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Principal amount | $1,700,000,000 | |
Per annum interest rate | one-month LIBOR | |
plus 0.05% | ||
Expected principal payment date | April 15, 2008 | |
Legal final | April 15, 2010 | |
Price to public per Series 2005-A note | 100% | |
Underwriting discount per Series 2005-A note | 0.15% | |
Proceeds to seller | $1,697,450,000 |
Deutsche Bank Securities | HSBC | Morgan Stanley |
Banc of America Securities LLC | Barclays Capital |
Citigroup | SG Corporate & Investment Banking |
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• | Prospectus — provides general information, some of which may not apply to the offered securities. | |
• | Prospectus Supplement — provides a summary of the specific terms of the offered securities. |
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• | if the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so; or | |
• | if the offer or solicitation is made to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make the offer or solicitation. |
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Party | Description | |
Issuer | • DaimlerChrysler Master Owner Trust (the “issuer”) • Owns the receivables | |
Seller | • DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC (“DCWR”), an indirectly owned subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC (“DCS”) • DCWR’s executive offices are located at 27777 Inkster Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334, and its telephone number is (248) 427-2625 | |
Servicer | • DCS, a wholly owned subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler Corporation (“DaimlerChrysler”) | |
Indenture Trustee | • The Bank of New York | |
Owner Trustee | • Chase Bank USA, National Association | |
Stated Principal Amount; Series | |
Nominal Liquidation Amount |
Stated principal amount of Series 2005-A notes | $ | 1,700,000,000 | ||
Initial nominal liquidation amount of Series 2005-A notes | $ | 1,700,000,000 | ||
Initial Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount | $ | 168,131,868 | ||
Initial Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount | $ | 1,868,131,868 | ||
• | The Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount constitutes the portion of the principal amount of the receivables allocated to Series 2005-A. |
• | The Series 2005-A notes will be secured only by a principal amount of receivables that corresponds to the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount. |
• | The Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount will equal the sum of: |
— | the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes (initially, $1,700,000,000)plus |
— | the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount (initially, $168,131,868). |
• | The Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount, the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes and the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount will be subject to reduction and reinstatement as described in this prospectus supplement under“Deposit and Application of Funds — Reduction and Reinstatement of Nominal Liquidation Amounts.” |
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• | Interest will be payable on the 15th of each month, unless the 15th is not a business day, in which case the payment will be made on the following business day. The first payment will be on May 16, 2005. |
• | 0.05% above one-month LIBOR (calculated as described herein). Interest will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the applicable interest period divided by 360. |
• | Each period from and including a payment date to but excluding the following payment date, except that the first interest period will be from and including the Series 2005-A issuance date to but excluding the first payment date. |
• | We expect to pay the principal of the Series 2005-A notes (but only to the extent of the outstanding nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes) in full on April 15, 2008. | |
• | However, under some circumstances we may pay principal earlier or later or in reduced amounts. See“Maturity and Principal Payment Considerations”in this prospectus supplement. |
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• | On the Series 2005-A cut-off date, the portion of the receivables allocable to Series 2005-A will equal $1,868,131,868 and will exceed the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes by $168,131,868. The amount of that excess is the initial Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount. This overcollateralization amount is intended to protect the Series 2005-A noteholders from the effect of charge-offs on defaulted receivables that are allocated to Series 2005-A and any use of available principal amounts to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes. | |
• | The Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount will equal the sum of: |
— | 9.89% of the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notesplus | |
— | the incremental overcollateralization amount, which is based on the amount of ineligible receivables and dealer overconcentration amounts in the pool of receivables. |
• | We will allocate collections on the receivables to Series 2005-A on the basis of the sum of the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes and the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount. | |
• | The Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount will be reduced by: |
— | reallocations of available principal amounts otherwise allocable to the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes; and | |
— | charge-offs resulting from uncovered defaults on the receivables allocated to Series 2005-A. |
• | Reductions in the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount will result in a reduced amount of collections on the receivables that are available to make payments on the Series 2005-A notes. If the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount is reduced to zero, then those reallocations and charge-offs will instead reduce the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes and you may incur a loss on your Series 2005-A notes. |
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• | the Series 2005-A notes will be characterized as debt; and | |
• | the issuer will not be classified as an association, or a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation. |
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The source of funds for payments on the notes is limited: | • The sole source of payment of principal of or interest on the notes of your series will be the Series 2005-A available principal amount and the Series 2005-A available interest amount for your series. The Series 2005-A available principal amount will consist primarily of principal collections allocated to your series; and the Series 2005-A available interest amount will consist primarily of interest collections allocated to your series. As a result, you must rely only on the particular assets allocated as security for the Series 2005-A notes for payment of the principal of and interest on your notes. You will not have recourse to any other assets of the issuer or any other person for payment of your notes. See“Deposit and Application of Funds”in this prospectus supplement. | |
• In particular, if the interest rates charged on the receivables decline, the amount of interest collections allocated to your series might be reduced at a time when the interest rate on the Series 2005-A notes is not declining. Conversely, the interest rate on the Series 2005-A notes could increase at a time when the interest rates on the receivables are not increasing. Either situation could result in the use of principal collections allocable to your series to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes. If the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount is not sufficient to mitigate the effect of such a change in rates, this could result in delayed or reduced principal and interest payments to you. | ||
• Also, following a sale of receivables due to the insolvency of the seller, DCS or DaimlerChrysler, an acceleration of your notes following an event of default, or on the legal final, as described in“Deposit and Application of Funds — Sale of Receivables”in this prospectus supplement and“The Notes — Sale of Receivables”in the prospectus, only the proceeds of that sale allocable to the Series 2005-A notes will be available to make payments on the Series 2005-A notes. If the amount of those proceeds is not enough, you will incur a loss on your notes. |
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• Principal collections allocable to your series may be reallocated to pay interest on the notes of your series to the extent that the available interest amount for your series is insufficient to make such interest payments. Also, charge-offs of uncovered defaulted receivables allocated to your series are generally first applied against the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount and, if the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount has been reduced to zero, then applied to the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes. If these reallocations and charge-offs that are allocated to the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes are not reimbursed from excess available funds, the full stated principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes will not be repaid and you will incur a loss on your notes. See“The Notes — Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount of Notes — Nominal Liquidation Amount of Notes”in the prospectus and“Deposit and Application of Funds — Reduction and Reinstatement of Nominal Liquidation Amounts”in this prospectus supplement. |
You may not receive your principal on the Series 2005-A expected principal payment date because of the performance of other series: | • The shorter the accumulation period, the greater the chance that payment in full of the Series 2005-A notes by their expected principal payment date will depend on principal collections from other series of notes. A series from which principal collections are expected to be available to make payments on the Series 2005-A notes may enter an early redemption period before the Series 2005-A expected principal payment date. Principal collections allocable to that series will not be available to pay principal of the Series 2005-A notes. As a result, you may receive some of your principal later than the Series 2005-A expected principal payment date. On written request, the seller will give you disclosure documents relating to any other outstanding series of notes issued by the issuer. Those documents describe the events which could result in the start of an early redemption period for those series. | |
If an early redemption event occurs, you may receive your principal sooner or later than you expected and you may not receive all of your principal: | • If an early redemption event occurs, you may receive your principal sooner or later than you expected and you may not receive all of your principal. In particular, a significant decline in the amount of receivables generated could cause an early redemption of the Series 2005-A |
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notes. If the balance of the receivables in the issuer is not maintained at a specified level, the seller must designate additional accounts, the receivables of which will be sold to the issuer. If additional accounts are not designated by the seller when required, an early redemption event will occur. | ||
• If a bankruptcy event relating to DCS or DaimlerChrysler were to occur, an early redemption event would occur. In that case additional receivables would not be transferred to the issuer and principal payments on the Series 2005-A notes would commence. |
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• | DCS financed approximately 61.4% of the total number of all DaimlerChrysler-franchised dealers as of March 31, 2005. | |
• | As of March 31, 2005 approximately 40.0% of the dealers to which DCS had extended credit lines were DaimlerChrysler-franchised dealers that operated only DaimlerChrysler franchises, approximately 44.3% were DaimlerChrysler-franchised dealers that also operated non-DaimlerChrysler franchises and approximately 15.8% were non-DaimlerChrysler dealers. | |
• | As of March 31, 2005, the balance of principal receivables in the U.S. Wholesale Portfolio was approximately $13.8 billion. | |
• | DCS currently services the U.S. Wholesale Portfolio through its home office and through a network of eight Chrysler Financial business centers and three Mercedes-Benz regional offices located throughout the United States. | |
• | As of March 31, 2005, the average credit lines per dealer in the U.S. Wholesale Portfolio for new and used vehicles (which includes Auction Vehicles as used vehicles) were approximately $4.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and the average balance of principal receivables per dealer was approximately $4.8 million. | |
• | As of March 31, 2005, the aggregate total receivables balance as a percentage of the aggregate total credit lines was approximately 94.2%. |
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2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1998 | ||||||||
1.83% | 7.25% | 5.65% | 5.85% | 11.58% | 4.83% | 5.56% | 4.56% | 52.89% | ||||||||
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2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | |||||||||||||
Percentage of Dealers | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.6% | ||||||||||||
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2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | |||||||||||||
Number of Dealers | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Percentage of Dealers | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
• | there were approximately 2,480 Accounts and the aggregate principal receivables balance was approximately $12.3 billion; | |
• | the average credit lines per dealer for new and used vehicles (which include Auction Vehicles) were approximately $4.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and the |
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average balance of principal receivables per dealer was approximately $4.9 million; and | ||
• | the aggregate total receivables balance as a percentage of the aggregate total credit line was approximately 101.0%. |
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0.08% | 4.03% | 4.14% | 5.25% | 11.95% | 5.11% | 6.18% | 4.98% | 58.29% | ||||||||
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2005 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
Average Principal Receivables Balance(1) | $ | 12,386 | $ | 11,633 | $ | 12,021 | $ | 10,781 | $ | 9,813 | $ | 9,689 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses/(Net Recoveries)(2) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 3 | $ | 10 | $ | 2 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses/(Net Recoveries) as a Percent of Liquidations | 0.000% | 0.001% | 0.000% | 0.005% | 0.016% | 0.004% | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Losses/(Net Recoveries) as a Percent of Average Principal Receivables Balance(3) | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.11% | 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||||
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2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
Average Principal Receivables Balance(1) | $ | 11,336 | $ | 9,947 | $ | 9,236 | $ | 8,877 | $ | 8,825 | $ | 8,256 | ||||||||||||
Net Losses/(Net Recoveries)(2) | $ | 1 | $ | (0) | $ | 11 | $ | 4 | $ | (0) | $ | (1) | ||||||||||||
Net Losses/(Net Recoveries) as a Percent of Liquidations | 0.001% | (0.001)% | 0.020% | 0.008% | (0.000)% | (0.002)% | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Losses/(Net Recoveries) as a Percent of Average Principal Receivables Balance(3) | 0.01% | (0.00)% | 0.12% | 0.04% | (0.00)% | (0.01)% | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) | Average Principal Receivables Balance is the average of the month-end principal balances for the thirteen months ending on the last day of the period, except for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, which are based on a four month average. |
(2) | Net Losses in any period are gross losses less recoveries for such period. |
(3) | Percentages for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are expressed on an annualized basis and are not necessarily indicative of the experience for the whole year. |
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Aging (Days) | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
<31 | 31.0% | 28.7% | 29.2% | 28.3% | 33.5% | 23.0% | 36.7% | 32.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31-60 | 18.2% | 18.7% | 19.2% | 18.9% | 23.0% | 19.8% | 21.9% | 21.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
61-90 | 6.8% | 15.3% | 14.2% | 16.3% | 14.3% | 18.3% | 16.6% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-120 | 10.7% | 12.5% | 14.6% | 14.4% | 10.6% | 16.6% | 11.6% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
121-150 | 8.0% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 10.6% | 7.7% | 10.0% | 4.4% | 8.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
151-180 | 7.2% | 3.9% | 3.0% | 4.3% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
181-210 | 6.3% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
211-240 | 4.7% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
241-270 | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
271-300 | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
301-330 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
331-360 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
>360 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Receivables | Receivables | Total Number of | Number of | ||||||||||||||
Outstanding(2) | Outstanding(2) | Dealers(3) | Dealers(3) | ||||||||||||||
California | $ | 1,070,955,247.90 | 8.74% | 149 | 6.00 | % | |||||||||||
Texas | 1,064,051,681.27 | 8.69% | 169 | 6.81 | % | ||||||||||||
Florida | 886,125,921.90 | 7.23% | 114 | 4.59 | % | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 746,670,392.55 | 6.09% | 128 | 5.16 | % | ||||||||||||
New York | 665,503,338.29 | 5.43% | 140 | 5.64 | % | ||||||||||||
Other(1) | 7,818,062,048.93 | 63.81% | 1,782 | 71.80 | % | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 12,251,368,630.84 | 100.00% | 2,482 | 100.00 | % | |||||||||||
(1) No other state includes more than 5% of the outstanding receivables. | ||||||||||||||||
(2) Includes Excluded Receivables. | ||||||||||||||||
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2005 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
Highest Month | 48.5% | 51.3% | 51.3% | 55.6% | 65.4% | |||||||||||||||
Lowest Month | 40.2% | 42.5% | 41.3% | 37.2% | 44.9% | |||||||||||||||
Average of the Months in the Period | 43.9% | 45.6% | 45.3% | 46.7% | 55.7% | |||||||||||||||
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2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | |||||||||||||
Highest Month | 64.4% | 52.8% | 60.5% | 60.8% | ||||||||||||
Lowest Month | 42.4% | 36.3% | 44.7% | 42.5% | ||||||||||||
Average of the Months in the Period | 52.6% | 45.6% | 52.0% | 50.0% | ||||||||||||
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1997 | 1996 | 1995 | ||||||||||
Highest Month | 57.7% | 58.3% | 59.1% | |||||||||
Lowest Month | 41.1% | 43.2% | 36.5% | |||||||||
Average of the Months in the Period | 48.2% | 49.0% | 45.6% | |||||||||
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• | use this share of principal collections to cover a shortfall in the Series 2005-A Available Interest Amount needed to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes; or | |
• | use this share of principal collections to cover principal payments due to the noteholders of any other series of notes that is in an amortization, early redemption or accumulation period; or | |
• | if no other series is then amortizing, repaying or accumulating principal, pay this share of principal collections to the issuer to maintain its interest in the receivables pool and to be applied in accordance with the sale and servicing agreement. |
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• | the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Accumulation Period Commencement Date; and | |
• | the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which an Early Redemption Period commences. |
• | the payment date on which the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes is reduced to zero; and | |
• | the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which an Early Redemption Period commences. |
• | the issuer must deliver to the indenture trustee a certificate to the effect that the issuer believes that delaying the start of the Accumulation Period will not delay any payment of principal to Series 2005-A noteholders; | |
• | Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s must advise the issuer that they will not lower or withdraw their ratings on the notes of any series because of the delay in the start of the Accumulation Period; |
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• | the amount of principal that the indenture trustee will deposit into the principal funding account each month during the Accumulation Period must be increased, so that the sum of all deposits made during the shortened Accumulation Period will equal the principal amount due to Series 2005-A noteholders on the Series 2005-A Expected Principal Payment Date; | |
• | the Accumulation Period must start no later than March 1, 2008; and | |
• | the issuer must make this election no later than the first day of the last month of the Revolving Period, including extensions of the Revolving Period. |
• | the Controlled Accumulation Amountover | |
• | any funds in the excess funding account that are allocable to Series 2005-A and will be deposited into the principal funding account on that payment date. |
• | the payment date on which the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes is reduced to zero; | |
• | the legal final; and | |
• | if this Early Redemption Period has commenced before the scheduled termination of the Revolving Period, the day on which the Revolving Period recommences under the limited circumstances described in“— Early Redemption Events”below. |
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1. | failure on the part of DCWR, the servicer or DCS (if DCS is no longer the servicer), as applicable, |
• | to make any payment or deposit required by the sale and servicing agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to any Transfer Deposit Amount or Adjustment Payment, on or before the date occurring two business days after the date that payment or deposit is required to be made; or | |
• | to deliver a Monthly Noteholders’ Statement or payment instruction within five business days after the required delivery date; or | |
• | to comply with its covenant not to create any lien on a Receivable; or | |
• | to observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements set forth in the sale and servicing agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 45 days after written notice of that failure; |
2. | any representation or warranty made by DCS in the Receivables Purchase Agreement or by DCWR in the sale and servicing agreement or any information required to be given by DCWR to the issuer to identify the Accounts proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made and continues to be incorrect in any material respect for a period of 60 days after written notice and as a result the interests of the noteholders are materially and adversely affected — an Early Redemption Event, however, shall not be deemed to occur if DCWR has repurchased the related receivables or all of the receivables, if applicable, during that period in accordance with the provisions of the sale and servicing agreement; | |
3. | the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership relating to DCWR, DCS or DaimlerChrysler; |
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4. | a failure by DCWR to convey receivables in Additional Accounts to the issuer within five business days after the day on which it is required to convey those receivables under the sale and servicing agreement; | |
5. | on any payment date, the Primary Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount is reduced to an amount less than the Required Primary Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount on that payment date after giving effect to the reductions, reinstatements and distributions to be made on that payment date;providedthat, for the purpose of determining whether an Early Redemption Event has occurred pursuant to this clause 5, any reduction of the Primary Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount resulting from reallocations of the Series 2005-A Available Principal Amounts to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes in the event LIBOR is equal to or greater than the prime rate upon which interest on the receivables is calculated on the applicable LIBOR Determination Date will be considered an Early Redemption Event only if LIBOR remains equal to or greater than such prime rate for the next 30 consecutive days following such LIBOR Determination Date; | |
6. | any Service Default occurs; | |
7. | on any Determination Date, as of the last day of the preceding collection period, the aggregate amount of principal receivables relating to Used Vehicles exceeds 20% of the Pool Balance on that last day; | |
8. | on any Determination Date, the average of the Monthly Payment Rates for the three preceding collection periods, is less than 20%; | |
9. | the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes is not repaid by the Series 2005-A Expected Principal Payment Date; |
10. | DCWR or the issuer becomes an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and | |
11. | the occurrence of an event of default with respect to the Series 2005-A notes under the indenture. |
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• | written confirmation by the rating agency specified in the indenture supplement, that its rating of the Series 2005-A notes will not be withdrawn or lowered as a result of the recommencement; and | |
• | holders of Series 2005-A notes evidencing more than 50% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes consent to the recommencement of the Revolving Period; |
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• | any net investment earnings on funds in the principal funding account will be withdrawn from the principal funding account and added to the Series 2005-A share of interest collections; | |
• | if the amount of interest at the Series 2005-A rate on funds in the principal funding account exceeds the net investment earnings described in the preceding bullet point, the amount of this excess will be deducted from collections otherwise allocable to the seller and added to the Series 2005-A share of interest collections; | |
• | the Series 2005-A share of any net investment earnings on funds in the excess funding account will be withdrawn from the excess funding account and added to the Series 2005-A share of interest collections; and |
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• | any shared excess interest collections from other series will be added to the Series 2005-A share of interest collections to the extent described in“— Shared Excess Available Interest Amounts”below. |
• | first, if DCS or any of its affiliates is not the servicer, the indenture trustee will apply funds to pay the servicing fee; | |
• | second, the indenture trustee will deposit into the interest funding account (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the Series 2005-A notes due on that payment date and (ii) to the extent lawful, interest at the Series 2005-A rate on any unpaid delinquent interest on the Series 2005-A notes; | |
• | third, if DCS or any of its affiliates is the servicer, the indenture trustee will apply funds to pay the servicing fee; | |
• | fourth, if the Series 2005-A Available Interest Amount exceeds the amounts payable in clausesfirst, secondandthird, then we will add that excess to the Series 2005-A share of principal collections for the related collection period to the extent of: |
• | the amount of charge-offs on defaulted receivables that are allocable to Series 2005-A for the related collection period; and | |
• | the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount deficit, if any; and |
• | fifth, any Series 2005-A Available Interest Amount that remains after giving effect to clausesfirst, second, thirdandfourthand reimbursement of waived servicing fees, if any, will be treated as part of the“Shared Excess Available Interest Amount”for that payment date and will be applied to cover shortfalls or deficits of other series of notes or, to the extent not needed to cover shortfalls or deficits of other series, paid to the issuer for distribution to the seller. |
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• | the amount of any Series 2005-A Available Interest Amount used to cover the Series 2005-A share of any charge-offs on defaulted receivables or to cover any Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount deficit (as described in clausefourthof the second paragraph under “— Series Available Interest Amount”above) will be added to the Series 2005-A share of principal collections; and | |
• | the amount of any Miscellaneous Payments allocated to Series 2005-A will be added to the Series 2005-A share of principal collections; |
• | first, if the Series 2005-A Available Interest Amount is not enough to cover the full amount of interest owed on the Series 2005-A notes on that payment date, the indenture trustee will deposit into the interest funding account the amount of the shortfall in an amount not to exceed the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount (after taking into account any reductions due to charge-offs from uncovered defaulted receivables); | |
• | second, if Series 2005-A is in its Accumulation Period, the indenture trustee will deposit the Controlled Deposit Amount, to the extent of the amount of the Series 2005-A Available Principal Amount after application pursuant to clausefirstof this paragraph, and will treat any remaining Series 2005-A Available Principal Amount as part of the“Shared Excess Available Principal Amount”for that payment date to be used to satisfy the principal funding requirements of other series of notes or to be reinvested in receivables; | |
• | third, if Series 2005-A is in an Early Redemption Period, the indenture trustee will deposit any remaining Series 2005-A Available Principal Amount, to the extent of the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount (after taking into account any reductions due to charge-offs of uncovered defaulted receivables and any application pursuant to clausefirstof this paragraph), into the principal funding account for payment to the Series 2005-A noteholders; | |
• | fourth, if Series 2005-A is not in its Accumulation Period or an Early Redemption Period, we will treat any remaining Series 2005-A Available Principal Amount as part of the Shared Excess Available Principal Amount for that payment date to be used as described in clausesecond of this paragraph; and |
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• | fifth, if Series 2005-A is in its Accumulation Period or an Early Redemption Period and the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes has been deposited into the principal funding account, we will treat any remaining Series 2005-A Available Principal Amount as part of the Shared Excess Available Principal Amount for that payment date to be used as described in clausesecondof this paragraph. The amount in this clausefifthwill represent the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount. |
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• | the $1,700,000,000 initial nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes (which equals the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes)plus | |
• | the $168,131,868 Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount at the initial issuance of the Series 2005-A notes. |
• | the amount of any Series 2005-A Available Principal Amount used to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes as described above under“— Application of Series 2005-A Available Amounts — Series Available Principal Amount”; and | |
• | the amount of charge-offs on defaulted receivables in the related collection period that are allocated to Series 2005-A, to the extent that they are not covered by the portion of the Series 2005-A Available Interest Amount that is applied to cover such charge-offs as described above under“— Application of Series 2005-A Available Amounts — Series Available Interest Amount.” |
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• | first,we will reduce the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount by the amount of such reduction until the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount reaches zero; and | |
• | second,we will reduce the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes by any remaining amount of such reduction until the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes reaches zero. |
• | first,if the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes has been reduced by charge-offs or reallocations as described above and not fully reinstated, we will allocate the reinstatement amount to the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes until it equals the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-Alessany amounts (other than investment earnings) in the principal funding account, any principal payments made to the Series 2005-A noteholders and |
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the Series 2005-A share of amounts (other than investment earnings) in the excess funding account; and | ||
• | second,we will allocate any remaining reinstatement amount to the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount until the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount has been fully reinstated. |
• | a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount (calculated without including the incremental overcollateralization amount), and the |
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denominator of which is the Pool Balance on the last day of the preceding collection periodtimes | ||
• | the excess, if any, of: |
• | the sum of the Overconcentration Amount and the aggregate amount of Ineligible Receivables on that determination dateover | |
• | the aggregate amount of Ineligible Receivables and receivables in accounts containing Dealer Overconcentrations, in each case that became Defaulted Receivables during the preceding collection period and are not subject to reassignment from the issuer, unless any insolvency event relating to the seller or DCS has occurred, as further described in the sale and servicing agreement. |
• | the issuer receives confirmation from the rating agencies that the change will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of the Series 2005-A notes; and | |
• | the issuer delivers to the indenture trustee and the rating agencies an opinion of counsel that for federal income tax and Michigan income and franchise tax purposes (1) the change will not adversely affect in any material respect the characterization of the notes of any outstanding series, class or subclass as debt, (2) the change will not cause a taxable event to holders of any outstanding notes and (3) following the change, the issuer will not be an association, or a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation. |
• | interest collections and charge-offs on defaulted receivables will be allocated to each series of notes based on its series floating allocation percentage; | |
• | principal collections will be allocated to each series based on its series principal allocation percentage; and | |
• | Miscellaneous Payments will be allocated to each series of notes based on its series miscellaneous allocation percentage. |
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• | the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A issuance date in the case of the first collection period); and | |
• | the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A Cut-Off Date in the case of the first collection period). |
• | the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A issuance date in the case of the first collection period), except that if the Accumulation Period or an Early Redemption Period has commenced, the numerator will be the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the collection period ending prior to the commencement of the Accumulation Period or Early Redemption Period, as applicable; and | |
• | the denominator of which is the greater of (i) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A Cut-Off Date in the case of the first collection period) and (ii) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the percentages for allocating principal collections to all outstanding series of notes (including the Series 2005-A notes) for that collection period. |
• | the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period; and | |
• | the denominator of which is the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount as of that last day. |
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• | the holders of at least 90% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes have notified the indenture trustee that they desire to exercise the put feature in respect of their Series 2005-A notes; or | |
• | the holders of a majority of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes have notified the indenture trustee that they desire to exercise the put feature in respect of their Series 2005-A notes and the net proceeds of the sale of Receivables pursuant to such exercise (as described below) plus amounts on deposit in the principal funding account would be sufficient to pay all amounts due on the Series 2005-A notes; or | |
• | both: |
• | the indenture trustee determines that the funds to be allocated to the Series 2005-A notes, including (1) the Series 2005-A Available Interest Amounts and Series 2005-A Available Principal Amounts and (2) amounts on deposit in the principal funding account, may not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make payments on the Series 2005-A notes as such payments would have become due if such obligations had not been declared due and payable and | |
• | holders of at least 662/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes have notified the indenture trustee that they desire to exercise the put feature in respect of their Series 2005-A notes. |
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• | the date of the payment in full of the stated principal amount of and all accrued interest on the Series 2005-A notes; | |
• | the date on which the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes is reduced to zero, and all accrued interest on the Series 2005-A notes is paid in full; | |
• | the legal final of the Series 2005-A notes, after giving effect to all deposits, allocations, reallocations, sales of receivables and payments to be made on that date; and |
• | the date on which a sale of receivables in respect of Series 2005-A has taken place, as described in“— Sale of Receivables.” |
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Principal Amount of | |||||
Underwriters | Series 2005-A notes | ||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $ | 476,000,000 | |||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | 476,000,000 | ||||
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated | 476,000,000 | ||||
Banc of America Securities LLC | 68,000,000 | ||||
Barclays Capital Inc. | 68,000,000 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | 68,000,000 | ||||
SG Americas Securities LLC | 68,000,000 | ||||
Total | $ | 1,700,000,000 | |||
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• | the payment date on which the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes is reduced to zero; and | |
• | the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which an Early Redemption Period commences. |
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• | the Controlled Accumulation Amountover | |
• | any funds in the excess funding account that are allocable to Series 2005-A and will be deposited into the principal funding account on that payment date. |
• | the payment date on which the outstanding dollar principal amount of the Series 2005-A notes is reduced to zero; | |
• | the legal final; and | |
• | if this Early Redemption Period has commenced before the scheduled termination of the Revolving Period, the day on which the Revolving Period recommences under the limited circumstances described under“Series Provisions — Early Redemption Events”in this prospectus supplement. |
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• | the product of (i) the Series 2005-A overcollateralization percentagetimes(ii) the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes on that payment date (after giving effect to all allocations, deposits and payments);minus | |
• | all reductions that have been allocated to the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount, as described under“Deposit and Application of Funds — Reduction and Reinstatement of Nominal Liquidation Amounts,”due to the use of Series 2005-A Available Principal Amounts to pay interest on the Series 2005-A notes;minus | |
• | all reductions resulting from uncovered charge-offs that have been allocated to the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount, as described under the same heading;plus | |
• | all reinstatements that have been allocated to the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount, as described under the same heading, due to the application of Series 2005-A Available Interest Amounts to cover the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount deficit. |
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• | the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Accumulation Period Commencement Date; and | |
• | the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which an Early Redemption Period commences. |
• | the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A issuance date in the case of the first collection period); and | |
• | the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A Cut-Off Date in the case of the first collection period). |
• | the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period; and | |
• | the denominator of which is the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount as of that last day. |
• | the nominal liquidation amount of the Series 2005-A notes;plus | |
• | the Series 2005-A overcollateralization amount. |
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• | the numerator of which is the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A issuance date in the case of the first collection period), except that if the Accumulation Period or an Early Redemption Period has commenced, the numerator will be the Series 2005-A nominal liquidation amount as of the last day of the collection period ending prior to the commencement of the Accumulation Period or Early Redemption Period, as applicable; and | |
• | the denominator of which is the greater of (i) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the Series 2005-A Cut-Off Date in the case of the first collection period) and (ii) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the percentages for allocating principal collections to all outstanding series of notes (including the Series 2005-A notes) for that collection period. |
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1. | Series 2002-A notes |
Series Issuance Date | June 11, 2002 | |
Stated Principal Amount of Series 2002-A notes | $2,000,000,000 | |
Initial nominal liquidation amount of Series 2002-A notes | $2,000,000,000 | |
Initial Series 2002-A overcollateralization amount | $197,802,198 | |
Initial Series 2002-A nominal liquidation amount | $2,197,802,198 | |
Scheduled Interest Payment Dates | 15th day of each month (or if that 15th day is not a business day, the next following business day) | |
Required Participation Percentage | 103%, subject to increase or decrease | |
Series 2002-A overcollateralization percentage | 9.89% (or, so long as the long-term unsecured debt of DaimlerChrysler AG is below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s, 11.11%) | |
Current Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | $2,000,000,000 | |
Revolving Period | May 31, 2002 to the commencement of the earlier of the related accumulation period or an early redemption period | |
Expected Principal Payment Date | May 2005 payment date | |
Legal Final | May 2007 payment date |
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2. | Series 2002-B notes |
Series Issuance Date | November 26, 2002 | |
Stated Principal Amount of Series 2002-B notes | $1,000,000,000 | |
Initial nominal liquidation amount of Series 2002-B notes | $1,000,000,000 | |
Initial Series 2002-B overcollateralization amount | $98,901,099 | |
Initial Series 2002-B nominal liquidation amount | $1,098,901,099 | |
Scheduled Interest Payment Dates | 15th day of each month (or if that 15th day is not a business day, the next following business day) | |
Required Participation Percentage | 103%, subject to increase or decrease | |
Series 2002-B overcollateralization percentage | 9.89% (or, so long as the long-term unsecured debt of DaimlerChrysler AG is rated below BBB– by Standard & Poor’s, 11.11%) | |
Current Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | $1,000,000,000 | |
Revolving Period | October 31, 2002 to the commencement of the earlier of the related accumulation period or an early redemption period | |
Expected Principal Payment Date | November 2005 payment date | |
Legal Final | November 2007 payment date |
Series Issuance Date | March 3, 2003 | |
Stated Principal Amount of Series 2003-A notes | $1,500,000,000 | |
Initial nominal liquidation amount of Series 2003-A notes | $1,500,000,000 | |
Initial Series 2003-A overcollateralization amount | $148,351,648 | |
Initial Series 2003-A nominal liquidation amount | $1,648,351,648 | |
Scheduled Interest Payment Dates | 15th day of each month (or if that 15th day is not a business day, the next following business day) |
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Required Participation Percentage | 103%, subject to increase or decrease | |
Series 2003-A overcollateralization percentage | 9.89% (or, so long as the long-term unsecured debt of DaimlerChrysler AG is rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s, 11.11%) | |
Current Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | $1,500,000,000 | |
Revolving Period | February 28, 2003 to the commencement of the earlier of the related accumulation period or an early redemption period | |
Expected Principal Payment Date | February 2006 payment date | |
Legal Final | February 2008 payment date |
Series Issuance Date | January 16, 2004 | |
Stated Principal Amount of Series 2004-A notes | $1,000,000,000 | |
Initial nominal liquidation amount of Series 2004-A notes | $1,000,000,000 | |
Initial Series 2004-A overcollateralization amount | $98,901,099 | |
Initial Series 2004-A nominal liquidation amount | $1,098,901,099 | |
Scheduled Interest Payment dates | 15th day of each month (or if that 15th day is not a business day, the next following business day) | |
Required Participation Percentage | 103%, subject to increase or decrease | |
Series 2004-A overcollateralization percentage | 9.89% (or, so long as the long-term unsecured debt of DaimlerChrysler AG is rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s, 11.11%) | |
Current Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | $1,000,000,000 | |
Revolving Period | December 31, 2003 to the commencement of the earlier of the related accumulation period or an early redemption period | |
Expected Principal Payment Date | January 2007 payment date | |
Legal Final | January 2009 payment date |
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Series Issuance Date | August 31, 2004 | |
Stated Principal Amount of Series 2004-B notes | $1,000,000,000 | |
Initial nominal liquidation amount of Series 2004-B notes | $1,000,000,000 | |
Initial Series 2004-B overcollateralization amount | $98,901,099 | |
Initial Series 2004-B nominal liquidation amount | $1,098,901,099 | |
Scheduled Interest Payment Dates | 15th day of each month (or if that 15th day is not a business day, the next following business day) | |
Required Participation Percentage | 103%, subject to increase or decrease | |
Series 2004-B overcollateralization percentage | 9.89% (or, so long as the long-term unsecured debt of DaimlerChrysler AG is rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s, 11.11%) | |
Current Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount | $1,000,000,000 | |
Revolving Period | July 31, 2004 to the commencement of the earlier of the related accumulation period or an early redemption period | |
Expected Principal Payment Date | August 2007 payment date | |
Legal Final | August 2009 payment date |
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• | may periodically issue asset backed notes in one or more series with one or more classes; and | |
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— | receivables arising from a portfolio of automobile dealer revolving floorplan financing agreements; | |
— | collections on those receivables; and | |
— | other property, if any, described in this prospectus and in the prospectus supplement. |
• | will be obligations of the issuer only; | |
• | will be paid only from the assets of the issuer; | |
• | will represent the right to payments in the amounts and at the times described in the prospectus supplement for those notes; | |
• | will be rated in an investment grade rating category at the time of issuance by at least one nationally recognized rating agency; and | |
• | may have the benefit of one or more forms of credit or cash flow enhancement. |
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• | this prospectus provides general information, some of which may not apply to a particular series of notes, including your notes and | |
• | the accompanying prospectus supplement provides a summary of the specific terms of your notes. |
• | the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 (telephone 1-800-732-0330), | |
• | the SEC’s public reference facilities at 233 Broadway, New York, New York 10279 and | |
• | the SEC’s regional office at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900, Chicago, Illinois 60604. |
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• | you received this prospectus and | |
• | you requested the copies from Assistant Secretary, DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC, 27777 Inkster Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 (telephone: 248-427-2565) |
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Issuer | • DaimlerChrysler Master Owner Trust (the“issuer”) | ||||||
Seller | • DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC (“DCWR”), an indirectly owned subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC (“DCS”) | ||||||
Servicer | • DCS, a wholly owned subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler Corporation (“DaimlerChrysler”), the successor to Chrysler Corporation | ||||||
Indenture Trustee | • The Bank of New York | ||||||
Owner Trustee | • Chase Bank USA, National Association | ||||||
• | receivables generated under the accounts from time to time as well as receivables generated under any accounts added to the issuer from time to time, in each case exclusive of any accounts that become removed accounts; | |
• | all funds collected or to be collected in respect of the receivables; | |
• | all funds on deposit in the trust accounts of the issuer; | |
• | any other credit or cash flow enhancement provided with respect to any particular series or class; and | |
• | a security interest in motor vehicles and, in many cases, in non-vehicle collateral, such as parts inventory, equipment, fixtures, service accounts, chattel paper, instruments, franchise rights and, in some cases, realty and/or a personal guarantee securing the receivables. |
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• | interest and principal collections on the receivables; and | |
• | any available credit or cash flow enhancement for that series. |
• | all or a portion of the principal collections on the receivables allocable to that series; | |
• | all or a portion of the interest collections on the receivables allocable to that series remaining after the issuer has made interest payments on that series; and | |
• | any available credit or cash flow enhancement for that series. |
• | a single expected principal payment date, on which we will repay all principal at once; or | |
• | an amortization period, during which we will repay principal on each specified payment date until we have repaid all principal. |
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• | the notes of each series will be characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes; and | |
• | the issuer will not be classified as an association, or a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation under federal income tax law. |
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• | Various legal aspects may cause delays in your receiving payments or may result in reduced payments or losses on your notes. |
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• | The timing of payments on the receivables will determine whether we will pay principal on the notes when intended. |
• | the notes of your series or class may not be fully amortized by its expected payment date, if any, or | |
• | the payment of principal to noteholders or the deposit of principal in a principal funding account during an accumulation period, if any, with respect to your series or class of notes may not equal the controlled accumulation amount or controlled deposit amount, if any, with respect to the series or class. |
• | Social, economic and other factors will affect the level of the collections on the receivables and therefore payments on the notes. |
• | interest rates, | |
• | unemployment levels, | |
• | the rate of inflation, and | |
• | consumer perception of economic conditions generally. |
• | The ability of the issuer to make payments on the notes depends in part on the ability of DaimlerChrysler and DCS to generate receivables and the ability of DCS to perform its obligations under the sale and servicing agreement. |
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• | will reflect the rating agency’s assessment of the likelihood that noteholders of the series or class will receive the payments of interest and principal required to be made under the indenture and | |
• | will be based primarily on the value of the receivables, the overcollateralization amount and the availability of any other enhancement with respect to the series or class. |
• | the portion of the principal collections and interest collections received by the issuer on the receivables and available to that series or class of notes after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations; | |
• | the applicable trust accounts for that series or class of notes; and | |
• | payments received under any applicable credit or cash flow enhancement for that series or class of notes. |
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• | acquiring and holding the receivables and other assets, including the proceeds of these assets; | |
• | issuing series of notes; | |
• | making payments on the notes; and | |
• | engaging in other activities that are necessary or incidental to accomplish these limited purposes. |
• | the receivables existing in the Accounts as of Initial Cut-Off Date; | |
• | all receivables generated in the Accounts from time to time after the Initial Cut-Off Date as well as receivables generated in any Additional Accounts added to the issuer from time to time, but excluding receivables in any Accounts that are removed from the issuer from time to time after the Initial Cut-Off Date; | |
• | the issuer’s rights and remedies under the sale and servicing agreement; |
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• | an assignment of all the seller’s rights and remedies under the Receivables Purchase Agreement; | |
• | all funds collected or to be collected in respect of the receivables; | |
• | all funds on deposit in the trust accounts of the issuer; | |
• | any other credit or cash flow enhancement provided with respect to any particular series or class of notes; and | |
• | a security interest in the vehicles and any other collateral security. |
• | to designate from time to time Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to convey the receivables of the Additional Accounts to the issuer; and | |
• | to designate from time to time Accounts to be removed and to require the indenture trustee to convey receivables in the Removed Accounts to the seller. |
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• | we will pay the net proceeds from the sale of the notes of a series offered by this prospectus to DCWR; | |
• | DCWR will use the portion of the proceeds paid to it, together with the subordinated loan from DCS described under“DaimlerChrysler Wholesale Receivables LLC,”to purchase receivables from DCS or to repay amounts previously borrowed to purchase receivables; and | |
• | DCS will use the portion of the proceeds paid to it for general corporate purposes. |
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• | current and prior model year unmiled vehicles; | |
• | current model year miled vehicles purchased at a closed auction conducted by DaimlerChrysler; and | |
• | prior model year and two year old miled vehicles. |
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• | failure to remit any principal or interest payment when due; | |
• | any notifications of liens, levies or attachments; and | |
• | a general deterioration of its financial condition. |
• | an orderly liquidation in which the dealer voluntarily liquidates its inventory through normal sales to retail customers; | |
• | a forced liquidation in which DCS repossesses the dealer’s inventory and, in the case of DaimlerChrysler-franchised dealers, closes the franchise; | |
• | a voluntary surrender of the dealer’s inventory and, in the case of DaimlerChrysler-franchised dealers, franchise closure; or | |
• | a forced sale of the dealership. |
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• | automotive retail, wholesale and fleet financing; | |
• | servicing commercial leases and loans; | |
• | property, casualty and other insurance; and | |
• | automotive dealership facility development and management. |
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• | the series designation; | |
• | the rate per annum at which the notes will bear interest, if any, or the formula or index on which that rate will be determined and the date from which interest will accrue; | |
• | the payment dates, if any, for the notes; | |
• | the stated principal amount of each Class of notes and, if there is more than one class of notes, whether they are Class A notes, Class B notes, Class C notes or other class of notes or a subclass of any of those classes; | |
• | the overcollateralization amount, if any, for that class of notes; | |
• | the currency of payment of principal of and interest on the notes, if other than U.S. dollars; | |
• | the expected principal payment date of the notes; | |
• | the legal final maturity date (the“legal final”) of the notes; | |
• | the times at which the notes may, pursuant to any optional or mandatory redemption provisions, be redeemed, and the other terms and provisions of those redemptions; | |
• | any additional events of default or early redemption events for the notes of that series; | |
• | if the notes have the benefit of any other credit or cash flow enhancement, the terms of that enhancement and the provider of the enhancement; and | |
• | other terms of the notes. |
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• | a stated principal amount; | |
• | an outstanding dollar principal amount; and | |
• | a nominal liquidation amount. |
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• | If there are charge-offs of defaulted principal receivables, the portion of charge-offs allocated to a series of notes will reduce the series nominal liquidation amount for that series to the extent these charge-offs are greater than that series’ available excess interest collections. For a series that has an overcollateralization amount, we will allocate these reductions first to the overcollateralization amount. Any remaining reductions will be allocated to the nominal liquidation amounts of the notes of that series. If the series has subordinated classes of notes, the reductions allocated to the notes of that series will be initially allocatedpro ratato each class of notes based on the nominal liquidation amount of that class. Then we will reallocate these reductions to the subordinated classes of notes of that series in succession, beginning with the most subordinated class. The prospectus supplement for any series of notes may provide for a different allocation of these reductions. | |
• | If principal collections are reallocated from an overcollateralization amount of a series to the notes of that series, the overcollateralization amount will be reduced by the amount of that reallocation. If principal collections are reallocated from a class of notes of a series to pay interest on a class or classes of notes of that series, the nominal liquidation amount of that class from which the reallocation is made will be reduced by the amount of the reallocations. For example, the amount of the reallocation of principal collections to pay interest on Class A notes will be applied first, to reduce the nominal liquidation amount of Class C notes of the same series to the extent of the required subordinated amount of Class C notes for that class of Class A notes, and second, to reduce the nominal liquidation amount of Class B notes of the same series to the extent of the required subordinated amount of Class B notes for that class of Class A notes. The amount of the reallocation of principal collections to pay interest on Class B notes will be applied to reduce the nominal liquidation amount of Class C notes of the same series to the extent of the required subordination amount of Class C notes for that class of Class B notes. No principal of Class A notes may be reallocated to pay interest on any class of notes if the prospectus supplement so provides. The prospectus supplement for any series of notes may provide for a different allocation of these reductions. | |
• | The nominal liquidation amount of a series or class of notes will be reduced by the amount on deposit in its principal funding account (other than investment earnings) after giving effect to all allocations, reallocations and payments. This includes principal collections that are deposited directly into that series’ or class’s principal funding account, or reallocated from the principal funding account for a subordinated class. The nominal liquidation amount of a series or class of notes will also be reduced by its allocable share of deposits to the excess funding account in connection with a reduction in principal receivables. |
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• | The nominal liquidation amount of a note will be reduced by the amount of all payments of principal of that note without duplicating the reductions due to any related deposits to the principal funding account. | |
• | If the holders of a class or series of notes direct a sale of receivables after an insolvency of the seller, DCS or DaimlerChrysler, an event of default and acceleration or on its legal final maturity date, the nominal liquidation amount of that class or series is automatically reduced to zero. See“The Notes — Sale of Receivables.” |
• | The nominal liquidation amount of a series or class of notes will be increased by its allocable share of withdrawals from the excess funding account in connection with the purchase of an interest in additional principal receivables. | |
• | For a class of discount notes, the nominal liquidation amount will increase over time as principal accretes, to the extent that interest collections are allocated to that class for that purpose. | |
• | If excess interest collections are available, we will apply them to reimburse earlier reductions in the nominal liquidation amount from charge-offs of defaulted principal receivables or from reallocations of principal collections from the overcollateralization amount of a series to pay interest on the notes of that series or from subordinated classes of a series to pay interest on senior classes of that series or from the senior class of a series to pay interest on that senior class. These reimbursements will be allocated to each seriespro ratabased on the sum of all unreimbursed reductions of each class in that series. Within each series, the increases will be allocated in order of seniority of the notes of that series. | |
• | If principal collections have been reallocated from the principal funding account for a subordinated class to the principal funding account for a senior class of notes of the same series, the nominal liquidation amount of the subordinated class will be increased by the amount of the reallocation, and the nominal liquidation amount of the senior class will be reduced by the same amount. |
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• | If the nominal liquidation amount of a subordinated class has been reduced as a result of an allocation of charge-offs of defaulted principal receivables to that class or reallocation of principal collections from that class to pay interest on senior classes, and that reduction is later reimbursed from excess interest collections, the amount of |
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that reimbursement is no longer subordinated to the senior classes of that series and may be paid to the holders of the subordinated class while the notes of senior classes are still outstanding. | ||
• | If principal collections have been reallocated from the principal funding account for a subordinated class to the principal funding account for a senior class of notes of the same series, then the subordinated classes of notes of that series may be paid. |
• | letter of credit; | |
• | surety bond; | |
• | cash collateral account; | |
• | spread account; | |
• | guaranteed rate agreement; | |
• | swap, including without limitation a currency swap, or other interest protection agreement; | |
• | repurchase or liquidity arrangements; | |
• | yield supplement arrangements; | |
• | cash deposit; or | |
• | another form of credit or cash flow enhancement described in the related prospectus supplement. |
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• | the numerator of which is the series nominal liquidation amount for that series as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the issuance date of that series in the case of the first collection period); and | |
• | the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the cut-off date of that series in the case of the first collection period). |
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• | the numerator of which is the series nominal liquidation amount for that series as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the issuance date of that series in the case of the first collection period), except that if the accumulation period or an Early Redemption Period for that series has commenced, the numerator will be the series nominal liquidation amount for that series as of the last day of the collection period ending prior to the commencement of the accumulation period or Early Redemption Period, as applicable; and | |
• | the denominator of which is the greater of (i) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period (or the cut-off date of that series in the case of the first collection period) and (ii) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the percentages for allocating principal collections to all outstanding series of notes (including the relevant series of notes) for that collection period. |
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• | on or before the fifth business day before a new issuance of notes, the issuer gives the indenture trustee and the applicable rating agencies notice of the issuance; |
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• | the issuer delivers to the indenture trustee a certificate stating that: |
— | the issuer reasonably believes that the new issuance will not at the time of its occurrence or at a future date (1) cause an early redemption event or event of default, (2) adversely affect the amount or timing of payments to holders of notes of any series or (3) 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 constitute sufficient authority under the indenture 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; | |
— | all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and delivery by the issuer of the notes have been complied with in all material respects; | |
— | the issuer has the power and authority to issue the notes; and | |
— | the notes have been duly authorized, are binding obligations of the issuer, and are entitled to the benefits of the indenture; |
• | the issuer delivers to the indenture trustee and the rating agencies an opinion of counsel that for federal income tax and Michigan income and franchise tax purposes (1) the new issuance will not adversely affect in any material respect the characterization of the notes of any outstanding series, class or subclass as debt, (2) the new issuance will not cause a taxable event to holders of any outstanding notes, (3) following the new issuance, the issuer will not be an association, or a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation and (4) following the new issuance, the newly issued notes will be properly characterized as debt; | |
• | the issuer obtains confirmation from each rating agency that the new issuance of notes will not cause a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding notes rated by that rating agency; and | |
• | any other conditions specified in the related prospectus supplement are satisfied. |
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• | DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global notes or ceases to be a registered “clearing agency” and the issuer is unable to find a qualified replacement for DTC; | |
• | the issuer, in its sole discretion, elects to terminate the book-entry system through DTC; or | |
• | any event of default has occurred with respect to those book-entry notes, and beneficial owners evidencing not less than 50% of the unpaid outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that class 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. |
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• | 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; | |
• | voluntarily dissolve or liquidate; or | |
• | permit (A) the validity or effectiveness of the indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien created by the indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the notes under 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 created by the indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the collateral for the notes or proceeds thereof or (C) the lien of the indenture not to constitute a valid first priority security interest in the assets of the issuer. |
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five business days following the date on which such interest became due and payable; or | ||
• | the issuer defaults in the payment of the principal of any series or class of notes on its legal final maturity date; and |
• | the issuer’s failure, for a period of five business days (or such longer period as may be specified in the prospectus supplement), to pay interest on any note of the related series or class when due; | |
• | the issuer’s failure to pay the stated principal amount of any note of the related series or class on its legal final maturity date; | |
• | the issuer’s default in the performance, or breach, of any other of its other covenants or warranties in the indenture, for a period of 60 days after either the indenture trustee or the holders of 25% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of the affected series or class have provided written notice requesting remedy of that default or breach, and, as a result of that default or breach, 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, insolvency, conservatorship or receivership of the issuer; and | |
• | any additional events of default specified in the prospectus supplement relating to the series or class. |
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• | the holders of at least 90% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that series or class have notified the indenture trustee that they desire to exercise the put feature in respect of their notes; | |
• | the holders of a majority of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that series or class have notified the indenture trustee that they desire to exercise the put feature in respect of their notes and the net proceeds of the sale of receivables pursuant to such exercise (as described below) plus amounts on deposit in the principal funding account would be sufficient to pay all amounts due on the notes of that series or class; or | |
• | both: |
— | the indenture trustee determines that the funds to be allocated to the notes of that series or class, including (1) the Series Available Interest Amount and Series Available Principal Amount for that series or class and (2) amounts on deposit in the principal funding account, may not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make payments on the notes of that series or class as such payments would have become due if such obligations had not been declared due and payable; and | |
— | holders of at least 662/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that series or class have notified the indenture trustee that they desire to exercise the put feature in respect of their notes. |
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• | The issuer will continue to hold the receivables, and distributions on the receivables will continue to be applied in accordance with the allocation and application provisions of the indenture and the related indenture supplement. | |
• | Principal will be paid on the accelerated series or class of notes to the extent funds are received on the receivables and allocated to the accelerated series or class after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes, if any, of the same series. | |
• | On the legal final maturity date of the accelerated notes, if the notes have not been paid in full, the indenture trustee will sell receivables as provided in the applicable indenture supplement. |
• | the occurrence of a note’s expected principal payment date; | |
• | the issuer becoming an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; | |
• | the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership relating to the seller, DCS or DaimlerChrysler; |
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• | a failure by the seller to convey receivables in Additional Accounts to the issuer within five business days after the day on which it is required to convey those receivables under the sale and servicing agreement; and | |
• | any additional early redemption events specified in the related prospectus supplement. |
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• | evidence the succession of another entity to the issuer, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of the issuer in the indenture and the notes; | |
• | add to the covenants of the issuer, or have the issuer surrender any of its rights or powers under the indenture, for the benefit of the noteholders of any or all series or classes; | |
• | add to the indenture certain provisions expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; | |
• | cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision that may be inconsistent with any other provision, or with the descriptions of these provisions or of the notes contained in this prospectus and the prospectus supplements, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the indenture; | |
• | establish any form of note under the indenture, and to provide for the issuance of any series or class of notes (as described under“The Notes — Issuances of New Series, Classes and Subclasses of Notes”) and to set forth the terms thereof, or to add to the rights of the noteholders of any series or class; | |
• | provide for the acceptance of a successor indenture trustee under the indenture with respect to one or more series or classes of notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this indenture as will be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the indenture by more than one indenture trustee; | |
• | if one or more additional sellers are added to, or replaced under, the sale and servicing agreement, or if one or more additional beneficiaries are added to, or replaced under, the trust agreement, make any necessary changes to the indenture or any other related document; | |
• | provide for the addition of collateral securing the notes and the issuance of notes backed by any such additional collateral; |
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• | provide for additional or alternative credit enhancement for any notes; or | |
• | amend all relevant documents to reflect or facilitate the direct ownership of the receivables by the issuer. |
• | a change in any date scheduled for the payment of interest on any note, the expected principal payment date or legal final 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 of any note 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 legal final maturity date; | |
• | 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 notes of any series or class, the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of the indenture or any indenture supplement or for waiver of compliance with provisions of the indenture or indenture supplement or for waiver of defaults and their consequences; | |
• | a modification of any of the provisions governing the amendment of the indenture, any indenture supplement or the issuer’s agreements not to claim rights under any law which would affect the covenants or the performance of the indenture or any |
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indenture supplement, except to increase any percentage 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; | ||
• | permission being given to create any lien or other encumbrance on the collateral ranking senior to the lien of the indenture; | |
• | a change in the city or political subdivision so designated with respect to any series or class 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. |
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• | its eligibility and qualifications to continue as trustee under the indenture; | |
• | any amounts advanced by it under the indenture; | |
• | the amount, interest rate and maturity date or indebtedness owing by the issuer 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. |
• | all of its right, title and interest in and to the receivables and the related Collateral Security as of the Initial Cut-Off Date; |
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• | all receivables created in the Accounts after the Initial Cut-Off Date, including any Additional Accounts; | |
• | its interests in the related Collateral Security and the Receivables Purchase Agreement; and | |
• | the proceeds of all of the foregoing. |
• | its account number; | |
• | the outstanding balance of the receivables in the Account; and | |
• | the outstanding balance of principal receivables in the Account. |
• | as of each Series Cut-Off Date, and the date of issuance of any series (a“Series Issuance Date”), or, in the case of the Additional Accounts, as of the Additional Cut-Off Date and the date on which the related receivables are transferred to the issuer (an“Addition Date”), each Account or Additional Account was an Eligible Account; |
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• | as of the Series Cut-Off Date, or as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, in the case of any Additional Accounts, or as of the date any future receivable is generated (a“Receivables Transfer Date”), each receivable is an Eligible Receivable or, if the receivable is not an Eligible Receivable, the receivable is conveyed to the issuer as described below under“— Ineligible Receivables and the Overconcentration Amount”; | |
• | each receivable and all Collateral Security conveyed to the issuer on the Receivables Transfer Date or, in the case of Additional Accounts, on the Addition Date, and all of the seller’s right, title and interest in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, have been conveyed to the issuer free and clear of any liens, except for liens permitted under the Receivables Purchase Agreement; and | |
• | all appropriate consents and governmental authorizations required to be obtained by the seller in connection with the conveyance of each receivable or Collateral Security have been duly obtained. |
• | the breach remains uncured for 30 days or a longer period as may be agreed to by the indenture trustee, after the earlier to occur of the discovery of the breach by the seller or the servicer or receipt of written notice of the breach by the seller or the servicer; and | |
• | the breach has a materially adverse effect on the noteholders’ interest in the receivable or, in the case of a breach relating to an Account, all receivables in the related Account (“Ineligible Receivables”). |
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• | it is duly formed as a limited liability company and in good standing, it has the authority to consummate the transactions contemplated by the sale and servicing agreement, and the sale and servicing agreement constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the seller; and | |
• | the sale and servicing agreement constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment to the issuer of all right, title and interest of the seller in the receivables and the Collateral Security, whether then existing or created after that time, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and the proceeds of those items, subject to the rights of certain purchasers with respect to some of the Collateral Security. |
• | the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount on the Determination Date preceding the payment date on which the purchase is scheduled to be made; and | |
• | accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal amount of all notes at the applicable note rate, together with interest on overdue interest, to the extent permitted by law. |
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• | is established by DCS in the ordinary course of business under a floorplan financing agreement; | |
• | is in favor of an Eligible Dealer; | |
• | is in existence and maintained and serviced by DCS; and | |
• | in respect of which no amounts have been charged off as uncollectible or are classified as past due or delinquent. |
• | which is located in the United States of America, including its territories and possessions; | |
• | which has not been identified by the servicer as being the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding or in voluntary or involuntary liquidation; | |
• | in which DaimlerChrysler or any affiliate of DaimlerChrysler does not have an equity investment; and | |
• | which has not been classified by the servicer as being under Dealer Trouble status. |
• | which was originated or acquired by DCS in the ordinary course of business, except that if the receivable was acquired by DCS from a person or entity that is not DaimlerChrysler or any of its Affiliates, the applicable rating agencies shall have notified the seller or the servicer that the inclusion of the receivable in the issuer will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes; | |
• | which has arisen under an Eligible Account and is payable in United States dollars; | |
• | which is owned by DCS at the time of sale to the seller; | |
• | which represents the obligation of a dealer to repay an advance made to the dealer to finance the acquisition of vehicles; | |
• | which at the time of creation and at the time of transfer to the issuer (or if it was initially transferred to the CARCO receivables trust, at the time of transfer to that trust) is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the related vehicle; | |
• | which was created in compliance in all respects with all requirements of law applicable to the receivable and under a floorplan financing agreement which complies in all respects with all requirements of law applicable to any party to the agreement; | |
• | with respect to which all consents and governmental authorizations required to be obtained by DaimlerChrysler, DCS or the seller in connection with the creation of the receivable or the transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust) or the performance by DCS of the floorplan financing agreement under which the receivable was created, have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect; |
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• | as to which at all times following the transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust), the issuer or the CARCO receivables trust, as applicable, will have good and marketable title to the receivable free and clear of all liens arising prior to the transfer or arising at any time, other than liens permitted under the sale and servicing agreement; | |
• | which (1) if originally transferred to the CARCO receivables trust, has been the subject of a valid transfer and assignment from the seller to the CARCO receivables trust and from that trust to the issuer of all the seller’s interest in the receivable, including any proceeds of the receivable and (2) if directly sold by the seller to the issuer, has been the subject of a valid transfer and assignment from the seller to the issuer of the seller’s interest in the receivable, including any proceeds of the receivable; | |
• | which will at all times be the legal and assignable payment obligation of the related dealer, enforceable against the dealer in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy or other similar laws; | |
• | which at the time of transfer to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust) is not subject to any right of rescission, setoff, or any other defense, including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws, of the dealer; | |
• | as to which, at the time of transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust), DaimlerChrysler, DCS and the seller have satisfied all their respective obligations with respect to the receivable required to be satisfied at that time; | |
• | as to which, at the time of transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust), neither DaimlerChrysler, DCS nor the seller has taken or failed to take any action which would impair the rights of the issuer or the noteholders; | |
• | which constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or an “account” or “payment intangible,” each as defined in Article 9 of the UCC as then in effect in the State of Michigan; and | |
• | which was transferred to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust) with all applicable governmental authorization. |
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• | the aggregate principal amount of receivables due from the dealer or group of affiliated dealers on the last day of the immediately preceding collection periodover | |
• | 2% of the Pool Balance on that last day, except that the percentage specified in this bullet point will be 4% in the case of either AutoNation, Inc. and its affiliates or United Auto Group, Inc. and its affiliates. |
• | the Pool Balance on the last day of any collection period is less than the Required Participation Amount as of the following payment date, after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on the payment date; or | |
• | the Seller’s Interest in the Pool Balance is less than 2% of the Pool Balance on the last day of any collection period. |
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• | each Additional Account must be an Eligible Account; | |
• | the seller shall represent and warrant that the addition of the Additional Accounts shall not, in the reasonable belief of the seller, cause an Early Redemption Event to occur with respect to any series of notes; | |
• | the seller shall not select the Additional Accounts in a manner that it believes is adverse to the interests of the noteholders or any enhancement provider; | |
• | if the addition is not required, the seller shall deliver a Tax Opinion and other opinions of counsel with respect to the addition of the Additional Accounts to the indenture trustee, the rating agencies and any enhancement provider; and | |
• | the applicable rating agencies shall have provided written confirmation that the addition will not cause the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes to be reduced or withdrawn. |
• | the number of Automatic Additional Accounts designated with respect to any of the three consecutive collection periods beginning in January, April, July and October of each calendar year shall not exceed 8% of the number of Accounts as of the first day of the calendar year during which the collection periods begin; and | |
• | the number of Automatic Additional Accounts designated during any calendar year shall not exceed 20% of the number of Accounts as of the first day of the calendar year. |
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• | the sum of the amounts for each series of notes obtained by multiplying the Required Participation Percentage for that series of notes by the nominal liquidation amount of the notes of that series at that time;plus | |
• | the sum of the overcollateralization amounts for each series of notes on the preceding payment date, after giving effect to the allocations, deposits and payments made on that payment date. |
• | furnish to the issuer, the indenture trustee, any enhancement provider and the rating agencies a written notice (the“Removal Notice”) stating the Determination Date on which removal of one or more Accounts will commence (the“Removal Commencement Date”) and the Accounts to be removed from the issuer (the“Designated Accounts”); | |
• | determine on the Removal Commencement Date the aggregate principal balance of receivables in respect of each Designated Account (the“Designated Balance”); | |
• | from and after the Removal Commencement Date, cease to transfer to the issuer all receivables arising in the Designated Accounts; | |
• | from and after the Removal Commencement Date, allocate all principal collections in respect of each Designated Account, first to the oldest outstanding principal balance of the Designated Account, until the Determination Date on which the Designated Balance in the Designated Account is reduced to zero (the“Removal Date”); | |
• | on each business day from and after the Removal Commencement Date to and until the related Removal Date, allocate: |
— | to the issuer, to be further allocated under the sale and servicing agreement, interest collections in respect of each Designated Account with respect to receivables in all Designated Accounts sold to the issuer and | |
— | to the seller the remainder of the interest collections in all of those Designated Accounts; |
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• | represent and warrant that the removal of any Eligible Account on any Removal Date shall not, in the reasonable belief of the seller, cause an Early Redemption Event to occur with respect to any series of notes or cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount; | |
• | represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by the seller to be adverse to the interests of the noteholders were utilized in selecting the Designated Accounts and that the selection procedures were applied so as to randomly select the Designated Accounts; | |
• | represent and warrant that the removal will not cause the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes to be reduced or withdrawn; and | |
• | on or before the related Removal Date, deliver to the issuer, the indenture trustee and any enhancement provider an officers’ certificate confirming the items set forth in the sixth, seventh and eighth clauses of this paragraph and a Tax Opinion with respect to the removal. |
• | furnish to the issuer, the indenture trustee, each enhancement provider and the rating agencies a Removal Notice stating the Designated Accounts which are to be removed, and the then existing receivables in the Designated Accounts (the“Designated Receivables”) which are to be repurchased from the issuer and the Determination Date on which the removal of the Designated Accounts and the |
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purchase of the Designated Receivables will occur (the“Removal and Repurchase Date”); | ||
• | deliver to the issuer and the indenture trustee on the Removal and Repurchase Date a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and complete list of the Removed Accounts stating for each Account its account number and the aggregate amount of receivables outstanding in the Account; | |
• | represent and warrant that the removal of any Eligible Account and the repurchase of the receivables then existing in the Account on any Removal and Repurchase Date shall not, in the reasonable belief of the seller, cause an Early Redemption Event to occur with respect to any series or class of notes or cause the Pool Balance to be less than the Required Participation Amount; | |
• | represent and warrant that no selection procedures believed by the seller to be adverse to the interests of the noteholders of any series or class of notes were used in selecting the Designated Accounts and that the selection procedures were applied so as to randomly select the Designated Accounts from the entire population of Accounts; | |
• | represent and warrant as of the Removal and Repurchase Date that the list of Removed Accounts delivered to the indenture trustee as of the Removal and Repurchase Date is true and complete in all material respects; | |
• | represent and warrant that the removal and repurchase will not cause the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes to be reduced or withdrawn by the applicable rating agency; | |
• | deliver to the indenture trustee, each rating agency and any enhancement providers a Tax Opinion, dated the Removal and Repurchase Date, with respect to the removal and repurchase; and | |
• | deliver to the indenture trustee and any enhancement providers an officers’ certificate confirming the items set forth in the third through sixth clauses above. |
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• | on or before the fifth business day immediately preceding the date upon which the Accounts are to be removed, the seller shall have given the issuer, the indenture trustee, each enhancement provider and the rating agencies a Removal Notice specifying the date for removal of the Automatic Removed Accounts (the“Automatic Removal Date”); | |
• | on or prior to the date that is five business days after the Automatic Removal Date, the seller shall have delivered to the issuer, the indenture trustee a computer file or microfiche or written list containing a true and complete list of the Automatic Removed Accounts stating for each Account, as of the removal notice date, its account number and the aggregate amount of receivables outstanding in the Account; | |
• | the seller shall have represented and warranted as of each Automatic Removal Date that the list of Automatic Removed Accounts delivered to the issuer and the indenture trustee, as of the Automatic Removal Date, is true and complete in all material respects and that the selection procedures for selecting Automatic Removed Accounts were applied so as to randomly select the Automatic Removed Accounts from the entire population of Accounts; | |
• | the issuer shall have received confirmation from each applicable rating agency that the removal will not cause that rating agency’s rating of any outstanding series or class of notes to be reduced or withdrawn; | |
• | the seller shall have delivered to the issuer, the indenture trustee, each rating agency and any enhancement providers an officers’ certificate, dated the Automatic Removal Date, to the effect that the seller reasonably believes the removal will not cause an Early Redemption Event to occur with respect to any series of notes; and | |
• | the seller shall have delivered to the issuer, the indenture trustee, each rating agency and any enhancement providers a Tax Opinion, dated the Automatic Removal Date, with respect to the removal. |
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• | the seller shall at the time of that exchange and after giving effect to the exchange have an interest of not less than 2% in the Pool Balance; | |
• | the seller shall have delivered to the indenture trustee, the rating agencies and any enhancement provider a Tax Opinion with respect to the exchange; and | |
• | the seller shall have delivered to the indenture trustee written confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that the exchange will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes. |
• | DCWR, the Designated Affiliate and the issuer shall have executed and delivered an assignment and assumption agreement, which shall be acknowledged and agreed to by the indenture trustee, and the Designated Affiliate shall have delivered to the issuer and the indenture trustee the opinion of counsel required under the assignment and assumption agreement; | |
• | DCWR shall have delivered to the issuer and the indenture trustee a certificate and an opinion of counsel that each condition precedent set forth in the sale and servicing agreement for a transfer to a Designated Affiliate have been complied with; | |
• | DCWR shall have delivered to the indenture trustee written confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that the transfer to the Designated Affiliate will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes; | |
• | DCWR shall have delivered to the issuer and the indenture trustee a Tax Opinion with respect to the transfer to the Designated Affiliate; and | |
• | all filings required to continue the perfected interests of the issuer and the indenture trustee in the receivables and the Collateral Security shall have been made. |
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• | Adjustment Payments and Transfer Deposit Amounts received with respect to the collection period; and | |
• | Unallocated Principal Collections consisting of any Excess Available Principal Amounts and any principal collections allocated to the seller based on the Seller’s Percentage that are not released to the seller because the Pool Balance (after giving effect to any receivables transferred to the issuer) does not equal or exceed the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount for all series (after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits). |
• | the numerator of which is the series nominal liquidation amount for that series as of the last day of the immediately preceding collection period; and | |
• | the denominator of which is the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount as of that last day. |
• | the sum of (1) the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of all series of notes and (2) the sum of the overcollateralization amounts for all series of notesover | |
• | the sum of (1) the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount, as adjusted for the purpose of this calculation in the manner set forth in the sale and servicing agreement, (2) the aggregate amount (other than investment earnings) on deposit in the principal funding accounts for all series and (3) the amount (other than investment earnings) already on deposit in the Excess Funding Account. |
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• | DCS remains the servicer under the sale and servicing agreement; | |
• | no Service Default has occurred and is continuing; and | |
• | either: |
— | DCS or DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation has and maintains a short-term debt rating of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by Moody’s, | |
— | DCS arranges for and maintains a letter of credit or other form of enhancement in respect of the servicer’s obligation to make deposits of collections on the receivables in the Collection Account that is acceptable in form and substance to each rating agency, or | |
— | DCS otherwise obtains the rating agency confirmations described below in this paragraph. |
• | the payments and distributions that the issuer must make; | |
• | the amounts the issuer must deposit into any trust account maintained for the benefit of the noteholders of any series and other parties; and | |
• | the amounts the issuer must pay to any enhancement provider on the payment date relating to the collection period. |
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• | all receivables which the servicer charged off as uncollectible in respect of the immediately preceding collection period; and | |
• | all receivables which were Eligible Receivables when transferred to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if the receivables were initially transferred to the CARCO receivables trust), which arose in an Account which became an Ineligible Account after the date of such transfer of the receivables and which were not Eligible Receivables for any six consecutive Determination Dates after the Account became an Ineligible Account. |
• | the principal amount of receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during the preceding collection period;minus | |
• | the sum of: |
— | the full amount of any Defaulted Receivables subject to reassignment to the seller or purchase by the servicer for the collection period unless events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership have occurred with respect to either of the seller or the servicer, in which event the Defaulted Amount will not be reduced for those Defaulted Receivables; and | |
— | the excess, if any, for the immediately preceding Determination Date of the amount determined pursuant to this second bullet point for that Determination Dateoverthe amount determined pursuant to the first bullet point above for that Determination Date. |
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• | in the servicer’s reasonable judgment, the change will not cause any Early Redemption Event to occur with respect to any series and none of the enhancement providers or the noteholders will be adversely affected; and | |
• | the servicer applies the change to the comparable segment of the portfolio of revolving credit line dealer wholesale loan accounts with similar characteristics owned or serviced by DCS and not only to the Accounts. |
• | collect and record payments; | |
• | communicate with dealers; | |
• | investigate payment delinquencies; | |
• | evaluate the increase of credit limits; and | |
• | maintain internal records with respect to each Account. |
• | providing assistance in any inspections of the documents and records relating to the Accounts and receivables by the indenture trustee under the sale and servicing agreement; | |
• | maintaining the agreements, documents and files relating to the Accounts and receivables as custodian for the issuer; and | |
• | providing related data processing and reporting services for noteholders and on behalf of the issuer. |
• | it will duly satisfy all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the receivables and the Accounts, will maintain in effect all qualifications required in order to service the receivables and the Accounts and will comply in all material respects with all requirements of law in connection with servicing the receivables and the Accounts, the failure to comply with which would have a materially adverse effect on the noteholders of any outstanding series; | |
• | it will not permit any rescission or cancellation of a receivable except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or other government authority; |
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• | it will do nothing to impair the rights of the issuer or the indenture trustee in the receivables or the Accounts; and | |
• | it will not reschedule, revise or defer payments due on any receivable except in accordance with its guidelines for servicing revolving credit line dealer wholesale loans. |
• | the annual“Servicing Fee Rate”specified in the prospectus supplement; and | |
• | the series nominal liquidation amount for that series. |
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• | failure by the servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit, or to give instructions to the indenture trustee to make any payment, transfer or deposit, on the date the sale and servicing agreement, the indenture or any indenture supplement requires the servicer to do so, which failure is not cured within a five day grace period; | |
• | failure by the servicer duly to observe or perform any other covenants or agreements of the servicer in the sale and servicing agreement, the indenture or any indenture supplement, which failure has a materially adverse effect on the noteholders of any outstanding series and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date the indenture trustee shall have given written notice of the failure to the servicer; |
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• | the servicer delegates its duties under the sale and servicing agreement, except as specifically permitted under that agreement; | |
• | any representation, warranty or certification made by the servicer in the sale and servicing agreement or in any certificate delivered under the sale and servicing agreement proves to have been incorrect when made, has a materially adverse effect on the rights of the noteholders of any outstanding series, and which materially adverse effect continues for a period of 60 days after the indenture trustee shall have given written notice of that fact to the servicer; or | |
• | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership occur with respect to the servicer. |
• | the total amount paid on the notes of the series; | |
• | the amount of the payment allocable to principal; and | |
• | the amount of the payment allocable to interest. |
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• | reduce in any manner the amount of or delay the timing of payments required to be made to noteholders or deposits of amounts to be so paid without the consent of each affected noteholder; | |
• | change the definition or the manner of calculating any noteholders’ interest in the receivables without the consent of each affected noteholder; | |
• | reduce the amount available under any enhancement without the consent of each affected noteholder, except as we may otherwise describe in the related prospectus supplement; | |
• | adversely affect the rating of any series or class by any rating agency without the consent of the holders of notes evidencing not less than 662/3% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that series or class; or |
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• | reduce that percentage of the outstanding dollar principal amount of notes the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment without the consent of each noteholder. |
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• | as of the Initial Closing Date and each Series Issuance Date, each of the Accounts is an Eligible Account; and | |
• | as of the date any new receivable is created, the receivable is an Eligible Receivable. |
• | the Receivables Purchase Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the RPA seller; and | |
• | the Receivables Purchase Agreement is a valid sale or transfer to the seller of all right, title and interest of the RPA seller in and to the receivables, whether then existing or created after that time in the Accounts, the Collateral Security and the proceeds of those items which is effective as to each receivable upon the creation of that receivable. |
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• | reduce in any manner the amount of or delay the timing of payments required to be made to noteholders or deposits of amounts to be so paid without the consent of each affected noteholder; | |
• | change the definition or the manner of calculating any noteholders’ interest in the receivables without the consent of each affected noteholder; |
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• | adversely affect the rating of any series or class by any rating agency without the consent of the holders of notes evidencing not less than 662/3% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that series or class; or | |
• | reduce that percentage of the outstanding dollar principal amount of notes the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment without the consent of each noteholder. |
• | the transfer to the issuer constituted a valid transfer to the issuer of all right, title and interest of the seller in and to the receivables; and | |
• | under the UCC, as in effect in Delaware, there exists a valid, subsisting and enforceable first-priority perfected ownership interest in the receivables, in existence on the Initial Cut-Off Date or at the date of addition of any Additional Accounts, in favor of the issuer and a valid, subsisting and enforceable first-priority perfected ownership interest in the receivables created after that time in favor of the issuer on and after their creation. |
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• | purchase notes in the initial distribution of the notes; | |
• | are U.S. noteholders (as defined below); and | |
• | hold the notes as “capital assets” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
• | a citizen or resident of the United States; | |
• | a corporation (including a person treated as a corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; | |
• | an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source; or | |
• | a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. |
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• | an accrual method taxpayer; | |
• | a bank; | |
• | a broker or dealer that holds the note as inventory; | |
• | a regulated investment company or common trust fund; or | |
• | the beneficial owner of specified pass-through entities specified in the Internal Revenue Code. |
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• | is signed under penalties of perjury by the beneficial owner of the note; | |
• | certifies that such owner is not a U.S. noteholder; and | |
• | provides the beneficial owner’s name and address. |
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• | the gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the non-U.S. noteholder; and | |
• | in the case of a foreign individual, the non-U.S. noteholder is not present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year. |
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• | Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 96-23, which exempts certain transactions effected on behalf of a Plan by an “in-house asset manager”; | |
• | Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, which exempts certain transactions between insurance company general accounts and parties in interest; | |
• | Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 91-38, which exempts certain transactions between bank collective investment funds and parties in interest; | |
• | Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 90-1, which exempts certain transactions between insurance company pooled separate accounts and parties in interest; and | |
• | Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14, which exempts certain transactions effected on behalf of a Plan by a “qualified professional asset manager.” |
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• | has investment or administrative discretion with respect to plan assets; | |
• | has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice with respect to plan assets for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that the advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to plan assets, and will be based on the particular investment needs for the plan; or | |
• | is an employer maintaining or contributing to the plan |
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• | through underwriters or dealers; | |
• | directly to one or more purchasers; or | |
• | through agents. |
• | the names of any underwriters; | |
• | the purchase price of the notes and the proceeds to the seller from the sale; | |
• | any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation; | |
• | any initial public offering price; and | |
• | any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers. |
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• | it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, any of those notes to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments, as principal or agent, for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances that do not constitute an offer to the public in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 (the“U.K. Regulations”); | |
• | it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the U.K. Regulations and of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the“FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it in relation to those securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and |
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• | it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and it will only communicate or cause to be communicated any 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 any series of notes in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the issuer. |
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• | the aggregate principal amount of receivables due from the dealer or group of affiliated dealers on the last day of the immediately preceding collection periodover | |
• | 2% of the Pool Balance on that last day, except that the percentage specified in this bullet point will be 4% in the case of either AutoNation, Inc. and its affiliates or United Auto Group, Inc. and its affiliates. |
• | the principal amount of receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during the preceding collection periodminus | |
• | the sum of: |
— | the full amount of any Defaulted Receivables subject to reassignment to the seller or purchase by the servicer for the collection period unless events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership have occurred with respect to either of the seller or the servicer, in which event the Defaulted Amount will not be reduced for those Defaulted Receivables; and | |
— | the excess, if any, for the immediately preceding Determination Date of the amount determined pursuant to this second bullet point for that Determination Dateoverthe amount determined pursuant to the first bullet point above for that Determination Date. |
• | all receivables which were charged off as uncollectible in respect of the immediately preceding collection period; and | |
• | all receivables which were Eligible Receivables when transferred to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if the receivables were initially transferred to the CARCO receivables trust), which arose in an Account which became an Ineligible Account after the date of such transfer of the receivables and which were not Eligible Receivables for any six consecutive Determination Dates after the Account became an Ineligible Account. |
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• | is established by DCS in the ordinary course of business under a floorplan financing agreement; | |
• | is in favor of an Eligible Dealer; | |
• | is in existence and maintained and serviced by DCS; and | |
• | in respect of which no amounts have been charged off as uncollectible or are classified as past due or delinquent. |
• | which is located in the United States of America, including its territories and possessions; | |
• | which has not been identified by the servicer as being the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding or in voluntary or involuntary liquidation; | |
• | in which DaimlerChrysler or any affiliate of DaimlerChrysler does not have an equity investment; and | |
• | which has not been classified by the servicer as being under Dealer Trouble status. |
• | which was originated or acquired by DCS in the ordinary course of business, except that if the receivable was acquired by DCS from a person or entity that is not DaimlerChrysler or any of its Affiliates, the applicable rating agencies shall have notified the seller or the servicer that the inclusion of the receivable in the issuer will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes; | |
• | which has arisen under an Eligible Account and is payable in United States dollars; | |
• | which is owned by DCS at the time of sale to the seller; |
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• | which represents the obligation of a dealer to repay an advance made to the dealer to finance the acquisition of vehicles; | |
• | which at the time of creation and at the time of transfer to the issuer (or if it was initially transferred to the CARCO receivables trust, at the time of transfer to that trust) is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the related vehicle; | |
• | which was created in compliance in all respects with all requirements of law applicable to the receivable and under a floorplan financing agreement which complies in all respects with all requirements of law applicable to any party to the agreement; | |
• | with respect to which all consents and governmental authorizations required to be obtained by DaimlerChrysler, DCS or the seller in connection with the creation of the receivable or the transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust) or the performance by DCS of the floorplan financing agreement under which the receivable was created, have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect; | |
• | as to which at all times following the transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust), the issuer or the CARCO receivables trust, as applicable, will have good and marketable title to the receivable free and clear of all liens arising prior to the transfer or arising at any time, other than liens permitted under the sale and servicing agreement; | |
• | which (1) if originally transferred to the CARCO receivables trust, has been the subject of a valid transfer and assignment from the seller to the CARCO receivables trust and from that trust to the issuer of all the seller’s interest in the receivable, including any proceeds of the receivable and (2) if directly sold by the seller to the issuer, has been the subject of a valid transfer and assignment from the seller to the issuer of the seller’s interest in the receivable, including any proceeds of the receivable; | |
• | which will at all times be the legal and assignable payment obligation of the related dealer, enforceable against the dealer in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy or other similar laws; | |
• | which at the time of transfer to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust) is not subject to any right of rescission, setoff, or any other defense, including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws, of the dealer; | |
• | as to which, at the time of transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust), DaimlerChrysler, DCS and the seller have satisfied all their respective obligations with respect to the receivable required to be satisfied at that time; | |
• | as to which, at the time of transfer of the receivable to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust), neither DaimlerChrysler, DCS nor the seller has taken or failed to take any action which would impair the rights of the issuer or the noteholders; |
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• | which constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or an “account” or “payment intangible,” each as defined in Article 9 of the UCC as then in effect in the State of Michigan; and | |
• | which was transferred to the issuer (or to the CARCO receivables trust if it was initially transferred to that trust) with all applicable governmental authorization. |
• | letter of credit; | |
• | surety bond; | |
• | cash collateral account; | |
• | spread account; | |
• | guaranteed rate agreement; | |
• | swap, including without limitation currency swaps, or other interest protection agreement; | |
• | repurchase obligation; | |
• | cash deposit; or | |
• | another form of credit or cash flow enhancement described in the related prospectus supplement. |
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• | Adjustment Payments and Transfer Deposit Amounts received with respect to the collection period; and | |
• | Unallocated Principal Collections consisting of any Excess Available Principal Amounts and any principal collections allocated to the seller based on the Seller’s Percentage that are not released to the seller because the Pool Balance (after giving effect to any receivables transferred to the issuer) does not equal or exceed the Aggregate Series Nominal Liquidation Amount for all series (after giving effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits). |
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• | the Servicing Fee Rate; and | |
• | the series nominal liquidation amount of that series as of the last day of the second preceding collection period. |
• | current and prior model year unmiled vehicles; | |
• | current model year miled vehicles purchased at a closed auction conducted by DaimlerChrysler; and | |
• | prior model year and two year old miled vehicles. |
• | instruments, investment property or other property consisting of: |
— | obligations of or fully guaranteed by the United States of America, |
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— | time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (or domestic branches of foreign depository institutions or trust companies) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities;provided, however, that at the time of the indenture trustee’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s of P-1 and A-1+, respectively, and, if rated by Fitch, F1+ from Fitch; | |
— | commercial paper (including but not limited to asset backed commercial paper) having, at the time of the Indenture Trustee’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s of P-1 and A-1+, respectively, and, if rated by Fitch, F1+ from Fitch; | |
— | bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (or domestic branches of foreign depository institutions or trust companies) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; and | |
— | investments in money market funds rated AAA-m or AAA-mg by Standard & Poor’s and Aaa by Moody’s or otherwise approved in writing by each rating agency; |
• | demand deposits in the name of the indenture trustee in any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (or domestic branches of foreign depository institutions or trust companies) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; | |
• | uncertificated securities that are registered in the name of the indenture trustee upon books maintained for that purpose by the issuer of these uncertificated securities and identified on books maintained for that purpose by the indenture trustee as held for the benefit of the noteholders, and consisting of shares of an open end diversified investment company which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and which (i) invests its assets exclusively in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America or any instrumentality or agency thereof having in each instance a final maturity date of less than one year from their date of purchase or other Permitted Investments, (ii) seeks to maintain a constant net asset value per share, (iii) has aggregate net assets of not less than $100,000,000 on the date of purchase of such shares and (iv) as to which each rating agency confirms in writing that the investment will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding notes which it has rated; and | |
• | any other investment if each rating agency confirms in writing that the investment will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding notes which it has rated. |
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• | a depository institution, which may include the indenture trustee (so long as it is a paying agent under the indenture), or the owner trustee organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and which at all times has a short-term unsecured debt rating in the applicable investment category of each rating agency; or | |
• | a depository institution as to which each rating agency confirms in writing that the depository institution as a Qualified Institution will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding notes which it has rated. |
• | a segregated account (including a securities account) with a Qualified Institution; or | |
• | a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), so long as any of the securities of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from each rating agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade; or | |
• | any other account in respect of which each rating agency confirms in writing that the use of the account will not cause a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding notes which it has rated. |
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• | the sum of the amounts for each series of notes obtained by multiplying the Required Participation Percentage for that series of notes by the nominal liquidation amount of the notes of that series at that time;plus | |
• | the sum of the overcollateralization amounts for each series of notes on the preceding payment date, after giving effect to the allocations, deposits and payments made on that payment date. |
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• | the sum of the “Series Floating Allocation Percentages” for all series of notes (as defined in the related indenture supplements) for such collection period, when used with respect to allocations of interest collections and Defaulted Amounts; or | |
• | the sum of the “Series Principal Allocation Percentages” for all series of notes (as defined in the related indenture supplements) for such collection period, when used with respect to allocations of principal collections. |
• | failure by the servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit, or to give instructions to the indenture trustee to make any payment, transfer or deposit, on the date the sale and servicing agreement, the indenture or any indenture supplement requires the servicer to do so, which failure is not cured within a five day grace period; |
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• | failure by the servicer duly to observe or perform any other covenants or agreements of the servicer in the sale and servicing agreement, the indenture or any indenture supplement, which failure has a materially adverse effect on the noteholders of any outstanding series and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date the indenture trustee shall have given written notice of the failure to the servicer; | |
• | the servicer delegates its duties under the sale and servicing agreement, except as specifically permitted under that agreement; | |
• | any representation, warranty or certification made by the servicer in the sale and servicing agreement or in any certificate delivered under the sale and servicing agreement proves to have been incorrect when made, has a materially adverse effect on the rights of the noteholders of any outstanding series, and which materially adverse effect continues for a period of 60 days after the indenture trustee shall have given written notice of that fact to the servicer; or | |
• | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership occur with respect to the servicer. |
• | the seller shall at the time of that exchange and after giving effect to the exchange have an interest of not less than 2% in the Pool Balance; | |
• | the seller shall have delivered to the indenture trustee, the rating agencies and any enhancement provider a Tax Opinion with respect to the exchange; and |
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• | the seller shall have delivered to the indenture trustee written confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that the exchange will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding series or class of notes. |
• | such action, other than some specified actions, will not adversely affect the characterization of the notes of any outstanding series or class as debt; and | |
• | such action will not cause a taxable event to any noteholders or the issuer. |
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• | borrowing through Clearstream or Euroclear for one day, until the purchase side of the day trade is reflected in their Clearstream or Euroclear accounts, in accordance with the clearing system’s customary procedures; | |
• | borrowing the Global Securities in the U.S. from a DTC participant no later than one day prior to settlement, which would give the Global Securities enough time to be reflected in their Clearstream or Euroclear account in order to settle the sale side of the trade; or | |
• | staggering the value dates for the buy and sell sides of the trade so that the value date for the purchase from the DTC participant is at least one day prior to the value date for the sale to the Clearstream participant or Euroclear participant. |
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• | Exemption for non-U.S. persons (Form W-8BEN). Non-U.S. persons that are beneficial owners of a note and are individuals or entities treated as corporations for federal income tax purposes can obtain a complete exemption from the withholding tax by filing a signed Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status). A non-U.S. person not described in the foregoing sentence that beneficially owns a note may be subject to more complex rules. | |
• | Exemption for non-U.S. persons with effectively connected income (Form W-8ECI). A non-U.S. person that for federal income tax purposes is an individual or entity treated as a corporation, including a non-U.S. corporation or bank with a U.S. branch, for which the interest income from a note is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States, can obtain an exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-8ECI (Exemption from Withholding of Tax on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States). A non-U.S. person not described in the foregoing sentence that beneficially owns a note may be subject to more complex rules. | |
• | Exemption or reduced rate for non-U.S. persons resident in treaty countries (Form W-8BEN). Non-U.S. persons that are beneficial owners of a note and that for federal income tax purposes are individuals or entities treated as corporations residing in a country that has a tax treaty with the United States can obtain an exemption or reduced tax rate, depending on the treaty terms, by filing Form W-8BEN. A non-U.S. person not described in the foregoing sentence that beneficially owns a note may be subject to more complex rules. | |
• | Exemption for U.S. persons (Form W-9). U.S. persons can obtain a complete exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). |
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• | used in jurisdictions in which the offer or solicitation is authorized, | |
• | the person making the offer or solicitation is qualified to do so, and | |
• | the offer or solicitation is made to anyone to whom it is lawful to make the offer or solicitation. |