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The information in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities and are not seeking an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED AUGUST 18, 2015
Prospectus Supplement dated August [●], 2015 to Prospectus dated August 18, 2015
$650,000,000 Class A(2015-6) Card series Notes
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association
Sponsor, Servicer and Originator of Assets
Capital One Funding, LLC
Depositor and Transferor
Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust
Issuing Entity
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Principal amount | $650,000,000 | |
Interest rate | One-month LIBORplus [●]% per year | |
Interest payment dates | 15th day of each calendar month, beginning in October 2015 | |
Expected principal payment date | August 15, 2017 | |
Legal maturity date | June 15, 2020 | |
Expected issuance date | August 25, 2015 | |
Price to public | $[●] (or [●]%) | |
Underwriting discount | $[●] (or [●]%) | |
Proceeds to the issuing entity | $[●] (or [●]%) |
TheClass A(2015-6) notes are a tranche of Class A Card series notes.
The assets of the issuing entity, the Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust, securing the Card series notes include:
• | the collateral certificate, Series2002-CC issued by the Capital One Master Trust, representing an undivided interest in the assets in the Capital One Master Trust; and |
• | the collection account and other supplemental accounts. |
The assets of the Capital One Master Trust primarily include receivables arising in credit card accounts owned by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association. The assets of the Capital One Master Trust may, in the future, include receivables arising in credit card accounts owned by any affiliate of Capital One Bank (USA), National Association.
You should consider the discussion under “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-1 of the accompanying prospectus before you purchase any Card series notes.
The Card series notes are obligations of the issuing entity only and are not obligations of or interests in Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, Capital One Funding, LLC, their affiliates or any other person. Noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets of the issuing entity for the payment of the Card series notes.
The Card series notes are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.
Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved these notes or determined that this prospectus supplement or the prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Credit Suisse | Wells Fargo Securities |
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The Williams Capital Group, L.P. |
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Important Notice about Information Presented in this
Prospectus Supplement and the Accompanying Prospectus
We provide information to you about the Card series notes in two separate documents:
(a) this prospectus supplement, which will describe the specific terms of theClass A(2015-6) notes, and
(b) the accompanying prospectus, which provides general information about the Card series notes and each other series of notes which may be issued by the Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust some of which may not apply to theClass A(2015-6) notes.
This prospectus supplement may be used to offer and sell theClass A(2015-6) notes only if accompanied by the prospectus.
This prospectus supplement supplements disclosure in the accompanying prospectus. You should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus including any information incorporated by reference. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
We are not offering theClass A(2015-6) notes in any State where the offer is not permitted. We do not claim the accuracy of the information in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus as of any date other than the dates stated on their respective covers.
We includecross-references in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus to captions in these materials where you can find further related discussions. The Table of Contents in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus provide the pages on which these captions are located.
Compliance with the Capital Requirements Regulation
Articles 404-410 of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 21, 2013, known as the Capital Requirements Regulation (“CRR”), place certain conditions on investments inasset-backed securities by credit institutions and investment firms (together referred to as “institutions”) regulated in European Union (EU) member states and in other countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) and by certain affiliates of those institutions. These Articles, effective January 1, 2014, replace and in some respects amend Article 122a of Directive 2006/48/EC (as amended by Directive 2009/111/EC), known as Article 122a of the Capital Requirements Directive or CRD Article 122a. The CRR has direct effect in EU member states and is expected to be implemented by national legislation or rulemaking in the other EEA countries.
None of Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, Capital One Funding, LLC, the Capital One Master Trust, the Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust, the Master Trust Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any affiliate makes any representation or agreement that it is undertaking or will have undertaken to comply with the requirements of the CRR or any corresponding rules applicable toEEA-regulated investors. Noteholders are responsible for analyzing their own regulatory position and are advised to consult with their own advisors regarding the suitability of the notes for investment and compliance with the CRR or any corresponding rules applicable toEEA-regulated investors.
Volcker Rule Considerations
The Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust is not now, and immediately following the issuance of theClass A(2015-6) notes pursuant to the indenture will not be, a “covered fund” for purposes of regulations adopted under Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule.” In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exclusions or exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Volcker Rule may be available, we have relied on the exclusion from registration set forth in Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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This summary does not contain all the information you may need to make an informed investment decision. You should read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in their entirety before you purchase any notes.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus use defined terms. You can find a listing of defined terms in the “Glossary of Defined Terms” beginning on page 125 in the accompanying prospectus.
Investment in theClass A(2015-6) notes involves risks. You should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page 12 in the accompanying prospectus.
$650,000,000 Floating RateClass A(2015-6) notes.
TheseClass A(2015-6) notes are part of a series of notes called the “Card series.” The Card series consists of Class A notes, Class B notes, Class C notes and Class��D notes. TheClass A(2015-6) notes are a tranche of the Class A Card series notes.
TheseClass A(2015-6) notes are issued by, and are obligations of, the issuing entity, the Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust. The issuing entity has issued and expects to issue other classes and tranches of notes of the Card series which may have different interest rates, interest payment dates, expected principal payment dates, legal maturity dates and other characteristics. In addition, the issuing entity may issue other series of notes which may have different interest rates, interest payment dates, expected principal payment dates, legal maturity dates and other characteristics. See “The Notes—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes” in the accompanying prospectus.
We refer to the Capital OneMulti-asset Execution Trust as the“issuing entity” or“COMET.” COMET is not required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Each class of notes in the Card series may consist of multiple tranches. Notes of any tranche may be issued on any date so long as there is sufficient credit enhancement on that date, either in the form of outstanding subordinated notes or other forms of credit enhancement, and all other conditions to issuance are satisfied. See “The Notes—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes” in the accompanying prospectus.
In general, the subordinated notes of the Card series serve as credit enhancement for all of the senior notes of the Card series, regardless of whether the subordinated notes are issued before, at the same time
as or after the senior notes of the Card series. However, each senior tranche of notes has access to credit enhancement in an amount not exceeding its required subordinated amount minus the amount of usage of that required subordinated amount.
See“—Required Subordinated Amount and Conditions to Issuance” below and “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in the accompanying prospectus for a discussion of required subordinated amounts and usage.
Only theClass A(2015-6) notes are being offered through this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Other series, classes and tranches of notes, including other tranches of notes that are included in the Card series as a part of the Class A notes, have been issued by COMET and may be issued by COMET in the future without the consent of, or notice to, any noteholders.
TheseClass A(2015-6) notes are expected to be theeighty-third tranche of Class A notes issued by COMET in the Card series. On the expected issuance date of theClass A(2015-6) notes, the Card series will be the only outstanding series of notes issued by COMET.
Other series of certificates of the Capital One Master Trust and other series, classes and tranches of notes of COMET may be issued without the consent of, or notice to, any noteholders or certificateholders.
See “Annex III: Outstanding Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes” for information on the other outstanding notes in the Card series.
The Card series, including theClass A(2015-6) notes, will be secured by the COMT collateral certificate owned by COMET. The COMT collateral certificate will be the primary source of funds for the payment of principal of and interest on theClass A(2015-6) notes. The COMT collateral certificate issued by the Capital One Master Trust represents an undivided interest in the assets of the Capital One Master Trust.
We refer to the Capital One Master Trust as“COMT” or the“master trust.”
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On the expected issuance date of theClass A(2015-6) notes, the COMT collateral certificate will be the only outstanding series of certificates issued by the Capital One Master Trust.
The master trust’s assets primarily include consumer and small business credit card receivables from selected MasterCard and Visa credit card accounts that meet the eligibility criteria for inclusion in the master trust. These eligibility criteria are discussed in“The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets” in the accompanying prospectus.
As of June 25, 2015, the master trust included $26,258,650,376 of principal receivables and $497,597,229 of finance charge receivables arising in consumer accounts, and $3,207,594,396 of principal receivables and $40,608,575 of finance charge receivables arising in small business accounts. For a more complete description of certain aspects of the master trust, the Capital One credit card portfolio and Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, see “Annex I” and “Annex II.”
TheseClass A(2015-6) notes will accrue interest at an annual rate equal to LIBORplus [●]%, as determined on the related LIBOR determination date.
Interest on theseClass A(2015-6) notes will begin to accrue on the issuance date for theClass A(2015-6) notes, expected to be August 25, 2015, and will be calculated on the basis of a360-day year and the actual number of days in the related interest period. Each interest period will begin on and include an interest payment date and end on but exclude the next interest payment date. However, the first interest period will begin on and include the issuance date for theClass A(2015-6) notes and end on but exclude the first interest payment date for theClass A(2015-6) notes, October 15, 2015.
LIBOR for each interest period will be determined on the second business day before the beginning of that interest period. However, LIBOR for the initial interest period will be determined two business days before the issuance date of the ClassA(2015-6) notes. For calculating LIBOR only, a business day is any U.S. business day that U.S. dollar deposits are transacted in the London interbank market. A U.S. business day is any day that is a business day in New York, New York, Richmond, Virginia and Falls Church, Virginia.
LIBOR will be the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the applicable determination date for deposits in U.S. dollars for aone-month period. If that rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, the indenture trustee will request four prime banks
(selected by the beneficiary of COMET) in the London interbank market to provide quotations of their rates for U.S. dollar deposits for aone-month period, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that day. LIBOR will then be the average of those rates. However, if less than two rates are provided, LIBOR will be the average of the rates for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for aone-month period offered by four major banks (selected by the beneficiary of COMET) in New York City, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that day.
Interest on theClass A(2015-6) notes for any interest payment date will equal the product of:
• | theClass A(2015-6) note interest rate for the applicable interest period;times |
• | the actual number of days in the related interest period divided by 360;times |
• | the outstanding dollar principal amount of theClass A(2015-6) notes as of the related record date. |
COMET will make interest payments on theseClass A(2015-6) notes on the 15th day of each month, beginning in October 2015. Interest payments due on a day that is not a business day in New York, New York, Richmond, Virginia or Falls Church, Virginia will be made on the following business day.
See “Prospectus Summary—Interest Payments” in the accompanying prospectus for a general discussion of the priority of interest payments for different classes of notes.
COMET expects to pay the stated principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes in one payment on August 15, 2017, which is the expected principal payment date, and is obligated to do so if funds are available for that purpose in accordance with the provisions of the indenture and the Card series indenture supplement. If the stated principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes is not paid in full on the expected principal payment date due to insufficient funds, noteholders will generally not have any remedies against COMET until June 15, 2020, the legal maturity date of theseClass A(2015-6) notes.
If the stated principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes is not paid in full on the expected principal payment date, then an early redemption event will occur for theseClass A(2015-6) notes. As a result, subject to the principal payment rules described below under
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Issuance,” and “Prospectus Summary—Subordination” and “The Notes—Subordination of Interest and Principal” in the accompanying prospectus, principal and interest payments on theseClass A(2015-6) notes will be made monthly until they are paid in full or until the legal maturity date occurs, whichever is earlier.
Principal of theseClass A(2015-6) notes may be paid earlier than the expected principal payment date if any other early redemption event or an event of default and acceleration occurs for theseClass A(2015-6) notes. See “The Notes—Early Redemption Events” and “—Events of Default” in the accompanying prospectus.
The initial nominal liquidation amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes is $650,000,000.
The nominal liquidation amount of a tranche of Card series notes is based on the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche of notes.
The nominal liquidation amount may be reduced by allocations of charge-offs from uncovered Card series defaulted amounts and, for subordinated tranches of notes, reallocations of principal amounts from those subordinated notes to pay interest on senior classes of Card series notes or to pay a portion of the servicing fees. If the nominal liquidation amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes has been reduced, principal amounts and finance charge amounts allocated to pay principal of and interest on theseClass A(2015-6) notes will be reduced. If the nominal liquidation amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes is less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes, the principal of and interest on theseClass A(2015-6) notes may not be paid in full.
For a more detailed discussion of nominal liquidation amount, see “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount” in the accompanying prospectus.
Subordination; Credit Enhancement
Credit enhancement for theClass A(2015-6) notes will be provided through subordination. The amount of subordination available to provide credit enhancement to any tranche of notes is limited to its available subordinated amount. If the available subordinated amount for any tranche of notes has been reduced to zero, losses will be allocated to that tranche of notespro rata based on the nominal liquidation amount of those notes. The nominal liquidation amount of those notes will be reduced by
the amount of losses allocated to that tranche of notes, and it is unlikely that those notes will receive their full payment of principal and accrued interest.
Principal amounts remaining on any payment date after any reallocations to pay interest on the senior classes of notes of the Card series or to pay servicing fees will be applied to make targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of the relevant classes of notes in the following order: first to the Class A notes, then to the Class B notes, then to the Class C notes, and finally to the Class D notes. In each case, principal payments to subordinated classes of notes will only be made if senior classes of notes have received full principal payments on that date and the related subordinated notes are no longer needed to provide the required credit enhancement.
Required Subordinated Amount and Conditions to Issuance
The conditions described under “The Notes—Issuances of New Series,Classes and Tranches of Notes” in the accompanying prospectus must be satisfied in connection with any new issuance of notes. In addition, in order to issue a tranche (or additional notes within a tranche) of Class A notes, Class B notes or Class C notes in the Card series, a tranche’s required subordinated amount of the nominal liquidation amount of subordinated Card series notes must be outstanding and available on the issuance date. See the chart titled “Required Subordinated Amounts” below for a depiction of required subordinated amounts and “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in the accompanying prospectus for a general discussion of required subordinated amounts.
Class A Required Subordinated Amount. The total required subordinated amount of subordinated notes for a tranche of Class A Card series notes is generally equal to the sum of the required subordinated amount of Class B notes, the required subordinated amount of Class C notes and the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class A Card series notes.
For each tranche of Class A Card series notes, the required subordinated amount of Class B notes, the required subordinated amount of Class C notes and the required subordinated amount of Class D notes, in each case, will be generally equal to a stated percentage of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche of Class A notes. Initially, for theClass A(2015-6) notes, that stated percentage is 11.3925% for Class B notes, 11.3925% for Class C notes and 3.7975% for Class D notes. COMET may change any of these percentages so long as the sum of these stated percentages for theClass A(2015-6) notes is equal to or greater than
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26.5825%, and provided that change will not result in a shortfall in the available subordinated amount for any tranche of Card series notes. Therefore, any combination of percentages of Class B notes, Class C notes or Class D notes would satisfy the required subordinated amount for theClass A(2015-6) notes, as long as they added up to 26.5825%, and provided that change would not result in a shortfall in the available subordinated amount for any tranche of Card series notes.
Class B Required Subordinated Amount. The total required subordinated amount of subordinated notes for a tranche of Class B Card series notes is equal to the sum of the required subordinated amount of Class C notes and the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class B Card series notes. Generally, Class B Card series notes which provide credit enhancement for the Class A Card series notes will share the same credit enhancement provided to those Class A notes by the Class C notes and Class D notes in the Card series. Therefore, (i) the required subordinated amount of Class C notes for a tranche of Class B Card series notes will generally be equal to that Class B tranche’spro rata share of the aggregate required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all Class A notes in the Card series and (ii) the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for a tranche of Class B Card series notes will generally be that Class B tranche’spro rata share of the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for all Class A notes in the Card series. See “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage—Class B Required Subordinated Amount” in the accompanying prospectus for exceptions to these rules.
In addition, if the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the Class B Card series notes is greater than the total required subordinated amount of Class B notes for all Class A Card series notes, the required subordinated amount of subordinated notes for each tranche of Class B Card series notes will include that Class B tranche’spro rata share of that excess,times a stated percentage. Similarly, the required subordinated amount of Class C notes and the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for each tranche of Class B Card series notes will include that Class B tranche’spro rata share of the related excess for each such class,times a stated percentage.
For example, prior to the issuance of any Class A Card series notes, the Class B required subordinated amount of subordinated notes will be based entirely on the calculation described in the preceding paragraph. Once Class A Card series notes are issued that rely on Class B notes for credit enhancement, the Class B required subordinated amount of subordinated notes will be based on the calculations
described in each of the preceding two paragraphs. However, reductions in the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of a tranche of Class A Card series notes will generally result in a reduction in the required subordinated amount for that tranche of Class A notes. Consequently, for each tranche of Class B Card series notes, a reduction in the required subordinated amount of subordinated notes for that tranche of Class B notes may occur due to more Class B Card series notes being outstanding than is required for the Class A Card series notes.
Class C Required Subordinated Amount. Generally, Class C Card series notes will share the same credit enhancement provided to the Class A notes and the Class B notes by the Class D Card series notes. Therefore, the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for a tranche of Class C Card series notes will generally be that Class C tranche’spro rata share of the aggregate required subordinated amount of Class D notes for all Class A Card series notesplus that Class C tranche’spro rata share of the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for all Class B Card series notes which do not provide credit enhancement for the Class A notes.
In addition, if the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the Class C Card series notes is greater than the total required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all Class A notes and for all Class B notes which do not provide credit enhancement for the Class A Card series notes, the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for each tranche of Class C Card series notes will include that Class C tranche’spro rata share of that excess,times a stated percentage.
For example, prior to the issuance of any Class A notes or Class B notes in the Card series, the Class C required subordinated amount of Class D notes will be based entirely on the calculation described in the preceding paragraph. Once any tranche of Class A notes or Class B notes of the Card series is issued, the Class C required subordinated amount of Class D notes will be based on the calculations described in each of the preceding two paragraphs. However, reductions in the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of a tranche of Class A notes or Class B notes in the Card series will generally result in a reduction in the required subordinated amount for that tranche of Class A notes or Class B notes. Consequently, for each tranche of Class C Card series notes, a reduction in the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class C notes may occur due to more Class C Card series notes being outstanding than is required as subordination for the Class A notes or the Class B notes of the Card series.
At any time, COMET may change the required subordinated amount and related stated percentages
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for any tranche of Card series notes or utilize forms of credit enhancement other than subordinated Card series notes upon (i) confirmation from each rating agency selected by the issuing entity that has rated any outstanding Card series notes that the change in the required subordinated amount or the form of credit enhancement will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the ratings of any outstanding tranche of Card series notes, and (ii) delivery by COMET to the rating agencies and the indenture trustee of an opinion that the change in the required subordinated amount or the additional form of credit enhancement will not have certain adverse tax consequences for holders of outstanding notes. Any such change or use will be implemented without the consent of or notice to any noteholders. Despite the conditions described above, to the extent that the required subordinated amount of your notes is reduced, you may experience losses due to reductions in the nominal liquidation amount of your notes earlier than would have occurred had the required subordinated amount for your notes remained at a higher level. Any reduction in the nominal liquidation amount of your notes may delay or reduce interest and principal payments on your notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts fromCharge-Offs” and “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the allocation of reductions in nominal liquidation amounts.
See “—Required Subordinated Amounts” below and “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in the accompanying prospectus.
TheClass A(2015-6) notes share a security interest with other notes in:
• | the COMT collateral certificate; |
• | the collection account; |
• | the applicable principal funding subaccount; |
• | the applicable interest funding subaccount; and |
• | the applicable accumulation reserve subaccount. |
However, theClass A(2015-6) notes are entitled to the benefits of only that portion of those assets allocated to them under the indenture, the asset pool supplement, the Card series indenture supplement and the related terms document.
See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General,”“—The COMT Collateral Certificate” and“—COMET Trust Accounts” in the accompanying prospectus.
COMET will establish an accumulation reserve subaccount to cover shortfalls in investment earnings on amounts (other than prefunded amounts) on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for theseClass A(2015-6) notes.
The amount targeted to be deposited in the accumulation reserve subaccount for theseClass A(2015-6) notes is zero. However, if more than one budgeted deposit is required to accumulate and pay the principal of theClass A(2015-6) notes on the expected principal payment date the amount targeted to be deposited is 0.5% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of theClass A(2015-6) notes, or any other amount designated by COMET. See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits to the Accumulation Reserve Account” in the accompanying prospectus.
The sole sources of payment for principal of or interest on theseClass A(2015-6) notes are provided by:
• | the portion of the principal amounts and finance charge amounts allocated to the Card series and available to theseClass A(2015-6) notes after giving effect to any reallocations, payments and deposits for senior notes; and |
• | funds in the applicable COMET trust accounts for theseClass A(2015-6) notes. |
Class A(2015-6) noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets of COMET—other than any shared excess finance charge amounts and shared excess principal amounts—or recourse to any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on theseClass A(2015-6) notes.
However, if there is a sale of assets in the master trust or COMET (i) if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of Capital One Funding or any other transferor, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration for theClass A(2015-6) notes or (iii) on the legal maturity date of theClass A(2015-6) notes, as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Sale of Assets” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets” in the accompanying prospectus, theClass A(2015-6) noteholders have recourse only to (1) the proceeds of
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that sale allocable to theClass A(2015-6) noteholders and (2) any amounts then on deposit in COMET trust accounts allocated to and held for the benefit of theClass A(2015-6) noteholders.
TheseClass A(2015-6) notes will not be listed on any stock exchange.
A rating addresses the likelihood of the payment of interest on a note when due and the ultimate payment of principal of that note by its legal maturity date. A rating does not address the likelihood of payment of principal of a note on its expected principal payment date. In addition, a rating does not address the possibility of an early payment or acceleration of a note, which could be caused by an early redemption event or an event of default. A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold notes and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. A rating is based on each rating agency’s independent evaluation of the receivables and the availability of any credit enhancement for the notes. A rating, or a change or withdrawal of a rating, by one rating agency will not necessarily correspond to a rating, or a change or a withdrawal of a rating, from any other rating agency. If any of the ratings of theseClass A(2015-6) notes changes,Class A(2015-6) noteholders will not be so notified by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, Capital One Funding or COMET.
See “Risk Factors—The market value of the notes could decrease if the ratings of the notes are lowered or withdrawn or if there is an unsolicited issuance of a lower rating” in the accompanying prospectus.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
Subject to important considerations described under “Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the
accompanying prospectus, Chapman and Cutler LLP, as special tax counsel to COMET, is of the opinion that under existing law yourClass A(2015-6) notes will be characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes, and that COMET will not be classified as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation and accordingly will not be subject to federal income tax. By your acceptance of aClass A(2015-6) note, you will agree to treat yourClass A(2015-6) note as debt for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. See “Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the accompanying prospectus for additional information concerning the application of federal income tax laws.
Subject to important considerations described under “Benefit Plan Investors” in the accompanying prospectus, theClass A(2015-6) notes are eligible for purchase by persons investing assets of employee benefit plans or individual retirement accounts. By purchasing the notes, each investor purchasing on behalf of employee benefit plans or individual retirement accounts will be deemed to certify that the purchase and subsequent holding of the notes by the investor would be exempt from the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code. A fiduciary or other person contemplating purchasing aClass A(2015-6) note on behalf of someone with “plan assets” of any plan or account should consult with its counsel regarding whether the purchase or holding of aClass A(2015-6) note could give rise to a transaction prohibited or not otherwise permissible under ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code. For further information regarding the application of ERISA, see “Benefit Plan Investors” in the accompanying prospectus.
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The chart and the accompanying text below provide an illustrative example of the concept of required subordinated amounts. The stated percentages used in this example are applicable to the current calculation for required subordinated amounts for these notes. The dollar amounts used in this example are illustrative only and are not intended to represent any allocation of tranches of Card series notes outstanding at any time. Amounts presented in this example may not add to the total due to rounding. COMET may change the required subordinated amount and related stated percentages for any tranche of Card series notes, the methodology of computing the required subordinated amount, or utilize forms of credit enhancement other than subordinated Card series notes at any time without the consent of any noteholders. However, each rating agency selected by the issuing entity must confirm that the change will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the ratings of any outstanding tranche of Card series notes. If such a change is made, noteholders will not be provided any notice of the change. See “—Required Subordinated Amount and Conditions to Issuance” above and “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in the accompanying prospectus.
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Generally, the required subordinated amount (“RSA”) of a subordinated class of notes for any date is an amount equal to a stated percentage of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the senior tranche of notes for that date.
1 | The Class A RSA of Class B notes is 11.3925% of $100 MM Class A notes, the Class A RSA of Class C notes is 11.3925% of $100 MM Class A notes, and the Class A RSA of Class D notes is 3.7975% of $100 MM Class A notes. Therefore, the aggregate Class A RSA of Class B notes, Class C notes and Class D notes for the $100 MM of Class A notes is $26,582,500 ($11,392,500 + $11,392,500 + $3,797,500). |
2 | The amount of encumbered Class B notes is equal to the Class A RSA of Class B notes. The RSA for those encumbered Class B notes is equal to the sum of the Class A RSA of Class C notes and the Class A RSA of Class D notes. |
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3 | The amount of unencumbered Class B notes is equal to $8,607,500, which is the total amount of Class B notes ($20 MM)minus the encumbered Class B notes ($11,392,500). The Class B RSA of Class C notes for those unencumbered Class B notes only is equal to $880,314.85, which is 10.2273% of $8,607,500. The Class B RSA of Class D notes for those unencumbered Class B notes only is equal to $293,438.28, which is 3.4091% of $8,607,500. |
4 | The amount of encumbered Class C notes is equal to the sum of the Class A RSA of Class C notes and the Class B RSA of Class C notes (for unencumbered Class B notes only). The amount of unencumbered Class C notes is equal to $727,185.15, which is the total amount of Class C notes ($13 MM)minus the encumbered Class C notes ($12,272,814.85). The Class C RSA of Class D notes for those unencumbered Class C notes only is equal to $22,490.38, which is 3.0928% of $727,185.15. |
5 | The amount of encumbered Class D notes is equal to the sum of the Class A RSA of Class D notes, the Class B RSA of Class D notes (for unencumbered Class B notes only) and the Class C RSA of Class D notes (for unencumbered Class C notes only) ($4,113,428.66). |
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Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement for theseClass A(2015-6) notes, COMET has agreed to sell to each of the underwriters named below, and each of those underwriters has severally agreed to purchase, the principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes set forth opposite its name:
Underwriters | Principal Amount | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | $ | 292,500,000 | ||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | 292,500,000 | |||
Capital One Securities, Inc. | 16,250,000 | |||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 16,250,000 | |||
RBC Capital Markets, LLC | 16,250,000 | |||
The Williams Capital Group, L.P. | 16,250,000 | |||
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Total | $ | 650,000,000 |
The several underwriters have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, to purchase all $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes if any of theseClass A(2015-6) notes are purchased.
The underwriters have advised COMET that the several underwriters propose initially to offer theseClass A(2015-6) notes to the public at the public offering price determined by the several underwriters and set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement, and to certain dealers at that public offering price less a concession not in excess of [●]% of the principal amount of theseClass A(2015-6) notes. The underwriters may allow, and those dealers may re-allow to other dealers, a concession not in excess of [●]% of the principal amount.
After the public offering, the public offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the underwriters.
In the ordinary course of business, one or more of the underwriters or their affiliates has engaged, and may engage in the future, in certain investment banking or commercial banking transactions with the bank, the transferor and their affiliates.
Each underwriter of theseClass A(2015-6) notes has agreed, severally and not jointly, that:
• | it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it in relation to theClass A(2015-6) notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and |
• | it has only and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of anyClass A(2015-6) notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to COMET. |
Further, in relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each underwriter has represented and agreed, severally and not jointly, that from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in the Relevant Member State it has not made and will not make an offer of theClass A(2015-6) notes to the public in that Relevant Member State other than to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;provided, that no such offer of theClass A(2015-6) notes shall require the issuing entity or an underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of the above paragraph, (A) the expression an “offer of theClass A(2015-6) notes to the public” in relation to anyClass A(2015-6) notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and theClass A(2015-6) notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe theClass A(2015-6) notes, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State, (B) the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State) and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State, (C) the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU and (D) the countries comprising the “European Economic Area” are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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In connection with the sale of theseClass A(2015-6) notes, the underwriters may engage in:
• | over-allotments, in which members of the syndicate selling theseClass A(2015-6) notes sell more notes than COMET actually sold to the syndicate, creating a syndicate short position; |
• | stabilizing transactions, in which purchases and sales of theseClass A(2015-6) notes may be made by the members of the selling syndicate at prices that do not exceed a specified maximum; |
• | syndicate covering transactions, in which members of the selling syndicate purchase theseClass A(2015-6) notes in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions; and |
• | penalty bids, by which underwriters reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when any of theseClass A(2015-6) notes originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. |
These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of theseClass A(2015-6) notes to be higher than it would otherwise be. These transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
COMET, the bank and the transferor, jointly and severally, will indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under applicable securities laws, or contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities. COMET’s obligation to indemnify the underwriters will be limited to Finance Charge Amounts from the COMT collateral certificate received by COMET after making all required payments and required deposits under the indenture and any supplement thereto.
Capital One Securities, Inc., one of the underwriters of theClass A(2015-6) notes, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation and an affiliate of each of COMET, the bank and the transferor. Affiliates of the bank, the transferor and Capital One Securities, Inc. may purchase all or a portion of theClass A(2015-6) notes. AnyClass A(2015-6) notes purchased by such an affiliate may in certain circumstances be resold to an unaffiliated party at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of such resale. In connection with such a resale, such affiliate may be deemed to be participating in a distribution of theClass A(2015-6) notes, or an agent participating in the distribution of theClass A(2015-6) notes, and such affiliate may be deemed to be an “underwriter” of theClass A(2015-6) notes under the Securities Act of 1933. In such circumstances, any profit realized by such affiliate on such resale may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
Any obligations of Capital One Securities, Inc. are the sole obligations of Capital One Securities, Inc., and do not create any obligations on the part of any of its affiliates.
COMET will receive proceeds of approximately $[●] from the sale of theseClass A(2015-6) notes. This amount represents [●]% of the principal amount of those notes. The underwriting discount is $[●], or [●]% of the principal amount of those notes. Proceeds received by COMET will be paid to the transferor. See “Use of Proceeds” in the accompanying prospectus. Additional offering expenses are estimated to be $600,000.
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The information provided in this Annex I is an integral part of the prospectus supplement.
The Capital One Credit Card Portfolio
The Capital One credit card portfolio (referred to in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus as the “Bank Portfolio”) is primarily comprised of Visa and MasterCard* accounts owned by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association. The Bank Portfolio consists of two segments of accounts: (i) the Bank Consumer Segment, consisting of consumer revolving credit card accounts and (ii) the Bank Small Business Segment, consisting of small business revolving credit card accounts. We refer to each of the Bank Consumer Segment and the Bank Small Business Segment individually as a “Bank Segment” and collectively as the “Bank Segments.” The Master Trust Portfolio is comprised of receivables arising in accounts that have been selected from the Bank Consumer Segment and the Bank Small Business Segment.
For a description of the material characteristics of the bank’s consumer and small business credit card lending business, see “The Bank—The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business” in the accompanying prospectus.
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, a national banking association, is a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation. At June 30, 2015, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association had reported assets of approximately $93.3 billion and reported stockholders’ equity of approximately $9.8 billion.
For a more detailed description of Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, see “The Bank” in the accompanying prospectus.
The Master Trust Portfolio consists of receivables arising from two segments of accounts, each of which has individual delinquency, loss, revenue and payment rate characteristics: (i) the Master Trust Consumer Segment, consisting of receivables arising in consumer revolving credit card accounts selected from the Bank Consumer Segment, and (ii) the Master Trust Small Business Segment, consisting of receivables arising in small business revolving credit card accounts selected from the Bank Small Business Segment. We refer to each of the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment individually as a “Master Trust Segment” and collectively as the “Master Trust Segments.” As of June 25, 2015, 89.17% of the receivables in the Master Trust Portfolio arose in accounts in the Bank Consumer Segment and 10.83% of receivables in the Master Trust Portfolio arose in accounts in the Bank Small Business Segment. There is no limitation on the percentage of the Master Trust Portfolio comprised by any Bank Segment and, as a result, the composition of the Master Trust Portfolio may change over time. See “The Bank—The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the material terms and characteristics that generally apply to the accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio.
At June 30, 2015 and as of the years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the aggregate invested amount of the outstanding series of certificates issued by the master trust totaled approximately $17.108 billion, $14.072 billion, $9.800 billion, $10.255 billion, and $14.351 billion, respectively.
The receivables conveyed to the master trust arise in accounts selected from the Bank Portfolio based on the eligibility criteria specified in the pooling agreement as applied on the Master Trust Cut-Off Date and subsequent additional cut-off dates. See “The Master Trust—Master Trust Assets,” “—Conveyance of Receivables” and“—Representations and Warranties” in the accompanying prospectus. Subject to those eligibility requirements and applicable regulatory guidelines, the decision regarding the method of selection of accounts from either of the Bank Segments to be designated for addition to the Master Trust Portfolio resides at the discretion of the transferor. See “The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets” in the accompanying prospectus.
* | MasterCard® is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated, and Visa® is a registered trademark of Visa Inc. |
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Set forth in this Annex I is certain information with respect to each of the Master Trust Segments. Please note that amounts and percentages presented in the tables in this Annex I may not add to the total or to 100.00%, as applicable, due to rounding.
Delinquency and Loss Experience
Because new accounts usually initially exhibit lower delinquency rates and credit losses, growth of receivables in the Master Trust Portfolio can have the effect of significantly lowering the charge-off and delinquency rates for the entire portfolio from what they otherwise would have been. However, if the proportion of new accounts to seasoned accounts decreases, this effect should be lessened. If seasoning occurs or if new account origination slows, the originator expects that the charge-off rates and delinquencies will increase over time. The delinquency and net loss rates at any time reflect, among other factors, the quality of the credit card loans, the average seasoning of the accounts, the success of the originator’s collection efforts, the product mix of the Master Trust Segments, and general economic conditions.
Gross losses represent the arithmetic sum of all receivables in the Master Trust Segments that were charged-off during the periods indicated in the tables below. See “The Master Trust—Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries” in the accompanying prospectus. Recoveries are collections received in respect of charged-off accounts in the relevant Master Trust Segment during the periods indicated in the tables below. Recoveries are treated as Finance Charge Collections for each Master Trust Segment. See “The Master Trust—The Receivables” in the accompanying prospectus. Net losses are an amount equal to gross losses minus recoveries, each for the applicable period.
The following tables set forth the delinquency and loss experience for the Master Trust Segments for each of the periods shown. There can be no assurance that the delinquency and loss experience for the receivables in the future will be similar to the historical experience set forth below.
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Delinquencies by Receivables as a
Percentage of the
Master Trust Consumer Segment(1)(2)
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Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receivables Outstanding | $ | 26,922,101 | 100.00 | % | $ | 28,782,165 | 100.00 | % | $ | 30,828,284 | 100.00 | % | $ | 34,159,891 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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30 - 59 days | $ | 183,606 | 0.68 | % | $ | 214,739 | 0.75 | % | $ | 256,576 | 0.83 | % | $ | 327,420 | 0.96 | % | ||||||||||||||||
60 - 89 days | 115,757 | 0.43 | 158,533 | 0.55 | 187,323 | 0.61 | 243,727 | 0.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 94,912 | 0.35 | 133,400 | 0.46 | 156,842 | 0.51 | 213,517 | 0.63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 87,171 | 0.32 | 119,573 | 0.42 | 137,386 | 0.45 | 180,892 | 0.53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
150+ days | 76,903 | 0.29 | 104,333 | 0.36 | 125,162 | 0.41 | 158,633 | 0.46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TOTAL | $ | 558,349 | 2.07 | % | $ | 730,578 | 2.54 | % | $ | 863,289 | 2.81 | % | $ | 1,124,189 | 3.29 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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Receivables Outstanding | $ | 37,373,115 | 100.00 | % | $ | 38,280,563 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||
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30 - 59 days | $ | 364,394 | 0.98 | % | $ | 375,470 | 0.98 | % | ||||||||
60 - 89 days | 269,113 | 0.72 | 319,147 | 0.83 | ||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 239,443 | 0.64 | 317,295 | 0.83 | ||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 207,173 | 0.55 | 289,126 | 0.76 | ||||||||||||
150+ days | 184,250 | 0.49 | 272,208 | 0.71 | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL | $ | 1,264,373 | 3.38 | % | $ | 1,573,246 | 4.11 | % | ||||||||
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(2) | Figures and percentages in this table are reported on a processing month basis. |
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Delinquencies by Receivables as a
Percentage of the
Master Trust Small Business Segment(1)(2)
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Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | Receivables | Percentage of Total Receivables | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receivables Outstanding | $ | 3,260,237 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,227,816 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,406,634 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,685,779 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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30 - 59 days | $ | 17,709 | 0.54 | % | $ | 19,548 | 0.61 | % | $ | 24,208 | 0.71 | % | $ | 33,726 | 0.92 | % | ||||||||||||||||
60 - 89 days | 11,250 | 0.35 | 14,508 | 0.45 | 16,872 | 0.50 | 25,238 | 0.68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 10,875 | 0.33 | 13,374 | 0.41 | 15,363 | 0.45 | 22,441 | 0.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 10,525 | 0.32 | 11,630 | 0.36 | 13,858 | 0.41 | 19,177 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
150+ days | 9,356 | 0.29 | 11,128 | 0.34 | 12,817 | 0.38 | 18,923 | 0.51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TOTAL | $ | 59,715 | 1.83 | % | $ | 70,188 | 2.17 | % | $ | 83,118 | 2.45 | % | $ | 119,505 | 3.24 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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Receivables Outstanding | $ | 4,136,088 | 100.00 | % | $ | 4,600,004 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||
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30 - 59 days | $ | 41,942 | 1.01 | % | $ | 50,747 | 1.10 | % | ||||||||
60 - 89 days | 32,548 | 0.79 | 46,915 | 1.02 | ||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 27,907 | 0.67 | 43,704 | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 25,759 | 0.62 | 41,627 | 0.90 | ||||||||||||
150+ days | 25,168 | 0.61 | 40,258 | 0.88 | ||||||||||||
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Delinquencies by Accounts as a
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Accounts | Percentage of Total Accounts | Accounts | Percentage of Total Accounts | Accounts | Percentage of Total Accounts | Accounts | Percentage of Total Accounts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Accounts | 16,344,239 | 100.00 | % | 16,843,954 | 100.00 | % | 17,945,162 | 100.00 | % | 19,288,083 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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30 - 59 days | 76,556 | 0.47 | % | 92,002 | 0.55 | % | 116,224 | 0.65 | % | 157,128 | 0.81 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 - 89 days | 44,711 | 0.27 | 61,370 | 0.36 | 76,479 | 0.43 | 106,211 | 0.55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 33,665 | 0.21 | 49,758 | 0.30 | 60,553 | 0.34 | 89,922 | 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 26,965 | 0.16 | 41,249 | 0.24 | 48,842 | 0.27 | 70,989 | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
150+ days | 23,759 | 0.15 | 35,161 | 0.21 | 43,867 | 0.24 | 59,890 | 0.31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TOTAL | 205,656 | 1.26 | % | 279,540 | 1.66 | % | 345,965 | 1.93 | % | 484,140 | 2.51 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Accounts | 20,825,234 | 100.00 | % | 20,365,046 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||
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30 - 59 days | 182,361 | 0.88 | % | 166,501 | 0.82 | % | ||||||||||
60 - 89 days | 118,669 | 0.57 | 120,133 | 0.59 | ||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 101,880 | 0.49 | 114,135 | 0.56 | ||||||||||||
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Delinquencies by Accounts as a
Percentage of the
Master Trust Small Business Segment(1)(2)
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Total Accounts | 1,900,190 | 100.00 | % | 1,938,404 | 100.00 | % | 2,033,381 | 100.00 | % | 2,138,925 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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30 - 59 days | 4,931 | 0.26 | % | 5,331 | 0.28 | % | 7,117 | 0.35 | % | 9,621 | 0.45 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 - 89 days | 2,626 | 0.14 | 3,440 | 0.18 | 4,217 | 0.21 | 6,183 | 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 2,233 | 0.12 | 2,789 | 0.14 | 3,283 | 0.16 | 5,238 | 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 1,943 | 0.10 | 2,366 | 0.12 | 2,708 | 0.13 | 4,043 | 0.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
150+ days | 1,584 | 0.08 | 2,053 | 0.11 | 2,476 | 0.12 | 3,754 | 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 - 59 days | 11,898 | 0.53 | % | 14,103 | 0.60 | % | ||||||||||
60 - 89 days | 7,678 | 0.34 | 10,385 | 0.44 | ||||||||||||
90 - 119 days | 6,322 | 0.28 | 9,232 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||
120 - 149 days | 5,206 | 0.23 | 8,091 | 0.34 | ||||||||||||
150+ days | 4,795 | 0.21 | 7,486 | 0.32 | ||||||||||||
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(2) | Figures and percentages in this table are reported on a processing month basis. |
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Loss Experience for the Master Trust Consumer Segment(1)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(2) | $ | 26,498,339 | $ | 28,059,584 | $ | 30,542,601 | $ | 33,874,741 | $ | 35,528,630 | $ | 37,794,471 | ||||||||||||
Average Accounts | 16,543,554 | 17,366,447 | 18,586,446 | 20,025,441 | 20,608,782 | 20,831,949 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross Losses | $ | 544,239 | $ | 1,222,226 | $ | 1,564,236 | $ | 1,846,679 | $ | 2,388,707 | $ | 3,993,283 | ||||||||||||
Gross Losses as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(3) | 4.11 | % | 4.36 | % | 5.12 | % | 5.45 | % | 6.72 | % | 10.57 | % | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | $ | 281,499 | $ | 653,369 | $ | 744,773 | $ | 853,105 | $ | 948,909 | $ | 1,002,346 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses | $ | 262,740 | $ | 568,858 | $ | 819,463 | $ | 993,574 | $ | 1,439,798 | $ | 2,990,937 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(3) | 1.98 | % | 2.03 | % | 2.68 | % | 2.93 | % | 4.05 | % | 7.91 | % | ||||||||||||
Accounts Experiencing a Loss | 203,594 | 473,952 | 644,704 | 778,464 | 947,288 | 1,586,702 | ||||||||||||||||||
Accounts Experiencing a Loss as a Percentage of Average Accounts Outstanding | 2.46 | % | 2.73 | % | 3.47 | % | 3.89 | % | 4.60 | % | 7.62 | % | ||||||||||||
Average Net Loss of Accounts with a Loss(1) | $ | 1,290 | $ | 1,200 | $ | 1,271 | $ | 1,276 | $ | 1,520 | $ | 1,885 |
(1) | All dollar amounts in this table are expressed as dollars in thousands, except for Average Net Loss of Accounts with a Loss, which is expressed as actual dollars. |
(2) | Calculated based on the daily average of Principal Receivables Outstanding. |
(3) | The percentages reflected for the six months ended on June 30, 2015 are annualized figures. Annualized figures are not necessarily indicative of actual results for the entire year. |
Loss Experience for the Master Trust Small Business Segment(1)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(2) | $ | 3,169,627 | $ | 3,327,035 | $ | 3,522,948 | $ | 3,838,199 | $ | 4,245,062 | $ | 4,822,529 | ||||||||||||
Average Accounts | 1,916,150 | 1,978,979 | 2,084,543 | 2,195,886 | 2,291,122 | 2,476,983 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross Losses | $ | 57,334 | $ | 132,972 | $ | 179,679 | $ | 247,405 | $ | 359,460 | $ | 636,602 | ||||||||||||
Gross Losses as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(3) | 3.62 | % | 4.00 | % | 5.10 | % | 6.45 | % | 8.47 | % | 13.20 | % | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | $ | 24,872 | $ | 58,409 | $ | 65,974 | $ | 72,422 | $ | 76,580 | $ | 69,335 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses | $ | 32,462 | $ | 74,562 | $ | 113,705 | $ | 174,983 | $ | 282,880 | $ | 567,267 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(3) | 2.06 | % | 2.24 | % | 3.23 | % | 4.56 | % | 6.66 | % | 11.76 | % | ||||||||||||
Accounts Experiencing a Loss | 13,262 | 31,338 | 43,532 | 59,032 | 85,827 | 153,713 | ||||||||||||||||||
Accounts Experiencing a Loss as a Percentage of Average Accounts Outstanding | 1.38 | % | 1.58 | % | 2.09 | % | 2.69 | % | 3.75 | % | 6.21 | % | ||||||||||||
Average Net Loss of Accounts with a Loss(1) | $ | 2,458 | $ | 2,379 | $ | 2,612 | $ | 2,964 | $ | 3,296 | $ | 3,690 |
(1) | All dollar amounts in this table are expressed as dollars in thousands, except for Average Net Loss of Accounts with a Loss, which is expressed as actual dollars. |
(2) | Calculated based on the daily average of Principal Receivables Outstanding. |
(3) | The percentages reflected for the six months ended on June 30, 2015 are annualized figures. Annualized figures are not necessarily indicative of actual results for the entire year. |
See “The Bank—The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business—Billing and Payments” in the accompanying prospectus for a discussion of the assessment of finance charges, annual membership fees and other charges.
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The following tables set forth the revenues from finance charges and fees billed and interchange received with respect to the Master Trust Segments for each of the periods shown.
Revenue Experience for the Master Trust Consumer Segment(1)
(Dollars in Thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(2) | $ | 26,498,339 | $ | 28,059,584 | $ | 30,542,601 | $ | 33,874,741 | $ | 35,528,630 | $ | 37,794,471 | ||||||||||||
Finance Charges and Fees(3) | $ | 1,922,274 | $ | 4,152,716 | $ | 4,624,045 | $ | 5,235,267 | $ | 5,349,589 | $ | 5,695,352 | ||||||||||||
Finance Charges and Fees as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(4) | 14.51 | % | 14.80 | % | 15.14 | % | 15.45 | % | 15.06 | % | 15.07 | % | ||||||||||||
Interchange | $ | 739,901 | $ | 1,513,950 | $ | 1,515,610 | $ | 1,537,236 | $ | 1,493,515 | $ | 1,312,243 | ||||||||||||
Interchange as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(4) | 5.58 | % | 5.40 | % | 4.96 | % | 4.54 | % | 4.20 | % | 3.47 | % |
(1) | The percentages are calculated by dividing the amount of prior month billed finance charges and fees and interchange by the average principal receivables outstanding for the applicable period. |
(2) | Calculated based on the daily average of Principal Receivables Outstanding. |
(3) | Finance Charges and Fees do not include interest on subsequent collections on accounts previously charged off. Finance Charges and Fees include monthly periodic rate finance charges, the portion of the annual membership fees amortized on a monthly basis, cash advance fees, late charges, overlimit fees and other miscellaneous fees. |
(4) | The percentages reflected for the six months ended on June 30, 2015 are annualized figures. Annualized figures are not necessarily indicative of actual results for the entire year. |
Revenue Experience for the Master Trust Small Business Segment(1)
(Dollars in Thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(2) | $ | 3,169,627 | $ | 3,327,035 | $ | 3,522,948 | $ | 3,838,199 | $ | 4,245,062 | $ | 4,822,529 | ||||||||||||
Finance Charges and Fees(3) | $ | 200,467 | $ | 440,285 | $ | 483,455 | $ | 551,247 | $ | 603,429 | $ | 683,725 | ||||||||||||
Finance Charges and Fees as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(4) | 12.65 | % | 13.23 | % | 13.72 | % | 14.36 | % | 14.21 | % | 14.18 | % | ||||||||||||
Interchange | $ | 219,790 | $ | 447,131 | $ | 435,351 | $ | 428,008 | $ | 410,071 | $ | 404,267 | ||||||||||||
Interchange as a Percentage of Average Principal Receivables Outstanding(4) | 13.87 | % | 13.44 | % | 12.36 | % | 11.15 | % | 9.66 | % | 8.38 | % |
(1) | The percentages are calculated by dividing the amount of prior month billed finance charges and fees and interchange by the average principal receivables outstanding for the applicable period. |
(2) | Calculated based on the daily average of Principal Receivables Outstanding. |
(3) | Finance Charges and Fees do not include interest on subsequent collections on accounts previously charged off. Finance Charges and Fees include monthly periodic rate finance charges, the portion of the annual membership fees amortized on a monthly basis, cash advance fees, late charges, overlimit fees and other miscellaneous fees. |
(4) | The percentages reflected for the six months ended on June 30, 2015 are annualized figures. Annualized figures are not necessarily indicative of actual results for the entire year. |
There can be no assurance that the yield experience for the receivables in the future will be similar to the historical experience set forth above. In addition, revenue from the receivables will depend on the types of fees and charges assessed on the accounts, and could be adversely affected by future changes made by the bank or the servicer in those fees and charges or by other factors. See “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus.
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The revenue from finance charges and fees for the Master Trust Segments shown in the above tables are comprised of three primary components: periodic rate finance charges, the amortized portion of annual membership fees and other charges, such as cash advance fees, late charges, overlimit fees and other miscellaneous fees. See “The Bank—The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business—Billing and Payments” in the accompanying prospectus for a discussion of the assessment of finance charges, annual membership fees and other charges. If payment rates decline, the balances subject to monthly periodic rate finance charges tend to grow, assuming no change in the level of purchasing activity. Accordingly, under these circumstances, the yield related to monthly periodic rate finance charges normally increases. Conversely, if payment rates increase, the balances subject to monthly periodic rate finance charges tend to fall, assuming no change in the level of purchasing activity. Accordingly, under these circumstances, the yield related to monthly periodic rate finance charges normally decreases.
The Master Trust Segments may experience growth in receivables through the originator’s origination of accounts having an introductory period during which a relatively low annual percentage rate is charged. As the introductory period on these accounts expire, the originator may choose to waive all or part of the annual percentage rate increase for such accounts. Under these circumstances, the yield related to monthly periodic rate finance charges would be adversely affected. The impact of service charges on the Master Trust Segments’ yield varies with the type and volume of activity in and the amount of each account, as well as with the number of delinquent accounts. As aggregate account balances increase, annual membership fees, which remain constant, represent a smaller percentage of the aggregate account balances.
The following tables set forth the highest and lowest accountholder monthly payment rates for the Master Trust Segments during any single month in the periods shown and the average accountholder monthly payment rates for all months during the periods shown, in each case calculated as a percentage of average monthly account balances during the periods shown. Payment rates shown in the tables are based on amounts which would be payments of principal receivables on the accounts.
Accountholder Monthly Payment Rates
for the Master Trust Consumer Segment (1)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | Year Ended | |||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||
Lowest Month(2) | 22.65% | 21.20% | 20.05% | 19.14% | 16.91% | 14.51% | ||||||
Highest Month(2) | 25.30% | 24.85% | 23.00% | 21.01% | 20.28% | 17.81% | ||||||
Average Payment Rate for the Period | 24.10% | 23.16% | 21.70% | 20.24% | 19.00% | 16.23% |
(1) | The monthly payment rates include amounts which are payments of principal receivables with respect to the accounts. |
(2) | The monthly principal payment rate for any month is calculated as the total amount of principal payments received during such month divided by the sum of (i) the amount of principal receivables outstanding as of the beginning of such month and (ii) with respect to accounts added to the Master Trust Consumer Segment during such month, the amount of principal receivables outstanding in such accounts as of the related addition date. For each period presented, the principal payment rate is calculated as the average of the monthly principal payment rates during such period. |
Accountholder Monthly Payment Rates
for the Master Trust Small Business Segment(1)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | Year Ended | |||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||
Lowest Month(2) | 42.02% | 40.31% | 37.68% | 35.55% | 30.27% | 26.40% | ||||||
Highest Month(2) | 49.67% | 51.55% | 46.41% | 42.55% | 40.72% | 35.33% | ||||||
Average Payment Rate for the Period | 46.38% | 45.80% | 42.83% | 39.39% | 35.56% | 31.19% |
(1) | The monthly payment rates include amounts which are payments of principal receivables with respect to the accounts. |
(2) | The monthly principal payment rate for any month is calculated as the total amount of principal payments received during such month divided by the sum of (i) the amount of principal receivables outstanding as of the beginning of such month and (ii) with respect to accounts added to the Master Trust Small Business Segment during such month, the amount of principal receivables outstanding in such accounts as of the related addition date. For each period presented, the principal payment rate is calculated as the average of the monthly principal payment rates during such period. |
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For the Master Trust Consumer Segment as of June 25, 2015:
• | the accounts included $26,258,650,376 of principal receivables and $497,597,229 of finance charge receivables; |
• | the accounts had an average principal receivable balance of $1,595 and an average credit limit of $8,066; |
• | the percentage of the aggregate total receivable balance to the aggregate total credit limit was 20.15%; |
• | the average age of the accounts was approximately 133 months; and |
• | approximately 87.14% of the accounts were assessed a variable rate periodic finance charge and approximately 12.86% were assessed a fixed rate periodic finance charge. |
For the Master Trust Consumer Segment as of June 25, 2015:
• | 7.46% of the accounts made the minimum payments as of their respective latest statement date, in each case based on the prior month statement minimum payment; and |
• | 18.18% of the accounts made at least full payments as of their respective latest statement date, in each case based on the prior month statement outstanding balance. |
For the Master Trust Small Business Segment as of June 25, 2015:
• | the accounts included $3,207,594,396 of principal receivables and $40,608,575 of finance charge receivables; |
• | the accounts had an average principal receivable balance of $1,677 and an average credit limit of $9,296; |
• | the percentage of the aggregate total receivable balance to the aggregate total credit limit was 18.26%; |
• | the average age of the accounts was approximately 130 months; and |
• | approximately 91.03% of the accounts were assessed a variable rate periodic finance charge and approximately 8.97% were assessed a fixed rate periodic finance charge. |
For the Master Trust Small Business Segment as of June 25, 2015:
• | 2.74% of the accounts made the minimum payments as of their respective latest statement date, in each case based on the prior month statement minimum payment; and |
• | 20.97% of the accounts made at least full payments as of their respective latest statement date, in each case based on the prior month statement outstanding balance. |
The following tables summarize the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment by various criteria as of June 25, 2015. References to “Receivables Outstanding” in the following tables include both finance charge receivables and principal receivables. Because the future composition of the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment may change over time, these tables are not necessarily indicative of the composition of the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment at any specific time in the future.
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Composition by Account Balance
Master Trust Consumer Segment
Account Balance Range | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Credit Balance(1) | 112,347 | 0.68 | % | $ | (17,058,562 | ) | (0.06 | )% | ||||||||
No Balance(2) | 6,249,942 | 37.96 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
More than $0 and less than or equal to $1,500.00 | 5,025,332 | 30.52 | 2,875,045,856 | 10.75 | ||||||||||||
$1,500.01-$5,000.00 | 3,642,154 | 22.12 | 10,435,205,723 | 39.00 | ||||||||||||
$5,000.01-$10,000.00 | 1,000,324 | 6.08 | 6,873,770,266 | 25.69 | ||||||||||||
Over $10,000.00 | 434,856 | 2.64 | 6,589,284,320 | 24.63 | ||||||||||||
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(1) | Credit balances are a result of cardholder payments and credit adjustments applied in excess of the unpaid balance on an account. Accounts which currently have a credit balance are included because receivables may be generated with respect to those accounts in the future. |
(2) | Accounts which currently have no balance are included because receivables may be generated with respect to those accounts in the future. Zero balance accounts described in “The Master Trust—The Receivables” in the accompanying prospectus are not included in these figures. |
Composition by Account Balance
Master Trust Small Business Segment
Account Balance Range | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Credit Balance(1) | 10,947 | 0.57 | % | $ | (3,546,493 | ) | (0.11 | )% | ||||||||
No Balance(2) | 983,831 | 51.42 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
More than $0 and less than or equal to $1,500.00 | 417,087 | 21.80 | 238,081,718 | 7.33 | ||||||||||||
$1,500.01-$5,000.00 | 294,581 | 15.40 | 865,793,379 | 26.65 | ||||||||||||
$5,000.01-$10,000.00 | 128,696 | 6.73 | 896,357,205 | 27.60 | ||||||||||||
Over $10,000.00 | 78,036 | 4.08 | 1,251,517,162 | 38.53 | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL | 1,913,178 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,248,202,970 | 100.00 | % | |||||||||
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(1) | Credit balances are a result of cardholder payments and credit adjustments applied in excess of the unpaid balance on an account. Accounts which currently have a credit balance are included because receivables may be generated with respect to those accounts in the future. |
(2) | Accounts which currently have no balance are included because receivables may be generated with respect to those accounts in the future. Zero balance accounts described in “The Master Trust—The Receivables” in the accompanying prospectus are not included in these figures. |
Composition by Credit Limit(1)
Master Trust Consumer Segment
Credit Limit Range | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Less than or equal to $1,500.00 | 3,579,353 | 21.74 | % | $ | 1,161,696,329 | 4.34 | % | |||||||||
$1,500.01-$5,000.00 | 5,123,812 | 31.12 | 6,925,212,413 | 25.88 | ||||||||||||
$5,000.01-$10,000.00 | 3,168,882 | 19.25 | 5,927,447,525 | 22.15 | ||||||||||||
Over $10,000.00 | 4,592,908 | 27.90 | 12,741,891,337 | 47.62 | ||||||||||||
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(1) | References to “Credit Limit” herein include both the line of credit established for purchases, cash advances and balance transfers as well as receivables originated under temporary extensions of credit through account management programs. Credit limits relating to these temporary extensions decrease as cardholder payments are applied to the accounts. |
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Composition by Credit Limit(1)
Master Trust Small Business Segment
Credit Limit Range | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Less than or equal to $1,500.00 | 388,046 | 20.28 | % | $ | 61,738,109 | 1.90 | % | |||||||||
$1,500.01-$5,000.00 | 454,925 | 23.78 | 384,656,218 | 11.84 | ||||||||||||
$5,000.01-$10,000.00 | 416,966 | 21.79 | 646,264,659 | 19.90 | ||||||||||||
Over $10,000.00 | 653,241 | 34.14 | 2,155,543,984 | 66.36 | ||||||||||||
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(1) | References to “Credit Limit” herein include both the line of credit established for purchases, cash advances and balance transfers as well as receivables originated under temporary extensions of credit through account management programs. Credit limits relating to these temporary extensions decrease as cardholder payments are applied to the accounts. |
Composition by Payment Status
Master Trust Consumer Segment
Payment Status | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Current to 29 days(1) | 16,255,155 | 98.73 | % | $ | 26,187,126,285 | 97.87 | % | |||||||||
Past due 30 – 59 days | 78,731 | 0.48 | 188,225,132 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||
Past due 60 – 89 days | 44,976 | 0.27 | 116,700,174 | 0.44 | ||||||||||||
Past due 90 – 119 days | 33,857 | 0.21 | 95,142,489 | 0.36 | ||||||||||||
Past due 120 – 149 days | 26,991 | 0.16 | 87,005,977 | 0.33 | ||||||||||||
Past due 150 days or more | 25,245 | 0.15 | 82,047,547 | 0.31 | ||||||||||||
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(1) | Accounts designated as current include accounts on which the minimum payment has not been received prior to the second billing date following the issuance of the related bill. |
Composition by Payment Status
Master Trust Small Business Segment
Payment Status | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Current to 29 days(1) | 1,899,372 | 99.28 | % | $ | 3,186,577,387 | 98.10 | % | |||||||||
Past due 30 – 59 days | 5,090 | 0.27 | 18,129,599 | 0.56 | ||||||||||||
Past due 60 – 89 days | 2,625 | 0.14 | 11,313,352 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||
Past due 90 – 119 days | 2,307 | 0.12 | 11,056,411 | 0.34 | ||||||||||||
Past due 120 – 149 days | 1,957 | 0.10 | 10,680,650 | 0.33 | ||||||||||||
Past due 150 days or more | 1,827 | 0.10 | 10,445,571 | 0.32 | ||||||||||||
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Composition by Account Age
Master Trust Consumer Segment
Account Age | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Not More than 6 Months | 0 | 0.00 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||||||||
Over 6 Months to 12 Months | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
Over 12 Months to 24 Months | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
Over 24 Months to 36 Months | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
Over 36 Months to 48 Months | 202,843 | 1.23 | 317,137,287 | 1.19 | ||||||||||||
Over 48 Months to 60 Months | 1,012,066 | 6.15 | 1,618,699,519 | 6.05 | ||||||||||||
Over 60 Months | 15,250,046 | 92.62 | 24,820,410,798 | 92.76 | ||||||||||||
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Composition by Account Age
Master Trust Small Business Segment
Account Age | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Not More than 6 Months | 0 | 0.00 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||||||||
Over 6 Months to 12 Months | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
Over 12 Months to 24 Months | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
Over 24 Months to 36 Months | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
Over 36 Months to 48 Months | 4,073 | 0.21 | 10,475,167 | 0.32 | ||||||||||||
Over 48 Months to 60 Months | 20,491 | 1.07 | 46,635,541 | 1.44 | ||||||||||||
Over 60 Months | 1,888,614 | 98.72 | 3,191,092,262 | 98.24 | ||||||||||||
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Composition by Accountholder Billing Address
Master Trust Consumer Segment
State or Territory | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
California | 1,894,267 | 11.50 | % | $ | 2,909,512,692 | 10.87 | % | |||||||||
Texas | 1,213,647 | 7.37 | 1,784,131,285 | 6.67 | ||||||||||||
New York | 1,181,974 | 7.18 | 1,805,766,131 | 6.75 | ||||||||||||
Florida | 1,058,321 | 6.43 | 1,631,765,922 | 6.10 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 750,013 | 4.56 | 1,213,676,772 | 4.54 | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 730,385 | 4.44 | 1,215,827,507 | 4.54 | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 610,024 | 3.70 | 990,220,029 | 3.70 | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 599,384 | 3.64 | 1,015,807,736 | 3.80 | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 483,392 | 2.94 | 830,585,112 | 3.10 | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 482,612 | 2.93 | 874,733,499 | 3.27 | ||||||||||||
Others(1) | 7,460,936 | 45.31 | 12,484,220,919 | 46.66 | ||||||||||||
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(1) | No other state individually accounts for greater than or equal to 2.93% of the % of Total Number of Accounts in the Master Trust Consumer Segment. |
Composition by Accountholder Billing Address
Master Trust Small Business Segment
State or Territory | Number of Accounts | % of Total Number of Accounts | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||||||||
California | 248,798 | 13.00 | % | $ | 396,697,345 | 12.21 | % | |||||||||
Texas | 150,154 | 7.85 | 216,559,125 | 6.67 | ||||||||||||
Florida | 142,585 | 7.45 | 226,998,915 | 6.99 | ||||||||||||
New York | 121,290 | 6.34 | 195,589,187 | 6.02 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 74,490 | 3.89 | 135,043,155 | 4.16 | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 72,158 | 3.77 | 130,565,170 | 4.02 | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 63,120 | 3.30 | 113,637,677 | 3.50 | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 55,671 | 2.91 | 97,975,367 | 3.02 | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 55,510 | 2.90 | 99,093,103 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 48,449 | 2.53 | 96,240,510 | 2.96 | ||||||||||||
Others(1) | 880,953 | 46.05 | 1,539,803,416 | 47.40 | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL | 1,913,178 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,248,202,970 | 100.00 | % | |||||||||
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(1) | No other state individually accounts for greater than or equal to 2.53% of the % of Total Number of Accounts in the Master Trust Small Business Segment. |
Since the largest number of accountholders (based on billing addresses) whose accounts were included in the master trust as of June 25, 2015 were in California, Texas, New York and Florida, adverse economic conditions affecting accountholders residing in these areas could affect timely payment by the related accountholders of amounts due on the accounts and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and losses with respect to the Master Trust Portfolio. See “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus.
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FICO®*. The following two tables summarize the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment by FICO® score. A FICO® score is a measurement determined by Fair, Isaac & Company using information collected by the major credit bureaus to assess credit risk. The bank obtains, to the extent available, FICO® scores at the origination of each account and each month thereafter. In the following two tables, Receivables Outstanding are determined as of June 25, 2015, and FICO® scores are determined during the month of June 2015. References to “Receivables Outstanding” in the following two tables include both finance charge receivables and principal receivables. Because the future composition of the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment may change over time, these tables are not necessarily indicative of the composition of the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment at any specific time in the future. FICO® scores may change over time, depending on the conduct of the accountholder and changes in credit score technology.
* | FICO® is a federally registered servicemark of Fair, Isaac & Company. |
Composition by FICO® Score
Master Trust Consumer Segment
FICO® Score(1) | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||
No score | $ | 111,781,319 | 0.42 | % | ||||
Less than or equal to 600 | 2,173,774,456 | 8.12 | ||||||
601-660 | 3,520,378,033 | 13.16 | ||||||
661-720 | 7,769,496,658 | 29.04 | ||||||
Greater than 720 | 13,180,817,139 | 49.26 | ||||||
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Composition by FICO® Score
Master Trust Small Business Segment(1)
FICO® Score(2) | Receivables Outstanding | % of Total Receivables Outstanding | ||||||
No score | $ | 26,904,537 | 0.83 | % | ||||
Less than or equal to 600 | 196,919,365 | 6.06 | ||||||
601-660 | 344,347,228 | 10.60 | ||||||
661-720 | 929,221,518 | 28.61 | ||||||
Greater than 720 | 1,750,810,322 | 53.90 | ||||||
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(1) | With respect to the receivables in the Master Trust Small Business Segment, although the business owner and the business are jointly and severally liable for account balances, only the FICO® scores of the business owners are reflected in this table. |
(2) | The FICO® score is the Equifax Enhanced Beacon 5.0 FICO® score. |
Data from an independent credit reporting agency, such as FICO® score, is one of several factors that may be used by the bank in its credit scoring system to assess the credit risk associated with each applicant. See“The Bank—The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business—Underwriting Procedures” in the accompanying prospectus. Additionally, FICO® scores are based on independent third party information, the accuracy of which cannot be verified. FICO® scores should not necessarily be relied upon as a meaningful predictor of the performance of the receivables in the Master Trust Consumer Segment or the Master Trust Small Business Segment. For information regarding the historical performance of the receivables in the Master Trust Segments, see “—Delinquency and Loss Experience,” “—Revenue Experience” and “—Payment Rates” above.
Review of Receivables in Master Trust Portfolio
Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the transferor is required to perform a review of the pool of receivables in the master trust and disclosure relating to those receivables included in this prospectus supplement and
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the accompanying prospectus. The review, which is conducted by the transferor and its affiliates as described below, primarily consists of (i) the review of information relating to the underwriting process for the related accounts, (ii) the periodic review of internal controls over financial reporting, (iii) the review of information regarding the historical performance and current composition of the receivables presented in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and (iv) the review of qualitative or factual disclosure regarding the receivables presented in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
The review has been designed and effected to provide reasonable assurance that the disclosure regarding the receivables included in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate in all material respects.
For a description of the process by which the bank assesses the creditworthiness of prospective and existing customers, see “The Bank—The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business—Underwriting Procedures” in the accompanying prospectus.
The bank regularly monitors and measures compliance with established credit underwriting and authorization policies, including testing of its automated approval system. These activities are overseen by a credit policy committee (of which the chief risk officer of the bank is a member) and its subcommittees. The credit policy committee is responsible for monitoring and oversight of the design and implementation of credit processes and credit risk controls, including in the areas of authorizations, new account approval, credit line management, risk modeling, identification, monitoring and measurement of risk, and escalation of risk issues. Among other functions, the credit policy committee and its subcommittees or delegates review and approve underwriting and customer management policies, monitor adherence to these policies and monitor performance and credit risk processes. The credit policy committee meets at least six times each year or more frequently, as required, and provides quarterly updates to the bank’s Board of Directors.
The credit policy committee has three subcommittees related to credit card receivables—known as divisional credit committees, each of which is aligned with one of the bank’s three credit card divisions (US Card, UK Card and Canada Card). The US Card divisional credit committee is responsible for monitoring and oversight of specific credit granting policies and strategies for the bank’s US credit card portfolio, including the accounts comprising the Master Trust Portfolio. This committee meets at least quarterly to review all major underwriting, credit policy, and procedural decisions made within the bank’s US credit card line of business. This committee or its delegates verify that decisions are being made in accordance with the bank’s credit policy, including any credit decisions that are routed for manual review and approval. This committee also provides updates and recommendations to specified division credit officers and to the credit policy committee.
In addition to oversight by the bank’s credit policy committee, all automated approval systems are reviewed and affirmed on an annual basis by the bank’s model validation process to review and validate the accuracy of the proprietary risk scoring systems used in the underwriting process.
Finally, the transferor relies on the bank’s internal audit and credit review departments, both of which perform periodic, independent reviews and testing of compliance with the bank’s risk management policies and standards, perform assessments of the design and operating effectiveness of these policies and standards, and validate that risk management controls are functioning as designed.
Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
The transferor’s review of the master trust accounts and receivables is supported by the bank’s extensive control processes used in theday-to-day operation of its credit card business. These controls include financial reporting controls, regular audits of key internal and third party business functions, including account origination, servicing and systems processing, and controls to verify compliance with procedures.
The bank has an integrated network of computer applications to verify that information about the master trust accounts and receivables is accurately entered, captured and maintained in its computer systems. These computer systems are subject to change control processes, automated controls testing and control review programs to determine whether systems controls are operating effectively and accurately. All of these controls and procedures ensure the integrity of the bank’s information systems and the accuracy of disclosures in all material respects.
Information Regarding Historical Performance and Current Composition of Trust Assets
The transferor and its affiliates use information generated by the bank’s computer systems to create reports used to populate the tables included in this prospectus supplement. The transferor, with the assistance of a third party, conducts a review of the quantitative data presented in those tables to compare the data presented with the reports generated by
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the bank’s computer systems and certain recalculations are performed. The transferor determined the nature, extent and timing of the review and the level of assistance provided by the third party. The transferor assumes responsibility for the review and attributes all findings and conclusions of the review to itself.
Review of Qualitative or Factual Disclosure
Disclosure in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus consisting of qualitative or factual information regarding the receivables in the Master Trust Portfolio was reviewed and approved by those officers and employees of the transferor and its affiliates who are knowledgeable about such information.
After undertaking the review described above, the transferor has concluded that it has reasonable assurance that the disclosure regarding the receivables in the Master Trust Portfolio included in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate in all material respects.
Demands for Repurchases of Pool Receivables
The transaction documents contain covenants requiring the repurchase of receivables from the master trust for the breach of a related representation or warranty as described under “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties” in the accompanying prospectus. None of the receivables securitized by the bank (the sponsor of the master trust and COMET) were the subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for a breach of the representations and warranties during the period from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015. Capital One Funding, as securitizer, discloses all such demands for repurchase in its reports onForm ABS-15G filed with the SEC. Capital One Funding filed its most recent FormABS-15G with the SEC on February 12, 2015. Capital One Funding’s Central Index Key (CIK) number is 0001162387.
Static pool information regarding the performance of the receivables in the Master Trust Consumer Segment and the Master Trust Small Business Segment based on the date of the related account’s origination is provided in Annex II to this prospectus supplement, which forms an integral part of this prospectus supplement.
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The information provided in this Annex II is an integral part of the prospectus supplement.
Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Consumer Segment
30+ Delinquency Rate
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June 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | December 31, 2010 | |||||||
2011 Originations | 1.76% | 2.13% | 2.31% | 2.73% | 1.76% | |||||||
2010 Originations | 2.01% | 2.50% | 2.84% | 3.42% | 3.15% | 1.25% | ||||||
2009 Originations | 1.83% | 2.30% | 2.60% | 3.11% | 3.18% | 3.36% | ||||||
2008 Originations | 2.55% | 3.16% | 3.63% | 4.16% | 4.26% | 4.22% | ||||||
2007 Originations | 2.28% | 2.85% | 3.16% | 3.78% | 3.96% | 4.52% | ||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 2.05% | 2.49% | 2.73% | 3.20% | 3.35% | 4.19% |
The delinquency rate is calculated by dividing the delinquent amount by the end of period receivables outstanding for the applicable period. The delinquent amount is the dollar amount of end of period delinquencies for the period.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Consumer Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Consumer Segment.
No consumer assets were added during 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Small Business Segment
30+ Delinquency Rate
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2011 Originations | 1.98% | 2.41% | 2.82% | 3.61% | 3.32% | |||||||
2010 Originations | 1.46% | 1.85% | 1.95% | 2.63% | 2.79% | |||||||
2009 Originations | 1.74% | 1.82% | 2.23% | 2.24% | 3.12% | 4.22% | ||||||
2008 Originations | 1.86% | 2.16% | 2.43% | 3.37% | 4.00% | 5.05% | ||||||
2007 Originations | 1.83% | 2.12% | 2.51% | 3.19% | 3.86% | 5.43% | ||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 1.84% | 2.20% | 2.44% | 3.27% | 3.68% | 4.76% |
The delinquency rate is calculated by dividing the delinquent amount by the end of period receivables outstanding for the applicable period. The delinquent amount is the dollar amount of end of period delinquencies for the period.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Small Business Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Small Business Segment.
No small business assets were added during 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Consumer Segment
Net Loss Rate
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2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 Originations | 2.23 | % | 2.28 | % | 3.05 | % | 2.92 | % | 1.15 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 Originations | 2.29 | % | 2.31 | % | 3.40 | % | 3.83 | % | 2.85 | % | 1.14 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2009 Originations | 1.93 | % | 2.03 | % | 2.96 | % | 3.64 | % | 4.76 | % | 5.39 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2008 Originations | 2.58 | % | 2.67 | % | 3.72 | % | 4.23 | % | 5.37 | % | 8.31 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 Originations | 2.13 | % | 2.11 | % | 2.79 | % | 3.10 | % | 4.30 | % | 8.47 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 1.89 | % | 1.93 | % | 2.51 | % | 2.66 | % | 3.90 | % | 7.90 | % |
The net loss rate is calculated by dividing the gross losses, net of recoveries, by the average amount of principal receivables outstanding for the applicable period.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Consumer Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Consumer Segment.
No consumer assets were added during 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Small Business Segment
Net Loss Rate
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2011 Originations | 1.94 | % | 2.50 | % | 3.62 | % | 4.02 | % | 2.35 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 Originations | 1.86 | % | 1.67 | % | 3.07 | % | 4.00 | % | 2.84 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 Originations | 1.60 | % | 2.66 | % | 3.13 | % | 4.78 | % | 6.74 | % | 6.52 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2008 Originations | 2.18 | % | 2.55 | % | 3.94 | % | 5.42 | % | 7.78 | % | 12.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 Originations | 1.83 | % | 2.07 | % | 2.88 | % | 4.70 | % | 7.16 | % | 13.44 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 2.09 | % | 2.22 | % | 3.17 | % | 4.37 | % | 6.43 | % | 11.63 | % |
The net loss rate is calculated by dividing the gross losses, net of recoveries, by the average amount of principal receivables outstanding for the applicable period.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Small Business Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Small Business Segment.
No small business assets were added during 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Consumer Segment
Yield
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2011 Originations | 24.04 | % | 24.08 | % | 24.32 | % | 21.98 | % | 18.90 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 Originations | 23.68 | % | 23.84 | % | 24.01 | % | 24.66 | % | 19.72 | % | 16.61 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2009 Originations | 19.49 | % | 19.57 | % | 19.34 | % | 19.19 | % | 18.87 | % | 15.55 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2008 Originations | 19.26 | % | 19.45 | % | 19.20 | % | 19.15 | % | 18.06 | % | 16.13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 Originations | 20.04 | % | 20.17 | % | 20.12 | % | 20.12 | % | 19.45 | % | 18.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 19.74 | % | 19.85 | % | 19.76 | % | 19.71 | % | 19.33 | % | 18.84 | % |
Yield is calculated by dividing the amount of prior month billed finance charges and fees and interchange by the average principal receivables outstanding for the applicable period. Finance charges and fees include monthly periodic rate finance charges, the portion of the annual membership fees amortized on a monthly basis, cash advance fees, late charges, overlimit fees and other miscellaneous fees.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Consumer Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Consumer Segment.
No consumer assets were added during 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Small Business Segment
Yield
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2011 Originations | 33.31 | % | 34.21 | % | 34.70 | % | 33.98 | % | 33.93 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 Originations | 31.84 | % | 32.65 | % | 32.25 | % | 32.10 | % | 34.41 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 Originations | 25.43 | % | 25.36 | % | 24.38 | % | 23.09 | % | 20.76 | % | 16.47 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2008 Originations | 23.78 | % | 23.64 | % | 22.80 | % | 21.98 | % | 20.21 | % | 19.01 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 Originations | 25.77 | % | 25.81 | % | 25.11 | % | 24.30 | % | 22.59 | % | 21.20 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 26.84 | % | 27.08 | % | 26.55 | % | 26.11 | % | 24.65 | % | 23.51 | % |
Yield is calculated by dividing the amount of prior month billed finance charges and fees and interchange by the average principal receivables outstanding for the applicable period. Finance charges and fees include monthly periodic rate finance charges, the portion of the annual membership fees amortized on a monthly basis, cash advance fees, late charges, overlimit fees and other miscellaneous fees.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Small Business Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Small Business Segment.
No small business assets were added during 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Consumer Segment
Principal Payment Rate
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2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 Originations | 48.17 | % | 48.36 | % | 48.48 | % | 48.69 | % | 52.73 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 Originations | 42.44 | % | 42.49 | % | 41.73 | % | 40.92 | % | 42.98 | % | 45.43 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2009 Originations | 33.84 | % | 33.17 | % | 31.38 | % | 29.41 | % | 29.57 | % | 27.71 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2008 Originations | 22.38 | % | 21.47 | % | 19.98 | % | 18.40 | % | 18.13 | % | 17.16 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 Originations | 27.26 | % | 26.30 | % | 24.61 | % | 22.76 | % | 22.11 | % | 20.52 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 21.19 | % | 20.22 | % | 18.82 | % | 17.43 | % | 16.75 | % | 15.29 | % |
The monthly principal payment rate for any month is calculated as the total amount of principal payments received during such month divided by the sum of (i) the amount of principal receivables outstanding as of the beginning of such month and (ii) with respect to accounts added to the Master Trust Consumer Segment during such month, the amount of principal receivables outstanding in such accounts as of the related addition date.
For each period presented, the principal payment rate is calculated as the average of the monthly principal payment rates during such period.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Consumer Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Consumer Segment.
No consumer assets were added during 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Static Pool Data for the Capital One Master Trust Small Business Segment
Principal Payment Rate
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2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 Originations | 68.97 | % | 69.94 | % | 68.81 | % | 67.45 | % | 68.89 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 Originations | 66.57 | % | 67.30 | % | 64.52 | % | 61.87 | % | 62.12 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 Originations | 49.67 | % | 49.37 | % | 45.49 | % | 41.06 | % | 34.10 | % | 29.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2008 Originations | 41.46 | % | 40.42 | % | 37.17 | % | 33.39 | % | 29.97 | % | 26.54 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 Originations | 47.33 | % | 46.38 | % | 42.80 | % | 38.95 | % | 35.08 | % | 30.49 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 & Prior Originations | 46.23 | % | 45.74 | % | 42.96 | % | 39.67 | % | 36.31 | % | 32.10 | % |
The monthly principal payment rate for any month is calculated as the total amount of principal payments received during such month divided by the sum of (i) the amount of principal receivables outstanding as of the beginning of such month and (ii) with respect to accounts added to the Master Trust Small Business Segment during such month, the amount of principal receivables outstanding in such accounts as of the related addition date.
For each period presented, the principal payment rate is calculated as the average of the monthly principal payment rates during such period.
The origination date for each account is the date on which the account is opened and an account number is assigned.
For each account comprising the Master Trust Small Business Segment, performance data is based on the account’s performance on and after the date on which such account was added to the Master Trust Small Business Segment.
No small business assets were added during 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015.
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Outstanding Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes
The information provided in this Annex III is an integral part of the prospectus supplement.
Card series
Class A | Issuance Date | Nominal Liquidation Amount | Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | Note Interest Rate | Expected Principal Payment Date | Legal Maturity Date | ||||||||||||
Class A(2005-9) | 10/19/05 | $ | 325,000,000 | $ | 325,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.09% | October 2015 | August 2018 | ||||||||||
Class A(2006-3) | 3/1/06 | $ | 400,000,000 | $ | 400,000,000 | 5.05% | February 2016 | December 2018 | ||||||||||
Class A(2006-11) | 9/1/06 | $ | 750,000,000 | $ | 750,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.09% | August 2016 | June 2019 | ||||||||||
Class A(2007-1) | 1/26/07 | $ | 625,000,000 | $ | 625,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.05% | January 2017 | November 2019 | ||||||||||
Class A(2007-2) | 2/27/07 | $ | 700,000,000 | $ | 700,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.08% | February 2017 | December 2019 | ||||||||||
Class A(2007-A) | 5/4/07 | $ | 200,000,000 | $ | 200,000,000 | Fixed Rate | April 2017 | February 2020 | ||||||||||
Class A(2007-5) | 6/22/07 | $ | 600,000,000 | $ | 600,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.04% | September 2017 | July 2020 | ||||||||||
Class A(2007-7) | 9/28/07 | $ | 1,000,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000,000 | 5.75% | September 2017 | July 2020 | ||||||||||
Class A(2013-1) | 2/1/13 | $ | 750,000,000 | $ | 750,000,000 | 0.63% | January 2016 | November 2018 | ||||||||||
Class A(2013-2) | 5/14/13 | $ | 700,000,000 | $ | 700,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.18% | April 2016 | February 2019 | ||||||||||
Class A(2013-3) | 11/21/13 | $ | 750,000,000 | $ | 750,000,000 | 0.96% | November 2016 | September 2019 | ||||||||||
Class A(2014-1) | 2/10/14 | $ | 950,000,000 | $ | 950,000,000 | Three Month LIBOR + 0.20% | January 2017 | November 2019 | ||||||||||
Class A(2014-2) | 4/10/14 | $ | 1,050,000,000 | $ | 1,050,000,000 | 1.26% | March 2017 | January 2020 | ||||||||||
Class A(2014-3) | 4/10/14 | $ | 450,000,000 | $ | 450,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.38% | March 2019 | January 2022 | ||||||||||
Class A(2014-4) | 9/9/14 | $ | 550,000,000 | $ | 550,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.36% | August 2019 | June 2022 | ||||||||||
Class A(2014-5) | 10/14/14 | $ | 1,300,000,000 | $ | 1,300,000,000 | 1.48% | September 2017 | July 2020 | ||||||||||
Class A(2015-1) | 3/31/15 | $ | 1,250,000,000 | $ | 1,250,000,000 | 1.39% | March 2018 | January 2021 | ||||||||||
Class A(2015-2) | 5/19/15 | $ | 650,000,000 | $ | 650,000,000 | 2.08% | May 2020 | March 2023 | ||||||||||
Class A(2015-3) | 5/19/15 | $ | 425,000,000 | $ | 425,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.40% | May 2020 | March 2023 | ||||||||||
Class A(2015-4) | 7/23/15 | $ | 275,000,000 | $ | 275,000,000 | 2.75% | July 2022 | May 2025 | ||||||||||
Class A(2015-5) | 7/23/15 | $ | 700,000,000 | $ | 700,000,000 | 1.60% | July 2018 | May 2021 | ||||||||||
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Class B | Issuance Date | Nominal Liquidation Amount | Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | Note Interest Rate | Expected Principal Payment Date | Legal Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||
Class B(2004-3) | 4/14/04 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.73% | March 2019 | January 2022 | ||||||||||||
Class B(2005-3) | 8/4/05 | $ | 100,000,000 | $ | 100,000,000 | Three Month LIBOR + 0.55% | July 2025 | May 2028 | ||||||||||||
Class B(2006-1) | 4/6/06 | $ | 175,000,000 | $ | 175,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.28% | March 2016 | January 2019 | ||||||||||||
Class B(2007-1) | 1/26/07 | $ | 350,000,000 | $ | 350,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.27% | January 2017 | November 2019 | ||||||||||||
Class B(2009-C) | 10/9/09 | $ | Up to 2,500,000,000 | (1) | $ | Up to 2,500,000,000 | (1) | Floating Rate | — | August 2017(4) | ||||||||||
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(2) | This amount does not include up to $2,500,000,000 (subject to increase) Nominal Liquidation Amount of Class B(2009-C) notes. |
(3) | This amount does not include up to $2,500,000,000 (subject to increase) Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of Class B(2009-C) notes. |
(4) | Subject to extension. |
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Class C | Issuance Date | Nominal Liquidation Amount | Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | Note Interest Rate | Expected Principal Payment Date | Legal Maturity Date | ||||||||||||
Class C(2007-1) | 1/26/07 | $ | 300,000,000 | $ | 300,000,000 | One Month LIBOR + 0.48% | January 2017 | November 2019 | ||||||||||
Class C(2009-A) | 12/14/09 | $ | Up to 2,000,000,000 | (1) | $ | Up to 2,000,000,000 | (1) | Floating Rate | — | August 2017(4) | ||||||||
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(2) | This amount does not include up to $2,000,000,000 (subject to increase) Nominal Liquidation Amount of Class C(2009-A) notes. |
(3) | This amount does not include up to $2,000,000,000 (subject to increase) Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of Class C(2009-A) notes. |
(4) | Subject to extension. |
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Prospectus dated August 18, 2015
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association
Sponsor, Servicer and Originator of Assets
Capital One Funding, LLC
Depositor and Transferor
Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust
Issuing Entity
The issuing entity—
• | may periodically issue notes in one or more series, classes or tranches; |
• | owns a collateral certificate representing an undivided interest in the Capital One Master Trust, whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in credit card accounts owned by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association or any of its affiliates; and |
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— | one or more additional collateral certificates, each representing an undivided interest in a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity, whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in accounts owned or loans originated or acquired by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association or any of its affiliates (including non-banking affiliates); and |
— | other property described in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement. |
The notes—
• | will be secured by a limited portion of the issuing entity’s assets, and will be paid only from proceeds of that note’s allocable share of those assets; and |
• | will be issued as part of a designated series and class and may be issued as part of a designated tranche within a class. |
You should consider the discussion under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 12 of this prospectus before you purchase any notes.
The Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust will be the issuing entity of the notes. The notes will be obligations of the issuing entity only and are not obligations of Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, Capital One Funding, LLC, their affiliates or any other person. Each class or tranche of notes is secured by the assets of the issuing entity as described in this prospectus and in the related prospectus supplement. Noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets of the issuing entity for the payment of the notes.
The notes will not be insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.
Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved these notes or determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Important Notice about Information Presented in this
Prospectus and the Accompanying Prospectus Supplement
We provide information to you about the notes in two separate documents that progressively provide more detail: (a) this prospectus, which provides general information about the Card series notes and each other series of notes, some of which may not apply to your series, class or tranche of notes, and (b) the accompanying prospectus supplement, which will describe the specific terms of your series, class or tranche of notes, including:
• | the timing of interest and principal payments; |
• | financial and other information about the issuing entity’s assets; |
• | information about enhancement for your series, class or tranche; and |
• | the method for selling the notes. |
This prospectus may be used to offer and sell any series, class or tranche of notes only if accompanied by the prospectus supplement for that series, class or tranche.
If the description of the terms of a particular series, class or tranche of notes varies between this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
You should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement including the information incorporated by reference. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
We are not offering the notes in any state where the offer is not permitted. We do not claim the accuracy of the information in this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement as of any date other than the dates stated on their respective covers.
We include cross-references in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement to captions in these materials where you can find further related discussions. The Table of Contents in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement provide the pages on which these captions are located.
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This summary does not contain all the information you may need to make an informed investment decision. You should read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement in their entirety before you purchase any notes. The disclosure in this prospectus is supplemented by the accompanying prospectus supplement.
Investment in the notes involves risks. You should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page 12 in this prospectus.
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, a national banking association, owns credit card accounts from which receivables are transferred to Capital One Funding, which receivables Capital One Funding then, subject to certain conditions, adds to the master trust. See “The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets.” Capital One Bank (USA), National Association is the sponsor of the issuing entity and the servicer of the assets included in the master trust.
We refer to Capital One Bank (USA), National Association as the“bank.”
Capital One Funding, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia on November 13, 2001 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, is the depositor of the issuing entity. Capital One Funding also structures the issuing entity’s transactions. The address for Capital One Funding is 140 East Shore Drive, Room 1071-B, Glen Allen, Virginia 23059 and its telephone number is(804) 290-6959. Capital One Funding is the transferor under the Capital One Master Trust. As the transferor under the Capital One Master Trust, Capital One Funding purchases from Capital One Bank (USA), National Association and may purchase from affiliates of Capital One Bank (USA), National Association receivables arising in credit card accounts owned by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association and its affiliates. Capital One Funding may then, subject to certain conditions, add those receivables to the Capital One Master Trust.
As the transferor under the Capital One Master Trust, Capital One Funding holds the transferor interest to the master trust, which represents the interest in the master trust not represented by investor certificates issued and outstanding under the master trust or the rights, if any, of any credit enhancement providers to receive payments from the master trust. See “The Master Trust—Investor Certificates; Master Trust Transferor Interest.”
Furthermore, Capital One Funding is currently the sole holder of all outstanding Class D Card series notes.
We refer to Capital One Funding, LLC as“Capital One Funding” or the“transferor,” and we refer to the Capital One Master Trust as“COMT” or the“master trust.”
See “The Transferor, The Depositor and The Receivables Purchase Agreement—Capital One Funding” for further description of its activities and history.
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association is the servicer for the master trust and is responsible for servicing, managing and making collections on the receivables in the master trust. If the issuing entity holds any additional collateral certificates issued by any other master trust or special purpose entity, the bank or an affiliate also will be the servicer for such other master trusts or securitization special purpose entities. The servicer has outsourced certain functions to affiliated and unaffiliated third parties, but the bank remains responsible for the overall servicing process. For information about certain affiliated and unaffiliated third party vendors that provide these services, including Capital One Services, LLC, see “The Bank—The Servicer—Outsourcing of Servicing.”
As servicer, the bank will receive a master trust servicing fee. Each month, a share of the master trust servicing fee allocated to the COMT collateral certificate will be further allocated to each series of notes. The Card series servicing fee will be an amount equal to 2.00% of the aggregate nominal liquidation amount of each tranche of Card series notes for any month. See “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses.”
The Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, is the issuing entity of the notes. The address of the issuing entity is Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust, c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Building, 1011 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266. Its telephone number is (201) 593-6792.
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We refer to the Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust as the“issuing entity”or“COMET.”
The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, is the indenture trustee under the indenture for each series, class and tranche of notes issued by COMET.
Under the terms of the indenture, the role of the indenture trustee is limited. See “The Indenture—Indenture Trustee.”
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation, is the owner trustee of COMET.
Under the terms of the trust agreement, the role of the owner trustee is limited. See “The Issuing Entity—Owner Trustee.”
The assets of the master trust consist primarily of receivables arising in selected MasterCard and Visa consumer and small business revolving credit card accounts, which receivables have been transferred by the bank to Capital One Funding and have been transferred by Capital One Funding to the master trust. There is no limitation on the percentage of the master trust portfolio comprised of consumer or small business revolving credit card accounts.
The size of the master trust will fluctuate depending on the amount of receivables in accounts designated to the master trust. The transferor’s ability to increase and decrease the size of the master trust is a result of its ability to designate and remove accounts from the master trust. The transferor may designate additional accounts to the master trust portfolio at any time provided the receivables in those accounts are eligible receivables arising in eligible accounts. Also, under certain limited circumstances, the transferor may be required to designate additional accounts to the master trust portfolio if an addition is required to maintain the master trust required transferor interest or to maintain a minimum required amount of principal receivables in the master trust. The transferor cannot add receivables to the master trust unless the transferor certifies that the addition will not cause a pay out event and the rating agencies selected by the issuing entity confirm the outstanding ratings on the certificates and the notes either at the time of theaddition or, in the case of required additions, on a quarterly basis as described in “The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets.” For a description of pay out events, see “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events.”
The transferor may also remove accounts from the master trust portfolio for any reason so long as the transferor certifies that the removal will not cause a pay out event and the rating agencies selected by the issuing entity confirm the outstanding ratings on the certificates and the notes on the removal date. The amount of any removal is limited, and a removal generally may occur only once in a calendar month. In addition, except in limited circumstances, the accounts removed from the master trust portfolio must be selected randomly. However, if the transferor breaches certain representations or warranties regarding the eligibility of accounts in the master trust portfolio, the transferor may be required to remove the ineligible receivables related to those accounts from the master trust. Finally, on the date when any receivable in an account is charged off as uncollectible by the bank, the master trust trustee automatically transfers those receivables to the transferor.
See “The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets,” “—Removal of Master Trust Assets” and “—Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries.”
COMET’s primary assets will consist of one or more collateral certificates, each representing an undivided interest in a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity, whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in accounts owned or loans originated or acquired by the bank or by any of its affiliates (including non-banking affiliates).
COMET owns a collateral certificate, referred to as the “COMT collateral certificate,” issued by the master trust. For a description of the COMT collateral certificate, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—The COMT Collateral Certificate.” For a description of the master trust, see “—Assets of the Master Trust” above and “The Master Trust.”
Other than as specifically described in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement, noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets other than the assets of COMET. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General.” In addition to the Card series, COMET may issue other series of notes that are secured by the assets in COMET. Each series of notes in COMET will be entitled to its allocable share of the assets in COMET.
The size of the COMT collateral certificate will fluctuate depending on the aggregate nominal liquidation amount of all of the outstanding Card series notes secured by COMET’s assets. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—The COMT Collateral Certificate.”
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The occurrence of a pay out event for a collateral certificate owned by COMET will result in the early amortization of that collateral certificate and may result in the early redemption of the notes. The payments made upon the occurrence of a pay out event for a collateral certificate may be reinvested in another collateral certificate, reinvested directly in receivables, paid to noteholders or paid to the holder of the transferor interest. See “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events.”
COMET is offering notes. The notes will be issued under the indenture and the asset pool supplement, between COMET and the indenture trustee. Each series of notes will be issued under an indenture supplement between COMET and the indenture trustee. The Card series notes will be issued under the Card series indenture supplement, which supplements the indenture and the asset pool supplement.
Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes
The following sources of funds will be available to pay principal of and interest on any series, class or tranche of notes:
• | The COMT Collateral Certificate. The COMT collateral certificate is an investor certificate issued by the master trust and transferred by Capital One Funding to COMET. It represents an undivided interest in the master trust. The master trust primarily owns receivables arising in selected MasterCard and Visa credit card accounts. Both collections of principal receivables and finance charge receivables will be allocated among holders of interests in the master trust—including the COMT collateral certificate—based generally on the investment in principal receivables in the master trust. See“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—The COMT Collateral Certificate” and “The Master Trust.” |
• | The COMET Trust Accounts. COMET has established a collection account for the purpose of receiving amounts payable under the COMT collateral certificate and amounts payable under any other assets included in COMET, including additional collateral certificates that may be transferred to COMET at a later date. If so specified in the related prospectus supplement, COMET may establish additional accounts, called supplemental accounts, for any series, class or tranche of notes secured by COMET’s assets. |
The following additional sources of funds may also be available to pay principal of and interest on the series, classes or tranches of notes:
• | Internal Credit Enhancement. Some notes may have the benefit of one or more forms of internal |
credit enhancement, such as subordination, collateral interests, spread accounts or reserve accounts. Noteholders of senior classes of notes will have the benefit of subordination. See“—Subordination” below and“The Notes—Subordination of Interest and Principal” for greater detail regarding subordination. Some notes may have the benefit of a collateral interest. A description of the specific terms of any collateral interests that are applicable to a series, class or tranche of notes will be included in the related prospectus supplement. See“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Credit Enhancement—Collateral Interests” for a discussion of collateral interests. Certain notes may have the benefit of spread accounts or reserve accounts. See generally“—COMET Trust Accounts” below and“Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes” for a discussion of these accounts. |
• | Additional Collateral Certificates. Capital One Funding or another affiliate of the bank may transfer to COMET, at a later date, additional collateral certificates representing undivided interests in master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in credit card and other revolving credit accounts owned or loans originated or acquired by the bank or any of its affiliates (including non-banking affiliates). These transfers and designations will occur without noteholder review or approval. |
• | Derivative Agreements. Some notes may have the benefit of one or more derivative agreements, including interest rate or currency swaps as described in“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Credit Enhancement—Derivative Agreements.” The bank or an affiliate may be a counterparty to a derivative agreement. A description of the specific terms of each derivative agreement and each derivative counterparty will be included in the related prospectus supplement. |
• | Supplemental Credit Enhancement Agreements and Supplemental Liquidity Agreements. Some notes may have the benefit of one or more additional forms of credit enhancement, referred to in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement as supplemental credit enhancement agreements, such as letters of credit, cash collateral guarantees or accounts, surety bonds or insurance policies. In addition, some notes may have the benefit of one or more forms of supplemental liquidity agreements, such as a liquidity facility with various liquidity providers. The bank or an affiliate may be the provider of any supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement. A description of the specific terms of any supplemental credit enhancement agreement or any supplemental |
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liquidity agreement applicable to a series, class or tranche of notes and a description of the related provider will be included in the related prospectus supplement. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General,” “—Credit Enhancement—Supplemental Credit Enhancement Agreements and Supplemental Liquidity Agreements,” “The Notes—General” and “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Payments Received from Supplemental Credit Enhancement Providers or Supplemental Liquidity Providers for Principal” for a discussion of credit enhancement, supplemental credit enhancement agreements and supplemental liquidity agreements. |
Each series, class or tranche of notes is entitled only to the benefits of that portion of those assets securing the notes under the indenture, the asset pool supplement, the applicable indenture supplement and the applicable terms document.
Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes
The prospectus supplement for a particular issuance of notes will designate the related series for those notes. Each series of notes is entitled to its allocable share of COMET’s assets. It is expected that most series of notes will consist of multiple classes of notes. A class designation determines the relative seniority for receipt of cash flows and funding of the default amount allocated to the related series of notes. For example, generally, subordinated classes of notes provide credit enhancement for senior classes of notes in the same series.
Some series of notes will be multiple tranche series, meaning that multiple tranches of notes may be issued in each class of notes.
Tranches of notes within a class of notes of a multiple tranche series may be issued on different dates and have different stated principal amounts, interest rates, interest payment dates, expected principal payment dates, legal maturity dates and other varying characteristics as described, if applicable, in the related prospectus supplement.
In a multiple tranche series, the expected principal payment dates and the legal maturity dates of the tranches of senior and subordinated notes of that series likely will be different. As such, certain tranches of subordinated notes may have expected principal payment dates and legal maturity dates earlier than some or all of the tranches of senior notes of that series. However, a tranche of subordinated notes will not berepaid before its legal maturity date unless, after payment of that tranche of subordinated notes, the remaining subordinated notes provide the required enhancement for the senior notes. In addition, a tranche of senior notes will not be issued unless, after issuance, there are enough outstanding subordinated notes to provide the required subordinated amount for that
tranche of senior notes. See “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” and “—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes.”
Some series may not be multiple tranche series. For these series, each class will consist of a single tranche and each class will generally be issued on the same date. The expected principal payment dates and legal maturity dates of the subordinated notes of that series will either be the same as or later than those of the senior notes of that series.
Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount of Notes
Each series, class or tranche of notes has a stated principal amount, an outstanding dollar principal amount, an adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount and a nominal liquidation amount.
• | Stated Principal Amount. The stated principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes is the amount that is stated on the face of the notes of that series, class or tranche to be payable to the holders of that series, class or tranche. It can be denominated in U.S. dollars or in a foreign currency. |
• | Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount. For a series, class or tranche of U.S. dollar notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount is the initial dollar principal amount, as described in the related prospectus supplement, of that series, class or tranche of notes, less principal payments to noteholders of that series, class or tranche, plus increases due to issuances of additional notes of that series, class or tranche. The outstanding dollar principal amount for foreign currency notes or discount notes is determined as described in“The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount.” |
• | Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount. In addition, a series, class or tranche of notes may have an adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount. The adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of any series, class or tranche of notes is equal to the outstanding dollar principal amount of that series, class or tranche of notes, less any funds on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that series, class or tranche of notes. |
• | Nominal Liquidation Amount. The nominal liquidation amount of a class or tranche of notes is a U.S. dollar amount based on the initial dollar principal amount of that class or tranche, but after deducting: |
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– | that class’s or tranche’s share of reallocations of principal amounts used to pay interest on senior notes or any portion of the servicing fee allocable to the related series of notes; |
– | that class’s or tranche’s share of charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount allocated to that class or tranche of notes; |
– | amounts on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche; and |
– | the amount of all payments of principal for that class or tranche; |
and adding back all reimbursements from finance charge amounts allocated to the related series of notes, to cover reductions in that class’s or tranche’s nominal liquidation amount due to:
– | that class’s or tranche’s share of reallocations of principal amounts used to pay interest on senior notes or any portion of the servicing fee allocable to the related series of notes; or |
– | that class’s or tranche’s share of charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount allocated to that class or tranche of notes. |
In addition, for a class or tranche of discount notes, the nominal liquidation amount of that class or tranche will increase over time as principal accretes.
The nominal liquidation amount of a class or tranche of notes will also be increased if additional notes of that class or tranche are issued after the initial issuance of notes of that class or tranche.
Upon a sale of assets held by COMET or any applicable master trust or securitization special purpose entity (i) if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of the transferor for the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration of a class or tranche of notes, or (iii) on a class or tranche of note’s legal maturity date, as described in“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” the nominal liquidation amount of the related notes will be reduced to zero.
The nominal liquidation amount of a series of notes is equal to the sum of the nominal liquidation amounts of all the classes or tranches of notes of that series.
For a detailed discussion of the stated principal amount, the outstanding dollar principal amount, the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount and the nominal liquidation amount, see“The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount.”
Each month, the payments on the COMT collateral certificate and payments or collections allocable to the notes will be deposited into the collection account and allocated among each series of notes, including the Card series. The amounts allocated to the Card series,plus any other amounts to be treated as finance charge amounts and principal amounts for the Card series, will then be allocated to:
• | the principal funding account; |
• | the interest funding account; |
• | the accumulation reserve account; |
• | the Class C reserve account; |
• | the Class D reserve account; |
• | any other supplemental account; |
• | make payments under any applicable derivative agreements, supplemental credit enhancement agreements or supplemental liquidity agreements; and |
• | the other purposes as described in this prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement and any other prospectus supplements for classes and tranches of Card series notes. |
Funds on deposit in the principal funding account and the interest funding account will be used to make payments of principal of and interest on the Card series notes.
The principal funding account, the interest funding account and the accumulation reserve account will have subaccounts for every tranche of Card series notes. For any tranche of Class C Card series notes, COMET also will establish a Class C reserve subaccount for that tranche of notes.
Each series, class or tranche of notes, other than a series, class or tranche of discount notes, will bear interest from its issuance date at the rate described or as calculated or determined as described in the related prospectus supplement. Interest on each series, class or tranche of notes will be paid on the interest payment dates specified in the related prospectus supplement.
The payment of interest on a senior class of notes of the Card series on any payment date is senior to the payment of interest on subordinated classes of notes of the Card series on such date. Generally, no payment of interest will be made on any Class B Card series note until the required payment of interest has been made to the Class A Card series notes. Similarly, generally, no payment of interest will be made on any Class C Card series note until the required payment of interest has been made to the Class A notes and the Class B notes in the Card series. However, funds on deposit in the
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Class C reserve account will be available only for the Class C notes to cover shortfalls of interest on any interest payment date. Similarly, generally, no payment of interest will be made on any Class D Card series note until the required payment of interest has been made to the Class A notes, the Class B notes and the Class C notes in the Card series. However, funds on deposit in the Class D reserve account will be available only for the Class D notes to cover shortfalls of interest on any interest payment date.
COMET expects to pay the stated principal amount of each series, class or tranche of notes in one payment on that series, class or tranche of notes’ expected principal payment date. The legal maturity date is the date on which a series, class or tranche of notes is legally required to be fully paid in accordance with its terms. The expected principal payment date and legal maturity date for a series, class or tranche of notes will be specified in the related prospectus supplement.
No payment of principal will be made on any Class B Card series notes unless, following the payment, the remaining nominal liquidation amount of all outstanding Class B Card series notes is at least equal to the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes for the outstanding Class A Card series notesless any usage of the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes for those outstanding Class A Card series notes.
Similarly, no payment of principal will be made on any Class C Card series notes unless, following the payment, the remaining outstanding Class C Card series notes are at least equal to the required subordinated amount of Class C notes for the outstanding Class A notes and Class B notes of the Card seriesless any usage of the required subordinated amount of Class C notes for those outstanding Class A Card series notes and Class B Card series notes.
Similarly, no payment of principal will be made on any Class D Card series notes unless, following the payment, the remaining outstanding Class D Card series notes are at least equal to the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for the outstanding Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the Card seriesless any usage of the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for those outstanding Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the Card series. However, there are some exceptions to these rules.
See “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage.”
A series, class or tranche of notes may also be paid before its expected principal payment date (1) if an early redemption event occurs for that series, class or tranche of notes, (2) upon an event of default and
acceleration for that series, class or tranche of notes, or (3) upon an optional or mandatory redemption for that series, class or tranche of notes.
COMET will be obligated to pay the stated principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes on its expected principal payment date or upon the occurrence of an early redemption event or event of default and acceleration, or upon an optional or mandatory redemption for that series, class or tranche of notes, only to the extent that funds are available for that purpose. Additionally, in the case of tranches of subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, these payments will be made only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes of that series. The remedies a noteholder may exercise following an event of default and acceleration or on its legal maturity date are described in “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”
If a series, class or tranche of notes is not paid its stated principal amount on its expected principal payment date, that series, class or tranche of notes will receive payments of principal amounts each month until it is paid in full. In this instance, if a noteholder has not been paid the full stated principal amount of its note by its legal maturity date, an event of default will occur and the assets will be sold, and the proceeds of that sale will be applied to pay down the note. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets” and “The Notes—Event of Default Remedies.” After the legal maturity date, and after applying the proceeds of the sale of receivables, the noteholder will not be entitled to any more payments on the notes, and the notes will be extinguished.
Until principal amounts are needed to be accumulated to pay any series, class or tranche of notes, principal amounts allocable to those notes will be applied to other Card series notes which are accumulating principal or paid to the transferor. This period is commonly referred to as the revolving period. Unless an early redemption event or an event of default and acceleration for any series, class or tranche notes occurs, the revolving period is expected to end twelve calendar months prior to the expected principal payment date for those notes. However, if COMET reasonably expects to need less than twelve months to fully accumulate the outstanding dollar principal amount of those notes, the end of the revolving period may be delayed. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—COMET Trust Accounts” and “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account” for a description of postponing the end of the revolving period.
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A general description of the flow of funds, beginning with payments made by cardholders to the allocation of those payments to the Card series, is outlined in the chart titled “Flow of Funds” at the end of the “Prospectus Summary.” See “—Card Series Application of Finance Charge Collections” and “—Card Series Application of Principal Collections” below.
Card Series Application of Finance Charge Collections
Finance charge collections and other amounts allocated to the Card series, called Card series finance charge amounts, will generally be applied each month to make the following payments, deposits or allocations in the following priority:
The payments of Class A, Class B and Class C interest will be madepro rata to the tranches within a class of notes and will include payments to derivative counterparties, if any, in a tranche of notes. The Card series servicing fee will be an amount equal to 2.00% of the aggregate nominal liquidation amount of each tranche of Card series notes for any month. See “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses.”
For a detailed description of the application of Card series finance charge amounts, see “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes.”
Card Series Application of Principal Collections
Principal collections and other amounts allocated to the Card series, called Card series principal amounts, will generally be applied each month to make the following payments or deposits in the following priority:
If allocations are made to cover senior note interest shortfalls, as described above, those allocations could reduce the nominal liquidation amounts of the subordinated notes. See “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount—Nominal Liquidation Amount.” Also, the deposits of Class A, Class B and Class C principal amounts will be madepro rata to the tranches within a class of notes.
For a detailed description of the application of Card series principal amounts, see “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes.”
Fees and Expenses Payable from Collections
Card Series Finance Charge Amounts.
Fees and Expenses Payable from Card Series Finance Charge Amounts:
– | Servicing Fee: 2.00% of nominal liquidation amount paid to the servicer |
For any month, the servicing fee is paid immediately after the Class C interest payments or deposits. See “—Card Series Application of Finance Charge Collections” above. The servicing fee compensates the servicer for its expenses in connection with servicing receivables, including expenses associated with collection, allocating and distributing collections on the receivables. See “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses.”
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Card Series Principal Amounts.
Fees and Expenses Payable from Card Series Principal Amounts:
– | Servicing Fee Shortfalls: any accrued but unpaid servicing fees – paid to the servicer |
For any month, servicing fee shortfalls, if any, are paid immediately after any Class C interest shortfalls are paid. See “—Card Series Application of Principal Collections” above.
Limit on Repayment of All Notes
You may not receive full repayment of your notes if:
• | the nominal liquidation amount of your notes has been reduced by charge-offs from any uncovered default amount or as a result of reallocations of principal amounts to pay interest on senior classes of notes or any portion of the servicing fee allocable to your series of notes, and those amounts have not been reimbursed from finance charge amounts allocated to your series of notes; or |
• | collateral certificates or other COMET assets securing your notes are sold (i) if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of the transferor for a related master trust or securitization special purpose entity, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration of your notes or (iii) on the legal maturity date of your notes, and the proceeds from the sale of those assets, plus any funds on deposit in the applicable subaccounts allocated to your notes, and any other amounts available to your notes, are insufficient to provide the full repayment of your notes. |
Payment of principal of and interest on subordinated classes of notes will be subordinated to the payment of principal of and interest on senior classes of notes except to the extent provided in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.
Principal amounts allocable to subordinated classes of notes of a series may be reallocated to pay interest on senior classes of notes of that series or any portion of the servicing fee allocable to that series. These reallocations will reduce the nominal liquidation amount of the subordinated classes of notes of that series. In addition, the nominal liquidation amount of a subordinated class of notes of a series will generally be reduced for charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount allocated to that series prior to any reductions in the nominal liquidation amount of the senior classes of notes of the same series. In a multiple tranche series, charge-offs from any uncovered default amount allocated to that series will initially be allocated to each tranche of that series and then
reallocated to the subordinated tranches of that series to the extent credit enhancement in the form of subordination is still available to the tranches of senior notes.
In addition, principal amounts allocated to a series of notes, after giving effect to any allocations or reallocations, will first be used to fund targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of senior classes of notes of that series before being applied to the principal funding subaccounts of the subordinated classes of notes of that series.
In a multiple tranche series, a tranche of subordinated notes that reaches its expected principal payment date, or that has an early redemption event, event of default and acceleration, or other optional or mandatory redemption, will not be paid to the extent that that tranche is necessary to provide the required subordination for tranches of senior notes of that series. If a tranche of subordinated notes cannot be paid because of the subordination provisions of the senior notes of that series, prefunding of the principal funding subaccounts for tranches of senior notes of that series will begin as described in this prospectus or in the accompanying prospectus supplement. After that time, that tranche of subordinated notes will be paid only to the extent that:
• | the principal funding subaccounts for tranches of senior classes of notes of that series are prefunded in an amount such that the tranche of subordinated notes that has reached its expected principal payment date is not necessary to provide the required subordination; or |
• | new tranches of subordinated notes of that series are issued so that the tranche of subordinated notes of that series that has reached its expected principal payment date is no longer necessary to provide the required subordination; or |
• | enough tranches of senior notes of that series are repaid so that the tranche of subordinated notes of that series that has reached its expected principal payment date is no longer necessary to provide the required subordination; or |
• | that tranche of subordinated notes reaches its legal maturity date. |
On the legal maturity date of a tranche of notes, principal amounts, if any, allocated to that tranche of notes, certain funds on deposit in the applicable COMET trust accounts allocated to that tranche of notes and proceeds from any sale of collateral certificates or receivables directly or indirectly securing that tranche of notes will be paid to the noteholders of that tranche, even if payment would reduce the amount of available subordination below the required subordination for the senior classes of notes of that series.
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The servicer or an affiliate has the right, but not the obligation, to direct COMET to redeem the notes of any series, class or tranche before the applicable expected principal payment date in whole but not in part on any day on or after the day on which the nominal liquidation amount of that series, class or tranche of notes is reduced to less than 5% of their highest outstanding dollar principal amount. This redemption option is referred to as a clean-up call. COMET will not redeem subordinated notes if those notes are required to provide credit enhancement for senior classes of notes of the Card series. For a detailed description of the conditions under which a clean-up call may be exercised, see “The Notes—Redemption and Early Redemption of Notes—Optional Redemption.”
In addition, COMET is required to repay any note upon the occurrence of an early redemption event for that note, but only to the extent funds are available for repayment after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and, in the case of subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes of the same series.
However, if so specified in the related prospectus supplement, subject to certain exceptions, certain notes that have the benefit of a derivative agreement may not be redeemed following an early redemption event.
Early redemption events include the following:
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, the occurrence of an event of default and acceleration of the notes of that series, class or tranche; |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, the occurrence of the expected principal payment date of such series, class or tranche of notes if that series, class or tranche is not fully repaid on or prior to that date; |
• | COMET becoming an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; |
• | the bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship or receivership of Capital One Funding or the related transferor; |
• | for any month the average of the excess spread amounts for the three preceding calendar months is less than the required excess spread amount for such month (see“The Notes—Early Redemption Events” for a discussion of the required excess spread amount); or |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, the related prospectus supplement may include additional early redemption events or indicate that certain of the events listed above are not early redemption events for that series, class or tranche of notes. |
An early redemption event for one series, class or tranche of notes will not necessarily be an early redemption event for any other series, class or tranche of notes.
For a more complete description of early redemption events, see “The Notes—Redemption and Early Redemption of Notes” and “—Early Redemption Events.”
Upon the occurrence of an early redemption event for any series, class or tranche of notes, those notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest and principal each month, subject to the conditions outlined in “The Notes—Redemption and Early Redemption of Notes” and “—Early Redemption Events.”
The events of default for the notes are described in “The Notes—Events of Default.” Some events of default result in an automatic acceleration of the notes of the affected series, class or tranche, and others result in the right of the indenture trustee or the holders of the affected series, class or tranche of notes to demand acceleration after an affirmative vote by holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of the affected series, class or tranche.
An event of default for one series, class or tranche of notes will not necessarily be an event of default for any other series, class or tranche of notes.
For a description of the remedies upon an event of default, see “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies.”
It is not an event of default if COMET fails to redeem a class or tranche of notes because it does not have sufficient funds available or if payment of the note is delayed because that class or tranche is necessary to provide required subordination for a senior class of notes.
Upon the occurrence of an event of default and acceleration for any series, class or tranche of notes, those notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest and principal each month, subject to the conditions outlined in “The Notes—Events of Default” and “—Events of Default Remedies.”
Shared Excess Finance Charge Amounts
The Card series notes will be included in “excess finance charge sharing group A.” In addition to the Card series notes, COMET may issue other series of notes that are included in excess finance charge sharing group A.
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To the extent that Card series finance charge amounts are available after all required applications of those amounts as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts,” those excess Card series finance charge amounts will be applied to cover shortfalls in finance charge amounts for other series of notes in excess finance charge sharing group A and other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust or other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET. In addition, the Card series notes may receive the benefits of excess finance charge amounts from other series of notes in excess finance charge sharing group A, other series of notes outside of excess finance charge sharing group A, and from other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust or other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET to the extent finance charge amounts for such other series are not needed for those series.
See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Shared Excess Finance Charge Amounts,” “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General” and “—Deposit and Application of Funds in COMET.”
Shared Excess Principal Amounts
To the extent that Card series principal amounts are available after all required applications of those amounts as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts,” those excess principal amounts will be applied to cover shortfalls in principal amounts for other series of notes secured by COMET’s assets. In addition, the Card series notes may receive the benefits of excess principal amounts from other series of notes secured by COMET’s assets, and other series of investor certificates issued by master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities that have transferred a collateral certificate to COMET, to the extent the principal amounts for such other series are not needed for such series.
See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Shared Excess Principal Amounts,” “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General” and “—Deposit and Application of Funds in COMET.”
The sole source of payment for principal of or interest on a series, class or tranche of notes is provided by:
• | the portion of principal amounts and finance charge amounts received by COMET under the collateral certificates and receivables securing that series, class or tranche of notes and available to that series, class or tranche of notes after giving effect to any reallocations, payments and deposits; |
• | funds in the applicable COMET trust accounts for that series, class or tranche of notes; |
• | payments received under any applicable derivative agreement for that series, class or tranche of notes; and |
• | payments received under any applicable supplemental credit enhancement agreement or any supplemental liquidity agreement for that series, class or tranche of notes. |
A noteholder will have no recourse to any other assets of COMET or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on that noteholder’s series, class or tranche of notes.
If there is a sale of assets (i) if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of the transferor for the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration of a class or tranche of notes, or (iii) on the applicable legal maturity date for the related class or tranche of notes, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” following that sale the affected noteholders generally will have recourse only to their allocable share of the proceeds of that sale, investment earnings on the proceeds of that sale and any funds previously deposited in any applicable issuing entity trust account for those noteholders.
The notes offered by this prospectus will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess of that amount.
Registration, Clearance and Settlement
The notes offered by this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement will be registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, and purchasers of those notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of those notes in definitive paper form except under limited circumstances. Owners of those notes may elect to hold their notes through The Depository Trust Company in the United States or through Clearstream Banking or the Euroclear system in Europe. Transfers will be made in accordance with the rules and operating procedures of those clearing systems. See “The Notes—Book-Entry Notes.”
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The risk factors disclosed in this section and in the accompanying prospectus supplement describe the principal risk factors of an investment in the notes. You should consider the following risk factors before you decide whether or not to purchase the notes.
Some interests could have priority over the master trust trustee’s interest in the receivables or the indenture trustee’s interest in the COMT collateral certificate, which could cause delayed or reduced payments to you.
Representations and warranties are made that the master trust trustee has a perfected interest in the receivables and that the indenture trustee has a perfected interest in the COMT collateral certificate. If any of these representations and warranties were found not to be true, however, payments to you could be delayed or reduced.
The transaction documents permit liens for municipal or other local taxes to have priority over the master trust trustee’s perfected interest in the receivables. If any of these tax liens were to arise, or if other interests in the receivables or the COMT collateral certificate were found to have priority over those of the master trust trustee or the indenture trustee, you could suffer a loss on your investment.
If a conservator, a receiver, or a bankruptcy trustee were appointed for the bank, Capital One Funding, the master trust, or COMET, and if the administrative expenses of the conservator, the receiver, or the bankruptcy trustee were found to relate to the receivables, the COMT collateral certificate, or the transaction documents, those expenses could be paid from collections on the receivables before the master trust trustee or the indenture trustee receives any payments, which could result in losses on your investment. See“Risk Factors—The conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy, or insolvency of the bank, Capital One Funding, the master trust, COMET, or any of their affiliates could result in accelerated, delayed, or reduced payments to you.”
The master trust trustee and the indenture trustee may not have a perfected interest in collections commingled by the servicer with its own funds or in interchange commingled by the bank with its own funds, which could cause delayed or reduced payments to you.
The servicer is obligated to deposit collections into the collection account no later than the second business day after the date of processing for those collections. If conditions specified in the transaction documents are met, however, the servicer is permitted to hold all collections received during a monthly period and to make only a single deposit of those collections on the following distribution date. In addition, the bank always is permitted to make only a single transfer of all interchange received during a monthly period on the following distribution date. For further details regarding these arrangements, including the conditions that must be met, see“The Master Trust—Application of Collections.”
All collections that the servicer is permitted to hold are commingled with its other funds and used for its own benefit. See“The Master Trust—Master Trust Collection Account.” Similarly, all interchange that the bank receives prior to the related distribution date is commingled with its other funds and used for its own benefit. The master trust trustee and the indenture trustee may not have a perfected interest in these amounts, and thus payments to you could be delayed or reduced if the servicer or the bank were to enter conservatorship or receivership, were to become insolvent, or were to fail to perform its obligations under the transaction documents.
The conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy, or insolvency of the bank, Capital One Funding, the master trust, COMET, or any of their affiliates could result in accelerated, delayed, or reduced payments to you.
The bank is a national banking association, and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). If certain events were to occur involving the bank’s financial condition or the propriety of its actions, the FDIC could be appointed as conservator or receiver for the bank and, in that capacity, could exercise broad powers over the bank and its assets, obligations, and operations.
Prior to August 1, 2002, the bank transferred receivables directly to the master trust trustee. Since August 1, 2002, receivables have been transferred by the bank to Capital One Funding and by Capital One Funding to the master trust trustee.
Each transfer of receivables by the bank is treated by the bank as a sale for legal purposes. The FDIC or other interested parties, however, could take the position that any of these transfers constitutes only the grant of a security interest under applicable law, that the bank continues to own the receivables, and that the FDIC as conservator or receiver for the bank should control and administer the receivables.
Under the current version of the FDIC’s regulation on securitization transactions, the FDIC has surrendered its rights to reclaim, recover, or recharacterize a depository institution’s transfer of financial assets (such as the receivables) with respect to obligations of a revolving trust or a master trust if:
• | one or more obligations were issued by the trust as of September 27, 2010; |
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• | the transfer satisfied specified conditions for sale accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles in effect for reporting periods before November 15, 2009; |
• | the transfer involved a securitization of the financial assets; |
• | the depository institution received adequate consideration for the transfer; and |
• | the financial assets were not transferred fraudulently, in contemplation of the depository institution’s insolvency, or with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the depository institution or its creditors. |
Each transfer of receivables by the bank has been intended to satisfy all of these conditions.
If any of these conditions were found not to have been met, the FDIC’s rights to reclaim, recover, or recharacterize the bank’s transfer of receivables would not be restricted. Under such circumstances, the FDIC may also have the right to recover payments made on the notes. The FDIC may not be subject to an express time limit in deciding whether to exercise any of these rights, and a delay by the FDIC in making a decision could result in losses on your investment. If the FDIC were successful in exercising any of these rights, moreover, you may not be entitled under applicable law to the full amount of your damages. A statutory injunction would prevent the master trust trustee, the indenture trustee, and the noteholders from collecting payments or exercising any of their other rights, remedies, and interests for up to 90 days, unless the FDIC consents to such actions.
Even if the referenced conditions in the FDIC’s regulation were satisfied and the FDIC did not reclaim, recover, or recharacterize the bank’s transfers of receivables, distributions to you could be adversely affected if the bank entered conservatorship or receivership.
In addition to the statutory injunction, the FDIC may be able to obtain a judicial stay of any action to collect payments under or otherwise enforce the transaction documents, the COMT collateral certificate, or the notes for up to 90 days. Further, the FDIC may require that its claims process be followed before payments on the receivables or the COMT collateral certificate are released. The delay caused by any of these actions could result in losses to you.
The FDIC, moreover, may have the power to choose whether or not the terms of the transaction documents will continue to apply. Thus, regardless of what the transaction documents provide, the FDIC could:
• | authorize the bank to assign or to stop performing its obligations under the transaction documents, including its obligations to service the receivables, to make payments or deposits, to repurchase receivables, or to provide administrative services for Capital One Funding or COMET; |
• | prevent the appointment of a successor servicer or the appointment of a successor provider of administrative services for Capital One Funding or COMET; |
• | alter the terms on which the bank continues to service the receivables, to provide administrative services for Capital One Funding or COMET, or to perform its other obligations under the transaction documents, including the amount or the priority of the fees paid to the bank; |
• | prevent or limit the commencement of an early amortization period or an early redemption of the notes, or instead do the opposite and require those to commence; |
• | prevent or limit the early liquidation of the receivables or the COMT collateral certificate and the termination of the master trust or COMET, or instead do the opposite and require those to occur; or |
• | prevent or limit continued transfers of receivables or continued distributions on the COMT collateral certificate, or instead do the opposite and require those to continue. |
If any of these events were to occur, payments to you could be accelerated, delayed, or reduced. In addition, these events could result in other parties to the transaction documents being excused from performing their obligations, which could cause further losses on your investment. Distributions to you also could be adversely affected if the FDIC were to argue that any term of the transaction documents violates applicable regulatory requirements.
Capital One Funding is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank. Certain banking laws and regulations may apply not only to the bank but to its subsidiaries as well. If Capital One Funding were found to have violated any of these laws or regulations, you could suffer a loss on your investment.
In the receivership of an unrelated national bank, the FDIC successfully argued to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that certain of its rights and powers extended to a statutory trust formed and owned by that national bank in connection with a securitization of credit card receivables. If the bank were to enter conservatorship or receivership, the FDIC could argue that its rights and powers extend to Capital One Funding, the master trust, or COMET. If the FDIC were to take this position and seek to repudiate or otherwise affect the rights of the master trust trustee, the indenture trustee, or the noteholders under any transaction document, losses to you could result.
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In addition, no assurance can be given that the FDIC would not attempt to exercise control over the receivables, the COMT collateral certificate, or the other assets of Capital One Funding, the master trust, or COMET on an interim or a permanent basis. If this were to occur, payments to you could be delayed or reduced.
TheDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the“Dodd-Frank Act”) grants additional authorities and responsibilities to existing regulatory agencies to identify and address emerging systemic risks posed by the activities of financial services firms, including a new system for the orderly liquidation of certain systemically significant financial entities. In such a liquidation, the FDIC would be appointed as receiver and would have powers similar to those it has as receiver for a bank under the insolvency provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Because the legislation remains subject to clarification through FDIC regulations and has yet to be applied by the FDIC in any receivership, it is unclear exactly what impact these provisions will have on any particular company, including Capital One Funding, the master trust, and COMET.
Capital One Funding, the master trust, and COMET have been established so as to minimize the risk that any of them would become insolvent or enter bankruptcy. Still, each of them may be eligible to file for bankruptcy or to be placed into receivership under the orderly liquidation authority provisions of theDodd-Frank Act, and no assurance can be given that the risk of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership has been eliminated. If Capital One Funding, the master trust, or COMET were to become insolvent or were to enter bankruptcy or receivership, you could suffer a loss on your investment. Risks also exist that, if Capital One Funding, the master trust, or COMET were to enter bankruptcy or receivership, any of the others and its assets (including the receivables or the COMT collateral certificate) would be treated as part of the bankruptcy or receivership estate.
Regardless of any decision made by the FDIC or any ruling made by a court, moreover, the mere fact that the bank, Capital One Funding, the master trust, COMET, or any of their affiliates has become insolvent or has entered conservatorship, receivership, or bankruptcy could have an adverse effect on the value of the receivables and the COMT collateral certificate and on the liquidity and the value of the notes.
There also may be other possible effects of a conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy, or insolvency of the bank, Capital One Funding, the master trust, COMET, or any of their affiliates that could result in delays or reductions in payments to you.
Regulatory action could result in losses or delays in payment.
The bank is regulated and supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the FDIC. Beginning in July 2011, the bank and other credit card issuers became subject to regulation and oversight by a new governmental agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). See“Financial regulatory reforms could have a significant impact on COMET, the master trust, Capital One Funding, or the bank.” These regulatory authorities, as well as others, have broad powers of enforcement over the bank and its affiliates.
If any of these regulatory authorities were to conclude that an obligation under the transaction documents constituted an unsafe or unsound practice or violated any law, regulation, written condition, or agreement applicable to the bank or its affiliates, that regulatory authority may have the power to order the bank or the related affiliate, among other things, to rescind the transaction document, to refuse to perform the obligation, to terminate that activity, to amend the terms of the obligation, or to take any other action considered appropriate by that authority. In addition, the bank or the related affiliate may not be liable to you for contractual or other damages for complying with such a regulatory order, and you may not be able to make a claim against the regulatory authority. Therefore, if such a regulatory order were issued, payments to you could be accelerated, delayed, or reduced.
In one case, the OCC issued a cease and desist order against a national banking association that was found to have been servicing credit card receivables on terms that were inconsistent with safe and sound banking practices. That order required the financial institution to cease performing its duties as servicer within approximately 120 days, to immediately withhold and segregate funds from collections for payment of its servicing fee (despite the priority of payments in the securitization documents and the perfected security interest of the related trust in those funds), and to increase its servicing fee percentage above that specified in the securitization documents. The bank has no reason to believe that its servicing arrangements are contrary to safe and sound banking practices or otherwise violate any law, regulation, written condition, or agreement applicable to the bank or its affiliates. If a regulatory authority were to conclude otherwise, however, you could suffer a loss on your investment.
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Certain events affecting or involving other parties to the transactions could result in accelerated, delayed, or reduced payments to you.
Other parties to the transactions, such as subservicers, may have material roles. In addition, funds to make payments on the notes may be supplied by derivative counterparties, supplemental enhancement providers, or supplemental liquidity providers. If any of these parties were to enter conservatorship, receivership, or bankruptcy or were to become insolvent, payments to you could be accelerated, delayed, or reduced.
Changes to consumer protection laws, including in their application or interpretation, may impede origination or collection efforts, change cardholder use patterns, or alter timing and amount of collections, any of which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payment on your notes.
Credit card receivables that do not comply with consumer protection laws may not be valid or enforceable under their terms against the obligors of those credit card receivables.
Federal and state consumer protection laws regulate the creation and enforcement of consumer loans, including credit card receivables. Congress, the states, and regulatory agencies could further regulate the credit card and consumer credit industry in ways that (i) make it more difficult for the bank to originate additional accounts or for the servicer to collect payments on the receivables, (ii) reduce the finance charges and other fees that the bank or its affiliates can charge on credit card account balances, resulting in reduced collections, or (iii) cause cardholders to reduce their credit card usage.
For instance, in May of 2009, Congress enacted the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the “CARD Act”). The CARD Act, as modified by a series of implementing rules, amends the federal Truth-in-Lending Act to require certain disclosures and impose certain substantive requirements relating to, among other things, marketing, underwriting, pricing, and billing practices. Among other things, the CARD Act and its implementing rules prevent increases in the annual percentage rate (“APR”) on outstanding balances except under limited circumstances, require creditors to allocate payments in excess of the minimum payment first to the portion of the balance with the highest outstanding rate, and then to the remaining balances in descending interest rate order, require that an APR increase resulting from an account being past due be reduced if payments are timely made for six consecutive months after the APR increase, and require card issuers to review accounts at least every six months when an APR has been increased to determine whether the APR should be reduced. In addition, the CARD Act and its implementing rules impose certain restrictions on increases to penalty fees and require penalty fees to be “reasonable” and “proportional” to the cardholder’s violation of the account terms.
As a result of the consumer protection laws and regulations currently in effect, any consumer protection laws or regulations subsequently enacted or implemented, and changes in their regulatory application or judicial interpretation, the finance charges and other fees that the bank as owner of the accounts can charge on credit card account balances may be reduced and may reduce the effective yield of revolving credit card accounts, and a pay out event or an early redemption event could occur and could result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes. While these laws are generally directed at consumer transactions, it is possible that they could impact small business lending as well. See“The Master Trust—Pay Out Events,” “The Notes—Early Redemption Events” and “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Consumer Protection Laws.”
Congress, the states and regulatory agencies, including but not limited to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the CFPB, also could further regulate the credit card and consumer credit industry in ways that make it more difficult for the bank to originate additional accounts or for the servicer to collect payments on the receivables, that reduce the finance charges and other fees that the bank as owner of the accounts can charge on credit card account balances, or that cause cardholders to decrease their use of credit cards. See“Financial regulatory reforms could have a significant impact on COMET, the master trust, Capital One Funding, or the bank.”
The bank makes representations and warranties about its compliance with legal requirements. The bank also makes certain representations and warranties in the receivables purchase agreement about the validity and enforceability of the accounts and the receivables. However, neither the master trust trustee nor the indenture trustee will examine the receivables or the records about the receivables for the purpose of establishing the presence or absence of defects, compliance with such representations and warranties, or for any other purpose. If any such representation or warranty is breached, the only remedy is that the applicable transferor or the servicer must accept the transfer and reassignment of the receivables affected by the breach.
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Financial regulatory reforms could have a significant impact on COMET, the master trust, Capital One Funding, or the bank.
In response to the financial crisis Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act, which was signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act provides for the creation of new federal regulatory agencies, and grants additional authorities and responsibilities to existing regulatory agencies, to identify and address emerging systemic risks posed by the activities of financial services firms. The Dodd-Frank Act also provides for, among other things, enhanced regulation of derivatives and asset-backed securities, restrictions on executive compensation, heightened capital and liquidity requirements for banks, and enhanced oversight of credit rating agencies. The Dodd-Frank Act also limits the ability of federal laws to preempt state and local consumer laws. Several examples of new regulations being implemented, in whole or in part, under the Dodd-Frank Act are set forth below.
The Dodd-Frank Act established the CFPB to regulate the offering of consumer financial products or services under federal consumer financial laws. In addition, the CFPB was granted general authority to prevent covered persons or service providers from committing or engaging in unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices under federal law in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product or service, or the offering of a consumer financial product or service. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, on July 21, 2011, certain federal consumer financial protection statutes and related regulatory authority were transferred to the CFPB. Consequently, certain federal consumer financial laws including, but not limited to, the Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, Fair Credit Reporting, and Electronic Fund Transfer Acts, will be enforced by the CFPB, subject to certain statutory limitations.
On August 27, 2014, the SEC adopted final rules that significantly modify the existing regulations that govern disclosure requirements, offering processes and periodic reporting for asset-backed securities, including those offered under the bank’s credit card securitization program. The new rules will change the disclosure requirements and offering process for credit card securitizations and the eligibility criteria for shelf registration statements for securitizations that are initially offered and sold on or after November 23, 2015. Among other changes, the final rules will require a certification from the chief executive officer of the depositor concerning the disclosure contained in the prospectus and the structure of the securitization at the time of each offering from a shelf registration statement, and appointment of an asset representations reviewer to review assets that are sixty (60) or more days delinquent for compliance with related representations and warranties in the related underlying transaction agreements when delinquency rates rise above a certain level and when a requisite percentage of investors vote to conduct such a review. The adopted rules were originally proposed on April 7, 2010 and re-proposed on July 26, 2011. A number of rules proposed by the SEC in 2010 and 2011, such as requiring group-level data for the underlying assets in credit card securitizations, were not adopted in the final rulemaking but may be implemented by the SEC in the future. We are still assessing the impact of the new rules, and the possibility of continued rulemaking, on the bank’s credit card securitization program.
On October 21 and 22, 2014, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FDIC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the OCC, and the SEC approved a final risk retention rule that generally mandates a minimum five percent risk retention requirement for securitizations, including credit card securitizations, that are issued on or after December 24, 2016. We believe that the Master Trust Transferor Interest retained by the transferor satisfies the definition of seller’s interest in the final U.S. risk retention rule and expect to comply with U.S. risk retention requirements through retention by the transferor of an interest in the Master Trust Transferor Interest, exclusively or in combination with one or more offsetting horizontal retention interests, as permitted by the final U.S. risk retention rule.
On August 31, 2011, the SEC issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking relating to the exemptions from the status as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 relied upon by the master trust and COMET. At this time, we cannot predict what form the related final rules will take, whether the exemptions that the master trust and COMET rely on will continue to be available or whether new and prohibitive conditions to reliance on the exemptions will be included in such final rules.
Many of the provisions under the Dodd-Frank Act have begun to be phased in or will be phased in over the next several months or years and will be subject both to further rulemaking and the discretion of applicable regulatory bodies; the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act will depend significantly upon the content and implementation of the rules and regulations issued on its mandate. It is not yet clear how the Dodd-Frank Act and its associated rules and regulations will impact the asset-backed securities market and credit card lending generally, and COMET, the master trust, Capital One Funding, or the bank and their respective businesses and assets specifically. No assurance can be given that the new standards or their implementation will not have a material adverse impact on COMET, the master trust, Capital One Funding, or the bank, including on the level of receivables held in the master trust, the servicing of those receivables, or the amount of notes issued in the future.
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Changes to federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws may impede collection efforts or alter timing and amount of collections, which may result in reduction in payment on your notes.
If a cardholder sought protection under federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws, a court could reduce or discharge completely the cardholder’s obligations to repay amounts due on its revolving credit card account. As a result, the related credit card receivables arising in that credit card account would be written off as uncollectible. While these protections primarily apply to consumer cardholders, they may also serve to protect small businesses cardholders who file for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or similar state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws. You could suffer a loss if no funds are available from credit enhancement or other sources and finance charge amounts allocated to the notes are insufficient to cover the applicable default amount. See “The Master Trust—Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries.”
Competition in the credit card industry may result in a decline in ability to generate new receivables. This may result in reduced payment of principal or receipt of principal earlier or later than expected.
The credit card industry is highly competitive. As new credit card companies enter the market and companies try to expand their market share, effective advertising, target marketing and pricing strategies grow in importance. The bank’s ability to compete in this environment will affect its ability to generate new receivables and might also affect payment patterns on the receivables. If the rate at which the bank generates new receivables declines significantly, the bank may become unable to transfer additional receivables or designate additional credit card accounts to Capital One Funding and a pay out event for the COMT collateral certificate or an early redemption event for your notes could occur, resulting in payment of principal sooner than expected or in reduced amounts. If the rate at which the bank generates new receivables decreases significantly at a time when noteholders are scheduled to receive principal, noteholders might receive principal more slowly than planned or in reduced amounts.
Variations in cardholder payment patterns may result in reduced payment of principal or receipt of payment of principal earlier or later than expected.
Principal amounts available to your notes on any principal payment date or available to make deposits into an issuing entity trust account when required will depend on many factors, including:
• | the rate of repayment of credit card balances by cardholders, which may be slower or faster than expected, may cause payment on the notes to be earlier or later than expected; |
• | the extent to which cardholders use their cards, and the creation of additional credit card receivables; and |
• | the rate of default by cardholders. |
Changes in payment patterns and credit card usage result from a variety of economic, competitive, social and legal factors. Economic factors include the rate of inflation, unemployment levels and relative interest rates. Incentive or other award programs may also affect cardholders’ actions. Social factors include consumer confidence levels, business confidence and spending, and the public’s attitude about the use of credit cards and incurring debt and the consequences of personal bankruptcy. Moreover, adverse changes in economic conditions in states where cardholders are located, terrorist acts against the United States or other nations, the commencement of hostilities between the United States and a foreign nation or nations or natural disasters could have a direct impact on the timing and amount of payments on your notes. We cannot predict how these or other factors will affect repayment patterns or card use and, consequently, the timing and amount of payments on your notes. Any reductions in the amount or timing of interest or principal payments will reduce the amount available for distribution on the notes.
Allocations of default amounts on principal receivables and reallocation of principal amounts could result in a reduction in payment on your notes.
The bank, as master trust servicer, or any other servicer of assets or receivables related to or in the master trust, will write off the principal receivables arising in accounts in the related portfolio if the principal receivables become uncollectible. Notes will be allocated a portion of these default amounts on principal receivables for collateral certificates and receivables included in the assets securing the notes. In addition, principal amounts otherwise allocable to subordinated notes may be reallocated to pay interest on senior classes of notes or to pay a portion of the servicing fee allocated to your series of notes. You may not receive full repayment of your notes and full payment of interest due if the nominal liquidation amount of your notes has been reduced by charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount on principal receivables allocated to your notes or as the result of reallocations of principal amounts to pay interest or a portion of the servicing fee allocable to your series of notes, and those amounts have not been reimbursed from subsequently received finance charge amounts. For a discussion of nominal liquidation amount, see “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount.”
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The note interest rate and the receivables interest rates may re-set at different times or fluctuate differently, resulting in a delay or reduction in payments on your notes.
Credit card accounts will have finance charges set at either a variable rate based on a designated index (for example, the prime rate) or a fixed rate. A series, class or tranche of notes may bear interest either at a fixed rate or at a floating rate based on either the same index as some or all of the accounts or a different index. If the rate charged on variable credit card accounts declines, collections of finance charge receivables allocated to the collateral certificate may be reduced without a corresponding reduction in the amounts payable as interest on the notes and other amounts paid from collections of finance charge receivables allocated to that series, class or tranche of notes. In addition, if the rate of interest for a series, class or tranche of notes increases and there is not a corresponding increase in the rate charged on the credit card accounts, collections of finance charge receivables allocated to the collateral certificate may not increase enough to pay interest on the notes. This could result in delayed or reduced principal and interest payments to you.
Issuance of additional notes may affect your voting rights and the timing and amount of payments to you.
COMET expects to issue notes from time to time. COMET may also “reopen” or later issue additional notes in your tranche of Card series notes. New notes may be issued without notice to existing noteholders, and without your or their consent, and may have different terms from outstanding notes. For a description of the conditions that must be satisfied before COMET can issue new notes, see“The Notes—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes.”
The issuance of new notes could adversely affect the timing and amount of payments on outstanding notes. For example, for a multiple tranche series, if notes in your series issued after your notes have a higher interest rate than your notes, finance charge amounts available to pay interest on your notes could be reduced. Also, when new notes are issued, the voting rights of your notes will be diluted. See“—You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture and a master trust pooling agreement. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive payment of principal on the expected principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive early payment of principal” below.
Issuance of additional master trust investor certificates may affect your voting rights and the timing and amount of payments to you.
The master trust may issue new investor certificates from time to time. New master trust investor certificates may be issued without notice to existing noteholders, and without your or their consent, and may have different terms from outstanding master trust investor certificates. For a description of the conditions that must be satisfied before the master trust can issue new investor certificates, see“The Master Trust—New Issuances.”
The issuance of additional master trust investor certificates, including collateral certificates, could also adversely affect the timing and amount of payments on outstanding notes. When new master trust investor certificates, including collateral certificates, are issued, the voting rights of your notes will be diluted. See“—You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture and a master trust pooling agreement. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive payment of principal on the expected principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive early payment of principal” below.
The composition of the assets securing your notes may change, which may decrease the credit quality of the assets securing your notes. If this occurs, your receipt of payments of principal and interest may be reduced, delayed or accelerated.
Initially, the primary asset in COMET will be the COMT collateral certificate. At any time another collateral certificate may be added to COMET. We cannot guarantee that new assets will be of the same credit quality as the COMT collateral certificate. At all times, COMET’s assets will consist only of collateral certificates backed by credit card receivables. The credit card receivables in the master trust will be generated by revolving credit card accounts owned by the bank or an affiliate.
The bank or its affiliates may choose, or may be required, to transfer additional assets to COMET. In addition, if an additional collateral certificate were added to COMET, principal amounts and other amounts treated as principal amounts received on that collateral certificate not allocated to noteholders and not required to be deposited to a principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount for the benefit of a series,
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class or tranche of notes or used to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the servicing fee allocated to that series, need not be reinvested in that collateral certificate, but instead may be (1) invested or reinvested in another collateral certificate included or to be included in COMET or (2) paid to the transferor or transferors. The invested amount of an existing collateral certificate included in COMET, such as the COMT collateral certificate, may also be increased and additional collateral certificates may be transferred to COMET without the payment of cash. New assets included in COMET, either through a designation for inclusion of assets or the reinvestment of principal amounts and other amounts treated as principal amounts, may have characteristics, terms and conditions that are different from those of the COMT collateral certificate and may be of different credit quality due to differences in underwriting criteria and payment terms.
The occurrence of a pay out event for a collateral certificate will result in the early amortization of that collateral certificate. The occurrence of such pay out event or early amortization of that collateral certificate may cause an early redemption of all the notes, even if COMET has another collateral certificate.
The applicable transferor or transferors, on behalf of COMET, will direct the reinvestment of collections on the assets included in COMET over time. Reinvestment may result in increases or decreases in the relative amounts of different types of assets included in COMET. In addition, there is no obligation on the part of a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET to increase the invested amount of that collateral certificate. If the credit quality of COMET’s assets were to deteriorate, your receipt of principal and interest payments may be reduced, delayed or accelerated. See“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes.”
Addition of credit card receivables to the master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities or COMET may decrease the credit quality of the assets securing the repayment of your notes. If this occurs, your receipt of payments of principal and interest may be reduced, delayed or accelerated.
The assets of a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity, and therefore, the assets allocated to certain collateral certificates held by COMET, may change each day. The bank or an affiliate may choose, or may be required, to transfer additional receivables to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity. The accounts from which those additional receivables arise may have terms and conditions that are different from the terms and conditions that apply to the accounts whose receivables are already included in that master trust or securitization special purpose entity. For example, the new accounts may have higher or lower fees or interest rates, or different payment terms. In addition, the bank or an affiliate may transfer the receivables in accounts purchased by the bank or the affiliate to a master trust if certain conditions are satisfied. Those accounts purchased by the bank or the affiliate will have been originated using the account originator’s underwriting criteria, not those of the bank or the affiliate. That account originator’s underwriting criteria may be different than those of the bank or the affiliate. Also, the bank or an affiliate may transfer to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity receivables that arise in accounts that may have been originated by the bank or an affiliate using different credit criteria from the criteria applied by the bank or an affiliate for the accounts whose receivables are currently transferred to that master trust or securitization special purpose entity. We cannot guarantee that new accounts will be of the same credit quality as or have performance characteristics similar to the accounts currently or historically designated to have their receivables transferred to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity. If the credit quality or performance of the receivables transferred to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity were to deteriorate and a collateral certificate issued by that master trust or securitization special purpose entity were included in the assets securing your notes, or if the credit quality of receivables transferred to COMET were to deteriorate, your receipt of principal and interest payments may be reduced, delayed or accelerated. See“The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General—Addition of Assets.”
You will not be notified of, nor will you have any right to consent to, the addition of any receivables in additional accounts to the master trust or any other applicable securitization special purpose entity, or the addition of any additional collateral certificates to COMET.
The bank and its affiliates may not be able to generate new receivables or designate new accounts or maintain or increase the size of a collateral certificate when required. This inability could result in an acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes.
COMET’s ability to make payments on the notes will be impaired if sufficient new receivables are not generated by the bank or its affiliates. Because of regulatory restrictions or for other reasons, the bank or its affiliates may be prevented from generating sufficient new receivables, or may be prevented from designating new accounts, to add to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity or to COMET. Neither the bank nor its affiliates guarantee that new receivables will be created, that any receivables will be transferred to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity, that the size of the collateral certificates transferred to COMET will be maintained or that receivables will be repaid at a particular time or with a particular pattern.
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The pooling agreement provides that the transferor must transfer additional receivables to the master trust if the total amount of principal receivables in the master trust falls below the master trust required principal balance or if the master trust transferor interest falls below the master trust required transferor interest. There is no guarantee that the transferor will have enough receivables to transfer to the master trust. If the transferor does not make an addition of receivables to the master trust when it is required to do so by the pooling agreement, a pay out event will occur for the COMT collateral certificate, which could result in an acceleration of or a reduction in payments on your notes. See“The Master Trust—Addition of Master Trust Assets,” “—Pay Out Events” and “The Notes—Early Redemption Events.”
The bank offers accounts with introductory rates, which are generally at low levels during an initial period and which generally rise to higher rates after the initial period expires. Accounts having this introductory rate feature are subject to a significant risk of attrition when the introductory rate expires because accountholders that were initially attracted by the low introductory rates may decide to transfer account balances to other credit card accounts having a lower periodic rate. Although the bank has developed methodologies to retain these accounts after expiration of the initial period, there can be no assurance that attrition in these accounts will not be significant.
The bank or its affiliates may change the terms of the accounts in a way that reduces or slows collections. These changes may result in reduced, accelerated or delayed payments to you.
As owners of the accounts, the bank and its affiliates retain the right to change various terms and conditions of those accounts, including finance charges and other fees they charge and the required minimum monthly payment. A pay out event for a collateral certificate or early redemption event for the notes could occur if the bank or its affiliates decreased the finance charges or fees they charge and that reduction resulted in a material decrease in the yield on the receivables arising in those accounts. In addition, the bank or its affiliates may change the terms of those accounts to maintain their competitive positions in the industry. Changes in the terms of those accounts may reduce (1) the amount of receivables arising under those accounts, (2) the amount of collections on those receivables, (3) the size of a collateral certificate issued by a master trust or securitization special purpose entity to which those accounts have been designated to have their receivables transferred or (4) the amount of collections allocated to a collateral certificate. If payment rates decrease significantly at a time when you are scheduled to receive payments of principal, you might receive principal more slowly than expected.
Unless required to do so by applicable law, the bank and its affiliates may not change the terms of the accounts designated to have their receivables transferred to a master trust or securitization special purpose entity or its policies relating to the operation of their credit card businesses, including the reduction of the required minimum monthly payment and the calculation of the amount or the timing of finance charges, other fees and charge-offs, unless the bank or related affiliate reasonably believes such a change would not cause a pay out event to occur for the related collateral certificates or an early redemption event to occur for the notes, and the bank or related affiliate takes the same action on its other substantially similar revolving credit card accounts, to the extent permitted by those credit card accounts.
The bank and its affiliates have no restrictions on their ability to change the terms of the accounts except as described above or in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Changes in relevant law, changes in the marketplace or prudent business practices could cause the bank or its affiliates to change account terms.
If representations and warranties relating to the master trust receivables are breached, payments on your notes may be reduced.
The transferor makes representations and warranties relating to the validity and enforceability of the receivables arising under the credit card accounts in the master trust portfolio, and as to the perfection and priority of the master trust trustee’s interests in the receivables. The transferor will make similar representations and warranties to the extent that receivables are included as assets of COMET. Prior to the substitution date, the bank made similar representations and warranties regarding the receivables that were transferred by the bank to the master trust. However, the master trust trustee does not and the indenture trustee will not examine the receivables or the related assets for the purpose of determining the presence of defects, compliance with the representations and warranties or for any other purpose.
If a representation or warranty relating to the receivables in the master trust portfolio is violated, the related obligors may have defenses to payment or offset rights, or creditors of the transferor may claim rights to the master trust assets, or to the extent receivables are included as assets of COMET, to the assets of COMET. If a representation or warranty is violated, the transferor, or the bank with respect to receivables transferred to the
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master trust prior to the substitution date, may have an opportunity to cure the violation. If it is unable to cure the violation, subject to certain conditions described under“The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties,” the transferor, or the bank with respect to receivables transferred to the master trust prior to the substitution date, must accept reassignment of each receivable affected by the violation. These reassignments are the only remedy for breaches of representations and warranties, even if your damages exceed your share of the reassignment price. See“The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties.”
There is no public market for the notes. As a result you may be unable to sell your notes or the price of the notes may suffer.
The underwriters of the notes may assist in resales of the notes but they are not required to do so. A secondary market for any notes may not develop. If a secondary market does develop, it might not continue or it might not be sufficiently liquid to allow you to resell any of your notes.
In addition, some notes may have a more limited trading market and experience more price volatility. There may be a limited number of buyers when you decide to sell your notes. This may affect the price you receive for the notes or your ability to sell the notes.
Moreover, events in the financial markets, including increased illiquidity, de-valuation of various assets in secondary markets and the lowering of ratings on certain asset-backed securities, may adversely affect the liquidity and/or reduce the market price of your notes.
You should not purchase notes unless you understand and know you can bear these investment risks.
You may not be able to reinvest any early redemption proceeds from an optional or mandatory redemption in a comparable security.
The servicer or any affiliate of the servicer, has the right, but not the obligation to direct COMET to redeem the notes of any series, class or tranche before its expected principal payment date at any time when the aggregate nominal liquidation amount of that series, class or tranche is less than 5% of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount at any time of that series, class or tranche. See“The Notes—Redemption and Early Redemption of Notes—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus. In addition, the occurrence of certain early redemption events or events of default and acceleration may require repayment of a series, class or tranche of notes prior to the expected principal payment date for certain notes. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Redemption of Notes,” “—Early Redemption Events” and “—Events of Default”in this prospectus. If your notes are redeemed at a time when prevailing interest rates are relatively low, you may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security with an effective interest rate equivalent to that of your notes.
The market value of the notes could decrease if the ratings of the notes are lowered or withdrawn or if there is an unsolicited issuance of a lower rating.
The initial rating of a series, class or tranche of notes addresses the likelihood of the payment of interest on that series, class or tranche of notes when due and the ultimate payment of principal of that note by its legal maturity date. The ratings do not address the likelihood of payment of principal of that series, class or tranche of notes on its expected principal payment date. In addition, the ratings do not address the following:
• | the likelihood that principal or interest on your notes will be prepaid, paid on the expected principal payment date, or paid on any particular date before the legal maturity date of your notes; |
• | the possibility that your notes will be paid early or the possibility of the imposition of United States withholding tax for non-U.S. noteholders (see“The Notes—Early Redemption Events” and“—Events of Default”); |
• | the marketability of the notes or any market price; or |
• | that an investment in the notes is a suitable investment for you. |
The ratings of a series, class or tranche of notes are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell that series, class or tranche of notes. Any rating may be lowered or withdrawn entirely at any time by a rating agency without notice from the bank, Capital One Funding or COMET to noteholders of such change in rating. The market value of that series, class or tranche of notes is likely to decrease if one or more of the ratings are lowered or withdrawn.
Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, information provided to a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (a “hired NRSRO”) for the purpose of assigning or monitoring ratings is required to be made available to any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization (each, a “non-hired NRSRO”) in order to make it possible for such non-hired NRSROs to assign unsolicited ratings. A non-hired NRSRO could choose to
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provide an unsolicited rating on a series, class or tranche of notes at any time, without notice to the bank, Capital One Funding or the issuing entity and that unsolicited rating could be lower than the ratings provided by the hired NRSROs. If a series, class or tranche of notes has received an unsolicited rating that is lower than the other ratings of such series, class or tranche of notes, the market value of that series, class or tranche of notes could decrease. In addition, if there is a failure to make available to any non-hired NRSRO any information provided to any hired NRSRO for the purpose of assigning or monitoring ratings, any hired NRSRO could withdraw its rating, which could adversely affect the market value of that series, class or tranche of notes.
You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture and a master trust pooling agreement. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive payment of principal on the expected principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive early payment of principal.
Under the indenture (and any supplement thereto), some actions require the consent of noteholders holding a specified percentage of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of notes of a series, class or tranche or all the notes. These actions include consenting to amendments relating to the collateral certificates securing the notes. In the case of votes by series or votes by holders of all of the notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount of the senior-most class of notes will generally be substantially greater than the outstanding dollar principal amount of the subordinated classes of notes. Consequently, the noteholders of the senior-most class of notes will generally have the ability to determine whether and what actions should be taken. The subordinated noteholders will generally need the concurrence of the senior-most noteholders to cause actions to be taken.
The COMT collateral certificate and each subsequently acquired collateral certificate will be an investor certificate under the applicable trust agreement or pooling agreement, and noteholders will have indirect consent rights under such trust agreement or pooling agreement. See“The Indenture—Voting.” Generally, under a trust agreement or pooling agreement, some actions require the vote of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all of the investor certificates. These actions include consenting to amendments to the applicable trust agreement or pooling agreement. In the case of votes by holders of all of the investor certificates, the outstanding principal amount of the collateral certificate is and may continue to be substantially smaller than the outstanding principal amount of the other series of investor certificates issued by the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity. Consequently, the holders of investor certificates—other than the related collateral certificate—will generally have the ability to determine whether and what actions should be taken. The noteholders, in exercising their voting powers under the related collateral certificate, will generally need the concurrence of the holders of the other investor certificates to cause action to be taken. In addition, for the purposes of any vote to liquidate the assets in a master trust or securitization special purpose entity, the noteholders will be deemed to have voted against any such liquidation.
If an event of default occurs, your remedy options may be limited and you may not receive full payment of principal and accrued interest.
Your remedies may be limited if an event of default affecting your series, class or tranche of notes occurs. After an event of default affecting your series, class or tranche of notes and an acceleration of your notes, any funds in an issuing entity trust account for that series, class or tranche of notes will be applied to pay principal of and interest on that series, class or tranche of notes. Then, in each following month, principal amounts and finance charge amounts will be deposited into the applicable COMET trust accounts and applied to make monthly principal and interest payments on that series, class or tranche of notes until the legal maturity date of that series, class or tranche of notes.
However, prior to the legal maturity date of your notes, if your notes are subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, you generally will receive payment of principal of such notes only if and to the extent that, after giving effect to that payment, the required subordination will be maintained for the senior classes of notes in that series.
Following an event of default and acceleration, holders of the affected notes will have the ability to direct a sale of the assets only under the limited circumstances as described in“The Notes—Events of Default” and“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”
However, following an event of default and acceleration for subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, if the indenture trustee or a majority of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of the affected class or tranche direct the sale of a portion of the assets, the sale will occur only if, after giving effect to that payment, the required subordination will be maintained for the senior notes in that series by the remaining notes or if such sale occurs on the legal maturity date. If principal of or interest on a tranche of notes has not been paid in full on its legal maturity date, the sale will automatically take place on that legal maturity date regardless of the subordination requirements of any senior classes of notes.
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Only some of the assets of COMET are available for payments on any tranche of notes.
The sole sources of payment for principal of and interest on your tranche of notes are provided by:
• | the portion of the principal amounts and finance charge amounts allocated to the Card series available to your tranche of notes after giving effect to any reallocations, payments and deposits for senior notes; |
• | funds in the applicable COMET trust accounts for your tranche of notes; and |
• | payments received under any applicable derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement for your tranche of notes. |
As a result, you must rely only on the particular allocated assets as security for your tranche of notes for repayment of the principal of and interest on your notes. You will not have recourse to any other assets of COMET or any other person or entity for payment of your notes. See“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes.”
In addition, if there is a sale of assets (i) if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of Capital One Funding or any other transferor, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration of a tranche of Card series notes or (iii) on the legal maturity date of a tranche of Card series notes, as described in“Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Sale of Assets” and“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” a tranche of Card series notes has recourse only to its share of the proceeds of that sale allocated to its tranche and any amounts then on deposit in the COMET trust accounts allocated to and held for the benefit of that tranche of Card series notes.
Class A notes, Class B notes or Class C notes of the Card series can lose their subordination under some circumstances, resulting in delayed or reduced payments to you.
Subordinated notes of the Card series may have expected principal payment dates and legal maturity dates earlier than some or all of the notes of the senior classes.
If notes of a subordinated class reach their expected principal payment date at a time when they are needed to provide the required subordination for the senior classes of the Card series and COMET is unable to issue additional notes of that subordinated class or obtain acceptable alternative forms of credit enhancement, prefunding of the senior classes will begin and such subordinated notes will not be paid on their expected principal payment date. The principal funding subaccounts for the senior classes will be prefunded with principal amounts allocated to the Card series in an amount necessary to permit the payment of those subordinated notes while maintaining the required subordination for the senior classes. See“Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account.”
Notes of a subordinated class that have reached their expected principal payment date will not be paid until the remaining subordinated notes provide the required subordination for the senior notes, which payment may be delayed further as other subordinated notes reach their expected principal payment date. The subordinated notes will be paid on their legal maturity date, to the extent that any funds are available for that purpose from proceeds of the sale of assets or otherwise allocable to the subordinated notes, whether or not the senior classes of notes have been fully prefunded.
If the rate of repayment of principal receivables in the master trust or in any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET were to decline during this prefunding period, the principal funding subaccounts for the senior classes of notes may not be fully prefunded before the legal maturity date of the subordinated notes. In that event, and only to the extent not fully prefunded, the senior classes would not have the required subordination beginning on the legal maturity date of those subordinated notes. This will not be cured until additional subordinated notes of that class are issued or a sufficient amount of senior notes have matured so that the remaining outstanding subordinated notes provide the necessary subordination.
The table under“The Master Trust Portfolio—Payment Rates” in Annex I of the accompanying prospectus supplement shows the highest and lowest cardholder monthly payment rates for the master trust portfolio during the periods shown in that table. Payment rates may change due to a variety of factors including economic, social and legal factors, changes in the terms of credit card accounts by the originator of the receivables or the addition of credit card accounts to the master trust or any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET with different characteristics. There can be no assurance that the rate of repayment will remain in this range in the future.
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Yield and payments on the receivables could decrease, resulting in an early redemption event and receipt of principal payments earlier than the expected principal payment date.
There is no assurance that the stated principal amount of your notes will be paid on their expected principal payment date.
A significant decrease in the amount of receivables in the master trust or any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET for any reason could result in an early redemption event and early payment of your notes, as well as decreased protection to you against defaults on the credit card receivables. In addition, the effective yield on the receivables in the master trust or any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET could decrease due to, among other things, a change in periodic finance charges on the accounts, an increase in the level of delinquencies, or an increase in convenience use of cards, whereby cardholders pay their balance in full each month and incur no finance charges. This could reduce the amount of finance charge amounts and the excess spread amount. If the average excess spread amount for any three consecutive calendar months is less than the required excess spread amount for such three months, an early redemption event will occur and could result in an early payment of your notes. See“The Notes—Early Redemption Events.”
Even if a sale of assets is permitted, we can give no assurance that the proceeds of the sale will be enough to pay unpaid principal of and interest on the accelerated notes.
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General Summary of
Operating Documents, Parties and Transferred Assets
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This prospectus uses defined terms. You can find a listing of defined terms in the “Glossary of Defined Terms” beginning on page 125 of this prospectus. Some of the defined terms may be modified as described in the related prospectus supplement.
This section provides a brief overview of the structure described in the chart titled “General Summary of Operating Documents, Parties and Transferred Assets” on the previous page, from the originators of the receivables through the issuance of the Card series notes. This structural overview does not contain all the information you need to make an informed investment decision. You should read this prospectus and accompanying prospectus supplement in their entirety before you purchase any notes.
Owner of Receivables. Capital One Bank (USA), National Association is the owner of certain consumer and small business credit card accounts which give rise to receivables. As the owner of the receivables, the bank transfers certain of such receivables to the transferor, Capital One Funding, under a receivables purchase agreement between the bank and the transferor.
Capital One Master Trust. After it receives the receivables from the bank, Capital One Funding then transfers those receivables to the master trust under the pooling and servicing agreement. Capital One Bank (USA), National Association services the receivables in the master trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon is the trustee for the master trust.
COMT Collateral Certificate. Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, as supplemented by theSeries 2002-CC supplement, the master trust has issued the COMT collateral certificate which represents an undivided interest in the master trust.
Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust. COMET, a Delaware statutory trust, was created pursuant to a trust agreement between Capital One Funding, as beneficiary of COMET, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as owner trustee of COMET. Currently, the primary asset of COMET is the COMT collateral certificate. The COMT collateral certificate was transferred by Capital One Funding to COMET under the transfer and administration agreement. Pursuant to an indenture, as supplemented by an asset pool supplement, each between COMET and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, COMET may issue series of notes secured by the COMT collateral certificate or another collateral certificate that may be added to COMET in the future.
Card Series Notes. Pursuant to the Card series indenture supplement to the indenture, COMET will issue Card series notes that are secured by the COMT collateral certificate. Each issuance of notes will be included in a designated class of the Card series. The class designations—such as Class A, Class B, Class C or Class D—denote, among other things, a class’s relative priority for payments of interest and principal within the Card series. Notes may be issued as part of a designated tranche of a class of Card series notes. Each tranche of Card series notes may have a different maturity date than the other tranches of notes within the same class of Card series notes. Each tranche of Card series notes will be issued pursuant to a terms document, which supplements the Card series indenture supplement.
The net proceeds from the sale of each series, class and tranche of notes will be received by COMET and paid to the transferor and used by the transferor to increase the Invested Amount of a collateral certificate, purchase additional receivables from the bank or its affiliates and for the general purposes of the transferor, including the repayment to the bank of amounts borrowed by the transferor to purchase receivables from the bank.
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association is a national banking association. It is a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) and a member of the Federal Reserve System and its deposits are insured up to applicable limits by the FDIC. Prior to November 22, 1994, the bank conducted its operations as a division of Signet Bank/Virginia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Signet Banking Corporation.
In 2004, the bank amended its Virginia charter which removes restrictions on its activities and therefore permits the bank to engage in a full range of lending, deposit-taking and other activities permissible under Virginia and federal
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banking laws and regulations. The bank currently offers credit card products and takes retail deposits. Consistent with its charter, the bank also can engage in a wide variety of lending and other financial activities. On July 1, 2007, the bank acquired the small business credit card accounts of Capital One, F.S.B. In October 2007, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the Corporation’s application to convert the bank from a Virginia state chartered banking corporation named Capital One Bank regulated primarily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to a national bank organized under the laws of the United States named Capital One Bank (USA), National Association regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The conversion took place on March 1, 2008.
The bank’s main office is currently located at 4851 Cox Road, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060. The bank’s telephone number is (804) 967-1000. For a description of the bank’s credit card portfolio, see “The Capital One Credit Card Portfolio” in “Annex I” of the accompanying prospectus supplement.
The bank (through its predecessor) is one of the oldest continually operating bank card issuers in the United States, having commenced operations in 1953, the same year as the formation of what is now MasterCard.
The master trust was created by Signet Bank in 1993 as Signet Master Trust. See “The Master Trust.” The bank is the sponsor of the issuing entity and the servicer of the assets included in the master trust. In addition to sponsoring the securitization of the credit card receivables in the master trust, the bank or its affiliates is the sponsor of securitizations of other credit card receivables, including receivables generated by small business credit card and international credit card accounts, and other consumer lending products, including installment loans, installment sales contracts and loans for automobiles, light-duty trucks and motorcycles.
Capital One Financial Corporation
Capital One Financial Corporation is a bank holding company, incorporated in Delaware on July 21, 1994, whose subsidiaries market a variety of financial products and services.
On June 16, 2011, the Corporation entered into a purchase and sale agreement with ING Groep N.V., ING Bank N.V., ING Direct N.V. and ING Direct Bancorp (collectively, the “ING sellers”), pursuant to which the Corporation would acquire substantially all of the ING sellers’ ING Direct business in the United States. The transaction was completed on February 17, 2012. None of the receivables currently in the Master Trust Portfolio were originated by any of the ING sellers.
On August 10, 2011, the Corporation entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with HSBC Finance Corporation, HSBC USA Inc. and HSBC Technology and Services (USA) Inc. (collectively, the “HSBC sellers”), pursuant to which the Corporation would acquire assets and assume liabilities of the HSBC sellers’ credit card and private label credit card business in the United States (other than the HSBC Bank USA, National Association consumer credit card program and certain other retained assets and liabilities). The transaction was completed on May 1, 2012. None of the receivables currently in the Master Trust Portfolio were originated by any of the HSBC sellers.
Interchange Litigation
In 2005, a number of entities, each purporting to represent a class of retail merchants, filed antitrust lawsuits (the “Interchange Lawsuits”) against MasterCard and Visa and several member banks, including the Corporation and its subsidiaries, including the bank, alleging among other things, that the defendants conspired to fix the level of interchange fees. The complaints seek injunctive relief and civil monetary damages, which could be trebled. Separately, a number of large merchants have asserted similar claims against Visa and MasterCard only. In October 2005, the class and merchant Interchange Lawsuits were consolidated before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for certain purposes, including discovery. In July 2012, the parties executed and filed with the court a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to resolve the litigation on certain terms set forth in a settlement agreement attached to the Memorandum. The class settlement provides for, among other things, (i) payments by defendants to the class and individual plaintiffs totaling approximately $6.6 billion; (ii) a distribution to the class merchants of an amount equal to 10 basis points of certain interchange transactions for a period of eight months; and (iii) modifications to certain Visa and MasterCard rules regarding point of sale practices. In December 2013, the court granted final approval of the proposed class settlement, which was appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2014. Several merchant plaintiffs have also opted out of the class settlement, some of which have sued MasterCard, Visa and various member banks, including the bank. Relatedly, in December 2013, individual consumer plaintiffs also filed a proposed national class action against a number of banks, including the bank, alleging that because the banks conspired to fix interchange fees, consumers were forced to pay more for the fees than appropriate. The consumer case and virtually all of the opt-out cases were consolidated before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for certain purposes, including discovery. In November 2014, the Court dismissed the proposed consumer class action. The remaining consolidated cases are in their preliminary stages, and Visa and MasterCard have settled a number of individual opt-out cases, requiring non-material payments from all banks, including the bank.
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As a member of Visa, the bank has indemnification obligations to Visa with respect to final judgments and settlements, including the Interchange Lawsuits. In the first quarter of 2008, Visa completed an IPO of its stock. With IPO proceeds, Visa established an escrow account for the benefit of member banks to fund certain litigation settlements and claims, including the Interchange Lawsuits. As a result, in the first quarter of 2008, the Corporation reduced itsVisa-related indemnification liabilities of $91 million. The Corporation made an election in accordance with the accounting guidance for fair value option for financial assets and liabilities on the indemnification guarantee to Visa, and the fair value of the guarantee as of June 30, 2015 was zero. Separately, in January 2011, the Corporation entered into a MasterCard Settlement and Judgment Sharing Agreement, along with other defendant banks, which apportions between MasterCard and its member banks the costs and liabilities of any judgment or settlement arising from the Interchange Lawsuits.
Credit Card Interest Rate Litigation
The Capital One Bank Credit Card Interest Rate Multidistrict Litigation matter was created as a result of a June 2010 transfer order issued by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”), which consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia two pending putative class actions against the bank—Nancy Mancuso, et al. v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., et al. (E.D. Virginia); andKevin S. Barker, et al. v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. (N.D. Georgia). A third action,Jennifer L. Kolkowski v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. (C.D. California) was subsequently transferred into the MDL. In August 2010, the plaintiffs in the MDL filed a Consolidated Amended Complaint alleging that the bank breached its contractual obligations, and violated the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”), the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, the California Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), the California False Advertising Act, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, and the Kansas Consumer Protection Act when it raised interest rates on certain credit card accounts. As a result of a settlement in another matter, the UCL and TILA claims in the MDL have been extinguished. The MDL plaintiffs seek statutory damages, restitution, attorney’s fees and an injunction against future rate increases. In August 2011, after the completion of fact discovery, the bank filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted in September 2014. Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in October 2014.The Eleventh Circuit scheduled oral arguments for the week of November 2, 2015.
General
Given the complexity of the issues raised by these lawsuits and investigations and the uncertainty regarding: (i) the outcome of these lawsuits and investigations, (ii) the likelihood and amount of any possible judgments, (iii) the likelihood, amount and validity of any claim against the member banks, including the bank, Capital One Services, LLC (“COSL”) and the Corporation and its other subsidiary banks, (iv) changes in industry structure that may result from the lawsuits and investigations and (v) the effects of these lawsuits and investigations, in turn, on competition in the industry, member banks, and interchange fees, the bank, COSL and the Corporation cannot determine at this time thelong-term effects of these lawsuits and investigations.
Other Pending and Threatened Litigation
In addition, the Corporation and its subsidiary banks (including the bank) are commonly subject to various pending and threatened legal actions relating to the conduct of their normal business activities. In the opinion of management, the ultimate aggregate liability, if any, arising out of all such other pending or threatened legal actions will not be material to noteholders.
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The Bank’s Credit Card and Lending Business
The bank is engaged in secured and unsecured lending in the United States and internationally. The Bank Portfolio consists primarily of unsecured consumer and small business loans for which the credit extension vehicle is principally a credit card or an access check. The bank is a member of both the Visa and MasterCard associations. References in this section to the “bank” shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean Signet Bank prior to November 22, 1994, Capital One Bank (including, if the context requires, its predecessor) on and after November 22, 1994 but prior to March 1, 2008 and Capital One Bank (USA), National Association (including, if the context requires, its predecessors) on and after March 1, 2008.
The receivables conveyed to the master trust pursuant to the pooling agreement have been and will primarily be generated from transactions made by holders of selected Visa and MasterCard credit card accounts.
The bank utilizes an information-based test and learn strategy, which is designed to differentiate customers based on credit risk, usage, customer preference and other characteristics and to capture profitable opportunities by effectively matching client characteristics with attractive product offerings. Through this methodology, the bank is able to design and test many products and subsequently target customized solicitations and online marketing programs at various customer segments, thereby enhancing customer response levels and the returns on solicitation expenditures within given underwriting parameters. The bank has applied this test and learn strategy to other areas of its businesses, including account management, credit line management, pricing strategies, usage stimulation, collections, recoveries and account and balance retention. Management of the bank believes that this disciplined strategy provides the bank the opportunity to gain market share in a highly competitive environment.
In addition, the bank has identified numerous groups within the small business market distinguishable by characteristics such as size of business and industry. The bank has used and expects to continue to use a targeted approach to these market groups, aiming to anticipate the distinct needs of various small businesses, and to offer them products and services geared to their needs. The bank also plans to strengthen and deepen its relationships with its existing small business cardholders by emphasizing access to products and services that meet the unique demands of small businesses and providing exceptional value to its small business cardholders.
The bank and its affiliates currently service the Bank Portfolio through internal facilities located globally. In addition, certain servicing functions, including but not limited to account processing, production services, customer service, billing and payments and collections, are performed on behalf of the bank and its affiliates by third party service providers. See “—The Servicer—Outsourcing of Servicing” below. The bank’s underwriting, customer service and collection procedures, described below, are subject to change as the competitive environment, industry practice, legal requirements or the bank’s business objectives may require. In addition, in the future, the bank or its affiliates may acquire accounts originated by third parties.
The bank originates accounts through:
• | applications mailed directly to prospective accountholders, |
• | direct mail and telemarketing solicitations for accounts from individuals whose creditworthiness was prescreened, |
• | arrangements with affinity groups and partnerships, |
• | conversion of existing non-premium accounts to premium accounts, |
• | applications taken over the telephone or through the internet from prospective accountholders, |
• | newspaper, magazine, radio and television advertisements, and |
• | location or event marketing. |
For account originations and solicitation activity since 1990, the bank has focused largely on prescreened direct mail targeted to multiple customer segments with varying combinations of product structure and pricing. Over the last several years, however, the bank’s presence in internet new account acquisitions has increased. In general, the bank’s prescreening and underwriting criteria are intended to identify and avoid potential losses. These procedures are based on limited information, however, and it is not possible for the bank to identify all potential losses. The following describes the process by which the bank originates accounts.
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Generally, the credit risk of each applicant is evaluated by use of a credit scoring system, which is intended to provide a general indication, based on the information available, of the applicant’s willingness and ability to repay his or her obligations. Most applications are scored based on the following: information received on the application, data obtained from an independent credit reporting agency and any prior or current history as a customer with the bank. In select cases, based on certain criteria, including likelihood of fraud, and in accordance with criteria established by the bank’s management, further review of the application or verification of information by telephone or in writing may be required.
On the application for its small business credit cards, the bank requests information about the prospective business owner and the business. The bank may consider credit related and other relevant data about both the business owner and the business in its assessment of the creditworthiness of potential small business cardholders. Throughout the application process for a small business credit card, the bank verifies the prospective small business cardholder’s identification information and, when applicable, collects available information about the prospective small business cardholder’s business. This information, coupled with credit reports received from external credit reporting agencies, forms the basis for the bank’s decision to extend credit to such parties. The small business credit line size the bank offers varies and is ultimately determined based on the information the bank receives regarding the credit history and creditworthiness of the business and/or the business owner. For small business accounts, the business owner and the business are jointly and severally liable for any account balances.
The bank’s accounts are grouped by solicitation for purposes of administrative convenience. A solicitation represents a group of accounts established from replies to a specific mailing, internet acquisition program or advertisement program. Each program has a discrete set of underwriting criteria corresponding to it. Product information for a particular solicitation is mailed or offered online within a discrete period.
The bank’s prescreened account solicitation processes generally use information from credit reporting agencies to identify consumers and small business owners who are likely to respond and be approved for a credit card account. In the prescreening process, credit reporting agencies provide the bank with a list of potential customers whose credit meets or exceeds underwriting standards determined by the bank in advance. Every name on the list then receives by direct mail an application for a firm offer of credit. The underwriting criteria used to prescreen potential applicants varies over time in accordance with the bank’s established lending guidelines relating to the operation of its revolving lending business, as such guidelines may be changed from time to time, and include various models, including risk models, designed to predict the credit risk of potential cardholders. The bank’s pricing strategies are risk-based. Lower risk customers may likely be offered products with more favorable pricing and the bank expects those products to yield lower delinquencies and credit losses. On products offered to higher risk customers, however, the bank is likely to experience higher delinquencies and losses. As such, the bank prices products to higher risk customers accordingly.
For non-prescreened solicitations, the bank acquires names from a variety of sources, including list vendors, “take one” applications, internet advertising and other media venues. Using internal and external sources to ensure quality and accuracy, prospective customers are mailed solicitations, or applications are submitted directly to the bank via the internet. Internet solicitations include offers made through various affiliates, online advertisements or through Capital One’s website. The bank approves or declines respondents based on the information drawn from the application and a credit reporting agency report.
The bank tracks and continually tests the results of each mailing. Extensive management information systems and processes enable management to monitor continuously the effectiveness of prescreening and underwriting criteria. Criteria are periodically modified based on the results obtained from this process.
In order to confirm approval and establish the amount of the customer’s credit line, completed applications are subject to the back-end verification process. Each customer whose credit request was verified and meets all of the underwriting criteria is offered a line of credit. Credit limits are determined based on information obtained from the application and the independent credit reporting agency.
Each account is subject to certain terms and conditions, including the right of the bank to change or terminate certain terms, conditions, services or features of the account. Changes to account terms are made in compliance with the Credit CARD Act of 2009. The terms of the lending agreements are governed by Virginia and federal law. Credit limits are adjusted periodically based upon the bank’s continuing evaluation of an accountholder’s overall credit behavior.
The bank began providing its customers access to on-line account servicing via the internet in 1999. In addition, voice response units and customer service representatives are currently available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
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through a toll free telephone number dedicated to customer service. Customer service representatives have access to the customer’s account history in order to resolve immediately the majority of transaction-related questions. When a customer initiates a dispute, the bank’s current policy is to credit the accountholder’s monthly billing statement in the amount of such dispute, along with any interest or other fees assessed that were a direct result of the transaction. There are three possible outcomes that result from the investigation of the dispute: the charge may be borne by the merchant through the Visa or MasterCard processes, the charge may be written off as a loss by the bank, or the charge may bere-applied to the customer’s account. Finance charges and other fees are not applied retroactively on any transactions that are disputed and subsequently re-applied to the customer’s account. Multiple tracking and reporting systems are employed to ensure that service standards are achieved and maintained.
Most customers are eligible for on-line account servicing. An increasing number of customers have been signing up for on-line account servicing, including bill presentment, bill payment and customer service support in the form of help screens.
Certain customer service functions are performed on behalf of the bank and its affiliates by third party service providers. Various providers service customers based on the type of support those customers need. The primary driver for any routing of customer calls is based on their current product and the features associated with that product.
The accounts in the Bank Portfolio currently have various billing and payment characteristics, including varying periodic rate finance charges and fees. The accounts in the Bank Portfolio have an annual percentage rate that is either a fixed rate or a variable rate that adjusts periodically according to an index.
Currently, billing statements are created by the bank for accountholders who either (a) have balances at the end of each billing period, (b) make a purchase, balance transfer or cash advance payment during the billing period or (c) make a complete or partial payment during the billing period. If such accountholders elect to receive statements electronically, they are notified via e-mail that their statement is ready to view on the bank’s website; otherwise, they are mailed a copy of their statement. Generally, with some exceptions, each billing period an accountholder will be required to make a minimum payment equal to the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) 1.0% of the outstanding balance (including purchases, cash advances, finance charges and certain other fees posted to the account)plus 100% of finance charges and fees accrued during the most recent billing period and any past due amount and (ii) a floor amount of $15.00, $25.00 or $35.00 (depending on the type of account)plus any past due amount, and (b) the outstanding balance.
A periodic rate finance charge is assessable on most of the accounts in the Bank Portfolio. Accounts may have different periodic rates for each of the purchase, cash advance and balance transfer segments of an account. Except as noted below for certain purchases, finance charges generally begin to accrue from the date that a purchase, cash advance or balance transfer is made and are calculated for each day during the billing cycle by multiplying the daily periodic rate applicable to the purchase, cash advance, or balance transfer segment of an account times the daily balance of each segment of the account during the billing cycle. The products of such daily calculations are then added together to determine the total finance charge. No periodic rate finance charges are assessed on new purchases, however, if the accountholder’s balance from the preceding billing cycle is paid in full by the due date and if new purchases are paid in full by the next statement cycle date. The bank only offers products with a grace period for purchases.
The bank assesses membership fees on certain accounts although under various marketing and other programs these fees may be waived or rebated. The bank currently assesses late fees and returned check charges and, with respect to small business accounts, overlimit fees. As a result of the CARD Act, overlimit fees may only be assessed on accountholders who have ‘opted in’ (customers who have asked for the ability to go overlimit with the understanding that they would be charged a fee for an overlimit transaction). The bank generally assesses a fee on cash advances and certain purchase transactions. There can be no assurance that periodic rate finance charges, fees and other charges on accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio or the Bank Portfolio will remain at current levels. As a result of the CARD Act and related implementation regulations, the fees that the bank can assess on its credit card accounts have been reduced. See “Risk Factors—Changes to consumer protection laws, including in their application or interpretation, may impede origination or collection efforts, change cardholder use patterns, or alter timing and amount of collections, any of which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payment on your notes.”
Currently, payments from consumer cardholders are accepted and processed in accordance with Regulation Z of the Truth in Lending Act. Prior to 2005, payments by accountholders to the bank were processed at a credit card operations center in Richmond, Virginia and Federal Way, Washington. As of May 2015, the bank accepts credit card payments through multiple payment channels, including electronic Automated Clearing House payments from the bank’s website, debit card payments over the phone, mailed payments, and online payments initiated through customers’ individual banks. These payments are serviced both in-house at the bank and with the assistance of certain third party vendors, all of whom are required to comply with the bank’s payment processing standards, formulated to ensure compliance with Regulation Z of the Truth in Lending Act. See “—The Servicer” below. As a result of the CARD Act, payments made over the minimum balance are applied to debts with the highest interest rates first. See “—The Servicer” below.
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Delinquencies and Collections—Collection Efforts
The bank generally considers an account delinquent if a minimum payment due thereunder is not received by the accountholder’s next statement cycle date. An account is deemed overlimit if the balance exceeds the predetermined credit limit. The bank makes use of risk models designed to predict the probability of an account becoming more delinquent or charging off. Based on the risk score and certain other factors, the bank determines the timing of the collection activity to be implemented for the account. In general, the bank exerts greater collections efforts towards accounts with higher balances and greater probability of charge-offs. Delinquent accounts are currently referred for contact by phone between 2 and 32 days after contractual delinquency, depending on the accountholder’s risk profile. Overlimit accounts are referred for phone contact based on the degree to which those accounts exceed the applicable credit limit. In any event, the accountholder’s statement reflects the request for payment of past due amounts. Efforts to collect delinquent credit card account balances are generally made by affiliates of the bank’s collection group, using both internal collections associates as well as external and unaffiliated collection agencies. In addition to the use of a phone channel to collect delinquent account balances, the bank issues letters and emails, and provides customers with an internet channel to inform customers of delinquent balances, make offers and obtain payments. Multiple channels for collection are provided to meet customers’ preferences.
The focus of the bank’s response to an early stage delinquency is rehabilitation. The bank’s policies and procedures are designed to encourage accountholders to pay delinquent amounts. In some cases, the bank provides an incentive where needed to encourage payment. These incentives may include waiver of one or more fees, a temporary reduction in interest rates, re-aging of the applicable account, or some other incentive technique. All re-ages are done per the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council guidelines. The bank reserves the right to temporarily suspend or permanently restrict charging privileges at any time after an account enters the collections process. In most cases, an account is permanently restricted and charging privileges are suspended no later than 120 days after contractual delinquency. The bank also may, at its discretion, enter into arrangements with delinquent accountholders to extend or otherwise change payment schedules.
For late stage delinquent accounts, the bank may offer settlements. The bank also offers a workout program to customers who make qualifying proposals via consumer credit counseling agencies.
The bank contractually charges off an account at or after 180 days past due, unless such account has been converted to a closed-end loan status in a workout program, in which case the bank will charge off the account at or after 120 days past due.
The bank generally charges off a bankrupt customer’s account within 30 days of receiving the bankruptcy petition. The bank charges off accounts of deceased accountholders within 60 days of receiving notification of death if no other responsible party is available. The credit evaluation, servicing and charge-off policies and collection practices of the bank may change over time in accordance with the business judgment of its management, applicable law and guidelines established by applicable regulatory authorities.
Certain collections functions are performed on behalf of the bank and its affiliates by third party service providers. Outsourcing decisions and strategies are based on the type, stage of delinquency, balance and risk of the account. The bank has recently emphasized the use of internal resources to work on delinquent accounts with greater focus on customer experience and collections effectiveness. See “—The Servicer—Outsourcing of Servicing” below.
Collections and Recoveries—Recoveries Efforts
The recoveries department attempts to recover both principal and non-principal balances on charged-off accounts by charge-off type: contractual (181+ or 121+ days delinquent), bankruptcies and estates (deceased accountholders). The bank uses various scoring models and certain other factors to determine the appropriate strategy for recovery efforts. Methods of recovery include both phone calls and letters. Accounts are worked through third party agencies, as well as by the recoveries group of an affiliate of the bank.
The focus of contractual recovery efforts is to recover the full balance. However, the bank may also, at its discretion, enter into arrangements with charged-off accountholders to pay a reduced portion of the outstanding balance. Accountholders are offered three main payment options: payment in full, settlement or a payment plan. Settlement guidelines have been established for third party agencies and may vary depending on a variety of factors including account age and balance.
Since 2003 certain contractuallycharged-off accounts have been segmented into strategies that seek to advise the related accountholder of its obligations under the terms and conditions of its account and what options are available to
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the bank if payment is not received. Attempts are made to reach a settlement or other payment arrangement with accountholders. However, in the event of non-payment, legal action is considered and may be employed to obtain payments.
Recovery efforts on bankrupt accounts involve filing proofs of claim with a bankruptcy court when assets are available. The bank will work with representatives of deceased accountholders to resolve balances through filing estate claims through the probate process, or through voluntary payments.
In addition, the bank frequently sells portfolios of charged-off accounts to third parties.
The bank, its affiliates and any third parties that perform outsourced services retain the right to change their practices for, among other things, conducting credit evaluation, servicing, collection and recoveries practices over time. These changes are made in response to business, legal, regulatory or other considerations. Noteholders will not be notified of any changes to these practices.
Credit card issuers participating in the Visa and MasterCard associations receive certain fees called interchange as partial compensation for taking credit risk, absorbing fraud losses, funding receivables and servicing accountholders for a limited period prior to initial billing. Under the Visa and MasterCard rules and regulations, interchange in connection with accountholder charges for merchandise and services is collected by either the Visa or MasterCard system and subsequently paid to the credit card-issuing banks. Interchange ranges from approximately 1% to 2% of the transaction amount, although Visa and MasterCard may from time to time change the amount of interchange reimbursed. Interchange paid to the bank that is allocable to the receivables sold to Capital One Funding will be allocated and sold to Capital One Funding for each month. To the extent that the bank and Capital One Funding cannot determine whether any amount of interchange is allocable to the receivables sold to Capital One Funding, such unassigned interchange will be allocated on the basis of the percentage equivalent of the ratio that the amount of accountholder sales charges in the related accounts bears to the total amount of accountholder sales charges for all revolving credit card accounts in the Bank Portfolio, in each case for such month. This percentage is an estimate of the actual unassigned interchange paid to the bank from time to time in respect of the accounts and may be greater or less than the actual amount of unassigned interchange so paid. The bank will be required, pursuant to the terms of the receivables purchase agreement, to transfer to Capital One Funding and Capital One Funding will be required, pursuant to the terms of the pooling agreement to transfer to the master trust for the benefit of the investor certificateholders, the percentage of the interchange allocable to the related certificates. All or a portion of interchange allocable to any collateral certificate, including the COMT collateral certificate, will be used to pay the servicer part of its Monthly Servicing Fee. See “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses.” Interchange, if any, in excess of the portion required to be used exclusively to pay the servicer part of its Monthly Servicing Fee will be included in Finance Charge Collections pursuant to the pooling agreement for purposes of determining the amount of Finance Charge Collections and allocating such collections and payments to the investor certificateholders. Interchange (including the portion used exclusively to pay the servicer a portion of its Monthly Servicing Fee) will be included in finance charge receivables for purposes of calculating the average yield on the portfolio of accounts included in the master trust applicable to any series of investor certificates.
The bank has been the servicer for the master trust and has been servicing the credit card receivables in the master trust since before November 22, 1994 when it operated as a division of Signet Bank/Virginia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Signet Banking Corporation. For a description of the servicer’s credit card portfolio, see “The Capital One Credit Card Portfolio” in “Annex I” of the accompanying prospectus supplement.
Pursuant to the pooling agreement, the servicer is responsible for servicing, collecting, enforcing and administering the receivables in accordance with its customary and usual procedures for servicing receivables comparable to the receivables and the lending guidelines. See “The Master Trust” generally for a description of the pooling agreement and the various duties of the servicer under the pooling agreement.
Servicing activities to be performed by the servicer include: collecting and recording payments, communicating with accountholders, investigating payment delinquencies, card embossing, evaluating the increase of credit limits, providing billing and tax records to accountholders and maintaining internal records for each account. Managerial and custodial services performed by the servicer on behalf of the master trust include providing assistance in any inspections of the documents and records relating to the accounts and receivables by the master trust trustee pursuant to the pooling agreement, maintaining the agreements, documents and files relating to the accounts and receivables as custodian for the master trust and providing related data processing and reporting services for investor certificateholders of any series and on behalf of the master trust trustee.
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If the bank became insolvent, a Pay Out Event and a Servicer Default would occur. If a Pay Out Event occurs, this could cause an early redemption of the notes, and payments on your notes could be accelerated, delayed or reduced. See “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events.” Furthermore, if a Servicer Default occurs, the bank could be removed as servicer for the master trust and a successor servicer would be appointed. See “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicer Default” for more information regarding the appointment of a successor servicer.
Pursuant to the pooling agreement, the bank, as servicer, has the right to delegate or outsource its duties as servicer to any person who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the pooling agreement and the bank’s lending guidelines. The bank has endeavored to outsource certain of its servicing functions by contracting with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties.
Notwithstanding any such outsourcing, the servicer will continue to be liable for all of its obligations under the pooling agreement. In certain circumstances, however, the bank could be relieved of its duties as servicer upon the assumption of such duties by another entity.
The bank and its affiliates retain the right to change various terms and conditions of the agreements with the third party vendors, and retain the right to change the third party vendors themselves. These changes may be the result of several different factors, including but not limited to: customer satisfaction, informational accuracy, adherence to privacy and corporate security standards or requirements, quality evaluation, performance or skill evaluations, risk management policies, or cost structure. Accordingly, third party vendors who provide services to the bank, its affiliates and its customers may change from time to time, and noteholders will not be notified of any change. Similarly, to the extent that the terms and conditions are altered for agreements with third party vendors, noteholders will not be given notice of those changes.
If an affiliated or unaffiliated third party performing certain outsourced or delegated functions were to enter bankruptcy or become insolvent, then the servicing of the accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio could be delayed and payments on your notes could be accelerated, delayed or reduced.
Certain servicing functions are performed on behalf of the bank and its affiliates by third party service providers. Decisions to outsource certain duties are based on cost, the ability of third parties to provide greater flexibility to the bank and its affiliates, experience, financial stability and various other factors. The bank or its affiliates monitors the third parties performing the outsourced functions based on the level of risk associated with, and the particular duties being provided by, each third party. Servicing functions that are outsourced to third party service providers include certain customer service relations, processing and collections activities, and software programs and support, credit score processing and information storage services. The following discussion provides certain information regarding Capital One Services, LLC and Capital One, N.A., each of which is an affiliate of the bank that performs certain servicing functions on behalf of the bank and its other affiliates.
Capital One Services, LLC
The bank has contracted with Capital One Services, LLC (formerly, Capital One Services, Inc.), an affiliate of the bank, to perform substantially all of the bank’s servicing activities. Pursuant to Section 18-214 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”), Capital One Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, filed a certificate of conversion to convert to Capital One Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Under the LLC Act, Capital One Services, LLC is deemed to constitute a continuation of Capital One Services, Inc. for all purposes, including Capital One Services, Inc.’s contractual rights and obligations. The conversion became effective on February 1, 2009. Capital One Services, Inc. was incorporated on December 1, 1995 and serviced receivables until the conversion became effective.
Under the subservicing agreement between the bank and Capital One Services, LLC, the servicing functions to be performed by Capital One Services, LLC include, among other things: product strategy and development services; solicitation strategy; account acquisition, management, origination and retention services; database management services (including data processing and credit bureau interface); audit services and oversight of third party service providers; senior management, human resources, treasury and operational services. Unless otherwise terminated for cause, the subservicing agreement automatically renews for successive one-year terms. However, for any of the services listed in that agreement, either party can terminate that service at any time upon prior notice to the other party. In the event of any termination, Capital One Services, LLC has agreed to provide conversion assistance to the new service provider.
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Capital One, N.A.
Some cardholders are permitted to make their monthly payments with checks or cash at branch locations of Capital One, N.A., a national banking association and an affiliate of the bank. The bank has entered into a services agreement with Capital One, N.A. under which Capital One, N.A. will perform certain payment remittance processing activities with regard to those payments. Under that agreement, Capital One, N.A. has agreed to, among other things (i) validate the cardholder’s account number to verify that the cardholder is allowed to make payments at a branch location, (ii) prepare and send a payment file to the bank for posting to that cardholder’s account and (iii) deposit payments received at branch locations into an account of the bank at Capital One, N.A. The agreement generally provides for a one-year term which automatically renews for successive one-year terms unless terminated by either party. The bank and Capital One, N.A. have the ability to terminate the agreement for cause, or at any time upon written notice to the other party. In the event of any termination, Capital One, N.A. has agreed to provide conversion assistance to any new service provider.
The Transferor, The Depositor and The Receivables Purchase Agreement
Capital One Funding is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia on November 13, 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank. Capital One Funding is the transferor and the depositor of COMET. The address for Capital One Funding is 140 East Shore Drive, Room 1071-B, Glen Allen, Virginia 23059 and its telephone number is (804) 290-6959. Capital One Funding was created for the limited purpose of purchasing, holding, owning and transferring receivables and related activities. Since its formation, the transferor has been engaged in these activities solely as (i) the purchaser of receivables from the bank pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement, (ii) the transferor of receivables to COMT pursuant to the pooling agreement, (iii) the beneficiary and transferor that formed and capitalized COMET pursuant to the trust agreement, (iv) the transferor of the COMT collateral certificate to COMET pursuant to the transfer and administration agreement and (v) the beneficiary and transferor that executes underwriting, subscription and purchase agreements in connection with each issuance of notes. Capital One Funding may also act as the depositor for other master trusts or securitization special purpose entities affiliated with the bank, but has not done so to date.
A description of Capital One Funding’s obligations of transferor of the receivables to COMT can be found in “The Master Trust—Conveyance of Receivables,” “—Addition of Master Trust Assets,” “—Removal of Master Trust Assets” and “—Representations and Warranties.” Capital One Funding’s obligations under the transfer and administration agreement are to transfer the COMT collateral certificate to COMET, to record such transfer in its accounting records, computer files and other records, and to take all actions necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection of COMET’s interest in the COMT collateral certificate, including the filing of UCC financing statements for that transfer.
Capital One Funding was initially capitalized by a cash contribution from the bank. Pursuant to a revolving credit agreement, Capital One Funding may borrow funds from the bank for the sole purpose of purchasing receivables from the bank under the receivables purchase agreement. Under the revolving credit agreement, payments from Capital One Funding are due only to the extent that those funds are not required for any other purpose and so long as the payment will not cause Capital One Funding to default under the pooling agreement. Capital One Funding is currently the sole holder of all outstanding Class D Card series notes.
In addition, other affiliates of the bank may be transferors of assets to COMET.
Receivables Purchase Agreement
Sale of Receivables
The bank is the owner of the accounts which contain the receivables that are purchased by the transferor under the receivables purchase agreement between the bank and the transferor and then transferred by the transferor to the master trust. In connection with the sale of receivables to the transferor, the bank has:
• | filed appropriate UCC financing statements to evidence the sale to the transferor and to perfect the transferor’s right, title and interest in those receivables; and |
• | indicated in its computer files that the receivables have been sold to the transferor by the bank. |
Pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement, the bank:
• | sold all of its right, title and interest in the receivables existing in the initial accounts at the close of business on the initial cut-off date and receivables arising thereafter in those accounts, in each case including all interchange, insurance proceeds and recoveries allocable to such receivables, all monies due or to become due, all amounts received or receivable, all collections and all proceeds, each as it relates to such receivables; and |
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• | will sell all of its right, title and interest in the receivables existing in the additional accounts at the close of business on the date of designation for inclusion in the master trust and receivables arising thereafter in those accounts, in each case including all interchange, insurance proceeds and recoveries, all monies due or to become due, all amounts received or receivable, all collections and all proceeds, each as it relates to such receivables. |
Pursuant to the pooling agreement, those receivables are then transferred immediately by the transferor, subject to certain conditions, to Capital One Master Trust, and the transferor has assigned to the master trust its rights under the receivables purchase agreement.
Representations and Warranties
In the receivables purchase agreement, the bank represents and warrants to the transferor to the effect that, among other things:
• | it is validly existing in good standing under the applicable laws of the applicable jurisdiction and has full power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business; |
• | the execution and delivery of the receivables purchase agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated by that document will not conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms of any material agreement to which the bank is a party or by which its properties are bound and will not conflict with or violate any requirements of law applicable to the bank; and |
• | all governmental authorizations, consents, orders, approvals, registrations or declarations required to be obtained by the bank in connection with the execution and delivery of, and the performance of the receivables purchase agreement have been obtained. |
Repurchase Obligations
In the receivables purchase agreement, the bank makes the following representations and warranties, among others:
• | as of the initial cut-off date with respect to the initial accounts, and as of the date of designation for inclusion in the master trust with respect to additional accounts, the list of accounts and information concerning the accounts provided by the bank is accurate and complete in all material respects; |
• | each receivable conveyed to transferor has been conveyed free and clear of any lien or encumbrance, other than liens for municipal and other local taxes; |
• | all government authorizations, consents, orders, approvals, registrations or declarations required to be obtained, effected or given by the bank in connection with the conveyance of receivables to the transferor have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect; |
• | on the initial cut-off date, each account is an Eligible Account and, on the date of designation for inclusion in the master trust, each additional account is an Eligible Account; |
• | on the initial cut-off date, each receivable then existing in an initial account is an Eligible Receivable and, on the applicable additional cut-off date, each receivable then existing in the related additional account is an Eligible Receivable; and |
• | as of the date of the creation of any new receivable sold to the transferor by the bank, such receivable is an Eligible Receivable. |
The receivables purchase agreement provides that if the bank breaches any of the representations and warranties described above and, as a result, the transferor is required under the pooling agreement to accept a reassignment of the related Ineligible Receivables transferred to the master trust by the transferor or sold to the master trust by the bank prior to the date Capital One Funding became the transferor, then the bank will accept reassignment of such Ineligible Receivables and pay to the transferor an amount equal to the unpaid balance of such Ineligible Receivables. See “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties.”
Reassignment of Other Receivables
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(b) the receivables purchase agreement and any supplemental conveyance constitute a valid sale to the transferor of all right, title and interest of the bank in and to the receivables, including all interchange, insurance proceeds and recoveries, all monies due or to become due, all amounts received or receivable, all collections and all proceeds, each as it relates to such receivables, and that the sale is perfected under the applicable UCC. If a representation described in (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence is not true and correct in any material respect and as a result of the breach the transferor is required under the pooling agreement to accept a reassignment of all of the receivables previously sold by the bank pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement, the bank shall accept a reassignment of those receivables. See “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties.” If the bank is required to accept reassignment as described above the bank will pay to the transferor an amount equal to the unpaid balance of the reassigned receivables.
Amendments
The receivables purchase agreement may be amended by the bank and the transferor without consent of any investor certificateholders or noteholders. No amendment, however, may be effective unless:
• | written confirmation has been received by the master trust trustee from each hired NRSRO that the amendment will not result in the reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the respective ratings of each rating agency for any securities issued by the master trust; and |
• | the bank shall certify to the transferor that the bank reasonably believes that the amendment will not cause a Pay Out Event. |
Termination
The receivables purchase agreement will terminate upon either (a) the termination of the master trust pursuant to the pooling agreement or (b) an amendment to the pooling agreement to replace Capital One Funding with an affiliate of Capital One Funding, as transferor under the pooling agreement. In addition, if a receiver or conservator is appointed for the bank or the transferor becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy case or certain other liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar events occur, the bank will cease to transfer receivables to the transferor and promptly give notice of that event to the transferor and the master trust trustee, unless the receiver, conservator or bankruptcy court instructs otherwise.
The following discussion summarizes the material terms of the amended and restated pooling and servicing agreement—dated as of September 30, 1993, as amended and restated as of August 1, 2002, January 13, 2006, and July 1, 2007, and as further amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of March 1, 2008 and the Second Amendment thereto, dated as of July 15, 2010, among Capital One Funding, as transferor, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, as servicer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as master trust trustee, which may be amended from time to time, and is referred to in this prospectus as the pooling agreement—and the series supplements to the pooling agreement. The summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the pooling agreement and the series supplements.
Before it issued the COMT collateral certificate, Capital One Master Trust, as a master trust, issued other series of asset backed investor certificates. In addition, the master trust may in the future issue additional series from time to time. The master trust has been formed under and is administered in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The master trust is governed by the pooling agreement. The master trust will only engage in the following business activities:
• | acquiring and holding receivables arising in accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio and other master trust assets and the proceeds from these master trust assets; |
• | issuing series of certificates (including the COMT collateral certificate) and other interests in the master trust; |
• | receiving collections and making payments on series of investor certificates (including the COMT collateral certificate) and other interests; and |
• | engaging in related activities (including, for any series, obtaining any enhancement and entering into an enhancement agreement relating thereto). |
The master trust is not expected to have any need for additional capital resources other than the assets of the master trust.
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Each transferor, whether the bank or its predecessors or Capital One Funding or any additional transferor, has conveyed and will convey to the master trust, without recourse, its interest in all receivables arising under eligible accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio. The receivables consist of all amounts charged by accountholders for goods and services and cash advances, called principal receivables, and all related periodic rate finance charges, cash advance fees, late charge fees, returned check charges, overlimit fees, discount option receivables and any other incidental or miscellaneous fees and charges (other than membership fees) billed on the accounts from time to time, collectively called finance charge receivables.
The master trust assets consist of such receivables, all monies due or to become due thereunder, the proceeds of such receivables, recoveries (in some cases, net of collection expenses) received by the servicer including proceeds from the sale or securitization of Defaulted Receivables and proceeds of credit insurance policies relating to such receivables, participation interests and related property conveyed to the master trust trustee pursuant to an assignment, the right to receive certain interchange attributed to accountholder charges for merchandise and services in the accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio, all monies on deposit in the master trust collection account, the master trust excess funding account and in certain accounts maintained for the benefit of the certificateholders, any series enhancements, and all of the transferor’s legal rights and remedies under the receivables purchase agreement.
The master trust assets are expected to change over the life of the master trust, as credit card accounts, other revolving credit accounts and related assets become subject to the master trust and as accounts are closed, charged off or removed and are no longer subject to the master trust. The pooling agreement provides that, subject to certain limitations and conditions, master trust assets may also include participations in receivables. Pursuant to the pooling agreement, the transferor will have the right (subject to certain limitations and conditions), and in some circumstances will be obligated, to designate as master trust assets receivables arising in additional accounts or, in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, participations in receivables. See “—Addition of Master Trust Assets” below. In addition, the transferor will have the right to remove from the master trust its receivables arising in designated accounts as described under “—Removal of Master Trust Assets” below.
The master trust was originated by Signet Bank in 1993 as Signet Master Trust. As permitted by the pooling agreement, the bank subsequently became transferor and servicer of the master trust and assumed all of Signet Bank’s rights and obligations under the pooling agreement, and the master trust’s name was changed to Capital One Master Trust.
On August 1, 2002, Capital One Funding was substituted in place of the bank as transferor, as permitted by the pooling agreement. As a result, Capital One Funding has assumed the obligations of transferor of the master trust and the bank remains the servicer.
At the time of such substitution, the bank, as owner of the accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio, entered into a receivables purchase agreement with the transferor. Under the receivables purchase agreement, the bank sold its existing right, title and interest in, and on an ongoing basis will sell, the receivables in the designated accounts to the transferor. The transferor then transfers the receivables to the master trust pursuant to the pooling agreement.
On July 1, 2007, pursuant to a purchase and assumption agreement, the bank acquired the small business credit card accounts of Capital One, F.S.B. A portion of the receivables generated by these accounts have been sold by the bank to the transferor under the receivables purchase agreement. The transferor then transferred these receivables to the master trust pursuant to the pooling agreement.
The receivables arise in certain Eligible Accounts selected by the bank from the Bank Portfolio. Such Eligible Accounts are referred to in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement as the “Master Trust Portfolio.” The bank and its predecessor have identified a pool of accounts, from which the initial accounts were selected, based on the eligibility and other specified criteria in the pooling agreement. Notwithstanding this designation to the transferor, the designated accounts and the account relationship with the cardholders will remain with the bank.
Prior to the substitution of Capital One Funding as transferor to the master trust, referred to as the substitution date, the bank and its predecessor transferred all receivables, including all interchange, insurance proceeds, recoveries, all monies due or to become due, all amounts received or receivable, all collections and all proceeds, each as it relates to such receivables, generated in these accounts to the master trust. On and after the substitution date, the bank transfers all receivables, including all interchange, insurance proceeds, recoveries, all monies due or to become due, all amounts received or receivable, all collections and all proceeds, each as it relates to such receivables, in the designated accounts to the transferor under the terms of the receivables purchase agreement, and the transferor transfers the same to the master trust under the terms of the pooling agreement.
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All monthly calculations for such designated accounts are computed based on activity occurring during the related month.
Some receivables have been charged off as uncollectible prior to their addition to the master trust in accordance with the bank’s normal servicing policies and lending guidelines. On the date when any receivable in an account becomes a Defaulted Receivable, the master trust trustee automatically transfers the Defaulted Receivables to the transferor together with all monies due or to become due with respect thereto, all proceeds thereof and any insurance proceeds. Pursuant to the pooling agreement and the receivables purchase agreement, the transferor has the right, and in certain cases the obligation (subject to certain limitations and conditions described below), to cause the bank to designate from time to time additional qualifying Visa or MasterCard credit card accounts and other revolving credit accounts to be included as accounts and to purchase from the bank and transfer to the master trust all receivables in such additional accounts, whether such receivables are then existing or thereafter created. These additional accounts must be Eligible Accounts as of the date the transferor designates its receivables, including all interchange, insurance proceeds, recoveries, all monies due or to become due, all amounts received or receivable, all collections and all proceeds, each as it relates to such receivables, to be included in the master trust.
Accounts in the Master Trust Portfolio also include certain charged-off accounts with zero balances, the recoveries of which will be treated as Finance Charge Collections. The transferor may add such zero balance accounts to the trust from time to time.
Since the Master Trust Cut-Off Date, receivables in certain additional accounts have been transferred to the master trust in accordance with the provisions of the pooling agreement. Prior to the substitution date, the bank represented and warranted, and thereafter, the transferor represents and warrants that each of the receivables in any account in the Master Trust Portfolio or additional account which has been or is transferred by the bank or the transferor, as applicable, to the master trust meets the eligibility requirements specified in the pooling agreement as of the date on which it has been or is transferred to the master trust. See “—Representations and Warranties” below. However, there can be no assurance that all the accounts will continue to meet the applicable eligibility requirements throughout the life of the master trust.
The prospectus supplement relating to each series, class or tranche of notes will provide certain information about the Master Trust Portfolio as of the date specified. Such information will include, but not be limited to, the amount of principal receivables, the amount of finance charge receivables, the range of principal balances of the credit card accounts and the average thereof, the range of credit limits of the credit card accounts and the average thereof, the range of ages of the credit card accounts and the average thereof, the geographic distribution of the credit card accounts, the types of credit card accounts and delinquency statistics relating to the credit card accounts.
Investor Certificates; Master Trust Transferor Interest
Each series of investor certificates represents an undivided interest in the master trust, including the right to the applicable investor percentage of all cardholder payments on the receivables in the master trust.
The transferor initially will own the Master Trust Transferor Interest which represents the interest in the master trust not represented by the investor certificates issued and outstanding under the master trust or the rights, if any, of any credit enhancement providers to receive payments from the master trust. The holder of the Master Trust Transferor Interest, subject to certain limitations, will have the right to the Master Trust Transferor Percentage of all cardholder payments from the receivables in the master trust. The Master Trust Transferor Interest may be transferred in whole or in part subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the pooling agreement. At the discretion of the transferor, the Master Trust Transferor Interest may be held either in an uncertificated form or in the form of a certificate representing the Master Trust Transferor Interest, called a Base Certificate. See “—The Base Certificate; Additional Transferors” below.
The amount of principal receivables in the master trust will vary each day as new principal receivables are created and others are paid or charged off as uncollectible. Therefore, the amount of the Master Trust Transferor Interest will fluctuate each day to reflect the changes in the amount of the principal receivables in the master trust. In addition, the Master Trust Transferor Interest will generally increase to reflect reductions in the Invested Amount of any series of investor certificates, and will generally decrease as a result of the issuance of a new series of investor certificates by the master trust. Similarly, the Master Trust Transferor Interest will generally increase as a result of the reduction of the Invested Amount of the COMT collateral certificate due to payment of principal on a series, class or tranche of notes, and will generally decrease as a result of an increase in the Invested Amount of the COMT collateral certificate due to the issuance of a new series, class or tranche of notes, or due to an issuance of additional notes for an existing tranche of
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notes. However, if additional collateral certificates are added to COMET, these general rules may not necessarily apply to such additional collateral certificates. See “—New Issuances” below, “The Notes—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—The COMT Collateral Certificate.”
Pursuant to the pooling agreement, the bank (including its predecessor, Signet Bank), prior to the substitution date, and Capital One Funding, since its substitution as transferor, each during such period as it was the seller or the transferor, as applicable, has assigned to the master trust its interest in all receivables arising in the initial accounts, including related accounts, as of the Master Trust Cut-Off Date and has assigned and will assign its interest in all of the receivables in the additional accounts, including related accounts for such additional accounts as of the date of designation of such additional accounts for inclusion in the master trust, all receivables thereafter created under the accounts, all recoveries and insurance proceeds allocable to the master trust, any participations in receivables added to the master trust and the proceeds of all of the foregoing.
In connection with the transfer of any receivables to the master trust, the transferor is required to indicate in its computer records that the receivables have been conveyed to the master trust. In addition, the transferor has provided or will provide to the master trust trustee a computer file or a microfiche list containing a true and complete list showing for each initial account, as of the Master Trust Cut-Off Date, and for each additional account, as of the applicable date of designation of such additional accounts for inclusion in the master trust:
(i) its account number,
(ii) the collection status, and
(iii) the aggregate amount outstanding and the aggregate amount of principal receivables in such account.
The bank, as initial servicer, will retain and will not deliver to the master trust trustee any other records or agreements relating to the accounts or the receivables. Except as set forth above, the records and agreements relating to the accounts and the receivables will not be segregated from those relating to other revolving credit accounts and receivables, and the physical documentation relating to the accounts or receivables will not be stamped or marked to reflect the transfer of receivables to the transferor or to the master trust. The bank has filed and is required to file UCC financing statements for the transfer of the receivables to the transferor and the transferor has filed and is required to file UCC financing statements for the transfer of the receivables to the master trust, in each case, meeting the requirements of applicable state law.
Addition of Master Trust Assets
The transferor will have the right to designate for the master trust, from time to time, additional accounts to be included in the Master Trust Portfolio, the receivables of which are transferred to the master trust, subject to certain conditions described below. In addition, the transferor will be required to add receivables from additional accounts if, as of the close of business on the last Business Day of any month, the Master Trust Transferor Interest is less than the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest or the amount of principal receivables in the master trust is less than the Master Trust Required Principal Balance. In such event, the transferor will, on or before the tenth Business Day after the end of the prior month (unless the Master Trust Transferor Interest exceeds the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest as of the end of any Business Day during the period between the last Business Day of the prior month and such designation date), make an addition to the master trust in a sufficient amount so that, after giving effect to such addition, the Master Trust Transferor Interest will at least equal the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest and the amount of principal receivables is at least equal to the Master Trust Required Principal Balance. See “—Pay Out Events” below and “The Notes—Early Redemption Events” for a discussion of the result of a failure to transfer receivables to the master trust under these circumstances.
Any additional accounts designated to the master trust will be selected from accounts owned by the bank. Therefore, if additional accounts are to be designated, the transferor shall, under the applicable receivables purchase agreement, request that the bank designate accounts which qualify as Eligible Accounts to the transferor and the transferor will designate such accounts to the master trust. Subject to those eligibility requirements and applicable regulatory guidelines, the decision regarding when and to what extent receivables will be added to the master trust will be solely at the transferor’s discretion, and that decision will not be independently verified by any other party.
The transferor may also from time to time, at its sole discretion, request that the bank designate certain types of Eligible Accounts approved by the hired NRSROs to be included as automatic additional accounts and designate the accounts so selected to be added to the master trust, subject to the limitations described in this paragraph. Unless each hired NRSRO otherwise consents, the number of automatic additional accountsplus the number of accounts added to maintain the Master Trust Transferor Interest as described above, without prior rating agency notice, will not exceed the
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Aggregate Addition Limit. On or before March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each calendar year, or more frequently if required by any hired NRSRO, the transferor will deliver to the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement an opinion of counsel about the automatic additional accounts included as accounts during the preceding three-month period that confirms the creation and perfection of the security interest in the receivables in such automatic additional accounts. Such opinion of counsel will be provided by outside counsel. If such opinion of counsel for any automatic additional accounts is not so received, the ability of the transferor to designate automatic additional accounts will be suspended until such time as each hired NRSRO otherwise consents in writing or such accounts are removed from the master trust. The addition to the master trust of receivables in automatic additional accounts will be subject to the further condition that revolving credit card accounts and other revolving credit accounts either (i) not originated by the bank or (ii) not of a type included in the accounts at the time of their addition may only be designated as automatic additional accounts upon compliance with the conditions described below about additions. Additions of participations in receivables must also comply with such conditions.
In addition to or in lieu of additional credit card accounts, the transferor is permitted to add to the master trust participations representing undivided interests in a pool of assets primarily consisting of receivables arising under credit card accounts owned by the bank or any of its affiliates and collections thereon. Participations may be evidenced by one or more certificates of ownership issued under a separate pooling agreement or similar agreement entered into by the transferor or an affiliate of the transferor which entitles the investor certificateholder to receive percentages of collections generated by the pool of assets subject to such participation agreement from time to time and to certain other rights and remedies specified therein. Participations may have their own credit enhancement (see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Credit Enhancement” for a description of types of credit enhancement), pay out events, servicing obligations and servicer defaults, all of which are likely to be enforceable by a separate trustee under the participation agreement and may be different from those specified in this prospectus. The rights and remedies of the master trust as the holder of a participation (and therefore the investor certificateholders) will be subject to all the terms and provisions of the related participation agreement.
In connection with an addition, the bank, under the receivables purchase agreement, will convey to the transferor the receivables arising in the additional accounts. The transferor will convey to the master trust the receivables arising in the additional accounts, and the transferor may transfer participations in receivables, in each case, subject to the following conditions, among others (provided that the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and tenth conditions below shall not apply to the transfer to the master trust of receivables in automatic additional accounts):
(1) | the transferor shall have given the master trust trustee, the servicer, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement written notice that the additional accounts or participations in receivables will be included as master trust assets; |
(2) | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee a written assignment and an account schedule containing a true and complete list of the related additional accounts or participations in receivables; |
(3) | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee copies of all filings necessary to perfect the master trust’s interest in the receivables in additional accounts; |
(4) | in the case of an addition other than a required addition, the transferor shall have received written notice from each hired NRSRO that such addition will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series, and shall have delivered copies of each such written notice to the servicer and the master trust trustee; |
(5) | in the case of a required addition during any of the 3 consecutive months beginning in January, April, July and October of each calendar year, if applicable, the transferor shall have received, to the extent not previously received, not later than 20 days following the last Business Day of the relevant 3 consecutive months, written notice from each hired NRSRO that such addition will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series and shall have delivered copies of each such written notice to the servicer and the master trust trustee;provided, however, that in the case of a required addition that exceeds the Aggregate Addition Limit, the transferor shall have provided each hired NRSRO with 15 days prior written notice of such required addition and each hired NRSRO shall have notified the transferor in writing that such addition will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series; |
(6) | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO and any provider of series enhancement entitled thereto an opinion of counsel that for federal and Virginia income and franchise tax purposes (and, if there has been an assumption of the servicer’s obligations as described in“—Assumption of the Transferor’s Obligations” below, for income and franchise tax purposes of the jurisdiction in which the assuming entity engages in its principal servicing activities, if other than Virginia), such addition will not cause a taxable event to the holders of the investor certificates and certain other opinions of counsel; |
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(7) | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee and certain providers of series enhancement a certificate of an authorized officer of the transferor, dated the addition date, to the effect that, in the reasonable belief of the transferor: |
– | such addition will not, based on the facts known to such officer at that time, cause a Pay Out Event or an event that, after the giving of notice or lapse of time, would cause a Pay Out Event to occur for any series of investor certificates, and |
– | in the case of additional accounts, no selection procedure was utilized by the transferor that would result in a selection of additional accounts (from the Eligible Accounts available to the transferor) that would be materially adverse to the interests of the investor certificateholders of any series as of the date of the addition; |
(8) | the transferor shall have deposited or caused to be deposited in the master trust collection account all collections for the additional accounts as of the applicable cut-off date; |
(9) | no bankruptcy or insolvency event shall have occurred with respect to the transferor or the owner of the related additional accounts, nor shall the transfer of the receivables in the additional accounts or the transfer of the participation interests to the master trust trustee have been made in contemplation of such occurrence; and |
(10) | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO and any provider of series enhancement entitled thereto an opinion of counsel with respect to the validity of the interest of the master trust in and to the receivables and certain other components of the master trust. |
Affiliates of the transferor may originate or acquire portfolios of credit card accounts the receivables in which may be conveyed to the transferor and transferred by the transferor to the master trust. Such transfer of receivables to the master trust will be subject to the conditions described above relating to additions.
Additional accounts may include accounts originated using criteria different from those which were applied to the initial accounts because such accounts were originated at a different date or were part of a portfolio of credit card accounts which were not part of the Bank Portfolio as of the Master Trust Cut-Off Date or which were acquired from another institution. Moreover, additional accounts may not be accounts or assets of the same type or having the same characteristics as those previously included in the master trust. See “—Representations and Warranties” below. Consequently, there can be no assurance that such additional accounts will be of the same credit quality or have the same payment characteristics as the initial accounts or the additional accounts previously included in the master trust.
Additional accounts of a type different than the initial accounts may contain receivables that consist of fees, charges and amounts that are different from the fees, charges and amounts that have been designated as finance charge receivables and principal receivables in this prospectus and participations in receivables may be added to the master trust as additions. In either case, the servicer will designate the portions of funds collected or to be collected in respect of such receivables to be treated for purposes of the pooling agreement as principal receivables and finance charge receivables. The pooling agreement provides that the transferor may add participations to the master trust that may have characteristics substantially different than those of accounts or additional accounts, including substantially different eligibility requirements, payment characteristics and risks.
Removal of Master Trust Assets
On any day of any month, the transferor will have the right to require the reassignment to it or its designee of all the master trust trustee’s right, title and interest in, to and under the receivables then existing and thereafter created in accounts designated by the transferor, all recoveries and insurance proceeds allocable to all of the foregoing, all collections with respect to all of the foregoing, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect to all of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
• | the transferor shall have given the master trust trustee, the servicer, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement written notice of such removal specifying the date for removal of the removed accounts; |
• | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee an account schedule containing a true and complete list of the removed accounts specifying for each such account, as of the removal date, its account number, the aggregate amount outstanding in such account and the aggregate amount of principal receivables outstanding in such account; |
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• | the aggregate amount of principal receivables to be removed shall not equal or exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of principal receivables in the master trust; |
• | the transferor shall have represented and warranted as of each removal date that the list of removed accounts delivered as described in the second clause above, as of the removal notice date, is true and complete in all material respects; |
• | the transferor shall have received written notice from each hired NRSRO that such removal will not result in the reduction, qualification or withdrawal of its rating of any outstanding series or class of investor certificates; and |
• | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee and any series enhancer entitled thereto an officer’s certificate of the transferor, dated the removal date, to the effect that the transferor reasonably believes that the removal will not, based on facts known to such officer at the time of the certification, cause a Pay Out Event or any event that, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute a Pay Out Event to occur for any series. |
Such removal could occur for a number of reasons, including a determination by the transferor that the master trust contains more receivables than the transferor is obligated to retain in the master trust under the pooling agreement and any applicable series supplements and a determination that the transferor does not desire to obtain additional financing at the time through the master trust.
Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, the transferor and the master trust trustee shall execute and deliver a written reassignment and the master trust trustee shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the transferor or its designee, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the master trust trustee in and to the receivables existing at the close of business on the removal notice date and thereafter created in the removed accounts, all recoveries and insurance proceeds allocable to all of the foregoing, all collections allocable to the foregoing, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect to all of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof.
In addition to the foregoing, on the date when any receivable in an account becomes a Defaulted Receivable (including any related finance charge receivables), the master trust trustee shall automatically transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the transferor all right, title and interest of the master trust trustee in and to the Defaulted Receivables (including any related finance charge receivables) in such account, all insurance proceeds allocable to all of the foregoing, all collections with respect to all of the foregoing, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect to all of the foregoing and, all proceeds thereof. See “—Allocation Percentage.”
Furthermore, the transferor’s designation of any account as a removed account will be random, unless the transferor’s designation of any such account is (1) in response to a third-party action or decision not to act and not the unilateral action of the transferor or (2) because such account contains Defaulted Receivables. Furthermore, the removed accounts shall not, as of the removal notice date, contain principal receivables which in the aggregate exceed an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between the Master Trust Transferor Interest and the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest.
Any account that (i) has a receivables balance equal to zero, (ii) contains no Defaulted Receivables, (iii) has been irrevocably closed in a manner consistent with the bank’s customary and usual procedures for closing revolving credit card accounts and (iv) has been inactive, may be removed from the master trust by the transferor without the consent of the master trust trustee, investor certificateholders, noteholders or rating agencies and without having to satisfy the conditions for removal described above.
For as long as the bank remains the servicer under the pooling agreement and either:
• | the bank provides to the transferor and the master trust trustee a letter of credit covering collection risk of the servicer acceptable to each hired NRSRO (as evidenced by a letter from each such rating agency), or |
• | if the master trust collection account is maintained with the bank, the bank maintains a certificate of deposit rating of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. |
the bank, as the servicer, may use for its own benefit all collections received on the receivables in each month until 12:00 noon, Richmond, Virginia time, on the Business Day before the related Distribution Date or, in the case of any collections consisting of interchange, not later than 12:00 noon, Richmond, Virginia time, on each Distribution Date, at which time it will deposit all such collections, to the extent described below, into the master trust collection account. The bank, as the servicer, will make the deposits and payments to the accounts and parties described in this prospectus
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and in the related prospectus supplement on the date of such deposit. However, if the bank is no longer the servicer or fails to maintain the required letter of credit covering collection risk or certificate of deposit rating, the servicer will make such deposits, as described below, not later than 2 Business Days after the date of processing or, in the case of collections consisting of interchange, not later than 12:00 noon, Richmond, Virginia time, on each Distribution Date. Currently, the bank does not have such a letter of credit or such a certificate of deposit rating from Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s.
The servicer will only be required to deposit collections into the master trust collection account up to the aggregate amount of collections required to be deposited into an account established for any series or, without duplication, distributed on or prior to the related Distribution Date to investor certificateholders of any series or to COMET of any series enhancement pursuant to the terms of any series supplement or series enhancement agreementplus the aggregate amount of the unamortized portion of any collections of annual membership feesplus the aggregate amount of the unamortized portion of any collections representing recoveries. If at any time prior to such Distribution Date the amount of collections deposited in the master trust collection account exceeds the amount required to be deposited as described in the sentence above, the servicer will withdraw such excess from the master trust collection account and pay it to the holder of the Master Trust Transferor Interest. Additionally, Finance Charge Collections and Principal Collections allocated to the COMT collateral certificate (solely to the extent that those collections are in excess of a required deposit amount, calculated pursuant to theSeries 2002-CC supplement, that estimates for the related month the aggregate amount of principal, interest and certain other amounts accruing in respect of all outstanding notes, as well as the Monthly Servicing Fee) may be held by the servicer and not deposited in the master trust collection account until the related Distribution Date. Any of those collections not deposited in the master trust collection account may be commingled with the servicer’s own funds and used for the benefit of the servicer prior to each Distribution Date. In the event of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the servicer, or if certain time periods were to pass, the master trust, COMET and the indenture trustee may lose any perfected security interest in any Finance Charge Collections or Principal Collections commingled with the funds of the servicer. See “Risk Factors—The master trust trustee and the indenture trustee may not have a perfected interest in collections commingled by the servicer with its own funds, which could cause delayed or reduced payments to you.”
On the earlier of:
(i) the second Business Day after the day of processing of a collection; and
(ii) the day any such deposit is made into the master trust collection account or, in the case of any collections consisting of interchange, not later than 12:00 noon, Richmond, Virginia time, on each Distribution Date,
the servicer will withdraw the following amounts from the master trust collection account for application as indicated:
(a) the portion of Principal Collections allocated to the Master Trust Transferor Interest will be paid to the holder of the Master Trust Transferor Interest; provided that the Master Trust Transferor Interest in principal receivables on such day (after giving effect to any new receivables transferred to the master trust on the applicable day) exceeds the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest and the aggregate amount of principal receivables exceeds the Master Trust Required Principal Balance, but otherwise such amounts will be deposited into the master trust excess funding account;
(b) the portion of Finance Charge Collections allocated to the Master Trust Transferor Interest will be paid to the holder of the Master Trust Transferor Interest;
(c) for investor certificates other than the COMT collateral certificate, an amount equal to the applicable allocation percentage of the aggregate amount of such deposits in respect of finance charge receivables and principal receivables will be applied in accordance with the related series supplement; and
(d) deposits in respect of finance charge receivables and principal receivables allocable to the COMT collateral certificate as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—The COMT Collateral Certificate” will be paid to COMET as holder of the COMT collateral certificate.
The servicer’s compliance with its obligations under the pooling agreement and each series supplement will be independently verified as described under “—Evidence as to Compliance” below.
Master Trust Collection Account
The servicer has established and maintains for the benefit of the investor certificateholders of each series, in the name of the master trust trustee, an Eligible Deposit Account called the master trust collection account, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the investor certificateholders of each series. Funds will be deposited in the master trust collection account by the servicer as described above under
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“—Application of Collections.” Funds on deposit in the master trust collection account, except as described under “—Application of Collections” above, will not be commingled with any other funds relating to assets serviced by the servicer that are not in the master trust. The master trust collection account is currently maintained with The Bank of New York Mellon. If at any time the master trust collection account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the master trust collection account must be moved so that it will again be qualified as an Eligible Deposit Account.
Funds in the master trust collection account generally will be invested in Eligible Investments selected by the servicer. Such funds may be invested in debt obligations of the bank or its affiliates so long as such obligations qualify as Eligible Investments. Any earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds in the collection account will be paid to, or at the direction of, the transferor except as otherwise specified in the related series supplement. Any funds on deposit in the collection account will remain in the collection account and will be invested in Eligible Investments until the Business Day before the Distribution Date when they will be allocated as described in “—Application of Collections” above. The servicer will have the revocable power to withdraw funds and property from the master trust collection account and to instruct the master trust trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the master trust collection account for the purpose of carrying out its duties under the pooling agreement and any series supplement. The paying agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds and property from the master trust collection account for the purpose of making distributions to the investor certificateholders. The paying agent for each series is expected to be The Bank of New York Mellon. However, the related prospectus supplement may specify an alternative or additional paying agent for a series, class or tranche of notes.
Pursuant to the pooling agreement, the servicer will allocate among each series of investor certificates issued and outstanding and the Master Trust Transferor Interest, all amounts collected on finance charge receivables and principal receivables, the master trust Default Amount and miscellaneous payments, based on a varying percentage called the allocation percentage. Amounts not allocated to any series will be allocated to the Master Trust Transferor Interest. The servicer will make each allocation by reference to the applicable allocation percentage of each series and the Master Trust Transferor Percentage, and, in certain circumstances, the percentage interest of certain series enhancement providers, with respect to such series. For a description of how allocations will be made to the COMT collateral certificate by the master trust, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—The COMT Collateral Certificate.”
Amounts collected as membership fees for any month will be held in the master trust collection account and will be amortized in twelve equal installments over twelve month beginning with the month following the month in which the annual fee is billed. Each such installment of annual membership fees will be treated as a collection of finance charge receivables in the month in which it is amortized and allocated in the manner described above.
For recoveries constituting the proceeds of any sale or initial securitization of Defaulted Receivables, such recoveries will be treated as Finance Charge Collections and allocated as described above over a period of time. For each month, the amount of recoveries received from the sale or initial securitization of Defaulted Receivables which shall be treated as Finance Charge Collections for such month shall be an amount equal to the total amount of such recoveries collected during the three months ending with such month divided by three.
Collections of receivables for any month will be allocated by the servicer first to membership fees sold to the transferor under the receivables purchase agreement during the preceding month, second to finance charge receivables, to the extent of finance charge receivables billed (or, in the case of annual membership fees, amortized) during the preceding month, and third to principal receivables. The servicer will, to the extent it is required to make daily deposits into the master trust collection account, make an estimated allocation of collections between annual membership fees, finance charge receivables and principal receivables on each deposit date and will deposit amounts into the master trust collection account as set forth above in accordance with such allocation.
Sharing of Principal Collections
Series 2002-CC is a principal sharing series. The servicer will determine the amount of Principal Collections for any month (plus miscellaneous payments and certain other amounts) allocated toSeries 2002-CC remaining after covering required deposits and distributions and any similar amount remaining for any other principal sharing series, and will allocate these remaining Principal Collectionspro rata, based on the amount of the shortfall, if any, for each other principal sharing series, to cover any principal distributions to investor certificateholders and deposits to principal funding accounts for any principal sharing series of master trust investor certificates which are either scheduled or permitted and which have not been covered out of the Principal Collections and miscellaneous payments and certain other amounts allocable to such series. Currently, Series 2002-CC is the only outstanding series of investor certificates.
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If on any date the Master Trust Transferor Interest is less than or equal to the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest or the aggregate amount of principal receivables is less than the Master Trust Required Principal Balance, the servicer will not distribute to the transferor any shared principal collections that otherwise would be distributed to the transferor, but will deposit such funds in an Eligible Deposit Account, called the master trust excess funding account, established and maintained by the servicer for the benefit of the investor certificateholders of each series, in the name of the master trust trustee, and bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the investor certificateholders of each series. Funds on deposit in the master trust excess funding account will be withdrawn and paid to the transferor on any Business Day to the extent that the Master Trust Transferor Interest exceeds the Master Trust Required Transferor Interest and the aggregate amount of principal receivables exceeds the Master Trust Required Principal Balance;provided, however, that if an accumulation period, controlled amortization period or early amortization period starts for any principal sharing series, any funds on deposit in the master trust excess funding account will be treated as shared principal collections to the extent needed to cover principal payments due for the benefit of such series.
Funds on deposit in the master trust excess funding account will be invested by the master trust trustee, at the direction of the servicer, in Eligible Investments. Any earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) earned on amounts on deposit in the master trust excess funding account during any month will be withdrawn from the master trust excess funding account and treated as Finance Charge Collections for such month.
Sharing of Excess Finance Charges
Series 2002-CC is included in a group of series of investor certificates called “Group One.” Currently, Group One consists of Series 2002-CC and the Card series notes. Finance Charge Collections and certain other amounts allocable to any series that are included in Group One in excess of the amounts necessary to make required payments for such series (including payments to the provider of any related series enhancement) that are payable out of Finance Charge Collections, called Excess Finance Charges, will be applied to cover any shortfalls in amounts payable from Finance Charge Collections allocable to any other series included in Group One,pro rata based upon the amount of the shortfall, if any, for each other series in Group One;provided, however, that the sharing of Excess Finance Charges among series in Group One will continue only until such time, if any, at which each transferor shall deliver to the master trust trustee a certificate of an authorized officer to the effect that the continued sharing of Excess Finance Charges would have adverse regulatory implications for the transferor. Following the delivery by the transferor of any such certificates to the master trust trustee, there will not be any further sharing of Excess Finance Charges among the series in Group One. In all cases, any Excess Finance Charges remaining after covering shortfalls for all outstanding series in Group One will be paid to the transferor. While any series issued by the master trust may be included in Group One, there can be no assurance that:
• | any other series will be included in Group One, |
• | there will be any Excess Finance Charges for Group One for any month, or |
• | the transferor will not at any time deliver a certificate as described above. |
While the transferor does not believe that, based upon applicable rules and regulations as currently in effect, the sharing of Excess Finance Charges among series in Group One will have adverse regulatory implications for the bank, there can be no assurance that this will continue to be true in the future.
Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries
The current policy of the bank is to charge off as uncollectible an account at or after 180 days past due, unless such account has been converted to aclosed-end loan status in a workout program, in which case the bank will charge off the account at or after 120 days past due. The bank generally charges off a bankrupt customer’s account by the end of the next full billing cycle after receiving the bankruptcy petition. However, for certain small business accounts, the bank will attempt to continue to collect from the business even after it receives a bankruptcy petition from the business owner. The bank charges off accounts of deceased accountholders within two full billing cycles of receiving proper notice if no estate exists against which a proof of claim can be filed, no other parties remit payments or no other responsible party is available. The bank frequently sells portfolios of charged-off accounts to third parties.
On the date when any receivable in an account becomes a Defaulted Receivable (including any related finance charge receivables), the master trust will automatically transfer to the transferor all right, title and interest of the master trust in and to the Defaulted Receivables (including any related finance charge receivables) in such account, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto, all proceeds thereof and any insurance proceeds relating thereto;provided that recoveries of such account shall be applied as described in “—Allocation Percentage” above.
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If the servicer adjusts downward the amount of any principal receivable (other than Ineligible Receivables which have been, or are to be, reassigned or assigned to the transferor) because of a rebate, refund, unauthorized charge or billing error to an accountholder or such principal receivable was created in respect of merchandise which was refused or returned by an accountholder, or if the servicer otherwise adjusts downward the amount of any principal receivable without receiving collections therefor or charging off such amount as uncollectible, then the amount of the principal receivables in the master trust for the month in which such adjustment takes place will be reduced by the amount of the adjustment. Furthermore, in the event that the exclusion of any such receivables would cause the Master Trust Transferor Interest in principal receivables at such time to be a negative number, the transferor shall be required to make an Adjustment Payment in an amount equal to such deficiency into the master trust collection account on such Distribution Date.
The Base Certificate; Additional Transferors
The pooling agreement provides that the transferor may exchange a portion of the Base Certificate or its uncertificated interest in the Master Trust Transferor Interest, if any, for a supplemental certificate or an uncertificated interest in the Master Trust Transferor Interest for transfer or exchange to a person designated by the transferor upon the execution and delivery of a supplement to the pooling agreement (which supplement will be subject to the amendment section of the pooling agreement to the extent that it amends any of the terms of the pooling agreement; see “—Amendments to the Pooling Agreement” below), provided that prior to such transfer or exchange:
(a) | the transferor shall have received written notice from each hired NRSRO that such transfer or exchange will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series and shall have delivered copies of the written notice to the servicer and the master trust trustee, and |
(b) | the transferor shall have delivered to the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement a master trust tax opinion about the transfer or exchange. |
Any transfer or exchange of a supplemental certificate or an uncertificated interest in the Master Trust Transferor Interest is subject to the conditions set forth in the preceding sentence. See “—Assumption of the Transferor’s Obligations” below. The pooling agreement provides that a Base Certificate and any supplemental certificates may be in certificated or uncertificated form.
The transferor may designate one or more of its affiliates to be included as an additional transferor under the pooling agreement (by means of an amendment to the pooling agreement that will not require the consent of any investor certificateholder; see “—Amendments to the Pooling Agreement” below). Any additional transferor may cease to transfer newly arising receivables to the master trust trustee upon written notice from each hired NRSRO that such cessation will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any series. In connection with such designation, the transferor will surrender the Base Certificate to the master trust trustee in exchange for a newly issued Base Certificate modified to reflect such additional Master Trust Transferor Interest;provided, however, that:
(i) | the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph for the issuance of a supplemental certificate shall have been satisfied for the designation of an additional transferor, and |
(ii) | any applicable conditions described below in “—Assumption of the Transferor’s Obligations” shall have been satisfied for the transfer of receivables or participations in receivables by any additional transferor to the master trust. Following the inclusion of an additional transferor, the additional transferor will be treated in the same manner as the transferor described herein and references herein to the transferor shall be references to each transferor. |
The master trust will terminate on the Master Trust Termination Date. Upon termination of the trust, all right, title and interest in the receivables and other funds of the master trust (other than amounts in accounts maintained by the trust for the final payment of principal and interest to investor certificateholders) will be conveyed and transferred to the transferor.
A Pay Out Event under the pooling agreement will cause the early redemption of the notes. See “The Notes—Early Redemption Events.” A Pay Out Event refers to any of the following events:
(a) | failure on the part of the transferor (i) to make any payment or deposit on the date required under the pooling agreement or the Series 2002-CC supplement within 5 Business Days after the day such payment or deposit |
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is required to be made or (ii) to observe or perform any other covenants or agreements of the transferor set forth in the pooling agreement or the Series 2002-CC supplement, which failure has a material adverse effect on the investor certificateholders and which continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure;
(b) | any representation or warranty made by the transferor in the pooling agreement or the Series 2002-CC supplement or any information required to be given by the transferor to the master trust trustee to identify the accounts proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or when delivered and continues to be incorrect in any material respect for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure and as a result of which the interests of the investor certificateholders are materially and adversely affected, except that a Pay Out Event described in this subparagraph clause (b) will not occur if the transferor has accepted reassignment of the related receivable or all of such receivables, if applicable, during such period in accordance with the provisions of the pooling agreement; |
(c) | a failure by the transferor to make an addition of accounts to the master trust within 5 Business Days after the day on which it is required to make such addition pursuant to the pooling agreement or the Series 2002-CC supplement; |
(d) | any Servicer Default; |
(e) | certain events of insolvency, conservatorship, receivership or bankruptcy relating to the transferor (including any additional transferor) or the bank or any other owner of accounts the receivables of which have been transferred to the master trust, provided that, at the time such events occur, the master trust includes receivables transferred by such transferor or account owner; |
(f) | the transferor is unable for any reason to transfer receivables to the master trust in accordance with the provisions of the pooling agreement; |
(g) | the bank or any other owner of accounts the receivables of which have been transferred to the master trust is unable for any reason to sell receivables to the transferor in accordance with the provisions of the related receivables purchase agreement; or |
(h) | the master trust becomes an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
In the case of any event described in clause (a), (b) or (d) above, a Pay Out Event will occur only if, after the applicable grace period, either the master trust trustee or the noteholders evidencing interests aggregating more than 50% of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the outstanding notes, by written notice to the transferor and the servicer (and to the master trust trustee if given by the investor certificateholders) declare that a Pay Out Event has occurred as of the date of such notice.
In the case of any event described in clause (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h), a Pay Out Event will occur without any notice or other action on the part of the master trust trustee or the noteholders immediately upon the occurrence of such event.
In addition to the consequences of a Pay Out Event discussed above, if an insolvency event which involves the bank occurs, the bank will immediately cease to transfer principal receivables to the transferor, and the transferor will be unable to transfer principal receivables to the master trust trustee. The bank will immediately give notice to the transferor and the master trust trustee. If a bankruptcy or insolvency event which involves the transferor occurs, the transferor will immediately cease to transfer principal receivables to the master trust trustee. The transferor will give notice of the event to the master trust trustee and the servicer. So long as any series issued prior to April 1, 2001 is outstanding, within 15 days the master trust trustee will publish a notice of the occurrence of such event stating that the trustee intends to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate the receivables in the master trust by the solicitation of competitive bids and on terms equivalent to the best purchase offer as determined by the master trust trustee, unless within 90 days from the date such notice is published, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of each outstanding series or, if a series includes more than one class, each class of such series evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of each such series or class (and, to the extent provided in the related series supplement, any credit enhancement provider for such series) instruct the master trust trustee not to dispose of or liquidate the receivables and to continue transferring principal receivables as before such event. The proceeds from any such sale, disposition or liquidation of the receivables will be deposited in the master trust collection account and allocated as described in the pooling agreement and each series supplement. If the sum of (a) the portion of such proceeds allocated to any series and (b) the proceeds of any collections on the receivables in the master trust collection account allocated to such series is not sufficient to pay the Invested Amount of the investor certificates of such series in full, the related investor certificateholders, and in the case of the COMT collateral certificate, the noteholders, will incur a loss.
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In addition to the consequences of a Pay Out Event discussed above, if a conservator or receiver were appointed for an additional transferor or if certain other events relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership of that additional transferor occur, pursuant to the pooling agreement, on the day of such event, the additional transferor will immediately cease to transfer principal receivables to the master trust trustee and promptly give notice to the master trust trustee of such event.
The pooling agreement provides that, pursuant to one or more series supplements, the transferor may cause the master trust trustee to issue one or more new series of investor certificates and may define all principal terms of such series. Each series may have different terms and enhancements than any other series. None of the transferor, the servicer, the master trust trustee or the master trust is required or intends to obtain the consent of any investor certificateholder of any other series (or any noteholder) issued prior to the issuance of a new series. The transferor may offer any series to the public under a prospectus and prospectus supplement or other disclosure document in transactions either registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or exempt from registration thereunder directly, through one or more underwriters or placement agents, in fixed-price offerings or in negotiated transactions or otherwise.
Under the pooling agreement, the obligation of the master trust trustee to issue the investor certificates of a new series and to execute and deliver the related series supplement is subject to the following conditions, among others:
• | on or before the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the date upon which the new issuance is to occur, the transferor will give to the master trust trustee, the servicer, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement notice of such new issuance and the date upon which the new issuance is to occur; |
• | the transferor will deliver to the master trust trustee a series supplement, specifying the terms of the series; |
• | the transferor will deliver to the master trust trustee any related series enhancement agreement; |
• | the transferor will receive written notice from each hired NRSRO that such new issuance will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series; |
• | the transferor will deliver to the master trust trustee and certain providers of series enhancement an officer’s certificate of the transferor to the effect that such issuance will not cause a Pay Out Event or any event that, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute a Pay Out Event to occur for any series; |
• | the transferor will deliver to the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement a master trust tax opinion; and |
• | the transferor will deliver to the master trust trustee and certain providers of series enhancement an officer’s certificate of the transferor to the effect that the Master Trust Transferor Interest will not be less than 2% of the total amount of principal receivables, as of the date upon which the new issuance is to occur after giving effect to such new issuance. |
Representations and Warranties
The transferor has made in the pooling agreement certain representations and warranties to the master trust about the accounts and the receivables to the effect, among other things, that as of the substitution date and each cut-off date for the addition of accounts:
• | each additional account was an Eligible Account, |
• | each of the receivables existing in an additional account is an Eligible Receivable, |
• | upon the creation of any new receivable transferred by the transferor to the master trust, such receivable is an Eligible Receivable, and |
• | each receivable transferred by the transferor to the master trust trustee is free and clear of any liens (other than those provided for in the pooling agreement). |
Prior to the substitution date, the bank made similar representations and warranties relating to receivables that were transferred by the bank to the master trust. For so long as such receivables are assets of the master trust, then the representations and warranties made by the bank regarding those receivables will be in effect and enforceable.
If the transferor, or the bank with respect to receivables transferred to the master trust prior to the substitution date, breaches any representation and warranty described in the preceding paragraphs and such breach remains uncured for 60 days, or such longer period, not in excess of 150 days, as may be agreed to by the master trust trustee, after the earlier to occur of the discovery of such breach by the transferor or the bank, as applicable, or receipt of written notice
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of such breach by the transferor, and such breach has a material adverse effect on the investor certificateholders’ interest of all series in any receivable (which determination shall be made without regard to the availability of funds under any credit enhancement), the investor certificateholders’ interest in such Ineligible Receivables will be reassigned to the transferor, or the bank with respect to receivables transferred to the master trust prior to the substitution date, on the terms and conditions set forth below and the related account shall no longer be included as an account in the Master Trust Portfolio.
An Ineligible Receivable will be reassigned to the transferor, or the bank with respect to receivables transferred to the master trust prior to the substitution date, on or before the end of the month in which such reassignment obligation arises by the transferor directing the servicer to deduct the portion of such Ineligible Receivable that is a principal receivable from the aggregate amount of the principal receivables used to calculate the Master Trust Transferor Interest. In the event that the exclusion of an Ineligible Receivable from the calculation of the Master Trust Transferor Interest would cause the Master Trust Transferor Interest to be a negative number, on the Distribution Date following the month in which such reassignment obligation arises, the transferor will make a deposit in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the principal portion and the interest portion of the amount by which the Master Trust Transferor Interest would be reduced below zero (up to the amount of such principal receivables) into the master trust excess funding account and the master trust collection account, respectively. Any amount deposited into the master trust excess funding account and the master trust collection account, respectively, in connection with the reassignment of an Ineligible Receivable, called a Transfer Deposit Amount, shall be considered a payment in full of the Ineligible Receivable. The reassignment of any Ineligible Receivable to the transferor is the sole remedy respecting any breach of the representations and warranties described in the preceding paragraphs about such receivable available to investor certificateholders of any series (or the master trust trustee on behalf of such investor certificateholders) or any provider of series enhancement.
Capital One Funding, as transferor, made as of the date it became the transferor and will also make as of each series issuance date representations and warranties to the master trust to the effect, among other things, that:
• | it is a limited liability company validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia; it has, in all material respects, full power and authority to consummate the transactions contemplated by the related series supplement; and each of the receivables purchase agreement, the pooling agreement and the related series supplement constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the transferor; and |
• | the pooling agreement constitutes either: |
– | a valid sale, transfer and assignment to the master trust trustee (subject to Section 9-315 of the UCC, as such transfer pertains to proceeds, and subject to certain tax liens) of all right, title and interest of the transferor in the receivables and the proceeds thereof (including proceeds in any of the accounts established for the benefit of the investor certificateholders); or |
– | the grant of a first priority perfected security interest in such receivables and the proceeds thereof (including proceeds in any of the accounts established for the benefit of the investor certificateholders) under the UCC as in effect in Virginia and any other state where the filing of a financing statement is required to perfect the master trust’s interest in the receivables and the proceeds thereof, which is effective as to each receivable then existing on the applicable series issuance date or, as to each receivable arising thereafter, upon the creation thereof and until termination of the master trust. |
Prior to the substitution date, the bank made similar representations and warranties relating to the pooling agreement and the related series supplements as of the date of each series issuance date. For so long as receivables transferred by the bank prior to the substitution date are assets of the master trust, then the representations and warranties made by the bank with respect to the pooling agreement and the related series supplements will be in effect and enforceable.
In the event that the breach of any of the representations and warranties described in the preceding paragraphs has a material adverse effect on the investor certificateholders’ interest in the receivables transferred to the master trust by the transferor, or by the bank with respect to receivables transferred to the master trust prior to the substitution date, either the master trust trustee or the holders of investor certificates evidencing not less than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the investor certificates of all series, by written notice to the transferor and the servicer (and the master trust trustee if given by the holders of the requisite percentage of investor certificates of all series), may direct the transferor or the bank, as applicable, to accept the reassignment of the receivables if such breach and any material adverse effect caused by such breach is not cured within 60 days of such notice (or within such longer period, not in excess of 150 days, as may be specified in such notice). The transferor or the bank, as applicable, will be obligated to accept the reassignment of the receivables on the Distribution Date following the month in which such reassignment obligation arises. Such reassignment will not be required to be made, however, if:
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• | at the end of such applicable period, the representations and warranties shall then be true and correct in all material respects as if made on such day; and |
• | the transferor or the bank, as applicable, shall have delivered to the master trust trustee an officer’s certificate describing the nature of such breach and the manner in which the relevant representation and warranty became true and correct and the breach of such representation and warranty shall no longer materially adversely affect the investor certificateholders and any material adverse effect caused by such breach shall have been cured. |
The price for such reassignment will generally be equal to the aggregate invested amounts and enhancement invested amounts of all series on the Distribution Date on which the reassignment is scheduled to be madeplus accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal amount of all series and any interest amounts that were due but not paid on a prior date and interest on such overdue interest amounts (if the applicable series supplement so provides) at the applicable certificate rates through the day preceding such Distribution Date. The payment of such reassignment price, in immediately available funds, will be considered a payment in full of all receivables and the principal portion of such funds and the interest portion of such funds will be deposited in the master trust collection account. If the master trust trustee or the requisite percentage of investor certificateholders of all series gives a notice as provided above, the obligation of the transferor or the bank, as applicable, to make any such deposit will constitute the sole remedy respecting a breach of the representations and warranties available to investor certificateholders of all series (or the master trust trustee on behalf of such investor certificateholders) or any provider of series enhancement.
It is not required or anticipated that the master trust trustee will make any initial or periodic general examination of any documents or records related to the receivables or the accounts for the purpose of establishing the presence or absence of defects, compliance with the transferor’s, or the bank’s, as applicable, representations and warranties or for any other purpose. In addition, it is not anticipated or required that the master trust trustee will make any initial or periodic general examination of the servicer for the purpose of establishing the compliance by the servicer with its representations or warranties or the performance by the servicer of its obligations under the pooling agreement or for any other purpose. The servicer, however, will deliver to the master trust trustee on or before April 30 of each calendar year an opinion of counsel with respect to the validity of the interest of the master trust in and to the receivables and certain other components of the master trust.
In the pooling agreement, the servicer has covenanted as to each receivable and related account that:
• | it will duly satisfy all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the receivables and the related accounts, and will maintain in effect all qualifications required in order to service the receivables and the related accounts and will comply in all material respects with all other requirements of law in connection with servicing the receivables and the related accounts, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect on the investor certificateholders; |
• | it will not authorize any rescission or cancellation of a receivable except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority or in accordance with the bank’s lending guidelines; |
• | it will take no action which, nor omit to take any action the omission of which, would substantially impair the rights of the master trust trustee in the receivables or the related accounts; |
• | it will not reschedule, revise or defer collections due on the receivable except in accordance with its ordinary course of business and the bank’s lending guidelines; and |
• | except in connection with its enforcement or collection of an account, it will take no action to cause any receivables to be evidenced by any instrument or chattel paper (as defined in the UCC) and, if any receivable is so evidenced as a result of the servicer’s action, it shall be deemed to be an Ineligible Receivable and shall be assigned to the servicer as provided below;provided, however, that such receivables evidenced by instruments or chattel paper taken from obligors in the ordinary course of the servicer’s collection efforts shall not be deemed Ineligible Receivables solely as a result thereof. |
Under the terms of the pooling agreement, in the event any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the servicer contained in the clauses above with respect to any receivable or the related account is breached, and such breach has a material adverse effect on the master trust trustee’s interest in such receivable (which determination shall be made without regard to the availability of funds under any credit enhancement) and is not cured within 60 days (or such longer period, not in excess of 150 days, as may be agreed to by the master trust trustee) from the earlier to occur of the discovery of such event by the servicer, or receipt by the servicer of written notice of such event given by the transferor or the master trust trustee, then all receivables in the account or accounts to which such event relates shall be assigned to the servicer on the terms and conditions set forth below;provided, however, that such receivables will not be assigned to the servicer if, on any day prior to the end of such 60-day or longer period:
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• | the relevant representation and warranty shall be true and correct, or the relevant covenant shall have been complied with, in all material respects, and |
• | the servicer shall have delivered to the transferor and the master trust trustee an officer’s certificate describing the nature of such breach and the manner in which such breach was cured. |
Such assignment and transfer will be made when the servicer deposits an amount equal to the amount of such receivable in the master trust collection account on the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date following the month during which such obligation arises. The amount of such deposit will be deemed a Transfer Deposit Amount under the pooling agreement. This reassignment or transfer and assignment to the servicer constitutes the sole remedy available to the investor certificateholders of any series if such representation, warranty or covenant of the servicer is not satisfied and the master trust trustee’s interest in any such reassigned receivables shall be automatically assigned to the servicer.
Limitation on Liability of the Servicer
The servicer will indemnify and hold harmless the transferor, the master trust and the master trust trustee from and against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts or omissions of the servicer with respect to the master trust pursuant to the pooling agreement. However, unless the servicer performs any of its duties by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the pooling agreement, neither the servicer nor any of the directors, officers employees or agents of the servicer in its capacity as servicer will be under any liability to the transferor, the master trust, the master trust trustee, the investor certificateholders, any series enhancer or any other person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith in its capacity as servicer under the pooling agreement.
Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses
The share of the master trust servicing fee allocable to the COMT collateral certificate for any Distribution Date, called the Monthly Servicing Fee, will equal one-twelfth of the product of (i) 2.0% and (ii) the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the month preceding such Distribution Date, except that for the first Distribution Date, the Monthly Servicing Fee will be equal the product of (i) 2.0%, (ii) the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the first month, and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days during the period from and including the initial issuance date of any notes through and including the last day of the following month and the denominator of which is 360. On each Distribution Date, if the bank or The Bank of New York Mellon is the servicer, servicer interchange for the related month that is on deposit in the master trust collection account will be withdrawn from the master trust collection account and paid to the servicer in payment of a portion of the Monthly Servicing Fee for such month.
The servicer interchange for any month for which the bank or The Bank of New York Mellon is the servicer will be an amount equal to the product of the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the month and the portion of Finance Charge Collections allocated to the Invested Amount for the COMT collateral certificate for such month that is attributable to interchange. However, servicer interchange for a month will not exceed one-twelfth of the product of (i) 0.75% and (ii) the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the month; except that for the first Distribution Date, the servicer interchange may equal but shall not exceed the product of (i) 0.75%, (ii) the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the month, and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days during the period from and including the initial issuance date of any notes through and including the last day of the following month and the denominator of which is 360. In the case of any insufficiency of servicer interchange on deposit in the master trust collection account, a portion of the Monthly Servicing Fee allocable to the COMT collateral certificate for such month will not be paid to the extent of such insufficiency and in no event shall the master trust, the master trust trustee, the COMT collateral certificateholder, COMET, the indenture trustee or the noteholders be liable for the share of the servicing fee to be paid out of servicer interchange.
The share of the Monthly Servicing Fee allocable to the COMT collateral certificate for any Distribution Date, called the certificateholder servicing fee, is equal to one-twelfth of the product of (i) the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the month and (ii) 1.25%, or if the bank or The Bank of New York Mellon is not the servicer, 2.0%; except that for the first Distribution Date the certificateholder servicing fee will be equal to the product of (i) the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for the COMT collateral certificate for the month, (ii) 1.25%, or if the bank or The Bank of New York Mellon is not the
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servicer, 2.0% and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days during the period from and including the initial issuance date of any notes through and including the last day of the following month and the denominator of which is 360.
The portion of the Monthly Servicing Fee allocable to the COMT collateral certificate will be allocated to each series of notes and will be paid as described in the related prospectus supplement. The remainder of the servicing fee for the master trust (including the remainder of the Monthly Servicing Fee) will be paid by the master trust transferor or the certificateholders of other series or, to the extent of any insufficiency of servicer interchange as described above, not be paid. In no event will COMET, the indenture trustee or the noteholders be liable for any portion of the master trust servicing fee to be paid by the master trust transferor or the certificateholder of any other series or to be paid out of servicer interchange.
The servicer will pay from its own funds all expenses incurred in connection with servicing the receivables in the master trust including, without limitation, expenses related to the enforcement of the receivables, payment of the fees and disbursements of the master trust trustee, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee and independent certified public accountants and other fees that are not expressly stated in the pooling agreement, the trust agreement, the indenture, the asset pool supplement or the applicable indenture supplement to be payable by the master trust or the investor certificateholders of a series or the transferor (other than federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise or other taxes based on income, if any, or any interest or penalties with respect thereto of the master trust). In the event that the bank is acting as servicer and fails to pay the fees and disbursements of the master trust trustee, the master trust trustee will be entitled to receive the portion of the master trust servicing fee that is equal to such unpaid amounts. In no event will the investor certificateholders of a series (including the noteholders or COMET as holder of the COMT collateral certificate) be liable to the master trust trustee for the servicer’s failure to pay such amounts, and any such amounts so paid to the master trust trustee will be treated as paid to the servicer for all other purposes of the pooling agreement.
Certain Other Matters Regarding the Servicer
The servicer may not resign from its obligations and duties under the pooling agreement, except upon determination that such duties are no longer permissible under applicable law. No such resignation will become effective until the master trust trustee or a successor to the servicer has assumed the servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under the pooling agreement.
Any person into which, in accordance with the pooling agreement, the servicer may be merged or consolidated or any person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the servicer is a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the servicer, will be the successor to the bank, as servicer, or other servicer, as the case may be, under the pooling agreement.
In the event of any Servicer Default, either the master trust trustee or investor certificateholders holding certificates evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all outstanding series, by written termination notice to the servicer (and to the master trust trustee, the transferor and certain providers of series enhancement, if given by the investor certificateholders), may terminate all of the rights and obligations of the servicer, as servicer, under the pooling agreement. If the master trust trustee within 60 days of receipt of such termination notice does not receive any bids from eligible servicers and the servicer delivers an officer’s certificate to the effect that the servicer cannot in good faith cure the Servicer Default which gave rise to such termination notice, then the master trust trustee shall, except when the Servicer Default is caused by the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship or receivership of the servicer, offer the transferor a right of first refusal to purchase the investor certificateholders’ interest for all series. The purchase price for such a purchase shall be paid on a Distribution Date and shall generally be equal to, for each series, the higher of:
• | the sum of the Invested Amountplus the enhancement Invested Amount, if any, of such series on such Distribution Date (less the amount, if any, on deposit in any principal funding account for such series)plus accrued and unpaid interest at the applicable certificate rate (together with, if applicable, interest on interest amounts that were due and not paid on a prior date), through the last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date; and |
• | the sum of the average bid price quoted by two recognized dealers for similar securities rated in the same rating category as the initial rating of the investor certificates of such series with a remaining maturity approximately equal to the remaining maturity of the investor certificates of such seriesplus the enhancement invested amount, if any, of such series. |
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servicers meeting certain eligibility requirements set forth in the pooling agreement to serve as a successor servicer for servicing compensation not in excess of the master trust servicing fee. Because the bank, as servicer, has significant responsibilities with respect to the servicing of the receivables, the master trust trustee may have difficulty finding a suitable successor servicer. If no successor servicer has been appointed by the master trust trustee and has accepted such appointment by the time the servicer ceases to act as servicer, all rights, authority, power and obligations of the servicer under the pooling agreement shall pass to and be vested in the master trust trustee. The Bank of New York Mellon, the master trust trustee, does not have credit card operations. The master trust trustee shall, if legally unable to act as servicer, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor servicer. If The Bank of New York Mellon is automatically appointed as successor servicer, it may not have the capacity to perform the duties required of a successor servicer and current servicing compensation under the pooling agreement may not be sufficient to cover its actual costs and expenses of servicing the accounts. The rights and interest of Capital One Funding under the pooling agreement and any series supplement in the Master Trust Transferor Interest will not be affected by any termination notice or appointment of a successor servicer.
Upon the occurrence of any Servicer Default the servicer shall not be relieved from using its best efforts to perform its obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of the pooling agreement and any series supplement and the servicer shall provide the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO, each holder of the Master Trust Transferor Interest, any provider of series enhancement and the investor certificateholders of each series an officer’s certificate giving prompt notice of such failure or delay by it, together with a description of its efforts to so perform its obligations.
The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, is the master trust trustee under the pooling agreement. Its principal corporate trust office is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7 West, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Asset Backed Securities, New York, New York 10286.
The Bank of New York Mellon has and currently is serving as trustee for numerous securitization transactions and programs involving pools of credit card receivables.
In the ordinary course of business, The Bank of New York Mellon is named as a defendant in or made a party to pending and potential legal actions. In connection with its role as trustee of certain residential mortgage-backed securitization (RMBS) transactions, The Bank of New York Mellon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit by a group of institutional investors. This lawsuit alleges that the trustee had expansive duties under the governing agreements, including the duty to investigate and pursue breach of representation and warranty claims against other parties to the RMBS transactions. While it is inherently difficult to predict the eventual outcomes of pending actions, The Bank of New York Mellon denies liability and intends to defend the litigation vigorously.
The Bank of New York Mellon has provided the above information for purposes of complying with Regulation AB. Other than the above three paragraphs, The Bank of New York Mellon has not participated in the preparation of, and is not responsible for, any other information contained in this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement.
Rights and Appointment of Co-Master Trust Trustees
The bank, the servicer, the transferor and their respective affiliates may from time to time enter into normal banking and trustee relationships with the master trust trustee and its affiliates. The master trust trustee may hold investor certificates in its own name. For purposes of meeting the legal requirements of certain local jurisdictions, the master trust trustee will have the power to appoint a co-master trust trustee or separate master trust trustees of all or any part of the master trust. In the event of such appointment, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the master trust trustee by the pooling agreement will be conferred or imposed upon the master trust trustee and such separate master trust trustee or co-master trust trustee jointly, or, in any jurisdiction in which the master trust trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform certain acts, singly upon such separate master trust trustee or co-master trust trustee who shall exercise and perform such rights, powers, duties and obligations solely at the direction of the master trust trustee.
Under the terms of the pooling agreement, the servicer agrees to pay to the master trust trustee reasonable compensation for performance of its duties under the pooling agreement. The master trust trustee has agreed to perform only those duties specifically set forth in the pooling agreement. Many of the duties of the master trust trustee are described in this section and throughout this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement. Under the terms of the pooling agreement, the master trust trustee’s limited responsibilities include the following:
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• | to deliver to certificateholders of record certain notices, reports and other documents received by the master trust trustee, as required under the pooling agreement; |
• | to authenticate, deliver, cancel and otherwise administer the investor certificates; |
• | to remove and reassign Ineligible Receivables and accounts from the master trust; |
• | to establish and maintain necessary master trust accounts and to maintain accurate records of activity in those accounts; |
• | to serve as the initial transfer agent, paying agent and registrar, and, if it resigns these duties, to appoint a successor transfer agent, paying agent and registrar; |
• | to invest funds in the master trust accounts at the direction of the servicer; |
• | to represent the certificateholders in interactions with clearing agencies and other similar organizations; |
• | to distribute and transfer funds at the direction of the servicer, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the pooling agreement; |
• | to file with the appropriate party all documents necessary to protect the rights and interests of the certificateholders; |
• | to enforce the rights of the certificateholders against the servicer, if necessary; |
• | to notify the certificateholders and other parties, to sell the receivables, and to allocate the proceeds of such sale, in the event of the termination of the master trust; |
• | to cause a sale of receivables on the legal maturity date of any accelerated tranche of notes; and |
• | to perform certain other administrative functions identified in the pooling agreement. |
In addition to the responsibilities described above, the master trust trustee has the discretion to require the transferor to cure a potential Pay Out Event and to declare a Pay Out Event. See “—Pay Out Events” above.
In the event that the transferor becomes insolvent, if any series of investor certificates issued on or prior to April 1, 2001 is outstanding, the master trust trustee shall: (1) notify the certificateholders of the insolvency, (2) dispose of the receivables in a commercially reasonable manner, and (3) allocate the proceeds of such sale. See “—Pay Out Events” above. If a Servicer Default occurs, in addition to the responsibilities described above, the master trust trustee may be required to appoint a successor servicer or to take over servicing responsibilities under the pooling agreement. See “—The Servicer—Servicer Default” above. In addition, if a Servicer Default occurs, the master trust trustee, in its discretion, may proceed to protect its rights or the rights of the investor certificateholders under the pooling agreement by a suit, action or other judicial proceeding.
Limitation on Liability of Master Trust Trustee
The master trust trustee is not liable for any errors of judgment as long as the errors are made in good faith and the master trust trustee was not negligent.
The holders of a majority of investor certificates have the right to direct the time, method or place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the master trust trustee under the pooling agreement.
Resignation, Removal and Replacement
The master trust trustee may resign at any time, in which event the transferor will be obligated to appoint a successor master trust trustee. The transferor may also remove the master trust trustee if the master trust trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as such under the pooling agreement or if the master trust trustee becomes bankrupt or insolvent. In such circumstances, the transferor will be obligated to appoint a successor master trust trustee. Any resignation or removal of the master trust trustee and appointment of a successor master trust trustee does not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor master trust trustee.
Any successor master trust trustee will execute and deliver to the transferor, the servicer and its predecessor master trust trustee an instrument accepting the appointment. Any successor master trust trustee must: (1) be a bank or a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof; (2) be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers; (3) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority; and (4) maintain any credit or deposit rating required by any hired NRSRO.
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The servicer has agreed to pay the master trust trustee’s fees and expenses (except as those fees and expenses may arise from negligence or bad faith by the master trust trustee). The payment of those fees and expenses by the servicer will be made without reimbursement from any master trust account.
The pooling agreement provides that the servicer will indemnify the transferor, the master trust and the master trust trustee from and against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained arising out of the servicer’s actions or omissions with respect to the master trust pursuant to the pooling agreement.
Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the pooling agreement provides that none of the servicer or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents will be under any other liability to the transferor, the master trust, the master trust trustee, the investor certificateholders, any provider of series enhancement or any other person for any action taken, or for refraining from taking any action, in good faith in the capacity as servicer pursuant to the pooling agreement.
In addition, the pooling agreement provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the transferor will be liable to an injured party for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (other than those incurred by a certificateholder as an investor in the certificates or those which arise from any action of a certificateholder) arising out of or based upon the arrangement created by the pooling agreement and the actions of the transferor taken pursuant to the pooling agreement as though the pooling agreement created a partnership under the New York Uniform Partnership Law in which the transferor was a general partner.
Except as provided in the prior paragraph, none of the transferor or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents will be under any liability to the master trust, the master trust trustee, the certificateholders, any provider of a series enhancement or any other person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith in such capacity pursuant to the pooling agreement.
However, none of the transferor, the servicer or any of their directors, officers, employees or agents will be protected against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence of any such person in the performance of their duties or by reason of reckless disregard of their obligations and duties thereunder.
In addition, the pooling agreement provides that the servicer is not under any obligations to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its servicing responsibilities under the pooling agreement and which in its reasonable judgment may involve it in any expense or liability. The servicer may, in its sole discretion but only within the scope of its role as servicer, undertake any such legal action which it may deem necessary or desirable for the benefit of the investor certificateholders with respect to the pooling agreement and the rights and duties of the parties thereto and the interest of such investor certificateholders thereunder.
The fiscal year for the master trust will end on December 31 of each year. The servicer will file with the SEC an annual report onForm 10-K on behalf of the master trust 90 days after the end of its fiscal year.
The servicer will deliver to the master trust trustee and, if required, file with the SEC as part of an annual report onForm 10-K filed on behalf of the master trust and COMET, the following documents:
• | a report regarding its assessment of compliance during the preceding fiscal year with all applicable servicing criteria set forth in relevant SEC regulations with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the servicer that are backed by the same types of assets as those backing the notes; |
• | with respect to each assessment report described immediately above, a report by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the asserting party, as set forth in relevant SEC regulations; and |
• | a servicer compliance certificate, signed by an authorized officer of the servicer, to the effect that: |
(i) a review of the servicer’s activities during the reporting period and of its performance under the pooling agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision.
(ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the pooling agreement in all materials respects throughout the reporting period or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
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The servicer’s obligation to deliver any servicing assessment report or attestation report and, if required, to file the same with the SEC, is limited to those reports prepared by the servicer and, in the case of reports prepared by any other party, those reports actually received by the servicer.
Copies of all statements, certificates and reports furnished to the master trust trustee may be obtained by a request in writing delivered to the master trust trustee.
Amendments to the Pooling Agreement
By accepting a note, a noteholder will be deemed to acknowledge that the transferor, the servicer and the master trust trustee may amend the pooling agreement and any series supplement (including the Series 2002-CC supplement) without the consent of any certificateholder (including COMET) or any noteholder, so long as the amendment will not materially adversely affect the interest of any investor certificateholder (including the holder of the COMT collateral certificate).
For the purposes of any vote or consent under the pooling agreement or any series supplement:
• | that requires the consent or vote of each investor certificateholder, each noteholder will be treated as an investor certificateholder; |
• | that requires the consent or vote of any series of investor certificates issued by the master trust, each series of notes will be treated as a series of investor certificates issued by the master trust; and |
• | that requires the consent or vote of any class of investor certificates issued by the master trust, each tranche of notes will be treated as a class of investor certificates issued by the master trust. |
No amendment to the pooling agreement will be effective unless COMET delivers the opinions of counsel described under “The Indenture—Tax Opinions for Amendments.”
The pooling agreement and any series supplement may be amended from time to time, including in connection with:
• | the assumption of the obligations of the transferor and the servicer under the pooling agreement by another party, |
• | the provision of additional series enhancement for the benefit of investor certificateholders of any series, |
• | the issuance of a supplemental certificate, |
• | the addition of participations in receivables to the master trust, or |
• | the designation of an additional transferor. |
Amendments to the pooling agreement and any series supplement may be made by agreement of the master trust trustee, the transferor and the servicer without the consent of the investor certificateholders of any series or the consent of the provider of any series enhancement provided that:
• | the transferor has received written notice from each hired NRSRO that such amendment will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series, |
• | the transferor delivers to the master trust trustee and each provider of series enhancement an officer’s certificate to the effect that such amendment will not have a material adverse effect on the interests of the investor certificateholders, |
• | in the case of an amendment relating to the assumption of the transferor’s or the servicer’s obligations under the pooling agreement by another party, all other conditions to such assumption specified in the pooling agreement have been satisfied (see “—Assumption of the Transferor’s Obligations” below and “—The Servicer—Certain Other Matters Regarding the Servicer” above), and |
• | all conditions to such amendment specified in the pooling agreement have been satisfied. |
The pooling agreement and any series supplement may also be amended from time to time by the transferor, the servicer and the master trust trustee (a) with the consent of the holders of investor certificates evidencing not less than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the investor certificates of all outstanding series affected for the purpose of effecting a significant change in the permitted activities of the master trust and (b) in all other cases with the consent of the holders of investor certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the investor certificates of all adversely affected series, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the pooling agreement or any series supplement or of modifying in any manner the rights of such investor certificateholders. No such amendment specified in clause (b) above, however, may:
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• | reduce in any manner the amount of or delay the timing of any distributions to be made to investor certificateholders or deposits of amounts to be so distributed or the amount available under any series enhancement without the consent of each affected investor certificateholder; |
• | change the definition or the manner of calculating the interest of any investor certificateholder without the consent of each affected investor certificateholder; |
• | reduce the percentage required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of each investor certificateholder; or |
• | adversely affect the rating of any series or class by any hired NRSRO without the consent of the holders of investor certificates of such series or class evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the investor certificates of such series or class. |
Promptly following the execution of any such amendment (other than an amendment described in the first paragraph), the master trust trustee will furnish notice of the substance of such amendment to each investor certificateholder.
In addition, subject to any other applicable conditions described above, the Series 2002-CC supplement may be amended by the transferor without the consent of the servicer, the master trust trustee, COMET or any noteholder if the transferor provides the master trust trustee with (a) an opinion of counsel to the effect that such amendment or modification would reduce the risk that the master trust would be treated as taxable as a publicly traded partnership pursuant to Section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and (b) a certificate that such amendment or modification would not materially and adversely affect any investor certificateholder (including the noteholders and COMET as holders of the COMT collateral certificate), except that no such amendment (i) shall be deemed effective without the master trust trustee’s consent, if the master trust trustee’s rights, duties and obligations under the Series 2002-CC supplement are thereby modified or (ii) shall cause a significant change in the permitted activities of the master trust, as set forth in the pooling agreement. Promptly after the effectiveness of any such amendment, the transferor shall deliver a copy of such amendment to each of the servicer, the master trust trustee and each hired NRSRO.
Assumption of the Transferor’s Obligations
The receivables purchase agreement permits a transfer of all of the bank’s credit card accounts and other revolving credit accounts and the receivables arising thereunder, which may include all, but not less than all, of the bank’s portfolio of accounts designated to the master trust and the bank’s remaining interest in the receivables arising thereunder. In the pooling agreement, the transferor is permitted to transfer its remaining interest in the receivables, its interest in participations in receivables and its interest in the master trust, and the bank is permitted to transfer all servicing functions and other obligations under the pooling agreement or relating to the transactions contemplated thereby, to another entity which may or may not ultimately be affiliated with the bank or the transferor. Pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement, the bank is permitted to sell the accounts and the related interests only with the consent of the transferor. Pursuant to the pooling agreement, the transferor is permitted to consent to the sale by the bank and is permitted to assign, convey and transfer its assets and obligations to such other entity, without the consent or approval of any certificateholders or noteholders, if the following conditions, among others, are satisfied:
• | the entity, the transferor and the master trust trustee have entered into an assumption agreement providing for the entity’s assumption of the transferor’s obligations under the pooling agreement, including the assumption of the obligation to transfer the receivables arising under the portfolio of accounts in the master trust and the receivables arising under any additional accounts directly or indirectly to the master trust; |
• | each provider of series enhancement, if any, has consented to the transfer and assumption; |
• | all UCC financing statement filings required to perfect the interest of the master trust trustee in the receivables arising under such accounts have been duly made and copies thereof will have been delivered by the transferor to the master trust trustee; |
• | if the assuming entity is a savings and loan association, a national banking association, a bank or other entity that is not subject to Title 11 of the United States Code, the transferor has delivered notice of such transfer and assumption to each hired NRSRO (in which case there is no requirement that such transfer and assumption will not have an effect on the ratings of any outstanding investor certificates) or, if the assuming entity is not any of those entities, the transferor has received written notice from each hired NRSRO that such transfer and assumption will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of the investor certificates of any outstanding series; |
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• | the master trust trustee has received an opinion of counsel about the third clause above and as to certain other matters specified in the pooling agreement; and |
• | the master trust trustee has received a master trust tax opinion. |
The pooling agreement and the receivables purchase agreement provide that the bank, the transferor, the assuming entity and the master trust trustee may enter into amendments to the pooling agreement and the receivables purchase agreement to permit the transfer and assumption described above without the consent of the holders of any certificates or notes. After any permitted transfer and assumption, the assuming entity will be considered to be a “transferor” for all purposes hereof, and the prior transferor will have no further liability or obligation under the pooling agreement.
Investor Certificateholders Have Limited Control of Actions
Investor certificateholders of any series or class within a series may need the consent or approval of a specified percentage of the Invested Amount of other series or a class of such other series to take or direct certain actions, including to require the appointment of a successor servicer after a Servicer Default, to amend the pooling agreement in some cases, and to direct a repurchase of all outstanding series after certain violations of the transferor’s representations and warranties. The interests of the investor certificateholders of any such series may not all coincide, making it more difficult for any particular investor certificateholder to achieve the desired results from such vote.
The issuing entity, the Capital One Multi—asset Execution Trust, also called “COMET,” will issue the notes. The address of COMET is Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust, c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Building, 1011 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266. Its telephone number is (201) 593-6792.
COMET was initially capitalized by a $1 contribution from the beneficiary. No additional capital contributions have been made to COMET.
For a description of the assets of COMET, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General.”
COMET will operate pursuant to a trust agreement between Capital One Funding and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation, the owner trustee. The laws of the state of Delaware will govern the trust agreement. The fiscal year for COMET will end on December 31 of each year. The servicer will file with the SEC an annual report onForm 10-K on behalf of COMET 90 days after the end of its fiscal year. COMET does not have any officers or directors. Currently, its sole beneficiary is Capital One Funding. Due to the bank’s ownership of Capital One Funding, COMET is an affiliate of the servicer, the originator and the depositor. Other affiliates of the bank may also be beneficiaries.
Capital One Funding and the owner trustee may amend the trust agreement without the consent of the noteholders or the indenture trustee so long as the amendment is not reasonably expected to (i) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the noteholders or (ii) significantly change the permitted activities of COMET, as set forth in the trust agreement. Accordingly, neither the indenture trustee nor any holder of any note will be entitled to vote on any such amendment.
In addition, Capital One Funding and the owner trustee may amend the trust agreement if holders of not less than (a) in the case of a significant change in the permitted activities of COMET which COMET does not reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the noteholders, a majority of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes affected by an amendment consent, and (b) in all other cases, 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes affected by an amendment consent; however, unless all of the holders of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes consent, the trust agreement may not be amended for the purpose of (i) increasing or reducing the amount of, or accelerating or delaying the timing of, collections of payments in respect of the assets of COMET or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the noteholders or (ii) reducing the percentage of holders of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment.
See “The Indenture—Tax Opinions for Amendments” for additional conditions to amending the trust agreement.
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Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware is the owner trustee under the trust agreement. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware is a Delaware banking corporation and an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, which provides support services on its behalf in this transaction. Its principal offices are located at 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware has acted as owner trustee on numerous asset-backed transactions, with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas providing administrative support, including acting as owner trustee on various credit card securitizations. While the structure of the transactions referred to in the preceding sentence may differ among these transactions, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas on its behalf, is experienced in administering transactions of this kind.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware has provided the above information for purposes of complying with Regulation AB. Other than the above two paragraphs, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware has not participated in the preparation of, and is not responsible for, any other information contained in this prospectus.
For COMET, the powers and duties of the owner trustee are ministerial only. Accordingly, Capital One Funding, as beneficiary, will direct the owner trustee in the management of COMET and its assets.
The owner trustee is indemnified from and against all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, claims, penalties or expenses of any kind arising out of the trust agreement or any other related documents, or the enforcement of any terms of the trust agreement, the administration of COMET’s assets or the action or inaction of the owner trustee under the trust agreement, except for (1) its own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, (2) the inaccuracy of certain of its representations and warranties in the trust agreement, (3) its failure, acting in its individual capacity, to act as necessary to discharge any lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance on any part of COMET’s assets which results from actions by or claims against the owner trustee not related to the ownership of any part of COMET’s assets, or (4) taxes, fees or other charges based on or measured by any fees, commissions or other compensation earned by the owner trustee for acting as owner trustee under the trust agreement.
The owner trustee may resign at any time without cause by giving written notice to the beneficiary. The owner trustee may also be removed as owner trustee if it becomes insolvent, it is no longer eligible to act as owner trustee under the trust agreement or by a written instrument delivered to the owner trustee by the beneficiary. In all of these circumstances, the beneficiary must appoint a successor owner trustee for COMET. If a successor owner trustee has not been appointed within 30 days of giving notice of resignation or removal, the owner trustee or the beneficiary may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor owner trustee to act until the time, if any, as a successor owner trustee is appointed by the beneficiary.
Any owner trustee will at all times (1) be a trust company or a banking corporation under the laws of its state of incorporation or a national banking association, having all corporate powers and all material government licenses, authorization, consents and approvals required to carry on a trust business in the State of Delaware, (2) comply with Section 3807 (and any other applicable section) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, (3) have a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 (or have its obligations and liabilities irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by an affiliated person having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000) and (4) have (or have a parent which has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody’s, at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s or, if not rated, otherwise satisfactory to each hired NRSRO rating the outstanding notes.
Capital One Funding, LLC is the depositor and transferor of COMET. Capital One Funding is also the transferor of COMT. COMT has issued the COMT collateral certificate that is the initial asset of COMET. Capital One Funding or other affiliates of the bank may also be the depositor of other master trusts or securitization special purpose entities which may issue collateral certificates to be held by COMET. In addition, the bank and its affiliates, including non-banking affiliates, may act as transferors of assets to COMET.
The bank or an affiliate will be the administrator and servicer of any receivables owned by COMET and pursuant to a transfer and administration agreement, will perform all administrative functions for COMET including:
• | causing the note register to be kept, and notifying the indenture trustee of any appointment of a new note registrar and the location, or change in location, of the note registrar; |
• | preparing or obtaining the documents, legal opinions and instruments required for execution, authentication and delivery of the notes, and delivery of notes to the indenture trustee for authentication, providing for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes, providing for the exchange or transfer of notes and notifying each hired NRSRO of the issuance of any series, class or tranche of notes; |
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• | preparing or obtaining the documents, legal opinions and instruments required for execution, authentication and delivery of the notes, and delivery of notes to the indenture trustee for authentication, providing for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes, providing for the exchange or transfer of notes and notifying each hired NRSRO of the issuance of any series, class or tranche of notes; |
• | directing the indenture trustee regarding the investment of funds in COMET accounts; |
• | preparing or obtaining the documents, legal opinions and instruments required to be delivered to the indenture trustee regarding the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture, if applicable, and preparing the documents necessary for the indenture trustee to acknowledge the same; |
• | if the indenture trustee resigns or is removed, giving written notice of such resignation or removal and appointment to each noteholder; |
• | preparing or causing to be prepared any required tax returns for COMET and any reporting information for the noteholders; |
• | preparing on behalf of COMET written instructions regarding any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the indenture trustee; |
• | furnishing to the indenture trustee a list of the names and addresses of the registered noteholders at the times required under the indenture; |
• | establishing reasonable rules for matters relating to an action by or a meeting of noteholders not otherwise set forth in the indenture; |
• | preparing for COMET such filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and providing the indenture trustee with copies thereof once filed, as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or as otherwise required in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Securities and Exchange Commission; |
• | preparing, completing and delivering to the indenture trustee and the master trust trustee any monthly statements for COMET’s assets required to be delivered to the noteholders; |
• | preparing noteholder payment instructions for COMET, and delivering the same to the indenture trustee and the master trust trustee; |
• | preparing or obtaining any necessary opinion of counsel, issuing entity tax opinion, officer’s certificate of COMET, or other document or instrument as may be required in connection with any supplemental indenture or amendment to the indenture; |
• | giving notice to each hired NRSRO and collecting the votes of noteholders, as necessary, in connection with any supplemental indenture or amendment to the indenture; |
• | causing any paying agents to execute and deliver to the indenture trustee an instrument pursuant to which it agrees to act as paying agent; |
• | preparing officer’s certificates of COMET which direct the paying agent to pay to the indenture trustee sums held in trust by COMET or such paying agent for the purpose of discharging the indenture, if applicable; |
• | preparing written statements for execution by an authorized officer of COMET described in “The Indenture—Issuing Entity’s Annual Compliance Statement”; |
• | performing or causing to be performed all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the legal existence of COMET; |
• | giving prompt written notice to the indenture trustee and each hired NRSRO of each event of default, each breach on the part of the servicer or the master trust transferor of its respective obligations under the pooling agreement, or any default of a derivative counterparty; |
• | providing to noteholders and prospective noteholders information required to be provided by COMET pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
• | preparing and causing COMET to file any required UCC financing statements and amendments thereto; |
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• | preparing or obtaining the instruments, documents, agreements and legal opinions required to be delivered by COMET and preparing any notice required to be given to the hired NRSROs in connection with the merger or consolidation of COMET or the conveyance or transfer of any of COMET’s property or assets; |
• | giving written notice to the affected noteholders of any optional repurchase by the servicer or its affiliate and to the indenture trustee and each hired NRSRO for any such optional repurchase or early redemption event; |
• | preparing or obtaining the instruments, documents, agreements and legal opinions required to be delivered by COMET and preparing any notice required to be given by COMET to the hired NRSROs and the indenture trustee in connection with addition or removal of COMET’s assets securing the notes; |
• | preparing for execution and delivery or filing by COMET of all supplements and amendments to the transfer and administration agreement; and |
• | establishing and maintaining, or causing to be established and maintained, any issuing entity accounts. |
In addition to the duties of the administrator described above, the administrator will perform all ministerial duties and obligations of COMET under the transfer and administration agreement, the trust agreement and the indenture (and any supplements thereto), and will perform calculations and prepare for execution by COMET and the owner trustee all documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it is the duty of COMET or the owner trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to those agreements, and at the request of COMET or the owner trustee will take all appropriate action that it is the duty of COMET or the owner trustee to take pursuant to such agreements. In accordance with the directions of COMET, the owner trustee or the transferor, the administrator will also administer, perform or supervise the performance of any other activities in connection with COMET’s assets that are not described above, so long as the administrator is expressly requested by the owner trustee or the transferor to do so, and so long as it is reasonably within the capability of the administrator to perform those requests.
For any matters that in the reasonable judgment of the administrator are non-ministerial, the administrator shall not take any action except upon direction of the transferor. “Non-ministerial matters” include:
• | the amendment of or any supplement to the indenture; |
• | the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by COMET and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against COMET; |
• | the amendment, change or modification of the transfer and administration agreement, the trust agreement or the indenture (or any supplements thereto); |
• | the appointment of successor note registrars, successor paying agents and successor indenture trustees pursuant to the indenture or the appointment of successor administrators, or the consent to the assignment by the note registrar, a paying agent or the indenture trustee of its obligations under the indenture; |
• | the removal of the indenture trustee; |
• | the timing or amount of any allocation, deposit, withdrawal or payment of funds under any of the transfer and administration agreement, the trust agreement or the indenture (or any supplements thereto); |
• | the redemption or payment of any note, or the initiation, suspension or termination of any revolving, redemption or other period under any of the transfer and administration agreement, the trust agreement or the indenture (or any supplements thereto); |
• | the waiver of any default under any of the transfer and administration agreement, the trust agreement or the indenture (or any supplements thereto); |
• | the release of any part of COMET’s assets; and |
• | any matter that is reserved to the discretion of COMET under any of the transfer and administration agreement, the trust agreement, the indenture or any supplements thereto or that could have a material impact on the financial condition of COMET or the transferor. |
The administrator will maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed by it pursuant to the transfer and administration agreement, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by COMET, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee and the transferor at any time during normal business hours. As compensation for the performance of the administrator’s obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement, the administrator will be paid $1,500 per month by the transferor, in addition to reimbursement for its liabilities and extra out-of-pocket expenses related to its performance under the transfer and administration agreement or under the trust agreement or the indenture (or any supplements thereto).
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In addition, the bank or an affiliate will also be the servicer for other master trusts or securitization special purpose entities which may issue collateral certificates to be held by COMET.
COMET’s activities are limited to:
• | acquiring and holding the collateral certificates, receivables and other assets of COMET and the proceeds from these assets; |
• | issuing notes; |
• | making payments on the notes; and |
• | engaging in other activities that are necessary or incidental to accomplish these limited purposes, which are not contrary to maintaining the status of COMET as a “qualifying special purpose entity” under applicable accounting literature. |
For a description of the assets of COMET, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General.”
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements have been filed, to the extent appropriate, to perfect the ownership or security interests of COMET and the indenture trustee described herein. See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of risks associated with COMET and COMET’s assets, and see “The Transferor, The Depositor and The Receivables Purchase Agreement—Receivables Purchase Agreement,” “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties” and “The Indenture—Issuing Entity Covenants” for a discussion of covenants regarding the perfection of security interests.
See “The Indenture—Issuing Entity Covenants” for a discussion of the covenants that COMET has made regarding its activities.
Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes
COMET’s primary assets will consist of one or more collateral certificates issued by master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in accounts owned or loans originated or acquired by the bank or any of its affiliates (including non-banking affiliates). Each collateral certificate will represent an undivided interest in the applicable master trust or applicable securitization special purpose entity. In addition to collateral certificates, the assets of COMET may include receivables that arise in accounts owned or loans originated or acquired by the bank or any of its affiliates (including any non-banking affiliate) that have been designated to be transferred to COMET. The assets of COMET may also include the benefits of one or more derivative agreements, supplemental credit enhancement agreements or supplemental liquidity agreements, and COMET trust accounts or supplemental accounts.
As of the initial issuance date, COMET owns one collateral certificate, the COMT collateral certificate issued by the Capital One Master Trust. For a description of the COMT collateral certificate, see “—The COMT Collateral Certificate” below. For a description of the master trust, see “The Master Trust.”
Currently, the assets of COMET consist primarily of:
• | the COMT collateral certificate; and |
• | the funds on deposit in the related COMET trust accounts. |
The only amounts that will be available to fund payments on a series, class or tranche of are (1) that series’s, class’s or tranche’s allocable share of the assets that have been included in COMET, (2) shared excess Finance Charge Amounts from other series of notes issued by COMET or series of investor certificates issued by the master trust, if any, and (3) shared excess Principal Amounts from other series of notes issued by COMET or series of investor certificates issued by the master trust, if any.
In addition to the Card series, COMET may issue other series of notes that are secured by the assets in COMET.
In the future, other collateral certificates representing an undivided interest in a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in credit card or other revolving credit accounts owned by the bank or its affiliates may be added to COMET. Other than the COMT collateral certificate, the funds on deposit in the related COMET trust accounts, and any other collateral certificates which may be added in the future, COMET does not have any other significant assets or means of capitalization.
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The composition of the assets in COMET will likely change over time due to:
• | COMET’s or the applicable transferor’s ability to increase and decrease the size (or Invested Amount) of the COMT collateral certificate; |
• | COMET’s or the applicable transferor’s ability to designate additional collateral certificates; |
• | COMET’s or the applicable transferor’s ability to increase and decrease the size of any or all of the collateral certificates, and to choose to reinvest or to not reinvest principal payments in any of those collateral certificates without corresponding increases to all of the collateral certificates; and |
• | changes in the composition of the receivables transferred to COMET or the master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities which have transferred a collateral certificate to COMET as new receivables are created, existing receivables are paid off or charged-off, additional accounts are designated to have their receivables included in those master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities or COMET and accounts are designated to have their receivables removed from those master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities or from COMET. |
In addition, the occurrence of a pay out event or early amortization event for a collateral certificate will result in an early amortization of that collateral certificate. The payments made upon the occurrence of a pay out event or early amortization event for a collateral certificate may be reinvested in another collateral certificate or directly in receivables or paid to noteholders whose notes are secured by those assets or to the transferor or transferors or the holders of the Transferor Interest.
If the composition of the assets in COMET changes over time due to these or other factors, noteholders will not be notified of such change. However, monthly reports containing information on the notes and the collateral securing the notes will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports will not be sent to noteholders. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information as to how these reports may be accessed.
In the future, the assets in COMET may include collateral certificates (other than the COMT collateral certificate) representing undivided interests in master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities, whose assets consist primarily of receivables arising in credit card accounts and other revolving credit accounts owned by the bank or any of its affiliates, which receivables are transferred to Capital One Funding or another affiliate of the bank for inclusion in the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity. However, prior to the addition of any such collateral certificate to COMET,
• | each hired NRSRO must confirm that the addition of such collateral certificate will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the ratings of any outstanding notes secured by the assets in COMET, and |
• | COMET must deliver an officer’s certificate to the indenture trustee to the effect that such addition will not, in the reasonable belief of the officer, based on the facts known to such officer at that time, cause an early redemption event or an event that, after the giving of notice or lapse of time, would cause an early redemption event to occur for any outstanding notes secured by the assets in COMET. |
COMET is currently designated as a non-receivables asset pool and, therefore, is not eligible to have receivables directly included in its assets.
The applicable transferor will designate the Invested Amount of any additional collateral certificate. However, the transferor may not reduce the Invested Amount of a collateral certificate without an equal or greater reduction in the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes secured by the assets in COMET, unless the transferor delivers to COMET and the indenture trustee an officer’s certificate to the effect that such reduction will not, in the reasonable belief of the officer, based on the facts known to such officer at that time, cause an early redemption event or an event that, after the giving of notice or lapse of time, would cause an early redemption event to occur for any outstanding notes secured by the assets in COMET.
Additional collateral certificates may not be of the same credit quality as the existing collateral certificates, and receivables arising in additional accounts or loans may not be of the same credit quality as the receivables arising in accounts or loans, if any, already included in COMET. Additional accounts or loans may have been originated by the bank or an affiliate using credit criteria different from those which were applied by the bank or an affiliate to the accounts or loans already included in COMET or may have been acquired by the bank or an affiliate from a third-party institution which may have used different credit criteria from those applied by the bank or its affiliates to the accounts. See “Risk Factors—Addition of credit card receivables to the master trusts or other securitization special purpose entities or COMET may decrease the credit quality of the assets securing the repayment of your notes. If this occurs, your receipt of payments of principal and interest may be reduced, delayed or accelerated.”
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The transfer to COMET of additional collateral certificates or receivables arising in additional accounts or loans or the increase of the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate, may be subject to conditions described in the related prospectus supplement.
The COMT Collateral Certificate
As of the date of this prospectus, the primary source of funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the notes secured by the assets of COMET is the COMT collateral certificate issued by the master trust. The following discussion summarizes the material terms of the COMT collateral certificate. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the pooling agreement, the related series supplement and the COMT collateral certificate, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. For a description of the master trust and its assets, see “The Master Trust.”
The COMT collateral certificate represents an undivided interest in the Capital One Master Trust, the master trust. The COMT collateral certificate is the only certificate issued pursuant to Series 2002-CC of the master trust. The assets of the master trust consist primarily of receivables arising in selected MasterCard and Visa revolving credit card accounts, which receivables have been transferred by the bank to Capital One Funding and have been transferred by Capital One Funding to the master trust. The amount of credit card receivables in the master trust will fluctuate from day to day as new credit card receivables are generated or included in or removed from the master trust and as other credit card receivables are paid off, charged off as uncollectible or otherwise adjusted.
The COMT collateral certificate has no specified interest rate. COMET, as holder of the COMT collateral certificate, is entitled to receive its allocable share of Finance Charge Collections and Principal Collections payable by the master trust and is assessed its allocable share of Default Amounts. In addition, the holder of the COMT collateral certificate is obligated to pay the portion of the master trust servicing fee allocable to the COMT collateral certificate.
Allocations of Default Amounts, Finance Charge Collections and Principal Collections in the master trust are madepro rataamong (1) each series of investor certificates issued by the master trust, including the COMT collateral certificate, based on each investor certificate’s respective Invested Amount, as may be adjusted for any increases or decreases due to payment of principal or reductions of the Invested Amount from charge-offs for uncovered Default Amounts or reallocated Principal Collections in the master trust, (2) Capital One Funding, as the transferor of the master trust, based on the Master Trust Transferor Interest and (3) in certain circumstances, the interest of certain credit enhancement providers.
The COMT collateral certificate has a fluctuating Invested Amount, not less than zero, that is equal to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all of the notes secured by the assets in COMETminus the aggregate Invested Amount of all other collateral certificates in COMET. Therefore, the sum of the Invested Amounts of the collateral certificates in COMET will increase and decrease as the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of the notes secured by the assets in COMET increase and decrease. The administrator will decide in its sole and absolute discretion which collateral certificate Invested Amount or Invested Amounts will increase or decrease as the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes secured by the assets in COMET increases and decreases. Principal amounts paid to the transferor or transferors may be reinvested in the COMT collateral certificate or other collateral certificates in COMET.
The Master Trust Transferor Interest, which is owned by Capital One Funding, represents the interest in the principal receivables in the master trust in excess of the interests represented by the COMT collateral certificate or any other master trust series of investor certificates.
Each month, the master trust will allocate Default Amounts, Finance Charge Collections and Principal Collections to the investor certificates outstanding under the master trust, including the COMT collateral certificate.
In general, the Invested Amount of each series of investor certificates (other than the COMT collateral certificate) issued by the master trust will equal the stated dollar amount of the investor certificates issued to investors in that series,minus (A) unreimbursed charge-offs, if any, from uncovered Default Amounts in the master trust allocable to that series, (B) reallocations of Principal Collections allocated to that series to cover certain shortfalls in Finance Charge Collections for that series and (C) Principal Collections deposited to a master trust principal funding account or paid to those investors,plus any reimbursements of the amounts described in clause (A) or (B) above.
When no principal amounts are needed for deposit into a master trust principal funding account or needed to pay principal to master trust investors, Principal Collections for all master trust investor certificates are allocated similarly to the allocation of Finance Charge Collections. However, Principal Collections are allocated differently when principal amounts are needed to be deposited into the master trust principal funding accounts for other series or paid to the master
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trust investors. When the principal amount of a master trust investor certificate begins to accumulate or amortize, Principal Collections continue to be allocated to the investor certificate as if the Invested Amount of that investor certificate had not been reduced by Principal Collections deposited to a master trust principal funding account or paid to master trust investors. During this time of accumulation or amortization, allocations of Principal Collections to the investors in a series of investor certificates issued by the master trust are based on the Invested Amount of that series “fixed” at the time immediately before the first deposit of Principal Collections into a principal funding account or the time immediately before the first payment of Principal Collections to investors of that series.
The COMT collateral certificate will be allocated Principal Collections at all times based on:
• | the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of all series, classes and tranches of notes secured by the assets in COMET,minus |
• | the sum of the Invested Amounts of each of the other collateral certificates in COMET. |
For series, classes and tranches of notes secured by the assets in COMET which do not require Principal Amounts to be deposited into a principal funding account or paid to noteholders, the Nominal Liquidation Amount calculation will be “floating,” i.e., calculated at the end of the prior month. For series, classes or tranches of notes secured by the assets in COMET which require Principal Amounts to be deposited into a principal funding account or paid to noteholders, the Nominal Liquidation Amount calculation will be “fixed” immediately before COMET begins to allocate Principal Amounts to the principal funding subaccount for that series, class or tranche, i.e., calculated at the end of the month prior to any reductions for deposits or payments of principal.
If Principal Collections allocated to the COMT collateral certificate are needed for reallocation to cover certain shortfalls in Finance Charge Amounts, to pay the notes secured by the assets in COMET or to make a deposit into the COMET trust accounts within a month, they will be deposited into the master trust collection account and then paid to COMET for deposit into the collection account. Otherwise, Principal Collections allocated to the COMT collateral certificate will be reallocated to other series of master trust investor certificates which have a shortfall in Principal Collections only to the extent other series of investor certificates have a shortfall in Principal Collections—which does not reduce the Invested Amount of the COMT collateral certificate—or reinvested in the master trust to maintain the Invested Amount of the COMT collateral certificate. If the COMT collateral certificate has a shortfall in Principal Collections, but other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust have excess Principal Collections, a portion of the excess Principal Collections allocated to other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust will be reallocated to the COMT collateral certificate and any other master trust investor certificate which may have a shortfall in Principal Collections, and the COMT collateral certificate’s share of the excess Principal Collections from the other series will be paid to COMET and treated as Principal Amounts.
Upon a sale of credit card receivables, or interests therein, (i) if required under the pooling agreement following an insolvency or bankruptcy of Capital One Funding, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration, or (iii) on the applicable legal maturity date for a series, class or tranche of notes secured by the assets in COMET, as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the portion of the Nominal Liquidation Amount, and thereby the portion of the Invested Amount, related to that series, class or tranche will be reduced to zero and that series, class or tranche will no longer receive any allocations of Finance Charge Collections or Principal Collections from the master trust.
Following a Pay Out Event, which is an early redemption event for the notes secured by the assets in COMET, Principal Collections for any month allocated to the Invested Amount of the COMT collateral certificate will be used to cover principal payments to COMET as holder of the COMT collateral certificate. The payments made upon the occurrence of a Pay Out Event for the COMT collateral certificate may be reinvested in another collateral certificate in COMET.
For a detailed description of the percentage used by the servicer in allocating to the COMT collateral certificate Finance Charge Collections and Default Amounts, see the definition of “Floating Allocation Percentage” in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.” For a detailed description of the percentage used in allocating Principal Collections to the COMT collateral certificate, see the definition of “Principal Allocation Percentage” in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.”
For a detailed description of the application of collections and allocation of Default Amounts by the master trust, see “The Master Trust—Application of Collections” and “—Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries.”
For a detailed description of the servicing fee to be paid in respect of the COMT collateral certificate, see “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses.”
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Deposit and Application of Funds in COMET
COMET will allocate among the noteholders of each related series and the applicable transferor or transferors, as holders of the Transferor Interest, all Finance Charge Amounts received and all Default Amounts on the assets based on a varying percentage called the “Floating Allocation Percentage.” COMET will allocate among the noteholders of each related series all Principal Amounts on the assets based on a varying percentage called the “Principal Allocation Percentage.” COMET will make each allocation by reference to the applicable percentage of each series of notes. Finance Charge Amounts and Principal Amounts allocated to the noteholders will be further allocated to each class and tranche of notes within that series and will be applied by the indenture trustee, on instruction from COMET, in accordance with this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.
If Principal Amounts allocable to any series for any month are less than the targeted monthly principal payments for such series of notes, and any other series of notes has excess Principal Amounts remaining after its application of its allocation as described above, then any such excess will be applied to each other series of notes in that series’s principal sharing group, to the extent such series still needs to cover a monthly principal payment,pro rata based on targeted monthly principal payments for each series that still needs to cover a targeted monthly principal payment in that series’s principal sharing group.
For all series, other than the Card series, a description of the deposits and application of funds will be described in the related prospectus supplement. For a description of the deposits and application of funds specifically relating to the Card series notes, see “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes.”
The supplemental trust accounts described in this section are referred to as COMET trust accounts. COMET trust accounts are Eligible Deposit Accounts and amounts maintained in COMET trust accounts may only be invested in Eligible Investments.
COMET has established a collection account for the purpose of receiving amounts payable under the COMT collateral certificate and amounts payable under any other assets in COMET, including additional collateral certificates that may be transferred to COMET at a later date. In connection with the Card series, COMET has also established a principal funding account, an interest funding account and an accumulation reserve account for the benefit of the Card series, each of which will have subaccounts for each tranche of notes of the Card series. In addition, COMET has established a Class C reserve account, which will have subaccounts for each tranche of Class C notes of the Card series, and a Class D reserve account, which will have subaccounts for each tranche of Class D notes of the Card series.
If so specified in the related prospectus supplement, COMET may direct the indenture trustee to establish and maintain in the name of the indenture trustee supplemental trust accounts for any series, class or tranche of notes for the benefit of the related noteholders. The indenture trustee’s maintenance of the COMET trust accounts and the investment of amounts therein will be verified annually by the servicer, in connection with the servicer’s annual report described in “The Master Trust—Evidence as to Compliance.”
Each month, distributions on the COMT collateral certificate and any other assets in COMET will first be deposited into the collection account, and then allocated among each series of notes—including the Card series. Amounts on deposit in the collection account for the benefit of the noteholders of the Card series will then be allocated to the applicable principal funding account, interest funding account, accumulation reserve account, Class C reserve account, Class D reserve account and any other supplemental account for the applicable class or tranche of notes to make payments under any applicable derivative agreements, supplemental credit enhancement agreements or supplemental liquidity agreements and additionally as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes.”
Funds on deposit in the principal funding account and the interest funding account will be used to make payments of principal of and interest on the Card series notes when such payments are due. If interest on a note is not scheduled to be paid every month—for example, quarterly, semiannually or other interval less frequent than monthly—COMET will deposit accrued interest amounts funded from Card series Finance Charge Amounts into the interest funding subaccount for that note to be held until the interest is due. See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts to the Interest Funding Account.”
Beginning in the twelfth month before the Expected Principal Payment Date of a tranche of Card series notes, the deposit targeted to be made into the principal funding subaccount for that tranche for each month will be one-twelfth of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche.
COMET may postpone the date of the commencement of the targeted deposits to be made to the principal funding subaccount for a tranche of Card series notes if the servicer determines that less than 12 months will be required to accumulate sufficient Card series Principal Amounts to pay the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche on
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its Expected Principal Payment Date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account—Budgeted Deposits.” Since funds in the principal funding subaccount for tranches of subordinated Card series notes will not be available for credit enhancement for any senior Card series notes, Card series Principal Amounts will not be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for a tranche of subordinated Card series notes if that deposit would reduce the available subordination below the required subordination for any tranche of senior Card series notes.
If the earnings on funds in the principal funding subaccount are less than the interest payable on the portion of principal in the principal funding subaccount for the applicable tranche of Card series notes, the amount of such shortfall will be withdrawn from the accumulation reserve account, to the extent available. If the amounts on deposit in the principal funding subaccount are prefunded amounts, then additional finance charge collections from the master trust will be allocated to the COMT collateral certificate and the Card series notes and will be treated as Card series Finance Charge Amounts as described under “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” and “The Master Trust—Application of Collections.”
The Class C reserve account will have subaccounts for each tranche of Class C Card series notes that will be funded (provided that there are sufficient Card series Finance Charge Amounts) if the three-month excess spread percentage falls below certain levels or an early redemption event or event of default occurs (as specified in the related prospectus supplement). Funds on deposit in a Class C reserve subaccount will be used to make payments of interest or principal on the related tranche of Class C notes, if necessary. See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account.”
The Class D reserve account will have subaccounts for each tranche of Class D notes that will be funded (provided that there are sufficient Card series Finance Charge Amounts) in accordance with the Card series indenture supplement and the related terms document. Funds on deposit in the Class D reserve subaccount will be used to make payments of interest or principal on the related tranche of Class D Card series notes, if necessary.
Credit enhancement may be provided with respect to one or more classes or tranches of notes. Credit enhancement may be in the form of the subordination of one or more classes of the notes, a letter of credit, the establishment of a cash collateral guaranty or account, a surety bond, an insurance policy, a spread account, a reserve account, derivative agreements, supplemental credit enhancement agreements and supplemental liquidity agreements, a collateral interest or any combination of the foregoing. Any form of credit enhancement may be structured so as to be drawn upon by more than one class or tranche of notes to the extent described in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.
Credit enhancement will generally not provide protection against all risks of loss and will not guarantee repayment of the entire principal balance of the notes and the related interest. If losses occur which exceed the amount covered by the credit enhancement or which are not covered by the credit enhancement, noteholders will bear their allocable share of deficiencies.
One or more of any class or tranche of notes may be subordinated as described in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement to the extent necessary to fund payments with respect to the senior notes. The rights of the holders of any of those subordinated notes to receive distributions of principal and/or interest on any Distribution Date for the class or tranche will be subordinate in right and priority to the rights of the holders of the senior notes, but only to the extent set forth in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement. If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, subordination may apply only in the event of certain types of losses not covered by another credit enhancement. This prospectus or the related prospectus supplement will also set forth information concerning the amount of subordination of a class or classes of subordinated notes, the circumstances in which such subordination will be applicable, the manner, if any, in which the amount of subordination will decrease over time, and the conditions under which amounts available from payments that would otherwise be made to holders of those subordinated notes will be distributed to holders of the senior notes.
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, support for one or more classes or tranches of notes will be provided by one or more letters of credit. A letter of credit may provide limited protection against certain losses in addition to or in lieu of other credit enhancement. The issuer of the letter of credit will be obligated to honor demands with respect to such letter of credit, to the extent of the amount available thereunder, to provide funds under the circumstances and subject to such conditions as are specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
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The maximum liability of an issuer of the letter of credit under its letter of credit will generally be an amount equal to a percentage specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement of the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of a class or tranche of notes. The maximum amount available at any time to be paid under a letter of credit will be determined in the manner specified in the letter of credit and in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
Cash Collateral Guaranty or Account
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, support for one or more classes or tranches of notes will be provided by a guaranty, called a cash collateral guaranty, secured by the deposit of cash or certain permitted investments in cash collateral account reserved for the beneficiaries of the cash collateral guaranty or by a cash collateral account alone. The amount available pursuant to the cash collateral guaranty or the cash collateral account will be the lesser of amounts on deposit in the cash collateral account and an amount specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement. This prospectus or the related prospectus supplement will set forth the circumstances under which payments are made to beneficiaries of the cash collateral guaranty from the cash collateral account or from the cash collateral account directly.
Surety Bond or Insurance Policy
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, insurance with respect to a one or more classes or tranches of notes will be provided by one or more insurance companies. Such insurance will guarantee, with respect to one or more classes or tranches of notes, distributions of interest or principal in the manner and amount specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, a surety bond will be purchased for the benefit of the holders of any class or tranche of notes to assure distributions of interest or principal with respect to that class or tranche of notes in the manner and amount specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, support for one or more classes or tranches of notes will be provided by the periodic deposit of certain available excess cash flow from the pool assets into an account, called a spread account, intended to assist with subsequent distribution of interest and principal on the notes of that class or tranche in the manner specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, support for a one or more classes or tranches of notes will be provided by the establishment of a reserve account. A reserve account may be funded, to the extent provided in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, by an initial cash deposit, the retention of certain periodic distributions of principal or interest or both otherwise payable to one or more classes or tranches of notes, including subordinated notes, or the provision of a letter of credit, guarantee, insurance policy or other form of credit or any combination thereof. A reserve account will be established to assist with the subsequent distribution of principal or interest on the notes of that class or tranche in the manner provided in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
Some notes may have the benefits of one or more derivative agreements, which may be a currency, interest rate or other swap, a cap (obligating a derivative counterparty to pay all interest in excess of a specified percentage rate), a collar (obligating a derivative counterparty to pay all interest below a specified percentage rate and above a higher specified percentage rate) or a guaranteed investment contract (obligating a derivative counterparty to pay a guaranteed rate of return over a specified period) with various counterparties. In general, COMET will receive payments from counterparties to the derivative agreements in exchange for COMET’s payments to them, to the extent required under the derivative agreements. Payments received under derivative agreements with respect to interest payments on dollar notes in a series, class or tranche will generally be treated as described in the related prospectus supplement. The specific terms of a derivative agreement applicable to a series, class or tranche of notes and a description of the related counterparty will be included in the related prospectus supplement. The bank or any of its affiliates may be counterparties to a derivative agreement.
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Supplemental Credit Enhancement Agreements and Supplemental Liquidity Agreements
Some notes may have the benefit of one or more additional forms of credit enhancement agreements—referred to herein as “supplemental credit enhancement agreements”—such as letters of credit, cash collateral guarantees or accounts, surety bonds or insurance policies with various credit enhancement providers. In addition, some notes may have the benefit of one or more forms of supplemental liquidity agreements—referred to herein as “supplemental liquidity agreements”—such as a liquidity facility with various liquidity providers. The specific terms of any supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement applicable to a series, class or tranche of notes and a description of the related provider will be included in the related prospectus supplement for a series, class or tranche of notes. The bank or any of its affiliates may be providers of any supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement.
If so specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement, support for some notes may be provided initially by an interest in COMET, called a collateral interest, in an amount specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement. Those notes may also have the benefit of a cash collateral guaranty or cash collateral account with an initial amount on deposit in such account, if any, as specified in the prospectus supplement which will be increased (i) to the extent the transferor elects to apply principal amounts allocable to the collateral interest to decrease the collateral interest, (ii) to the extent principal amounts allocable to the collateral interest are required to be deposited into the cash collateral account as specified in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement and (iii) to the extent excess collections of finance charge receivables are required to be deposited into the cash collateral account as specified in the related prospectus supplement. The total amount of the credit enhancement available pursuant to the collateral interest and, if applicable, the cash collateral guaranty or cash collateral account will be the lesser of the sum of the collateral interest and the amount on deposit in the cash collateral account and an amount specified in the related prospectus supplement. This prospectus or the related prospectus supplement will set forth the circumstances under which payments which otherwise would be made to holders of the collateral interest will be distributed to the noteholders and, if applicable, the circumstances under which payment will be made under the cash collateral guaranty or under the cash collateral account.
In addition to a sale of assets if required under the pooling agreement following the insolvency or bankruptcy of Capital One Funding as transferor under the master trust, if a series, class or tranche of notes has an event of default and is accelerated before its legal maturity date, COMET or a master trust may sell assets, or interests therein, if the conditions described in “The Notes—Events of Default” and “—Events of Default Remedies” are satisfied, and for subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes of the same series. This sale will take place at the option of the indenture trustee or at the direction of the holders of a majority of aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of notes of the affected series, class or tranche.
Any sale of assets for a subordinated tranche of notes in a multiple tranche series may be delayed until (1) the senior classes of notes of the same series are prefunded sufficiently, (2) enough notes of senior classes are repaid, or (3) new subordinated notes have been issued, in each case, to the extent that the subordinated tranche is no longer needed to provide the required subordination for the senior notes of that series. In a multiple tranche series, if a senior tranche of notes directs a sale of assets, then after the sale, that tranche will no longer be entitled to subordination from subordinated classes of notes of the same series.
If principal of or interest on a tranche of notes has not been paid in full on its legal maturity date, a sale of assets will automatically take place on that date regardless of the subordination requirements of any senior classes of notes. Proceeds from the sale and amounts on deposit in the interest funding subaccount and the principal funding subaccount related to that tranche will be immediately paid to the noteholders of that tranche.
The principal amount of assets designated for sale will not exceed (and may be less than) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of,plus any accrued, past due and additional interest on, the related series, class or tranche of notes, subject to any further limitations described in the related prospectus supplement. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series, class or tranche of notes will be automatically reduced to zero upon such sale even if the proceeds of that sale are not enough to pay all remaining amounts due on the notes. After the sale, no more Principal Amounts or Finance Charge Amounts will be allocated to that series, class or tranche of notes. Noteholders of that series, class or tranche will receive the proceeds of the sale but no more than the outstanding principal amount of their notes,plus any past due, accrued and additional interest on such series, class or tranche of notes. The notes of that series, class or tranche are no longer outstanding under the indenture (or any supplement thereto) once the sale occurs.
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After giving effect to a sale of assets for a series, class or tranche of notes, the amount of proceeds on deposit in a principal funding account or subaccount may be less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of that series, class or tranche of notes. This deficiency can arise because the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series, class or tranche was reduced before the sale of receivables or because the sale price for the receivables was less than the outstanding dollar principal amount and accrued, past due and additional interest. These types of deficiencies will not be reimbursed.
Limited Recourse to COMET; Security for the Notes
Only the portion of Finance Charge Amounts and Principal Amounts allocable to a series, class or tranche of notes after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations thereof, funds on deposit in the applicable COMET trust accounts, funds available pursuant to any applicable derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement, and proceeds of sales of assets will provide the source of payment for principal of or interest on any series, class or tranche of notes. Noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets of COMET, or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on the notes.
Each series of notes (including the Card series) is secured by a security interest in the assets in COMET, including the collection account, but each series of notes (including the Card series) is entitled to the benefits of only that portion of those assets allocable to it under the indenture, the asset pool supplement and the Card series indenture supplement. See “The Transferor, The Depositor and The Receivables Purchase Agreement—Receivables Purchase Agreement,” “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties” and “The Indenture—Issuing Entity Covenants” for a discussion of covenants regarding the perfection of security interests. Therefore, only a portion of the collections allocated to COMET are available to the Card series notes. Similarly, Card series notes are entitled only to their allocable share of Card series Finance Charge Amounts, Card series Principal Amounts, amounts on deposit in the applicable COMET trust accounts, any payments received from derivative counterparties or under supplemental credit enhancement agreements or supplemental liquidity agreements (to the extent not already included in Card series Finance Charge Amounts) and proceeds of any sale of assets. Card series noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets of COMET or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on the notes.
Each tranche of Card series notes is also secured by a security interest in the applicable principal funding subaccount, the applicable interest funding subaccount, the applicable accumulation reserve subaccount, in the case of a tranche of Class C notes, the applicable Class C reserve subaccount, in the case of a tranche of Class D notes, the applicable Class D reserve subaccount and any other applicable supplemental account, and may be secured by a security interest in any applicable derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement.
The following discussion and the discussions under “The Indenture” and certain sections in the related prospectus supplement summarize the material terms of the notes, the indenture, the asset pool supplement and the indenture supplements. The indenture supplements may be supplemented by terms documents relating to the issuance of individual tranches of notes in the related series, the terms of which will be described in more detail in the related prospectus supplement. In this prospectus, references to an indenture supplement will include any applicable terms documents. These summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the notes, the indenture, the asset pool supplement and the indenture supplements.
The following summaries describe certain provisions common to each series of notes.
The prospectus supplement for a particular issuance of notes will specify the series, class and tranche of those notes. Each series of notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture, the asset pool supplement and an indenture supplement. A copy of the form of each of these documents is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. None of the indenture, the asset pool supplement or the indenture supplement limits the aggregate stated principal amount of notes that may be issued. Each series of notes will represent a contractual debt obligation of COMET that will be in addition to the debt obligations of COMET represented by any other series of notes. Each prospectus supplement will describe the provisions specific to the related series, class or tranche of notes. Holders of the notes of any outstanding series, class or tranche will not have the right to prior review of, or consent to, any subsequent issuance of notes.
Most series of notes are expected to consist of multiple classes of notes. A class designation determines the relative seniority for receipt of cash flows and funding of the Default Amounts allocated to the related series of notes. For example, a class of subordinated notes provides credit enhancement for a class of senior notes of that series. Some
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series, if so specified in the related prospectus supplement, may be multiple tranche series, meaning they have classes consisting of multiple discrete issuances called “tranches.” Whenever a “class” of notes is referred to in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, it also includes all tranches of that class, unless the context otherwise requires.
COMET may issue different tranches of notes of a multiple tranche series at the same time or at different times, but no tranche of senior notes of a series may be issued unless a sufficient amount of subordinated notes of that series will be issued on that date or has previously been issued and is outstanding and available as subordination for such senior tranche of notes. See “—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” below.
COMET may offer notes denominated in U.S. dollars or any foreign currency. The specific terms of any note denominated in a foreign currency will be described in the related prospectus supplement.
The notes of each series will be allocated the Floating Allocation Percentage of all Finance Charge Amounts and Default Amounts, will be allocated the Principal Allocation Percentage of all Principal Amounts, and will be allocated itspro rata share of the servicing fee on the receivables. The method for calculating the Floating Allocation Percentage and the Principal Allocation Percentage applicable during any period is described in the definitions thereof in the “Glossary of Defined Terms,” which definitions may be supplemented or modified in the related prospectus supplement. If the notes offered by this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement are in a series including more than one class or tranche, Finance Charge Amounts, Principal Amounts, the Default Amounts and the servicing fee allocated to that series may be further allocated among each class or tranche in that series as described in the related prospectus supplement. Default Amounts allocated to the Card series will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Card series notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs.”
The notes of each series may share excess Principal Amounts with other series of notes. In addition a series may be included in one or more groups of series for purposes of sharing excess Finance Charge Amounts.
The Card series notes will share Principal Amounts allocated to the Card series in the manner and to the extent described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Shared Excess Principal Amounts.” The Card series notes will also be included in Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A and will share Finance Charge Amounts and other amounts treated as Finance Charge Amounts in the manner and to the extent described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Shared Excess Finance Charge Amounts.”
If so specified in the related prospectus supplement, the notes of a particular series, class or tranche may have the benefit of a derivative agreement, including an interest rate or currency swap, cap, collar or guaranteed investment with various counterparties. The specific terms of each derivative agreement and a description of each counterparty will be included in the related prospectus supplement. The notes of a particular series, class or tranche may also have the benefit of a supplemental credit enhancement agreement or a supplemental liquidity agreement. The specific terms of each applicable supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement and a description of each enhancement provider or liquidity provider, as applicable, will be included in the related prospectus supplement.
COMET will pay principal of and interest on a series, class or tranche of notes solely from the portion of Finance Charge Amounts and Principal Amounts which are allocable to that series, class or tranche after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations, deposits and withdrawals of amounts in any COMET trust accounts, including any supplemental accounts, relating to that series, class or tranche, and amounts received under any derivative agreement, under any supplemental credit enhancement agreement or under any supplemental liquidity agreement relating to that series, class or tranche. If those sources are not sufficient for payment of principal of or interest on that series, class or tranche, the noteholders will have no recourse to any assets in COMET, or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on that series, class or tranche of notes.
The indenture allows COMET to “reopen” or later increase the outstanding principal amount of a tranche of Card series notes without notice by selling additional Card series notes of that tranche with the same terms. Those additional notes will be treated, for all purposes, like the initial notes except that any new notes may begin to accrue interest at a different date. No additional notes of an outstanding Card series from tranche may be issued unless the conditions to issuance described in “—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes” are satisfied.
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association or an affiliate may retain any additional notes of an outstanding Card series tranche resulting from a reopening and may resell them on a subsequent date. In addition, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association or an affiliate may acquire notes of a series, class or tranche at any time following the initial issuance or reopening of a series, class or tranche of notes.
A note is not a deposit and neither the notes nor any underlying collateral certificate or receivables are insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.
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Interest will accrue on a series, class or tranche of notes, except on a series, class or tranche of discount notes, from the relevant issuance date at the applicable interest rate for that series, class or tranche, which may be a fixed, floating or other type of rate as specified in the related prospectus supplement. Interest on a series, class or tranche of notes will be due and payable on the dates specified in the related prospectus supplement, each referred to in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement as an “interest payment date.” If the interest payment dates for any notes occur less frequently than monthly, interest will be deposited in an interest funding account pending distribution. Each interest funding account will be established under the indenture supplement for the related series. For series with one or more classes and/or tranches of notes, each class or tranche may have a separate interest funding subaccount. Interest payments or deposits will be funded from Finance Charge Amounts allocated to that series, class or tranche of notes during the preceding month or months, from any applicable credit enhancement, if necessary, and from certain other amounts specified in the related prospectus supplement.
For each issuance of a series, class or tranche of fixed rate notes, the fixed rate of interest at which interest will accrue for that series, class or tranche will be designated in the related prospectus supplement. For each issuance of a series, class or tranche of floating rate notes, the interest rate index or other formula on which the interest payment is based will be designated in the related prospectus supplement. In addition, the related prospectus supplement will specify if any series, class or tranche of notes receives any additional interest and how it is to be calculated.
A series, class or tranche of discount notes will be issued at a price lower than the stated principal amount payable on the Expected Principal Payment Date of that series, class or tranche of notes. Until the Expected Principal Payment Date for a series, class or tranche of discount notes, accreted principal will be capitalized as part of the principal of that series, class or tranche of notes and reinvested in the assets of COMET, so long as an early redemption event or an event of default and acceleration for that series, class or tranche has not occurred. If applicable, the related prospectus supplement will specify the interest rate to be borne by a series, class or tranche of discount notes after an event of default or after its Expected Principal Payment Date.
Each payment of interest on a series, class or tranche of notes will include all interest accrued from the preceding interest payment date—or, for the first interest period, from the issuance date—through the day preceding the current interest payment date, or any other period as may be specified in the related prospectus supplement. Interest on a series, class or tranche of notes will be due and payable on each interest payment date.
If interest on a series, class or tranche of notes is not paid within 35 days after such interest is due and payable, an event of default will occur for that series, class or tranche of notes. See “—Events of Default” below.
The timing of payment of principal of a series, class or tranche of notes will be specified in the related prospectus supplement. Each date on which payment is made will be referred to in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement as a “principal payment date.”
Principal of a series, class or tranche of notes may be paid later than its Expected Principal Payment Date if sufficient funds are not allocated from the assets in COMET securing that series, class or tranche. Additionally, in the case of a tranche of subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, principal of that tranche will be paid on its Expected Principal Payment Date only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes of that series.
It is not an event of default if the stated principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes is not paid on its Expected Principal Payment Date. However, if the stated principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes is not paid in full by its legal maturity date, an event of default will occur for that series, class or tranche of notes. See “—Events of Default” below. If the stated principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes is not paid on its Expected Principal Payment Date, an early redemption event for that series, class or tranche will occur. See “—Early Redemption Events” below.
Principal of a series, class or tranche of notes may be paid earlier than its Expected Principal Payment Date if an early redemption event, an event of default and acceleration, or an optional or mandatory redemption occurs. See “—Early Redemption Events” and “—Events of Default” below.
See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of factors that may affect the timing of principal payments on a series, class or tranche of notes.
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Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount
Each Card series note has a stated principal amount, an outstanding dollar principal amount, an Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and a Nominal Liquidation Amount.
The stated principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes is the amount that is stated on the face of the notes of that series, class or tranche to be payable to the holders of the notes of that series, class or tranche. It can be denominated in U.S. dollars or in a foreign currency.
Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount
For a series, class or tranche of U.S. dollar notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount is the initial dollar principal amount of that series, class or tranche of notes, as described in the related prospectus supplement, less principal payments to the noteholders of that series, class or tranche of notes. For a series, class or tranche of foreign currency notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount is the U.S. dollar equivalent of the initial principal amount of that series, class or tranche of notes, as described in the related prospectus supplement, less dollar payments made to derivative counterparties or, in the event the derivative agreement is non-performing, less dollar payments converted to make payments to noteholders, each with respect to principal for that series, class or tranche. For a series, class or tranche of discount notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount is an amount stated in, or determined by a formula described in, the related indenture supplement and terms document. The outstanding dollar principal amount of a series, class or tranche of discount notes will increase over time as principal accretes on that series, class or tranche of notes. The outstanding dollar principal amount of any series, class or tranche of notes will decrease as a result of each payment of principal of that series, class or tranche of notes, and will increase as a result of any issuance of additional notes of that series, class or tranche.
Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount
In addition, a series, class or tranche of notes has an Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount. The Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of a series, class or tranche of notes is the outstanding dollar principal amount of all outstanding notes of that series, class or tranche, less any funds on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that series, class or tranche. The Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of any series, class or tranche of notes will decrease as a result of each deposit into the principal funding subaccount for such series, class or tranche.
The “Nominal Liquidation Amount” of a series, class or tranche of notes is a U.S. dollar amount based on the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of that series, class or tranche of notesminus some reductions—including reductions from (1) reallocations of Principal Amounts, (2) allocations of charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts and (3) deposits in a principal funding subaccount for or payments of principal of such class or tranche of notes—plus some increases described below. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a series of notes is equal to the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of all classes or tranches of notes of that series.
The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a note may be reduced as follows:
• | If Finance Charge Amounts allocable to a series of notes are insufficient to fund the Default Amounts in COMET allocable to such series, the uncovered Default Amounts allocable to that series will result in a reduction of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series. Within each series, subordinated classes of notes will generally bear the risk of reduction in their Nominal Liquidation Amount due to charge-offs resulting from uncovered Default Amounts allocable to that series before senior classes of notes. |
In a multiple tranche series, these reductions will be allocated initiallypro rata to each tranche of notes regardless of class, and then will be reallocated to the subordinated classes of notes in that series in succession, beginning with the most subordinated classes. However, these reallocations will be made from senior notes to subordinated notes only to the extent that such senior notes have not used all of their required subordinated amount. Reductions that cannot be reallocated to a more subordinated tranche will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the tranche to which the reductions were initially allocated.
If Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to cover Card series Defaulted Amounts, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Card series notes will be reduced as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs.”
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• | If Principal Amounts are reallocated from subordinated notes of a series to pay interest on senior notes, to cover any shortfall in the payment of the servicing fee on the assets (direct or indirect) in COMET or to cover any other shortfall in amounts to be covered by Finance Charge Amounts, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of those subordinated notes will be reduced by the amount of the reallocations. The amount of the reallocation of Principal Amounts will be applied to reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the subordinated classes of notes in that series in succession, to the extent of such senior notes’ required subordinated amount of the related subordinated notes, beginning with the most subordinated classes. However, Principal Amounts will be reallocated only to the extent that such senior classes of notes have not used all of their required subordinated amount. In addition, no Principal Amounts will be reallocated to pay interest on a senior class of notes or any portion of the servicing fee if such reallocation would result in the reduction of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such senior class of notes. |
If Card series Principal Amounts are reallocated from subordinated notes to pay interest on or other amounts related to the senior notes in the Card series, any shortfall in the payment of the Card series’s portion of the servicing fees on the receivables in the master trust or in any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET or any other shortfall with respect to Card series Finance Charge Amounts, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of those subordinated notes will be reduced by the amount of the reallocations as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations.”
• | The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes will be reduced by the amount on deposit in its respective principal funding subaccount. |
• | The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes will be reduced by the amount of all payments of principal of that class or tranche of notes. |
• | Upon a sale of assets (i) if required under the pooling agreement after the bankruptcy or insolvency of the related transferor, (ii) after an event of default and acceleration or (iii) on the legal maturity date of a class or tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such class or tranche of notes will be automatically reduced to zero. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.” |
The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a note can be increased as follows:
• | For a class or tranche of discount notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche will increase over time as principal accretes, to the extent that Finance Charge Amounts allocated to the related series are allocated for that purpose. For Card series discount notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount will increase over time as principal accretes, to the extent that Card series Finance Charge Amounts are allocated for that purpose. |
• | For all series of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series will increase if Finance Charge Amounts are available to reimburse earlier reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount from charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts in COMET or from reallocations of Principal Amounts from subordinated classes to pay shortfalls of interest, servicing fee and other items to be covered by Finance Charge Amounts. Within each series, the increases will be allocated first to the senior-most class with a deficiency in its Nominal Liquidation Amount and then, in succession, to the subordinated classes with a deficiency in their Nominal Liquidation Amounts. The increases will be further allocated to each tranche of a class pro rata based on the deficiency in the Nominal Liquidation Amount in each tranche, as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reimbursements of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits.” |
• | For all classes or tranches of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes will increase by an amount equal to the principal amount of any additional notes of that class or tranche issued after the initial issuance of notes of that class or tranche. |
In a multiple tranche series, any increase of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class of notes may be further allocated to each tranche in such class as described in the related prospectus supplement.
Finance Charge Amounts allocated to a series of notes for each month will be applied, as described in the related prospectus supplement, to cover Default Amounts allocable to that series. If Finance Charge Amounts allocated to such series are sufficient to cover these amounts, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such series of notes will not be reduced. Finance Charge Amounts allocated to a series of notes also will be applied, as described in the related prospectus supplement, to reimburse earlier reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series of notes from uncovered Default Amounts allocated to that series of notes or for reallocations of Principal Amounts from subordinated classes to pay interest on senior classes of notes or the portion of the servicing fee allocable to the notes of the same series. Finance Charge Amounts used to reimburse earlier reductions of the Nominal Liquidation Amount will
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be treated as Principal Amounts, and will be applied to the most senior class of notes until all reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such class have been reimbursed in full and then to each next subordinated class of notes in a similar manner. Principal Amounts not paid to or accumulated for the benefit of noteholders, or not reallocated as described above, may be reinvested in the assets in COMET in order to maintain the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes.
In most circumstances, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes, together with any accumulated Principal Amounts held in the related principal funding subaccount, will be equal to the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche of notes. However, if there are reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount as a result of reallocations of Principal Amounts from that class or tranche of notes to pay interest on senior classes of notes or the servicing fee, or as a result of charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts in COMET, there will be a deficit in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche. Unless that deficit is reimbursed through the application of Finance Charge Amounts allocated to the applicable series, the stated principal amount of that class or tranche of notes may not be paid in full and the holders of those notes may receive less than the full stated principal amount of their notes. This will occur either because the amount of dollars allocated to pay them is less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche, or because the amount of dollars allocated to pay the counterparty to a derivative agreement is less than the amount necessary to obtain enough of the applicable foreign currency for payment of the notes in full.
The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes may not be reduced below zero, and may not be increased above the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche of notes,less any amounts on deposit in the applicable principal funding subaccount.
If a note held by Capital One Funding, COMET or any of their affiliates is canceled, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that note is automatically reduced to zero.
The cumulative amount of reductions of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any class or tranche of notes due to charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts in COMET allocable to that class or tranche of notes or due to the reallocation of Principal Amounts to pay interest on senior classes of notes or the portion of the servicing fees will be limited as described in the related prospectus supplement.
Allocations of charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts in COMET and reallocations of Principal Amounts to pay interest on senior classes of notes or a portion of the servicing fee reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of outstanding series, classes and tranches of notes only and do not affect series, classes or tranches of notes that are issued after that time.
Any tranche of Card series notes may be paired with another tranche of Card series notes, referred to as the “paired tranche.” As the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche having a paired tranche is reduced (solely due to deposits in the related principal funding account other than deposits of prefunded amounts), the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the paired tranche may increase by an equal amount. If an early redemption event occurs for either tranche while such tranches are paired, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of and the method for allocating Principal Amounts to each tranche may be reset as otherwise described in this prospectus. For the Card series, if two tranches of notes are paired, the master trust will be required to maintain a minimum principal balance based on the reduced Nominal Liquidation Amount of the paired tranche. If, as a result, there are fewer principal receivables supporting the COMT collateral certificate, there may be fewer Finance Charge Collections available in the master trust to be allocated to the COMT collateral certificate and reduced Card series Finance Charge Amounts allocable to your tranche of notes.
Noteholders of a series, class or tranche will generally not receive payment of principal in excess of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount of that series, class or tranche, or in the case of a series, class or tranche of foreign currency notes, any amount received by COMET under a derivative agreement with respect to principal of that series, class or tranche.
Following an insolvency or bankruptcy of Capital One Funding or following an event of default and acceleration or on the legal maturity date of a series, class or tranche of notes, assets in COMET securing that affected series, class or tranche will be sold generally in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that affected series, class or tranche,plus any past due, accrued and additional interest, of the related series, class or tranche, subject to any further limitations specified in the related prospectus supplement. The proceeds of that sale will be applied, first, to pay the outstanding principal amount of that affected series, class or tranche and, second, to pay any accrued, past due and additional interest, if any, on that affected series, class or tranche of notes upon the sale.
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A series, class or tranche of notes will be considered to be paid in full, the holders of that series, class or tranche of notes will have no further right or claim, and COMET will have no further obligation or liability for principal or interest, on the earliest to occur of:
• | the date of the payment in full of the stated principal amount of and all accrued, past due and additional interest on that series, class or tranche of notes, as applicable; |
• | the legal maturity date for that series, class or tranche of notes after giving effect to all deposits, allocations, reallocations, sales of assets and payments to be made on that date; or |
• | the date on which a sale of assets has taken place for that series, class or tranche of notes, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.” |
Subordination of Interest and Principal
Interest and principal payments on subordinated classes of notes of a series will be subordinated as described in the related prospectus supplement. For the Card series, interest payments on and principal payments of Class B notes, Class C notes and Class D notes of the Card series are subordinated to payments on Class A notes. Subordination of Class B notes, Class C notes and Class D notes of the Card series provides credit enhancement for Class A Card series notes.
Interest payments on and principal payments of Class C notes and Class D notes of the Card series are subordinated to payments on Class A notes and Class B notes of the Card series. Subordination of Class C notes and Class D notes of the Card series provides credit enhancement for Class A notes and Class B notes of the Card series. In certain circumstances, the credit enhancement for a tranche of Class A Card series notes may be provided solely by the subordination of Class C notes and Class D notes of the Card series and the Class B Card series notes will not, in that case, provide credit enhancement for that tranche of Class A notes.
Interest payments on and principal payments of Class D Card series notes are subordinated to payments on Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the Card series and the Card series’s portion of the servicing fee. Subordination of Class D Card series notes provides credit enhancement for Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the Card series.
Principal Amounts allocated to a series of notes may, after Finance Charge Amounts have been applied, first be applied to pay interest on senior classes of notes or the servicing fee allocable to that series. In addition, subordinated classes of notes bear the risk of reduction in their Nominal Liquidation Amount due to charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts in COMET before senior classes of notes of that series. In a multiple tranche series, charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts allocated to that series are generally initially allocated to each tranche of that series and then reallocated to the subordinated tranches of that series, reducing the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such subordinated tranches to the extent credit enhancement in the form of subordination is still available for the tranches of senior notes. See “—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount—Nominal Liquidation Amount” above.
Card series Principal Amounts may be reallocated to pay interest on (or make deposits to the related interest funding subaccount for) senior classes of notes or to pay the Card series’s portion of the servicing fees on the receivables in the master trust or in any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET, subject to certain limitations. In addition, charge-offs due to uncovered Card series Defaulted Amounts are generally first applied against the subordinated classes of the Card series. See “—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount—Nominal Liquidation Amount” above and “The Master Trust—Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries.”
In addition, Principal Amounts allocated to a series of notes will be used to fund targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of senior notes of that series before being applied to the principal funding subaccounts of subordinated notes of that series.
In the Card series, payment of principal may be made on a subordinated class of notes before payment in full of each senior class of notes only under the following circumstances:
• | If after giving effect to the proposed principal payment there is still a sufficient amount of subordinated notes to support the outstanding senior notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account” and “—Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts.” For example, if a tranche of Class A notes has been repaid, this generally means that, unless other Class A notes are issued, at least some Class B notes, Class C notes and Class D notes may be repaid when such Class B notes, Class C notes and Class D notes are required to be repaid even if other tranches of Class A notes are outstanding. |
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• | If the principal funding subaccounts for the senior classes of notes have been sufficiently prefunded as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account—Prefunding of the Principal Funding Account of Senior Classes.” |
• | If new tranches of subordinated notes are issued or other forms of credit enhancement exist so that the subordinated notes that have reached their Expected Principal Payment Dates are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination. |
• | If a tranche of subordinated notes reaches its legal maturity date. |
Card series Principal Amounts remaining after any reallocations to pay interest on or other amounts related to the senior notes or to pay the Card series’s portion of the servicing fees will be first applied to make targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of senior notes before being applied to make targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of the subordinated notes.
Required Subordinated Amount and Usage
The required subordinated amount for a senior class or tranche of notes is the amount of subordinated notes that is required to be outstanding and available to provide subordination for that class or tranche of senior notes on the date when that class or tranche of senior notes is issued.
Class A Required Subordinated Amount. The Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for any tranche of Class A Card series notes on any date is equal to the sum of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes, the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes and the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes on that date. For each tranche of Class A notes, the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes, the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes and the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes will be equal to a stated percentage of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of that tranche of Class A notes. However, after an event of default and acceleration or after an early redemption event has occurred for any tranche of Class A notes, the required subordinated amount of any subordinated class of notes will be the greater of (x) the required subordinated amount of such subordinated class on that date and (y) the required subordinated amount of such subordinated class on the date immediately prior to that event of default or early redemption event.
See the related prospectus supplement for a discussion of the specific Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for the related tranche of Class A Card series notes.
Class B Required Subordinated Amount. The Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for any tranche of Class B Card series notes on any date is equal to the sum of the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes and the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes on that date.
For each tranche of Class B notes, the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes will equal (a) itspro rata share (based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount) of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero,plus (b) the following amount:
• | itspro rata share (based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount) of (i) the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of all Class B Card series notesminus (ii) the sum of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all Class A Card series notes,times |
• | a stated percentage. |
However, after an event of default and acceleration or an early redemption event has occurred for any tranche of Class B notes, the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes will be the greatest of (1) the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes on that date, (2) the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes on the date immediately prior to that event of default and acceleration or early redemption event and (3) such other amount that may be required by the hired NRSROs.
For each tranche of Class B notes, the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes will equal (x) itspro rata share (based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount) of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero,plus (y) the following amount:
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• | itspro rata share (based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount) of (i) the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of all Class B Card series notesminus (ii) the sum of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all Class A Card series notes,times |
• | a stated percentage. |
However, after an event of default and acceleration or an early redemption event has occurred for any tranche of Class B notes, the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class B notes will be the greater of (1) the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class B notes on that date and (2) the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class B notes on the date immediately prior to that event of default and acceleration or early redemption event.
See the related prospectus supplement for a discussion of the specific Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for the related tranche of Class B Card series notes.
Class C Required Subordinated Amount. For each tranche of Class C notes, the Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes will equal (a) itspro rata share (based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount) of the sum of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class A Card series notesplus the aggregate amount computed as described in clause (y) of “—Class B Required Subordinated Amount” above for all Class B Card series notes,plus (b) the following amount:
• | itspro rata share (based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount) of (i) the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of all Class C Card series notes minus (ii) the sum of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all Class A Card series notes plus the aggregate amount computed as described in clause (b) of “—Class B Required Subordinated Amount” above for all Class B Card series notes,times |
• | a stated percentage. |
However, after an event of default and acceleration or an early redemption event has occurred for any tranche of Class C notes, the Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class C notes will be the greater of (1) the Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class C notes on that date and (2) the Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class C notes on the date immediately prior to that event of default and acceleration or early redemption event.
See the related prospectus supplement for a discussion of the specific Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for the related tranche of Class C Card series notes.
Required Subordinated Amounts Generally. COMET may change the above percentages at any time without the consent of any noteholders. In addition, COMET may change the required subordinated amount for any tranche of Card series notes, the methodology of computing the required subordinated amount, or utilize forms of credit enhancement other than subordinated Card series notes in order to provide senior Card series notes with the required credit enhancement, at any time without the consent of any noteholders so long as COMET has:
• | received written confirmation from each hired NRSRO that has rated any outstanding Card series notes that the change will not result in the reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding Card series notes; |
• | delivered an opinion of counsel, that for United States federal income tax purposes, (1) the change will not cause any outstanding series, class or tranche of Card series notes of COMET that were characterized as debt at the time of their issuance to be characterized as other than debt, (2) the change will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any holder of Card series notes, and (3) the change will not cause COMET to be treated as an association, or publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation; and |
• | delivered an opinion of counsel, that for United States federal income tax purposes, (1) the change will not cause any outstanding investor certificates issued by the master trust that were characterized as debt at the time of their issuance to be characterized as other than debt, (2) the change will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any investor certificateholder and (3) the change will not cause the master trust to be treated as an association, or publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation. |
Therefore, reductions in the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of a tranche of senior Card series notes will generally result in a reduction in the required subordinated amount for that tranche. For each tranche of Class B Card series notes, a reduction in the required subordinated amount for that tranche of Class B notes may occur as a result of more Class B Card series notes being outstanding than is required for the Class A Card series notes or as a result of the issuance of additional Class B Card series notes. For each tranche of Class C Card series notes, a reduction in the required subordinated amount for that tranche of Class C notes may occur as a result of more Class C Card series notes being outstanding than is required for the Class A notes and Class B notes of the Card series or as a result of the issuance of additional Class C Card series notes.
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See the related prospectus supplement for an example of the calculations of required subordinated amounts of the Card series notes.
Usage. No class or tranche of notes of a series may be issued unless the required subordinated amount for that class or tranche of notes is available at the time of its issuance. The consumption of enhancement from subordinated Card series notes is called usage. The required subordinated amount is also used, in conjunction, with usage, to determine the remaining available subordinated amount for a tranche of senior notes and whether a class or tranche of subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series may be repaid before its legal maturity date while senior notes of that series are outstanding. For a detailed description of the calculation of usage amounts for any tranche of notes, see the definitions of Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes, Class A Usage Amount of Class B notes, Class A Usage Amount of Class C notes, Class A Usage Amount of Class D notes, Class B Usage Amount of Subordinated notes, Class B Usage Amount of Class C notes, Class B Usage Amount of Class D notes and Class C Usage Amount of Class D notes in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.”
Principal Payments on Subordinated Card Series Notes
The required subordinated amount of a tranche of senior Card series notes, in conjunction with usage, is used to determine (a) whether a tranche of senior Card series notes can be issued, as described above, (b) whether a tranche of subordinated Card series notes may be repaid before its legal maturity date while senior Card series notes are outstanding and (c) whether the principal funding subaccount for that tranche of senior Card series notes needs to be prefunded. See “—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” above.
No payment of principal will be made on any Class B Card series notes unless, following the payment, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the remaining outstanding Class B Card series notes is at least equal to the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all outstanding Class A Card series notes less any usage of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all outstanding Class A Card series notes. Similarly, no payment of principal will be made on any Class C Card series notes unless, following the payment, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the remaining outstanding Class C Card series notes is at least equal to the required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all outstanding Class A notes and Class B notes of the Card series less any usage of the required subordinated amount of Class C notes for those outstanding Class A notes and Class B notes of the Card series. Similarly, no payment of principal will be made on any Class D Card series notes unless, following the payment, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the remaining outstanding Class D Card series notes is at least equal to the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for all outstanding Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the Card series less any usage of the required subordinated amount of Class D notes for those outstanding Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the Card series. However, there are some exceptions to these rules. See “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Sale of Assets” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”
Redemption and Early Redemption of Notes
The servicer or any affiliate of the servicer, has the right, but not the obligation to direct COMET to redeem the notes of any series, class or tranche before its Expected Principal Payment Date at any time when the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series, class or tranche is less than 5% of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount at any time of that series, class or tranche. This redemption option is referred to as a clean-up call. COMET will not redeem subordinated notes if those notes are required to provide credit enhancement for senior classes of notes of the Card series.
If COMET is directed to redeem notes, COMET will notify the registered holders of those notes at least 30 days prior to the redemption date. The redemption price of a note will equal 100% of the outstanding principal amount of that note,plus accrued but unpaid interest on the note to but excluding the date of redemption.
If COMET is unable to pay the redemption price in full on the redemption date, monthly payments on those notes will thereafter be made, subject to the principal payment rules described above under “—Subordination of Interest and Principal,” until either the principal of and accrued interest on those notes are paid in full or the legal maturity date occurs, whichever is earlier. Any funds in the principal funding subaccount, the interest funding subaccount and, if applicable, the Class C reserve subaccount for those notes will be applied to make the principal and interest payments on those notes on the redemption date.
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Each series, class and tranche of notes will be subject to mandatory redemption on its Expected Principal Payment Date, which will generally be 34 months before its legal maturity date. In addition, if any other early redemption event occurs, COMET will be required to redeem each series, class or tranche of the affected notes before the Expected Principal Payment Date of that series, class or tranche of notes;however, if so indicated in the related prospectus supplement for certain such affected series, class or tranche of notes with the benefit of a derivative agreement, subject to certain exceptions, such redemption will not occur earlier than the Expected Principal Payment Date of such series, class or tranche of notes. COMET will give notice to holders of the affected series, class or tranche of notes before an early redemption date. See “—Early Redemption Events” below for a description of the early redemption events and their consequences to noteholders.
Whenever COMET redeems a series, class or tranche of notes, it will do so only to the extent that Finance Charge Amounts and Principal Amounts allocated to that series, class or tranche of notes are sufficient to redeem that series, class or tranche of notes in full, and only to the extent that the notes to be redeemed are not required to provide required subordination for senior notes. A noteholder will have no claim against COMET if COMET fails to make a required redemption of a series, class or tranche of notes before the legal maturity date because no funds are available for that purpose or because the notes that would otherwise be redeemed are required to provide subordination for senior notes. The failure to redeem before the legal maturity date under these circumstances will not be an event of default.
COMET will be required to repay in whole or in part, to the extent that funds are available for repayment after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and, with respect to subordinated notes of a multiple tranche series, to the extent payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes of the same series, each affected series, class or tranche of notes upon the occurrence of an early redemption event.
Early redemption events include the following:
• | the occurrence of an event of default and acceleration of the notes of a series, class or tranche; |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, the occurrence of the Expected Principal Payment Date of such series, class or tranche of notes; |
• | COMET becoming an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; |
• | the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of the related transferor; |
• | for any month the average of the excess spread amounts for the three preceding calendar months is less than the required excess spread amount for such month; and |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, any additional early redemption event specified in the related prospectus supplement. |
In addition to the early redemption events applicable to all notes, including the Card series notes, described above, each of the following events will be an early redemption event for the Card series notes:
– | if for any month, the average of the Excess Spread Amounts for the three preceding calendar months is less than the Required Excess Spread Amount for such month; or |
– | a Pay Out Event for the COMT collateral certificate occurs as described in “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events” or, if required by the hired NRSROs, any pay out event or other early amortization event occurs for any other collateral certificate included in COMET. |
The excess spread amount for any month is equal to the amount of finance charge amounts allocated to the Card series, minus the targeted interest deposits and servicing fee payments, the default amounts allocated to the Card series and any reimbursements of deficits in the nominal liquidation amount of any tranche of Card series notes for that month. Currently, the required excess spread amount is zero. This amount may be changed provided COMET (i) receives the consent of the hired NRSROs and (ii) reasonably believes that the change will not have a material adverse effect on the noteholders.
The amount repaid with respect to a tranche of notes will equal the outstanding principal amount of that tranche,plus any accrued, past due and additional interest to but excluding the date of repayment. If the amount of Finance Charge Amounts and Principal Amounts allocable to the series, class or tranche of notes to be redeemed, together with funds on deposit in the applicable COMET trust accounts and any amounts payable to COMET under any applicable
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derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement are insufficient to pay the redemption price in full on the next payment date after giving effect to the subordination provisions and allocations to any other notes ranking equally with that note, monthly payments on the notes to be redeemed will thereafter be made on each principal payment date until the outstanding principal amount of the notesplus all accrued, past due and additional interest are paid in full, or the legal maturity date of the notes occurs, whichever is earlier. However, if so specified in the related prospectus supplement, subject to certain exceptions, any notes that have the benefit of a derivative agreement will not be redeemed prior to such notes’ Expected Principal Payment Date.
No Principal Amounts will be allocated to a series, class or tranche of notes with a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero, even if the stated principal amount of that series, class or tranche has not been paid in full. However, any funds previously deposited in the applicable COMET trust accounts and any amounts received from an applicable derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement will still be available to pay principal of and interest on that series, class or tranche of notes. In addition, if Finance Charge Amounts are available, they can be applied to reimburse reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series, class or tranche resulting from reallocations of Principal Amounts to pay interest on senior classes of notes or the servicing fee, or from charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts.
Payments on redeemed notes will be made in the same priority as described in the related prospectus supplement. COMET will give notice to holders of the affected notes before an early redemption date.
Each of the following events is an event of default for any affected series, class or tranche of notes:
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, as applicable, COMET’s failure, for a period of 35 days, to pay interest on such notes when such interest becomes due and payable; |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, COMET’s failure to pay the stated principal amount of such series, class or tranche of notes on the applicable legal maturity date; |
• | COMET’s default in the performance, or breach, of any other of its covenants or warranties in the indenture (or any supplement thereto), for a period of 60 days after the indenture trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of any affected series, class or tranche has provided written notice requesting remedy of such breach, and, as a result of such default, the interests of the related noteholders are materially and adversely affected and continue to be materially and adversely affected during the 60-day period; |
• | the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of COMET; or |
• | for any series, class or tranche, any additional events of default specified in the prospectus supplement relating to the series, class or tranche. |
Failure to pay the full stated principal amount of a note on its Expected Principal Payment Date will not constitute an event of default. An event of default for one series, class or tranche of notes will not necessarily be an event of default for any other series, class or tranche of notes.
It is not an event of default if COMET fails to redeem a note because it does not have sufficient funds available or because payment of principal of a subordinated note is delayed because it is necessary to provide required subordination for a senior class of notes.
The occurrence of an event of default involving the bankruptcy or insolvency of COMET results in an automatic acceleration of all of the notes, without notice or demand to any person, and COMET will automatically and immediately be obligated to pay off the notes to the extent funds are available. If other events of default occur and are continuing for any series, class or tranche, either the indenture trustee or the holders of more than a majority in aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of the affected series, class or tranche may declare by written notice to COMET the principal of all those outstanding notes to be immediately due and payable. This declaration of acceleration may generally be rescinded by the holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of outstanding notes of the affected series, class or tranche.
If a series, class or tranche of notes is accelerated before its legal maturity date, the indenture trustee may at any time thereafter, and at the direction of the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of notes of the affected series, class or tranche at any time thereafter will sell or direct the sale of assets, in an amount up to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the affected series, class or tranche of notesplus any accrued, past due and additional interest on the affected series, class or tranche, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” but only if at least one of the following conditions is met:
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• | the noteholders of 90% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the accelerated series, class or tranche of notes consent; or |
• | the net proceeds of such sale (plus amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccounts and payments to be received from any applicable derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement and supplemental liquidity agreement) would be sufficient to pay all outstanding amounts due on the accelerated series, class or tranche of notes; or |
• | if the indenture trustee determines that the funds to be allocated to the accelerated series, class or tranche of notes may not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on such notes as such payments would have become due if such obligations had not been declared due and payable, and the noteholders of not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal dollar amount of notes of the accelerated series, class or tranche, as applicable, consent to the sale. |
In addition, a sale of assets following an event of default and acceleration of a subordinated tranche of notes of a multiple tranche series may be delayed as described under “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets” if the payment is not permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior class of notes of the same series.
If an event of default occurs relating to the failure to pay principal of or interest on a series, class or tranche of notes in full on the legal maturity date, assets will automatically be sold, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”
Following the sale of assets for a series, class or tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that series, class or tranche will be zero and Principal Amounts and Finance Charge Amounts will no longer be allocated to that series, class or tranche. Holders of the applicable series, class or tranche of notes will receive the proceeds of the saleplus any amounts on deposit in COMET trust accounts that are allocable to that series, class or tranche in an amount not to exceed the outstanding dollar principal amount of,plus any accrued, past due and additional interest on, that series, class or tranche of notes.
Any money or other property collected by the indenture trustee in connection with a sale of assets following an event of default and acceleration for a series, class or tranche of notes will be applied in the following priority, at the date fixed by the indenture trustee:
• | first, to pay all compensation owed to the indenture trustee for services rendered in connection with the indenture (and any supplement thereto), reimbursements to the indenture trustee for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made in accordance with the indenture (and any supplement thereto), or indemnification of the indenture trustee for any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with its administration of COMET; |
• | second, to pay the amounts of interest and principal then due and unpaid and any accrued, past due and additional interest on the notes of that series, class or tranche; |
• | third, to pay any servicing fees owed to the applicable servicer and any other fees or expenses then owing that series, class or tranche; and |
• | fourth, to pay any remaining amounts to COMET. |
If a sale of assets does not take place following an event of default and acceleration of a series, class or tranche of notes, then:
• | COMET will continue to hold the assets, and distributions on the assets will continue to be applied in accordance with the distribution provisions of the indenture, the asset pool supplement and the indenture supplement. |
• | Principal will be paid on the accelerated series, class or tranche of notes to the extent funds are received by COMET and available to the accelerated series, class or tranche after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes of the same series. |
• | If the accelerated notes are a subordinated tranche of notes of a multiple tranche series, and the subordination provisions prevent the payment of the accelerated subordinated tranche, prefunding of the senior classes of that series will begin, as provided in the applicable indenture supplement. Thereafter, payment will be made to the extent provided in the applicable indenture supplement. |
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• | On the legal maturity date of the accelerated notes, if the notes have not been paid in full, the indenture trustee will the direct the sale of assets as provided in the applicable indenture supplement. |
Within 90 days of any event of default occurs for any series, class or tranche of notes, the indenture trustee will provide notice of that event of default to all noteholders at their address listed in the note register. See “The Indenture—Addresses for Notices.” The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of any accelerated series, class or tranche of notes have the right to direct 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. However, this right may be exercised only if the direction provided by the noteholders does not conflict with applicable law or the indenture, the asset pool supplement or the related indenture supplement or have a substantial likelihood of involving the indenture trustee in personal liability. The holder of any note will have the right to institute suit for the enforcement of payment of principal of and interest on such note on the legal maturity date expressed in such note, and such right will not be impaired without the consent of that noteholder;provided, however,that the obligation to pay principal of or interest on the notes or any other amount payable to any noteholder will be without recourse to any transferor, indenture trustee, owner trustee or any affiliate, or any officer, employee or director thereof, and the obligation of COMET to pay principal of or interest on the notes or any other amount payable to any noteholder will be subject to the allocation and payment provisions in the asset pool supplement and the applicable indenture supplement and limited to amounts available (after giving effect to such allocation and payment provisions) from the collateral pledged to secure the notes.
Generally, if an event of default occurs and any notes are accelerated, the indenture trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture (and any supplement thereto) unless the holders of affected notes offer the indenture trustee reasonable indemnity. Upon acceleration of the maturity of a series, class or tranche of notes following an event of default, the indenture trustee will have a lien on the collateral for those notes ranking senior to the lien of those notes for its unpaid fees and expenses.
The indenture trustee has agreed, and the noteholders will agree, that they will not at any time institute against COMET, Capital One Funding, the master trust or any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity for which the bank or Capital One Funding or any of their affiliates is transferor or servicer, any bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes
COMET may issue a new series, class or tranche of notes or issue additional notes of an existing series, class or tranche only if the conditions of issuance are met (or waived as described below). These conditions include:
• | on or prior to the third Business Day before the new issuance is to occur, COMET gives the indenture trustee and the hired NRSROs notice of the new issuance; |
• | on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, COMET delivers to the indenture trustee and each hired NRSRO a certificate to the effect that: |
– | COMET reasonably believes that the new issuance will not (i) cause an early redemption event or event of default for any note then outstanding, (ii) adversely affect the amount of funds available to be distributed to noteholders of any series, class or tranche of notes or the timing of such distributions or (iii) adversely affect the security interest of the indenture trustee in the collateral securing the outstanding notes; |
– | all instruments furnished to the indenture trustee conform to the requirements of the indenture (and any supplement thereto) and constitute sufficient authority under the indenture (and any supplement thereto) for the indenture trustee to authenticate and deliver the notes; |
– | the form and terms of the notes have been established in conformity with the provisions of the indenture (and any supplement thereto); and |
– | COMET shall have satisfied such other matters as the indenture trustee may reasonably request; |
• | on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, COMET delivers to the indenture trustee and each hired NRSRO an opinion of counsel—which may be from internal counsel to COMET—that all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and delivery by COMET of the new notes have been complied with, COMET has the trust power and authority to issue the new notes, and the new notes have been duly authorized and delivered by COMET, and, assuming due authentication and delivery by the indenture trustee, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of COMET enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to certain limitations and conditions, and are entitled to the benefits of the indenture (and any supplement thereto) equally and ratably with all other notes outstanding, if any, of that series, class or tranche, subject to the terms of the indenture, the related asset pool supplement and each related indenture supplement; |
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• | on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, COMET delivers to the indenture trustee and each hired NRSRO a master trust tax opinion for each applicable master trust and an issuing entity tax opinion with respect to such issuance; |
• | if any additional conditions to the issuance of the new notes are required by a hired NRSRO that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes, either COMET satisfies those conditions or COMET obtains confirmation from each hired NRSRO that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that the new issuance will not have caused a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of any then-current rating of any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes; |
• | in the case of bearer notes, the notes will be as described in section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and that section will apply to the notes; |
• | on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, COMET delivers to the indenture trustee the asset pool supplement, an indenture supplement and terms document, if applicable, relating to the applicable series, class or tranche of notes; |
• | in the case of foreign currency notes, COMET appoints one or more paying agents in the appropriate countries; |
• | the provisions governing required subordinated amounts are satisfied; and |
• | any other conditions specified in the related prospectus supplement are satisfied. |
For the Card series, in addition to the above-described conditions to issuance of notes, COMET may issue new classes and tranches of Card series notes (including additional notes of an outstanding tranche or class), so long as the following conditions are satisfied:
– | any increase in the targeted deposit amount of any Class C reserve subaccount or Class D reserve subaccount caused by such issuance will have been funded on or prior to such issuance date; |
– | immediately after the issuance, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Class B Card series notes must be at least equal to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all outstanding Class A Card series notes; |
– | immediately after the issuance, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Class C Card series notes must be at least equal to the sum of the following: |
(a) | the aggregate Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all outstanding Class A Card series notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes equal to zero, and |
(b) | the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all outstanding Class B Card series notes; and |
– | immediately after the issuance, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Class D Card series notes must be at least equal to the greater of the following amounts: |
(a) | the sum of the following amounts: |
(i) | the aggregate Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all outstanding Class A Card series notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes equal to zero, and |
(ii) | the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all outstanding Class B Card series notes, and |
(b) | the aggregate Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all outstanding Class C Card series notes. |
COMET and the indenture trustee are not required to provide prior notice to, permit any prior review by or to obtain the consent of any noteholder of, any outstanding series, class or tranche to issue any additional notes of any series, class or tranche.
There are no restrictions on the timing or amount of any additional issuance of notes of an outstanding class or tranche of a multiple tranche series, so long as the conditions described above are met or waived. As of the date of any additional issuance of notes in an outstanding class or tranche of notes, the stated principal amount, outstanding dollar principal amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche will be increased to reflect the principal amount of the additional notes. If the additional notes are a class or tranche of notes that has the benefit of a derivative agreement, COMET will enter into a derivative agreement for the benefit of the additional notes. In addition, if the additional notes
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are a class or tranche of notes that has the benefit of any supplemental credit enhancement agreement or any supplemental liquidity agreement, COMET will enter into a similar supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement, as applicable, for the benefit of the additional notes. Furthermore, the targeted deposits, if any, to any issuing entity trust account will be increased proportionately to reflect the principal amount of the additional notes.
COMET may from time to time, without notice to, or the consent of, the registered holders of a series, class or tranche of notes, create and issue additional notes equal in rank to the series, class or tranche of notes offered by the accompanying prospectus supplement in all respects—or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the further series, class or tranche of notes or the first payment of interest following the issue date of the further series, class or tranche of notes. These further series, classes or tranches of notes may be consolidated and form a single series, class or tranche with the previously issued notes and will have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the previously issued series, class or tranche of notes. In addition, the bank or an affiliate may retain notes of a series, class or tranche upon initial issuance or upon a reopening of a series, class or tranche of notes and may sell them on a subsequent date.
When issued, the additional notes of a tranche will be identical in all respects to the other outstanding notes of that tranche equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the indenture, the asset pool supplement and the related indenture supplement as applicable to the previously issued notes of such tranche without preference, priority or distinction.
Modification or Waiver of Issuance Conditions
If COMET obtains confirmation from each hired NRSRO that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes, subject to certain limitations required by each such hired NRSRO, that the issuance of a new series, class or tranche will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the ratings of any outstanding series, class or tranche notes rated by that rating agency, then any or all of the conditions to issuance described above and in the related prospectus supplement may be waived or modified. In addition, COMET may issue rated Card series notes subject to waived, modified or additional conditions agreed to between COMET and each hired NRSRO rating such notes.
Payments on Notes; Paying Agent
The notes offered by this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement will be delivered in book-entry form and payments of principal of and interest on the notes will be made in U.S. dollars as described under “—Book-Entry Notes” unless the stated principal amount of the notes is denominated in a foreign currency.
COMET, the indenture trustee and any agent of COMET or the indenture trustee will treat the registered holder of any note as the absolute owner of that note, whether or not the note is overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, for the purpose of making payment and for all other purposes.
COMET will make payments on a note to (a) the registered holder of the note at the close of business on the record date established for the related payment date and (b) the bearer of a note in bearer form upon presentation of that bearer note on the related interest payment date or principal payment date, as applicable.
COMET has designated the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon in New York City as its paying agent for the notes of each series. COMET will identify any other entities appointed to serve as paying agents on notes of a series, class or tranche in the related prospectus supplement. COMET may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts. However, COMET will be required to maintain an office, agency or paying agent in each place of payment for a series, class or tranche of notes.
After notice by mail or publication, all funds paid to a paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any note of any series which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the principal or interest becomes due and payable will be paid to COMET. After funds are paid to COMET, the holder of that note may look only to COMET for payment of that principal or interest.
The notes offered by this prospectus will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess of that amount.
The record date for payment of the notes will be the last day of the month before the related payment date.
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Form, Exchange and Registration and Transfer of Notes
The notes offered by this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement will be issued in registered form. The notes will be represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depository, or its nominee. We refer to each beneficial interest in a global note as a “book-entry note.” For a description of the special provisions that apply to book-entry notes, see “—Book-Entry Notes” below.
A holder of notes may exchange those notes for other notes of the same class or tranche of any authorized denominations and of the same aggregate stated principal amount, Expected Principal Payment Date and legal maturity date, and of like terms.
Any holder of a note may present that note for registration of transfer, with the form of transfer properly executed, at the office of the note registrar or at the office of any transfer agent that COMET designates. Unless otherwise provided in the note to be transferred or exchanged, holders of notes will not be charged any service charge for the exchange or transfer of their notes. Holders of notes that are to be transferred or exchanged will be liable for the payment of any taxes or other governmental charges described in the indenture (and any supplement thereto) before the transfer or exchange will be completed. The note registrar or transfer agent, as the case may be, will effect a transfer or exchange when it is satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request.
COMET has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon as the note registrar and transfer agent for the notes. COMET also may at any time designate additional transfer agents for any series, class or tranche of notes. COMET may at any time rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the location through which any transfer agent acts.
The related prospectus supplement may state that application will be made to list the related series, class or tranche of notes on a stock exchange in Europe or another exchange.
The notes offered by this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement will be delivered in book-entry form. This means that, except under the limited circumstances described below under “—Definitive Notes,” purchasers of notes will not be entitled to have the notes registered in their names and will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the notes in definitive paper form. Instead, upon issuance, all the notes of a class will be represented by one or more fully registered permanent global notes, without interest coupons.
Each global note will be held by a securities depository named The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and will be registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. No global note representing book-entry notes may be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to another nominee of DTC. Thus, DTC or its nominee will be the only registered holder of the notes and will be considered the sole representative of the beneficial owners of notes for purposes of the indenture (and any supplement thereto).
The registration of the global notes in the name of Cede & Co. will not affect beneficial ownership and is performed merely to facilitate subsequent transfers. The book-entry system, which is also the system through which most publicly traded common stock is held, is used because it eliminates the need for physical movement of securities. The laws of some jurisdictions, however, may require some purchasers to take physical delivery of their notes in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to own or transfer book-entry notes.
Purchasers of notes in the United States may hold interests in the global notes through DTC, either directly, if they are participants in that system—such as a bank, brokerage house or other institution that maintains securities accounts for customers with DTC or its nominee—or otherwise indirectly through a participant in DTC. Purchasers of notes in Europe may hold interests in the global notes through Clearstream Banking, or through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Because DTC will be the only registered owner of the global notes, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear will hold positions through their respective U.S. depositories, which in turn will hold positions on the books of DTC.
As long as the notes are in book-entry form, they will be evidenced solely by entries on the books of DTC, its participants and any indirect participants. DTC will maintain records showing:
• | the ownership interests of its participants, including the U.S. depositories; and |
• | all transfers of ownership interests between its participants. |
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The participants and indirect participants, in turn, will maintain records showing:
• | the ownership interests of their customers, including indirect participants, that hold the notes through those participants; and |
• | all transfers between these persons. |
Thus, each beneficial owner of a book-entry note will hold its note indirectly through a hierarchy of intermediaries, with DTC at the “top” and the beneficial owner’s own securities intermediary at the “bottom.”
COMET, the indenture trustee and their agents will not be liable for the accuracy of, and are not responsible for maintaining, supervising or reviewing DTC’s records or any participant’s records relating to book-entry notes. COMET, the indenture trustee and their agents also will not be responsible or liable for payments made on account of the book-entry notes.
Until Definitive Notes are issued to the beneficial owners as described below under “—Definitive Notes,” all references to “holders” of notes means DTC. COMET, the indenture trustee and any paying agent, transfer agent or note registrar may treat DTC as the absolute owner of the notes for all purposes.
Beneficial owners of book-entry notes should realize that COMET will make all distributions of principal of and interest on their notes to DTC and will send all required reports and notices solely to DTC as long as DTC is the registered holder of the notes. DTC and the participants are generally required to receive and transmit all distributions, notices and directions from the indenture trustee to the beneficial owners through the chain of intermediaries.
Similarly, the indenture trustee will accept notices and directions solely from DTC. Therefore, in order to exercise any rights of a holder of notes under the indenture (and any supplement thereto), each person owning a beneficial interest in the notes must rely on the procedures of DTC and, in some cases, Clearstream Banking or Euroclear. If the beneficial owner is not a participant in that system, then it must rely on the procedures of the participant through which that person owns its interest. DTC has advised COMET that it will take actions under the indenture (and any supplement thereto) only at the direction of its participants, which in turn will act only at the direction of the beneficial owners. Some of these actions, however, may conflict with actions it takes at the direction of other participants and beneficial owners.
Notices and other communications by DTC to participants, by participants to indirect participants, and by participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them.
Beneficial owners of book-entry notes should also realize that book-entry notes may be more difficult to pledge because of the lack of a physical note. A beneficial owner may also experience delays in receiving distributions on his or her notes since distributions will initially be made to DTC and must be transferred through the chain of intermediaries to the beneficial owner’s account.
DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law and is a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law. DTC is also a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC was created to hold securities deposited by its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its participants through electronicbook-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thus eliminating the need for physical movement of securities. DTC is awholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, referred to in this prospectus as “DTCC.” DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Clearstream Banking S.A. is registered as a bank in Luxembourg and is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector and the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Central Bank, which supervise Luxembourg banks. Clearstream Banking is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Börse AG. Clearstream Banking holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions by electronicbook-entry transfers between their accounts. Clearstream Banking provides various services, including safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream Banking has established an electronic bridge with Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as the operator of the Euroclear system in Brussels, to facilitate settlement of trades between Clearstream Banking and Euroclear. Over 300,000 domestic and internationally traded bonds, equities and investment funds are currently deposited with Clearstream Banking.
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Clearstream Banking’s customers are worldwide financial institutions including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations. Clearstream Banking’s U.S. customers are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks. Currently, Clearstream Banking has approximately 2,500 customers located in over 110 countries, including all major European countries, Canada, and the United States. Indirect access to Clearstream Banking is available to other institutions that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with an account holder of Clearstream Banking.
Euroclear was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of Euroclear and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment. This system eliminates the need for physical movement of securities and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear includes various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. The Euroclear system is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. as the Euroclear operator. The Euroclear operator conducts all operations. All Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear operator. Euroclear participants include banks, including central banks, securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries and may include the underwriters. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.
Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear system, and applicable Belgian law. These Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific securities to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants, and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.
This information about DTC, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear has been compiled from public sources for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a representation, warranty or contract modification of any kind.
Distributions on Book-Entry Notes
COMET will make distributions of principal of and interest on book-entry notes to DTC. These payments will be made in immediately available funds by COMET’s paying agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, at the office of the paying agent that COMET designates for that purpose.
In the case of principal payments, the global notes must be presented to the paying agent in time for the paying agent to make those payments in immediately available funds in accordance with its normal payment procedures.
Upon receipt of any payment of principal of or interest on a global note, DTC will immediately credit the accounts of its participants on its book-entry registration and transfer system. DTC will credit those accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to the participants’ respective beneficial interests in the stated principal amount of the global note as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by participants to beneficial owners of book-entry notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of those participants.
Distributions on book-entry notes held beneficially through Clearstream Banking will be credited to cash accounts of Clearstream Banking participants in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by its U.S. depository.
Distributions on book-entry notes held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, to the extent received by its U.S. depository.
In the event Definitive Notes are issued, distributions of principal of and interest on Definitive Notes will be made directly to the holders of the Definitive Notes in whose names the Definitive Notes were registered at the close of business on the related record date.
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Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures
Initial settlement for the notes will be made in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading between DTC participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC’s rules and will be settled in immediately available funds using DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System. Secondary market trading between Clearstream Banking participants and/or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream Banking and Euroclear and will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately available funds.
Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream Banking or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the U.S. depositories. However, cross-market transactions of this type will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines, European time. The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depository to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving notes in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream Banking participants and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to DTC.
Because of time-zone differences, credits to notes received in Clearstream Banking or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and will be credited the business day following a DTC settlement date. The credits to or any transactions in the notes settled during processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream Banking participants on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream Banking or Euroclear as a result of sales of notes by or through a Clearstream Banking participant or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date, but will be available in the relevant Clearstream Banking or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.
Although DTC, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear have agreed to these procedures in order to facilitate transfers of notes among participants of DTC, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform these procedures and these procedures may be discontinued at any time.
Beneficial owners of book-entry notes may exchange those notes for physical form or Definitive Notes registered in their name only if:
• | DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global notes or ceases to be a registered “clearing agency” and COMET is unable to find a qualified replacement for DTC; |
• | COMET, in its sole discretion, elects to terminate its participation in the book-entry system through DTC; or |
• | any event of default has occurred for those book-entry notes and beneficial owners evidencing not less than 50% of the unpaid outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of the related series, class or tranche advise the indenture trustee and DTC that the continuation of a book-entry system is no longer in the best interests of those beneficial owners. |
If any of these three events occurs, DTC is required to notify the beneficial owners through the chain of intermediaries that the Definitive Notes are available. The appropriate global note will then be exchangeable in whole for Definitive Notes in registered form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate stated principal amount, in specified denominations. Definitive Notes will be registered in the name or names of the person or persons specified by DTC in a written instruction to the registrar of the notes. DTC may base its written instruction upon directions it receives from its participants. Thereafter, the holders of the Definitive Notes will be recognized as the “holders” of the notes under the indenture (and any supplement thereto).
Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes
The indenture and the asset pool supplement specify how Finance Charge Amounts and Principal Amounts received by COMET will be allocated among the outstanding series of notes secured by the assets in COMET and the Transferor Interest. The Card series indenture supplement specifies how Card series Finance Charge Amounts and Card series Principal Amounts will be deposited into the COMET trust accounts established for the Card series notes to provide for the payment of interest on and principal of Card series notes as payments become due. In addition, the Card
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series indenture supplement specifies how Default Amounts allocated to the COMT collateral certificate and any other collateral certificates in COMET and payments of the servicing fees on the receivables will be allocated to the Card series notes. Unless otherwise noted, all references to “notes” in this “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes” section are to the Card series notes.
For a detailed description of the percentage used by the indenture trustee in allocating Finance Charge Amounts and Default Amounts to the Card series notes, see the definition of “Floating Allocation Percentage” in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.” For a detailed description of the percentage used in allocating Principal Amounts to the Card series notes, see the definition of “Principal Allocation Percentage” in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.”
Card Series Finance Charge Amounts
Card series Finance Charge Amounts will consist of the following amounts:
• | The Card series’s share of Finance Charge Amounts. See“Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Deposit and Application of Funds in COMET.” |
• | Withdrawals from the accumulation reserve subaccount. |
If the number of months targeted to accumulate budgeted deposits of Card series Principal Amounts for the payment of principal on a tranche of notes is greater than one month, then COMET will begin to fund an accumulation reserve subaccount for such tranche. See “—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account” and “—Targeted Deposits to the Accumulation Reserve Account” below. The amount targeted to be deposited in the accumulation reserve account for each month, beginning with the month prior to the first Distribution Date on which Card series Principal Amounts are to be accumulated for such tranche, will be an amount equal to 0.5% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of such tranche of notes.
On each Distribution Date, COMET will calculate the targeted amount of principal funding subaccount earnings for each tranche of notes, which will be equal to the amount that the funds (other than prefunded amounts) on deposit in each principal funding subaccount would earn at the interest rate payable by COMET—taking into account payments due under any applicable derivative agreements—on the related tranche of notes. As a general rule, if the amount actually earned on such funds on deposit is less than the targeted amount of earnings, then the amount of such shortfall will be withdrawn from the applicable accumulation reserve subaccount and treated as Card series Finance Charge Amounts for such month.
• | Additional finance charge collections allocable to the Card series. |
COMET will notify the master trust servicer from time to time of the aggregate prefunded amount on deposit in the principal funding account. Whenever there are any prefunded amounts on deposit in any principal funding subaccount, the master trust will designate an amount of the Master Trust Transferor Interest equal to such prefunded amounts. On each Distribution Date, COMET will calculate the targeted amount of principal funding subaccount prefunded amount earnings for each tranche of notes, which will be equal to the amount that the prefunded amounts on deposit in each principal funding subaccount would earn at the interest rate payable by COMET—taking into account payments due under any applicable derivative agreements—on the related tranche of notes. As a general rule, if the amount actually earned on such funds on deposit is less than the targeted amount of earnings, collections of finance charge receivables allocable to such designated portion of the Master Trust Transferor Interest up to the amount of the shortfall will be treated as Card series Finance Charge Amounts. See “The Master Trust—Application of Collections.”
• | Investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the principal funding account, interest funding account and accumulation reserve account for the Card series notes. |
• | Unless otherwise specified in the Card series indenture supplement or the related terms document, payments received under derivative agreements for interest, supplemental credit enhancement agreements or supplemental liquidity agreements on notes of the Card series payable in U.S. dollars. |
• | Any shared excess Finance Charge Amounts allocable to the Card series notes. See “—Shared Excess Finance Charge Amounts” below. |
• | Any other amounts specified in the Card series indenture supplement or any related terms document. |
After a sale of assets as described in “—Sale of Assets” below, the related class or tranche of notes will not be entitled to any Card series Finance Charge Amounts. See “The Master Trust—Application of Collections” for a discussion of the allocation of collections generally.
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Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts
On each Distribution Date, the indenture trustee will apply (upon instruction from COMET) Card series Finance Charge Amounts as follows:
• | first, to make the targeted deposits to the interest funding account to fund the payment of interest on the Class A notes and certain payments due under related derivative agreements; |
• | second, to make the targeted deposits to the interest funding account to fund the payment of interest on the Class B notes and certain payments due under related derivative agreements; |
• | third, to make the targeted deposits to the interest funding account to fund the payment of interest on the Class C notes and certain payments due under related derivative agreements; |
• | fourth, to pay the portion of the master trust servicing fee allocable to the Card series,plus any previously due and unpaid servicing fee allocable to the Card series; |
• | fifth, to make the targeted deposits to the interest funding account to fund the payment of interest on the Class D notes and certain payments due under related derivative agreements; |
• | sixth, to be treated as Card series Principal Amounts in an amount equal to the Card series Defaulted Amounts, if any, for the preceding month; |
• | seventh, to be treated as Card series Principal Amounts in an amount equal to the Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits, if any, of all Card series notes; |
• | eighth, to make the targeted deposits to the accumulation reserve account, if any; |
• | ninth, to make the targeted deposits to the Class C reserve account, if any; |
• | tenth, to make the targeted deposits to the Class D reserve account, if any; |
• | eleventh, to make any other payment or deposit required by any class or tranche of Card series notes; |
• | twelfth, to be treated as shared excess Finance Charge Amounts; and |
• | thirteenth, to Capital One Funding, as transferor, or any other transferor of a collateral certificate into COMET or their designees. |
Targeted Deposits of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts to the Interest Funding Account
The aggregate amount targeted to be deposited monthly to the interest funding account will be equal to the sum of the targeted deposits listed below. The deposit targeted for any month will also include any shortfall in the targeted deposit from any prior month which has not been previously deposited.
• | Interest Payments. The deposit targeted for any tranche of outstanding interest-bearing notes on each Distribution Date will be equal to the amount of interest accrued on the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche during the period from and including the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date in the prior month to but excluding the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date for the current month. |
• | Amounts Owed to Derivative Counterparties. If a tranche of notes has a Performing or non-Performing derivative agreement for interest that provides for payments to the applicable derivative counterparty, the deposit targeted for that tranche of notes on each Distribution Date will include any payment to the derivative counterparty which is specified in the Card series indenture supplement or the related terms document. |
• | Discount Notes. The deposit targeted for a tranche of discount notes on each Distribution Date is the amount of accretion of principal of that tranche of notes from and including the prior Monthly Principal Accrual Date—or in the case of the first Monthly Principal Accrual Date, from and including the date of issuance of that tranche—to but excluding the first Monthly Principal Accrual Date for the next month. |
• | Specified Deposits. If any tranche of notes provides for deposits in addition to or different from the deposits described above to be made to the interest funding subaccount for that tranche, the deposits targeted for that tranche each month will include the specified amounts. |
• | Additional Interest. The deposit targeted for any tranche of notes (other than discount notes) that has previously due and unpaid interest for any month will include the interest accrued on that overdue interest during the period from and including the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date in the prior month to but excluding the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date for the current month at the applicable rate of interest. |
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Each deposit to the interest funding account for each month will be made on the Distribution Date in such month. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one of the preceding deposits,plus deposits from other sources, described below under “—Payments Received from Derivative Counterparties for Interest of Foreign Currency Notes.”
A class or tranche of notes for which assets have been sold as described below in “—Sale of Assets” will not be entitled to receive any of the preceding deposits to be made from Card series Finance Charge Amounts after the sale has occurred.
Allocation to Interest Funding Subaccounts
The aggregate amount to be deposited monthly in the interest funding account will be allocated, and a portion deposited in the interest funding subaccount established for each tranche of notes, as follows:
• | Card Series Finance Charge Amounts are at least equal to targeted amounts. If the amount of funds available for a month is at least equal to the aggregate amount of the deposits and payments for the related class of notes, then the full targeted amount of such deposit and payment will be made to the applicable interest funding subaccount. |
• | Card Series Finance Charge Amounts are less than targeted amounts. If Card series Finance Charge Amounts available for a month for the Class A notes are less than the sum of the deposits targeted for each tranche of Class A notes as described above, then the amount available will be allocated to each tranche of Class A notes in such classpro rata based on the ratio of: |
– | the aggregate amount of the deposits targeted for that tranche of Class A notes, to |
– | the aggregate amount of the deposits targeted for all tranches of Class A Card series notes. |
The Card series Finance Charge Amounts remaining after any preceding applications, as described above under “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” will be allocated to the Class B notes, the Class C notes and the Class D notes in a similar manner.
Payments Received from Derivative Counterparties for Interest of Foreign Currency Notes
Payments received under derivative agreements for interest of foreign currency notes in the Card series will be applied as specified in the Card series indenture supplement or the related terms document.
Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs
If on any Distribution Date, Card series Finance Charge Amounts available after the first five applications described in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above are not enough to cover the Card series Defaulted Amounts for the preceding month, the amount of such shortfall (referred to as a “charge-off”) will be allocated (and reallocated) on that date to each tranche of notes as described below. For each tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche will be reduced by an amount equal to the amounts that are allocated or reallocated to that tranchelessthe amounts that are reallocated from that tranche to other tranches. Any amounts that are allocated (or reallocated) to a tranche of notes and not reallocated to other tranches will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of notes.
Initial Allocation. Initially, the amount of each charge-off will be allocated to each tranche of outstanding notes in the Card seriespro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of notes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Card series notes, each at the end of the prior month. If this allocation (or any portion of it) would reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes below zero, the amount that would cause the Nominal Liquidation Amount to be reduced below zero will be allocated instead to all other tranches of outstanding notes in the Card series in the same manner. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of notes will not be reduced below zero.
Reallocation fromClass A Notes. The amount initially allocated to the Class A notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above will be reallocated from each tranche of Class A notes to the Class B notes, but only up to the following amount:
(i) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes at the end of the prior month,minus
(ii) the amount initially allocated to the Class B notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above times the amount described in clause (i) abovedivided by the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Class B Card series notes at the end of the prior month.
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Then, any amounts which a tranche of Class A notes is not permitted to reallocate to the Class B notes as described above will be reallocated to the Class C notes, but only up to the following amount:
(i) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class A notes at the end of the prior month,minus
(ii) the amount initially allocated to the Class C notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above times the amount described in clause (i) abovedividedby the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Class C Card series notes at the end of the prior month.
Then, any amounts which a tranche of Class A notes is not permitted to reallocate to the Class B notes or the Class C notes as described above will be reallocated to the Class D notes, but only up to the following amount:
(i) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class A notes at the end of the prior month,minus
(ii) the amount initially allocated to the Class D notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above times the amount described in clause (i) above divided by the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Class D Card series notes at the end of the prior month.
Reallocation fromClass B Notes. The amounts initially allocated to any tranche of Class B notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above and the amounts reallocated from the Class A notes to any tranche of Class B notes as described in “—Reallocation from Class A Notes” above will be reallocated from that tranche of Class B notes to the Class C notes, but only up to the following amount:
(i) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes at the end of the prior month,minus
(ii) (x) the amount initially allocated to the Class C notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above times the amount described in clause (i) abovedivided by the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Class C Card series notes at the end of the prior month,plus
(y) the amount reallocated from Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero to the Class C notes as described in “—Reallocation from Class A Notes” above times the amount described in clause (i) abovedivided by the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all Class B Card series notes at the end of the prior month.
Then, any amounts which a tranche of Class B notes is not permitted to reallocate to the Class C notes as described above will be reallocated from that tranche of Class B notes to the Class D notes, but only up to the following amount:
(i) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class B notes at the end of the prior month,minus
(ii) (x) the amount initially allocated to the Class D notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above times the amount described in clause (i) abovedivided by the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Class D Card series notes at the end of the prior month,plus
(y) the amount reallocated from Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero to the Class D notes as described abovetimes the amount described in clause (i) abovedivided by the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class B Card series notes at the end of the prior month.
Reallocation from Class C Notes. Finally, the amounts initially allocated to any tranche of Class C notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” above and the amounts reallocated from the Class A notes to any tranche of Class C notes as described in “—Reallocation from Class A Notes” above or reallocated from the Class B notes to any tranche of Class C notes as described in “—Reallocation from Class B Notes” above will be reallocated from that tranche of Class C notes to the Class D notes, but only up to the following amount:
(i) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for that tranche of Class C notes at the end of the prior month,minus
(ii) (x) the amount initially allocated to the Class D notes as described in “—Initial Allocation” abovetimes the amount described in clause (i) above divided by the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the Class D Card series notes at the end of the prior month,plus
(y) the amount reallocated from Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero or from any Class B notes to the Class D notes as described abovetimes the amount described in clause (i) abovedivided by the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class C Card series notes at the end of the prior month.
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Reallocations Generally. For each reallocation described above, the amount reallocated to any class of notes will be reallocated to each tranche of notes within that classpro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of notes after any reductions to the Nominal Liquidation Amount as a result of previous allocations or reallocations on that day to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all the notes in such class at the end of the prior month. If this reallocation (or any portion of it) would reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes below zero, the amount that would cause the Nominal Liquidation Amount to be reduced below zero will be allocated instead to the other tranches of outstanding Card series notes in the related class of notes in the same manner. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of notes will not be reduced below zero.
Allocations of Reimbursements of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits
If there are Card series Finance Charge Amounts available to reimburse any Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on any Distribution Date as described in the seventh clause of “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above, such funds will be allocated to each tranche of notes as follows:
• | first, to each tranche of Class A notes, |
• | second, to each tranche of Class B notes, |
• | third, to each tranche of Class C notes, and |
• | fourth, to each tranche of Class D notes. |
In each case, Card series Finance Charge Amounts allocated to a class of notes will be allocated to each tranche of notes within such classpro rata based on the ratio of:
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit of such tranche of notes, to |
• | the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all tranches of such class. |
In no event will the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes be increased above the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of such tranche.
Application of Card Series Principal Amounts
On each Distribution Date, the indenture trustee will apply (upon instruction from COMET) Card series Principal Amounts in the following order and priority:
• | Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls. First, for each month, if Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to make the full targeted deposit into the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class A notes, then Card series Principal Amounts will be applied to cover the shortfall,provided that the total amount of Card series Principal Amounts applied for this purpose will not exceed the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation, the Class C Principal Allocation and the Class D Principal Allocation for such month, and such total amount will be allocated to the interest funding subaccount of each such tranche of Class A notes pro rata based on, in the case of each such tranche of Class A notes, the lesser of: |
– | the amount of the deficiency in the targeted amount to be deposited into the interest funding subaccount of such tranche of Class A notes, and |
– | an amount equal to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for such tranche of Class A notes, determined after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above. |
• | Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls. Second, for each month, if Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to make the full targeted deposit into the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class B notes, then Card series Principal Amounts will be applied to cover the shortfall,provided that the total amount of Card series Principal Amounts applied for this purpose will not exceed the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation, the Class C Principal Allocation and the Class D Principal Allocation for such month minus the greater of (i) the Class B Principal Allocation for such month and (ii) the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts reallocated as described in the preceding clause, and such total amount will be allocated to the interest funding subaccount of each such tranche of Class B notespro ratabased on, in the case of each such tranche of Class B notes, the lesser of: |
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– | the amount of the deficiency of the targeted amount to be deposited into the interest funding subaccount of such tranche of Class B notes, and |
– | an amount equal to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for such tranche of Class B notes, determined after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above and in the first clause above. |
• | Class C Interest Funding Account Shortfalls. Third, for each month, if Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to make the full targeted deposit into the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class C notes, then Card series Principal Amounts will be applied to cover the shortfall,provided that the total amount of Card series Principal Amounts applied for this purpose will not exceed the Class B Principal Allocation, the Class C Principal Allocation and the Class D Principal Allocation for such monthminus the greater of (i) the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation and the Class C Principal Allocation for such month and (ii) the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts reallocated as described in the preceding clauses, and such total amount will be allocated to the interest funding subaccount of each such tranche of Class C notespro rata based on, in the case of each such tranche of Class C notes, the lesser of: |
– | the amount of the deficiency of the targeted amount to be deposited into the interest funding subaccount of such tranche of Class C notes, and |
– | an amount equal to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notes, determined after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above and in the preceding clauses. |
• | Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls. Fourth, for each month, if Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to pay the portion of the servicing fees allocable to the Card series as described in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above, then Card series Principal Amounts will be applied to cover the shortfall,provided that the total amount of Card series Principal Amounts applied for this purpose will not exceed the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation, the Class C Principal Allocation and the Class D Principal Allocation for such monthminus the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts reallocated as described in the preceding clauses, and such total amount will be paid to the applicable servicers in an amount equal to, and allocated to each such tranche of Class A notespro rata based on, in the case of each tranche of Class A notes, the lesser of: |
– | the amount of the servicing fee shortfall allocated to such tranche of Class A notes (based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche of Class A notes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Card series notes at the end of the prior month), and |
– | an amount equal to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for such tranche of Class A notes, determined after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above and in the preceding clauses. |
• | Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls. Fifth,for each month, if Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to pay the portion of the servicing fees allocable to the Card series as described in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above, then Card series Principal Amounts will be applied to cover the shortfall,provided that the total amount of Card series Principal Amounts applied for this purpose will not exceed the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation, the Class C Principal Allocation and the Class D Principal Allocation for such monthminus the greater of (i) the Class B Principal Allocation for such month and (ii) the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts reallocated as described in the preceding clauses, and such total amount will be paid to the applicable servicers in an amount equal to, and allocated to each tranche of Class B notespro rata based on, in the case of each such tranche of Class B notes, the lesser of: |
– | the amount of the remaining servicing fee shortfall allocated to such tranche of Class B notes (based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche of Class B notes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Card series notes at the end of the prior month), and |
– | an amount equal to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class B notes, determined after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above and in the preceding clauses. |
• | Class C Servicing Fee Shortfalls. Sixth, for each month, if Card series Finance Charge Amounts are insufficient to pay the portion of the servicing fees allocable to the Card series as described in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above, then Card series Principal Amounts will be applied to cover the shortfall,provided that the total amount of Card series Principal Amounts applied for this purpose will not exceed the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation, the Class C Principal Allocation and the Class D Principal |
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Allocation for such monthminus the greater of (i) the sum of the Class B Principal Allocation and the Class C Principal Allocation for such month and (ii) the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts reallocated as described in the preceding clauses, and such total amount will be paid to the applicable servicers in an amount equal to, and allocated to each tranche of Class C notespro rata based on, in the case of each such tranche of Class C notes, the lesser of: |
– | the amount of the servicing fee shortfall allocated to such tranche of Class C notes (based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche of Class C notes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Card series notes at the end of the prior month), and |
– | an amount equal to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for such tranche of Class C notes, determined after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above and in the preceding clauses. |
• | Principal Funding Account. Seventh,remaining Card series Principal Amounts will be applied, to the extent needed, to make the targeted deposits to the principal funding account as described in “—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account” below. |
• | Shared Excess Principal Amounts. Eighth, remaining Card series Principal Amounts will be treated, to the extent needed, as shared excess Principal Amounts for the benefit of Principal Sharing Group A. |
• | Transferor. Ninth, remaining Card series Principal Amounts will be paid to the transferor or transferors. |
A tranche of notes for which assets have been sold as described in “—Sale of Assets” below will not be entitled to receive any further allocations of Card series Finance Charge Amounts, Card series Principal Amounts or any other assets of COMET.
Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations
On any date when Card series Principal Amounts are deposited in the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of notes or paid to the applicable servicers as described in “—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts” above, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of subordinated notes will be reduced on that date as described below. For each tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount will be reduced by an amount equal to the amounts that are allocated or reallocated to that tranche of notes,less the amounts that are reallocated from that tranche of notes to other tranches.
Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls. For each month, if Card series Principal Amounts are applied to cover shortfalls in deposits to interest funding subaccounts for Class A Card series notes, the amount applied will be allocated as follows:
• | first, to the Class B notes, in an amount up to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes (after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above), |
• | second, any remaining amounts to the Class C notes, in an amount up to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes (after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above), and |
• | third, any remaining amounts to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the applications described in “—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” above). |
Then, any amounts allocated to the Class B notes as described in the preceding sentence will be allocated as follows:
• | first,to the Class C notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications), and |
• | second, any remaining amounts to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications). |
Finally, any amounts allocated or reallocated to the Class C notes as described in the preceding two sentences will be reallocated to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications).
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Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls. For each month, if Card series Principal Amounts are applied to cover shortfalls in deposits to interest funding subaccounts for Class B Card series notes, the amount applied will be allocated as follows:
• | first, to the Class C notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications), and |
• | second, any remaining amounts to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications). |
Then, any amounts allocated to the Class C notes as described in the preceding sentence will be reallocated to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications).
Class C Interest Funding Account Shortfalls. For each month, if Card series Principal Amounts are applied to cover shortfalls in deposits to interest funding subaccounts for Class C Card series notes, the amount applied will be allocated to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications).
Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls. For each month, if Card series Principal Amounts are applied to cover shortfalls in servicing fees allocated to the Class A Card series notes, the amount applied will be allocated as follows:
• | first, to the Class B notes, in an amount up to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications), |
• | second, any remaining amounts to the Class C notes, in an amount up to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications), and |
• | third, any remaining amounts to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications). |
Then, any amounts allocated to the Class B notes as described in the preceding sentence will be allocated as follows:
• | first, to the Class C notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications), and |
• | second, any remaining amounts to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications). |
Finally, any amounts allocated or reallocated to the Class C notes as described in the preceding two sentences will be reallocated to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications).
Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls. For each month, if Card series Principal Amounts are applied to cover shortfalls in servicing fees allocated to the Class B Card series notes, the amount applied will be allocated as follows:
• | first, to the Class C notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications), and |
• | second, any remaining amounts to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications). |
Then, any amounts allocated to the Class C notes as described in the preceding sentence will be reallocated to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications).
Class C Servicing Fee Shortfalls. For each month, if Card series Principal Amounts are applied to cover shortfalls in servicing fees allocated to the Class C Card series notes, the amount applied will be allocated to the Class D notes, in an amount up to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes (after giving effect to the preceding applications).
For each of the applications described above, the amount allocated to any tranche of notes will be equal to the amount allocated to the related class of notestimes (x) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche of notesdivided by (y) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of notes in the related class in the Card series after giving effect to the related preceding applications. If this allocation would reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes below zero, the amount that would cause the Nominal Liquidation Amount to be reduced below zero will be allocated instead to the other tranches of outstanding notes in the related class in the same manner.
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Limit on Allocations of Card Series Principal Amounts and Card Series Finance Charge Amounts
Each tranche of notes will be allocated Card series Principal Amounts and Card series Finance Charge Amounts solely to the extent of its Nominal Liquidation Amount. Therefore, if the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of notes has been reduced due to reallocations of Card series Principal Amounts to cover payments of interest or the servicing fees or due to charge-offs from uncovered Card series Defaulted Amounts, such tranche of notes will not be allocated Card series Principal Amounts or Card series Finance Charge Amounts to the extent of such reductions. However, any funds in the applicable principal funding subaccount, any funds in the applicable interest funding subaccount, any amounts payable from any applicable derivative agreement, any funds in the applicable accumulation reserve subaccount, in the case of Class C notes, any funds in the applicable Class C reserve subaccount, and in the case of Class D notes, any funds in the applicable Class D reserve subaccount, will still be available to pay principal of and interest on that tranche of notes. If the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes has been reduced due to reallocation of Card series Principal Amounts to pay interest on senior classes of notes or the servicing fees, or due to charge-offs from uncovered Card series Defaulted Amounts, it is possible for that tranche’s Nominal Liquidation Amount to be increased by subsequent allocations of Card series Finance Charge Amounts. However, there are no assurances that there will be any Card series Finance Charge Amounts for such allocations that would increase such Nominal Liquidation Amounts.
Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account
The amount targeted to be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for a tranche of notes in any month will be the highest of the following amounts. However, no amount that is greater than the Nominal Liquidation Amount for that tranche will be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for any tranche of notes.
• | Principal Payment Date. For the month before any principal payment date of a tranche of notes, the deposit targeted for that tranche of notes is equal to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of notes as of the close of business on the last day of that month, determined after giving effect to any charge-offs from uncovered Card series Defaulted Amounts and any reallocations, payments or deposits of Card series Principal Amounts occurring on the following Distribution Date. |
• | Budgeted Deposits. For each month beginning with the twelfth month before the Expected Principal Payment Date of a tranche of notes, the deposit targeted to be made into the principal funding subaccount for a tranche of notes will be an amount equal to one-twelfth of the expected outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche of notes as of its Expected Principal Payment Date. |
COMET may postpone the date of the targeted deposits under the previous paragraph. If COMET determines, using conservative historical information about payment rates of principal receivables held in the master trust or in any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET and after taking into account all of the other expected payments of principal of the applicable investor certificates and notes secured by such receivables to be made in the next 12 months, that less than 12 months would be required to accumulate Card series Principal Amounts necessary to pay a tranche of notes on its Expected Principal Payment Date, then the start of the targeted deposits may be postponed each month by one month, with proportionately larger targeted deposits for each month of postponement. However, the time necessary to accumulate Card series Principal Amounts may not be less than one month.
• | Prefunding of the Principal Funding Account of Senior Classes. If any payment of principal or deposit into a principal funding subaccount for any tranche of Class D notes will occur at a time when the payment or deposit of all or part of that tranche of Class D notes would be prohibited because it would cause a deficiency in the remaining available subordination for the Class A notes, Class B notes or Class C notes, the targeted deposit amount for the Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes will be an amount equal to the portion of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes that would have to cease to be outstanding in order to permit the payment of or deposit for that tranche of Class D notes. |
If any payment of principal or deposit into a principal funding subaccount for any Class C notes would occur at a time when the payment or deposit of all or part of that tranche of Class C notes would be prohibited because it would cause a deficiency in the remaining available subordination for the Class A notes or Class B notes, the targeted deposit amount for the Class A notes and Class B notes will be an amount equal to the portion of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A notes and Class B notes that would have to cease to be outstanding in order to permit the payment of or deposit for that tranche of Class C notes.
If any payment of principal or deposit into a principal funding subaccount for any Class B notes would occur at a time when the payment or deposit of all or part of that tranche of Class B notes would be prohibited because
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it would cause a deficiency in the remaining available subordination for the Class A notes, the targeted deposit amount for the Class A notes will be an amount equal to the portion of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A notes that would have to cease to be outstanding in order to permit the payment of or deposit for that tranche of Class B notes.
Prefunding of the principal funding subaccount for the senior tranches of the Card series will continue until:
– | enough senior notes are repaid so that the subordinated notes that are payable are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes; |
– | new subordinated notes are issued or other forms of credit enhancement exist so that the subordinated notes that are payable are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes; or |
– | the principal funding subaccounts for the senior notes are prefunded so that the subordinated notes that are payable are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes. |
For purposes of calculating the prefunding requirements, the required subordinated amount of a tranche of a senior class of notes of the Card series will be calculated as described in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus based on its Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount on such date. However, if any early redemption event has occurred with respect to the subordinated notes, the required subordinated amount will be calculated based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of such tranche as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the occurrence of such early redemption event.
When the prefunded amounts are no longer necessary, they will be withdrawn from the principal funding account and applied in accordance with the description in “—Withdrawals from Principal Funding Subaccounts—Withdrawals of Prefunded Amounts” below. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of the prefunded tranches will be increased by the amount removed from the principal funding account. If any tranche of senior notes becomes payable as a result of an early redemption event, event of default or other optional or mandatory redemption, or upon reaching its Expected Principal Payment Date, any prefunded amounts on deposit in its principal funding subaccount will be paid to noteholders of that tranche and deposits to pay the notes will continue as necessary to pay that tranche.
• | Event of Default, Early Redemption Event or Other Optional or Mandatory Redemption. If any tranche of notes has been accelerated after the occurrence of an event of default during that month, or an early redemption event or other optional or mandatory redemption has occurred for any tranche of notes, the deposit targeted for that tranche of notes for that month and each following month will equal the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of notes as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, determined after giving effect to reallocations, payments or deposits occurring on the Distribution Date for such month. |
• | Amounts Owed to Derivative Counterparties. If a tranche of U.S. dollar notes or foreign currency notes that has a Performing or non-Performing derivative agreement for principal that provides for a payment to the applicable derivative counterparty, the deposit targeted for that tranche of notes on each Distribution Date with respect to any payment to the derivative counterparty will be specified in the related terms document. |
Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts
Card series Principal Amounts, after any reallocation to cover Card series Finance Charge Amounts shortfalls, if any, as described above, will be allocated each month, and a portion deposited in the principal funding subaccount established for each tranche of notes, as follows:
• | Card Series Principal Amounts Equal Targeted Amounts. If Card series Principal Amounts remaining after giving effect to the first six clauses described in “—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts” above are equal to the sum of the deposits targeted in the principal funding subaccount for each tranche of notes, then the applicable targeted amount will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount established for each tranche. |
• | Card Series Principal Amounts Are Less Than Targeted Amounts. If Card series Principal Amounts remaining after giving effect to the first six clauses described in “—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts” above are less than the sum of the deposits targeted in the principal funding subaccount for each tranche of notes, then Card series Principal Amounts will be deposited in the principal funding subaccounts for each tranche in the following priority: |
– | first, the amount available will be allocated to the Class A notes, |
– | second, the amount available after the application above will be allocated to the Class B notes, |
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– | third, the amount available after the applications above will be allocated to the Class C notes, and |
– | fourth, the amount available after the applications above will be allocated to the Class D notes. |
In each case, Card series Principal Amounts allocated to a class will be allocated to each tranche of notes within such classpro rata based on the ratio of:
– | the amount targeted to be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for the applicable tranche of such class, to |
– | the aggregate amount targeted to be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for all tranches of such class. |
If the restrictions described in “—Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes; Limit on Repayments of all Tranches” below prevent the deposit of Card series Principal Amounts into the principal funding subaccount of any subordinated note, the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts available to make the targeted deposit for such subordinated tranche will be allocated first to each tranche of Class A notes, then to each tranche of Class B notes, and then, if applicable, to the Class C notes, in each casepro ratabased on the dollar amount of subordinated notes required to be outstanding for the related senior notes. See “—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account” above.
Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes; Limit on Repayments of all Tranches
Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes
No Card series Principal Amounts will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of Class B Card series notes, unless, after giving effect to such deposit and any reductions and reallocations on such date, including any resulting changes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class B notes in the Card series (other than the Class B notes for which such deposit is targeted) is at least equal to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all Class A Card series notes.
No Card series Principal Amounts will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of Class C Card series notes, unless, after giving effect to such deposit and any reductions and reallocations on such date, including any resulting changes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount, the following conditions are satisfied:
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class C Card series notes (other than the Class C notes for which such deposit is targeted) must be at least equal to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all Class A Card series notes; and |
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class C Card series notes (other than the Class C notes for which such deposit is targeted) must be at least equal to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all Class B Card series notes. |
No Card series Principal Amounts will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of Class D notes of the Card series, unless, after giving effect to such deposit and any reductions and reallocations on such date, including any resulting changes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount, the following conditions are satisfied:
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class D Card series notes (other than the Class D notes for which such deposit is targeted) must be at least equal to the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class A Card series notes; |
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class D Card series notes (other than the Class D notes for which such deposit is targeted) must be at least equal to the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class B Card series notes; and |
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class D Card series notes (other than the Class D notes for which such deposit is targeted) must be at least equal to the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all Class C Card series notes. |
Card series Principal Amounts will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of a subordinated note if and only to the extent that such deposit is not contrary to any of the preceding paragraphs and the prefunding target amount for each senior note is zero.
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Limit on Repayments of all Tranches
No amounts on deposit in a principal funding subaccount for any tranche of Class A notes or Class B notes will be applied to pay principal of that tranche or to make a payment under a derivative agreement with respect to principal of that tranche in excess of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche (or, in the case of foreign currency notes, such other amount that may be specified in the related terms document). In the case of any tranche of Class C notes, no amounts on deposit in a principal funding subaccount or, if applicable, a Class C reserve subaccount for any such tranche will be applied to pay principal of that tranche or to make a payment under a derivative agreement with respect to principal of that tranche in excess of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche (or, in the case of foreign currency notes, such other amount that may be specified in the related terms document). In the case of any tranche of Class D notes, no amounts on deposit in a principal funding subaccount or, if applicable, a Class D reserve subaccount for any such tranche will be applied to pay principal of that tranche or to make a payment under a derivative agreement with respect to principal of that tranche in excess of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche (or, in the case of foreign currency notes, such other amount that may be specified in the related terms document).
Payments Received from Derivative Counterparties for Principal
Unless otherwise specified in the related terms document, dollar payments for principal received under derivative agreements of U.S. dollar notes in the Card series will generally be treated as Card series Principal Amounts. Payments received under derivative agreements for principal of foreign currency notes in the Card series will be applied as specified in the related terms document.
Payments Received from Supplemental Credit Enhancement Providers or Supplemental Liquidity Providers for Principal
Unless otherwise specified in the related terms document, payments for principal received from supplemental credit enhancement providers or supplemental liquidity providers for Card series notes will be treated as Card series Principal Amounts.
Deposits of Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account to the Principal Funding Account
Withdrawals from any Class C reserve subaccount will be deposited into the applicable principal funding subaccount to the extent required pursuant to the Card series indenture supplement.
Withdrawals from Interest Funding Subaccounts
After giving effect to all deposits of funds to the interest funding account in a month, the following withdrawals from the applicable interest funding subaccount may be made, to the extent funds are available, in the applicable interest funding subaccount. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one of the following withdrawals in a particular month:
• | Withdrawalsfor U.S. Dollar Notes. On each applicable interest payment date for each tranche of U.S. dollar notes, an amount equal to interest due on the applicable tranche of notes on the applicable interest payment date, including any overdue interest payments and additional interest on overdue interest payments, will be withdrawn from that interest funding subaccount and paid to the applicable paying agent. |
• | Withdrawals for Foreign Currency Notes with a Non-Performing Derivative Agreement for Interest. On each applicable interest payment date with respect to a tranche of foreign currency notes that has a non-Performing derivative agreement for interest, the amount specified in the related terms document will be withdrawn from that interest funding subaccount and, if so specified in the related terms document, converted to the applicable foreign currency at the applicable spot exchange rate and remitted to the applicable paying agent. |
• | Withdrawals for Discount Notes. On each applicable principal payment date, for each tranche of discount notes, an amount equal to the amount of the accretion of principal of that tranche of notes from the prior principal payment date—or, in the case of the first principal payment date, the date of issuance of that tranche—to but excluding the applicable principal payment date will be withdrawn from that interest funding subaccount and invested in the Invested Amount of COMET. |
• | Withdrawals for Payments to Derivative Counterparties. On each date on which a payment is required to be made to the derivative counterparty under the applicable derivative agreement, for any tranche of notes that has a Performing or non-Performing derivative agreement for interest, an amount equal to the amount of the payment to be made to the derivative counterparty under the applicable derivative agreement (including, if |
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applicable, any overdue payment and any additional interest on overdue payments) will be withdrawn from that interest funding subaccount and paid to the derivative counterparty or as otherwise provided in the related terms document. |
If the aggregate amount available for withdrawal from an interest funding subaccount is less than all withdrawals required to be made from that subaccount in a month after giving effect to all deposits, then the amounts on deposit in that interest funding subaccount will be withdrawn and, if payable to more than one person, appliedpro rata based on the amounts of the withdrawals required to be made. After payment in full of any tranche of notes, any amount remaining on deposit in the applicable interest funding subaccount will befirst applied to cover any interest funding subaccount shortfalls for other tranches of notes in the manner described in “—Allocation to Interest Funding Subaccounts” above,second applied to cover any principal funding subaccount shortfalls in the manner described in “—Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts” above, andthird paid to the transferor.
Withdrawals from Principal Funding Subaccounts
After giving effect to all deposits of funds to the principal funding account in a month, the following withdrawals from the applicable principal funding subaccount will be made to the extent funds are available in the applicable principal funding subaccount. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one of the following withdrawals in a particular month:
• | Withdrawals for U.S. Dollar Notes with no Derivative Agreement for Principal. On each applicable principal payment date, for each tranche of U.S. dollar notes that has no derivative agreement for principal, an amount equal to the principal due on the applicable tranche of notes on the applicable principal payment date will be withdrawn from the applicable principal funding subaccount and paid to the applicable paying agent. |
• | Withdrawals for U.S. Dollar or Foreign Currency Notes with a Performing Derivative Agreement for Principal. On each date on which a payment is required under the applicable derivative agreement for any tranche of U.S. dollar or foreign currency notes that has a Performing derivative agreement for principal, an amount equal to the amount of the payment to be made under the applicable derivative agreement will be withdrawn from the applicable principal funding subaccount and paid to the applicable derivative counterparty. COMET will direct the applicable derivative counterparty to remit its payments under the applicable derivative agreement to the applicable paying agent. |
• | Withdrawals for Foreign Currency Notes with a non-Performing Derivative Agreement for Principal. On each principal payment date with respect to a tranche of foreign currency notes that has a non-Performing derivative agreement for principal, an amount equal to the amount specified in the related terms document will be withdrawn from that principal funding subaccount and, if so specified in the related terms document, converted to the applicable foreign currency at the prevailing spot exchange rate and paid to the applicable paying agent. |
• | Withdrawals for U.S. Dollar Notes with a non-Performing Derivative Agreement for Principal. On each principal payment date for a tranche of U.S. dollar notes with a non-Performing derivative agreement for principal, the amount specified in the related terms document will be withdrawn from the applicable principal funding subaccount and paid to the applicable paying agent. |
• | Withdrawals of Prefunded Amounts. If prefunding of the principal funding subaccounts for senior classes of notes is no longer necessary as a result of payment of senior notes or issuance of additional subordinated notes, as described under “—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account—Prefunding of the Principal Funding Account of Senior Classes” above, the prefunded amounts will be withdrawn from the principal funding account andfirst, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccounts of the Class A notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in such principal funding subaccount;second, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccounts of the Class B notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in such principal funding subaccount;third, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccount of the Class C notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in such principal funding subaccount;fourth, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccount of the Class D notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in such principal funding subaccount; andfifth, any remaining amounts paid to the transferor. |
• | Withdrawals on the Legal Maturity Date. On the legal maturity date of any tranche of notes, amounts on deposit in the principal funding subaccount of such tranche will be applied to pay principal of that tranche or to make a payment under a derivative agreement with respect to principal of that tranche. |
Upon payment in full of any tranche of notes, any remaining amount on deposit in the applicable principal funding subaccount will befirst applied to cover any interest funding subaccount shortfalls for other tranches of notes,secondapplied to cover any principal funding subaccount shortfalls for other tranches of notes andthird paid to the transferor.
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If the aggregate amount available for withdrawal from a principal funding subaccount for any tranche of notes is less than all withdrawals required to be made from that principal funding subaccount for that tranche in a month, then the amounts on deposit will be withdrawn and appliedpro rata based on the amounts of the withdrawals required to be made.
Assets directly or indirectly in COMET may be sold (i) if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of Capital One Funding or any other transferor to COMET, (ii) following an event of default and acceleration for a tranche of notes and (iii) on the legal maturity date of a tranche of notes. See “The Notes—Events of Default” and “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events.”
If a tranche of notes has an event of default and is accelerated before its legal maturity date, the master trust or other securitization special purpose entity may sell receivables underlying the COMT collateral certificate or any other collateral certificate in COMET, as applicable, in an amount up to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the affected tranche,plus any accrued, past due or additional interest on the affected tranche, if the conditions described in “The Notes—Events of Default” and “—Events of Default Remedies” are satisfied. This sale will take place at the option of the indenture trustee or at the direction of the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of notes of that tranche. However, a sale will only be permitted if at least one of the following conditions is met:
• | the holders of 90% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the accelerated tranche of notes consent; |
• | the net proceeds of such sale,plus amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccounts and payments to be received from any applicable derivative agreement, any supplemental credit enhancement provider or any supplemental liquidity provider, would be sufficient to pay all amounts due on the accelerated tranche of notes; or |
• | if the indenture trustee determines that the funds to be allocated to the accelerated tranche of notes, including (i) Card series Finance Charge Amounts and Card series Principal Amounts allocable to the accelerated tranche of notes, (ii) payments to be received under any applicable derivative agreement, supplemental credit enhancement agreement or supplemental liquidity agreement and (iii) amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccounts may not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the accelerated tranche of notes as such payments would have become due if such obligations had not been declared due and payable, and 66-2/3% of the noteholders of the accelerated tranche of notes consent to the sale. |
Any sale of assets for a subordinated tranche of notes will be delayed for that tranche, but not beyond its legal maturity date, if the subordination provisions prevent payment of the accelerated tranche. Such sale will be delayed until a sufficient amount of senior classes of notes are prefunded, or a sufficient amount of senior notes have been repaid, or a sufficient amount of subordinated tranches have been issued, to the extent that the subordinated tranche of notes to be accelerated is no longer needed to provide the required subordination for the senior classes. If a senior tranche of notes directs a sale of assets, then after the sale, that tranche will no longer be entitled to subordination from subordinated classes of notes.
If principal of or interest on a tranche of notes has not been paid in full on its legal maturity date, after giving effect to any allocations, deposits and distributions to be made on such date, the sale of assets will automatically take place on that date regardless of the subordination requirements of any senior classes of notes. Proceeds from such a sale will be immediately paid to the noteholders of the related tranche of notes.
The principal amount of assets designated for sale will not exceed (and may be less than) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of,plus any accrued, past due and additional interest on, the tranches of notes that directed the sale to be made. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of notes that directed the sale to be made will be automatically reduced to zero upon such sale even if the proceeds of that sale are not enough to pay all remaining amounts due on the notes. After such sale, Card series Principal Amounts or Card series Finance Charge Amounts will no longer be allocated to that tranche. Noteholders of that tranche will receive the proceeds of the sale, but no more than the outstanding principal amount of their notes,plus any past due, accrued and additional interest on such tranche of notes. Tranches of notes that have directed sales of assets are not outstanding under the indenture or any supplement thereto.
After giving effect to a sale of assets for a tranche of notes, the amount of proceeds on deposit in a principal funding account or subaccount may be less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche. This deficiency can arise because of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit or if the sale price for the assets was less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche. These types of deficiencies will not be reimbursed unless, in the case of Class C notes only, there are sufficient amounts in the related Class C reserve subaccount and in the case of Class D notes only, there are sufficient amounts in the related Class D reserve account.
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Any amount remaining on deposit in the interest funding subaccount for a tranche of notes that has received final payment as described below in “—Final Payment of the Notes” and that has caused a sale of assets will be treated as Card series Finance Charge Amounts and will be allocated as described above in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts.”
Targeted Deposits to the Class C Reserve Account
The Class C reserve subaccount will be funded on each month, as necessary, from Card series Finance Charge Amounts as described above under “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts.” The aggregate deposit targeted to be made to the Class C reserve account in each month will be the sum of the Class C reserve subaccount deposits targeted to be made for each tranche of Class C notes, if any, as required under the Card series indenture supplement.
Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account
Withdrawals will be made from the Class C reserve account in the amount and manner required under the Card series indenture supplement.
Targeted Deposits to the Accumulation Reserve Account
If more than one budgeted principal deposit is targeted for a tranche, the accumulation reserve subaccount will be funded for such tranche on the Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date on which a budgeted deposit is first targeted for such tranche as described in “—Targeted Deposits of Card Series Principal Amounts to the Principal Funding Account” above. The accumulation reserve subaccount for a tranche of notes will be funded from Card series Finance Charge Amounts as described in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above. The aggregate deposit targeted to be made to the accumulation reserve account in each month will be the sum of the accumulation reserve subaccount deposits targeted to be made for each tranche of notes.
If the aggregate amount of Card series Finance Charge Amounts available for deposit to the accumulation reserve account is less than the sum of the targeted deposits for each tranche of notes, then the amount available will be allocated to each tranche of notes up to the targeted depositpro rata based on the ratio of the Floating Allocation Amount for that tranche of notes to the Floating Allocation Amount for all tranches of notes in the Card series that have a targeted deposit to their accumulation reserve subaccounts for that month. After the initial allocation, any excess will be further allocated in a similar manner to those accumulation reserve subaccounts which still have an uncovered targeted deposit.
Withdrawals from the Accumulation Reserve Account
Withdrawals will be made from the accumulation reserve subaccounts, but in no event more than the amount on deposit in the applicable accumulation reserve subaccount, in the following order:
• | Interest. On or prior to each Distribution Date, COMET will calculate for each tranche of notes the amount of any shortfall of net investment earnings for amounts on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that tranche (other than prefunded amounts) over the amount of interest that would have accrued on such deposit if that tranche had borne interest at the applicable note interest rate (or other rate specified in the Card series indenture supplement) for the prior month. If there is any such shortfall for that Distribution Date, or any unpaid shortfall from any earlier Distribution Date, COMET will withdraw the sum of those amounts from the applicable accumulation reserve subaccount, to the extent available, for treatment as Card series Finance Charge Amounts for such month. |
• | Excess Amounts. If on any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount on deposit in the accumulation reserve account exceeds the amount required to be on deposit, the amount of such excess will be withdrawn from the accumulation reserve account and applied in the manner described in the ninth through thirteenth clauses of “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above. |
Targeted Deposits to the Class D Reserve Account
The aggregate deposit targeted to be made to the Class D reserve account on each Distribution Date is an amount equal to the sum of Class D reserve subaccount deposits, if any, targeted to be made for each specified tranche of Class D notes. The amount of any such deposit and the circumstances that require that a deposit be made will be set forth in the related terms document. Unless another time is specified for making such deposits in the related terms document, these deposits will be made on each Distribution Date.
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Withdrawals from the Class D Reserve Account
Withdrawals will be made from the Class D reserve subaccounts in the amount and manner required under the Card series indenture supplement.
Noteholders are entitled to payment of principal in an amount equal to the outstanding dollar principal amount of their respective notes. However, Card series Principal Amounts will be allocated to pay principal on the notes only up to their Nominal Liquidation Amount, which will be reduced for charge-offs due to uncovered Card series Defaulted Amounts and reallocations of Card series Principal Amounts to pay interest on senior classes of notes or servicing fees. In addition, if a sale of assets occurs, as described in “—Sale of Assets” above, the amount of assets sold will not exceed (and may be less than) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of,plus any accrued, past due or additional interest on, the related tranche of notes. If the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche has been reduced, noteholders of such tranche will receive full payment of principal only to the extent proceeds from the sale of assets, amounts received from an applicable derivative agreement and amounts which have been previously deposited in an issuing entity trust account for such tranche of notes are sufficient to pay the full principal amount.
On the date of a sale of assets, the proceeds of such sale will be available to pay the outstanding dollar principal amount of,plus any accrued, past due and additional interest on, that tranche.
A tranche of notes will be considered to be paid in full, the holders of those notes will have no further right or claim, and COMET will have no further obligation or liability for principal or interest, on the earliest to occur of:
• | the date of the payment in full of the stated principal amount of and all accrued interest on that tranche of notes; |
• | the legal maturity date of that tranche of notes, after giving effect to all deposits, allocations, reallocations, sales of assets and payments to be made on that date; or |
• | the date on which a sale of assets has taken place for such tranche, as described in “—Sale of Assets” above. |
Pro Rata Payments Within a Tranche
All notes of a tranche will receive payments of principal and interestpro rata based on the stated principal amount of each note in that tranche.
Shared Excess Finance Charge Amounts
For any month, Card series Finance Charge Amounts remaining after making the application described in the first eleven clauses of “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above will be available for allocation to other series of notes in Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A. Such amounts, including excesses, if any, from other series of notes in Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A and other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust, called shared excess Finance Charge Amounts, will be allocated to cover certain shortfalls in Finance Charge Amounts for the series of notes in Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A, if any, which have not been covered out of Finance Charge Amounts allocable to such series. If these shortfalls exceed shared excess Finance Charge Amounts for any month, shared excess Finance Charge Amounts will be allocatedpro rata among the applicable series of notes in Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A based on the relative amounts of those shortfalls. To the extent that shared excess Finance Charge Amounts exceed those shortfalls, the balance will be treated as shared excess Finance Charge Amounts to be applied as follows:
• | first, by other series of notes not included in Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A, |
• | second, by other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust or any other master trust or securitization special purpose entity that has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET, to the extent needed, |
• | third, by other series of notes issued by COMET not included in COMET, and |
• | finally, if not needed by any other series of notes, paid to COMET. |
For the Card series notes, shared excess Finance Charge Amounts, to the extent available and allocated to the Card series, will cover shortfalls in the first seven applications described in “—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” above.
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However, the sharing of excess Finance Charge Amounts will continue only until such time, if any, as COMET shall deliver to the indenture trustee a certificate to the effect that the continued sharing of excess Finance Charge Amounts would have adverse regulatory implications for the bank or an affiliate. Following the delivery by COMET of any such certificate to the indenture trustee, there will not be any further sharing of excess Finance Charge Amounts. While any series of notes issued by COMET may be included in an excess finance charge sharing group, there can be no assurance that:
– | any other series will be included in such group, |
– | there will be any excess Finance Charge Amounts for such group for any month, or |
– | COMET will not at any time deliver the certificate discontinuing sharing described above. |
While COMET does not believe that, based on the applicable rules and regulations as currently in effect, the sharing of excess finance charge amounts will have an adverse regulatory implication for the bank or an affiliate, there can be no assurance that this will continue to be true in the future.
Shared Excess Principal Amounts
For any month, Card series Principal Amounts that are not needed to make targeted deposits to the principal funding account as described in “—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts” above will be available for allocation to other series of notes in Principal Sharing Group A. Such amounts, including excesses, if any, from other series of notes in Principal Sharing Group A, called shared excess principal amounts, will be allocated to cover shortfalls in Principal Amounts for other series of notes in Principal Sharing Group A, if any, which have not been covered out of Principal Amounts allocable to such series. If these shortfalls exceed shared excess principal amounts for any month, shared excess principal amounts will be allocatedpro rataamong the applicable series of notes in Principal Sharing Group A based on the relative amounts of those shortfalls. To the extent that shared excess principal amounts exceed those shortfalls, the balance will be treated as shared excess principal amounts for application by other series of investor certificates issued by the master trust, to the extent needed, and, then, paid to the transferor. For the Card series notes, shared excess principal amounts, to the extent available and allocated to the Card series notes, will cover shortfalls in the first seven applications described in “—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts” above. Afterward, any remaining shared excess principal amounts will be shared with other series not included in Principal Sharing Group A.
The notes will be issued pursuant to the terms of the indenture, in the asset pool supplement and a related indenture supplement. The following discussion and the discussions under “The Notes” and certain sections in the prospectus summary summarize the material terms of the notes, the indenture, in asset pool supplement and the related indenture supplement. These summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the notes, the indenture, in asset pool supplement and the related indenture supplement.
The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, is the trustee under the indenture (and any supplement thereto) for each series, class and tranche of notes issued by COMET. The Bank of New York Mellon is also the master trust trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement. See “The Master Trust—Master Trust Trustee—General” for more information concerning The Bank of New York Mellon.
Under the terms of the indenture, COMET has agreed to pay to the indenture trustee reasonable compensation for performance of its duties under the indenture. The indenture trustee has agreed to perform only those duties specifically set forth in the indenture. Many of the duties of the indenture trustee are described throughout this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement. Under the terms of the indenture, the indenture trustee’s limited responsibilities include the following:
• | to deliver to noteholders of record certain notices, reports and other documents received by the indenture trustee, as required under the indenture; |
• | to authenticate, deliver, cancel and otherwise administer the notes; |
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• | to maintain custody of the COMT collateral certificate pursuant to the terms of the indenture; |
• | to establish and maintain necessary COMET trust accounts and to maintain accurate records of activity in those accounts; |
• | to serve as the initial transfer agent, paying agent and registrar, and, if it resigns these duties, to appoint a successor transfer agent, paying agent and registrar; |
• | to invest funds in the COMET trust accounts at the direction of COMET; |
• | to represent the noteholders in interactions with clearing agencies and other similar organizations; |
• | to distribute and transfer funds at the direction of COMET, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the indenture; |
• | to periodically report on and notify noteholders of certain matters relating to actions taken by the indenture trustee, property and funds that are possessed by the indenture trustee, and other similar matters; and |
• | to perform certain other administrative functions identified in the indenture. |
In addition, the indenture trustee has the discretion to require COMET to cure a potential event of default and to institute and maintain suits to protect the interest of the noteholders in the COMT collateral certificate. The indenture trustee is not liable for any errors of judgment as long as the errors are made in good faith and the indenture trustee was not negligent. The indenture trustee is not responsible for any investment losses to the extent that they result from Eligible Investments.
If an event of default occurs, in addition to the responsibilities described above, the indenture trustee will exercise its rights and powers under the indenture to protect the interests of the noteholders using the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the indenture trustee will be responsible for enforcing the agreements and the rights of the noteholders. See “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies.” The indenture trustee may, under certain limited circumstances, have the right or the obligation to do the following:
• | demand immediate payment by COMET of all principal and accrued interest on the notes; |
• | enhance monitoring of the securitization; |
• | protect the interests of the noteholders in the COMT collateral certificate or the receivables in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; |
• | prepare and send timely notice to noteholders of the event of default; |
• | institute judicial proceedings for the collection of amounts due and unpaid; |
• | rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration of the notes at the direction of the noteholders following an event of default; and |
• | cause the master trust to sell assets, or interests therein (see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets”). |
Following an event of default, the majority holders of any series, class or tranche of notes will have the right to direct the indenture trustee to exercise certain remedies available to the indenture trustee under the indenture. In such case, the indenture trustee may decline to follow the direction of the majority holders only if it determines that: (1) the action so directed is unlawful or conflicts with the indenture, (2) the action so directed would involve it in personal liability, or (3) the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the noteholders not taking part in such direction.
Resignation, Removal and Replacement
The indenture trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice to COMET. The indenture trustee may be removed for any series, class or tranche of notes at any time by a majority of the noteholders of that series, class or tranche. COMET may also remove the indenture trustee if the indenture trustee is no longer eligible to act as trustee under the indenture (and any supplement thereto), the indenture trustee fails to comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or if the indenture trustee becomes insolvent. In all such circumstances, COMET must appoint a successor indenture trustee for the notes. Any resignation or removal of the indenture trustee and appointment of a successor indenture trustee will not become effective until the successor indenture trustee accepts the appointment. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor indenture trustee has not been delivered to the indenture trustee within 30 days of giving notice of resignation or removal, the indenture trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor indenture trustee.
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The successor indenture trustee must (1) be either a bank or a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, (2) be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (3) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, and (4) have a rating of at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and Baa3 by Moody’s. COMET may not, nor may any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with COMET, serve as indenture trustee.
COMET or its affiliates may maintain accounts and other banking or trustee relationships with the indenture trustee and its affiliates.
COMET will not, among other things:
• | claim any credit on or make any deduction from the principal and interest payable on the notes, other than amounts withheld in good faith from such payments under the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable tax law (including foreign withholding), |
• | voluntarily dissolve or liquidate, or |
• | permit (A) the validity or effectiveness of the indenture (or any supplement thereto) to be impaired, or permit the lien created by the indenture (or any supplement thereto) 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 the indenture except as may be expressly permitted by the indenture, (B) any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien in favor of the indenture trustee created by the indenture (or any supplement thereto)) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the collateral designated for inclusion in COMET securing the notes or proceeds thereof or (C) the lien in favor of the indenture trustee of the indenture (or any supplement thereto) not to constitute a valid first priority security interest in the collateral designated for inclusion in COMET. |
COMET may not engage in any activity other than the activities set forth in the trust agreement, the material provisions of which are described in “The Issuing Entity.”
COMET will also covenant that if:
• | COMET defaults in the payment of interest on any series, class or tranche of notes when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 35 days following the date on which such interest became due and payable, or |
• | COMET defaults in the payment of the principal of any series, class or tranche of notes on its legal maturity date, |
COMET will, upon demand of the indenture trustee, pay to the indenture trustee, for the benefit of the holders of any such notes of the affected series, class or tranche, the whole amount then due and payable on any such notes for principal and interest, after giving effect to any allocation and subordination requirements described in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement, with interest, to the extent that payment of such interest will be legally enforceable, upon the overdue principal and upon overdue installments of interest. In addition, COMET will pay an amount sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the indenture trustee, its agents and counsel and all other compensation due to the indenture trustee. If COMET fails to pay such amounts upon such demand, the indenture trustee may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the unpaid amounts described above.
If the notes of a series, class or tranche are issuable in whole or in part as bearer notes, a meeting of noteholders of notes of the series, class or tranche may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the indenture to make, give or take any action provided by the indenture (or any supplement thereto).
The indenture trustee will call a meeting upon request of COMET or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of the series, class or tranche issuable in whole or in part as bearer notes. In any case, a meeting will be called after notice is given to holders of notes in accordance with the indenture. The indenture trustee may call a meeting of the holders of notes of a series, class or tranche at any time for any purpose.
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The quorum for a meeting is generally a majority of the holders of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the related series, class or tranche of notes, as the case may be. However, if any action to be taken at a meeting requires the approval of a percentage that is not the majority of the holders of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the related series, class or tranche of notes, then the quorum will be the required percentage for approving that particular action.
Any action or vote to be taken by the holders of a majority, or other specified percentage, of any series, class or tranche of notes may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority, or the applicable other specified percentage, of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series, class or tranche, as the case may be. For a description of the noteholders’ actions and voting as they relate to the master trust, see “Risk Factors—You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture and a master trust pooling agreement. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive payment of principal on the expected principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is beneficial to you to receive early payment of principal.”
Any action or vote taken at any meeting of holders of notes duly held in accordance with the indenture will be binding on all holders of the affected notes or the affected series, class or tranche of notes, as the case may be.
Notes held by COMET, the transferor or their affiliates will not be deemed outstanding for purposes of voting or calculating a quorum at any meeting of noteholders.
Amendments to the Indenture, the Asset Pool Supplement and the Indenture Supplements
COMET and the indenture trustee may amend, supplement or otherwise modify the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement without the consent of any noteholder upon delivery of a master trust tax opinion and an issuing entity tax opinion, as described under “—Tax Opinions for Amendments” below, and upon delivery by COMET to the indenture trustee of an officer’s certificate to the effect that COMET reasonably believes that such amendment will not and is not reasonably expected to (i) result in the occurrence of an early redemption event or event of default for any series, class or tranche of notes, (ii) adversely affect the amount of funds available to be distributed to the noteholders of any series, class or tranche of notes or the timing of such distributions, or (iii) adversely affect the security interest of the indenture trustee in the collateral securing the outstanding notes in COMET. Such amendments to the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement may:
• | evidence the succession of another entity to COMET, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of COMET in the indenture (or any supplement thereto) and the notes; |
• | add to the covenants of COMET, or have COMET surrender any of its rights or powers under the indenture (or any supplement thereto), for the benefit of the noteholders of any or all series, classes or tranches; |
• | cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in the indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision in the indenture (or any supplement thereto), or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the indenture (or any supplement thereto); |
• | add to the indenture (or any supplement thereto) certain provisions expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; |
• | establish any form of note, or add to the rights of the holders of the notes of any series, class or tranche; |
• | provide for the acceptance of a successor indenture trustee under the indenture for one or more series, classes or tranches of notes and add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture (or any supplement thereto) as will be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the indenture by more than one indenture trustee; |
• | add any additional early redemption events or events of default for the notes of any or all series, classes or tranches; |
• | provide for the consolidation of any master trust and COMET into a single entity or the transfer of assets in the master trust to COMET after the termination of all series of master trust investor certificates (other than the related collateral certificate); |
• | if one or more transferors are added to, or replaced under, a transfer and servicing agreement, a transfer and administration agreement or a related pooling agreement or trust agreement, or one or more beneficiaries are added to, or replaced under, the trust agreement, make any necessary changes to the indenture (or any supplement thereto) or any other related document; |
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• | add assets to COMET; |
• | provide for additional or alternative forms of credit enhancement for any tranche of notes; |
• | comply with any regulatory, accounting or tax laws; or |
• | qualify for sale treatment under generally accepted accounting principles. |
By purchasing an interest in any note, each such owner will be deemed to have consented to amendments to the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement to satisfy accounting requirements for off-balance sheet treatment for assets in COMET or any underlying master trust or securitization special purpose entity, including amendments providing for the transfer of receivables and the Transferor Interest to a newly formed bankruptcy remote special purpose entity that would then transfer the receivables to COMET. Promptly following the execution of any amendment to the indenture, the asset pool supplement and the applicable indenture supplement, the indenture trustee will furnish written notice of the substance of such amendment to each noteholder.
The indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement may also be amended without the consent of the indenture trustee or any noteholders upon delivery of a master trust tax opinion and an issuing entity tax opinion, as described under “—Tax Opinions for Amendments” below, for the purpose of adding provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the notes under the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement, or adding additional assets to COMET;provided, however, that COMET shall (i) deliver to the indenture trustee an officer’s certificate to the effect that COMET reasonably believes that such amendment will not and is not reasonably expected to (a) result in the occurrence of an early redemption event or event of default for any series, class or tranche of notes, (b) adversely affect the amount of funds available to be distributed to the noteholders of any series, class or tranche of notes or the timing of such distributions, or (c) adversely affect the security interest of the indenture trustee in the collateral securing the outstanding notes in COMET and (ii) receive written confirmation from each hired NRSRO that such amendment will not result in the reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the ratings of any outstanding notes which it has rated.
The indenture trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any amendment which adversely affects the indenture trustee’s rights, duties, benefits, protections, privileges or immunities under the indenture (or any supplement thereto).
COMET and the indenture trustee, upon delivery of a master trust tax opinion and an issuing entity tax opinion, as described under “—Tax Opinions for Amendments” below, may modify and amend the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement, for reasons other than those stated in the prior paragraphs, with prior notice to each hired NRSRO and the consent of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of each series, class or tranche of notes affected by that modification or amendment. However, if the modification or amendment would result in any of the following events occurring, it may be made only with the consent of the holders of 100% of each outstanding series, class or tranche of notes affected by the modification or amendment:
• | a change in any date scheduled for the payment of interest on any note or the Expected Principal Payment Date or legal maturity date of any note; |
• | a reduction of the stated principal amount of, or interest rate on, any note, or a change in the method of computing the outstanding dollar principal amount, the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, or the Nominal Liquidation Amount in a manner that is adverse to any noteholder; |
• | a reduction of the amount of a discount note payable upon the occurrence of an early redemption event or other optional or mandatory redemption or upon the acceleration of its maturity; |
• | an impairment of the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any note; |
• | a reduction of the percentage in outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of any outstanding series, class or tranche, the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of the indenture, the asset pool supplement, any indenture supplement or any related agreement or for waiver of compliance with provisions of the indenture or for waiver of defaults and their consequences provided for in the indenture; |
• | a modification of any of the provisions governing the amendment of the indenture, the asset pool supplement, any indenture supplement or COMET’s covenants not to claim rights under any law which would affect the covenants or the performance of the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement, except to increase any percentage of noteholders required to consent to any such amendment or to provide that certain other provisions of the indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected by such modification; |
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• | permission being given to create any lien or other encumbrance on the collateral in COMET securing any notes ranking senior to the lien of the indenture; |
• | a change in the city or political subdivision so designated for any series, class or tranche of notes where any principal of, or interest on, any note is payable; or |
• | a change in the method of computing the amount of principal of, or interest on, any note on any date. |
The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of an affected series, class or tranche may waive, on behalf of the holders of all the notes of that series, class or tranche, compliance by COMET with specified restrictive provisions of the indenture or the related indenture supplement.
The holders of more than 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of an affected series, class or tranche may, on behalf of all holders of notes of that series, class or tranche, waive any past default under the indenture or the indenture supplement for notes of that series, class or tranche. However, the consent of the holders of all outstanding notes of a series, class or tranche is required to waive any past default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any note of that series, class or tranche or in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture (or any supplement thereto) that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each outstanding note of that series, class or tranche.
No amendment to the indenture, the asset pool supplement or any indenture supplement will be effective unless COMET has delivered to the indenture trustee, the owner trustee and the hired NRSROs an opinion of counsel that for federal income tax purposes (1) the amendment will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that were characterized as debt at the time of their issuance, (2) following the amendment, COMET will not be treated as an association, or publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation and (3) the amendment will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any holder of any note. A copy of any such opinion willnot be provided to noteholders.
Notices to holders of notes will be given by mail sent to the addresses of the holders as they appear in the note register.
Issuing Entity’s Annual Compliance Statement
COMET will be required to furnish annually to the indenture trustee a statement concerning its performance or fulfillment of covenants, agreements or conditions in the indenture (or any supplement thereto) as well as the presence or absence of defaults under the indenture (or any supplement thereto).
Indenture Trustee’s Annual Report
To the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, as amended, the indenture trustee will mail each year to all registered noteholders a report concerning:
• | its eligibility and qualifications to continue as trustee under the indenture, |
• | any amounts advanced by it under the indenture (or any supplement thereto), |
• | the amount, interest rate and maturity date or indebtedness owing by COMET to it in the indenture trustee’s individual capacity, |
• | the property and funds physically held by it as indenture trustee, |
• | any release or release and substitution of collateral subject to the lien of the indenture that has not previously been reported, and |
• | any action taken by it that materially affects the notes and that has not previously been reported. |
Three or more holders of notes of any series, each of whom has owned a note for at least six months, may, upon written request to the indenture trustee, obtain access to the current list of noteholders of COMET for purposes of communicating with other noteholders concerning their rights under the indenture (or any supplement thereto) or the notes. The indenture trustee may elect not to give the requesting noteholders access to the list if it agrees to mail the desired communication or proxy to all applicable noteholders.
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COMET will replace at the expense of the holder any mutilated note upon surrender of that note to the indenture trustee. COMET will replace at the expense of the holder any notes that are destroyed, lost or stolen upon delivery to the indenture trustee of evidence of the destruction, loss or theft of those notes satisfactory to COMET and the indenture trustee. In the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen note, COMET and the indenture trustee may require the holder of the note to provide an indemnity satisfactory to the indenture trustee and COMET before a replacement note will be issued, and COMET may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge, and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the indenture trustee) in connection with the issuance of a replacement note.
Monthly reports containing information on the notes and the collateral securing the notes will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to the extent required by the SEC. These reports will not be sent to noteholders. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information as to how these reports may be accessed.
Monthly reports, which will be prepared by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association as servicer, will contain the following information regarding Series 2002-CC, only to the extent applicable for the related month:
• | certain information regarding the performance of the receivables and the master trust (e.g., beginning and end of month finance charge receivables and principal receivables, total receivables removed, total receivables added, end of month seller percentage, etc.); |
• | end of month delinquency and loss information, including the annualized default rate; |
• | certain information regarding collections during the related month, including, among other things, payment rates and annualized yield; |
• | the floating allocation amount, available funds, excess finance charge amounts and finance charge shortfall for Series 2002-CC; and |
• | the principal allocation amount, Series 2002-CC monthly principal payment, shared principal collections and principal shortfall for Series 2002-CC. |
The monthly reports, which will be prepared by Capital One Bank (USA), National Association as administrator of COMET, will contain the following information for each tranche of Card series notes, only to the extent applicable for those notes for the related month:
• | targeted deposits to interest funding sub-accounts; |
• | interest to be paid on the corresponding distribution date; |
• | targeted deposits to principal funding sub-accounts; |
• | principal to be paid on the distribution date, if any; |
• | targeted deposits to and withdrawals from Class C reserve sub-accounts, if any; |
• | targeted deposits to and withdrawals from Class D reserve sub-accounts, if any; |
• | targeted deposits to and withdrawals from accumulation reserve sub-accounts; |
• | outstanding dollar principal amount and nominal liquidation amount for the related monthly period; |
• | usage amounts for each class; |
• | required subordinated amounts for each class; |
• | available subordinated amounts for each class; |
• | the nominal liquidation amount for each tranches of Card series notes outstanding; and |
• | any new issuances of Card series notes to the extent not previously reported. |
On or before January 31 of each calendar year, the paying agent, on behalf of the indenture trustee, will furnish to each person who at any time during the prior calendar year was a noteholder of record a statement containing the information required to be provided by an issuer of indebtedness under the Internal Revenue Code. See “Federal Income Tax Consequences.”
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The laws of the State of New York will govern the notes and the indenture (and any supplement thereto).
COMET may offer and sell the notes in any of three ways:
• | directly to one or more purchasers; |
• | through agents; or |
• | through underwriters. |
Any underwriter or agent that offers the notes may be an affiliate of COMET, and offers and sales of notes may include secondary market transactions by affiliates of COMET. These affiliates may act as principal or agent in secondary market transactions. Secondary market transactions will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale.
Underwriters or agents may sell the notes to one or more trusts or special purpose entities.
COMET will specify in a prospectus supplement the terms of each offering, which may include:
• | the name or names of any underwriters or agents, |
• | the public offering or purchase price, |
• | the net proceeds to COMET from the sale, |
• | any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation, |
• | any discounts and commissions allowed or paid to dealers, |
• | any commissions allowed or paid to agents, and |
• | the securities exchanges, if any, on which the notes will be listed. |
Dealer trading may take place in some of the notes, including notes not listed on any securities exchange. Direct sales may be made on a national securities exchange or otherwise. If COMET, directly or through agents, solicits offers to purchase notes, COMET reserves the sole right to accept and, together with its agents, to reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of notes.
COMET may change any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers. If indicated in a prospectus supplement, COMET will authorize underwriters or agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from COMET pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery at a future date.
The bank may retain notes of a series, class or tranche upon initial issuance and may sell them on a subsequent date. Offers to purchase notes may be solicited directly by the bank and sales may be made by the bank to institutional investors or others deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any resale of the securities.
Any underwriter participating in the distribution of securities, including notes offered by this prospectus, is, and any agent participating in the distribution of securities, including notes offered by this prospectus, may be deemed to be, an underwriter of those securities under the Securities Act of 1933 and any discounts or commissions received by it and any profit realized by it on the sale or resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
The bank, the transferor and COMET may agree to indemnify underwriters, agents and their controlling persons against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with their participation in the distribution of COMET’s notes.
Underwriters and agents participating in the distribution of the notes, and their controlling persons, may engage in transactions with and perform services for the bank, the transferor, COMET or their respective affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
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Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables
The operations and financial condition of the bank is subject to extensive regulation and supervision under federal and state law. The appropriate banking regulatory authorities, including the FDIC, have broad enforcement powers over the bank. These enforcement powers may adversely affect the operation and financial condition of the master trust and COMET, and your rights under the pooling agreement, the trust agreement, and the indenture prior to the appointment of a receiver or conservator.
If bank regulatory authorities supervising any bank were to find that any obligation of such bank or an affiliate under a securitization or other agreement, or any activity of such bank or affiliate, constituted an unsafe or unsound practice or violated any law, rule, regulation or written condition or agreement applicable to the related bank, such federal bank regulatory authorities have the power to order such bank or affiliate, among other things, to rescind such agreement or contract, refuse to perform that obligation, terminate the activity, amend the terms of such obligation or take such other action as such regulatory authorities determine to be appropriate. In such an event, the bank may not be liable to you for contractual or other damages for complying with such a regulatory order and you may not be able to make a claim against the relevant regulatory authority.
In one case, after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that a national bank was, contrary to safe and sound banking practices, receiving inadequate servicing compensation under its securitization agreements, that bank agreed to a consent order with the OCC. Such consent order requires that bank, among other things, to cease performing its duties as servicer within approximately 120 days, to immediately withhold and segregate funds from collections for payment of its servicing fee (notwithstanding the priority of payments in the securitization agreements and the perfected security interest of the relevant trust in those funds) and to increase its servicing fee percentage above that which was originally agreed upon in its securitization agreements.
While Capital One Bank (USA), National Association has no reason to believe that any bank regulatory authority would consider provisions relating to the bank or any affiliate acting as servicer or the payment or amount of a servicing fee to the bank or any affiliate, or any other obligation of the bank or an affiliate under its securitization agreements, to be unsafe or unsound or violative of any law, rule or regulation applicable to them, there can be no assurance that any such regulatory authority would not conclude otherwise in the future. If such a bank regulatory authority did reach such a conclusion, you could suffer a loss on your investment.
The relationship between an accountholder and consumer lender is extensively regulated by federal, state and local consumer protection laws. With respect to consumer revolving credit accounts owned by the bank, the most significant federal laws include the federal Truth-in-Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts. These statutes impose disclosure requirements before and when an account is opened and at the end of monthly billing cycles and, in addition, limit accountholder liability for unauthorized use, prohibit certain practices in extending credit, impose certain limitations on the type of account-related charges that may be issued and regulate collection practices. In addition, accountholders are entitled under these laws to have payments and credits applied to their accounts promptly and to require billing errors to be resolved promptly. In addition, pursuant to the CARD Act, the federal Truth-in-Lending Act was amended to (a) require advance notice of any changes in interest rates or fees and other significant changes to the terms of a credit card account and (b) prohibit generally rate increases on existing credit card account balances. These and other consumer protection laws and regulations currently in effect, any consumer protection laws and regulations subsequently enacted or implemented, and changes in their regulatory application or judicial interpretation may (i) make it more difficult for the bank to originate additional accounts or for the servicer to collect payments on the receivables, (ii) reduce the finance charges and other fees that the bank or its affiliates can charge on credit card account balances, or (iii) cause cardholders to reduce their credit card usage. As a result, the effective yield of credit card accounts may be reduced, and a pay out event or an early redemption event could occur and could result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes. See “Risk Factors—Changes to consumer protection laws, including in their application or interpretation, may impede origination or collection efforts, change cardholder use patterns, or alter timing and amount of collections, any of which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payment on your notes” in this prospectus for a more complete description of the CARD Act and the risks associated with it.
The master trust may be liable for certain violations of consumer protection laws that apply to the receivables, either as assignee from the bank with respect to obligations arising before transfer of the receivables to the transferor or the master trust or as the party directly responsible for obligations arising after the transfer. In addition, an accountholder may be entitled to assert such violations by way of setoff against the obligation to pay the amount of receivables owing. See “Risk Factors.” All receivables that were not created or serviced in compliance in all material
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respects with the requirements of such laws, subject to certain conditions described under “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties,” will be reassigned to the transferor. The servicer has also agreed in the pooling agreement to indemnify the master trust, among other things, for any liability arising from such servicing violations. For a discussion of the master trust’s rights if the receivables were not created in compliance in all material respects with applicable laws, see “The Transferor, The Depositor and The Receivables Purchase Agreement—Receivables Purchase Agreement” and “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties.”
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act allows individuals on active duty in the military to cap the interest rate and fees on debts incurred before the call to active duty at 6%. In addition, subject to judicial discretion, any action or court proceeding in which an individual in military service is involved may be stayed if the individual’s rights would be prejudiced by denial of such a stay. Currently, some accountholders with outstanding balances have been placed on active duty in the military, and more may be placed on active duty in the future.
Application of federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws would affect the interests of investor certificateholders and the noteholders in the receivables if such laws result in any receivables being charged off as uncollectible when there are no funds available from series enhancement or other sources. See “The Master Trust—Defaulted Receivables; Rebates and Fraudulent Charges; Recoveries.”
Required Enhancements to Compliance and Risk Management Programs
On July 17, 2012, the bank entered into consent orders with each of the OCC and the CFPB relating to oversight of its vendor sales practices of payment protection and credit monitoring products. On July 26, 2012, the bank and Capital One, N.A. entered into consent orders with each of the Department of Justice and the OCC relating to compliance with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or the SCRA, and, in the case of the OCC orders, oversight of third-party vendors. In November and December 2014, the OCC terminated the consent orders it issued against Capital One, N.A. and the bank related to third-party vendors and SCRA.
There will continue to be heightened regulatory oversight by the federal banking regulators to ensure that the Corporation and the bank build systems and processes that are commensurate with the nature of their business, and we expect this heightened oversight will continue for the foreseeable future until it meets the expectations of its regulators and can demonstrate that such systems and processes are sustainable.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following discussion describes the material United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of a beneficial interest in the notes. Additional federal income tax considerations relevant to a particular tranche may be set forth in the related prospectus supplement. The following discussion has been prepared and reviewed by Chapman and Cutler LLP as special tax counsel to COMET (“Special Tax Counsel”). The discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of the date hereof, and existing final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations, revenue rulings and judicial decisions, all of which potentially are subject to prospective and retroactive changes. The discussion is addressed only to original purchasers of an interest in the notes, deals only with interests in notes held as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code and, except as specifically set forth below, does not address tax consequences of holding interests in notes that may be relevant to investors in light of their own investment circumstances or their special tax situations, such as certain financial institutions, tax-exempt organizations, life insurance companies, dealers in securities,non-U.S. persons, or investors holding interests in the notes as part of a conversion transaction, as part of a hedge or hedging transaction, or as a position in a straddle for tax purposes. Further, this discussion does not address alternative minimum tax consequences or any tax consequences to holders of equity interests in a holder of an interest in a note. Noteholders should be aware that this discussion and the opinions contained herein may not be able to be relied upon to avoid any income tax penalties that may be imposed with respect to the notes. An opinion of Special Tax Counsel is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or the courts, and no ruling on any of the issues discussed below will be sought from the Internal Revenue Service. Moreover, there are no authorities on similar transactions involving interests issued by an entity with terms similar to those of the notes described in this prospectus.Accordingly, it is suggested that persons considering the purchase of an interest in notes should consult their own tax advisors with regard to the United States federal income tax consequences of an investment in an interest in the notes and the application of United States federal income tax laws, as well as the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdictions, to their particular situations.
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As more fully described in this “Federal Income Tax Consequences” section, Special Tax Counsel is of the opinion generally to the effect that each of COMET and the master trust will not be subject to federal income tax, and further that the offered notes will be characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes (unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement delivered in connection with a specific series, class or tranche of notes). Additionally, Special Tax Counsel is of the opinion generally to the effect that the statements set forth in this section to the extent that they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.
Special Tax Counsel has not been asked to opine on any other federal income tax matter, and the balance of this discussion does not purport to set forth any opinion of Special Tax Counsel concerning any other particular federal income tax matter. For example, the discussion of original issue discount below is a general discussion of federal income tax consequences relating to an investment in notes that are treated as having original issue discount, which discussion Special Tax Counsel opines is correct in all material respects as described above; however, that discussion does not set forth any opinion as to whether any particular tranche or series of notes will be treated as having original issue discount. Additionally, those matters as to which Special Tax Counsel renders opinions should be understood to be subject to the additional considerations in the discussions relating to those opinions set forth below.
Special Tax Counsel has not been asked to, and does not, render any opinion regarding the state or local income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of a beneficial interest in the notes. See “—State and Local Tax Consequences” below.
This description of the substance of the opinions rendered by Special Tax Counsel is not intended as a substitute for an investor’s review of the remainder of this discussion of income tax consequences, or for consultation with its own advisors or tax return preparer.
Tax Characterization of the Issuing Entity and the Notes
Treatment of the Issuing Entity and the Master Trust as Entities Not Subject to Tax
Special Tax Counsel is of the opinion that each of COMET and the master trust will not be classified as an association or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. As a result, Special Tax Counsel is also of the opinion that each of COMET and the master trust will not be subject to federal income tax. It should be noted that this transaction is not the subject of, or squarely on point with, any Treasury regulation, revenue ruling or judicial decision, and thus these opinions are not binding on the Internal Revenue Service and no assurance can be given that this characterization will prevail.
The precise tax characterization of COMET and the master trust for federal income tax purposes is not certain. They might be viewed as merely holding assets on behalf of the transferor as collateral for notes issued by the transferor. On the other hand, they could be viewed for federal income tax purposes as one or more separate entities issuing the notes for tax purposes. This distinction, however, should not have a significant tax effect on holders of interests in notes except as stated below under “—Possible Alternative Characterizations.”
Treatment of the Notes as Debt
Special Tax Counsel is of the opinion that the offered notes will be characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes (unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement delivered in connection with a specific series, class or tranche of notes). Additionally, COMET will agree in the indenture, and the holders of interests in notes will agree by their purchase and holding of an interest in notes, to treat the notes as debt secured by any applicable collateral certificate and other assets of COMET for United States federal income tax purposes. Again, it should be noted that this transaction is not the subject of, or squarely on point with, any Treasury regulation, revenue ruling or judicial decision, and thus this opinion is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service and no assurance can be given that this characterization will prevail.
Possible Alternative Characterizations
If, contrary to the opinion of Special Tax Counsel, the Internal Revenue Service successfully asserted that a series or class of notes did not represent debt for United States federal income tax purposes, those notes might be treated as equity interests in COMET, the master trust or some other entity for such purposes. If so treated, investors could be treated either as partners in a partnership or, alternatively, as shareholders in a taxable corporation for such purposes. If an investor were treated as a partner in a partnership, it would be taxed individually on its respective share of the partnership’s income, gain, loss, deductions and credits attributable to the partnership’s ownership of any applicable collateral certificate and other assets and liabilities of the partnership without regard to whether there were actual distributions of that income. As a result, the amount, timing, character and source of items of income and deductions of an investor could differ if its interest in notes were held to constitute a partnership interest rather than debt. Treatment of
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a holder of an interest in notes as a partner could have adverse tax consequences to certain holders; for example, absent an applicable exemption, income to foreign persons would be subject to United States tax and United States tax return filing and withholding requirements, and individual holders might be subject to certain limitations on their ability to deduct their share of partnership expenses. Alternatively, the Internal Revenue Service could contend that some or all of the notes, or separately some of the other securities that COMET and the master trust are permitted to issue (and which are permitted to constitute debt or equity for federal income tax purposes), constitute equity in a partnership that should be classified as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. Any such partnership could be so classified if its equity interests were traded on an “established securities market,” or are “readily tradable” on a “secondary market” or its “substantial equivalent.” The transferor intends to take measures designed to reduce the risk that either of COMET or the master trust could be classified as a publicly traded partnership; although the transferor expects that such measures will ultimately be successful, certain of the actions that may be necessary for avoiding the treatment of such other securities as “readily tradable” on a “secondary market” or its “substantial equivalent” are not fully within the control of the transferor. As a result, there can be no assurance that the measures the transferor intends to take will in all circumstances be sufficient to prevent COMET and the master trust from being classified as publicly traded partnerships. If COMET or the master trust were treated in whole or in part as one or more publicly traded partnerships taxable as a corporation, corporate tax imposed with respect to such corporation could materially reduce cash available to make payments on the notes, and foreign investors could be subject to withholding taxes. Additionally, no distributions from the corporation would be deductible in computing the taxable income of the corporation, except to the extent that any notes or other securities were treated as debt of the corporation and distributions to the related holder of an interest in notes or other security holders were treated as payments of interest thereon. Further, distributions to a holder of an interest in notes not treated as holding debt would be dividend income to the extent of the current and accumulated earnings and profits of the corporation (possibly without the benefit of any dividends received deduction). Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors with regard to the consequences of possible alternative characterizations to them in their particular circumstances; the following discussion assumes that the characterization of the notes as debt and COMET and the master trust as entities not subject to federal income tax is correct.
Consequences to Holders of an Interest in the Offered Notes
Interest and Original Issue Discount
Stated interest on a note will be includible in gross income as it accrues or is received in accordance with the usual method of tax accounting of a holder of an interest in notes. If any notes are issued with original issue discount, the provisions of Sections 1271 through 1273 and 1275 of the Internal Revenue Code will apply to those notes. Under those provisions, a holder of an interest in such a note (including a cash basis holder) would be required to include the original issue discount on an interest in a note in income for federal income tax purposes on a constant yield basis, resulting in the inclusion of original issue discount in income in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that income. Subject to the discussion below, an interest in a note will be treated as having original issue discount to the extent that its “stated redemption price” exceeds its “issue price,” if such excess equals or exceeds 0.25 percent multiplied by the weighted average life of the note (determined by taking into account the number of complete years following issuance until payment is made for each partial principal payment). Under Section 1272(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, special provisions apply to debt instruments on which payments may be accelerated due to prepayments of other obligations securing those debt instruments. However, no regulations have been issued interpreting those provisions, and the manner in which those provisions would apply to the notes is unclear, but the application of Section 1272(a)(6) could affect the rate of accrual of original issue discount and could have other consequences to holders of interests in the notes. Additionally, the Internal Revenue Service could take the position based on Treasury regulations that none of the interest payable on an interest in a note is “unconditionally payable” and hence that all of such interest should be included in its stated redemption price at maturity. If sustained, such treatment should not significantly affect tax liabilities for most holders of the notes, but prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors concerning the impact to them in their particular circumstances. COMET intends to take the position that interest on the notes constitutes “qualified stated interest” and that the above consequences do not apply.
Market Discount
A holder of an interest in a note who purchases its interest at a discount that exceeds any original issue discount not previously includible in income may be subject to the “market discount” rules of Sections 1276 through 1278 of the Internal Revenue Code. These rules provide, in part, that gain on the sale or other disposition of a note and partial principal payments on a note are treated as ordinary income to the extent of accrued market discount. The market discount rules also provide for deferral of interest deductions with respect to debt incurred to purchase or carry a note that has market discount.
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Market Premium
A holder of an interest in a note who purchases its interest at a premium may elect to amortize the premium against interest income over the remaining term of the note in accordance with the provisions of Section 171 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Disposition of an Interest in the Notes
Subject to exceptions such as in the case of “wash sales,” upon the sale, exchange or retirement of an interest in a note, the holder of such interest will recognize taxable gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the disposition (other than amounts attributable to accrued interest) and the holder’s adjusted tax basis in its interest in the note. The holder’s adjusted tax basis in its interest in the note generally will equal the cost of the interest in the note to such holder, increased by any market or original issue discount previously included in income by such holder with respect to the note, and decreased by the amount of any bond premium previously amortized and any payments reflecting principal or original issue discount previously received by such holder with respect to such note. Except to the extent of any accrued market discount not previously included in income, any such gain treated as capital gain will be long-term capital gain if the interest in the note has been held for more than one year, and any such loss will be a capital loss, subject to limitations on deductibility.
Medicare Tax on Investment Income
The Internal Revenue Code also imposes a Medicare related surtax of 3.8% on the “net investment income” of certain individuals, trusts and estates. Among other items, net investment income generally includes interest on debt obligations like the notes and net gain attributable to the disposition of debt instruments like the notes to the extent that such gain would be otherwise included in taxable income.
Foreign Holders
Under United States federal income tax law now in effect, subject to exceptions applicable to certain types of interest, payments of interest by COMET to a holder of an interest in a note who, as to the United States, is a nonresident alien individual or a foreign corporation (a “foreign person”) will be considered “portfolio interest” and will not be subject to United States federal income tax and withholding tax provided the interest is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States by the foreign person and the foreign person (i) is not for United States federal income tax purposes (a) actually or constructively a “10 percent shareholder” of the transferor, COMET or the master trust, (b) a “controlled foreign corporation” with respect to which the transferor, COMET or the master trust is a “related person” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, or (c) a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, and (ii) provides the person who is otherwise required to withhold United States tax with respect to the notes with an appropriate statement (on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or a substitute form), signed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the beneficial owner of the note is a foreign person and providing the foreign person’s name, address and certain additional information. If a note is held through a securities clearing organization or certain other financial institutions, the organization or institution may provide the relevant signed statement to the withholding agent; in that case, however, the signed statement must be accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or substitute form provided by the foreign person that owns the interest in the note. Special rules apply to partnerships, estates and trusts, and in certain circumstances certifications as to foreign status and other matters may be required to be provided by partners and beneficiaries thereof. If such interest is not portfolio interest, then it will be subject to United States federal income and withholding tax at a rate of 30%, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty or such interest is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and, in either case, the appropriate statement has been provided.
Any capital gain realized on the sale, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of an interest in a note by a foreign person will be exempt from United States federal income tax and withholding tax, provided that (i) such gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the foreign person, and (ii) in the case of an individual foreign person, such individual is not present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year.
Foreign persons holding interests in notes should consult their tax advisors regarding the procedures whereby they may establish an exemption from withholding.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
Payments of principal and interest, as well as payments of proceeds from the sale, retirement or disposition of an interest in a note, may be subject to “backup withholding” tax under Section 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code if a recipient of such payments fails to furnish to the payor certain identifying information. Any amounts deducted and withheld would be allowed as a credit against such recipient’s United States federal income tax, provided appropriate
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proof is provided under rules established by the Internal Revenue Service. Furthermore, certain penalties may be imposed by the Internal Revenue Service on a recipient of payments that is required to supply information but that does not do so in the proper manner. Backup withholding will not apply with respect to payments made to certain exempt recipients. Information may also be required to be provided to the Internal Revenue Service concerning payments, unless an exemption applies. Holders of interests in the notes should consult their tax advisors regarding the rates for backup withholding, their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and information reporting and the procedure for obtaining such an exemption.
Withholding Related to Foreign Accounts of United States Persons
In addition, withholding taxes may be imposed under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) on certain types of payments made to “foreign financial institutions” and certain othernon-U.S. entities. Failure to comply with additional certification, information reporting and other specified requirements imposed pursuant to FATCA could result in the imposition of a 30% withholding tax on payments of interest (including original issue discount) and gross sales proceeds to holders of notes who are U.S. persons who own their notes through foreign accounts or foreign intermediaries and to certain holders of notes who arenon-U.S. persons. FATCA may result in changes to some of the general rules discussed above relating to certification requirements, information reporting and withholding. The foregoing rules generally apply to payments of interest (including original issue discount) on the notes and to payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of the notes on or after January 1, 2017. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding FATCA and any effect on them.
The United States federal income tax discussion set forth above may not be applicable depending upon the particular tax situation of a holder of an interest in the notes, and does not purport to address the issues described with the degree of specificity that would be provided by a taxpayer’s own tax advisor. Accordingly, it is suggested that prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of an interest in the notes and the possible effects of changes in federal tax laws.
State and Local Tax Consequences
The discussion above does not address the taxation of COMET or the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of an interest in the notes under any state or local tax law. It is suggested that each investor should consult its own tax advisor regarding state and local tax consequences.
Benefit plans are required to comply with restrictions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, known as ERISA, and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, if they are subject to either or both sets of restrictions. The ERISA restrictions include rules concerning prudence and diversification of the investment of assets of a benefit plan—referred to as “plan assets.” A benefit plan fiduciary should consider whether an investment by the benefit plan in notes complies with these requirements.
In general, a benefit plan for these purposes includes:
• | a plan or arrangement which provides deferred compensation or certain health or other welfare benefits to employees; |
• | an employee benefit plan that is tax-qualified under the Internal Revenue Code and provides deferred compensation to employees—such as a pension, profit-sharing, section 401(k) or Keogh plan; and |
• | a collective investment fund or other entity if (a) the fund or entity has one or more benefit plan investors and (b) certain “look-through” rules apply and treat the assets of the fund or entity as constituting plan assets of the benefit plan investor. |
However, a plan maintained by a governmental employer is not a benefit plan for these purposes. Most plans maintained by religious organizations and plans maintained by foreign employers for the benefit of employees employed outside the United States are also not benefit plans for these purposes. A fund or other entity—including an insurance company general account—considering an investment in notes should consult its tax advisors concerning whether its assets might be considered plan assets of benefit plan investors under these rules.
ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code also prohibit transactions of a specified type between a benefit plan and a party in interest who is related in a specified manner to the benefit plan. Individual retirement
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accounts and tax-qualified plans that provide deferred compensation to employees are also subject to these prohibited transaction rules unless they are maintained by a governmental employer or (in most cases) a religious organization. Violation of these prohibited transaction rules may result in significant penalties. There are statutory exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules, and the U.S. Department of Labor has granted administrative exemptions for specified transactions.
Potential Prohibited Transactions from Investment in Notes
There are two categories of prohibited transactions that might arise from a benefit plan’s investment in notes. Fiduciaries of benefit plans contemplating an investment in notes should carefully consider whether the investment would violate these rules.
Prohibited Transactions between the Benefit Plan and a Party in Interest
The first category of prohibited transaction could arise on the grounds that the benefit plan, by purchasing notes, was engaged in a prohibited transaction with a party in interest. A prohibited transaction could arise, for example, if the notes were viewed as debt of the bank and the bank is a party in interest as to the benefit plan. A prohibited transaction could also arise if the bank, the transferor, the master trust trustee, the indenture trustee, the servicer or another party with an economic relationship to COMET or the master trust either:
• | is involved in the investment decision for the benefit plan to purchase notes; or |
• | is otherwise a party in interest as to the benefit plan. |
If a prohibited transaction might result from the benefit plan’s purchase of notes, a statutory or administrative exemption from the prohibited transaction rules might be available to permit an investment in notes. The statutory exemption that is potentially available is set forth in Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and is available to a “service provider” to a benefit plan that is not a fiduciary with respect to the benefit plan’s assets being used to purchase the notes or an affiliate of such fiduciary. The administrative exemptions that are potentially available include the following prohibited transaction class exemptions:
• | 96-23, available to certain “in-house asset managers”; |
• | 95-60, available to insurance company general accounts; |
• | 91-38, available to bank collective investment funds; |
• | 90-1, available to insurance company pooled separate accounts; and |
• | 84-14, available to “qualified professional asset managers.” |
However, even if the benefit plan is eligible for one of these exemptions, the exemption may not cover every aspect of the investment by the benefit plan that might be a prohibited transaction.
Prohibited Transactions between the Issuing Entity or the Master Trust and a Party in Interest
The second category of prohibited transactions could arise if:
• | a benefit plan acquires notes, and |
• | under the “look-through” rules of the U.S. Department of Labor plan asset regulation, assets of COMET and, in turn, assets of the master trust are treated as if they were plan assets of the benefit plan. |
In this case, every transaction by COMET and, in turn, the master trust would be treated as a transaction by the benefit plan using its plan assets.
If assets of COMET and, in turn, assets of the master trust are treated as plan assets of a benefit plan investor, a prohibited transaction could result if COMET itself engages in a transaction with a party in interest as to the benefit plan. For example, if COMET’s assets are treated as assets of the benefit plan and the master trust holds a credit card receivable that is an obligation of a participant in that same benefit plan, then there would be a prohibited extension of credit between the benefit plan and a party in interest, the plan participant.
As a result, if assets of COMET and, in turn, assets of the master trust are treated as plan assets, there would be a significant risk of a prohibited transaction. Moreover, the prohibited transaction class exemptions referred to above could not be relied on to exempt all the transactions of COMET or the master trust from the prohibited transaction rules. In addition, because all the assets of COMET or the master trust would be treated as plan assets, managers of those assets might be required to comply with the fiduciary responsibility rules of ERISA.
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Under an exemption in the plan asset regulation, assets of COMET would not be considered plan assets, and so this risk of prohibited transactions should not arise, if a benefit plan purchases a note that:
• | is treated as indebtedness under local law, and |
• | has no “substantial equity features.” |
COMET expects that all notes offered by this prospectus will be indebtedness under local law. Likewise, although there is no authority directly on point, COMET believes that the notes should not be considered to have substantial equity features. As a result, the plan asset regulation should not apply to cause assets of COMET to be treated as plan assets.
Investment by Benefit Plan Investors
For the reasons described in the preceding sections, and subject to the limitations referred to therein, benefit plans can purchase notes. However, the benefit plan fiduciary must ultimately determine whether the requirements of the plan asset regulation are satisfied. More generally, the fiduciary must determine whether the benefit plan’s investment in notes will result in one or more nonexempt prohibited transactions or otherwise violate the provisions of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code. Furthermore, each benefit plan that is subject to ERISA that acquires notes, or to which notes are transferred, will be deemed to have represented that the acquisition and continued holding of the notes will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code and benefit plans that are not subject to ERISA will be deemed to have represented that the acquisition and continued holding of the notes will not be prohibited or restricted by applicable law.
Tax Consequences to Benefit Plans
In general, assuming the notes are debt for federal income tax purposes, interest income on notes would not be taxable to benefit plans that are tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code, unless the notes were “debt-financed property” because of borrowings by the benefit plan itself. However, if, contrary to the opinion of Special Tax Counsel, for federal income tax purposes, the notes are equity interests in a partnership and the partnership or the master trust is viewed as having other outstanding debt, then all or part of the interest income on the notes would be taxable to the benefit plan as “debt-financed income.” Benefit plans should consult their tax advisors concerning the tax consequences of purchasing notes.
Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the notes and the COMT collateral certificate will be passed upon for the bank, the transferor, and the master trust by Chapman and Cutler LLP, Washington, D.C., McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, Virginia, and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware and for any underwriters, agents or dealers by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York. Certain federal income tax matters will be passed upon for the bank and the transferor by Chapman and Cutler LLP.
Where You Can Find More Information
We filed a registration statement relating to the notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This prospectus is part of the registration statement, but the registration statement includes additional information.
The servicer will file with the SEC all required annual reports onForm 10-K, periodic reports onForm 10-D and reports on Form 8-K and other information about the master trust and any other master trust for which a collateral certificate is added to COMET.
You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information we file at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available to the public on the SEC Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Our SEC filings may be located by using the SEC Central Index Key for the Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust, 0001163321. At the time we prepared the electronic version of this prospectus, the uniform resource locator, or URL, in this paragraph was included as, and was intended to remain, an inactive textual reference only. Despite our actions and intentions, many standard software programs may automatically convert an inactive URL into an active hyperlink when this document is subsequently accessed.
The servicer makes available to all investors, free of charge, its reports to the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the above-mentioned reports on Form 10-K, 10-D and 8-K through the
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Corporation’s website at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=70667&p=irol-secbridge, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC electronically. For purposes of any electronic version of this prospectus, the preceding URL is an inactive textual reference only. At the time we prepared the electronic version of this prospectus, the URL in this paragraph was included as, and was intended to remain, an inactive textual reference only. Despite our actions and intentions, many standard software programs may automatically convert an inactive URL into an active hyperlink when this document is subsequently accessed.
We “incorporate by reference” information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update the information in this prospectus. In all cases, you should rely on the later information over different information included in this prospectus or the related prospectus supplement. We incorporate by reference any monthly reports on Form 10-D and current reports on Form 8-K subsequently filed by or on behalf of the master trust or COMET prior to the termination of the offering of the notes.
As a recipient of this prospectus, you may request a copy of any document we incorporate by reference, except exhibits to the documents (unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference), at no cost, by writing or calling us at: Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, in care of Capital One Services, LLC, 1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, attention: Treasury Department, (703) 720-1000.
This prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, including information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, certain statements made in future SEC filings by the transferor or the bank, in press releases and in oral and written statements made by or with the transferor’s or the bank’s approval that are not statements of historical fact may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may relate to, without limitation, the transferor’s or the bank’s financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance or business.
Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the only means to identify these statements.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual conditions, events or results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause this difference—many of which are beyond any transferor’s or the bank’s control—include the following, without limitation:
• | local, regional and national business, political or economic conditions may differ from those expected; |
• | the effects and changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board, may adversely affect any transferor’s or the bank’s business; |
• | the timely development and acceptance of new products and services may be different than anticipated; |
• | technological changes instituted by any transferor or the bank and by persons who may affect any transferor’s or the bank’s business may be more difficult to accomplish or more expensive than anticipated or may have unforeseen consequences; |
• | acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses or portfolios may be more difficult or expensive than anticipated; |
• | the ability to increase market share and control expenses may be more difficult than anticipated; |
• | competitive pressures among financial services companies may increase significantly; |
• | changes in laws and regulations may adversely affect any transferor or the bank or each of their respective businesses; |
• | changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by regulatory agencies and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, may affect expected financial reporting or business results; |
• | the costs, effects and outcomes of litigation may adversely affect any transferor or the bank or each of their respective businesses; and |
• | the transferor or the bank may not manage the risks involved in the foregoing as well as anticipated. |
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Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The transferor and the bank undertake no obligations to update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent circumstances or events.
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“Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount” means, at any time for any series, class or tranche of notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount of all outstanding notes of such series, class or tranche at that time,less any funds then on deposit with respect to principal in any issuing entity trust account or the related subaccount, as applicable, for such series, class or tranche.
“Adjustment Payment” means a payment by the transferor into the master trust collection account on any applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the amount by which the Master Trust Transferor Interest has been reduced below zero as a result of the exclusion of principal receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables which have been or will be reassigned to the transferor) from the master trust that have been adjusted downward by the servicer.
“Aggregate Addition Limit” means the number of automatic additional accounts included in the master trust without prior rating agency consent which would either:
• | for any three consecutive months, equal 15% of the number of accounts designated to the master trust as of the end of the ninth month before the start of such three months, or |
• | for any twelve consecutive months, equal 20% of the number of accounts designated to the master trust as of the first day of such twelve months. |
“Average Principal Balance” means, (a) for a month in which an addition of accounts or removal of accounts occurs in COMET, the weighted average of the principal receivables in COMET at the end of the day on the last day of the preceding month and the principal receivables in COMET at the end of the day on the day such addition or removal of accounts occurs, as the case may be, after giving effect to such addition or removal weighted, respectively, by (1) a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the first day of such month to but excluding the addition or removal date, as the case may be, and (y) the denominator of which is the number of days in such month, and (2) by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the date of the addition or removal, as the case may be, to and including the last day of such month, and (y) the denominator of which is the number of days in such month, and (b) for a month in which no addition or removal of accounts occurs, the aggregate principal receivables in COMET as of the last day of the prior month.
“Bank Consumer Segment” means the portfolio of consumer credit card accounts owned by the bank.
“Bank Portfolio” means the portfolio of MasterCard and Visa accounts and other revolving credit accounts owned by the bank and its predecessor.
“Bank Small Business Segment” means the portfolio of small business credit card accounts owned by the bank.
“Base Certificate” means, if the transferor elects to evidence the Master Trust Transferor Interest in certificated form, a certificate executed by the transferor and authenticated by or on behalf of the master trust trustee evidencing the Master Trust Transferor Interest.
“Base Rate” means, for any month, the sum of (a) 1.25%, or if the bank or The Bank of New York Mellon is not the servicer, 2.0% and (b) the weighted average (based on the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the related Card series notes) of the following:
(i) for a tranche of Card series dollar interest-bearing notes without a derivative agreement for interest, the note interest rate for that tranche for the period from and including the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche for that month to but excluding the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche in the next month;
(ii) for a tranche of Card series discount notes, the rate of accretion of principal for that tranche for the period from and including the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche in such month to but excluding the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche in the next month;
(iii) for a tranche of Card series notes with a performing derivative agreement for interest, the rate at which payments by COMET are made to the related derivative counterparty (prior to any netting of payments, if applicable) for the period from and including the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche in such month to but excluding the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche in the next month (however, for a tranche of Card series notes with a performing derivative agreement for interest in which the rating on such tranche is not dependant upon the rating of the related derivative counterparty, the amount determined pursuant to this clause will be the higher of (1) the rate determined pursuant to this clause as described above and (2) the rate of interest for that tranche for the period from and including the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche of Card series notes in such month to but excluding the Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche of Card series notes in the next month; and
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(iv) for a tranche of Card series notes with a non-performing derivative agreement for interest, the rate specified for that date in the related terms document.
“Business Day” is, unless otherwise indicated in the related prospectus supplement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Richmond, Virginia or Falls Church, Virginia are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.
“Card series Defaulted Amount” means, for any month, an amount equal to the Floating Allocation Percentage for the Card seriestimes the Default Amount for that month.
“Card series Finance Charge Amounts” means, for any month, the amounts to be treated as Card series Finance Charge Amounts as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” in this prospectus.
“Card series Principal Amounts” means, for any month, the sum of the Principal Amounts allocated to the Card series, dollar receipts for principal under any derivative agreements for tranches of notes of the Card series, any shared excess Principal Amounts allocated to the Card series, and any amounts of Card series Finance Charge Amounts available to cover Card series Defaulted Amounts or reimburse any deficits in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Card series notes.
“Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notesminus the Class A Usage Amount of Class B notes, each for that tranche of Class A notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notesminus the Class A Usage Amount of Class C notes, each for that tranche of Class A notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notesminus the Class A Usage Amount of Class D notes, each for that tranche of Class A notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notesminus the Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes, each for that tranche of Class A notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class A Usage Amount of Class B notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes, on any Distribution Date, an amount, not to exceed the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes, equal to the excess, if any, of the Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes over the sum of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes and the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes, in each case for that Distribution Date, in each case, for that tranche of Class A notes.
“Class A Usage Amount of Class C notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes for any Distribution Date, an amount, not to exceed the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes, equal to the excess, if any, of the Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes over the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes, in each case, for that tranche of Class A notes.
“Class A Usage Amount of Class D notes” means, for any tranche of Class A notes for any Distribution Date, an amount, not to exceed the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class A notes, equal to the Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes.
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“Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes” means, for any tranche of outstanding Class A notes, zero on the date of issuance of such tranche and on any Distribution Date thereafter the Class A Usage Amount of Subordinated notes as of the preceding date of determination for such tranche,plus the sum of the following amounts (in each case, such amount shall not exceed the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for such tranche after giving effect to the previous clauses, if any):
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs from uncovered defaults initially allocated to the Class B notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocationsof Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Initial Allocation” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class B notes at the end of the prior month;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs from uncovered defaults initially allocated to the Class C notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Initial Allocation” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes at the end of the prior month;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs from uncovered defaults initially allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Initial Allocation” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes at the end of the prior month;plus |
• | the aggregate amount reallocated on that date from such tranche of Class A notes to the Class B notes, Class C notes or Class D notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts allocated on that date to the interest funding sub-account of such tranche of Class A notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) an amount, not less than zero, equal to the aggregate amount allocated on that date to the Class C notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectusminus the aggregate amount reallocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in that sectiontimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for the Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus or reallocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in that sectiontimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class C Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
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• | the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts paid to the servicer on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) an amount, not less than zero, equal to the aggregate amount allocated on that date to the Class C notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus,minus the aggregate amount reallocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in that sectiontimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class A notes divided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus or reallocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in that sectiontimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated on that date to the Class D notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class C Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class A Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;minus |
• | an amount (not to exceed the Class A Usage Amount of Class B notes for such tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the amounts computed above) equal to (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all Class B notes which are reimbursed on such Distribution Datetimes (ii) the Class A Usage Amount of Class B notes (prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on such Distribution Date) for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits (prior to giving effect to such reimbursement) of all Class B notes;minus |
• | an amount (not to exceed the Class A Usage Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the amounts computed above) equal to (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all Class C notes which are reimbursed on such Distribution Datetimes (ii) the Class A Usage Amount of Class C notes (prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on such Distribution Date) for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits (prior to giving effect to such reimbursement) of all Class C notes;minus |
• | an amount (not to exceed the Class A Usage Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the amounts computed above) equal to (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all Class D notes which are reimbursed on such Distribution Datetimes (ii) the Class A Usage Amount of Class D notes (prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on such Distribution Date) for such tranche of Class A notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits (prior to giving effect to such reimbursement) of all Class D notes. |
“Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes” means, for any tranche of Class B notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notesminus the Class B Usage Amount of Class C notes, each for that tranche of Class B notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes” means, for any tranche of Class B notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notesminus the Class B Usage Amount of Class D notes, each for that tranche of Class B notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes” means, for any tranche of Class B notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notesminus the Class B Usage Amount of Subordinated notes, each for that tranche of Class B notes as of that Distribution Date.
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“Class B Principal Allocation” means for any month an amount equal to the Principal Amounts allocated to the Card series for such monthtimes the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for such month for all Class B notes in the Card seriesdivided by the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for such month for all Card series notes.
“Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class B Usage Amount of Class C notes” means, for any tranche of Class B notes for any Distribution Date, an amount, not to exceed the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C notes, equal to the excess, if any, of the Class B Usage Amount of Subordinated notes over the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes, in each case, for that tranche of Class B notes.
“Class B Usage Amount of Class D notes” means, for any tranche of Class B notes for any Distribution Date, an amount, not to exceed the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes, equal to the Class B Usage Amount of Subordinated notes, in each case, for that tranche of Class B notes.
“Class B Usage Amount of Subordinated notes” means, for any tranche of outstanding Class B notes, zero on the date of issuance of such tranche and on any Distribution Date thereafter the Class B Usage Amount of Subordinated notes as of the preceding date of determination for such tranche,plus the sum of the following amounts (in each case, such amount shall not exceed the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Subordinated notes for such tranche after giving effect to the previous clauses, if any):
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs from uncovered defaults initially allocated to the Class C notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Initial Allocation” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs reallocated on that date from all Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero to the Class C notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all tranches of Class B notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Initial Allocation” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs reallocated on that date from the Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero to the Class D notes as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class B notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
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• | the aggregate amount of charge-offs reallocated from such tranche of Class B notes to the Class C notes or Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class B Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class C notes for Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all tranches of Class B notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class D notes for Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class B notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | the aggregate amount reallocated from such tranche of Class B notes to the Class C notes and Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts allocated to the interest funding subaccount of such tranche of Class B notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts—Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class C Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus and in the first five clauses of “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class C notes for Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes greater than zero on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all tranches of Class B notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus and in the first six clauses of “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class D notes for Class A notes with a Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus greater than zerotimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class B notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus and in the first six clauses of “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations” in this prospectus;plus |
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• | the aggregate amount reallocated from such tranche of Class B notes to the Class C notes and Class D notes to cover servicing fee shortfalls on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts paid to the servicer to cover servicing fee shortfalls on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts—Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class C Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class B Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus and in the first eleven clauses of “Deposit and Application of Funds—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations” in this prospectus;minus |
• | an amount (not to exceed the Class B Usage Amount of Class C notes for such tranche of Class B notes after giving effect to the amounts computed above) equal to (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all Class C notes which are reimbursed on such Distribution Datetimes (ii) the Class B Usage Amount of Class C notes (prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on such Distribution Date) for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits (prior to giving effect to such reimbursement) of all Class C notes;minus |
• | an amount (not to exceed the Class B Usage Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class B notes after giving effect to the amounts computed above) equal to (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all Class D notes which are reimbursed on such Distribution Datetimes (ii) the Class B Usage Amount of Class D notes (prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on such Distribution Date) for such tranche of Class B notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits (prior to giving effect to such reimbursement) of all Class D notes. |
“Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes” means, for any tranche of Class C notes, for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notesminus the Class C Usage Amount of Class D notes, each for that tranche of Class C notes as of that Distribution Date.
“Class C Principal Allocation” means for any month an amount equal to the Principal Amounts allocated to the Card series for such monthtimes the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for such month for all Class C notes in the Card seriesdivided by the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for such month for all Card series notes.
“Class C Required Subordinated Amount of Class D notes” is defined in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount and Usage” in this prospectus.
“Class C Usage Amount of Class D notes” means, for any tranche of Class C notes, for any Distribution Date:
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Initial Allocation” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class D notes, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of charge-offs reallocated from the Class A notes or the Class B notes to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class B Notes” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class C notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class A Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
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• | the aggregate amount of charge-offs reallocated from such tranche of Class C notes to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs—Reallocation from Class C Notes” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated or reallocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus and (ii) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class C notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to the aggregate amount reallocated from such tranche of Class C notes to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class C notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” and“Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to the aggregate amount reallocated from such tranche of Class C notes to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts allocated to the interest funding subaccount of such tranche of Class C notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts—Class C Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated or reallocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class C notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Charge-Offs” and“Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class C Interest Funding Account Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to the aggregate amount reallocated from such tranche of Class C notes to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount allocated to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectustimes (ii) the Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Class C Available Subordinated Amount of Class D notes for all tranches of Class C notes in the Card series, in each case, after giving effect to the applications described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class A Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
• | an amount equal to the aggregate amount reallocated from such tranche of Class C notes to the Class D notes on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Allocations of Reductions of Nominal Liquidation Amounts from Reallocations—Class B Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;plus |
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• | the aggregate amount of Card series Principal Amounts paid to the servicer on that date as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Principal Amounts—Class C Servicing Fee Shortfalls” in this prospectus;minus |
• | an amount (not to exceed the Class C Usage Amount of Class D notes for such tranche of Class C notes after giving effect to the amounts computed above) equal to (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all Class D notes which are reimbursed on such Distribution Datetimes (ii) the Class C Usage Amount of Class D notes (prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on such Distribution Date) for such tranche of Class C notesdivided by the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits (prior to giving effect to such reimbursement) of all Class D notes. |
“Class D Principal Allocation” means, for any month, an amount equal to the Principal Amounts allocated to the Card series for such monthtimes the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for such month for all Class D Card series notesdivided by the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for such month for all Card series notes.
“Default Amounts” means:
• | for credit card receivables held directly in COMET, the aggregate amount of principal receivables other than ineligible receivables in Defaulted Accounts during the month such account became a Defaulted Account for each day in the month; and |
• | for any collateral certificate held by COMET, the aggregate default amount in the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity allocated to the holder of the collateral certificate for that month. |
“Defaulted Accounts” means accounts, the credit card receivables of which have been written off as uncollectible by the applicable servicer.
“Defaulted Receivables” for any month are principal receivables that were charged off as uncollectible in such month in accordance with the bank’s (or its affiliates’) lending guidelines and the applicable servicer’s customary and usual servicing procedures for servicing credit card and other revolving credit account receivables comparable to the receivables other than due to any Adjustment Payment. For purposes of this definition, a principal receivable in any account becomes a Defaulted Receivable on the day it is recorded as charged-off on such servicer’s computer master file of revolving credit accounts.
“Definitive Notes” means notes in definitive, fully registered form.
“Distribution Date” means the 15th day of each calendar month (or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
“Eligible Account” means a MasterCard or Visa revolving credit card account or other revolving credit account owned by the bank or an affiliate which:
• | is in existence and maintained by the bank or an affiliate; |
• | is payable in United States dollars; |
• | has not been identified as an account the credit cards or checks, if any, which have been lost or stolen; |
• | the accountholder of which has provided, as his or her most recent billing address, an address located in the United States (or its territories or possessions or a military address); |
• | has not been, and does not have any receivables which have been, sold, pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any person (except pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement or the pooling agreement); |
• | except as provided below, does not have any receivables which are Defaulted Receivables; |
• | does not have any receivables which have been identified as having been incurred as a result of the fraudulent use of any related credit card or check; |
• | relates to an accountholder who is not identified by the bank or an affiliate or the transferor in its computer files as being the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding; |
• | is not an account which the accountholder has requested discontinuance of responsibility; and |
• | does not have any receivables that give rise to any claim by any governmental authority; |
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in each case, as of its date of designation to the trustee under the pooling agreement. Eligible Accounts may include accounts, the receivables of which have been written off;provided that:
• | the balance of all receivables included in such accounts is reflected on the books and records of the transferor (and is treated for purposes of the pooling agreement) as “zero,” and |
• | charging privileges with respect to all such accounts have been canceled in accordance with the bank’s or an affiliate’s lending guidelines and will not be reinstated by the bank or an affiliate or the servicer. |
“Eligible Deposit Account” means either:
• | a segregated account with an Eligible Institution (other than the bank or an affiliate), or |
• | a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution (other than the bank or an affiliate) organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the states thereof, or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), or a trust company acceptable to each hired NRSRO, and acting as a trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from each hired NRSRO in one of its generic credit rating categories that signifies investment grade. |
“Eligible Institution” means either:
• | a depository institution (which may be the master trust trustee) organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the states thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any domestic branch of a foreign bank, which at all times: |
– | has either (x) along-term unsecured debt rating of A2 or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or (y) a certificate of deposit rating ofP-1 by Moody’s; |
– | has either (x) along-term unsecured debt rating of AAA by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or (y) a certificate of deposit rating ofA-1+ by Standard & Poor’s; |
– | if rated by Fitch, Inc. has either (x) along-term unsecured debt rating ofA- or better by Fitch or (y) a certificate of deposit rating of F1 or better by Fitch; and |
– | is a member of the FDIC; or |
• | any other institution that is acceptable to each hired NRSRO. |
“Eligible Investments” means:
• | obligations fully guaranteed by the United States, |
• | demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit (having original maturities of no more than 365 days) of depository institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of the United States or any one of the states thereof, or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; provided that at the time of the master trust’s or COMET’s, as applicable, investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the short-term debt rating of such depository institution or trust company shall be in the highest rating category from each rating agency, |
• | commercial paper or other short-term obligations having, at the time of the master trust’s or COMET’s, as applicable, investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating in the highest rating category from each rating agency, |
• | demand deposits, time deposits and certificates of deposit that are fully insured by the FDIC, with an entity the commercial paper of which has a credit rating from each rating agency in its highest rating category, |
• | notes or bankers’ acceptances (having original maturities of no more than 365 days) issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in the second clause above, |
• | investments in money market funds that have the highest rating from, or have otherwise been approved in writing by, each rating agency, |
• | time deposits (having maturities of not more than 30 days) other than as referred to in the fourth clause above, with an entity the commercial paper of which has a credit rating from each rating agency in its highest rating category, or |
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• | any other investments approved in writing by each rating agency;provided that, with respect to COMET, Eligible Investments shall not include any obligation of the bank or an affiliate. |
“Eligible Receivable” means each receivable:
• | which has arisen in an Eligible Account; |
• | which was created in compliance in all material respects with the bank’s or an affiliate’s lending guidelines and all applicable requirements of law, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect on investor certificateholders (including the noteholders as holder of the COMT collateral certificate), and pursuant to a lending agreement which complies with all requirements of law applicable to the bank or an affiliate, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect on investor certificateholders (including the noteholders as holder of the COMT collateral certificate); |
• | with respect to which all material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with, any governmental authority required to be obtained or given by the bank or an affiliate in connection with the creation of such receivable or the execution, delivery and performance by the bank or an affiliate of the related lending agreement have been duly obtained or given and are in full force and effect as of the date of the creation of such receivable; |
• | as to which, at the time of its transfer to the master trust trustee, the transferor or the master trust will have good and marketable title, free and clear of all liens and security interests (including a prior lien or security interest of the bank or an affiliate, but other than any lien for municipal or other local taxes if such taxes are not then due and payable or if the transferor is then contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto); |
• | which has been the subject of either: |
– | a valid transfer and assignment from the transferor to the master trust trustee of all its right, title and interest therein (including any proceeds thereof), or |
– | the grant of a first priority perfected security interest therein (and in the proceeds thereof), effective until the termination of the master trust; |
• | which at and after the time of transfer to the master trust trustee is the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the accountholder thereof, legally enforceable against such accountholder in accordance with its terms (with certain bankruptcy and equity-related exceptions); |
• | which constitutes an “account” under Article 9 of the New York UCC and the Virginia UCC; |
• | which, at the time of its transfer to the master trust trustee, has not been waived or modified; |
• | which, at the time of its transfer to the master trust trustee, is not subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or other defense of the accountholder (including the defense of usury), other than certain bankruptcy and equity-related defenses; |
• | as to which, at the time of its transfer to the master trust trustee, the transferor has satisfied all obligations on its part to be fulfilled; and |
• | as to which, at the time of its transfer to the master trust trustee, the transferor has not taken any action which, or failed to take any action the omission of which, would, at the time of its transfer to the master trust trustee, impair in any material respect the rights of the master trust or investor certificateholders therein. |
“Excess Finance Charge Sharing Group A” means the various series of notes—which will include the Card series—that have been designated as a single group for the purpose of sharing excess Finance Charge Amounts.
“Excess Finance Charges” has the meaning described in “The Master Trust—Sharing of Excess Finance Charges.”
“Excess Spread Amounts” means, for the Card series notes for any month, an amount equal to the Card series Finance Charge Amounts (exclusive of any shared excess Finance Charge Amounts allocated to the Card series),minus the aggregate amount required to be applied as described in the first seven applications of “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Application of Card Series Finance Charge Amounts” in this prospectus.
“Excess Spread Percentage” means, for any month, an amount equal to the Portfolio Yield for that monthminus the Base Rate for that month.
“Expected Principal Payment Date” means, regarding any series, class or tranche of notes, the scheduled due date of any payment of principal on those notes, as specified in the related prospectus supplement, or if such day is not a
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Business Day, the next following Business Day, unless such day is in the next calendar month, in which case the Expected Principal Payment Date, unless otherwise specified in the related prospectus supplement, will be the last Business Day of the current calendar month.
“Finance Charge Amounts” means, for any month,
• | for a collateral certificate included in COMET, the amount of Finance Charge Collections in the related master trust or other securitization special purpose entity allocated and paid to such collateral certificate for such month; |
• | the Finance Charge Amounts for each collateral certificate in COMET for such month,plus any other amounts or allocable portion thereof to be treated as Finance Charge Amounts for COMET; and |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes in COMET, the portion of the Finance Charge Amounts allocated and paid to COMET which are then allocated and paid to such series, class or tranche, as applicable,plus any other amounts, or allocable portion thereof, to be treated as Finance Charge Amounts for such series, class or tranche as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. |
“Finance Charge Collections” means, for any month,
• | all collections received by the applicable servicer on behalf of COMET of periodic finance charges, annual membership fees, cash advance fees, late fees, overlimit fees, return check fees and similar fees and charges and discount receivables and interchange on accounts designated to have their receivables transferred to COMET,plus amounts allocated to each collateral certificate in COMET that are to be treated as Finance Charge Collections,plus any other amounts which are to be treated as Finance Charge Collections; and |
• | for a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity which has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET, all collections received by the applicable servicer on behalf of such master trust or other securitization special purpose entity of periodic finance charges, annual membership fees, cash advance fees, late fees, overlimit fees, return check fees and similar fees and charges and discount receivables and interchange on accounts designated to have their receivables transferred to such master trust or other securitization special purpose entity,plus any other amounts which are to be treated as Finance Charge Collections with respect to such master trust or other securitization special purpose entity. |
“Floating Allocation Amount” means, for any month, for any class or tranche of Card series notes, the sum of:
• | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such class or tranche of Card series notes as of the last day of the preceding month, or for the first month for any class or tranche of notes, the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of such class or tranche,plus |
• | the aggregate amount of any increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche of notes during the current month due to the issuance of additional notes of such class or tranche, if such notes are discount notes, accretions of principal on such class or tranche of notes, or the release of prefunding excess amounts for such class or tranche of notes from the applicable principal funding subaccount. |
The Floating Allocation Amount for the Card series for any month is the sum of the Floating Allocation Amounts for all tranches of Card series notes for that month.
“Floating Allocation Percentage” means, for any month,
• | for the COMT collateral certificate, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is the Invested Amount of the COMT collateral certificate as of the end of the last day of that month; and |
– | the denominator of which is the sum of the numerators used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentages for all series of notes in COMET on the last day of the prior month (treating any increases or decreases in the current month due to additions or removals of accounts as though they had occurred on the last day of the prior month); and |
• | for each collateral certificate in COMET, except the COMT collateral certificate, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is the Invested Amount of such collateral certificate; and |
– | the denominator of which is the Principal Balance of its master trust or securitization special purpose entity that issued the collateral certificate; and |
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• | for any series or class of notes, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is the sum of the numerators used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for each tranche of notes in that series or class; and |
– | the denominator of which is equal to the sum of: |
(i) | for any collateral certificate outstanding and included in COMET, the numerator used to calculate the floating allocation percentage for that collateral certificate;plus |
(ii) | the Average Principal Balance for such month; and |
• | for any tranche of notes, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche on the last day of the preceding month, or for the first month for any tranche, the initial Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche,plus the aggregate amount of any increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the tranche due to (x) the issuance of additional notes in such tranche or (y) the accretion of principal on discount notes of such tranche or (z) the release of prefunded amounts, other than prefunded amounts deposited during such month for such tranche from the principal funding subaccount for such tranche, in each case during such month, provided that for any tranche of notes that will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those notes in such month and for any tranche of notes that will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those notes in such month, the numerator will be zero; and |
– | the denominator of which is equal to the sum of: |
(i) | for any collateral certificate outstanding and included in COMET, the numerator used to calculate the floating allocation percentage for that collateral certificate;plus |
(ii) | the Average Principal Balance for such month. |
“Ineligible Receivables” means all receivables with respect to an affected account that have been reassigned to the transferor as a result of the transferor’s breach of certain representations, warranties and covenants described in “The Master Trust—Representations and Warranties.”
“Invested Amount” means, for any date of determination:
• | for the COMT collateral certificate, if the only asset in COMET is the COMT collateral certificate, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts for each series of notes secured by the assets in COMET outstanding as of such date (excluding any tranche of notes secured by the assets in COMET which will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those notes in the related month and any tranche of notes that will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those notes in the related month) and, otherwise, such amount as may be consented to by the hired NRSROs; |
• | for the COMT collateral certificate, if COMET includes assets in addition to the COMT collateral certificate, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts for each series of notes secured by the assets in COMET outstanding at the end of such date (excluding any tranche of notes secured by the assets in COMET which will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those notes in the related month and any tranche of notes that will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those notes in the related month),minus the sum of the Invested Amounts of each of the other collateral certificates in COMET; |
• | for all other series of investor certificates, the initial outstanding principal amount of the investor interests of that series, less the amount of principal paid to the related holders of those interests and the amount of unreimbursed charge-offs from uncovered Default Amounts and reallocations of Principal Collections; and |
• | for each collateral certificate (other than the COMT collateral certificate) included in COMET, the amount so designated by the administrator. |
“Master Trust Cut-Off Date” means June 30, 1993.
“Master Trust Consumer Segment” means the consumer revolving credit card accounts selected from the Bank Consumer Segment the receivables in which have been designated to be included in the master trust as of the Master Trust Cut-Off Date, and, for additional accounts, as of the related date of their designation, based on the eligibility criteria set forth in the pooling agreement and which accounts have not been removed from the master trust.
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“Master Trust Portfolio” means the credit card accounts selected from the Bank Portfolio the receivables in which have been designated to be included in the master trust as of the Master Trust Cut-Off Date and, for additional accounts, as of the related date of their designation, based on the eligibility criteria set forth in the pooling agreement and which accounts have not been removed from the master trust.
“Master Trust Required Principal Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:
• | the sum of the initial Invested Amount, as defined in the relevant supplement to the pooling agreement, of the master trust investor certificates of each master trust series outstanding on such dateplus, as of that date of determination, the aggregate amounts of any increases in the Invested Amounts of each prefunded master trust series outstanding (in each case, other than any master trust series or portion thereof which is excluded by the relevant master trust supplement),minus |
• | the principal amount on deposit in the master trust excess funding account on such date;provided,however, if at any time the only master trust series outstanding are excluded and a Pay Out Event has occurred for one or more of such series, the Master Trust Required Principal Balance shall mean: |
– | the sum of the Invested Amount (as defined in the relevant master trust supplement) of each excluded series as of the earliest date on which any such Pay Out Event is deemed to have occurred,minus |
– | the principal amount on deposit in the master trust excess funding account. |
“Master Trust Required Transferor Interest” means an amount equal to the product of the Master Trust Required Transferor Percentage and the aggregate amount of principal receivables in the master trust.
“Master Trust Required Transferor Percentage” is equal to 5%. However, the transferor may, upon 30 days prior notice to the master trust trustee, each hired NRSRO and certain providers of series enhancement, reduce the Master Trust Required Transferor Percentage;provided that:
• | the transferor has received written notice from each hired NRSRO that such reduction will not result in the reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the respective ratings of each hired NRSRO for any investor certificates issued out of the master trust, and |
• | the transferor has delivered to the master trust trustee and certain providers of series enhancement a certificate of an authorized officer to the effect that, based on the facts known to such officer at the time, in the reasonable belief of the transferor, such reduction will not, at the time of such certification, cause a Pay Out Event, or an event that, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute a Pay Out Event, to occur for any series of investor certificates issued out of the master trust; and |
provided further that the Master Trust Required Transferor Percentage will never be less than 2%.
“Master Trust Small Business Segment” means the small business revolving credit card accounts selected from the Bank Small Business Segment the receivables in which have been designated to be included in the master trust as of the related date of their designation, based on the eligibility criteria set forth in the pooling agreement and which accounts have not been removed from the master trust.
“Master Trust Termination Date” means, unless the servicer and the holder of the Master Trust Transferor Interest instruct otherwise, the earliest of:
• | the day following the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Invested Amounts and enhancement invested amounts, if any, of all series of investor certificates issued by the master trust is zero, |
• | September 1, 2030, or |
• | if the receivables in the master trust are sold, disposed of or liquidated following the occurrence of an event of bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship or receivership of the transferor as described under “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events,” immediately following such sale, disposition or liquidation. |
“Master Trust Transferor Interest” means the interest in a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity not represented by the investor certificates issued and outstanding under that master trust or securitization special purpose entity or the rights, if any, of any series enhancement providers to receive payments from the master trust.
“Master Trust Transferor Percentage” means a percentage equal to 100%minus the aggregate investor percentages and, if applicable, the percentage interest of credit enhancement providers, for all series issued by the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity that are then outstanding.
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“Monthly Interest Accrual Date” means for any outstanding class or tranche of notes:
• | each interest payment date for such class or tranche, and |
• | for any month in which no interest payment date occurs, the date in that month corresponding numerically to the next interest payment date for that class or tranche of notes, or in the case of a class or tranche of discount notes, the Expected Principal Payment Date for that class or tranche; but |
– | for the first month in which a class or tranche of notes is issued, the date of issuance of such class or tranche of notes will be the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that month for such class or tranche of notes; |
– | any date on which proceeds from a sale of assets if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of the related transferor or following an event of default and acceleration of any class or tranche of notes are deposited into the interest funding account for such class or tranche of notes will be a Monthly Interest Accrual Date for such series, class or tranche of notes; |
– | if there is no such numerically corresponding date in that month, then the Monthly Interest Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the month; and |
– | if the numerically corresponding date in such month is not a Business Day for that class or tranche, then the Monthly Interest Accrual Date will be the next following Business Day, unless that Business Day would fall in the following month, in which case the Monthly Interest Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the earlier month. |
“Monthly Principal Accrual Date” means for any outstanding class or tranche of notes:
• | for any month in which the Expected Principal Payment Date occurs for such class or tranche, such Expected Principal Payment Date, or if that day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day; and |
• | for any month in which no Expected Principal Payment Date occurs for such class or tranche, the date in that month corresponding numerically to the Expected Principal Payment Date for that tranche of notes (or for any month following the last Expected Principal Payment Date, the date in such month corresponding numerically to the preceding Expected Principal Payment Date for such tranche of notes); but |
– | following a Pay Out Event, the second Business Day following such Pay Out Event shall be a Monthly Principal Accrual Date; |
– | any date on which prefunded excess amounts are released from any principal funding subaccount and deposited into the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of notes on or after the Expected Principal Payment Date for such tranche of notes will be a Monthly Principal Accrual Date for such tranche of notes; |
– | any date on which proceeds from a sale of assets if required under the pooling agreement following the bankruptcy or insolvency of the related transferor or following an event of default and acceleration of any class or tranche of notes are deposited into the principal funding account for such class or tranche of notes will be a Monthly Principal Accrual Date for such class or tranche of notes; |
– | if there is no numerically corresponding date in that month, then the Monthly Principal Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the month; and |
– | if the numerically corresponding date in such month is not a Business Day, the Monthly Principal Accrual Date will be the next following Business Day, unless that Business Day would fall in the following month, in which case the Monthly Principal Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the earlier month. |
“Monthly Servicing Fee” has the meaning described in “The Master Trust—The Servicer—Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses.”
“Nominal Liquidation Amount” has the meaning described in “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount—Nominal Liquidation Amount.”
“Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit” means, for any tranche of notes, the excess, if any, of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the trancheminus the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the tranche.
“Pay Out Events” are the events described in “The Master Trust—Pay Out Events.”
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“Performing” means, for any derivative agreement, that no payment default or repudiation by the derivative counterparty has occurred and such derivative agreement has not been terminated.
“Portfolio Yield” means, for any month, the annualized percentage equivalent of a fraction:
• | the numerator of which is equal to the sum of: |
– | Finance Charge Amounts allocated to the Card series notes for the related Distribution Date;plus |
– | the net investment earnings, if any, in the interest funding sub-accounts for notes of the Card series notes on such Distribution Date;plus |
– | any amounts to be treated as Card series Finance Charge Amounts remaining in interest funding sub-accounts after a sale of assets as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Sale of Assets” in this prospectus;plus |
– | any shared excess finance charge amounts from any other series of notes;plus |
– | the excess, if any, of the shortfalls in the investment earnings on amounts in any principal funding accounts for notes of the Card series to pay the interest payable on such amounts over the sum of (i) any withdrawals of amounts from the accumulation reserve subaccount and (ii) any additional finance charge collections allocable to the Card series notes, in each case, to cover such shortfalls as described under “Deposit and Application of Funds for Card Series Notes—Card Series Finance Charge Amounts”;minus |
– | the Card series Defaulted Amounts for such month; and |
• | the denominator of which is the Floating Allocation Amount for the Card series for such month. |
“Pre-Allocated Amount” means an amount designated by the administrator, on behalf of COMET, for a tranche of notes as described in the related prospectus supplement for that tranche of notes.
“Principal Allocation Amount” means, for any month, for any Card series notes:
• | for all classes or tranches of Card series notes in a period in which deposits are required to be made in the related principal funding account, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such class or tranche prior to the start of the most recent of such periods for such class or tranche, and |
• | for all other classes or tranches of outstanding Card series notes, the sum of: |
– | the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such class or tranche of notes at the end of the prior month, or for the first month for any class or tranche of notes, the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of such class or tranche,plus |
– | the aggregate amount of any increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche of notes during the current month due to the issuance of additional notes of such class or tranche, if such notes are discount notes, the accretion of principal on such class or tranche of notes, and the release of prefunding excess amounts for such class or tranche of notes from the applicable principal funding subaccount. |
Because each tranche of notes is subject to being paired with a future tranche of notes, if an early redemption event occurs for a paired tranche of notes during a period in which deposits are required to be made in the related principal funding account for such tranche of notes, COMET may designate a different Principal Allocation Amount for the paired tranche of notes.
The Principal Allocation Amount for the Card series for any month is the sum of the Principal Allocation Amounts for all Card series notes for that month.
“Principal Allocation Percentage” means, for any month,
• | for the COMT collateral certificate, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is either (x), so long as the COMT collateral certificate is the only asset in COMET, the sum of (excluding any tranche of notes secured by the assets in COMET which will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those notes in such month and any tranche of notes that will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those notes in such month) (a) for all series, classes and tranches of notes secured by the assets in COMET in their revolving periods, the sum of the numerators used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for such class or tranche of notes; and (b) for all other series, classes and tranches of notes secured by the assets in COMET, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of such series, classes and tranches of notes at the |
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end of the last day prior to the commencement of the period in which such deposits are required or (y) if COMET includes assets in addition to the COMT collateral certificate, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the amount determined pursuant to clause (x) above,minus the sum of the Invested Amounts of each other collateral certificate in COMET; and |
– | the denominator of which is the sum of the numerators used to calculate the Principal Allocation Percentages for all series of notes in COMET on the last day of the prior month (treating any increases or decreases in the current month due to additions or removals of accounts as though they had occurred on the last day of the prior month); and |
• | for any series or class of notes, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is the sum of (a) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for such month for each tranche of notes in its revolving period in such series or class; and (b) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the Principal Allocation Percentage for such month for each tranche of notes in its amortization, accumulation or redemption period in such series or class; and |
– | the denominator of which is equal to the sum of: |
(1) | for any collateral certificate outstanding and included in COMET, the numerator used to calculate the principal allocation percentage for that collateral certificate,plus |
(2) | the Average Principal Balance for such month; and |
• | for any tranche of notes, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction, |
– | the numerator of which is (a) for a tranche of notes in its revolving period, the numerator used to calculate the Floating Allocation Percentage for such tranche for such month,minus for certain tranches of notes, if provided for in the related prospectus supplement, an amount equal to the Pre-Allocated Amount, if any; or (b) for a tranche of notes in its amortization, accumulation or redemption period, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche at the end of its revolving period,minus for certain tranches of notes, if provided for in the related prospectus supplement, an amount equal to the Pre-Allocated Amount, if any, or for the first month for any tranche of notes, the initial Nominal Liquidation Amount of such tranche,plus the aggregate amount of any increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the tranche due to (x) the issuance of additional notes in the tranche or (y) the accretion of principal on discount notes of such tranches or (z) the release of prefunded amounts, other than prefunded amounts deposited during such month for such tranche from the principal funding subaccount for such tranche, in each case during such month, provided that for any tranche of notes that will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those notes in such month and for any tranche of notes that will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those notes in such month, the numerator will be zero; and |
– | the denominator of which is equal to the sum of: |
(1) | for any collateral certificate outstanding and included in COMET, the numerator used to calculate the principal allocation percentage for that collateral certificate,plus |
(2) | the Average Principal Balance for such month. |
“Principal Amounts” means, for any month,
• | for a collateral certificate included in COMET, the amount of Principal Collections in the related master trust or securitization special purpose entity allocated and paid to such collateral certificate for such month; |
• | the Principal Amounts for each collateral certificate in COMET for such month,plus any other amounts or allocable portion thereof to be treated as Principal Amounts; and |
• | for any series, class or tranche of notes, the portion of the Principal Amounts allocated and paid to COMET which are then allocated and paid to such series, class or tranche, as applicable,plus any other amounts, or allocable portion thereof, to be treated as Principal Amounts for such series, class or tranche as described in the related prospectus supplement. |
“Principal Balance” means, as of any date, with respect to a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity which has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET, the aggregate amount of principal receivables in accounts designated to have their receivables transferred to COMET as of such date,plus the aggregate amount on deposit in an applicable excess funding account.
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“Principal Collections” means, for any month,
• | the sum of all collections other than Finance Charge Collections received by the applicable servicer on behalf of COMET on accounts designated to have their receivables transferred to COMET,plus amounts allocated to each collateral certificate in COMET that are to be treated as Principal Collections,plus any other amounts which are to be treated as Principal Collections; and |
• | for a master trust or other securitization special purpose entity which has transferred a collateral certificate to COMET, all collections other than Finance Charge Collections received by the applicable servicer on behalf of such master trust or other securitization special purpose entity on accounts designated to have their receivables transferred to COMET, but not including Defaulted Receivables or amounts billed as membership fees,plus any other amounts which are to be treated as Principal Collections for such master trust or other securitization special purpose entity. |
“Principal Sharing Group A” means the various series of notes—which will include the Card series—that have been designated as a single group for the purpose of sharing excess principal amounts.
“Required Excess Spread Amount” means, for any month, $0;provided,however, that this amount may be changed if COMET (i) receives the consent of the hired NRSROs and (ii) reasonably believes that the change will not have a material adverse effect on the notes.
“Servicer Default” means any of the following events with respect to the master trust:
(i) | failure by the servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit, or to give instructions or to give notice to the master trust trustee to make such payment, transfer or deposit, on or before the date the servicer is required to do so under the pooling agreement or any series supplement, which is not cured within a 10 Business Day grace period; |
(ii) | failure on the part of the servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the servicer in the pooling agreement or any series supplement which has a material adverse effect on the investor certificateholders of any series or class (determined without regard to the availability of funds under any series enhancement) and which continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after written notice has been delivered to the servicer and, in some cases, to the transferor and the master trust trustee, or the servicer assigns or delegates its duties under the pooling agreement, except as specifically permitted thereunder; |
(iii) | any representation, warranty or certification made by the servicer in the pooling agreement or any series supplement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to the pooling agreement or any series supplement proves to have been incorrect when made, which has a material adverse effect on the rights of the investor certificateholders of any series or class (determined without regard to the availability of funds under any series enhancement) issued and outstanding under the master trust, and which material adverse effect continues for a period of 60 days after written notice has been delivered to the servicer and, in some cases, to the transferor and the master trust trustee; or |
(iv) | the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership with respect to the servicer. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to under clause (i) above for an additional period of 5 Business Days or referred to under clause (ii) or (iii) above for an additional period of 60 days shall not constitute a Servicer Default if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise of reasonable diligence by the servicer and such delay or failure was caused by an act of God or other similar occurrence.
“Transfer Deposit Amount” means any amount deposited into the master trust excess funding account or the master trust collection account in connection with the reassignment of an Ineligible Receivable.
“Transferor Interest” means the interest in COMET in excess of the interests securing the notes issued and outstanding under COMET.
“Transferor Percentage” means 100%minus the sum of the aggregate Floating Allocation Percentage or Principal Allocation Percentage, as applicable, of all series of notes outstanding.
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$650,000,000 Class A(2015-6) Card series Notes
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association
Sponsor, Servicer and Originator of Assets
Capital One Funding, LLC
Depositor and Transferor
Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust
Issuing Entity
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Underwriters
Credit Suisse | Wells Fargo Securities |
Capital One Securities
J.P. Morgan
RBC Capital Markets
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
We are not offering the notes in any state where the offer is not permitted.
We do not claim the accuracy of the information in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus as of any date other than the dates stated on their respective covers.
Dealers will deliver a prospectus supplement and prospectus when acting as underwriters of the notes and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions. In addition, until the date which is 90 days after the date of this prospectus supplement, all dealers selling the notes will deliver a prospectus supplement and prospectus. Such delivery obligation may be satisfied by filing the prospectus supplement and prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission.