expense that results from the owner trustee’s willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence. The owner trustee is obligated to perform only those duties that are specifically assigned to it in the Issuing Entity’s Trust Agreement. The owner trustee will not be liable for any action taken at the direction of the servicer or the Certificateholder. The owner trustee will not be required to expend its own funds or incur any financial liability in respect of any of its actions as owner trustee if the owner trustee has reasonable grounds to believe that reimbursement to it of such funds or for such liabilities is not reasonably assured. The owner trustee is not liable for any error of judgment made by it in good faith.
Wilmington Trust Company will be the owner trustee initially, but there are certain conditions under which the owner trustee may be removed or may resign, in which case a successor owner trustee will be appointed. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Replacement of Owner Trustee” for information regarding the owner trustee’s removal, resignation and replacement.
The Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., or Computershare Trust Company, will be the indenture trustee (in such capacity, the indenture trustee) under the Indenture, the administrative agent (in such capacity, the administrative agent) under the Exchange Note Supplement to the Credit and Security Agreement and the collateral agent (in such capacity, the collateral agent) under the Exchange Note Supplement. Computershare Trust Company is a national banking association and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Computershare Limited an Australian financial services company with approximately $6.1 billion (USD) in assets as of June 30, 2023. Computershare Limited and its affiliates have been engaging in financial service activities, including stock transfer related services, since 1997, and corporate trust related services since 2000. Computershare Trust Company provides corporate trust, custody, securities transfer, cash management, investment management and other financial and fiduciary services, and has been engaged in providing financial services, including corporate trust services, since 2000. The transaction parties may maintain commercial relationships with Computershare Trust Company and its affiliates. Computershare Trust Company maintains corporate trust offices at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 (among other locations), and its office for correspondence related to certificate transfer services is located at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St Paul, Minnesota 55108.
On March 23, 2021, Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A., or WFDTC, entered into a definitive agreement with Computershare Trust Company, Computershare Delaware Trust Company, or CDTC, and Computershare Limited (collectively, Computershare) to sell substantially all of its Corporate Trust Services, or CTS, business. The sale to Computershare closed on November 1, 2021, and virtually all CTS employees of Wells Fargo and WFDTC, along with most existing CTS systems, technology, and offices transferred to Computershare as part of the sale. On November 1, 2021, for some of the transactions in its CTS business, Wells Fargo transferred its roles, and the duties, rights, and liabilities for such roles, under the relevant transaction agreements to Computershare Trust Company. For other transactions in its CTS business, Wells Fargo, since November 1, 2021, has been transferring, and intends to continue to transfer, such roles, duties, rights, and liabilities to Computershare Trust Company, in stages. WFDTC also intends to transfer its roles, duties, rights, and liabilities to CDTC in stages. For any transaction where the roles of Wells Fargo or WFDTC, as applicable, have not already transferred to Computershare Trust Company or CDTC, Computershare Trust Company or CDTC performs all or virtually all of the obligations of Wells Fargo or WFDTC, respectively, as its agent as of such date.
Computershare Trust Company has provided corporate trust related services since 2000 through its predecessors and affiliates. Computershare Trust Company provides trustee services for a variety of transactions and asset types, including corporate and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and collateralized debt obligations. As of June 30, 2023, Computershare Trust Company was acting in some cases as the named trustee or indenture trustee, and in most cases as agent for the named trustee or indenture trustee, on approximately 505 asset-backed securities transactions with an aggregate
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