The Indenture Trustee
Computershare Trust Company, National Association (“Computershare Trust Company”) is the “indenture trustee” under the indenture for the benefit of the noteholders. Computershare Trust Company is a national banking association and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Computershare Limited (“Computershare Limited”), an Australian financial services company with approximately $6.1 billion 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 Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo Bank”) and Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. (“WFDTC” and collectively with Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo & Company, “Wells Fargo”) entered into a definitive agreement with Computershare Trust Company, Computershare Delaware Trust Company (“CDTC”) and Computershare Limited (collectively, “Computershare”) to sell substantially all of its Corporate Trust Services (“CTS”) business. The sale to Computershare closed on November 1, 2021, and virtually all CTS employees of Wells Fargo, 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 Bank 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 Bank, 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 Bank 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 Bank 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 outstanding principal balance of approximately $107 billion. The indenture trustee maintains a corporate trust office for correspondence purposes at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, Attention: Asset-Backed Securities Department.
As a result of Computershare Trust Company not being a deposit-taking institution, any accounts that the indenture trustee is required to maintain pursuant to the indenture will be established and maintained with one or more institutions in a manner satisfying the requirements of the indenture, including any applicable eligibility criteria for account banks set forth in the indenture.
Other than the above four paragraphs, and such additional paragraphs as are expressly identified herein, Computershare Trust Company has not participated in the preparation of, and is not responsible for, any other information contained in this prospectus.
The indenture trustee will make each monthly statement available to the noteholders via the indenture trustee’s internet website at www.CTSLink.com. Assistance in using this internet website may be obtained by calling the indenture trustee’s customer service desk at (866) 846-4526.
For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the indenture trustee, limitation of liability and indemnity provisions applicable to the indenture trustee, and provisions governing resignation and removal of the indenture trustee, see “The Indenture”, “The Transfer Agreements and the Administration Agreement” and “—Role of the Owner Trustee, Grantor Trust Trustee and Indenture Trustee” in this prospectus.
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