and the eligibility requirements set forth inSection 6.11 are satisfied with respect to the Indenture Trustee;
(b) the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Indenture and any other Basic Document to which it is a party or is bound by, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture;
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party or to which it is bound by (i) shall not violate any provision of any law or regulation governing the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee or any order, writ, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator, or governmental authority applicable to the Indenture Trustee or any of its assets, (ii) shall not violate any provision of the corporate charter or by-laws of the Indenture Trustee or (iii) to the best of its
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knowledge without independent investigation, shall not violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any properties included in the Trust Estate pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or other undertaking to which it is a party, which violation, default or lien could reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the Indenture Trustee’s performance or ability to perform its duties under this Indenture or on the transactions contemplated in this Indenture;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of this Indenture and any other Basic Document to which it is a party or which it is bound by shall not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency regulating the banking and corporate trust activities of the Indenture Trustee; and
(e) this Indenture and any other Basic Document to which the Indenture Trustee is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Indenture Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 6.14Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as Indenture Trustee. Any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly provided herein) the Registered Owners in respect of which such judgment has been obtained.
SECTION 6.15Suit for Enforcement. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) in each case subject to the provisions ofSection 6.1, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture by a Proceeding whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the execution of any power granted in this Indenture or for the enforcement of any other legal, equitable or other remedy as the Indenture Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Noteholders.
SECTION 6.16Rights of the Required Noteholders to Direct Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding the grant of a security interest to secure the Outstanding Obligations for the benefit of the Beneficiaries, the Required Noteholders shall have the sole right to (i) direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee and (ii) direct all actions or exercise rights or remedies under this Indenture, the Basic Documents or the UCC and, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, each Noteholder acknowledges such
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statement;provided,however, that subject toSection 6.1, the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Indenture Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Indenture Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or subject it to personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Noteholders not parties to such direction; andprovided,further, that nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Indenture Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction by the Required Noteholders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf).
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five (5) days before each Distribution Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of the close of business on the Record Date, and (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within fourteen (14) days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is furnished;provided,however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
SECTION 7.2Preservation 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 Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided inSection 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in suchSection 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
SECTION 7.3Reports by Indenture Trustee. Not later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time on each Business Day, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders and ALS (if ALS is not the Servicer) with a written report which shall indicate (i) the total Collections received in the Receivables Collection Account in respect of the Receivables on such Business Day, (ii) the deposit to the Receivables Collection Account in respect to the Carrying Cost Reserve required pursuant to Section 6.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on such Business Day and (iii) the amount of each disbursement to be made pursuant toSections 8.2(e) and(f) to occur on the next Business Day from such Collections.
On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each payment to each Noteholder and the Administrative Agent a copy of the Servicer’s Certificate.
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ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.1Collection 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. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the other Basic Documents. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture or in Article III of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee shall (at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Noteholders) 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 an Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided inArticle V.
SECTION 8.2Designated Accounts; Payments.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Beneficiaries, the Designated Accounts and the Lockbox Accounts as provided in Articles IV and V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to make the calculations as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate.
(c) On each Distribution Date on which no Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event is then continuing, the Indenture Trustee, based on the Servicer’s Certificate prepared by the Servicer (and if no Servicer’s Certificate is provided, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, unless objected to by the Required Noteholders), shall distribute the Equipment Loan Available Amount from amounts on deposit in the Loan Collection Account to the following Persons in the following order of priority:
(1) to the Servicer the amount of any Collections consisting of late fees, financing charges and similar charges;
(2) to the Servicer, the Servicer Advance Reimbursement Amount (for Servicer Advances made in respect of the Loans) and any accrued but previously unreimbursed Servicer Advance Reimbursement Amount (for Servicer Advances made in respect of the Loans) from any previous Distribution Dates, but solely from Collections received from the Equipment Loans related to such Servicer Advances;
(3) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and any accrued but previously unpaid Servicing Fee, owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
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(4) to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(5) to the Custodian, the Custodian Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Custodian Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(6) to the Back-up Servicer, the Back-up Servicer Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Back-up Servicer Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(7) to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Owner Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(8) to the Manager, the Management Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Management Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(9) to the extent not paid by the Servicer, to the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up Servicer, the Custodian, the Owner Trustee and the Manager, payment of unpaid reimbursable expenses and indemnities limited to no more than $50,000 on a cumulative basis for each such Person accrued following the Closing Date;
(10) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment on, apro rata basis of, the Equipment Loan Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Equipment Loan Note Senior Interest Amount, and the Equipment Unused Facility Fee due and owing on such Distribution Date and the payment, on apro rata basis, of any accrued but previously unpaid Equipment Loan Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Equipment Loan Note Senior Interest Amount or Equipment Unused Facility Fee from any previous Distribution Dates;
(11) to the Equipment Loan Noteholders, the sum of (A) Principal Distributable Amount, plus (B) to the extent a Loan Borrowing Base Shortfall exists after the application of such principal payment inclause (A), any amounts necessary to reduce the principal balance of the Equipment Loan Notes to an amount equal to the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base from the remaining Equipment Loan Available Amount;
(12) to the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account, on apari passu basis, until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Equipment Loan Reserve Requirement or the Yield Supplement Required Amount, as applicable;
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(13) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment of any Contingent Fees relating to the Equipment Loan Notes;
(14) if such Distribution Date is on or after the third anniversary of the Loan Conversion Date, to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment, on apro rata basis, of such Equipment Loan Noteholder’s then unpaid principal balance of the Equipment Loan Notes until paid in full;
(15) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment of all NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Equipment Loan Noteholders and any accrued but previously unpaid NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Equipment Loan Noteholder from any previous Distribution Dates;
(16)first, to the Receivables Collection Account (including with respect to the Carrying Cost Reserve, if applicable) for application to payments of interest, principal, Contingent Fees or any other amounts to be paid from the Receivables Collection Account to the extent any such amounts remain unpaid andsecond, to the Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Reserve Account Required Amount; and
(17) to the Servicer, reimbursement of Servicer Advances and accrued but previously unreimbursed Servicer Advances from any previous Distribution Dates to the extent not paid pursuant toclause (2) above; and
(18) any remaining amounts shall be released to the Issuer or its designee.
(d) On each Distribution Date on which an Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event is then continuing, the Indenture Trustee, based on the Servicer’s Certificate prepared by the Servicer (and if no Servicer’s Certificate is provided, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, unless objected to by the Required Noteholders), shall distribute the Equipment Loan Available Amount from amounts on deposit in the Loan Collection Account to the following Persons in the following order of priority:
(1) to the Servicer, the amount of any Collections consisting of late fees, financing charges and similar charges;
(2) to the Servicer, the Servicer Advance Reimbursement Amount (for Servicer Advances made in respect of the Loans) and any accrued but previously unreimbursed Servicer Advance Reimbursement Amount (for Servicer Advances made in respect of the Loans) from any previous Distribution Dates but solely from collections received from the Equipment Loans related to such Servicer Advances;
(3) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and any accrued but previously unpaid Servicing Fee, owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
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(4) to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(5) to the Custodian, the Custodian Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Custodian Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(6) to the Back-up Servicer for payment of the Back-up Servicer Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Back-up Servicer Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(7) to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Owner Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(8) to the Manager, the Management Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Management Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(9) to the extent not paid by the Servicer, to the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up Servicer, the Custodian, the Owner Trustee and the Manager, payment of unpaid reimbursable expenses and indemnities, limited to no more than $50,000 on a cumulative basis for each such person, accrued following the Closing Date;
(10) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment, on apro rata basis, of the Equipment Loan Note Interest Payment due on such Distribution Date in an amount not to exceed the Equipment Loan Note Senior Interest Amount, and the Equipment Unused Facility Fee and for the payment, on apro rata basis, of any accrued but previously unpaid Equipment Loan Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Equipment Loan Note Senior Interest Amount and the Equipment Unused Facility Fee owing from previous Distribution Dates;
(11) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment, on apro rata basis, of such Equipment Loan Noteholder’s then unpaid principal balance of the Equipment Loan Notes until paid in full;
(12) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment of any Contingent Fees relating to the Equipment Loan Notes;
(13) to each Equipment Loan Noteholder for payment of all NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Noteholder and any accrued but previously unpaid NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Equipment Loan Noteholder from any previous Distribution Dates;
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(14) to the Receivables Collection Account for application to payments of interest, principal, Contingent Fees or any other amounts to be paid from the Receivables Collection Account to the extent any such amounts remain unpaid;
(15) to the Servicer, reimbursement of Servicer Advances and accrued but previously unreimbursed Servicer Advances from any previous Distribution Dates to the extent not paid pursuant toclause (2) above; and
(16) following payment in full of all Outstanding Obligations, any remaining amounts, released to the Issuer or its designee.
(e) (i) On each Business Day on which no Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event is then continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Receivables Collection Account (excluding the amounts consisting of the Carrying Cost Reserve pursuant to Section 6.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) to the following Persons in the following order of priority:
(1) to each Receivables Noteholder for payment, on apro rata basis, of such Receivables Noteholder’s then unpaid principal balance of the Receivables Note until such Receivables Note is paid in full and any other amounts relating to the Receivables Notes then due and owing by the Issuer to each such Receivables Noteholder until the Outstanding Obligations in respect of the Receivables Notes are paid in full;
(2) any remaining amounts, released to the Issuer or its designee.
(ii) On each Business Day on which an Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event is then continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Receivables Collection Account (excluding the amounts consisting of the Carrying Cost Reserve pursuant to Section 6.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) to the following Persons in the following order of priority:
(1) to the extent not paid by the Servicer, to the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and the Owner Trustee, payment of unpaid reimbursable expenses and indemnities, limited to no more than $50,000 on a cumulative basis per annum for each such Person, accrued following the Closing Date;
(2) to each Receivables Noteholder for payment, on apro rata basis, of such Receivables Noteholder’s then unpaid principal balance of the Receivables Note until such Receivables Note is paid in full; and
(3) any remaining amount shall be treated as disbursed in accordance with the provisions ofSection 8.2(f)(ii).
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(f)(i) On each Distribution Date on which no Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event is then continuing, the Indenture Trustee, based on the Servicer’s Certificate prepared by the Servicer (and if no Servicer’s Certificate is provided, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, unless objected to by the Required Noteholders), shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Receivables Collection Account and retained for the Carrying Cost Reserve to the following Persons in the following order of priority:
(1) to the Servicer the amount of any Collections consisting of late fees, financing charges and similar charges;
(2) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and any accrued but previously unpaid Servicing Fee owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(3) to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(4) to the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Backup Servicer Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(5) to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Owner Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(6) to the Manager, the Management Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Management Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(7) to the extent not paid by the Servicer, to each Receivables Noteholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Manager, payment of unpaid reimbursable expenses and indemnities limited to no more than $50,000 on a cumulative basis for each such Person accrued following the Closing Date;
(8) to each Receivables Noteholder, on apro rata basis, the Receivables Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Receivables Note Senior Interest Amount, and the Receivables Unused Facility Fee due on such Distribution Date and for the payment, on apro rata basis, of any accrued but previously unpaid Receivables Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Receivables Note Senior Interest Amount or Receivables Unused Facility Fee owing to each such Receivables Noteholder from any previous Distribution Dates;
(9) to the Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Receivables Reserve Requirement;
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(10) to each Receivables Noteholder for payment of any Contingent Fees relating to the Receivables Notes;
(11) to each Receivables Noteholder for payment of all NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Receivables Noteholder and any accrued but previously unpaid NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Receivables Noteholder from any previous Distribution Dates;
(12)first, to the Loan Collection Account for application to payments of interest, principal, Contingent Fees or any other amounts to be paid from the Loan Collection Account to the extent any such amounts remain unpaid andsecond, to the Reserve Account until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Reserve Account Required Amount; and
(13) any remaining amounts, released to the Issuer or its designee.
(ii) On each Distribution Date on which an Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event is then continuing, the Indenture Trustee, based on the Servicer’s Certificate prepared by the Servicer (and if no Servicer’s Certificate is provided, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, unless objected to by the Required Noteholders), shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Receivables Collection Account and retained for the Carrying Cost Reserve to the following Persons in the following order of priority:
(1) to the Servicer the amount of any Collections consisting of late fees, financing charges and similar charges;
(2) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and any accrued but previously unpaid Servicing Fee, owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(3) to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(4) to the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Backup Servicer Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(5) to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Owner Trustee Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
(6) to the Manager, the Management Fee (to the extent not previously paid by the Servicer) and any accrued but previously unpaid Management Fees owing from any previous Distribution Dates;
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(7) to the extent not paid by the Servicer, to each Receivable Noteholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Manager, payment of unpaid reimbursable expenses and indemnities limited to no more than $50,000 on a cumulative basis for each such Person accrued following the Closing Date;
(8) to each Receivables Noteholder on apro rata basis, the Receivables Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Receivables Note Senior Interest Amount and the Receivables Unused Facility Fee due on such Distribution Date and for the payment, on apro rata basis, of any accrued but previously unpaid Receivables Note Interest Payment in an amount not to exceed the Receivables Note Senior Interest Amount or Receivables Unused Facility Fee owing to each such Receivables Noteholder from any previous Distribution Dates;
(9) to the Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Receivables Reserve Requirement;
(10) to each Receivables Noteholder for payment, on apro rata basis, of such Receivables Noteholder’s then outstanding principal balance of the Receivables Note until such Receivables Note is paid in full;
(11) to each Receivables Noteholder, on apro rata basis, any Contingent Fees relating to the Receivables Notes;
(12) to each Receivables Noteholder for payment of all NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Receivables Noteholder and any accrued but previously unpaid NPA Indemnified Amounts and other indemnities due and owing to such Receivables Noteholder from any previous Distribution Dates;
(13)first, to the Loan Collection Account for application to payments of interest, principal, Contingent Fees or any other amounts to be paid from the Loan Collection Account to the extent any such amounts remain unpaid until all amounts in respect of the Equipment Loan Notes are paid in full and thensecond, to the Reserve Account until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Reserve Account Required Amount;
(14) to the Loan Collection Account for payment of all amounts then due and owing by the Issuer hereunder in respect of the Equipment Loan Notes; and
(15) following payment in full of all Outstanding Obligations, any remaining amounts, released to the Issuer or its designee.
(g) The Indenture Trustee Fees, Servicing Fees, Custodial Fees, Back-up Servicer Fees, Owner Trustee Fees, Default Step-Up Amount, reimbursed expenses and indemnities, NPA Indemnified Amounts and other unreimbursed indemnities due and owing to
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each Noteholder shall be apportioned between the Receivables Notes and Equipment Loan Notes on apro rata basis, based upon the relative outstanding principal balance of the Equipment Loan Notes and the Receivables Notes.
(h) If on any Distribution Date:
(1) the Equipment Loan Available Amount or Receivables Available Amount, as the case may be, are insufficient to make the entire distributions in respect of the Equipment Loan Note Interest Payment and/or the Receivables Note Interest Payment;
(2) an Equipment Loan Borrowing Base Shortfall would exist after giving effect to payments pursuant toclause (11) ofSection 8.2(c);
(3) a Receivables Borrowing Base Shortfall would exist after giving effect to payments pursuant toSection 8.2(e)(i);
(4) an Equipment Loan Borrowing Base Shortfall would exist after giving effect to payments pursuant toclause (11) ofSection 8.2(d); or
(5) if such Distribution Date is also the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Notes will not have been paid in full on such date;
then the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw available funds from the Reserve Account (including any amounts therein constituting the Ineligible Cap Reserve at such time, if any) and the Yield Supplement Account (solely with respect to any interest payment on the Equipment Loan Notes) to the extent available and necessary to make such payment of interest or principal or remedy such shortfalls and shall apply those funds to such payment of interest or principal or remedy such shortfalls;provided,however, that if there are insufficient funds to make all such payments of interest or principal or remedy such shortfall, as the case may be,then the amount then on deposit in the Reserve Account (including any amounts therein constituting the Ineligible Cap Reserve at such time, if any) and the Yield Supplement Account (solely with respect to any interest payment on the Equipment Loan Notes) shall be allocated between the Equipment Loan Notes on the one hand and the Receivables Notes on the other hand in accordance withSection 8.7. In addition, upon or at any time following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee shall (as and when directed to do so by the Required Noteholders) withdraw such amount from the Reserve Account (including any amounts therein constituting the Ineligible Cap Reserve at such time, if any) and the Yield Supplement Account (solely with respect to any interest payment on the Equipment Loan Notes) as the Required Noteholders shall direct and apply such funds to the payment of principal and interest as provided in thisSection 8.2;provided,however, that if there are insufficient funds to make all such payments of interest or principal, as the case may be,then the amount then on deposit in the Reserve Account (including any amounts therein constituting the Ineligible Cap Reserve at such time, if any) and the Yield Supplement Account (solely with respect to any interest payment on the Equipment Loan Notes) shall be allocated between the Equipment Loan Notes on the one hand and the Receivables Notes on the other hand in accordance withSection 8.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, distributions under this Section 8.7 shall be withdrawnfirst from the Yield
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Supplement Account to the extent available and necessary to remedy interest payment shortfalls, andsecond, from the Reserve Account to the extent available and necessary to remedy principal and interest shortfalls.
In the event that the available funds in the Reserve Account (including any amounts therein constituting the Ineligible Cap Reserve at such time, if any) and the Yield Supplement Account (solely with respect to any interest payment on the Equipment Loan Notes) are insufficient to complete all such payments of interest or principal or remedy such shortfalls as the case may be, the Indenture Trustee will draw, in accordance withSection 3.27, on the Letters of Credit to the extent of such shortfall. In addition, upon or at any time following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee, as and when directed to do so by the Required Noteholders, shall draw on the Letters of Credit to the extent of the remaining Available Drawing Amount and apply the funds drawn from the Letters of Credit to the payment of principal or interest;provided,however, that if there are insufficient funds to make all such payments of interest or principal, as the case may be,then the Available Drawing Amount shall be allocated between the Equipment Loan Notes on the one hand and the Receivables Notes on the other hand in accordance withSection 8.7.
(i) The Issuer hereby instructs the Indenture Trustee to make any payments owing to the Issuer directly to the Registered Owners of the Issuer unless and until the Indenture Trustee has received further instructions from the Paying Agent of the Issuer.
(j) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing in thisSection 8.2, both prior to and after the applicable Conversion Date, all amounts which, under thisSection 8.2, are to be applied in reduction of the principal amount of the Receivables Notes or the Equipment Loan Notes, as applicable, up to the aggregate of the applicable Percentage Interests (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) sold to any non-renewing Committed Purchasers (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) (or their Support Parties (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), as applicable) as described in Section 2.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be distributed ratably among the applicable Noteholders (both renewing and non-renewing) according to the aggregate of the applicable Percentage Interests held by them, in reduction of such Percentage Interests, but the non-renewing Committed Purchasers shall not be required to fund any future Advances. When (after the Liquidity Termination Date, as in effect prior to giving effect to the renewal) the aggregate principal balances of the Notes of the non-renewing Committed Purchasers shall have been reduced to zero, such Committed Purchasers shall then cease to have any rights under this Agreement for any purpose.
SECTION 8.3General Provisions Regarding Accounts.
(a) Subject toSection 6.1(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Designated Accounts resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(b) If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Designated Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m. New York
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City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant toSection 5.2(a), or, if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance withSection 5.5 as if there had not been such a declaration; then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Designated Accounts in one or more Eligible Investments of the type described inclause (d) of the definition of Eligible Investments.
SECTION 8.4Release of Trust Estate.
(a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant toSection 6.7, the Indenture Trustee (x) shall (at the direction of the Required Noteholders) or may (with the consent of the Required Noteholders) and (y) when required by the provisions of this Indenture, execute instruments to release property in the Trust Estate from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, solely in accordance with the express provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in thisArticle VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, (i) at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant toSection 6.7 have been paid, notify the Issuer thereof in writing and upon receipt of an Issuer Request, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Designated Accounts, and (ii) following the Receivables Conversion Date, at such time as there are no Receivables Notes Outstanding and all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant toSection 6.7 in respect of the Receivables Notes have been paid, notify the Issuer thereof in writing and upon receipt of an Issuer Request, and at the sole expense of the Issuer, release from the lien of this Indenture any remaining portion of the Trust Estate consisting of any Receivables and Related Assets with respect thereto, the Receivables Collection Account and the Receivables Lockbox Accounts and any funds then on deposit therein, any funds then on deposit in the Reserve Account allocated to the Receivable Notes and any other portion of the Trust Estate relating to the Receivables and release such portion of the Trust Estate to the Issuer’s designee (which shall not be the Issuer and which shall acquire such portion of the Trust Estate) (the date of such release, the “Receivables Payoff Date”), including by agreeing to a decrease in the aggregate principal amount of any Letter of Credit.
SECTION 8.5Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven (7) days notice when the Indenture Trustee is requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant toSection 8.4(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also receive as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Required Noteholders, 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 shall not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the rights
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of the Administrative Agent or the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents;provided,however, 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, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.
SECTION 8.6Additional Payments to Indenture. The Issuer shall pay to the Indenture Trustee, solely from funds when, if and to the extent available for such purpose pursuant toSection 8.2, any amounts payable to such Person pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and not so paid within forty-five (45) days of the date required.
SECTION 8.7Attribution of Reserve Account and Letters of Credit to Notes.
(a) The Equipment Loan LC Amount and Receivables LC Amount, as applicable, shall be in an amount equal to the product of (x) the Available Drawing Amount and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Equipment Loan Collateral Value (in the case of the Equipment Loan LC Amount) and the Receivables Collateral Value (in the case of the Receivables LC Amount) and the denominator of which is equal to the sum of the Receivables Collateral Value and the Equipment Collateral Value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the Loan Conversion Date, the amount of any increase in the Available Drawing Amount shall be attributed solely with respect to the Equipment Loan Notes.
(b) The amount then on deposit in the Reserve Account to be attributed to the Equipment Loan Notes and the Receivables Notes, as applicable, shall be in an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount then on deposit in the Reserve Account and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Equipment Loan Collateral Value (in the case of the attribution amounts to the Equipment Loan Notes) and the Receivables Collateral Value (in the case of the attribution of amounts to the Receivables Notes) and the denominator of which is equal to the sum of the Equipment Loan Collateral Value and the Receivables Collateral Value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Reserve Account amounts in excess of 1.0% of the sum of (i) the Net Equipment Loans Balance and (ii) the Net Receivables Balance shall be attributed to the Equipment Loan Notes.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.1Amendments Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and, the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may amend the Indenture, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject additional property to the lien of this Indenture;
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(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance withSection 3.10 and the applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer contained herein and in the Notes;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Noteholders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;
(v) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any amendment which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, in any amendment or in any other Basic Document;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment in compliance withArticle VI by a successor or additional Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or any class thereof and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements ofArticle VI; or
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, if applicable, or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted to the extent required by the TIA, if applicable, or such statute and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA, if applicable, or such act, and the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such amendment and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Noteholders but with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies and prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, at any time and from time to time enter into one or more amendments or supplements hereto or may waive any of the provisions hereof for the purpose of adding any provisions to, changing in any manner, or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture;provided,however, that any such action shall not, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate from the Servicer, have the effect described in the proviso toSection 9.2(a).
SECTION 9.2Amendments With Consent of Noteholders; Waivers.
(a) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies (with a copy to the Noteholders) and with the prior written consent of the Required Noteholders, by Act of the Required Noteholders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, amend the Indenture or waive any of the provisions thereof for the purpose of adding any provisions to, changing in any manner, or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture;provided,however, that without limiting any rights the Required
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Noteholders may have with respect thereto, no such amendment shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(i) change the due date of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest rate applicable thereto (including by any amendment which affects the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Distribution Date) or the Redemption Price with respect thereto, change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or any 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 inArticle 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 Amount of the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for (a) any such amendment, (b) any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture, certain defaults hereunder and their consequences as provided for in this Indenture or (c) any action described inSections 3.7(e),5.2,5.6,5.12(a),6.8, or6.16;
(iii) modify or alter the definition of the terms “Outstanding,” “Equipment Loan Borrowing Base,” “Receivables Borrowing Base,” “Equipment Loan Advance Rate” or any of the defined terms necessary (but only to the extent necessary) for the interpretation of such terms;
(iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant toSection 5.4 if the proceeds of such sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Outstanding Notes;
(v) modify any provision of thisSection 9.2 to decrease the required minimum percentage necessary to approve any amendments to any provisions of this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents; or
(vi) permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any material part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein or in any other Basic Document, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any material property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture or deprive the Holder of any Note of any material portion of the security afforded by the Lien of this Indenture to the extent such Noteholder consent is required under this Indenture.
Providedfurther, that without limiting any rights the Required Noteholders may have with respect to thisSection 9.2(a), no such amendment shall, without the consent of the Special Required Noteholders:
(i) modify or alter the definition of the terms “Eligible Bank,” “Eligible Cap Provider,” “Eligible Equipment Loan,” “Eligible Letter of Credit,”
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“Eligible Receivable,” “Excess Loan Concentration Amount,” “Interest Rate Cap Agreement” or any of the defined terms necessary (but only to the extent necessary) for the interpretation of such terms;
(ii) modify or alter the terms of the Financial Condition Covenant contained in Section 3.07 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; or
(iii) modify or alter any provision of (a) Section 4.1 orArticle V of this Agreement, or Article IX of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (b) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to consent to any waiver or direct any action in connection therewith.
(b) It shall be sufficient as an Act of the Required Noteholders if the Required Noteholders approve the substance and the form of any proposed amendment.
(c) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any amendment or waiver in accordance with thisSection 9.2, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders to which such amendment relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such amendment. 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 amendment.
(d) The Special Required Noteholders may, by one or more instruments in writing to the Indenture Trustee, waive any Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, except a continuing Event of Default:
(i) in respect of the payment of the principal or of interest on any Note (which may only be waived by the Holder of such Note), or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which underArticle IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note outstanding affected (which only may be waived by the Holders of all Notes outstanding affected).
Upon any such waiver, such Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 9.3Execution of Amendments or Waivers. In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any amendment or waiver permitted by thisArticle IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and the Required Noteholders shall be entitled to receive, and subject toSections 6.1 and6.2 (with respect to the Indenture Trustee), shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to such execution have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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SECTION 9.4Effect of Amendments or Waivers. Upon the execution of any amendment or waiver 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, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications, waivers and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such amendment shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.5 [Reserved]
SECTION 9.6Reference in Notes to Amendments and Waivers. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment pursuant to thisArticle 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 amendment. 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 amendment may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes of the same class.
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 10.1Redemption.
(a) The Notes are subject to redemption upon the exercise by the Servicer of its option to purchase the Equipment Loans, related assets and Receivables pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The purchase price for the Notes to be redeemed shall be equal to the applicable Redemption Price. The Issuer shall furnish the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies notice of such redemption. If the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to thisSection 10.1(a), the Issuer shall furnish notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee not later than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit into the Loan Collection Account, at least one (1) Business Day before the Redemption Date, the aggregate Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed and all other amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, whereupon all such Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Within sixty (60) days after the redemption in full pursuant to thisSection 10.1, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the Rating Agencies and the Administrative Agent with written notice stating that all of such Notes have been redeemed.
SECTION 10.2Form of Redemption Notice.
(a) Notice of redemption of the Notes underSection 10.1(a) shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than ten (10) days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes of record, respectively, at such Noteholder’s address appearing in the Note Register, with a copy to the Administrative Agent.
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(b) All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price; and
(iii) the place where Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the Agency Office of the Indenture Trustee to be maintained as provided inSection 3.2).
(c) Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note to be redeemed shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note to be redeemed.
SECTION 10.3Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required bySection 10.2, on the Redemption Date cease to be Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture and shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on such Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating such Redemption Price.
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.1Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to: (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange; (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes; (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon; (iv) Sections 3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.7,3.8,3.10,3.11,3.12,3.13,3.14,3.16,3.19,3.20,3.21 and3.24; (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee underSection 6.7 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee underSections 11.2 and11.4); and (vi) the rights of Noteholders and the Administrative Agent 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, if:
(a) either:
(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided inSection 2.5 and (B) Notes for whose payment
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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 inSection 3.3) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation:
(A) have become due and payable,
(B) will be due and payable on their respective Final Scheduled Distribution Dates within one (1) year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one (1) year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) ofSection 11.1(a)(2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are due and payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire unpaid principal and accrued interest on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due on the Final Scheduled Distribution Dates for such Notes or the Redemption Date for such Notes (if such Notes are to be called for redemption pursuant toSection 10.1(a)), as the case may be;
(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder or under the other Basic Documents; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer and an Opinion of Counsel each meeting the applicable requirements ofSection 12.1(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
SECTION 11.2Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant toSections 3.3 and11.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest or other amounts due and payable under the Basic Documents; but such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by applicable law.
SECTION 11.3Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to each class of Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this
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Indenture with respect to each such class of Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according toSection 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 11.4Duration of Position of Indenture Trustee for Benefit of Registered Owners. Notwithstanding (i) the earlier payment in full of all principal and interest due to the Noteholders under the terms of Notes of each class, (ii) the cancellation of such Notes pursuant toSection 2.8 and (iii) the discharge of the Indenture Trustee’s duties hereunder with respect to such Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall continue to act in the capacity as Indenture Trustee hereunder for the benefit of the Registered Owners, and the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Registered Owners shall, at the option of the Issuer, comply with its obligations under Sections 6.01(a), 6.02(a), 6.03(a), 6.04(a), 6.05(a), 9.02 and 9.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as appropriate, until such time as all distributions in respect of the Certificates hereunder have been paid in full.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.1Compliance 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 and the Administrative Agent: (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(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 judgment 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.
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(b)(i) Other than with respect to the release of any property or securities pursuant toSections 3.21,8.2,8.4 and10.1 of this Indenture and Section 6.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, whenever any property or securities are to be released from the Lien of this Indenture, prior to the deposit with the Indenture Trustee of any of the Trust Estate or other property or securities that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent an Independent Certificate as to the matters described inclause (a) above if the fair value to the Issuer of the property or securities, if any, to be so deposited and of all other such property or securities made on 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 thisclause (b)(i), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any property or securities so deposited if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(ii) NotwithstandingSections 2.9 and8.4 or any other provision of thisSection 12.1, the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Loans as and to the extent expressly permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the Designated Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account as and to the extent expressly permitted or required by the Basic Documents.
SECTION 12.2Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.
(a) In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified, by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
(b) Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, ALER, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, ALER, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
(c) Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
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(d) Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s or any Beneficiary’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided inArticle VI.
SECTION 12.3Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders or a class of Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such 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 Person or Persons 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 toSection 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in thisSection 12.3.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes (or any one or more predecessor Notes) shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 12.4Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or the Administrative Agent or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders or the Rating Agencies under this Indenture shall be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with such party as specified in Appendix B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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SECTION 12.5Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.
(a) Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders or the Administrative Agent of any condition or event, such notice shall be given as specified in Appendix B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders or the Administrative Agent shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
(c) In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event of Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
(d) Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute an Event of Default.
SECTION 12.6Alternate 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 Holder of a Note providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices. The Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee shall cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.
SECTION 12.7[Reserved]
SECTION 12.8Effect 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 12.9Successors and Assigns.
(a) All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
(b) All covenants and agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 12.10Separability. 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.
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SECTION 12.11Benefits of Indenture. Each of the Beneficiaries (subject to the procedures inArticle V) and their successors and assigns shall be third party beneficiaries to the provisions of this Indenture, as it may be supplemented or amended, and shall be entitled to rely upon and directly to enforce such provisions of the 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 the Beneficiaries (subject to the procedures inArticle V) and any other party secured hereunder and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 12.12Legal Holidays. If 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 12.13Governing Law.ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 12.14Counterparts. 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 12.15Recording 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 (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent 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 12.16No Recourse. 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 its individual capacity;
(ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer; or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, any
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holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities (or any of their successors or assigns), except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in the Basic Documents (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacities) 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. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer 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.
SECTION 12.17No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, the Administrative Agent, each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting a Note (or interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after the Outstanding Obligations shall have been paid in full and the termination of this Indenture with respect to the Issuer pursuant toSection 11.1, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause ALER or the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against ALER or the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of ALER or the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of ALER or the Issuer. The covenants and agreements contained in thisSection 12.17 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 12.18Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it shall permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent during the Issuer’s 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 Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s 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 or as otherwise required in connection with the enforcement or administration of the transactions under the Basic Documents.
SECTION 12.19Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Indenture may not be assigned by the Issuer without the prior written consent of the Special Required Noteholders. The Issuer shall provide written notice of such assignment to the Rating Agencies, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders.
SECTION 12.20Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in the other documents delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the pledge of the Trust Estate and the issuance of the Notes and except as provided in
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Section 11.1, shall continue in full force and effect until payment in full of the Notes and all amounts owing to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the Basic Documents, as applicable; provided, however, that, from and after the Receivables Payoff Date, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement with respect to such Receivables shall be of no further force and effect.
SECTION 12.21Cooperation and Further Assurances.
(a) The Issuer hereby agrees that it will cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Administrative Agent in any sale or securitization of the Notes to take place after the applicable Conversion Date;provided,however, that each of the parties hereto agrees that it shall not be obligated to take any action (including making any changes or amendments to any of the Basic Document), or provide any consent if such party would thereby incur any material obligations or liabilities as a result thereof;provided,further, that the Administrative Agent shall, at the written request of the assisting party, offer such party indemnification reasonably satisfactory to such party against any costs, liabilities and expenses incurred in providing any requested assistance.
(b) In the event of any Regulatory Change (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) which results in either (i) a determination that either (x) the Issuer is not a Qualified Special Purpose Entity or (y) any CP Conduit (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) is not an entity, in either case that is not required, under generally accepted accounting principles, to consolidate its financial statements with any other entity, or (ii) a cost arising underSection 2.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the parties hereto agree to negotiate in good faith to amend the Basic Documents in order to eliminate the consolidation requirement;provided,however, that no party shall be obligated to take any action (or make any amendments) if in the reasonable opinion of such party any such amendment to the Basic Documents will be unlawful or otherwise disadvantageous or inconsistent with its policies or regulatory restrictions or result in any liability, unreimbursed cost or expense to such party.
SECTION 12.22Waiver of Jury Trial.EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE, THE BASIC DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS INDENTURE AND THE OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, BY AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS WAIVER.
SECTION 12.23Consent to Jurisdiction.THE ISSUER IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ANY COURT IN THE STATE OF
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NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT AGAINST IT AND RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE, THE OTHER BASIC DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD OR DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE OR OTHERWISE IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, THAT THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, THAT THE VENUE OF THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER OR THAT THIS INDENTURE OR ANY OF THE OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF MAY NOT BE LITIGATED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS. THE ISSUER IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS AND DESIGNATES CT CORPORATION, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 111 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011, AS ITS TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY AND DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS. THE ISSUER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS UPON SUCH PERSON SHALL CONSTITUTE PERSONAL SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS UPON IT. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS INDENTURE SHALL LIMIT OR AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO START LEGAL PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO ANY OF THE RELATED DOCUMENTS AGAINST THE ISSUER OR ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
SECTION 12.24No Recourse. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Indenture is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not individually or personally but solely as trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust Company, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (d) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture or any other related documents.
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SECTION 12.25No Recourse as to Indenture Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Indenture is executed and delivered by The Bank of New York Mellon, not individually or personally but solely as indenture trustee under the Indenture and the Basic Documents, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it and (b) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on The Bank of New York Mellon, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto.
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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.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT EITHER (1) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS NOTE WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR OTHER PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS NOTE, WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR, IN THE CASE OF A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR APPLICABLE LAW).
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE 1933 ACT AS CONFIRMED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR WHICH OPINION AND COUNSEL ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTIONS.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE 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.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A
EQUIPMENT LOAN NOTES
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, (i) the principal sum of ($ ) or such lesser principal amount as may then constitute the aggregate unpaid balance of the Equipment Loan Note which sum shall be payable on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2009 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The
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Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), and (ii) interest on the outstanding principal amount of this Note on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Indenture. A record of each Advance, prepayment and repayment shall be made by the Indenture Trustee and absent manifest error such record shall be conclusive.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America which, 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 due and payable 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 whose name 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 or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date: | ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A, as Issuer | |||||
By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, | |||||
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||||||
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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REVERSE OF NOTE
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Equipment Loan Notes, all issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2009 (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all amendments 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 governed by and subject to all terms of the Indenture (which terms are incorporated herein and made a part hereof), to which Indenture the holder of this Note by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture.
The Indenture secures the payment of principal and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, 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 capacities) 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.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture such Noteholder will not, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after the termination of this Indenture with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables 2009 LLC (“ALER”) or the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against ALER or the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of ALER or the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of ALER or the Issuer.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note, unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities, agrees to treat the Notes as indebtedness secured by the Loans and/or the Receivables for the purpose of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes, and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or based upon gross or net income.
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Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Required Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Required Noteholders to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Required Noteholders shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holder of this Note and 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 notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the Noteholders.
The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture. The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
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, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
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, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, neither ALER, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns, shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants,
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obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee solely as the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom;provided,however, that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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EXHIBIT A-2
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BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT EITHER (1) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS NOTE WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR OTHER PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS NOTE, WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR, IN THE CASE OF A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR APPLICABLE LAW).
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE 1933 ACT AS CONFIRMED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR WHICH OPINION AND COUNSEL ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTIONS.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE 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.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A
RECEIVABLES NOTE
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, (i) the principal sum of ($ ) or such lesser principal amount as may then constitute the aggregate unpaid balance of the Receivables Note which sum shall be payable on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2009 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The
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Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), and (ii) interest on the outstanding principal amount of this Note on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Indenture. A record of each Advance, prepayment and repayment shall be made by the Indenture Trustee and absent manifest error such record shall be conclusive.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America which, 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 due and payable 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 whose name 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 or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date:
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A, as Issuer | ||
By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, | |
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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REVERSE OF NOTE
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Receivables Notes, all issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2009 (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all amendments 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 governed by and subject to all terms of the Indenture (which terms are incorporated herein and made a part hereof), to which Indenture the holder of this Note by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture.
The Indenture secures the payment of principal and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, 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 capacities) 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.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture such Noteholder will not, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after the termination of this Indenture with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables 2009 LLC (“ALER”) or the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against ALER or the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of ALER or the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of ALER or the Issuer.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note, unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities, agrees to treat the Notes as indebtedness secured by the Loans and/or the Receivables for the purpose of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes, and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or based upon gross or net income.
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Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Required Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Required Noteholders to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Required Noteholders shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holder of this Note and 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 notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the Noteholders.
The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
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, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
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, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, neither ALER, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns, shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment
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of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee solely as the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom;provided,however, that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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EXHIBIT B
LOCATIONS OF SCHEDULE OF LOANS
TheSchedule of Loans is on file at the offices of:
1. | The Indenture Trustee |
2. | The Owner Trustee |
3. | ALS |
4. | Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables 2009 LLC |
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Interest Rate Swap Agreement
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EXHIBIT D
INVESTMENT LETTER
Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables Trust 2009-A
Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC
Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables 2009 LLC
Shepard Street
P.O. Box 990 Ripon,
WI 54971-0990
The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee
101 Barclay Street New York,
New York 10286
Attn: Asset Backed Securities Group/Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables Series 2009-A/Antonio Vayas
Tel: 212-815-8325
Fax: 212-815-2493
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the purchase of an Equipment Loan Note and/or a Receivables Note (each, a “Note”) in accordance with the provisions ofSection 2.12 of the Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2009 (the “Indenture”) between Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables Trust 2009-A (the “Issuer”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) the undersigned buyer (“Buyer”) hereby acknowledges, represents and agrees that:
(1) The Buyer is a “qualified purchaser” (as such term is defined in Section 2(A)(51)(A) of the Investment Company Act of 1940).
(2) CHECK ONE OF A or B
¨ A. The transaction is to a Buyer who is an institutional investor and an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3), (7) or (8) (all of the equity investors of which are accredited investors specified in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”)). The Buyer has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Note, and the Buyer and any accounts for which it is acting is able to bear the economic risk of investment in the Note for an indefinite period of time. The Buyer is acquiring the Note for investment and not with a view to, or for offer and sale in connection with, a public distribution.
¨ B. The transaction meets the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and the Buyer is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the seller of the Note and other parties intend to rely on the statements made herein and the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.
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(3) The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, any state securities or “Blue Sky” law, and may not be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an exemption available under the Securities Act, and in accordance with all applicable securities and “Blue Sky” laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Buyer will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any subsequent purchaser of such Note from it of the resale restrictions referred to inSection 2.12 of the Indenture. The Buyer is acquiring the Note for its own account, and the Buyer is not acquiring the Note with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any distribution of the Note under the Securities Act, but subject, nevertheless, to any requirement of law that the dispositions of its property shall at all times be within its control.
(4) The Notes will bear a legend to the effect set forth inclause (9) below.
(5) If it is acquiring any notes as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, the Buyer has sole investment discretion with respect to each such account and that it has full power to make the acknowledgments, representations and agreements contained herein on behalf of such account.
(6) It represents, warrants and covenants that either (1) it is not acquiring the Note with the assets of an “employee benefit plan” subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), a “plan” described in section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any of the foregoing by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in such entity, or a governmental plan subject to applicable law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code or (2) the acquisition and holding of the Note by the purchaser or transferee, throughout the period that it holds the Note, will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or section 4975 of the Code (or, in the case of a governmental plan, any substantially similar applicable law).
(7) Unless the transfer occurs between Members of the same Purchaser Group, the Buyer acknowledges that the Indenture Trustee will not be required to accept for registration of transfer any Note acquired by it, except upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee that the restrictions set forth in Article 7 of the Note Purchase Agreement andSection 2.12 of the Indenture have been complied with.
(8) The purchaser acknowledges that the Seller, the Transferor and the Issuer will rely on the truth and accuracy of the acknowledgments, representations and agreements set forth herein.
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(9) Each Note shall bear the following legends:
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE 1933 ACT, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTIONS.
BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT EITHER (1) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS NOTE WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR OTHER PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS NOTE, WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR, IN THE CASE OF A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR APPLICABLE LAW).
(10) You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
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Each capitalized term that is used and not otherwise defined in this letter has the meaning that the Indenture assigns to such term or, in not defined therein, in Part I of Appendix A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2009, among the Issuer, Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables 2009 LLC and Alliance Laundry Systems LLC (as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
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SCHEDULE 3.22
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE – ISSUER
June 26, 2009
The undersigned, Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables Trust 2009-A (the “Issuer”), hereby certifies, with reference to the Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of June 26, 2009 (terms defined in this certificate shall have the same meanings herein as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined in the Indenture)), among the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, to the Indenture Trustee and each Beneficiary as follows:
1. Name. The exact legal name of the Company as that name appears on its Certificate of Formation is as follows:
Alliance Laundry Equipment Receivables Trust 2009-A
2. Other Identifying Factors.
(a) The following is the mailing address of the Company:
c/o Wilmington Trust
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market
Wilmington, DE 19890-0001
(b) If different from its mailing address, the Company’s place of business or, if more than one, its chief executive office is located at the following address:
None
(c) The following is the type of organization of the Company:
Delaware Statutory Trust
(d) The following is the jurisdiction of the Company’s organization:
Delaware
3. Other Names, Etc.
(a) The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar appellations) used by the Company, or any other business or organization to which the Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, now or at any time during the past five (5) years.
None
Sch. 3.1(k)-1
(b) Attached hereto is the information required inSection 2 for any other business or organization to which the Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, now or at any time during the past five years.
Not Applicable
4. Other Current Locations.
(a) The following are all other locations in the United States of America in which the Company maintains any books or records relating to any of the Specified Assets consisting of accounts, instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles or mobile goods:
None
(b) The following are all other locations in the United States of America where any of the Specified Assets consisting of inventory or equipment is located:
Not Applicable
(c) The following are the names and addresses of all persons or entities other than the Company, such as, consignees, warehousemen or purchasers of chattel paper, which have possession or are intended to have possession of any of the Specified Assets consisting of instruments, chattel paper, inventory or equipment:
LaSalle Bank National Association
2571 Busse Road
Suite
200 Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
5. Prior Locations.
(a) Set forth below is the information required bySection 4(a) with respect to each location or place of business previously maintained by the Company at any time during the past five (5) years in a state in which the Company has previously maintained a location or place of business at any time during the past four (4) months:
Not Applicable
Sch. 3.1(k)-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Certificate as of the date first above written.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A | ||
By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | |
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