EXHIBIT 10.3
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OWNER TRUST ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
among
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2001-A,
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC,
as Owner Trust Administrator,
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of April __, 2001
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1.1.Duties of the Owner Trust Administrator with Respect to the
Depository Agreement and the Indenture........................................................2
Section 1.2............................................................................Additional Duties. 6
Section 1.3......................................................................Non-Ministerial Matters. 8
Section 2........................................................................................Records. 8
Section 3...................................................................................Compensation. 8
Section 4...........................................Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. 9
Section 5..................................................Independence of the Owner Trust Administrator. 9
Section 6...............................................................................No Joint Venture. 9
Section 7..................................................Other Activities of Owner Trust Administrator. 9
Section 8........................Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Owner Trust Administrator. 9
Section 9................................................Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. 11
Section 10.......................................................................................Notices. 11
Section 11....................................................................................Amendments. 12
Section 12........................................................................Successors and Assigns. 13
Section 13.................................................................................GOVERNING LAW. 13
Section 14......................................................................................Headings. 13
Section 15..................................................................................Counterparts. 13
Section 16..................................................................................Severability. 13
Section 17................................Not Applicable to The Chase Manhattan Bank in Other Capacities. 13
Section 18................................Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee. 14
Section 19.......................................................................Third-Party Beneficiary. 14
Section 20.........................................................................Nonpetition Covenants. 14
Section 21........................................................Liability of Owner Trust Administrator. 15
This OWNER TRUST ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT dated as of April __, 2001
among BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2001-A, a Delaware business trust (the "Issuer"),
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC, a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the
"Owner Trust Administrator") and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (the
"Indenture Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer was formed pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement dated as of April __, 2001 (as amended and supplemented from
time to time, the "Trust Agreement"), between BMW FS Securities LLC, as
depositor (the "Depositor"), and Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), and is issuing %
Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, % Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-3 and % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (collectively, the "Class A
Notes") and % Asset Backed Notes, Class B (the "Class B Notes" and, collectively
with the Class A Notes, the "Notes") pursuant to the Indenture dated as of April
, 2001 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Indenture"), between
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, and is issuing asset backed certificates
(the "Trust Certificates" and, collectively with the Notes, the "Securities")
pursuant to the Trust Agreement (capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture
or the Trust Agreement, as applicable);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection
with the issuance of the Securities and of certain beneficial ownership
interests in the Issuer, including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as
of April __, 2001 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Sale and
Servicing Agreement"), among BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC, as seller (in such
capacity, the "Seller"), servicer (in such capacity the "Servicer"),
administrator and custodian, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, (ii) a Letter of Representations dated April __, 2001 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the "Depository Agreement"), among the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trust Administrator and The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC") relating to the Notes and (iii) the Indenture (the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust
Agreement being referred to hereinafter collectively as the "Related
Agreements");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer and Owner
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 Owner Trustee desire to have the Owner
Trust Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional
services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements
as the Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time request; and
WHEREAS, the Owner Trust Administrator has the capacity to provide the
services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer
and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
Section 1.1. Duties of the Owner Trust Administrator with Respect
to the Depository Agreement and the Indenture.
The Owner Trust Administrator agrees to perform all
its duties as Owner Trust Administrator and all the duties of the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee under the Depository Agreement. In addition, the Owner Trust
Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement.
The Owner Trust Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and
shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the
Issuer's or the Owner Trustee's duties under the Indenture and the Depository
Agreement. The Owner Trust 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 that it
shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the
foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator shall take all appropriate action that
is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture
including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with
respect to the following matters under the Indenture (parenthetical section
references are to sections of the Indenture):
(A) 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
2.04);
(B) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal payment on
their Notes (Section 2.08(b));
(C) reserved;
(D) 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 2.02);
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(E) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions
and certificates and other documents required for the release of
collateral (Section 4.04);
(F) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of
New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section
3.02);
(G) 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 3.03);
(H) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit moneys with
Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
(I) 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 3.04);
(J) the preparation of all supplements and amendments to the Indenture
and all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments and the taking of such other
action as is necessary or advisable to protect the Trust Estate
(Section 3.05);
(K) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the
annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel as to the Trust Estate, and the
annual delivery of the Officer's Certificate and certain other
statements as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.06 and
3.09);
(L) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform
its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.07(b));
(M) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies of a Servicer Default under 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 with respect to the Receivables, the taking of all reasonable
steps available to remedy such failure (Section 3.07(d));
(N) the duty to cause the Servicer to comply with Sections 4.09, 4.10,
4.11 and Article IX of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.14);
(O) 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));
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(P) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies of each Event of Default under the Indenture and each
default by the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and by the Seller or the Company under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement (Section 3.19);
(Q) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the satisfaction
and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer's
Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the
Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.01);
(R) 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 5.04);
(S) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the
removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Indenture Trustee (Section 6.08);
(T) the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more
fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any
written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or
removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and 6.10);
(U) 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 7.01);
(V) provide reasonable and appropriate assistance to the Depositor or
its designees (including The Chase Manhattan Bank), as applicable, with
the preparation and filing with the Commission, any applicable state
agencies 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 any applicable
state agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to
the Noteholders (Section 7.03);
(W) the opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer's name, the
preparation and delivery of Issuer Orders, Officer's Certificates and
Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to
investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections
8.02 and 8.03);
(X) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer's Certificate and
the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if
necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate (Sections 8.04 and
8.05);
(Y) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of
Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and
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the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect to such
supplemental indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);
(Z) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.05);
(AA) the duty to notify Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or to
cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section
10.02);
(BB) the preparation and delivery of all Officer's 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 11.01(a));
(CC) the preparation and delivery of Officer's Certificates and the
obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of
property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(b));
(DD) the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the
Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information
required pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Indenture (Section 11.04);
(EE) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture
Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice
provisions (Section 11.06);
(FF) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.14);
(GG) the preparation of Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.12);
(HH) the direction to Paying Agents to pay to the Indenture Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agents (Section 3.03); and
(II) provide the Indenture Trustee with the information necessary to
deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be reasonably
required to enable such Holder to prepare its United States federal and
state and local income or franchise tax returns (Section 6.06).
The Owner Trust Administrator will:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee (and any separate trustee or co-trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Indenture (a "Separate
Trustee")) from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by the Indenture Trustee or Separate Trustee, as the case may
be, under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust);
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(B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, reimburse
the Indenture Trustee or any Separate Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Indenture Trustee or Separate Trustee, as the case may be, in
accordance with any provision of the Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and any Separate Trustee and their
respective agents for, and hold them harmless against, any losses,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and
the other Basic Documents, including the reasonable costs and expenses
of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under
the Indenture; and
(D) indemnify the Owner Trustee and its agents, successors, assigns and
servants in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Trust Agreement to the
extent that amounts thereunder have not been paid pursuant to Section
5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 1.2. Additional Duties.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Owner Trust Administrator
set forth above, the Owner Trust Administrator shall perform such calculations
and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons
of, and shall execute on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it
shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Related Agreements or Section 5.04(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the
Trust Agreement, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all
appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to
take pursuant to the Related Agreements. In furtherance thereof, the Owner
Trustee shall, on behalf of itself and of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the
Owner Trust Administrator and to each successor Owner Trust Administrator
appointed pursuant to the terms hereof, one or more powers of attorney
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, appointing the Owner Trust
Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer for the
purpose of executing on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions. Subject to
Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the directions of the Owner
Trustee, the Owner Trust 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
provisions and as are expressly requested by the Owner Trustee and are
reasonably within the capability of the Owner Trust Administrator. Such
responsibilities shall include providing to the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee (i) the monthly servicing report in an appropriate electronic form and
(ii) [Pennsylvania and Maryland] renewal notice or form received by the Owner
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Trust Administrator and shall exclude the actual filing of any reports pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
Agreements to the contrary, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be responsible
for promptly notifying the Owner 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 5.02(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any such notice shall
specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner
Trustee pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
Related Agreements to the contrary, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be
responsible for performance of the duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in
Section 5.04(a), (b), (c) and (d), the penultimate sentence of Section 5.04 and
Section 5.05(a) of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things,
accounting and reports to Owners; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee
shall retain responsibility for the distribution of the Schedule K-1s (as
prepared by the Administrator) necessary to enable each Owner to prepare its
federal and state income tax returns.
(iv) The Owner Trust Administrator shall satisfy its
obligations with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above by retaining, at the
expense of the Trust payable by the Owner Trust Administrator, a firm of
independent public accountants (the "Accountants") acceptable to the Owner
Trustee, which shall perform the obligations of the Owner Trust Administrator
thereunder. In connection with paragraph (ii) above, the Accountants will
provide prior to ___________, 2001 a letter in form and substance satisfactory
to the Owner 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 Owner Trust Administrator shall perform the duties of
the Owner Trust Administrator including, without limitation, those specified in
Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 10.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in
connection with the fees, expenses and indemnification and the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be
performed by the Owner Trust Administrator under the Trust Agreement.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
obligations under this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator may enter into
transactions 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 Owner Trust
Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available
from unaffiliated parties.
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Section 1.3. Non-Ministerial Matters.
With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the
Owner Trust Administrator are non-ministerial, the Owner Trust Administrator
shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of
such action, the Owner Trust Administrator shall have notified the Owner Trustee
of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall have withheld consent or
provided an alternative direction. Unless explicitly provided under this Owner
Trust Administration Agreement, for the purpose of the preceding sentence,
"non-ministerial matters" shall include, without limitation:
(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
or Eligible Investment Receivables);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying
Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or
the appointment of successor Owner Trust 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.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
the Owner Trust 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 5.04 of the Indenture or (z) take any other action
that the Issuer directs the Owner Trust Administrator not to take on its behalf.
Section 2. Records. The Owner Trust 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 at
any time during normal business hours.
Section 3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the Owner Trust
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its
expenses related thereto, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be paid by the
Servicer as set forth in Schedule D to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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Section 4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The Owner Trust
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
Section 5. Independence of the Owner Trust Administrator. For all purposes of
this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be an independent contractor
and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its
obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Owner
Trust Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer
or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
Section 6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Owner Trust Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner
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.
Section 7. Other Activities of Owner Trust Administrator.
Nothing herein shall prevent the Owner Trust Administrator or its
Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from
acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person or entity
even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to
those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
The Owner Trust Administrator and its affiliates may generally engage
in any kind of business with any person party to a Related Agreement, any of its
affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of any such
person or any of its affiliates, without any duty to account therefor to the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
Section 8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Owner Trust
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 Sections 8(e) and (f), the Owner Trust
Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at
least 60 days' prior written notice.
c. Subject to Sections 8(e) and (f), the Issuer may
remove the Owner Trust Administrator without cause by providing the Owner Trust
Administrator with at least 60 days' prior written notice.
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d. Subject to Sections 8(e) and (f), at the sole
option of the Issuer, the Owner Trust Administrator may be removed immediately
upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Owner Trust
Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:
(i) the Owner Trust 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 Business
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 Owner
Trust 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 Owner Trust Administrator or
any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii)the Owner Trust 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, shall
consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Owner
Trust 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 Owner Trust Administrator agrees that if any of
the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section shall
occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee within seven days after the happening of such event.
e. No resignation or removal of the Owner Trust
Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor
Owner Trust Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such
successor Owner Trust Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Owner Trust Administrator
is bound hereunder and (iii) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee consent
to the successor Owner Trust Administrator.
f. The appointment of any successor Owner Trust
Administrator shall be effective only after receipt of written confirmation from
each Rating Agency that the proposed appointment will not result in the
qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of any rating assigned to the Notes by
such Rating Agency.
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g. A successor Owner Trust Administrator shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
hereunder to the resigning Owner Trust Administrator and to the Issuer.
Thereupon the resignation or removal of the resigning Owner Trust Administrator
shall become effective, and the successor Owner Trust Administrator shall have
all the rights, powers and duties of the Owner Trust Administrator under this
Agreement. The successor Owner Trust Administrator shall mail a notice of its
succession to the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. The resigning Owner
Trust Administrator shall promptly transfer or cause to be transferred all
property and any related agreements, documents and statements held by it as
Owner Trust Administrator to the successor Owner Trust Administrator and the
resigning Owner Trust Administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments
and do other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly
vesting in the successor Owner Trust Administrator all rights, power, duties and
obligations hereunder.
h. In no event shall a resigning Owner Trust
Administrator be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Owner Trust
Administrator hereunder.
i. In the exercise or administration of its duties
hereunder and under the Related Documents, the Owner Trust Administrator may act
directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into
with any of them, and the Owner Trust Administrator shall not be liable for the
conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys
shall have been selected by the Owner Trust Administrator with due care.
Section 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 Owner Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b)
or (c), respectively, the Owner Trust 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 Owner Trust 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 Owner Trust Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of
the Owner Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or (c), respectively, the
Owner Trust Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all
reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of
the duties of the Owner Trust Administrator.
Section 10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder
shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
(i) if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:
BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2001-A
In care of Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
11
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(ii) if to the Owner Trust Administrator, to:
BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
300 Chestnut Ridge Road
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07677
Attention: Vice President of Finance and Risk
(iii) if to the Indenture Trustee, to:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Capital Markets Fiduciary Services,
BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2001-A
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.
Section 11. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a
written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Owner Trust
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the Owner
Trustee, without the consent of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, 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 Certificateholders; provided that such amendment will not
materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder. This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuer, the Owner
Trust Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class and the holders of Trust
Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Percentage
Interests 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 Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however,
that no such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of,
or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or
distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or
Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the holders of
Notes and Trust Certificates which are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and
Trust Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator
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may not amend this Agreement without the permission of the Seller, which
permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Owner Trust Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in
writing by the Issuer and the Owner 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 Owner Trust Administrator is bound hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Owner Trust
Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to a
corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation
or purchase of assets) to the Owner Trust Administrator; provided that such
successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner 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 Owner Trust Administrator is bound hereunder and represents
that it has the financial ability to satisfy its indemnification obligations
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator can
transfer its obligations to any affiliate that succeeds to substantially all of
the assets and liabilities of the Owner Trust Administrator and who has
represented and warranted that it is not less creditworthy of the Owner Trust
Administrator. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any
successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
Section 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.
Section 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.
Section 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which together shall
constitute but one and the same agreement.
Section 16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall 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.
Section 17. Not Applicable to The Chase Manhattan Bank in Other Capacities.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation The Chase Manhattan Bank
may have in any other capacity.
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Section 18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
a. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
this instrument has been countersigned by the Owner Trustee solely in its
capacity as Owner Trustee and in no event shall the Owner Trustee 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 hereunder, the Owner 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 the Indenture Trustee solely as
Indenture Trustee and in no event shall the Indenture Trustee 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.
c. No recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of
the Issuer contained in this Agreement shall be had against any agent of the
Issuer (including the Owner Trust Administrator and the Owner Trustee) as such
by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by
virtue of any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood
that this Agreement is solely an obligation of the Issuer as a Delaware business
trust, and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by
any agent of the Issuer (including the Owner Trust Administrator and the Owner
Trustee), as such, under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or
agreements of the Issuer contained in this Agreement, or implied therefrom, and
that any and all personal liability for breaches by the Issuer of any such
obligations, covenants or agreements, either at common law or at equity, or by
statute or constitution, of every such agent is hereby expressly waived as a
condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement.
Section 19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Seller, the Depositor and the Owner
Trustee are third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement and are entitled to the
rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if each
were a party hereto.
Section 20. Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator and the Indenture Trustee shall not,
prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this
Agreement with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or
cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court of government authority for
the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any
Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
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Section 21. Liability of Owner Trust Administrator. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator shall not have any
obligations under this Agreement other than those specifically set forth herein,
and no implied obligations of the Owner Trust Administrator shall be read into
this Agreement. Neither the Owner Trust Administrator nor any of its directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to
be taken in good faith by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement,
except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct and in no
event shall the Owner Trust Administrator be liable under or in connection with
this Agreement for indirect, special or consequential losses or damages of any
kind, including lost profits, even if advised of the possibility thereof and
regardless of the form of action by which such losses or damages may be claimed.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator may (a) consult
with legal counsel (including counsel for the Issuer), independent public
accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the
advice of such counsel, accountants or experts and (b) shall incur no liability
under or in respect if this Agreement by acting upon any notice (including
notice by telephone), consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which
may be by facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the
proper party or parties.
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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.
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2001-A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC,
as Owner Trust Administrator
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF NEW YORK }
}
COUNTY OF NEW YORK }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust Company, a
Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner
trustee (the "Owner Trustee") for BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2001-A (the "Trust"),
does hereby make, constitute and appoint BMW Financial Services, LLC, as
administrator (the "Owner Trust Administrator") under the Owner Trust
Administration Agreement dated April __, 2001 (the "Owner Trust Administration
Agreement"), among the Trust, the Owner Trust Administrator, the Owner Trustee,
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended
from time to time, and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys-in-Fact to execute
on behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Trust all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it should be the duty of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic
Documents, or pursuant to Section 5.04(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Trust
Agreement, including, without limitation, to appear for and represent the Owner
Trustee and the Trust in connection with the preparation, filing and audit of
federal, state and local tax returns pertaining to the Trust, and with full
power to perform any and all acts associated with such returns and audits that
the Owner Trustee could perform, including without limitation, the right to
distribute and receive confidential information, defend and assert positions in
response to audits, initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of
restrictions on assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of any
statutory or regulatory time limit, and settlements.
All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed by
the Owner Trustee are hereby revoked.
Capitalized terms that are used and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Owner Trust Administration Agreement.
EXECUTED this ____ day of ____________, 200_.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
Name:
Title:
STATE OF ____________ }
}
COUNTY OF __________ }
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
_______________________, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that s/he signed the same
for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
Sworn to before me this ___ day of _______, 200_.
Notary Public - State of _________________