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CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2002-A
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
among
CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2002-A,
as Issuer,
and
CASE CREDIT CORPORATION,
as Administrator,
and
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee.
Dated as of March 1, 2002
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
1. Duties of the Administrator..............................................2
(a) Duties with Respect to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement..2
(b) Duties with Respect to the Trust...................................4
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters............................................5
2. Records..................................................................6
3. Compensation.............................................................6
4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer.....................6
5. Independence of the Administrator........................................6
6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement....................6
7. Other Activities of the Administrator....................................7
8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of the Administrator..........7
9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal..........................8
10. Notices..................................................................9
11. Amendments...............................................................9
12. Successors and Assigns..................................................10
13. Governing Law...........................................................10
14. Headings................................................................10
15. Counterparts............................................................10
16. Severability............................................................10
17. Not Applicable to Case Credit Corporation in Other Capacities...........11
18. Limitation of Liability of the Trustee and the Indenture Trustee........11
19. Third-Party Beneficiary.................................................11
20. Indemnification.........................................................11
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ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT dated as of March 1, 2002, among CNH
EQUIPMENT TRUST 2002-A, a Delaware business trust (the "Issuer"), CASE
CREDIT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the
"Administrator"), and BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
(the "Indenture Trustee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing: (a) 2.0825% Class A-1 Asset Backed
Notes, 3.1300% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, Floating Rate Class A-3 Asset
Backed Notes, Floating Rate Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the
"Class A Notes"), Floating Rate Class B Asset Backed Notes (the "Class B
Notes") and Floating Rate Class C Asset Backed Notes (the "Class C Notes,"
and, together with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the "Notes")
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof,
the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix
A to the Indenture);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in
connection with the issuance of the Notes and of certain beneficial
ownership interests of the Issuer, including: (i) a Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and supplemented from
time to time, the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among the Issuer, Case
Credit Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), and CNH Capital
Receivables Inc., a Delaware corporation, as seller (the "Seller"), (ii) a
Depository Agreement, dated March 28, 2002 (the "Depository Agreement"),
among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and The
Depository Trust Company, (iii) the Indenture and (iv) a Trust Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (the "Trust Agreement"), between the Seller and
the Trustee (the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depository Agreement,
the Indenture and the Trust Agreement being hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Related Agreements");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer and the
Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection with: (a) the
Notes and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture (the
"Collateral") and (b) the beneficial ownership interests in the Issuer (the
registered holders of such interests being referred to herein as the
"Owners");
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee desire to have the
Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Trustee
referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional
services consistent with this Agreement and the Related Agreements as the
Issuer and the Trustee may from time to time request;
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the
services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the
Issuer and the Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and covenants
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Duties of the Administrator.
(a) Duties with Respect to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement.
The Administrator shall perform all of its duties as Administrator and the
duties of the Issuer and the Trustee under the Depository Agreement. In
addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Trustee regarding the
duties of the Issuer and the Trustee under such documents. The
Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise
the Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's or the
Trustee's duties under such documents. The Administrator shall prepare for
execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate
persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates
and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Trustee to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to such documents. In furtherance of the
foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the
duty of the Issuer or the Trustee to take pursuant to such documents,
including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with
respect to the following matters (references in this Section are to
sections of the Indenture):
(i) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give
the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note
Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note
Register (Section 2.4);
(ii) the fixing or causing to be fixed of any specified record
date and the notification of the Indenture Trustee and Noteholders
with respect to special payment dates, if any (Section 2.7(c));
(iii) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and
instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of
the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2);
(iv) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments,
opinions, certificates and other documents required for the release of
the Collateral (Section 2.9);
(v) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan,
City of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
(Section 3.2);
(vi) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to
deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the
Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.3);
(vii) the direction to the Paying Agents to deposit moneys with
the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.3);
(viii) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each
other instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section
3.4);
(ix) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the
Indenture, necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.5);
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(x) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date
and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance with
Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Trust Estate, and the annual
delivery of the Officers' Certificate and certain other statements, in
accordance with Section 3.9 of the Indenture, as to compliance with
the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(xi) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officers'
Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform
its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.7(b));
(xii) the notification of the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies of a Servicer Default pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises from the failure of the
Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such
failure (Section 3.7(d));
(xiii) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments
required for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the
Indenture (Section 3.10(b));
(xiv) the delivery of notice to the Indenture Trustee of each
Event of Default and each default by the Servicer or Seller under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.19);
(xv) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an
Officers' Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and
the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(xvi) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate in a commercially
reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (Section 5.4);
(xvii) the furnishing to the Indenture Trustee with the names and
addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee
is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1);
(xviii) the preparation, execution and filing with the Commission
and the Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a
periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules
and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and the transmission of
such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.3);
(xix) the opening of one or more accounts in the Trust's name,
the preparation of Issuer Orders, Officers' Certificates and Opinions
of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment
and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.2 and
8.3);
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(xx) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officers'
Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate as
defined in the Indenture (Sections 8.4 and 8.5);
(xxi) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of
Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental
indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect
to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3);
(xxii) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.6);
(xxiii) the notification of Noteholders of redemption of the
Notes or the duty to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such
notification (Section 10.2);
(xxiv) the preparation of all Officers' Certificates, Opinions of
Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by
the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the
Indenture (Section 11.1(a));
(xxv) the preparation and delivery of Officers' Certificates and
the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the
release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b));
(xxvi) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment
and notice provisions (Section 11.6); and
(xxvii) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section
11.15).
(b) Duties with Respect to the Trust. (i) In addition to the duties of
the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform such
calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Trustee
or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions, as it
shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Trustee to perform, prepare, file or
deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements, and at the request of the
Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer
or the Trustee to take pursuant to the Related Agreements. Subject to
Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the directions of the
Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the
performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral
(including the Related Agreements) as are not covered by any of the
foregoing and as are expressly requested by the Trustee and are reasonably
within the capability of the Administrator.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
Agreements to the contrary, if any Certificates are held by any Person
other than the Depositor the Administrator shall be responsible for
promptly notifying the Trustee in the event that any withholding tax
is imposed on the Trust's payments (or allocations of income) to an
Owner as contemplated in Section 5.2(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any
such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required
to be withheld by the Trustee pursuant to such provision.
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for
performance of the duties of the Trustee (if any) set forth in
Sections 5.5(a), (b), (c) and (d), the penultimate sentence of Section
5.5 and Section 5.6(a) of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among
other things, accounting and reports to Owners; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall retain responsibility for the distribution of
the Schedule K-1s necessary to enable each Owner to prepare its
Federal and State income tax returns.
(iv) If any Certificates are held by any Person other than the
Depositor, the Administrator shall satisfy its obligations with
respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) by retaining, at the expense of the
Trust payable by the Servicer, a firm of independent certified public
accountants (the "Accountants") acceptable to the Trustee, which
Accountants shall perform the obligations of the Administrator
thereunder. In connection with clause (ii), the Accountants will
provide prior to March 28, 2002, a letter in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee as to whether any tax withholding is then
required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with respect
thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code. The Accountants
shall be required to update the letter in each instance that any
additional tax withholding is subsequently required or any previously
required tax withholding shall no longer be required.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the
Administrator specified in Section 10.2 of the Trust Agreement
required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal
of the Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be
performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into
transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its affiliates;
provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings
shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuer
and shall be, in the Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the
Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
(vii) The Administrator hereby agrees to execute on behalf of the
Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates
and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or
deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents or otherwise by law.
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters. (i) With respect to matters that in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the
Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time
before the taking of such action the Administrator shall have notified the
Trustee of the proposed action and the Trustee shall not have withheld
consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the
preceding sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include, without
limitation:
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(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and
the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection
of the Receivables);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related
Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor
Paying Agents and successor Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or
the appointment of successor Administrators or successor
Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations
under the Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not: (x) make
any payments to the Noteholders under the Related Agreements, (y) sell
the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Indenture or (z) take
any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take
on its behalf.
2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of
account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books
of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor at any time during normal business
hours.
3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for
its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $500
per quarter payable in arrears on each Payment Date, which payment shall be
solely an obligation of the Issuer.
4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably
request.
5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall
not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Trustee with respect
to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator
shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or the Trustee
in any way (other than as permitted hereunder) and shall not otherwise be
deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Trustee.
6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement: (i) shall
constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Trustee as
members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed
to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to
confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur
any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
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7. Other Activities of the Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent
the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or,
in their sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an
administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in
business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee.
8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of the Administrator.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the
Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Section 8(e), the Administrator may resign its duties
hereunder by providing the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer
with at least 60 days' prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Section 8(e), the Issuer may remove the Administrator
without cause by providing the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer with at least 60 days' prior written notice.
(d) Subject to Section 8(e), at the sole option of the Issuer, the
Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination
from the Issuer to the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer if any of the following events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of
its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default,
shall not cure such default within ten days (or, if such default
cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten days such
assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have
been vacated within 60 days, in respect of the Administrator in any
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property
or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief
in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any
substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of
possession by any such official of any substantial part of its
property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in
clauses (ii) or (iii) of this subsection shall occur, it shall give written
notice thereof to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee within
seven days after the happening of such event.
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(e) Upon the Administrator's receipt of notice of termination,
pursuant to Sections 8(c) or (d), or the Administrator's resignation in
accordance with this Agreement, the predecessor Administrator shall
continue to perform its functions as Administrator under this Agreement, in
the case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination
notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until
receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until the later of:
(x) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
and the Servicer of written notice of such resignation (or written
confirmation of such notice) in accordance with this Agreement and (y) the
date upon which the predecessor Administrator shall become unable to act as
Administrator, as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying
Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Administrator's termination
hereunder, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Administrator acceptable to
the Indenture Trustee, and the successor Administrator shall accept its
appointment by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee. In the event that a successor Administrator has not been appointed
at the time when the predecessor Administrator has ceased to act as
Administrator in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee
without further action shall automatically be appointed the successor
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the
compensation specified in Section 3. Notwithstanding the above, the
Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be unable so to act, appoint or
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose
regular business shall include the performance of functions similar to
those of the Administrator, as the successor to the Administrator under
this Agreement.
(f) Upon appointment, the successor Administrator (including the
Indenture Trustee acting as successor Administrator) shall be the successor
in all respects to the predecessor Administrator and shall be subject to
all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter
relating thereto placed on the predecessor Administrator and shall be
entitled to the compensation specified in Section 3 and all the rights
granted to the predecessor Administrator by the terms and provisions of
this Agreement.
(g) Except when and if the Indenture Trustee is appointed successor
Administrator, the Administrator may not resign unless it is prohibited
from serving as such by law as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Indenture Trustee. No resignation or removal of the
Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until: (i) a
successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii)
such successor Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is
bound hereunder.
(h) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective
only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the
proposed appointment.
9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the
effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a),
or the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b)
or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all
fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such
termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon
such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all
property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody
of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of the
Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or (c), respectively, the
Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and
take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.
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10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder
shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
(a) if to the Issuer or the Trustee, to:
CNH Equipment Trust 2002-A
c/o The Bank of New York
[5 Penn Plaza, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10001]
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration -
Asset Backed Finance Unit
(b) if to the Administrator, to:
Case Credit Corporation
233 Lake Avenue
Racine, Wisconsin 53403
Attention: Treasurer
(c) if to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Bank One, National Association
1 Bank One Plaza, Suite IL1-0126
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other
parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be
deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid,
or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.
11. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a
written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the
Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement
provisions of this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or
the Certificateholders; provided, however, that such amendment shall not,
as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Noteholder or Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Issuer, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written
consent of (w) the Trustee, (x) Noteholders holding Notes evidencing not
less than a majority of the Note Balance and (y) the Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate
Balance, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall: (i)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
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timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that are
required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Holders
of Notes and Certificates that are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the outstanding Notes
and Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not
amend this Agreement without the permission of the Depositor, which
permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent (or,
in the case of the Rating Agencies, 10 days prior thereto), the
Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Certificateholder, the Trustee and each of the
Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Certificateholders or the Noteholders pursuant to this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing
by the Issuer and the Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such consent and
satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee
hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the
Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Trustee to a
corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger,
consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator, provided that
such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or
other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said
assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or
assigns of the parties hereto.
13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict
of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
14. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the
meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all
of which when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same
agreement.
16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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17. Not Applicable to Case Credit Corporation in Other Capacities.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation Case Credit
Corporation may have in any other capacity.
18. Limitation of Liability of the Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
instrument has been countersigned by The Bank of New York, not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Issuer,
and in no event shall The Bank of New York, in its individual capacity, or
any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of
the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to
the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the
performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer thereunder, the
Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by Bank One, National Association, not in
its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event
shall Bank One, National Association have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of
the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements
delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely
to the assets of the Issuer.
19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Trustee is a third-party beneficiary
to this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and
may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.
20. Indemnification. The Administrator shall indemnify the Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee (and their officers, directors, employees and agents)
for, and hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense,
including attorneys' fees reasonably incurred by them, incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection
with: (i) actions taken by either of them pursuant to instructions given by
the Administrator pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) the failure of the
Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder. The indemnities
contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the resignation or removal of the Administrator, the Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2002-A
By: THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee on behalf of the Issuer
By: /s/ Erwin Soriano
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Name: Erwin Soriano
Title: Assistant Treasurer
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Keith Richardson
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Name: Keith Richardson
Title: Assistant Treasurer
CASE CREDIT CORPORATION,
as Administrator
By: /s/ Alberto Fornaro
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Name: Alberto Fornaro
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Accepted and agreed:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee under the Trust Agreement
By: /s/ Erwin Soriano
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Name: Erwin Soriano
Title: Assistant Treasurer
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