EXHIBIT 4.1
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CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3
CLASS A-1a 1.77% ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-1b FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-2a 2.35 % ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-2b FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-3a 2.96% ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-3b FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-4a 3.40% ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-4b FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTES
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF AUGUST 14, 2003
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BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.............................................................. 2
SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS.................................................................................. 2
SECTION 1.2 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT............................................ 3
ARTICLE II THE NOTES.............................................................................................. 3
SECTION 2.1 FORM......................................................................................... 3
SECTION 2.2 EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY....................................................... 3
SECTION 2.3 TEMPORARY NOTES.............................................................................. 4
SECTION 2.4 REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES................................. 5
SECTION 2.5 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN NOTES................................................... 6
SECTION 2.6 PERSONS DEEMED NOTEHOLDERS................................................................... 7
SECTION 2.7 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST............................................................ 7
SECTION 2.8 CANCELLATION OF NOTES........................................................................ 8
SECTION 2.9 RELEASE OF COLLATERAL........................................................................ 9
SECTION 2.10 BOOK-ENTRY NOTES.......................................................................... 9
SECTION 2.11 NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY............................................................... 10
SECTION 2.12 DEFINITIVE NOTES......................................................................... 10
SECTION 2.13 SELLER AS NOTEHOLDER..................................................................... 10
SECTION 2.14 TAX TREATMENT............................................................................ 10
ARTICLE III COVENANTS............................................................................................ 10
SECTION 3.1 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST........................................................... 10
SECTION 3.2 MAINTENANCE OF AGENCY OFFICE................................................................ 11
SECTION 3.3 MONEY FOR PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST...................................................... 11
SECTION 3.4 EXISTENCE................................................................................... 12
SECTION 3.5 PROTECTION OF TRUST ESTATE; ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PLEDGE........................................ 13
SECTION 3.6 OPINIONS AS TO TRUST ESTATE................................................................. 14
SECTION 3.7 PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS; SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES........................................ 14
SECTION 3.8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS.......................................................................... 15
SECTION 3.9 ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE........................................................... 16
SECTION 3.10 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC., OF ISSUER; DISPOSITION OF TRUST ASSETS...................... 16
SECTION 3.11 SUCCESSOR OR TRANSFEREE.................................................................. 18
SECTION 3.12 NO OTHER BUSINESS........................................................................ 18
SECTION 3.13 NO BORROWING............................................................................. 18
SECTION 3.14 GUARANTEES, LOANS, ADVANCES AND OTHER LIABILITIES........................................ 18
SECTION 3.15 SERVICER'S OBLIGATIONS................................................................... 19
SECTION 3.16 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES..................................................................... 19
SECTION 3.17 REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR................................................................. 19
SECTION 3.18 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS...................................................................... 19
SECTION 3.19 NOTICE OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT.............................................................. 19
SECTION 3.20 FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS............................................................. 19
SECTION 3.21 INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S ASSIGNMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVABLES AND WARRANTY RECEIVABLES.... 20
SECTION 3.22 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE ISSUER TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE.................... 20
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE............................................................................ 20
SECTION 4.1 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE..................................................... 20
SECTION 4.2 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.................................................................. 21
SECTION 4.3 REPAYMENT OF MONIES HELD BY PAYING AGENT.................................................... 22
SECTION 4.4 DURATION OF POSITION OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE................................................... 22
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ARTICLE V DEFAULT AND REMEDIES................................................................................... 22
SECTION 5.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................................................... 22
SECTION 5.2 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.......................................... 23
SECTION 5.3 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE................... 24
SECTION 5.4 REMEDIES; PRIORITIES........................................................................ 26
SECTION 5.5 OPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF THE RECEIVABLES.................................................... 27
SECTION 5.6 LIMITATION OF SUITS......................................................................... 27
SECTION 5.7 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST....................... 28
SECTION 5.8 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.......................................................... 28
SECTION 5.9 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.............................................................. 28
SECTION 5.10 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT A WAIVER........................................................... 28
SECTION 5.11 CONTROL BY NOTEHOLDERS................................................................... 29
SECTION 5.12 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.................................................................. 29
SECTION 5.13 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.................................................................... 29
SECTION 5.14 WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS......................................................... 30
SECTION 5.15 ACTION ON NOTES.......................................................................... 30
SECTION 5.16 PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS....................................... 30
ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE................................................................................. 31
SECTION 6.1 DUTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE................................................................. 31
SECTION 6.2 RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE................................................................. 32
SECTION 6.3 INDENTURE TRUSTEE MAY OWN NOTES............................................................. 33
SECTION 6.4 INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.............................................................. 33
SECTION 6.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.......................................................................... 34
SECTION 6.6 REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS..................................................... 34
SECTION 6.7 COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY..................................................................... 34
SECTION 6.8 REPLACEMENT OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE............................................................ 34
SECTION 6.9 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE................................................ 35
SECTION 6.10 APPOINTMENT OF CO-INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE INDENTURE TRUSTEE........................ 36
SECTION 6.11 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION............................................................ 37
SECTION 6.12 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER......................................... 37
SECTION 6.13 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE...................................... 37
SECTION 6.14 INDENTURE TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF NOTES......................... 38
SECTION 6.15 SUIT FOR ENFORCEMENT..................................................................... 38
SECTION 6.16 RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS TO DIRECT INDENTURE TRUSTEE........................................ 38
ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS....................................................................... 38
SECTION 7.1 ISSUER TO FURNISH INDENTURE TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF NOTEHOLDERS...................... 39
SECTION 7.2 PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS TO NOTEHOLDERS.................................. 39
SECTION 7.3 REPORTS BY ISSUER........................................................................... 39
SECTION 7.4 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.......................................................................... 40
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES................................................................ 40
SECTION 8.1 COLLECTION OF MONEY......................................................................... 40
SECTION 8.2 DESIGNATED ACCOUNTS; PAYMENTS............................................................... 40
SECTION 8.3 GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ACCOUNTS....................................................... 42
SECTION 8.4 RELEASE OF TRUST ESTATE..................................................................... 42
SECTION 8.5 OPINION OF COUNSEL.......................................................................... 43
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................................................... 43
SECTION 9.1 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS...................................... 43
SECTION 9.2 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS......................................... 44
SECTION 9.3 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES........................................................ 45
SECTION 9.4 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE............................................................ 46
SECTION 9.5 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT......................................................... 46
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SECTION 9.6 REFERENCE IN NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................... 46
ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES.................................................................................... 46
SECTION 10.1 REDEMPTION............................................................................... 46
SECTION 10.2 FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE................................................................ 46
SECTION 10.3 NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE......................................................... 47
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS......................................................................................... 47
SECTION 11.1 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS, ETC................................................ 47
SECTION 11.2 FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE......................................... 49
SECTION 11.3 ACTS OF NOTEHOLDERS...................................................................... 50
SECTION 11.4 NOTICES, ETC., TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE, ISSUER AND RATING AGENCIES.......................... 50
SECTION 11.5 NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDERS; WAIVER........................................................... 51
SECTION 11.6 ALTERNATE PAYMENT AND NOTICE PROVISIONS.................................................. 51
SECTION 11.7 CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT........................................................ 51
SECTION 11.8 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................. 52
SECTION 11.9 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS................................................................... 52
SECTION 11.10 SEVERABILITY............................................................................. 52
SECTION 11.11 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.................................................................... 52
SECTION 11.12 LEGAL HOLIDAYS........................................................................... 52
SECTION 11.13 GOVERNING LAW............................................................................ 52
SECTION 11.14 COUNTERPARTS............................................................................. 52
SECTION 11.15 RECORDING OF INDENTURE................................................................... 52
SECTION 11.16 NO RECOURSE.............................................................................. 53
SECTION 11.17 NO PETITION.............................................................................. 53
SECTION 11.18 INSPECTION............................................................................... 53
SECTION 11.19 INDEMNIFICATION BY AND REIMBURSEMENT OF THE SERVICER..................................... 54
Exhibit A - Location of Schedule of Initial Receivables and Schedules
of Additional Receivables
Exhibit B - Form of Note Depository Agreement
Exhibit C-1 - Form of Fixed Rate Asset Backed Note
Exhibit C-2 - Form of Floating Rate Asset Backed Note
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of August 14, 2003, between CAPITAL
AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"),
and BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee and not in its individual
capacity (the "Indenture Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (only to the
extent expressly provided herein):
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the
Initial Closing Date and at each Additional Closing Date, as applicable, as
trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (only to the extent expressly
provided herein), (a) all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and
under the Initial Receivables listed on the Schedule of Initial Receivables and
(i) in the case of Initial Receivables that are Scheduled Interest Receivables,
all monies due thereunder on and after the Initial Cutoff Date and (ii) in the
case of Initial Receivables that are Simple Interest Receivables, all monies
received thereon on and after the Initial Cutoff Date, in each case, exclusive
of any amounts allocable to the premium for physical damage insurance
force-placed by GMAC, as servicer of the Receivables, covering any related
Financed Vehicle; (b) the interest of the Issuer in the security interests in
the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the Initial Receivables
and, to the extent permitted by law, any accessions thereto; (c) the interest of
the Issuer in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life,
credit disability or other insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or
Obligors; (d) the interest of the Issuer in any proceeds from recourse against
Dealers on the Initial Receivables; (e) the right to purchase Additional
Receivables during the Revolving Period at a price equal to the Additional
Receivables Discounted Principal Balance of such Additional Receivables; (f) all
right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Additional
Receivables listed on each Schedule of Additional Receivables and (i) in the
case of Additional Receivables that are Scheduled Interest Receivables, all
monies due thereunder on and after the applicable Additional Cutoff Date and
(ii) in the case of Additional Receivables that are Simple Interest Receivables,
all monies received thereon on and after the applicable Additional Cutoff Date,
in each case exclusive of any amounts allocable to the premium for physical
damage insurance force-placed by GMAC, as servicer of the Receivables, covering
any related Financed Vehicle; (g) the interest of the Issuer in the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the
Additional Receivables and, to the extent permitted by law, any accessions
thereto; (h) the interest of the Issuer in any proceeds from claims on any
physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies
covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors; (i) the interest of the Issuer in any
proceeds from recourse against Dealers on the Additional Receivables; (j) all
right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the First Step Initial
Receivables Assignment and the applicable First Step Additional Receivables
Assignment; (k) all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the
Second Step Initial Receivables Assignments and the applicable Second Step
Additional Receivables Assignment; (l) all right, title and interest in all
funds on deposit from time to time in the Accumulation Account, the Collection
Account, the Note Distribution Account, the Certificate Distribution Account;
(m) all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement and any other Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements,
including all rights of the Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the Custodian Agreement assigned to the Issuer pursuant to the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement; (n) all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and
under any Third Party Instrument; and (o) all present and future claims,
demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing
and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature
whatsoever in respect of any or all the foregoing, including all proceeds of the
conversion of any or all of the foregoing, voluntary or involuntary, into cash
or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable,
notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, investment property, payment intangibles, general intangibles,
condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of
obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing (collectively, along with the Reserve Account Property pledged
pursuant to Section 4.07(c) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
"Collateral").
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the (a) the
payment of principal of an interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect
of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction,
(b) the payment of the Certificate Balance and interest on, and any other
amounts owing in respect of the Certificates, equally and ratably without
prejudice, priority or distinction, and (c) payment of amounts payable to the
Swap Counterparty under the Interest Rate Swap, and to secure compliance with
the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture. This
Indenture constitutes a security agreement under the UCC.
The foregoing Grant includes all rights, powers and options
(but none of the obligations, if any) of the Issuer under any agreement or
instrument included in the Collateral, including the immediate and continuing
right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest
payments in respect of the Receivables included in the Collateral and all other
monies payable under the Collateral, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and
options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the Issuer or otherwise and
generally to do and receive anything that the Issuer is or may be entitled to do
or receive under or with respect to the Collateral.
The Indenture Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Secured
Parties (only to the extent expressly provided herein), acknowledges such Grant
and accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Certain capitalized terms used in
this Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned them in Part I of
Appendix A to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (as amended from time to
time, the "Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement") dated as of the date hereof,
among the Issuer, CARI and General Motors Acceptance Corporation ("GMAC"). All
references in this Indenture to Articles, Sections, subsections and exhibits are
to the same contained in or attached to this Indenture unless otherwise
specified. All terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate, notice, Note or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The rules of construction set
forth in Part II of such Appendix A shall be applicable to this Indenture.
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SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" means the Indenture Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by reference to another statute or defined by a Commission rule
have the respective meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1 Form.
(a) Each of the Class A-1a Notes, the Class A-2a Notes,
the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-4a Notes, together, in each case, with the
Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit C-1, and each of the Class A-1b Notes, the Class A-2b
Notes, the Class A-3b Notes and the Class A-4b Notes together with the Indenture
Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit C-2, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and each such Note may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note
may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto
on the face of the Note.
(b) The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with
or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing
such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(c) The terms of each class of Notes as provided for in
Exhibits C-1 and C-2 hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
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(a) Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication and shall be issuable as a registered Note in the minimum
denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples thereof (except, if applicable,
for one Note representing a residual portion of each class which may be issued
in a different denomination).
(b) The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer
by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer
on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.
(c) Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind
the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did
not hold such office at the date of such Notes.
(d) The Indenture Trustee, in exchange for the Grant of
the Receivables and the other components of the Trust, simultaneously with the
Grant to the Indenture Trustee of the Receivables, and the constructive delivery
to the Indenture Trustee of the Receivables Files and the other components and
assets of the Trust, shall cause to be authenticated and delivered to or upon
the order of the Issuer, Notes for original issue in aggregate principal amount
of $2,855,500,000, comprised of (i) Class A-1a Notes in the aggregate principal
amount of $150,000,000 (ii) Class A-1b Notes in the aggregate principal amount
of $980,000,000 (iii) Class A-2a Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$125,000,000, (iv) Class A-2b Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$525,000,000 (v) Class A-3a Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$350,000,000 (vi) Class A-3b Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$470,000,000 (vii) Class A-4a Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$150,500,000 and (viii) Class A-4b Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$105,000,000. The aggregate principal amount of all Notes outstanding at any
time may not exceed $2,855,500,000, except as provided in Section 2.5.
(e) No Notes shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on
such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit C-1 or Exhibit C-2, as applicable, executed by the Indenture Trustee by
the manual signature of one of its Authorized Officers, and such certificate
upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes.
(a) Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, if any,
the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, such Temporary Notes which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of
the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations
as are consistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing
such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(b) If Temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause
Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of Definitive Notes, the
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Temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the
Temporary Notes at the Agency Office of the Issuer to be maintained as provided
in Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more Temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and
the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so
delivered in exchange, the Temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Notes.
(a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept the Note Register,
comprising separate registers for each class of Notes, in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as the Issuer may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for
the registration of the Notes and the registration of transfers and exchanges of
the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall initially be the Note Registrar for the
purpose of registering the Notes and transfers of the Notes as herein provided.
Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor Note Registrar or, if it elects not to make such an appointment,
assume the duties of the Note Registrar.
(b) If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is
appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture
Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of
the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register. The
Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all
reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof. The Indenture Trustee shall have
the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by
an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders
and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
(c) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office
of the Issuer (and following the delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to
the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall execute, the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture
Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Notes in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(d) At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be
exchanged for other Notes of the same class in any authorized denominations, of
a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Notes to be exchanged
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office of
the Issuer (and following the delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to the
Issuer by the Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture
Trustee, such Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
(e) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of other Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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(f) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and
the Note Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by a
commercial bank or trust company located, or having a correspondent located, in
the City of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Indenture Trustee is located, or by a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.
(g) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or Indenture
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.3 or
9.6 not involving any transfer.
(h) By acquiring a Note, each purchaser and transferee
shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring the
Note with the plan assets of a Benefit Plan or (b) the acquisition and holding
of the Note will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under
Section 406(a) of ERISA of Section 4975 of the Code.
(i) The preceding provisions of this Section 2.4
notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to transfer or make exchanges,
and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges, of Notes that:
(i) have been selected for redemption pursuant to Article X, if applicable; or
(ii) are due for repayment within 15 days of submission to the Corporate Trust
Office or the Agency Office.
SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(a) If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the
Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is
delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required
by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee
that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall
execute and upon the Issuer's request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Note, a replacement Note of a like class and aggregate principal
amount; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but
not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and
payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a
replacement Note, the Issuer may make payment to the Holder of such destroyed,
lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date, if
applicable, without surrender thereof.
(b) If, after the delivery of a replacement Note or
payment in respect of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to subsection
(a), a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or
such payment) from (i) any Person to whom it was delivered, (ii) the Person
taking such replacement
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Note from the Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered; or (iii) any
assignee of such Person, except a bona fide purchaser, and the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity
provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
(c) In connection with the issuance of any replacement
Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of
such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including
all fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.
(d) Any duplicate Note issued pursuant to this Section
2.5 in replacement for any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether
or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time
or be enforced by any Person, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
(e) The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and
shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect
to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Noteholders. Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as
the Noteholder for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and
interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest.
(a) Interest on each class of Notes shall accrue in the
manner set forth in Exhibit C-1 and Exhibit C-2, as applicable for such class,
at the applicable Interest Rate for such class and will be due and payable on
each Distribution Date in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section
8.2(c). Any instalment of interest payable on any Note shall be punctually paid
or duly provided for by a deposit by or at the direction of the Issuer into the
Note Distribution Account on the applicable Distribution Date and shall be paid
to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered on the applicable Record Date, by check mailed first-class, postage
prepaid to such Person's address as it appears on the Note Register on such
Record Date; provided, however, that, unless and until Definitive Notes have
been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the
applicable Record Date in the name of the Note Depository (initially, Cede &
Co.), payment shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
the account designated by the Note Depository; provided, further, that with
respect to any Private Notes, upon written request of the Holder thereof,
payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account designated by such Holder until further written notice from such Holder.
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(b) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and a
declaration in accordance with Section 5.2(a) that the Notes have become
immediately due and payable, the principal of each class of Notes shall be
payable in full on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such class and,
during the Amortization Period, to the extent of funds available therefor, in
instalments on the Distribution Dates (if any) preceding the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for such class, in the amounts and in accordance with the
priorities set forth in Section 8.2(c)(ii) or (iii), as applicable. All
principal payments on each class of Notes on any Distribution Date shall be made
pro rata to the Noteholders of such class entitled thereto. Any instalment of
principal payable on any Note shall be punctually paid or duly provided for by a
deposit by or at the direction of the Issuer into the Note Distribution Account
on the applicable Distribution Date and shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the
applicable Record Date, by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such
Person's address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date;
provided, however, that, unless and until Definitive Notes have been issued
pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in
the name of the Note Depository, payment shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by the Note Depository.
The funds represented by any such checks in respect of interest or principal
returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3.
(c) From and after the occurrence of an Event of Default
and a declaration in accordance with Section 5.2(a) that the Notes have become
immediately due and payable, until such time as all Events of Default have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 5.2(b), all principal payments shall be
allocated pro rata among the Holders of all of the Notes on the basis of the
respective aggregate unpaid principal balances of Notes held by such Holders.
(d) With respect to any Distribution Date on which the
final instalment of principal and interest on a class of Notes is to be paid,
the Indenture Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of record of such class as of
the Record Date for such Distribution Date of the fact that the final instalment
of principal of and interest on such Note is to be paid on such Distribution
Date. With respect to any such class of Notes, such notice shall be sent (i) on
such Record Date by facsimile, if Book-Entry Notes are outstanding; or (ii) not
later than three Business Days after such Record Date in accordance with Section
11.5(a) if Definitive Notes are outstanding, and shall specify that such final
instalment shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note
and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for
payment of such instalment and the manner in which such payment shall be made.
Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders
as provided in Section 10.2. Within sixty days of the surrender pursuant to this
Section 2.7(d) or cancellation pursuant to Section 2.8 of all of the Notes of a
particular class, the Indenture Trustee if requested shall provide each of the
Rating Agencies with written notice stating that all Notes of such class have
been surrendered or canceled.
SECTION 2.8 Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for
payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered
to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may
at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the
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Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Notes canceled as provided in this Section 2.8, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by
the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer
Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, however, that such
Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall certify to the Issuer upon
request that surrendered Notes have been duly canceled and retained or
destroyed, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. The Indenture Trustee
shall release property from the lien of this Indenture other than as permitted
by Sections 3.21, 8.2, 8.4 and 11.1, only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel (to the extent
required by the TIA) and Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA
Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1).
SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. Subject to Section 2.15, the
Notes, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of a typewritten Note
or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository
Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, or its custodian, by or on behalf
of the Issuer. Such Note or Notes shall be registered on the Note Register in
the name of the Note Depository, and no Note Owner shall receive a Definitive
Note representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.12. Unless and until the Definitive Notes have been issued to Note
Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
(a) the provisions of this Section 2.10 shall be in full
force and effect;
(b) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and the giving
of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Holder of such Notes and
shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section
2.10 conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of
this Section 2.10 shall control;
(d) the rights of the Note Owners shall be exercised only
through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing
Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to
Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency shall make book-entry transfers
between the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal of and interest on such Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants,
pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement; and
(e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions
to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing
a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it
has (i) received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing
Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required
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percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes; and (ii) has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or
other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless
and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to
Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Noteholders to the Clearing
Agency and shall have no other obligation to the Note Owners.
SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (i) the Administrator
advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Notes (other than the Private Notes) and the Issuer is unable to locate a
qualified successor; (ii) the Administrator, at its option, advises the
Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency; or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default or a Servicer Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests
aggregating at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of such Notes advise
the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Note
Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture
Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the
Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive
Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the
Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes
as Noteholders.
SECTION 2.13 Seller as Noteholder. The Seller in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes of any
class and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its affiliates with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Seller.
SECTION 2.14 Tax Treatment. The Seller and the Indenture
Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and the Noteholders, by acquiring any
Note or interest therein, (i) express their intention that the Notes qualify
under applicable tax law as indebtedness secured by the Collateral, and (ii)
unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities, agree to treat the
Notes as indebtedness secured by the Collateral for the purpose of federal
income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes, Michigan single
business tax, and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or based upon gross
or net income.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer
shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in
accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. On each Distribution
Date and on the Redemption Date (if applicable), the Issuer shall cause amounts
on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to be distributed to
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the Noteholders in accordance with Sections 2.7 and 8.2, less amounts properly
withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of
interest and/or principal. Any amounts so withheld shall be considered as having
been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Agency Office. As long as any of
the Notes remains outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, an office (the "Agency Office"), being an
office or agency where Notes may be surrendered to the Issuer for registration
of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby
initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing
purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee
of the location, and of any change in the location, of the Agency Office. If at
any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall
fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its
agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust.
(a) As provided in Section 8.2(a) and (b), all payments
of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from
amounts withdrawn from the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.2(c)
shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another
Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Note Distribution Account for
payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this
Section 3.3.
(b) On or before each Distribution Date or the Redemption
Date (if applicable), the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming
due with respect to the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto.
(c) The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than
the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee
(and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees),
subject to the provisions of this Section 3.3, that such Paying Agent shall:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of
amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein
provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any
default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has
actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect
to the Notes;
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(iii) at any time during the continuance of any
such default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay
to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and
forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the
payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be
met by a Paying Agent in effect at the time of determination; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code
with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any
applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable
reporting requirements in connection therewith.
(d) The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of
obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee
all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by
such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
(e) Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of
funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for
the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed
for one year after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged
from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and the Holder of
such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the
Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
payment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, notice that
such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining shall be paid to the Issuer. The Indenture
Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of such payment (including, but not limited to,
mailing notice of such payment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have
not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies due
and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture
Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such
Holder).
SECTION 3.4 Existence. The Issuer shall keep in full effect
its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or
becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of
America, in which case the Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be
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necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the
Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate; Acknowledgment of
Pledge.
(a) The Issuer shall from time to time execute and
deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and authorize or execute, as
applicable, and deliver all such financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such
other action necessary or advisable to:
(i) maintain or preserve the lien and security
interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more
effectively the purposes hereof, including by making the necessary filings of
financing statements or amendments thereto within sixty days after the
occurrence of any of the following and by promptly notifying the Indenture
Trustee of any such filings: (A) any change in the Issuer's true legal name or
any of its trade names, (B) any change in the location of the Issuer's principal
place of business, (C) any merger or consolidation or other change in the
Issuer's identity or organizational structure or jurisdiction of organization or
in which the Issuer is located for purposes of the UCC and (D) any other change
or occurrence that would make any financing statement or amendment thereto
seriously misleading within the meaning of the UCC.
(ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the
validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture and the priority
thereof;
(iii) enforce the rights of the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders in any of the Collateral; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust
Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Parties in such
Trust Estate against the claims of all persons and parties,
and the Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to authorize and/or execute any financing statement,
continuation statement or other instrument required by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Section 3.5.
(b) The Indenture Trustee acknowledges the pledge by the
Seller to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.07(c) of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement of (i) all of the Seller's right, title and interest in
and to the Reserve Account Property in order to provide for the payment to the
Financial Parties and the Servicer in accordance with Sections 4.06(c) and (d)
of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, to assure availability of the amounts
maintained in the Reserve Account for the benefit of the Financial Parties and
the Servicer and as security for the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) The Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to
file all financing statements naming the Issuer as debtor that are necessary or
advisable to perfect, make effective or continue the lien and security interest
of this Indenture, and authorizes the Indenture Trustee to take any such action
without its signature.
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SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate.
(a) On the Initial Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the
recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and
any other requisite documents, and with respect to the authorization, execution
and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are
necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest of this
Indenture and reciting the details of such action, or stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and
security interest effective.
(b) On or before August 15 in each calendar year,
beginning August 15, 2004, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such
action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and
refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other
requisite documents and with respect to the authorization, execution and filing
of any financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary to
maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting
the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no
such action is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by
this Indenture. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording,
filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental
hereto and any other requisite documents and the authorization, execution and
filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the
opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest
of this Indenture until August 15 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables.
(a) The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use
its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would
release any Person from any of such Person's material covenants or obligations
under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would
result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge
of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or
agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Administration Agreement or such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist
it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such
duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in the Basic Documents or
an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the
Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this
Indenture.
(c) The Issuer shall punctually perform and observe all
of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic
Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate,
including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing
statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of
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this Indenture, the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for
herein and therein.
(d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence
of a Servicer Default under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer
shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies thereof, and
shall specify in such notice the response or action, if any, the Issuer has
taken or is taking with respect of such default. If a Servicer Default shall
arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or
obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee shall take all reasonable steps available to them pursuant to
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
to remedy such failure.
(e) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the
assignment granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights
of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer agrees that it shall not, without
the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a
majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes, as applicable in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture, amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or
surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination,
waiver or surrender of, the terms of any Collateral or any of the Basic
Documents, or waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer or the
Seller under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Administrator under the Administration Agreement or GMAC under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(a) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any
of the properties or assets of the Issuer, except the Issuer may (i) collect,
liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables (including Warranty
Receivables, Administrative Receivables and Liquidating Receivables), (ii) make
cash payments out of the Designated Accounts, Payment Ahead Servicing Account
and the Certificate Distribution Account and (iii) take other actions, in each
case as contemplated by the Basic Documents;
(b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the
principal or interest payable in respect of the Notes (other than amounts
properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or
assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;
(c) voluntarily commence any insolvency, readjustment of
debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or other proceeding, or apply for an
order by a court or agency or supervisory authority for the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs or any other event specified in Section 5.1(f); or
(d) either (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of
this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be
amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
Person to be released from any covenants or obligations
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with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly
permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture)
to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate
or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than
tax liens, mechanics' liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in
each case on a Financed Vehicle and arising solely as a result of an action or
omission of the related Obligor), or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not
to constitute a valid first priority security interest in the Trust Estate
(other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics' or other lien).
SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer
shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee on or before August 15 of each year,
beginning August 15, 2004, an Officer's Certificate signed by an Authorized
Officer, dated as of June 30 of such year, stating that:
(a) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the
preceding 12-month period (or, with respect to the first such Officer's
Certificate, such period as shall have elapsed since the Initial Closing Date)
and of performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officer's supervision; and
(b) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge,
based on such review, the Issuer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this
Indenture throughout such period, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof. A copy of such certificate
may be obtained by any Noteholder by a request in writing to the Issuer
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.10 Consolidation, Merger, etc., of Issuer;
Disposition of Trust Assets.
(a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or
into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed
by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, or any State and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due
and timely payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such
merger or consolidation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such transaction and such Person;
(iv) any action as is necessary to maintain the
lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
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(v) the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed
to the Issuer, each stating:
(A) that such consolidation or merger
and such supplemental indenture comply with this Section 3.10;
(B) that such consolidation or merger
and such supplemental indenture shall have no material adverse tax
consequence to the Issuer or any Financial Party; and
(C) that all conditions precedent
herein provided for in this Section 3.10 have been complied with,
which shall include any filing required by the Exchange Act.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this
Indenture or the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not sell, convey,
exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets,
including those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless:
(i) the Person that acquires such properties or
assets of the Issuer (1) shall be a United States citizen or a Person organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State and (2)
by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee:
(A) expressly assumes the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and
the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed, all as provided herein;
(B) expressly agrees that all right,
title and interest so sold, conveyed, exchanged, transferred or
otherwise disposed of shall be subject and subordinate to the
rights of the Secured Parties;
(C) unless otherwise provided in such
supplemental indenture, expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or
expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes;
and
(D) expressly agrees that such Person
(or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make
all filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person)
required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied with respect to such transaction and such Person;
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(iv) any action as is necessary to maintain the
lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(v) the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed
to the Issuer, each stating that:
(A) such sale, conveyance, exchange,
transfer or disposition and such supplemental indenture comply with
this Section 3.10;
(B) such sale, conveyance, exchange,
transfer or disposition and such supplemental indenture have no
material adverse tax consequence to the Trust or to any Financial
Parties; and
(C) that all conditions precedent
herein provided for in this Section 3.10 have been complied with,
which shall include any filing required by the Exchange Act.
SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee.
(a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in
accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the
Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of substantially all
the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer
shall be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be
observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes
immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee from
the Person acquiring such assets and properties stating that the Issuer is to be
so released.
SECTION 3.12 No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in
any business or activity other than acquiring, holding and managing the
Collateral and the proceeds therefrom in the manner contemplated by the Basic
Documents, issuing the Notes and the Certificates, making payments on the Notes
and the Certificates and such other activities that are necessary, suitable or
convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto, as set forth
in Section 2.3 of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness for money borrowed other than indebtedness for money borrowed in
respect of the Notes or otherwise in accordance with the Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.14 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other
Liabilities. Except as contemplated by this Indenture or the other Basic
Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or
guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of
assuring another's payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so
doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly
or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or
own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree
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contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any
other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
SECTION 3.15 Servicer's Obligations. The Issuer shall use its
best efforts to cause the Servicer to comply with its obligations under Section
3.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make
any expenditure (whether by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for
capital assets (either real, personal or intangible property) other than the
purchase of the Receivables and other property and rights from the Seller
pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.17 Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes
are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause
unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with
such removal.
SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments. Except for payments of
principal or interest on or redemption of the Notes, so long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly:
(a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by
reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a
combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest
in the Issuer or otherwise, in each case with respect to any ownership or equity
interest or similar security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer;
(b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for
value any such ownership or equity interest or similar security; or
(c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any
such purpose;
provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, distributions
to the Servicer, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, and the
Financial Parties as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for
such purpose under, the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement
or the other Basic Documents. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, make
payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance
with the Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer agrees to
give the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each
Event of Default hereunder, each Servicer Default, each default on the part of
the Seller of its obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and
each default on the part of GMAC of its obligations under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out
more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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SECTION 3.21 Indenture Trustee's Assignment of Administrative
Receivables and Warranty Receivables. Upon receipt of the Administrative
Purchase Payment or the Warranty Payment with respect to an Administrative
Receivable or a Warranty Receivable, as the case may be, the Indenture Trustee
shall assign, without recourse, representation or warranty, to the Servicer or
the Warranty Purchaser, as the case may be, all the Indenture Trustee's right,
title and interest in and to such repurchased Receivable, all monies due
thereon, the security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, proceeds from
any Insurance Policies, proceeds from recourse against the Dealer on such
Receivable and the interests of the Indenture Trustee in certain rebates of
premiums and other amounts relating to the Insurance Policies and any documents
relating thereto, such assignment being an assignment outright and not for
security; and the Servicer or the Warranty Purchaser, as applicable, shall
thereupon own such Receivable, and all such security and documents, free of any
further obligation to the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders with respect thereto. If in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the
ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce
the Receivable, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the Servicer's expense, take
such steps as the Servicer deems necessary to enforce the Receivable, including
bringing suit in the Indenture Trustee's name or the names of the Noteholders or
the Certificateholders.
SECTION 3.22 Representations and Warranties by the Issuer to
the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the
Indenture Trustee as follows:
(a) Good Title. No Receivable has been sold, transferred,
assigned or pledged by the Issuer to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee; immediately prior to the conveyance of the Receivables pursuant to this
Indenture, the Issuer had good and marketable title thereto, free of any Lien;
and, upon execution and delivery of this Indenture by the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee shall have all of the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and
under the Receivables, the unpaid indebtedness evidenced thereby and the
collateral security therefor, free of any Lien; and
(b) All Filings Made. All filings (including, without
limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Indenture
Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Receivables shall
have been made.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except
as to: (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange; (ii) substitution of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes; (iii) rights of Noteholders to
receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon; (iv) Sections 3.3,
3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.19 and 3.21; (v) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the
Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee
under Sections 4.2 and 4.4); and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee
payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at
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expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, if:
(a) either:
(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (A) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5 and (B) Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and
held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 3.3) have been delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation:
(A) have become due and payable,
(B) will be due and payable on their
respective Final Scheduled Distribution Dates within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) of subsection 4.1(a)(ii) above,
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the
United States of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire unpaid principal and accrued interest on such Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due on the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Notes or the Redemption Date for such
Notes (if such Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1),
as the case may be;
(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder or under any Third Party Instrument by the Issuer; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by
the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.1(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been
complied with.
SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited
with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the
Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the
payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest and to payment of
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any other Secured Party or any holder of any Third Party Instrument of all sums,
if any, due or to become due to any other Secured Party or any holder of any
Third Party Instrument under and in accordance with this Indenture; but such
monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
herein, in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, or as required by law.
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall,
upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and
applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 4.4 Duration of Position of Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding the earlier payment in full of all principal and interest due to
the Noteholders under the terms of the Notes and the cancellation of the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.1, the Indenture Trustee shall continue to act in the
capacity as Indenture Trustee hereunder and, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, shall comply with its obligations under Sections 5.01(a),
7.02 and 7.03 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, as appropriate, until
such time as all payments in respect of Certificate Balance and interest due to
the Certificateholders have been paid in full.
ARTICLE V
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. For the purposes of this
Indenture, "Event of Default" wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:
(a) failure to pay the full Noteholders' Interest
Distributable Amount on any class of Notes on any Distribution Date, and such
default shall continue for a period of five (5) days; or
(b) except as set forth in Section 5.1(c), failure to pay
any instalment of the principal of any Note as and when the same becomes due and
payable, and such default continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days
after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee
by the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, a
written notice specifying such default and demanding that it be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(c) failure to pay in full the outstanding principal
balance of any class of Notes by the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such
class; or
(d) default in the observance or performance in any
material respect of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or
performance of which is elsewhere in this specifically dealt with in this
Section 5.1) which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the
Noteholders, and such default shall continue or not be cured, for a period of 30
days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuer and the Seller (or the Servicer, as applicable) by the Indenture Trustee
or to the Issuer and the Seller (or the Servicer, as applicable) and the
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Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes, a written notice specifying such default, demanding that it be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial
part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate,
or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and such
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or
(f) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by
the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or
for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by
the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee within five Business Days
after learning of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an
Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse
of time would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(d), its status and
what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default should occur and be
continuing, then and in every such case, unless the principal amount of the
Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Indenture Trustee or
the Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable,
by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by
the Noteholders) setting forth the Event or Events of Default, and upon any such
declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become
immediately due and payable.
(b) At any time after such declaration of acceleration of
maturity of the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment
of the money due thereunder has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as
hereinafter provided in this Article V, the Holders of Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by written notice to the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, may waive all Defaults set forth in the notice
delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a), and rescind and annul such declaration and
its consequences; provided, that no such rescission and annulment shall extend
to or affect any other Default or impair any right consequent thereto; and
provided further, that if the Indenture Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce
any right under this Indenture and such Proceedings shall have been discontinued
or abandoned because of such rescission and annulment or for any other reason,
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such Proceedings shall have been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee,
then and in every such case, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the
Noteholders, as the case may be, shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall
continue as though no such Proceedings had been commenced.
SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Indenture Trustee. (a)The Issuer covenants that if an Event of
Default occurs and such Event of Default has not been waived pursuant to Section
5.12, the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay to the
Indenture Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders in accordance with
their respective outstanding principal amounts, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue
principal, at the rate borne by the Notes and in addition thereto such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) If the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such
amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums
so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final
decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such
Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged
or decreed to be payable.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.4, in its
discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem
most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or
legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by
applicable law.
(d) If there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or
any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership
interest in the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or if a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings
relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable
as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 5.3, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the
whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee
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(including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and
each predecessor trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel,
and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor trustee, except as a result
of negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and
regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a
trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such
Proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts
received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture
Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee for application in accordance with the
priorities set forth in the Basic Documents, and, if the Indenture Trustee shall
consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the
Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt
on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
(f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under
this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture
Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in
any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such Proceedings
instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee
of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the
expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the priorities set forth in
the Basic Documents.
(g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee
(and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this
Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture
Trustee shall be held to represent all the
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Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any
such Proceedings.
SECTION 5.4 Remedies; Priorities. If an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes have been accelerated under
Section 5.2(a), the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following
(subject to Section 5.5):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then due and
payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by
declaration of acceleration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and
collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged
due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for
the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust
Estate;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party
under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the
rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and
(iv) sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof
or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and
conducted in any manner permitted by law or elect to have the Issuer maintain
possession of the Receivables and continue to apply collections on such
Receivables as if there had been no declaration of acceleration; provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the
Trust Estate following an Event of Default and acceleration of the Notes, unless
(i) (A) the Holders of all of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes
consent thereto (and if such Event of Default results under Section 5.1(d) of
this Indenture, the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Voting
Interests also consent thereto) or (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation
distributable to the Noteholders and the Certificateholders are sufficient to
discharge in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the Notes and an
amount in respect of the Certificates equal to (x) the sum of the Certificate
Balance and any Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall or
Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall and (y) the Certificateholders
Interest Distributable Amount, each at the date of such sale or liquidation or
(C) (x) there has been an Event of Default under Section 5.1(a), (b) or (c) or
otherwise arising from a failure to make a required payment of principal on any
Notes, (y) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate will not
continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes as and when they would have become due if the Notes had
not been declared due and payable, and (z) the Indenture Trustee obtains the
consent of Holders of a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Notes and (ii) 10 days' prior written notice of sale or liquidation has been
given to the Rating Agencies. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency
with respect to clauses (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not,
obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or
accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed
action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
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(b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or
property pursuant to this Article V, it shall pay out the money or property in
the following order:
FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under
Section 6.7 and then to the Owner Trustee for amounts due to
the Owner Trustee (not including amounts due for payments to
the Certificateholders) under the Trust Agreement or the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement; and
SECOND: to the Collection Account, for distribution
pursuant to Sections 8.01(b) and (e) of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the
Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.2 following an
Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been
rescinded and annulled in accordance with Section 5.2(b), the Indenture Trustee
may, but need not, elect to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. It
is the desire of the parties hereto and the Secured Parties that there be at all
times sufficient funds for the payment of the Secured Obligations to the Secured
Parties and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when
determining whether or not to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate.
In determining whether to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the
Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an
Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to
the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust
Estate for such purpose.
SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall
have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect
to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to
institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture
Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in complying with such request;
(d) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
Proceedings; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes;
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it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Holders of Notes or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except
in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable (on the basis of the
respective aggregate amount of principal and interest, respectively, due and
unpaid on the Notes held by each Noteholder) and common benefit of all holders
of Notes. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section
5.6, each and every Noteholder shall be entitled to such relief as can be given
either at law or in equity.
If the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes,
each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any,
shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive
Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, on such Note
on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, if applicable, on or after the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in
such Proceeding, be restored severally to their respective former positions
hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and
the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the
Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from
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time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee
or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders. The Holders of a majority
of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, subject to provision being made
for indemnification against costs, expenses and liabilities in a form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that:
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture;
(b) subject to the express terms of Section 5.4, any
direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall
be by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes;
(c) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been
satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant
to Section 5.5, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes
representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes to sell or
liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect; and
(d) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action
deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction;
provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee need not
take any action that it determines might cause it to incur any liability or
might materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting
to such action.
SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults.
(a) Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the
maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.2, the Holders of not less than a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes may waive any past Default or
Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (i) in the payment of
principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or
provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored to their respective former
positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
(b) Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to
exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have
occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder's acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed,
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that any court may in its discretion require, in any Proceeding for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any Proceeding
against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such Proceeding of an undertaking
to pay the costs of such Proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such Proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section 5.13 shall not apply to:
(a) any Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee;
(b) any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder, or group
of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes; or
(c) any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder for the
enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any
time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture. The Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Indenture Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee's right to
seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be
affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or
with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any
rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired
by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or
by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust
Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected
by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.4(b).
SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain
Obligations
(a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture
Trustee to do so and at the Administrator's expense, the Issuer agrees to take
all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure
the performance and observance by the Seller and the Servicer of their
respective obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by GMAC of
its obligations under or in connection with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
in accordance with the terms thereof or by any obligor under a Third Party
Instrument of its obligations under or in accordance with the Third Party
Instrument in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all
rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under
or in connection with the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement
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and any Third Party Instrument to the extent and in the manner directed by the
Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part
of the Seller, the Servicer, or any obligor under a Third Party Instrument
thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings
to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer or any obligor
under a Third Party Instrument of their respective obligations under the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any Third
Party Instrument.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction
shall be in writing or by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter))
of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, exercise
all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the
Seller, the Servicer or any obligor under a Third Party Instrument under or in
connection with the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or a Third Party Instrument, including the right or power to
take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller or
the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give
any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such
action shall be suspended.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction
shall be in writing or by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter))
of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, exercise
all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Seller against GMAC
under or in connection with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the
right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance
by GMAC of each of its obligations to the Seller thereunder and to give any
consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Seller to take such action
shall be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture
and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture, the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement or any other Basic Document against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions
furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
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requirements of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee
shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its
own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this Section 6.1(c) does not limit the
effect of Section 6.1(b);
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable
for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it
is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable
with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance
with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.11.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for
interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree
in writing with the Issuer.
(e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms
of this Indenture or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust
Agreement.
(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the
Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe
that repayments of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the
Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1 and to
the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee may rely on any document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in
the document.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from
acting, it may require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in reliance on the Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts
or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
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negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney,
custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee's conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and
the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this
Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection
from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(g) The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Indenture Trustee, in its direction, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(h) The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have
notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Indenture Trustee at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, and such notice references
the Securities and this Indenture.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, its
right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
Indenture Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.
SECTION 6.3 Indenture Trustee May Own Notes. The Indenture
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, the Servicer or any of their
respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall comply
with Sections 6.10 and 6.11. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or
co-paying agent may do the same with like rights.
SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable
for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document
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issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the
Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is
continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default within
90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal
of or interest on any Note, the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and
so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.
SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder the information and documents
set forth in Article VII, and, in addition, all such information with respect to
the Notes as may be required to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and
state income tax returns.
SECTION 6.7 Compensation; Indemnity.
(a) The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to pay to the Indenture
Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The
Indenture Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation
of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to reimburse the
Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by
it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee's agents, external counsel,
accountants and experts. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to indemnify the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 6.01 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Issuer's obligations to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When
the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default
specified in Section 5.1(d) or (e) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United
States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law.
SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee may at any time give notice of
its intent to resign by so notifying the Issuer; provided, however, that no such
resignation shall become effective and the Indenture Trustee shall not resign
prior to the time set forth in Section 6.8(c). The Holders of a majority in
Outstanding Amount of the Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying
the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. Such
resignation or removal shall become effective in accordance with Section 6.8(c).
The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with
Section 6.11;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged bankrupt
or insolvent;
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(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes
charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes
incapable of acting.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent
to resign or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture
Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to
herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint and
designate a successor Indenture Trustee.
(c) A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment and designation to the retiring Indenture Trustee
and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee
shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession
to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
(d) If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office
within 60 days after the Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment and designation of a successor Indenture
Trustee.
(e) If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section
6.11, any Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8, the Issuer's obligations under Section 6.7
and the Servicer's corresponding obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.9 Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee.
(a) Any corporation into which the Indenture Trustee may
be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Indenture Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture; provided, however, that such corporation shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 6.11, without the execution or filing of any instrument or
any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Indenture, anything in
this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) If at the time such successor or successors by merger
or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not
delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any
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successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the
Indenture Trustee. In all such cases such certificate of authentication shall
have the same full force as is provided anywhere in the Notes or herein with
respect to the certificate of authentication of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate
Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate or any Financed Vehicle may
at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a
co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (only to the extent
expressly provided herein), such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof,
and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary
or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no
notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be required under Section 6.8.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following
provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate
trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the
Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or
acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the
holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee
or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee
hereunder; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept
the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the
Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then
separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.
Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to
this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with
the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either
jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may
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be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture,
specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture
Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time
constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power
and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under
or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be
removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest
in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law,
without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The
Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition
and (unless waived by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.) it shall have a long term
unsecured debt rating of Baa3 or better by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any
indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are
outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section
310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee represents and warrants as of the Initial Closing
Date that:
(a) the Indenture Trustee (i) is a national banking
association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the United States of America and (ii) satisfies the eligibility criteria set
forth in Section 6.11;
(b) the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and
legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Indenture, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of
this Indenture;
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Indenture Trustee of this Indenture (i) shall not violate any provision of any
law or regulation governing the banking and trust powers of the Indenture
Trustee or any order, writ, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator, or
governmental authority applicable to the Indenture Trustee or any of its assets,
(ii) shall not violate any provision of the corporate charter or by-laws of the
Indenture Trustee, or (iii) shall not violate any provision of, or constitute,
with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien on any properties included in the Trust
Estate pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement or other undertaking to which it is a party, which violation, default
or lien could reasonably be expected
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to have a materially adverse effect on the Indenture Trustee's performance or
ability to perform its duties under this Indenture or on the transactions
contemplated in this Indenture;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Indenture Trustee of this Indenture shall not require the authorization, consent
or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the
taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency
regulating the banking and corporate trust activities of the Indenture Trustee;
and
(e) this Indenture has been duly executed and delivered
by the Indenture Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement
of the Indenture Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 6.14 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding
relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as Indenture Trustee. Any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly
provided herein) the Certificateholders in respect of which such judgment has
been obtained.
SECTION 6.15 Suit for Enforcement. If an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, in its discretion may,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, proceed to protect and enforce its
rights and the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture by Proceeding
whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in
this Indenture or in aid of the execution of any power granted in this Indenture
or for the enforcement of any other legal, equitable or other remedy as the
Indenture Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any of the rights of the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders.
SECTION 6.16 Rights of Noteholders to Direct Indenture
Trustee. Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided,
however, that subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee shall have the right
to decline to follow any such direction if the Indenture Trustee being advised
by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or
if the Indenture Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer,
determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or subject it to
personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Noteholders not
parties to such direction; and provided, further, that nothing in this Indenture
shall impair the right of the Indenture Trustee to take any action deemed proper
by the Indenture Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction by
the Noteholders.
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ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and
Addresses of Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished by
the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five days before each
Distribution Date a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of the close of
business on the related Record Date, and (b) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 14 days after receipt by the
Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however,
that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall
be required to be furnished.
SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information, Communications to
Noteholders.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a
form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as
provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received
by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.1
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section
312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture
or under the Notes.
(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note
Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer.
(a) The Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Indenture Trustee within 15
days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies
of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time
to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may be required to
file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the
Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time
by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;
and
(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the
Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA
Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this
Section 7.3(a) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time
to time by the Commission.
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(b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal
year of the Issuer shall end on December 31 of such year.
SECTION 7.4 Reports by Trustee.
(a) If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days
after each August 15th, beginning with August 15, 2004, the Indenture Trustee
shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c) a brief report
dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture
Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). A copy of any report
delivered pursuant to this Section 7.4(a) shall, at the time of its mailing to
Noteholders, be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each
stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify
the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
(b) On each Distribution Date the Indenture Trustee shall
include with each payment to each Noteholder a copy of the statement for the
related Monthly Period or Periods applicable to such Distribution Date as
required pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery
of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or
assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other
property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture. Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the
making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is
part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be
appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution
and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without
prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this
Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.
SECTION 8.2 Designated Accounts; Payments. (a) On or prior to
the Initial Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and
maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Financial
Parties (and with respect to the Reserve Account, for the benefit of the
Servicer) the Designated Accounts as provided in Articles IV and V of the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) On or before each Distribution Date, (i) amounts
shall be deposited in the Collection Account as provided in Section 4.06 of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the Aggregate Noteholders' Interest
Distributable Amount and, during the Amortization Period, the Aggregate
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount shall be transferred from the
Collection Account to the Note Distribution Account as and to the extent
provided in Section 4.06 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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(c) On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall apply and, as required, distribute to the Noteholders all amounts on
deposit in the Note Distribution Account (subject to the Servicer's rights under
Section 5.03 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to Investment Earnings)
in the following order of priority and in the amounts determined as described
below:
(i) The Aggregate Noteholders' Interest
Distributable Amount shall be applied to each class or tranche of Notes in an
amount equal to the sum of
(A) the Noteholders' Interest
Distributable Amount for such class or tranche of Notes for such
Distribution Date plus
(B) if there was any Noteholders'
Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the immediately
preceding Distribution Date, a pro rata portion thereof determined
on the basis of the amount of interest that was to be applied to
such class or tranche on such preceding Distribution Date;
provided, however, that if there are not sufficient funds in the Note
Distribution Account to so apply the entire Aggregate Noteholders' Interest
Distributable Amount, the amount available in the Note Distribution Account for
such purpose shall be applied to each class or tranche of Notes pro rata on the
basis of the respective amount otherwise to be applied to such class pursuant to
this clause (i). The amount so applied to each class or tranche of Notes shall
be paid to the Holders thereof on such Distribution Date.
(ii) During the Amortization Period, unless
otherwise provided in clause (iii) below, an amount equal to the Aggregate
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount (or such lesser amount as has been
deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.06(c)(vi) of
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement) shall be applied to each class of Notes
in the following amounts and in the following order of priority and any amount
so applied shall be paid on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such class
of Notes:
(1) first, to the Class A-1 Notes, until the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes is
reduced to zero;
(2) second, to the Class A-2 Notes, until
the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-2 Notes is
reduced to zero;
(3) third, to the Class A-3 Notes, until the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A-3 Notes is
reduced to zero; and
(4) fourth, to the Class A-4 Notes, until
the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-4 Notes is
reduced to zero.
(iii) If the Notes have been declared immediately
due and payable following an Event of Default as provided in Section 5.2, until
such time as all Events of Default have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.2(b), any amounts remaining in the Note Distribution Account after the
applications described in Section 8.2(c)(i) and any amounts then
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on deposit or deposited into the Note Distribution Account thereafter shall be
applied in accordance with Section 2.7(c).
SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Accounts
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Designated
Accounts shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the
Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order, subject to the provisions of Section
5.01(b) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer shall not direct
the Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any
investment held in any of the Designated Accounts unless the security interest
granted and perfected in such account shall continue to be perfected in such
investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further
action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture
Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
(b) Subject to Section 6.1(c), the Indenture Trustee
shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the
Designated Accounts resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included
therein except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee's failure to
make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in
its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance
with their terms.
(c) If (i) the Issuer shall have failed to give
investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Designated Accounts to the
Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City Time (or such other time as may
be agreed by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii)
a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect
to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant
to Section 5.2, or, if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable
following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or receivable from the
Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.5 as if there had
not been such a declaration; then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest
extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Designated Accounts in one
or more Eligible Investments selected by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 8.4 Release of Trust Estate.
(a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses
pursuant to Section 6.7, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the
provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from
the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee's interest in the
same, in a manner and under circumstances that are consistent with the
provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by
the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to
ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of
any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there
are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.7 have been paid and all amounts owing under each Third Party
Instrument have been paid, release any remaining
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portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes and the other Secured
Obligations from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any
other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Designated
Accounts. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) only upon receipt by it of an Issuer
Request and an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by
the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1.
SECTION 8.5 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall
receive at least seven days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any
action pursuant to Section 8.4(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments
involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require as a condition to such
action, an Opinion of Counsel and a Materiality Opinion, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such
action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that
all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with
and such action shall not materially and adversely impair the security for the
Secured Obligations or the rights of the Secured Parties in contravention of the
provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel
and Materiality Opinion shall not be required to express an opinion as to the
fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely,
without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any
certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection
with any such action.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but
with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution
thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any
property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure,
convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required
to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to additional
property to the lien of this Indenture;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance
with Section 3.10 and the applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the
Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer
contained herein and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for
the benefit of the Securityholders or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or
pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;
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(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or
in any other Basic Document;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance
of the appointment hereunder by a successor or additional trustee with respect
to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI; or
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the
provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal
statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as
may be expressly required by the TIA, and the Indenture Trustee is hereby
authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to
make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized
by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Noteholders but
with prior notice to the Rating Agencies at any time and from time to time enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, changing in any manner, or eliminating any of the provisions of,
this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under
this Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by
an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Noteholder.
SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders.
(a) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized
by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with
the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to, changing in any manner, or eliminating any
of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Noteholders under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(i) change the due date of any instalment of
principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof,
the interest rate applicable thereto, or the Redemption Price with respect
thereto, change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which,
any Note or any interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the
application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the
payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
(ii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent
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of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences as provided for in this Indenture;
(iii) modify or alter the provisions of the
proviso to the definition of the term "Outstanding";
(iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to sell or
liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 if the proceeds of such sale
would be insufficient to pay the principal amount of and accrued but unpaid
interest on the Outstanding Notes;
(v) modify any provision of this Section 9.2 to
decrease the required minimum percentage necessary to approve any amendments to
any provisions of this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents;
(vi) modify any of the provisions of this
Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any
payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Distribution Date
(including the calculation of any of the individual components of such
calculation), or modify or alter the provisions of the Indenture regarding the
voting of Notes held by the Issuer, the Seller or any Affiliate of either of
them; or
(vii) permit the creation of any Lien ranking
prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part
of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein,
terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject thereto
or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security afforded by the lien of this
Indenture.
(b) The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine
whether or not any Notes would be affected (such that the consent of each
Noteholder would be required) by any supplemental indenture proposed pursuant to
this Section 9.2 and any such determination shall be binding upon the Holders of
all Notes, whether authenticated and delivered thereunder before or after the
date upon which such supplemental indenture becomes effective. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.
(c) It shall be sufficient if an Act of Noteholders
approves the substance, but not the form, of any proposed supplemental
indenture.
(d) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2,
the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Noteholders to which such amendment or
supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee
to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way
impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In
executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be fully protected in
relying upon,
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an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that
affects the Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this
Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under
this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant
to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in
effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the TIA.
SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.
Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture
Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and
delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes of the same
class.
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 10.1 Redemption. The Redeemable Notes are subject to
redemption in whole, but not in part, upon the exercise by the Servicer of its
option to purchase the Receivables pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement. The date on which such redemption shall occur is the
Distribution Date following the Optional Purchase Date identified by Servicer in
its notice of exercise of such purchase option (the "Redemption Date"). The
purchase price for the Redeemable Notes shall be equal to the applicable
Redemption Price, provided the Issuer has available funds sufficient to pay such
amount. The Servicer or the Issuer shall furnish the Rating Agencies notice of
such redemption. If the Redeemable Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this
Section 10.1, the Servicer or the Issuer shall furnish notice thereof to the
Indenture Trustee not later than 25 days prior to the Redemption Date and the
Indenture Trustee (based on such notice) shall withdraw from the Collection
Account and deposit into the Note Distribution Account, on the Redemption Date,
the aggregate Redemption Price of the Redeemable Notes, whereupon all such Notes
shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date.
SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice. (a) Notice of
redemption of the Redeemable Notes under Section 10.1 shall be given by the
Indenture Trustee by first-class mail,
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postage prepaid, mailed not less than five days prior to the applicable
Redemption Date to each Noteholder of Redeemable Notes of record at such
Noteholder's address appearing in the Note Register.
(a) All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the applicable Redemption Price; and
(iii) the place where Redeemable Notes are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the Agency
Office of the Indenture Trustee to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2).
(b) Notice of redemption of the Redeemable Notes shall be
given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of
any Redeemable Note shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of
any other Redeemable Note.
SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Redeemable
Notes shall, following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2, on the
Redemption Date cease to be Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture and shall
thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable Redemption Price
and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price) no
interest shall accrue on such Redemption Price for any period after the date to
which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating such Redemption
Price.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
(a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the
Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee: (i) an Officer's Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of
Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, and (iii) (if required by the TIA)
an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants meeting
the applicable requirements of this Section 11.1, except that, in the case of
any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of such
certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
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(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope
of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the judgment of each
such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of
each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior to the deposit with the Indenture
Trustee of any Collateral or other property or securities that is to be made the
basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section
11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing
such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the
Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (b)(i)
above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent
Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the
securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made on the basis
of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then current
fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant
to clause (i) above and this clause (b)(ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect
to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set
forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one
percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(iii) Other than with respect to the release of
any Warranty Receivables, Administrative Receivables or Liquidating Receivables,
whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the
property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion
of such Person the proposed release will not impair the security under this
Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of any signatory thereof as to the matters described in clause (b)(iii)
above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent
Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or
securities and of all other property, other than Warranty Receivables,
Administrative Receivables and Liquidating Receivables, or securities released
from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the then current
calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (b)(iii)
above and this
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clause (b)(iv), equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but
such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or
securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer's
Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the then
Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other
provision of this Section 11.1, the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or
otherwise dispose of Receivables as and to the extent permitted or required by
the Basic Documents, (B) make cash payments out of the Designated Accounts and
the Certificate Distribution Account as and to the extent permitted or required
by the Basic Documents and (C) take any other action not inconsistent with the
TIA.
SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.
(a) In any case where several matters are required to be
certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of,
only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to
some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
(b) Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer
of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that any certificate,
opinion or representation with respect to the matters upon which his certificate
or opinion is based is erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer
or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
(c) Where any Person is required to make, give or execute
two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions
or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
(d) Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any
application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided
that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of
such application, or as evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term
hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting
of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as
the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in
such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such
application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The
foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee's
right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained
in any such document as provided in Article VI.
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SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given
or taken by Noteholders or a class of Noteholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as
herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it
is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the "Act" of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section
6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the
manner provided in this Section 11.3.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of
any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes (or any one
or more Predecessor Notes) shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the
registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the
Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Note.
SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and
Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
(a) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the
Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished
or filed in writing to or with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, or
(b) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any
Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and
either sent by electronic facsimile transmission (with hard copy to follow via
first class mail) or mailed, by certified mail, return receipt requested to the
Issuer and the Owner Trustee each at the address specified in Appendix B to the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it
from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall
likewise promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the
Issuer.
(c) Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies
by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be delivered
as specified in Appendix B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.
(a) Where this Indenture provides for notice to
Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if it is in writing and mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at such
Person's address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice. If notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders,
and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively
be presumed to have been duly given regardless of whether such notice is in fact
actually received.
(b) Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive
such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with
the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
(c) In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be
impractical to mail notice of any event of Noteholders when such notice is
required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
(d) Where this Indenture provides for notice to the
Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights
or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance
constitute an Event of Default.
SECTION 11.6 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the
contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a Note
providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any
Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different from the methods provided for in
this Indenture for such payments or notices. The Issuer shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee shall
cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such
agreements.
SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
(a) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this
Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall
control.
(b) The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that
impose duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed
included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and
govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.
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SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns.
(a) All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and
the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
(b) All covenants and agreements of the Indenture Trustee
in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or
not.
SECTION 11.10 Severability. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and to the extent expressly
provided herein, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, any other party
secured hereunder, any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of
the Trust Estate and any holder of a Third Party Instrument, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. The holder of a
Third Party Instrument shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement only
to the extent that it has any rights specified herein or rights with respect to
this Indenture specified under the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement.
SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays. If the date on which any payment
is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of
the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION 11.13 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.14 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is
subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording
is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other
Person secured
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hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture
Trustee under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.16 No Recourse. No recourse may be taken, directly
or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate
or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against:
(a) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity;
(b) the Seller or any other owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer; or
(c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, the Seller or any other holder of a beneficial interest in
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or
assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity
(or any of their successors or assigns), except as any such Person may have
expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that
any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent
provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid
capital contribution or failure to pay any instalment or call owing to such
entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, 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.
SECTION 11.17 No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering
into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting a Note (or
interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenant and agree that they shall
not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of
this Indenture with respect to the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.1, acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller or the Issuer to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Seller or 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
Seller or the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller or the Issuer.
SECTION 11.18 Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable
prior notice, it shall permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee,
during the Issuer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of account,
records, reports, and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public
accountants, and to discuss the Issuer's affairs, finances and accounts with the
Issuer's officers, employees and Independent certified public accountants, all
at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The
Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in
confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required
by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are
unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 11.19 Indemnification by and Reimbursement of the
Servicer. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges and agrees to reimburse (i) the
Servicer and its directors, officers, employees and agents in accordance with
Section 6.03(b) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the Seller
and its directors, officers, employees and agents in accordance with Section
3.04 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee further
acknowledges and accepts the conditions and limitations with respect to the
Servicer's obligation to indemnify, defend and hold the Indenture Trustee
harmless as set forth in Section 6.01(a)(iv) of the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have
caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET
TRUST 2003-3
By: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trust
By: ________________________________________
Name: Man Wing Li
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee
By: ________________________________________
Name: Keith R. Richardson
Title: Vice President
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss
COUNTY OF COOK )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and
for said county and state, on this day personally appeared Eileen M. Hughes,
known to me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the
said Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2003-3, a Delaware statutory trust,
and that she executed the same as the act of said statutory trust for the
purpose and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacities therein
stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 14th day of
August, 2003.
_____________________________________________________
Notary Public in and for the State of Illinois
My commission expires:
_______________________
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss
COUNTY OF COOK )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and
for said county and state, on this day personally appeared Keith R. Richardson,
known to me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the
said Bank One, National Association, and that he executed the same as the act of
said national banking association for the purpose and consideration therein
stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the____ day of
August, 2003.
____________________________________________________
Notary Public in and for the State of Illinois
My commission expires:
___________________________
EXHIBIT A
LOCATION OF
SCHEDULE OF INITIAL RECEIVABLES AND SCHEDULE OF ADDITIONAL
RECEIVABLES
The Schedule of Initial Receivables and any Schedule of Additional
Receivables are on file at the offices of:
1. The Indenture Trustee
2. The Owner Trustee
3. General Motors Acceptance Corporation
4. Capital Auto Receivables, Inc.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF FIXED RATE ASSET BACKED NOTE
REGISTERED $____________
No. R-
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO. __________
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation
("DTC"), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of
Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such
other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede
& Co., has an interest herein.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT
ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3
[CLASS A-1a] [CLASS A-2a][CLASS A-3a] [CLASS A-4a] ___ ASSET BACKED NOTES
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3, a statutory trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ DOLLARS ($_________)
or such lesser outstanding amount as may be payable in accordance with the
Indenture (as defined on the reverse side of this Note), on each Distribution
Date, during the Amortization Period, in an amount equal to the result obtained
by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal
amount hereof and the denominator of which is aggregate initial principal amount
for such [Class A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes by (ii) the
aggregate amount, if any, payable on such Distribution Date from the Note
Distribution Account in respect of principal on the [Class
A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes pursuant to Sections 2.7, 3.1
and 8.2(c) of the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal
amount of this Note shall be due and payable on ___________ (the "Final
Scheduled Distribution Date"), unless the Note is earlier redeemed pursuant to
Section 10.1 of the Indenture, in which case such unpaid principal amount
principal amount shall be due on the Redemption Date. The Issuer shall pay
interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution
Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on
the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date
(after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding
Distribution Date (or, for the initial Distribution Date, the outstanding
principal balance on the Initial Closing Date)). Interest on the [Class A-1a]
[Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes will accrue from and including the
Initial Closing Date, and will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
equal to the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution
Date for the [Class A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes. Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months (or, in
the case of the initial Distribution Date, 31/360). Such principal of and
interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse
hereof. All interest payments on each class of Notes on any Distribution Date
shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such class entitled thereto.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such
coin or currency of the United States of America which, at the time of payment,
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by
the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and
payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this
Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully
set forth on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to
be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date: August 14, 2003
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3
By: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By: _________________________________________
Name: Man Wing Li
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
C-1-2
INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designed above and referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: _______________________________________________
Name: Keith R. Richardson
Title: Vice President
C-1-3
REVERSE OF NOTE
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer, designated as [Class A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Fixed
Rate Asset Backed Notes (herein called the "[Class A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class
A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes"), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of August
14, 2003 (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Issuer and Bank One, National Association, as trustee
(the "Indenture Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations
thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. The [Class
A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes are one of several duly
authorized classes of Notes of the Issuer issued pursuant to the Indenture
(collectively, as to all Notes of all such classes, the "Notes"). The Notes are
governed by and subject to all terms of the Indenture (which terms are
incorporated herein and made a part hereof), to which Indenture the Holder of
this Note by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is
bound. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Note that
are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture.
The [Class A-1a] [Class A-2a] [Class A-3a] [Class A-4a] Notes
and all other Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture are and will be equally and
ratably secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in
the Indenture.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner will be deemed to represent that
either (A) it is not (i) an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(3)
of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, ("ERISA"), that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii)
a "plan" described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as amended) (the "Code") or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity or (B) the purchase
and holding of the Note will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
their individual capacities, (ii) the Seller or any other owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their
individual capacities, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, except as
any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any instalment or call owing to such entity.
C-1-4
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture such Noteholder will not, prior
to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture
with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the
Seller or the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority
for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Seller or 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 Seller or the Issuer or any substantial part of
its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Seller or the Issuer.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a
Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, expresses its intention that this
Note qualifies under applicable tax law as indebtedness secured by the
Collateral and, unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities,
agrees to treat the Notes as indebtedness secured by the Collateral for the
purpose of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes,
Michigan single business tax, and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or
based upon gross or net income.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of
this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of
determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall
be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture
at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing
a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all the Notes. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified
percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders of
all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one of more
Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the
Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in
the Indenture without the consent of the Noteholders.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor
to the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain
circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in
denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations
therein set forth.
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This Note and the Indenture 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
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on
this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents, neither the Seller, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in their respective individual
capacities, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any of their
respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or
successors or assigns, shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had
to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance
of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or
indemnifications contained in this Note or the Indenture, it being expressly
understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have been made
by the Owner Trustee solely as the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer.
The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of Default
under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing
for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against,
the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and
undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
________________________________________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints ____________________________________, as attorney, to transfer said
Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:__________________ __________________________________(1)
Signature Guaranteed:
________________________ __________________________________
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(1) NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF
FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTE
REGISTERED $____________
No. R-
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO. __________
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation
("DTC"), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of
Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such
other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede
& Co., has an interest herein.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT
ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3
[CLASS A-1b] [CLASS A-2b] [CLASS A-3b] [CLASS A-4b] FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED
NOTES
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3, a statutory trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ DOLLARS ($_________)
or such lesser outstanding amount as may be payable in accordance with the
Indenture (as defined on the reverse side of this Note), on each Distribution
Date, during the Amortization Period, in an amount equal to the result obtained
by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal
amount hereof and the denominator of which is the initial aggregate principal
amount for such [Class A-1b] [Class A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes, by
(ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable on such Distribution Date from the
Note Distribution Account in respect of principal on the [Class A-1b] [Class
A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes pursuant to Sections 2.7, 3.1 and 8.2(c)
of the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of
this Note
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shall be due and payable on [______________] (the "Final Scheduled Distribution
Date"), unless the Note is earlier redeemed pursuant to Section 10.1 of the
Indenture, in which case such unpaid principal amount shall be due on the
Redemption Date. The Issuer shall pay interest on this Note on each Distribution
Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on
the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date
(after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding
Distribution Date (or, for the initial Distribution Date, the outstanding
principal balance on the Initial Closing Date)). Interest on the [Class A-1b]
[Class A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes will accrue from and including the
Closing Date, and will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal
to the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date for
the [Class A-1b] [Class A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes. Interest will be
computed on the basis of actual number of days elapsed from and including the
prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from
and including the Initial Closing Date) to but excluding the current
Distribution Date and a 360-day year. Such principal of and interest on this
Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof. All interest
payments on each class of Notes on any Distribution Date shall be made pro rata
to the Noteholders of such class entitled thereto.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such
coin or currency of the United States of America which, at the time of payment,
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by
the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and
payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this
Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully
set forth on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to
be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date: August 14, 2003
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2003-3
By: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By: ________________________________________
Name: Man Wing Li
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designed above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: _______________________________________________
Name: Keith R. Richardson
Title: Vice President
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REVERSE OF NOTE
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer, designated as its [Class A-1b] [Class A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b]
Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (herein called the "[Class A-1b] [Class A-2b]
[Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes"), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of
August 14, 2003 (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Bank One, National Association, as
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders.
The [Class A-1b] [Class A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes are one of several
duly authorized classes of Notes of the Issuer issued pursuant to the Indenture
(collectively, as to all Notes of all such classes, the "Notes"). The Notes are
governed by and subject to all terms of the Indenture (which terms are
incorporated herein and made a part hereof), to which Indenture the Holder of
this Note by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is
bound. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Note that
are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture.
The [Class A-1b] [Class A-2b] [Class A-3b] [Class A-4b] Notes
and all other Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture are and will be equally and
ratably secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in
the Indenture.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner will be deemed to represent that
either (A) it is not (i) an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(3)
of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, ("ERISA"), that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii)
a "plan" described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as amended) (the "Code") or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity or (B) the purchase
and holding of the Note will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
their individual capacities, (ii) the Seller or any other owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their
individual capacities, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, except as
any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any instalment or call owing to such entity.
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Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture such Noteholder will not, prior
to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture
with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the
Seller or the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority
for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Seller or 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 Seller or the Issuer or any substantial part of
its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Seller or the Issuer.
Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a
Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, expresses its intention that this
Note qualifies under applicable tax law as indebtedness secured by the
Collateral and, unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities,
agrees to treat the Notes as indebtedness secured by the Collateral for the
purpose of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes,
Michigan single business tax, and any other taxes imposed upon, measured by or
based upon gross or net income.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of
this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of
determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall
be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture
at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing
a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all the Notes. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified
percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders of
all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one of more
Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the
Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in
the Indenture without the consent of the Noteholders.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor
to the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain
circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in
denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations
therein set forth.
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This Note and the Indenture 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
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on
this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents, neither the Seller, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in their respective individual
capacities, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any of their
respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or
successors or assigns, shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had
to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance
of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or
indemnifications contained in this Note or the Indenture, it being expressly
understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have been made
by the Owner Trustee solely as the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer.
The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of Default
under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing
for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against,
the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and
undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
__________________________________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto_____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints ____________________________________, as attorney, to transfer said
Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:__________________ __________________________________(2)
Signature Guaranteed:
________________________ __________________________________
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(2) NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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