EXHIBIT 10.4
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NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II,
as Transferor,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 28, 2004
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS...................................................................... 1
SECTION 1.01 Definitions................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.02 Interpretive Provisions..................................................... 1
ARTICLE TWO ORGANIZATION..................................................................... 2
SECTION 2.01 Name and Status............................................................. 2
SECTION 2.02 Office...................................................................... 2
SECTION 2.03 Purposes and Powers......................................................... 2
SECTION 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee................................................ 3
SECTION 2.05 Liability of the Trust Certificateholders................................... 3
SECTION 2.06 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate.......................... 3
SECTION 2.07 Declaration of Trust........................................................ 3
SECTION 2.08 Title to Trust Property..................................................... 4
SECTION 2.09 Situs of Trust.............................................................. 4
SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the Transferor............................ 4
SECTION 2.11 Power of Attorney........................................................... 5
ARTICLE THREE TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS..................................... 6
SECTION 3.01 Initial Ownership........................................................... 6
SECTION 3.02 The Trust Certificates...................................................... 6
SECTION 3.03 Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates........................... 6
SECTION 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange....................................... 7
SECTION 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates..................... 10
SECTION 3.06 Persons Deemed Trust Certificateholders..................................... 11
SECTION 3.07 Access to List of Trust Certificateholders' Names and Addresses............. 11
SECTION 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................. 11
SECTION 3.09 Appointment of Paying Agent................................................. 11
SECTION 3.10 Ownership by the Transferor of Trust Certificates........................... 12
SECTION 3.11 Trust Certificates Held by Trust, Transferor or Their Affiliates............ 12
ARTICLE FOUR ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE OR TRUST CERTIFICATEHOLDERS............................. 12
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SECTION 4.01 Prior Notice to Trust Certificateholders With Respect to Certain
Matters..................................................................... 12
SECTION 4.02 Action by Trust Certificateholders With Respect to Certain Matters.......... 13
SECTION 4.03 Action by Owner Trustee With Respect to Bankruptcy.......................... 13
SECTION 4.04 Restrictions on Trust Certificateholders' Power............................. 13
SECTION 4.05 Majority Control............................................................ 14
ARTICLE FIVE APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES....................................... 14
SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account and Reserve
Account..................................................................... 14
SECTION 5.02 Application of Trust Funds.................................................. 15
SECTION 5.03 Method of Payment........................................................... 17
SECTION 5.04 Accounting and Reports...................................................... 17
ARTICLE SIX AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE............................................ 18
SECTION 6.01 General Authority........................................................... 18
SECTION 6.02 General Duties.............................................................. 18
SECTION 6.03 Action Upon Instruction..................................................... 19
SECTION 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified............................................... 20
SECTION 6.05 No Action Unless Specifically Authorized.................................... 20
SECTION 6.06 Restrictions................................................................ 20
ARTICLE SEVEN CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE..................................................... 21
SECTION 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties............................................. 21
SECTION 7.02 Furnishing of Documents..................................................... 22
SECTION 7.03 Representations and Warranties.............................................. 22
SECTION 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel................................................. 23
SECTION 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity........................................... 24
SECTION 7.06 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates............................. 24
SECTION 7.07 Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes.......................... 24
ARTICLE EIGHT COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE.................................................... 24
SECTION 8.01 Owner Trustee's Compensation and Indemnification............................ 24
ARTICLE NINE TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT................................................... 25
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SECTION 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.............................................. 25
SECTION 9.02 [Reserved].................................................................. 26
SECTION 9.03 Purchase of the 2004-A SUBI Certificate; Repayment of the Trust
Certificates............................................................... 26
ARTICLE TEN SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES........................... 28
SECTION 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.................................. 28
SECTION 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee..................................... 28
SECTION 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee..................................................... 29
SECTION 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.................................... 29
SECTION 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................... 30
ARTICLE ELEVEN TAX MATTERS...................................................................... 31
SECTION 11.01 Tax and Accounting Characterization......................................... 31
SECTION 11.02 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner................................... 31
SECTION 11.03 Tax Reporting............................................................... 31
ARTICLE TWELVE MISCELLANEOUS.................................................................... 32
SECTION 12.01 Supplements and Amendments.................................................. 32
SECTION 12.02 No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate........................................ 33
SECTION 12.03 Limitations on Rights of Others............................................. 33
SECTION 12.04 Notices..................................................................... 34
SECTION 12.05 Severability................................................................ 34
SECTION 12.06 Counterparts................................................................ 34
SECTION 12.07 Successors and Assigns...................................................... 34
SECTION 12.08 No Petition................................................................. 34
SECTION 12.09 No Recourse................................................................. 35
SECTION 12.10 Headings.................................................................... 35
SECTION 12.11 GOVERNING LAW............................................................... 35
SECTION 12.12 Trust Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid............................. 35
SECTION 12.13 Furnishing of Basic Documents............................................... 35
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Trust Certificate............................................................ A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Rule 144A Certificate........................................................ B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Form of Investment Letter.................................................... C-1
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of
October 28, 2004, is between Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, a Delaware limited
liability company ("NALL II"), as transferor (the "Transferor"), and Wilmington
Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation ("Wilmington Trust"), as trustee
(the "Owner Trustee").
WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into a trust agreement dated as of
July 28, 2004 (the "Initial Trust Agreement") pursuant to which the Nissan Auto
Lease Trust 2004-A was created; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement pursuant to
which, among other things, the Initial Trust Agreement will be amended and
restated, and $210,098,819.60 aggregate principal amount of Asset Backed
Certificates and $265,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.10563% Asset
Backed Class A-1 Notes, $260,000,000 aggregate principal amount 2.55000% Asset
Backed Class A-2 Notes, $357,000,000 aggregate principal amount 2.90000% Asset
Backed Class A-3 Notes, $488,000,000 aggregate principal amount Floating Rate
Asset Backed Class A-4a Notes and $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
3.18000% Asset Backed Class A-4b Notes will be issued.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement of
Definitions, dated as of October 28, 2004, by and among Nissan Auto Lease Trust
2004-A, as trust (the "Trust"), NILT Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, as
grantor and initial beneficiary (in such capacity, the "Grantor" and the "UTI
Beneficiary," respectively), Nissan-Infiniti LT, a Delaware statutory trust (the
"Titling Trust"), Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation
("NMAC"), in its individual capacity, as servicer and as Administrative Agent
(in such capacity, the "Servicer" and the "Administrative Agent," respectively),
NALL II, NILT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trustee to the Titling Trust
(the "Titling Trustee"), Wilmington Trust, as Owner Trustee and Delaware trustee
(in such capacity, the "Delaware Trustee") and U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association ("U.S. Bank"), as trust agent and indenture trustee
(in such capacity, the "Trust Agent" and the "Indenture Trustee," respectively).
SECTION 1.02 Interpretive Provisions. For all purposes of this Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires,
(i) terms used herein include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as
well as the singular, (ii) references to this Agreement include all Exhibits
hereto, (iii) references to words such as "herein," "hereof" and the like shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular part, Article, or
Section herein, (iv) references to an Article or Section such as "Article
Twelve" or "Section 12.01" shall
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refer to the applicable Article or Section of this Agreement, (v) the term
"include" and all variations thereof shall mean "include without limitation,"
(vi) the term "or" shall include "and/or", and (vii) the term "proceeds" shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
Any reference in this Agreement to any agreement means such agreement as
it may be amended, restated, supplemented (only to the extent such agreement as
supplemented relates to the Notes), or otherwise modified from time to time. Any
reference in this Agreement to any law, statute, regulation, rule, or other
legislative action shall mean such law, statute, regulation, rule, or other
legislative action as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to
time, and shall include any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. Any
reference in this Agreement to a Person shall include the successor or assignee
of such Person.
ARTICLE TWO
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.01 Name and Status. The trust created hereby shall be known as
"Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2004-A," in which name the Trust may engage in
activities as permitted by the Basic Documents, make and execute contracts and
other instruments and sue and be sued, to the extent provided herein. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the Trust shall be a statutory trust under
the Statutory Trust Statute, and that this Agreement shall constitute the
governing instrument of that statutory trust.
SECTION 2.02 Office. The chief executive office and principal place of
business of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee, initially at the
Owner Corporate Trust Office and thereafter at such other address as the Owner
Trustee may designate by written notice to the Trust Certificateholders and the
Transferor.
SECTION 2.03 Purposes and Powers.
(a) The purposes of the Trust are: (i) at the direction of the Trust
Certificateholders, to take assignments and conveyances of certain assets from
time to time, to hold such assets in trust and to collect and disburse the
periodic income therefrom for the benefit of the Trust Certificateholders, (ii)
to engage in any of the other activities described or authorized in this
Agreement, any supplement or any amendment hereto or thereto and (iii) to engage
in any and all activities that are necessary or appropriate to accomplish the
foregoing or that are incidental thereto or connected therewith. The Trust shall
not be employed for any purpose except as duly authorized in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The initial sole purpose of the Trust is to conserve the Owner Trust
Estate and collect and disburse the periodic income therefrom for the use and
benefit of the Trust Certificateholders, and in furtherance of such purpose to
engage in the following ministerial activities:
(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Trust
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement;
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(ii) to acquire the 2004-A SUBI Certificate from the
Transferor and the other property of the Owner Trust Estate in exchange
for (A) the issuance of the Notes to the Transferor, (B) certain capital
contributions from the Transferor and (C) the issuance of the Trust
Certificate to the Transferor;
(iii) to pay interest on and principal of the Notes;
(iv) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge mortgage and convey
the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture to the Indenture Trustee
as security for the Notes and to hold, manage and distribute to the Trust
Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement any portion of
the Owner Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the
Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;
(v) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents to which the Trust is a party;
(vi) to engage in other transactions, including entering into
agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the
foregoing or that are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(vii) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to
engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with
conservation of the Owner Trust Estate and the making of distributions to
the Trust Certificateholders and the Noteholders.
(c) The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection
with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this
Agreement or the other Basic Documents.
SECTION 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Transferor hereby appoints
the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to
have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein, and the Owner Trustee
hereby accepts such appointment.
SECTION 2.05 Liability of the Trust Certificateholders. No Trust
Certificateholder shall have any personal liability for any liability or
obligation of the Trust, solely by reason of it being a Trust Certificateholder.
SECTION 2.06 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The
Transferor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner
Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1.00. The Owner Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt in trust from the Transferor, as of the date hereof, of the
foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate
and shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account. The Transferor
shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon
the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any
such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 2.07 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that
it will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for
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the sole purpose of conserving the Owner Trust Estate and collecting and
disbursing the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit of the Trust
Certificateholders, who are intended to be "beneficial owners" within the
meaning of the Statutory Trust Statute, subject to the Lien of the Indenture
Trustee and the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitutes a statutory trust
under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitutes the
governing instrument of such statutory trust. Consistent with Section 11.01, it
is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax
purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a division or branch of the Trust
Certificateholder. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have
all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and under Delaware law for the
purpose and to the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Trust as
set forth in Sections 2.03(a) and 2.03(b). At the direction of the Transferor,
the Owner Trustee caused to be filed the Certificate of Trust pursuant to the
Statutory Trust Statute, and the Owner Trustee shall file or cause to be filed
such amendments thereto as shall be necessary or appropriate to satisfy the
purposes of this Agreement and as shall be consistent with the provisions
hereof.
SECTION 2.08 Title to Trust Property. Legal title to the Owner Trust
Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity,
except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of
the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case
title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.09 Situs of Trust. The Trust shall be located and administered
in the state of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall be located in the states of California, Delaware or
New York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than
Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the
Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the state of Delaware.
Payments shall be received by the Trust only in the states of Delaware,
California or New York, and payments will be made by the Trust only from the
states of Delaware, California or New York. The only principal office of the
Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the Transferor. The
Transferor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee as of the Closing
Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Transferor has been duly organized
and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned
and such business is presently conducted.
(b) Due Qualification. The Transferor has been duly qualified to do
business as a limited liability company in good standing, and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of
its business requires such qualifications, except when the failure to have any
such license, approval or qualification would not have a material adverse effect
on the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Transferor or would not have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Transferor to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
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(c) Power and Authority. The Transferor has (i) the power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; (ii) good title
to and is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the 2004-A SUBI Certificate,
free and clear of Liens and claims; (iii) full power and authority to transfer
the 2004-A SUBI Certificate and deposit the same with the Trust; (iv) duly
authorized such transfer and deposit to the Trust by all necessary action; and
(v) duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
all necessary action.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Transferor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in
equity or law.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement do not
conflict with or breach any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of
formation or limited liability agreement of the Transferor, any material
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or
by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any
material Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic Documents); nor
violate any law or, to the best of the Transferor's knowledge, any order, rule
or regulation applicable to the Transferor of any court or of any federal or
State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferor or its properties, which
breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Transferor to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or
to the Transferor's knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Transferor or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents to which it is party; (ii) seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Trust Certificates or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Basic Documents to which it is a party; (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that would be likely materially and adversely to affect
the performance by the Transferor of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents to which
it is a party; or (iv) relating to the Transferor and that would be likely
materially and adversely to affect the federal income tax or any state income
tax attributes of the Trust, the Notes or the Trust Certificates.
(g) Independent Manager. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Transferor's Formation Documents, the Transferor shall ensure that at least one
manager of the Transferor shall be an Independent Manager.
SECTION 2.11 Power of Attorney. Pursuant to the Trust Administration
Agreement, the Owner Trustee has authorized the Administrative Agent to perform
certain of its
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administrative duties hereunder, including duties with respect to the management
of the Owner Trust Estate, and in connection therewith hereby grants the
Administrative Agent its revocable power of attorney. Each Trust
Certificateholder by such Holder's acceptance of any Trust Certificate or
beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have granted
power of attorney to the Administrative Agent for purposes of actions taken or
to be taken with respect to the Trust Certificates.
ARTICLE THREE
TRUST CERTIFICATES
AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 3.01 Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Transferor pursuant to Section 2.06 and until the issuance
of the Trust Certificates, the Transferor shall be sole beneficiary of the
Trust.
SECTION 3.02 The Trust Certificates.
(a) The Trust Certificates shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A, in minimum denominations of $250,000. Except for the issuance of the
Trust Certificate to the Transferor, no Trust Certificate may be sold, pledged,
exchanged or otherwise transferred to any Person except in accordance with
Sections 3.04 and 3.10 and any attempted sale, pledge, exchange or transfer
(each referred to hereinafter as a "transfer") in violation of such Sections
shall be null and void. The Trust Certificate shall be issued in the name of the
Transferor. Upon delivery to the Transferor, the Owner Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar of a letter in the form of Exhibit C, any Trust
Certificate shall be reissued in the name and in the denomination set forth in
such letter.
(b) The Trust Certificates may be printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, and may be executed on behalf of the Trust
by manual or facsimile signature of an Authenticating Agent. Trust Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this
Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Trust Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication
and delivery of such Trust Certificates. If registration of a transfer of a
Trust Certificate is permitted pursuant to Section 3.04 and Section 3.10, the
transferee of such Trust Certificate shall become a Trust Certificateholder and
shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Trust
Certificateholder hereunder, upon such transferee's acceptance of a Trust
Certificate duly registered in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 3.04.
SECTION 3.03 Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates.
Concurrently with the transfer of the 2004-A SUBI Certificate to the Trust, the
Owner Trustee shall cause to be executed on behalf of the Trust to the
Transferor the Trust Certificate in an aggregate
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principal amount equal to the Initial Trust Certificate Balance, authenticated
and delivered to or upon the written order of the Transferor, in authorized
denominations, evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust. No Trust
Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit under this Agreement, or
shall be valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on such Trust
Certificate a certificate of authentication, substantially in the form set forth
in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or its Authenticating Agent, by
manual or facsimile signature; and such authentication shall constitute
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Trust Certificate shall
have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Trust Certificates
shall be dated the date of their authentication. Upon issuance, execution and
delivery pursuant to the terms hereof, the Trust Certificates shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Agreement. The Wilmington Trust Company shall be the
initial Authenticating Agent of the Owner Trustee hereunder, and all references
herein to authentication by the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to include the
Authenticating Agent.
SECTION 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, a register (the
"Certificate Register"), in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it
may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of
Trust Certificates and, if and to the extent transfers are permitted pursuant to
Section 3.04(b) and Section 3.10, the registration of transfers of Trust
Certificates. No transfer of a Trust Certificate shall be recognized except upon
registration of such transfer. Wilmington Trust Company is hereby appointed as
the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar shall for any
reason become unable to act as Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Registrar
shall give prompt written notice to such effect to the Transferor, the Owner
Trustee and the Servicer. The Owner Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor,
which shall be another trust company or bank, and shall agree to act in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it as successor
Certificate Registrar under this Agreement.
(b) Each Trust Certificate shall bear a legend regarding transfers to the
effect of the legend on the form of Trust Certificate attached as Exhibit A
hereto, unless determined otherwise by the Servicer (as certified to the
Certificate Registrar in an Officer's Certificate) consistent with applicable
law.
If and to the extent transfers are permitted pursuant to Section 3.10, as
a condition to the registration of any transfer of a Trust Certificate, the
prospective transferee shall be required to represent in writing to the Owner
Trustee, the Transferor and the Certificate Registrar the following:
(i) It has neither acquired nor will it transfer any Trust
Certificate it purchases (or any interest therein) or cause any such Trust
Certificates (or any interest therein) to be marketed on or through an
"established securities market" within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1)
of the Code, including, without limitation, an over-the-counter-market or
an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or
sell quotations.
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(ii) It either (A) is not, and will not become, a partnership,
Subchapter S corporation or grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax
purposes or (B) is such an entity, but none of the direct or indirect
beneficial owners of any of the interests in such transferee have allowed
or caused, or will allow or cause, 50% or more (or such other percentage
as the Transferor may establish prior to the time of such proposed
transfer) of the value of such interests to be attributable to such
transferee's ownership of Trust Certificates.
(iii) It understands that no subsequent transfer of the Trust
Certificates is permitted unless (A) such transfer is of a Trust
Certificate with a denomination of at least $250,000, (B) it causes its
proposed transferee to provide to the Trust and the Certificate Registrar
a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, or such other
written statement as the Transferor shall prescribe and (C) the Transferor
consents in writing to the proposed transfer, which consent shall be
granted unless the Transferor determines that such transfer would create a
risk that the Trust or the Titling Trust would be classified for federal
or any applicable state tax purposes as an association (or a publicly
traded partnership) taxable as a corporation; provided, however, that any
attempted transfer that would either cause (1) the number of registered
holders of Trust Certificates to exceed 95 or (2) the number of holders of
direct or indirect interests in the Titling Trust to exceed 50, shall be a
void transfer.
(iv) It understands that the Opinion of Counsel to the Trust
that the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation is dependent in part on the accuracy of the representations in
paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
(v) It is not a Benefit Plan or arrangement subject to Section
406 of ERISA, will not acquire or hold the Trust Certificates being
transferred on behalf of or with "plan assets" of a Benefit Plan, and is
not a Person acting on behalf of such a Benefit Plan or arrangement nor
using the assets of such a Benefit Plan or arrangement to effect such
transfer;
(vi) It is a Person who is either (A)(1) a citizen or resident
of the United States, (2) a corporation, partnership or other entity
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or (3) a Person not described in (A)(1) or (2) whose
ownership of the Trust Certificates is effectively connected with such
Person's conduct of a trade or business within the United States (within
the meaning of the Code) and its ownership of any interest in a Trust
Certificate will not result in any withholding obligation with respect to
any payments with respect to the Trust Certificates by any Person (other
than withholding, if any, under Section 1446 of the Code) or (B) an estate
or trust the income of which is includible in gross income for federal
income tax purposes, regardless of source or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision of the
administration of the trust and one or more "U.S. persons" (as such term
is defined in the Code) have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the Trust. It agrees that it will provide a certification of
non-foreign status signed under penalty of perjury and, alternatively,
that if it is a Person described in clause (A)(3) above, it will furnish
to the Transferor and the Owner Trustee a properly executed IRS Form
W-8ECI and a new IRS Form W-8ECI upon the expiration or obsolescence of
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any previously delivered form (and such other certifications,
representations or Opinions of Counsel as may be requested by the
Transferor and the Owner Trustee).
(vii) It understands that any purported transfer of any Trust
Certificate (or any interest therein) in contravention of any of the
restrictions and conditions in this Section shall be void, and the
purported transferee in such transfer shall not be recognized by the Trust
or any other Person as a Trust Certificateholder for any purpose.
(c) By acceptance of any Trust Certificate, the related Trust
Certificateholder specifically agrees with and represents to the Transferor, the
Trust and Certificate Registrar that no transfer of such Trust Certificate shall
be made unless the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws are complied with, or such transfer is exempt
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act because the transfer
satisfies one of the following:
(i) Such transfer is in compliance with Rule 144A, to a
transferee who the transferor reasonably believes is a Qualified
Institutional Buyer that is purchasing for its own account or for the
account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer and to whom notice is given
that such transfer is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A and (A) the
transferor thereof executes and delivers to the Transferor and the
Certificate Registrar, a Rule 144A certificate substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit B and (B) the transferee executes and delivers to the
Transferor and the Certificate Registrar an investment letter
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
(ii) After the appropriate holding period, such transfer is
pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act and the transferee, if
requested by the Transferor or the Certificate Registrar, delivers an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Transferor.
(d) The Transferor shall make the Rule 144A Information available to the
prospective transferor and transferee of a Trust Certificate. The Rule 144A
Information shall include any or all of the following items requested by the
prospective transferee:
(i) the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the date of
such transfer;
(ii) each Payment Date Certificate delivered to Trust
Certificateholders on each Payment Date preceding such request; and
(iii) such other information as is reasonably available to the
Transferor in order to comply with requests for information pursuant to
Rule 144A.
None of the Transferor, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee is
under an obligation to register any Trust Certificate under the Securities Act
or any state securities laws.
(e) Upon surrender for registration of transfer or exchange of any Trust
Certificate at the office of the Certificate Registrar and upon compliance with
the provisions of this Agreement
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relating to such transfer or exchange, provided that the requirements of Section
8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the Owner Trustee shall execute and shall, or shall
cause the Authenticating Agent to, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Trust Certificates in
authorized denominations of a like aggregate face amount dated the date of such
authentication or the Trust Certificates that the Trust Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive, as the case may be.
The Certificate Registrar shall require that every Trust Certificate
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form
W-8BEN or W-9 or such other form as may be reasonably required in form
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Trust
Certificateholder or such Person's attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Trust Certificates.
The Certificate Registrar shall cancel and retain or destroy, in
accordance with the Certificate Registrar's retention policy then in effect, all
Trust Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
shall upon written request certify to the Transferor as to such retention or
destruction.
(f) The provisions of this Section generally are intended, among other
things, to prevent the Trust from being characterized as a "publicly traded
partnership" within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code, in reliance on
Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(e) and (h), and the Transferor shall take
such intent into account in determining whether or not to consent to any
proposed transfer of any Trust Certificate.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner
Trustee shall not make and the Certificate Registrar shall not register any
transfer or exchange of Trust Certificates for a period of 15 days preceding the
due date for any payment with respect to the Trust Certificates.
SECTION 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates. If
any mutilated Trust Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or
if the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate and there is delivered to
the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of
notice that such Trust Certificate has been transferred to a protected purchaser
and provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a new Trust Certificate
of like tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust
Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate
Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute
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conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the Trust, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Certificate shall be
found at any time.
SECTION 3.06 Persons Deemed Trust Certificateholders. Prior to due
presentation of a Trust Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any of their respective
agents may treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate is registered in
the Certificate Register as the owner of such Trust Certificate for the purpose
of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying
Agent or any of their respective agents shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 3.07 Access to List of Trust Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses. The Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Owner Trustee, the Servicer and the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, as
the case may be, within 15 days after its receipt of a request therefor from the
Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee in writing,
a list, in such form as the requesting party may reasonably request, of the
names and addresses of the Trust Certificateholders as of the most recent Record
Date. If (i) two or more Trust Certificateholders or (ii) one or more Trust
Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance apply
in writing to the Owner Trustee, and such application states that the applicants
desire to communicate with other Trust Certificateholders with respect to their
rights under this Agreement or under the Trust Certificates and such application
is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such applicants propose to
transmit, then the Owner Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the
receipt of such application, afford such applicants access during normal
business hours to the current list of Trust Certificateholders. Each Trust
Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Trust Certificate, shall be deemed
to have agreed not to hold any of the Transferor, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as the case may be, accountable by reason of
the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
SECTION 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall
maintain in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or offices
or agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Certificates and the other Basic
Documents to which the Trust is a party may be served. The Owner Trustee
initially designates Wilmington Trust Company, c/o Computershare Trust Company
of New York, Wall Street Plaza, 88 Pine Street, 19th Floor, New York, New York,
as the office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Transferor and the other Trust Certificateholders of any change in
the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 3.09 Appointment of Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall make
distributions to the Trust Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.02, and
shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee. Any Paying
Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Certificate
Distribution Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred to
above. The Paying Agent initially shall be U.S. Bank. The Owner Trustee may
revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in
its sole discretion that the Paying Agent has failed to perform its obligations
under this
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Agreement in any material respect. Any co-paying agent chosen by the Transferor
and acceptable to the Owner Trustee shall also be a Paying Agent. Each Paying
Agent may resign upon 30 days' written notice to the Owner Trustee. In the event
that a Paying Agent may no longer act as Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee shall
appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any
additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Owner Trustee that as Paying Agent,
such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall hold all sums, if
any, held by it for payment to the Trust Certificateholders in trust for the
benefit of the Trust Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums are
paid to the Trust Certificateholders. The Paying Agent shall return all
unclaimed funds to the Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such
Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee.
The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.01 shall apply to the Owner
Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Owner Trustee shall
act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent
appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall
include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 3.10 Ownership by the Transferor of Trust Certificates. The
Transferor shall receive on the Closing Date in accordance with Section 3.02 and
shall thereafter retain beneficial and record ownership of Trust Certificates
representing 100% of the Certificate Balance. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any attempted transfer of any Trust
Certificate that would reduce such interest of the Transferor below 100% of the
Certificate Balance shall be void. The Owner Trustee shall cause one Trust
Certificate issued to the Transferor (representing 100% of the Certificate
Balance) to bear a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a dissolution or termination of the
Transferor, the Trust Certificates held by it shall be distributed to NMAC
without regard to the provisions of Section 3.02 or this Section 3.10.
SECTION 3.11 Trust Certificates Held by Trust, Transferor or Their
Affiliates. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement or other Basic
Documents, any Trust Certificates owned by the Trust, the Transferor, the
Servicer (so long as NMAC or an Affiliate is the Servicer) or any of their
respective Affiliates shall be entitled to the benefits under this Agreement
equally and proportionately to the benefits afforded other owners of the Trust
Certificates, except that such Trust Certificates shall be deemed not to be
outstanding for the purpose of determining whether the requisite percentage of
Securityholders have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or other action under the Basic Documents (other than the
commencement by the Trust of a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy), unless all
Securities are owned by the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (so long as NMAC
or an Affiliate is the Servicer) or any of their respective Affiliates.
ARTICLE FOUR
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE OR TRUST CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01 Prior Notice to Trust Certificateholders With Respect to
Certain Matters. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, with
respect to the following
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matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless the Owner Trustee has
notified the Trust Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies in writing of the
proposed action at least 30 days before the taking of such action and Trust
Certificateholders representing at least 25% of the Certificate Balance have not
notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is
given that such Trust Certificateholders have withheld consent or provided
alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust and the compromise
of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (other than an
action brought by the Servicer on behalf of the Titling Trust and Persons having
interests in the 2004-A SUBI Certificate to collect amounts owed under a 2004-A
Lease or 2004-A Vehicle);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust
Statute);
(c) the amendment of the Indenture in circumstances where the consent of
any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of any Basic Document other than the Trust Agreement in
circumstances such amendment materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Trust Certificateholders;
(e) the amendment of any other Basic Document unless the Owner Trustee is
furnished an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment does not
materially and adversely affect the interests of the Trust Certificateholders;
or
(f) the appointment a successor Owner Trustee or successor Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 4.02 Action by Trust Certificateholders With Respect to Certain
Matters. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, to the
extent the Owner Trustee or the Trust is deemed to be the Holder of the 2004-A
SUBI Certificate pursuant to the SUBI Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee or
Trust, as the case may be, shall take such actions as directed in writing by
Trust Certificateholders holding Trust Certificates evidencing an interest of at
least 66 2/3% of the Certificate Balance; provided, however, that so long as the
Lien of the Indenture is outstanding, such direction shall be subject to the
consent of the Indenture Trustee. The Owner Trustee may not, except upon the
occurrence of a Servicer Default subsequent to the payment in full of the Notes
and in accordance with the written directions of Trust Certificateholders
holding 100% of the Certificate Balance, remove the Servicer, with respect to
the 2004-A SUBI Assets or appoint a successor Servicer with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.03 Action by Owner Trustee With Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner
Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all
Trust Certificateholders (including the board of managers (including the
Independent Managers, as such term is defined in the Transferor's limited
liability company agreement) of the Transferor) and the delivery to the Owner
Trustee of a written certification by each Trust Certificateholder that such
Trust Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
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SECTION 4.04 Restrictions on Trust Certificateholders' Power. The Trust
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation
of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the other Basic
Documents or would be contrary to the purpose of the Trust as set forth in
Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such
direction, if given.
SECTION 4.05 Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the Trust Certificateholders under this Agreement
may be taken by the Trust Certificateholders holding not less than a Majority
Interest of the Trust Certificates. Except as expressly provided herein, any
written notice of the Trust Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be effective if signed by Trust Certificateholders holding not
less than a Majority Interest of the Certificates at the time of delivery of
such notice.
ARTICLE FIVE
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account and Reserve
Account.
(a) The Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Certificateholders,
shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, at the
direction of the Transferor, an Eligible Account with and in the name of the
Owner Trustee which shall be designated the "Certificate Distribution Account."
The Certificate Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Trust Certificateholders and shall bear a designation clearly indicating
that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust
Certificateholders.
The Owner Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds
on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in all
proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Certificate
Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner
Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Certificateholders. If at any time the
Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Owner
Trustee (or the Transferor on behalf of the Owner Trustee, if the Certificate
Distribution Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an Affiliate
thereof) shall, within ten Business Days following notification of such
occurrence (or such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which
each Rating Agency may consent), establish a new Certificate Distribution
Account as an Eligible Account and shall transfer any cash or investments to
such new Certificate Distribution Account.
(b) The Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall establish and maintain an
Eligible Account (initially at U.S. Bank) in the name of the Indenture Trustee
until the Outstanding Amount is reduced to zero, and thereafter, in the name of
the Owner Trustee, which is designated as the "Reserve Account". The Reserve
Account shall be held for the benefit of the Securityholders, and shall bear a
designation clearly indicating that the funds on deposit therein are held for
the benefit of the Securityholders.
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The Reserve Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the
Indenture Trustee until the Outstanding Amount has been reduced to zero, and
thereafter under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee. On the
Closing Date, the Transferor will use the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes
and the Trust Certificates to make a capital contribution to the Trust, which
the Trust shall use to cause the Initial Deposit Amount to be deposited into the
Reserve Account. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account shall
be made only upon the terms and conditions of the Basic Documents.
(c) The Trust shall take or cause to be taken such further actions, to
execute, deliver and file or cause to be executed, delivered and filed such
further documents and instruments (including, without limitation, the Control
Agreement or any UCC financing statements) as may be determined to be reasonably
necessary by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Trust, in order to
perfect the interests created by Section 5.01(b) and otherwise fully effectuate
the purposes, terms and conditions of this Section. The Trust (or Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Trust) shall:
(i) promptly execute, deliver and file any financing
statements, amendments, continuation statements, assignments, certificates
and other documents with respect to such interests and perform all such
other acts as may be necessary in order to perfect or to maintain the
perfection of its securities interest in the Reserve Account; and
(ii) make the necessary filings of financing statements or
amendments thereto within five days after the occurrence of any of the
following (and promptly notify the Trust and the Owner Trustee of each
such filing): (A) any change in the Transferor's corporate name or any
trade name, (B) any change in the location of is chief executive office or
principal place of business or (C) any merger or consolidation or other
change in its identity or corporate structure.
SECTION 5.02 Application of Trust Funds.
(a) Until the Outstanding Amount of the Trust Certificates has been
reduced to zero, on each Payment Date, the Paying Agent (or the Owner Trustee,
if there is no Paying Agent) shall pay, to the extent of funds available, the
amount required to be deposited by the Titling Trustee and by the Indenture
Trustee into the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.04 of
the Indenture, after the payment in full of the Notes, for the payment of
principal of the Trust Certificates on such Payment Date, pro rata to the Trust
Certificateholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date with
respect to such Payment Date. On any Payment Date on which the amount on deposit
in the Reserve Account, after giving effect to all withdrawals therefrom and
deposits thereto in respect of that Payment Date, exceeds the Reserve Account
Requirement, any such excess shall be released to the Transferor.
(b) On or after the date on which the Outstanding Amount of the Notes has
been reduced to zero, pursuant to the Indenture and the Control Agreement,
dominion and control over the Reserve Account shall be transferred to the Owner
Trustee. On each Payment Date thereafter, all amounts distributable to the Trust
Certificateholders shall be distributed by the Owner Trustee in the order and
priority set forth in Section 8.04(a) of the Indenture and the Owner Trustee
shall comply with Sections 8.04(c) and 8.05(a) of the Indenture.
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On the Payment Date on which the Certificate Balance has been reduced to
zero, the Owner Trustee shall release to the Transferor, without recourse,
representation or warranty (except as set forth in Section 7.03), all of the
Trust's right, title, and interest in, to and under the Reserve Account
Property. In addition, on or following the Payment Date on which the Certificate
Balance has been reduced to zero, the Transferor may direct the Owner Trustee in
writing to distribute to it, and upon receipt of such direction the Owner
Trustee shall distribute to the Transferor, the remaining assets of the Trust.
(c) On each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee shall send to each Trust
Certificateholder a report (the "Distribution Statement") provided by the
Servicer, based on information in the Payment Date Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture, that shall include the following
information:
(i) the amount of SUBI Collections for the related
Collection Period and the amounts allocable to the 2004-A SUBI
Certificate;
(ii) the Certificate Balance on the immediately preceding
Payment Date, or if the current Payment Date is the first Payment Date, on
the Closing Date;
(iii) the aggregate amount of interest accrued and paid on
each Class of Notes during the related Accrual Period;
(iv) the aggregate amount of principal paid with respect to
each Class of Notes and the Trust Certificates on such Payment Date and
the Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any;
(v) the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate
Balance on the day immediately preceding such Payment Date;
(vi) the Note Factor for each Class of Notes and the
Certificate Factor (after giving effect to payments made on such Payment
Date);
(vii) the Available Funds deposited into the SUBI Collection
Account, including amounts with respect to each of items (i) through (v)
of the definition thereof;
(viii) (A) the Reserve Account Requirement, (B) the Reserve
Account Deposit Amount, if any, (C) the Reserve Account Draw Amount, if
any, (D) the balance on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment
Date after giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in
respect of such Payment Date and (E) the change in such balance from the
immediately preceding Payment Date;
(ix) the Servicing Fee and the Payment Date Advance
Reimbursement for the related Collection Period and
(x) the amount of Residual Value Losses for the related
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The information required to be delivered by such Distribution Statement
may be included with such other information or reports furnished by the Servicer
to the Owner Trustee in connection with the making of payments pursuant to the
other Basic Documents.
(d) If any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's payment (or, if the
Trust is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, allocations
of income) to a Trust Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount
otherwise distributable to such Trust Certificateholder in accordance with this
Section. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from
amounts otherwise distributable to such Trust Certificateholders, sufficient
funds for the payment of any withholding tax that is legally owed by the Trust
(but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee from contesting any
such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if
permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any
withholding tax imposed with respect to a Trust Certificateholder shall be
treated as cash distributed to such Trust Certificateholders, at the time it is
withheld by the Trust for remittance to the appropriate taxing authority. If the
Owner Trustee determines that there is a possibility that withholding tax is
payable with respect to a distribution (such as any distribution to a "non-U.S.
person" (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code)), the Owner Trustee may
in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this Section. If
a Trust Certificateholder wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding
tax, the Owner Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such Trust
Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Trust Certificateholder
agrees to reimburse the Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
(e) Subject to Section 6.07 of the Indenture and 8.01 hereof, as the
case may be, neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee, as the case
may be, shall in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in the
Reserve Account resulting from any loss on any Permitted Investment included
therein, except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee's or the Owner
Trustee's, as the case may be, failure to make payments on any such Permitted
Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case
may be, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in
accordance with their terms.
SECTION 5.03 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c) respecting the
final payment upon retirement of the Trust Certificates, distributions required
to be made to Trust Certificateholders on any Payment Date shall be made to each
Trust Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to
such Trust Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing on the
Certificate Register, except that a Trust Certificateholder having original
denominations aggregating at least $1 million may request payment by wire
transfer of funds pursuant to written instructions delivered to the Owner
Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the final payment on the Trust Certificates shall be made only
upon presentation and surrender of such Trust Certificates at the office or
agency specified in the notice of final payment to the Trust Certificateholders.
The Owner Trustee or a Paying Agent shall, upon receipt of at least 20 days'
notice from the Trust or the Administrative Agent as set forth in the Indenture,
provide such notice to the Trust Certificateholders of record not more than 30
days and not less than 15 days prior to the date on which such final payment is
expected to occur.
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(a) The Owner Trustee shall, based on information provided by the
Transferor, (i) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a
calendar year basis on the accrual method of accounting (except as required by
Article Eleven), (ii) deliver to each Trust Certificateholder not later than the
latest date permitted by law (A) a statement of the amounts provided for in
Section 8.04 of the Indenture and (B) such information as may be required by the
Code and applicable Treasury Regulations with respect to instruments such as the
Trust Certificates and (iii) in addition to the Owner Trustee's rights under
Section 5.02, take such action as instructed by the Transferor to collect or
cause to be collected and paid over to applicable authorities any withholding
tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.02 and Article Eleven with
respect to income or distributions to Trust Certificateholders. The Owner
Trustee shall make all elections pursuant to Article Eleven as directed by the
Transferor.
(b) The Transferor shall maintain such books and records, and shall
prepare and file such reports and returns, as are required pursuant to this
Section and Section 5.02.
ARTICLE SIX
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01 General Authority. The Owner Trustee shall administer the
Trust in the interest of the Trust Certificateholders, subject to the Lien of
the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the Basic Documents. Subject to the
provisions and limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.07, the Owner Trustee is
authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Basic
Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other
document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to
which the Trust is to be a party, in each case in such form as the Transferor
shall approve as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee's execution thereof
and the Transferor's execution of this Agreement, and on behalf of the Trust, to
direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes in the
aggregate principal amount of $265,000,000, Class A-2 Notes in the aggregate
principal amount of $260,000,000, Class A-3 Notes in the aggregate principal
amount of $357,000,000, Class A-4a Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$488,000,000 and Class A-4b Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$100,000,000. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized to
take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The
Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action on
behalf of the Trust as is permitted by the Basic Documents and that the Servicer
or the Administrative Agent recommends with respect to the Basic Documents,
except to the extent this Agreement expressly requires the consent of the Trust
Certificateholders for such action.
SECTION 6.02 General Duties. Subject to the provisions and limitations of
Sections 2.03 and 2.07, it shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge
or cause to be discharged all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of
the Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust in
the interest of the Trust Certificateholders, subject to the Lien of the
Indenture Trustee and in accordance with the provisions of the Basic Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have
discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Basic
Documents to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed in the Trust
Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the
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Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable for the default
or failure of the Administrative Agent to carry out its obligations under the
Trust Administration Agreement.
SECTION 6.03 Action Upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article Four and in accordance with the terms of the
Basic Documents, the Transferor may by written instruction direct the Owner
Trustee in the administration of the Trust subject to, and in accordance with,
the terms of the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee, upon receipt of all
resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or
other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee that shall be specifically
required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall
examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements
of this Agreement.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder
or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably
determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to
result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee, is contrary to the terms
hereof or of any other Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to law or any
obligation of the Owner Trustee or the Trust.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or any
other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form
as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Trust Certificateholders
requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the
extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written
instruction of Trust Certificateholders holding not less than a Majority
Interest of the Trust Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on
account of such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have
received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such
shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice as may be
necessary under the circumstances), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take
or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement or the
other Basic Documents as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Trust
Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
(d) If the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document or any such provision is
ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any
other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement or any other
Basic Document permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action the Owner Trustee is required to take with
respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may give notice (in such
form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Trust
Certificateholders requesting instruction and, to the extent the Owner Trustee
acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such
instruction received from Trust Certificateholders holding not less than a
Majority Interest of the Trust Certificates and in accordance with Sections 6.04
and 6.05, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable, on account of such action or
inaction, to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received
appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter
period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or as may be
necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take
or refrain from
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taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the other Basic
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Trust
Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right of the Transferor or the
Trust Certificateholders to take any action affecting the Owner Trust Estate
shall be subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
SECTION 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified. The Owner Trustee shall not be
required to perform any of the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or
the other Basic Documents that are required to be performed by (i) the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement or the 2004-A SUBI Supplement, (ii) the Transferor
under this Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the SUBI
Certificate Transfer Agreement, or the Back-Up Security Agreement, (iii) the
Administrative Agent under the Trust Administration Agreement or (iv) the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty
or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record,
sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise
take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any
document contemplated hereby to which the Trust is a party, except as expressly
provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written
instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no
implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other
Basic Document against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no
responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public
office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any
ownership or security interest in the Owner Trust Estate or to record this
Agreement or any other Basic Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in any Basic Document, neither the Indenture Trustee, the Titling
Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to execute, deliver or certify on
behalf of the Issuer or any other person any filings, certificates, affidavits
or other instruments required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the
extent permitted by applicable law. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that
it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be
necessary to discharge any Liens (other than the Lien of the Indenture) on any
part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by or claims against the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity that are not related to the ownership
or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 6.05 No Action Unless Specifically Authorized. The Owner Trustee
shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part
of the Owner Trust Estate except in accordance with (i) the powers granted to
and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement,
(ii) the other Basic Documents to which the Trust or the Owner Trustee is a
party and (iii) any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.03. In particular, the Owner Trustee shall not transfer,
sell, pledge, assign or convey the 2004-A SUBI Certificate, except as
specifically required or permitted by the Basic Documents.
SECTION 6.06 Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (i)
that is contrary to the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (ii)
that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would (a) affect the
treatment of the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes, (b) be deemed to
cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income
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tax purposes or (c) cause the Trust, the Transferor or the Titling Trust or any
portion thereof to be taxable as an association (or publicly traded partnership)
taxable as a corporation for federal or state income or franchise tax purposes.
The Trust Certificateholders and the Transferor shall not direct the Owner
Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section. The
Owner Trustee may not (i) initiate or settle any claim or lawsuit involving the
Trust (unless brought by the Servicer to collect amounts owed under a 2004-A
Lease), (ii) amend the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required
to be filed under applicable law), (iii) amend this Agreement where Trust
Certificateholder consent is required, (iv) amend this Agreement where Trust
Certificateholder consent is not required if such amendment materially adversely
affects the Trust Certificateholders, (v) amend any Basic Document other than
this Agreement if such amendment materially adversely affects the Trust
Certificateholders, or (vi) appoint a successor Owner Trustee or successor
Indenture Trustee, unless (a) the Owner Trustee provides 30 days' written notice
thereof to the Trust Certificateholders and each Rating Agency and (b) Trust
Certificateholders holding at least 25% of the Certificate Balance (which for
this purpose shall include Trust Certificates held by the Trust, the Transferor,
the Servicer and their respective Affiliates) do not object in writing to any
such proposed amendment within 30 days of such notice. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Transferor, the Servicer and their respective
Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking relationships with the Owner
Trustee and its Affiliates.
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner
Trustee also agrees to disburse all monies actually received by it constituting
part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents to which
the Trust or the Owner Trustee is a party. The Owner Trustee shall not be
answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any
circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or
negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or
warranty contained in Section 7.03 made by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but
not by way of limitation, and subject to the exceptions set forth in the
preceding sentence:
(a) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error in judgment of
an officer of the Owner Trustee made in good faith, unless it is proved that
such officer was negligent in ascertaining the facts;
(b) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of any
Trust Certificateholder, the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee, the
Administrative Agent or the Servicer;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall
require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder
or under any other Basic Document if the
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Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured or provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including
the principal of and interest on the Notes or the principal of the Trust
Certificates;
(e) the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the
Transferor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or
validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity
or sufficiency of the other Basic Documents, other than the execution of and the
certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates, and the Owner Trustee
shall in no event be deemed to have assumed or incurred any liability, duty or
obligation to any Securityholder or any third party dealing with the Trust or
the Owner Trust Estate, other than as expressly provided for herein and in the
other Basic Documents;
(f) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the misfeasance,
malfeasance or nonfeasance of the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, the
Transferor, the Indenture Trustee or the Cap Provider under any of the Basic
Documents or otherwise, and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or
liability to perform the obligations of the Trust or the Transferor under this
Agreement or the Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the
Servicer under the Servicing Agreement or the SUBI Trust Agreement, the
Administrative Agent under the Trust Administration Agreement, or the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture or the Cap Provider under the Interest Rate Cap
Agreement; and
(g) the Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this
Agreement or any other Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of any
Trust Certificateholder unless such Trust Certificateholder have offered to the
Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the Expenses that
may be incurred by the Owner Trustee therein or thereby; the right of the Owner
Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any
other Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee
shall not be answerable for other than its bad faith, negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of any such act.
SECTION 7.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to
any Trust Certificateholder promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor
(at the expense of the Trust Certificateholder), duplicates or copies of all
reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates and any other instruments
furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents.
SECTION 7.03 Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby
represents and warrants to the Transferor and the Trust Certificateholders,
that:
(a) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite
power, right and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
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(b) It has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and
delivery by it of this Agreement and each other Basic Document to which it is a
party, and this Agreement and each other Basic Document to which it is a party
will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Basic Document to which it is
a party on its behalf.
(c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby nor
compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any
federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking
or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or
constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which
any of its properties may be bound or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien, charge or encumbrance on the Owner Trust Estate resulting from actions
by or claims against the Owner Trustee individually that are unrelated to this
Agreement or the other Basic Documents.
(d) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of it, enforceable against
the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, liquidation, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) It is authorized to exercise trust powers in the State of Delaware
as and to the extent contemplated herein or has appointed a Delaware trustee
that is so authorized and it has a principal place of business in the state of
Delaware or has appointed a Delaware trustee that has such a principal place of
business.
SECTION 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) The Owner Trustee may rely upon, shall be protected in relying upon
and shall incur no liability to anyone in acting or refraining from acting upon,
any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order,
certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to
be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The
Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a board resolution or documents of
any other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such
board resolution or other document has been duly adopted by such body and that
the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the
determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee
may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president, any
vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or any other authorized
officers of the relevant party as to such fact or matter, and such certificate
shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or
attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of
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such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by
the Owner Trustee with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel,
accountants and other skilled Persons to be selected with reasonable care and
employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice
of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons and not, to the actual
knowledge of the Owner Trustee, contrary to this Agreement or any other Basic
Document.
SECTION 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this
Article, in accepting the trusts hereby created, Wilmington Trust Company acts
solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity and all
Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Basic Document shall look only to the
Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.06 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates. The recitals
contained herein and in the Trust Certificates (other than the signature of the
Owner Trustee and the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates
and its representations and warranties in Section 7.03) shall be taken as the
statements of the Transferor, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, any other Basic Document or the
Trust Certificates (other than the signature of the Owner Trustee and the
certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates) or the Notes or any
offering document relating to either of them. The Owner Trustee shall at no time
have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality,
validity or enforceability of any Basic Document to which the Owner Trustee is
to be a party (except for enforceability against the Owner Trustee), or the
perfection and priority of any security interest created by or under any Basic
Document, or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with
respect to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate or its ability to generate
the payments to be distributed to Trust Certificateholders under this Agreement
or the Noteholders under the Indenture, the validity of the transfer of the
2004-A SUBI Certificate, or for the compliance by the Transferor, the
Administrative Agent or the Servicer with any warranty or representation made
under any Basic Document or for the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation or for any action of the Administrative Agent, the Servicer or
the Indenture Trustee taken in the name of the Owner Trustee; provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not relieve the Owner Trustee of its obligation to
perform its duties under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.07 Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes. The Owner
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Trust Certificates or Notes and may deal with the Transferor, the Servicer,
the Administrative Agent, the Indenture Trustee and their respective Affiliates,
in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE EIGHT
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01 Owner Trustee's Compensation and Indemnification.
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(a) The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any Paying Agent
shall receive as compensation from the Administrative Agent for its services
hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof
between the Transferor or the Administrative Agent and the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent. The Transferor shall be liable as
primary obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and any Paying Agent and their respective successors, assigns, agents,
servants, officers and employees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from
and against, any Expenses that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Owner Trustee or any other Indemnified Party in any way
relating to or arising out of the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust Estate, the
administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner
Trustee hereunder, except that the Transferor shall not be liable for or
required to indemnify any Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or
resulting from any income taxes on any fees payable to any Indemnified Party as
described in Section 7.01 for any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence on
the part of the Owner Trustee or in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty of the Owner Trustee made in Section 7.03. The
indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or
termination of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent
or the termination of this Agreement. In any event of any claim, action or
proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section, the
Indemnified Party's choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the approval of
the Transferor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Neither the
Transferor nor the Administrative Agent shall make any claim upon the Owner
Trust Estate for the payment of such Expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable
for (i) any error of judgment made by an officer of the Owner Trustee, (ii) any
action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with the instructions of any
Trust Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Transferor, the
Administrative Agent or the Servicer, (iii) the interest on or principal of the
Securities or (iv) the default or misconduct of the Administrative Agent, the
Servicer, the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee.
ARTICLE NINE
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
SECTION 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (other than Article Eight) shall terminate and the
Trust shall dissolve and be wound up in accordance with Section 3808 of the
Statutory Trust Statute, upon the earliest of (i) the final distribution by the
Owner Trustee of all funds or other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust
Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and this Agreement or (ii)
at the times provided in Section 9.03. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
or termination, death or incapacity of any Trust Certificateholder, other than
the Transferor, as described in Section 9.03, shall not (i) operate to terminate
this Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such Trust Certificateholder's legal
representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the
Trust or Owner Trust Estate nor (iii) otherwise affect the rights, obligations
and liabilities of the parties hereto.
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(b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Transferor nor
any other Trust Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the
Trust.
(c) Notice of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
9.01(a), specifying the Payment Date upon which the Trust Certificateholders
shall surrender their Trust Certificates to the Paying Agent for final payment
and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee by letter to Trust
Certificateholders mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such
termination from the Administrative Agent, stating (i) the Payment Date upon or
with respect to which final payment of the Trust Certificates shall be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office of the Paying
Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii)
that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Trust Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified. The
Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than
the Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to
Trust Certificateholders and the Transferor. Upon presentation and surrender of
the Trust Certificates, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to Trust
Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to
Section 5.02. The Owner Trustee shall promptly notify each Rating Agency upon
the final payment of the Trust Certificates.
(d) If one or more of the Trust Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Trust Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Trust Certificateholders to surrender
their Trust Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution
with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice, all of the
Trust Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner
Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate
steps, to contact the remaining Trust Certificateholders concerning surrender of
their Trust Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds
and other assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds
remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by
the Owner Trustee to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with
Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute.
SECTION 9.02 [Reserved].
SECTION 9.03 Purchase of the 2004-A SUBI Certificate; Repayment of the
Trust Certificates.
(a) The Servicer shall be permitted at its option to purchase, or cause
to be purchased, the 2004-A SUBI Certificate from the Trust on any Payment Date
if, either before or after giving effect to any payment of principal required to
be made on such Payment Date, (i) the Securities Balance is less than or equal
to 10% of the Initial Securities Balance or (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes is reduced to zero and 100% of the outstanding Trust Certificates are
owned by the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (so long as NMAC or an
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Servicer) and their respective Affiliates (the exercise of such option is
referred to as an "Optional Purchase"). The purchase price (the "Optional
Purchase Price") shall equal the aggregate Securitization Value of the 2004-A
SUBI Assets plus the appraised value of any other property (other than cash, in
which case such value shall be the amount of such funds held in cash) held as
part of the Trust (less Liquidation Expenses) and shall be deposited by the
Servicer into the SUBI Collection Account on the Deposit Date related to such
Payment Date. The Servicer shall not exercise the Optional Purchase if the
Optional Purchase Price does not exceed the sum of (i) the Redemption Price,
(ii) unpaid portions of any outstanding Sales Proceeds Advances and Monthly
Payment Advances, (iii) the Servicing Fee in respect of the related Collection
Period, together with any unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of one or more prior
Collection Periods, and (iv) the Certificate Balance. If the Servicer exercises
the Optional Purchase, the Notes shall be redeemed and the Trust Certificates
shall be repaid, in each case in whole but not in part on the related Payment
Date. The Servicer, at its option, may pay all or a portion of the Optional
Purchase Price by issuing a demand note in favor of the Trust, the terms of
which, on the whole, shall be commercially reasonable and substantially similar
to terms that would prevail in an arms-length negotiation between unaffiliated
parties; provided, however, that (x) the Servicer shall pay in cash the portion
of the Optional Purchase Price that is equal to or greater than the sum of the
amounts specified in clauses (i) through (iii) of the second preceding sentence
and (y) the Servicer may issue a demand note to a Trust Certificateholder
pursuant to this Section 9.03 only if such Certificateholder consents to the
receipt of such demand note.
(b) In connection with an Optional Purchase, the Trust Certificates
shall be due and payable on the related Payment Date, upon furnishing of a
notice complying with Section 9.03(c) to each Trust Certificateholder. The
Administrative Agent or the Owner Trustee shall furnish each Rating Agency
notice of such repayment or redemption.
(c) Notice of repayment or redemption under Section 9.03(b) shall be
given (i) by the Administrative Agent to the Owner Trustee by facsimile or by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or mailed at least 20 days prior
to the related Payment Date and (ii) by the Owner Trustee to each Trust
Certificateholder by facsimile or by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
transmitted or mailed at least 15 days (but no more than 30 days) prior to the
related Payment Date, at such Trust Certificateholder's or the Transferor's
address appearing in the Certificate Register.
All notices of repayment shall state:
(i) the related Payment Date for the repayment;
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) the place where the Trust Certificates to be repaid are
to be surrendered for payment of the Repayment Price (which shall be the
office or agency of the Owner Trustee to be maintained as provided in
Section 3.08); and
(iv) that on the related Payment Date, the Repayment Price
will become due and payable upon each such Trust Certificate.
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Notice of repayment of the Trust Certificates shall be given by the Owner
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Trust. Failure to give notice of
repayment or any defect therein, to any Trust Certificateholder shall not impair
or affect the validity of the repayment of any Trust Certificate.
(d) The Trust Certificates to be repaid shall, following notice of
repayment as required by Section 9.03(c) on the related Payment Date, become due
and payable at the Repayment Price.
ARTICLE TEN
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
SECTION 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee shall (i) be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a)
of the Statutory Trust Statute; (ii) at all times be able and authorized to
exercise corporate trust powers; (iii) have a long-term debt rating of "A" or
higher by Moody's and Standard and Poor's, or be otherwise acceptable to each
Rating Agency; (iv) have combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000;
and (v) be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities. If the Owner Trustee shall publish reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.02.
SECTION 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by
giving written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, the Servicer, each
Rating Agency, the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust
Certificateholders. If, for any reason, Wilmington Trust Company or any of its
Affiliates should assume the duties of the Indenture Trustee, then from that
time forward Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as Owner Trustee, shall
resign as Owner Trustee hereunder if any Event of Default under the Indenture
occurs and is necessary to eliminate any conflict of interest under the TIA with
the Indenture Trustee or any other trustee under the Indenture. Upon receiving
such notice of resignation, the Transferor shall promptly appoint a successor
Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor
Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Administrative Agent, the Transferor or Trust
Certificateholders holding not less than a Majority Interest of the Trust
Certificates (which, for this purpose, includes Trust Certificates owned by
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the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (so long as NMAC or an Affiliate is the
Servicer) or any of their respective Affiliates), or if at any time the Owner
Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then the Transferor or such Trust
Certificateholders may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Owner Trustee shall be
removed pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Transferor shall promptly
appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed
and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. Any appointment of a successor Owner Trustee is
subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
SECTION 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Administrative Agent and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as
Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall, upon payment of its fees and
expenses, deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements
and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Transferor, the
Administrative Agent and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver
such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for
fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all
such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Transferor shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner
Trustee to all Trust Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating
Agency. If the Transferor shall fail to mail such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner
Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Transferor.
SECTION 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any Person (i)
into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which the Owner Trustee shall be a party or (iii) succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of
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any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided, that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Owner Trustee shall mail notice of
such merger, conversion, or consolidation to each Rating Agency, the Indenture
Trustee and the Trust Certificateholders.
SECTION 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Owner Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Transferor and the
Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver
all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as co-trustee, jointly
with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any
part of the Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity,
such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts
as the Transferor and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If
the Transferor shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after
the receipt by it of a request to do so, the Owner Trustee alone shall have the
power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this
Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a trustee
pursuant to Section 10.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or
separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.03.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the
Owner 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 Owner 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 Owner 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 Owner
Trustee;
(b) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason
of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(c) the Transferor and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time
accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner 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 Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. 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 Owner Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
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protection to the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the
Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrative Agent, the Servicer
and the Transferor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
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
Agreement 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
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor trustee.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
TAX MATTERS
SECTION 11.01 Tax and Accounting Characterization.
(a) It is the intent of the parties hereto that the Trust not constitute
a separate entity for federal income tax and state income and franchise tax
purposes. It is the intent of the Transferor and the Trust Certificateholders
that the Notes be treated as indebtedness secured by the 2004-A Vehicles and the
payments on the 2004-A Leases for federal income tax and state income and
franchise tax purposes. If, however, the Trust is re-characterized as a separate
entity for federal income tax purposes, it is the intention of the parties that
it qualify as a partnership, with the assets of the partnership being the Owner
Trust Estate. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate
tax authorities, the Trust shall not file or cause to be filed annual returns,
reports or other forms and will treat the Trust in a manner consistent with the
characterization that the Trust is not a separate entity for tax purposes.
The Transferor and the Trust Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Trust
Certificate, agree to take no action inconsistent with the foregoing intention.
(b) It is the intent of the Transferor to treat the Trust Certificates
as equity interests in the Trust for financial accounting purposes.
SECTION 11.02 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.
(a) If the Trust shall be required to file federal or other income tax
returns as a partnership, such returns shall be signed by an authorized
signatory for the Transferor or such other Person as shall be required by law to
sign such returns of the Trust.
(b) By acceptance of its beneficial interest in a Trust Certificate,
each Trust Certificateholder agrees that in the event that the Trust is
classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, the Transferor
shall be the "tax matters partner" of the Trust pursuant to the Code.
SECTION 11.03 Tax Reporting. Unless otherwise required by appropriate tax
authorities, the Trust shall not file or cause to be filed annual or other
income or franchise tax returns and shall not be required to obtain any taxpayer
identification number.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01 Supplements and Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Transferor and the Owner
Trustee without the consent of any of the Securityholders to cure any ambiguity,
correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein, add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement or add or amend any provision herein in connection
with permitting transfers of the Trust Certificates; provided, however, that
such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, materially
adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a 2004-A SUBI Certificate
(which, so long as any Notes are outstanding, shall include the Indenture
Trustee) or any Securityholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Transferor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, with
the consent of the Noteholders holding a Majority Interest of the Notes, voting
as a single class, and to the extent affected thereby, the consent of Trust
Certificateholders holding not less than a Majority Interest of the Trust
Certificates (which for this purpose shall include Trust Certificates owned by
the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (as long as NMAC or an Affiliate is the
Servicer) and their respective Affiliates), for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or
the Trust Certificateholders. No such amendment shall, however, (i) increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
distributions that are required to be made on the Notes or the Trust
Certificates or (ii) reduce the percentage of the Certificate Balance or the
Outstanding Amount required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the holders of 100% of all outstanding Trust Certificates (including
Trust Certificates owned by the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (as long as
NMAC or an Affiliate is the Servicer) and their respective Affiliates), and
provided, further that an Opinion of Counsel shall be furnished to the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment shall not (A)
affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes, (B)
be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income tax
purposes or (C) cause the Trust or the 2004-A SUBI Certificate to be classified
as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation
for federal income tax purposes. This Agreement may also be amended or
supplemented from time to time, at the request of the holders of no less than 66
2/3% of all outstanding Trust Certificates (including Trust Certificates owned
by the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (as long as NMAC or an Affiliate is
the Servicer) and their respective Affiliates), to approve any trust purpose
with respect to the Trust in addition to the purpose authorized pursuant to
Section 2.03(b), upon not less that 90 days notice to each Rating Agency and
each Noteholder and subject to each of (1) the prior written notice to each
Rating Agency of such action, and (2) the consent of the holders of at least 66
2/3% of all outstanding Notes (including such Notes, if any, owned by the Trust,
the Transferor, the Servicer (as long as NMAC or an Affiliate is the Servicer)
and their respective Affiliates), and provided, further that an Opinion of
Counsel shall be furnished to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the
effect that such amendment
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or supplement shall not affect the treatment of any outstanding Notes for
federal income tax purposes, or cause the Trust or the 2004-A SUBI Certificate
to be classified as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as
a corporation for federal income tax purposes.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Trust Certificateholders, the
Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient
if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining
such consents (and any other consents of Trust Certificateholders provided for
in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Trust Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 12.01(b), this Agreement may be amended at
any time by the parties hereto to the extent reasonably necessary to assure that
none of the Titling Trust, the Trust or the Transferor will be classified as an
association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for
federal income tax purposes.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any
other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and that
all conditions precedent herein and in the other Basic Documents to the
execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects
the Owner Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or
otherwise.
(e) The Owner Trustee shall give the Trust Certificateholders 30 days'
written notice of any proposed amendment or supplement hereto, unless the Owner
Trustee is furnished an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or
supplement does not materially adversely affect the Trust Certificateholders or
if Noteholders consent is required and this Agreement provides that the Owner
Trustee shall not enter into such amendment unless a majority of the Certificate
Balance of Trust Certificateholders consent in writing.
SECTION 12.02 No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate. The Trust
Certificateholders shall have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
The Trust Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions with
respect to their Trust Certificates only in accordance with Articles Five and
Nine. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or
interest of the Trust Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest in
the Owner Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts
hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of
legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 12.03 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Transferor, the
Trust Certificateholders, the Administrative Agent, the Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether
express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in
respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained
herein.
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SECTION 12.04 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified
first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier
service, or by telecopier, and addressed in each case as follows: (i) if to the
Owner Trustee, at Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 N. Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, (telecopier no. (302) 651-8882), Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration; (ii) if to the Transferor, at 990 West 190th
Street, Torrance, California 90502 (telecopier no. (310) 719-8509), Attention:
Secretary; (iii) if to Moody's, at Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church
Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: ABS Monitoring Group (telecopier
no. (212) 553-7820); (iv) if to Standard & Poor's, to Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New
York, New York 10041 (telecopier no. (212) 208-0030), Attention: Asset Backed
Monitoring Group; or (v) at such other address as shall be designated by any of
the foregoing in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery shall
occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer
of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such
recipient for notices hereunder.
Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Trust Certificateholder
shall be given by first-class mail, confirmed, facsimile or overnight courier,
postage prepaid, at the address of such Trust Certificateholder as shown in the
Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
such Trust Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 12.05 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 12.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
SECTION 12.07 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the
Transferor, the Owner Trustee, and each Trust Certificateholder and their
respective successors and permitted assigns, all to the extent as herein
provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or
action by a Trust Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of the
Transferor or such Trust Certificateholder.
SECTION 12.08 No Petition. The Owner Trustee, any Paying Agent, the
Transferor, and each Trust Certificateholder by accepting a Trust Certificate,
covenant that they will not institute, or join in instituting, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation Proceeding, or other
Proceeding under federal or State bankruptcy or similar laws, against NMAC, the
Transferor, the Titling Trust, the UTI Beneficiary or the Trust, for a period of
one year and a day after:
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(a) payment in full of all amounts due to each Holder in respect of the
UTI, the SUBI or any Other SUBI, against any UTI Beneficiary (or any general
partner of a UTI Beneficiary which is a partnership, the Titling Trust and the
Titling Trustee, without the consent of 100% of the Holders of the 2004-A SUBI
and each Other SUBI (excluding the UTI Beneficiary, the Transferor or any of
their respective Affiliates); and
(b) payment in full of the Notes; provided, however, that 100% of the
Noteholders, or, if no Notes are then outstanding, 100% of the Trust
Certificateholders (in each case excluding the Transferor and any of its
Affiliates) may at any time institute or join in instituting any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceeding against the Transferor or
the Trust.
SECTION 12.09 No Recourse. Each Trust Certificate entitles the holder
thereof to the respective rights and benefits set forth in this Agreement and in
the Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates do not represent interests in or
obligations of the Servicer, the Transferor, the Owner Trustee, any Paying
Agent, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had
against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or
contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust Certificates or the other Basic
Documents.
SECTION 12.10 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 12.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 12.12 Trust Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. Trust
Certificateholders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust.
The interests represented by the Trust Certificates shall be nonassessable for
any losses or expenses of the Trust or for any reason whatsoever, and, upon
authentication thereof pursuant to Section 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05, the Trust
Certificates shall be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 12.13 Furnishing of Basic Documents. The Transferor shall furnish
to any Trust Certificateholder promptly upon receipt of a written request by
such Trust Certificateholder (at the expense of the requesting Trust
Certificateholder) therefor, duplicates or copies of all Basic Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers
hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II, as Transferor
By: /s/ Joji Tagawa
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Name: Joji Tagawa
Title: Treasurer
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Joann A. Rozell
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Name: Joann A. Rozell
Title: Financial Services Officer
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
TRUST CERTIFICATE
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE
SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS TRUST
CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND
OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
("RULE 144A") TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"),
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, IN
EACH CASE WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE
OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED
IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RECEIPT BY THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR
OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRANSFEROR THAT
SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY
NOT BE PURCHASED OR HELD WITH PLAN ASSETS OF ANY "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN" AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR ANY "PLAN" AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, or any entity whose underlying assets inCLUDE
"PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF A PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY OR OTHERWISE (EACH
A "BENEFIT PLAN"). BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST
THEREIN, THE HOLDER HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT ITS
ACQUISITION AND HOLDING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION ON
BENEFIT PLAN ASSETS.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE IS DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN
THE TRUST AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS
TRUST CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN
THE TRANSFEROR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, NMAC,
NALL II, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AND
WILL NOT BE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY SUCH ENTITY OR BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY.
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NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2004-A
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial interest in the Trust, as defined below, the
property of which includes, among other things, the 2004-A SUBI
Certificate, evidencing a 100% beneficial interest in the 2004-A SUBI. The
property of the Trust has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture to secure the payment of the Notes issued thereunder.
This Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of
the Transferor, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, the Owner Trustee or any of
their respective Affiliates, except to the extent described below.
NUMBER $___________
R-_____
This certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of a
_______________ dollars nonassessable, fully-paid, beneficial ownership interest
in the Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2004-A (the "Trust") formed by Nissan Auto
Leasing LLC II, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Transferor").
The Trust was created pursuant to a trust agreement, as amended and
restated as of October 28, 2004 (the "Trust Agreement"), between the Transferor
and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. Capitalized
terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Agreement of Definitions.
This Trust Certificate is one of the duly authorized Trust Certificates
designated as "Asset Backed Certificates" (the "Trust Certificates"). Also
issued under an indenture, dated as of October 28, 2004 (the "Indenture"),
between the Trust and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"), are the 2.10563% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, the 2.55000% Asset
Backed Notes, Class A-2, the 2.90000% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, the
Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4a and the 3.18000% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-4b. This Trust Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust
Agreement the holder of this Trust Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Trust Certificateholder is bound. The property
of the Trust primarily includes, among other things, (i) the 2004-A SUBI
Certificate, evidencing a 100% beneficial interest in the 2004-A SUBI, and (ii)
all proceeds of the foregoing. The rights of the Trust in the foregoing property
have been pledged by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee to secure the payment of
the Notes.
The Trust Certificates represent obligations of the Trust only and do not
represent interests in, recourse to or obligations of the Transferor, the UTI
Beneficiary or any of their respective Affiliates.
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Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the 15th day of
each month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day),
commencing November 15, 2004 (each, a "Payment Date"), to the Person in whose
name this Trust Certificate is registered at the close of business on the day
preceding each Payment Date (each, a "Record Date") such Trust
Certificateholder's percentage interest in the amount to be distributed with
respect to the Trust Certificates on such Payment Date.
The holder of this Trust Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its
rights to receive payments in respect of this Trust Certificate are subordinated
to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture.
It is the intent of the Transferor and Trust Certificateholder that the
Trust not constitute a separate entity for federal income and state income and
franchise tax purposes, and that the Notes be treated as indebtedness for such
purposes. If, however, the Trust is re-characterized as a separate entity for
federal income tax purposes, it is the intention of the parties to the Trust
Agreement that it qualify as a partnership for such purposes. The Transferor and
the other Trust Certificateholders, by acceptance of a Trust Certificate, agree
to take no action inconsistent with the foregoing intention.
Each Trust Certificateholder by accepting a Trust Certificate, covenants
and agrees that they will not institute, or join in instituting, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation Proceeding, or other
Proceeding under federal or State bankruptcy or similar laws, against NMAC, the
Transferor or the Trust, for a period of one year and a day after:
(a) payment in full of all amounts due to each Holder in respect of the
UTI, the SUBI or any Other SUBI, against the UTI Beneficiary, the Titling Trust
and the Titling Trustee, without the consent of 100% of the Holders of the
2004-A SUBI and each Other SUBI (excluding the UTI Beneficiary, the Transferor
or any of their respective Affiliates); and
(b) payment in full of the Notes, against the Transferor or the Trust;
provided, however, that 100% of the Noteholders, or, if no Notes are then
outstanding, 100% of the Trust Certificateholders (in each case excluding the
Transferor and any of its Affiliates) may at any time institute or join in
instituting any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceeding
against the Transferor or the Trust.
Distributions on this Trust Certificate will be made as provided in the
Trust Agreement by the Owner Trustee by check mailed to the Trust
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Trust Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.
Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the
above, the final payment on this Trust Certificate will be made after due notice
by the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such payment and only upon presentation
and surrender of this Trust Certificate at the office or agency maintained for
the purpose by the Owner Trustee in The Borough of Manhattan in the The City of
New York.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Trust
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed
by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this Trust
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in
its individual capacity, has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2004 NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2004-A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
OWNER TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Trust Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Trust Agreement.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, or WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee as Owner Trustee
By: ____________________,
By: _______________________ Authenticating Agent
By: _________________________________
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[Reverse of Trust Certificate]
The Trust Certificates do not represent an obligation of or an interest in
the Transferor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates, and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets,
except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust
Agreement or the other Basic Documents. In addition, this Trust Certificate is
not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries and certain other amounts
respecting the assets of the Trust, all as more specifically set forth in the
Indenture. The Transferor will furnish, upon the request of any holder of a
Trust Certificate, such information as is specified in paragraph (d)(4) of Rule
144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Trust.
The Trust Agreement may be amended by the Transferor and the Owner Trustee
without the consent of any of the Securityholders to cure any ambiguity, correct
or supplement any provision therein that may be inconsistent with any other
provision therein, add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under the Trust Agreement that are not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Trust Agreement or add or amend any provision therein in connection with
permitting transfers of the Trust Certificates; provided, however, that such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, materially adversely
affect the interests of any Holder of a 2004-A SUBI Certificate (which, so long
as any Notes are outstanding, shall include the Indenture Trustee) or any
Securityholder.
The Trust Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Transferor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, with the consent of the Noteholders holding a Majority Interest of the
Notes, voting as a single class, and, to the extent affected thereby, the
consent of Trust Certificateholders holding not less than a Majority Interest of
the Trust Certificates, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Trust Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Trust
Certificateholders. No such amendment shall, however, (i) increase or reduce in
any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, distributions
that are required to be made on the Notes or the Trust Certificates or (ii)
reduce the percentage of the Certificate Balance or the Outstanding Amount
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of
100% of all outstanding Trust Certificates (including Trust Certificates owned
by the Trust, the Transferor, the Servicer (so long as NMAC or an Affiliate is
the Servicer) and their respective Affiliates), and provided, further that an
Opinion of Counsel shall be furnished to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee to the effect that such amendment shall not (A) affect the treatment of
the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a
taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income tax purposes or (C) cause the
Trust or the 2004-A SUBI Certificates to be classified as an association (or a
publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal and state
income and franchise tax purposes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust Agreement may be amended at any
time by the parties hereto to the extent reasonably necessary to assure that
none of the Titling Trust, the Trust or the Transferor will be classified as an
association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for
federal income tax purposes.
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As provided in the Trust Agreement, if and to the extent transfers are
permitted and if the Transferor delivers an Opinion of Counsel that the Trust
Certificates are transferable in accordance with the terms set forth therein,
which opinion the Transferor has not determined can be given under the Internal
Revenue Code and existing and proposed regulations thereunder, the transfer of
this Trust Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon
surrender of this Trust Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices
or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Owner Trustee in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar duly executed by the Trust Certificateholder hereof or such Trust
Certificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Trust Certificates of the same class and in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate interest in the Trust will be issued to the
designated transferee. The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the
Trust Agreement is Wilmington Trust Company.
The Trust Certificates are issuable only as registered Trust Certificates
without coupons in minimum denominations of $250,000. As provided in the Trust
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Trust
Certificates are exchangeable for new Trust Certificates of authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Trust Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and
the trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Trust
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Trust Agreement and the Indenture and the disposition of all property held as
part of the Owner Trust Estate.
Any prospective transferee of a Trust Certificate will be required to
deliver a letter to the Transferor and the Certificate Registrar substantially
in the form of Exhibit C to the Trust Agreement, which letter includes a
representation that such prospective transferee is not a "Benefit Plan Investor"
(as defined in Department of Labor Regulation 2510.3-101(f)(2)). The Trust
Certificates may not be transferred, sold, pledged or otherwise disposed to or
for the account of a Benefit Plan Investor.
The Trust Certificates may not be acquired by a Benefit Plan. By accepting
and holding this Trust Certificate, the holder hereof shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not acquiring
this Trust Certificate or an interest therein for the account of a Benefit Plan.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing ______________________________ attorney to transfer
said Trust Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ___________________
_____________________________________*
Signature Guaranteed:
_____________________________________*
* NOTICE: The signatures(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written on the face of the within Trust Certificate in every
particular without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF RULE 144A CERTIFICATE
_________________, __________
Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II
990 West 190th Street
Torrance, California 90502
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Owner Trustee
Rodney Square North
1100 N. Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Certificate Registrar
520 Madison Avenue
33rd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is to notify you as to the transfer of $_________ initial principal
balance of Asset Backed Certificates (the "Trust Certificates") of Nissan Auto
Lease Trust 2004-A (the "Trust").
The undersigned is the holder of the Trust Certificates and with this
notice hereby deposits with Wilmington Trust Company (the "Owner Trustee")
$____________ initial principal balance of Trust Certificates and requests that
Trust Certificates in the same initial principal balance be issued, executed and
authenticated and registered to the purchaser on ____________, 200__, as
specified in the trust agreement dated July 28, 2004, as amended and restated by
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated October 28, 2004 among Wilmington
Trust Company and Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, as follows:
Name: Denominations:
Address:
Taxpayer I.D. No:
The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned (a)
reasonably believes the purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer," as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
(b) such purchaser has acquired the Trust Certificates in a transaction effected
in accordance with the exemption from the registration requirements of the Act
provided by Rule 144A and (c) if the purchaser has purchased the Trust
Certificates for one or more accounts for which it is acting as fiduciary or
agent, (i) each such account is a qualified institutional buyer and (ii) the
purchaser is acquiring Trust Certificates for its own account or for
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one or more institutional accounts for which it is acting as fiduciary or agent
in a minimum amount equivalent to not less than $250,000 for each such account.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________________
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
____________, __________
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Indenture Trustee
400 North Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Owner Trustee
Rodney Square North
1100 N. Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II
990 West 190th Street
Torrance, California 90502
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $_________ aggregate principal
amount of Certificates (the "Certificates") representing an undivided interest
in the Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2004-A (the "Trust"), the investor on whose
behalf the undersigned is executing this letter (the "Purchaser") confirms that:
1. Reference is made to the Prospectus, dated October 21, 2004 (the
"Prospectus"), relating to the Certificates. Capitalized terms used herein that
are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Prospectus. The Purchaser has received a copy of the Prospectus and such other
information as the Purchaser deems necessary in order to make its investment
decision and the Purchaser has been provided the opportunity to ask questions
of, and receive answers from, the Servicer and Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, as
the Transferor, concerning the Servicer, the UTI Beneficiary and the Transferor
and the terms and conditions of the offering described in the Prospectus. The
Purchaser has received and understands the above, and understands that
substantial risks are involved in an investment in the Certificates. The
Purchaser represents that in making its investment decision to acquire the
Certificates, the Purchaser has not relied on representations, warranties,
opinions, projections, financial or other information or analysis, if any,
supplied to it by any person, including you, the Servicer, the Transferor or the
Owner Trustee or any of your or their affiliates, except as expressly contained
in the Prospectus and in the other written information, if any, discussed above.
The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in
the Certificates, and the Purchaser is able to bear the substantial economic
risks of such an investment. The Purchaser
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has relied upon its own tax, legal and financial advisors in connection with its
decision to purchase the Certificates.
2. The Purchaser is (A) a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" (as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act")) and
has delivered to you a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as
Annex 1 or Annex 2, as applicable and (B) acquiring the Certificates for its own
account or for the account of an investor of the type described in clause (A)
above as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion.
The Purchaser is purchasing the Certificates for investment purposes and not
with a view to, or for, the offer or sale in connection with, a public
distribution or in any other manner that would violate the 1933 Act or the
securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any state.
3. The Purchaser understands that the Certificates have not been and
will not be registered under the 1933 Act or under the securities or blue sky
laws of any state, and that (i) if it decides to resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer any Certificate, such Certificate may be resold, pledged or transferred
without registration only to an entity that has delivered to the Transferor and
the Owner Trustee a certification that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer
that purchases (1) for its own account or (2) for the account of such a
Qualified Institutional Buyer, that is, in either case, aware that the resale,
pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on said Rule 144A and (ii) it will,
and each subsequent holder will be required to, notify any purchaser of any
Certificate from it of the resale restrictions referred to in clause (i) above.
4. The Purchaser understands that each of Certificate will bear a
legend to the following effect, unless otherwise agreed by the Transferor and
the Owner Trustee:
"THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY
STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS
CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN
THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A
QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED,
IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE
TRANSFEROR AND THE OWNER TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM
PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RECEIPT BY THE OWNER TRUSTEE
AND THE
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TRANSFEROR OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND
THE TRANSFEROR THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH
CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE
PURCHASED OR HELD WITH PLAN ASSETS OF ANY "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN" AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR ANY PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I
OF ERISA OR ANY "PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) THAT IS SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, or
any entity whose underlying assets inCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF A
PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY OR OTHERWISE (EACH A "BENEFIT PLAN").
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST THEREIN, THE
HOLDER HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT ITS
ACQUISITION AND HOLDING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION
ON BENEFIT PLAN ASSETS."
5. If the Purchaser is acquiring any Certificate as a fiduciary or
agent for one or more investor accounts, it has sole investment discretion with
respect to each such account and that it has full power to make the
acknowledgements, representations and agreements contained herein on behalf of
such account.
6. The Purchaser is not (a) an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA,
(b) a "plan" (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or otherwise (c) any entity whose underlying assets
include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in such entity or otherwise
(each, a "Benefit Plan").
7. The Purchaser has neither acquired nor will it transfer any
Certificate it purchases (or any interest therein) or cause any such
Certificates (or any interest therein) to be marketed on or through an
"established securities market" within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the
Code, including, without limitation, an over-the-counter-market or an
interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell
quotations.
8. The Purchaser either (A) is not, and will not become, a partnership,
Subchapter S corporation or grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes
or (B) is such an entity, but none of the direct or indirect beneficial owners
of any of the interests in such
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transferee have allowed or caused, or will allow or cause, 50% or more (or such
other percentage as the Transferor may establish prior to the time of such
proposed transfer) of the value of such interests to be attributable to such
transferee's ownership of Certificates.
9. The Purchaser understands that no subsequent transfer of the
Certificates is permitted unless (A) such transfer is of a Certificate with a
denomination of at least $250,000, (B) it causes its proposed transferee to
provide to the Transferor and the Certificate Registrar a letter substantially
in the form of Exhibit C to the Trust Agreement, as applicable, or such other
written statement as the Transferor shall prescribe and (C) the Transferor
consents in writing to the proposed transfer, which consent shall be granted
unless the Transferor determines that such transfer would create a risk that the
Trust or the Titling Trust would be classified for federal or any applicable
state tax purposes as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable
as a corporation; provided, however, that any attempted transfer that would
either cause (1) the number of registered holders of Certificates to exceed 95
or (2) the number of holders of direct or indirect interests in the Titling
Trust to exceed 50, shall be a void transfer.
10. The Purchaser understands that the opinion of counsel to the Trust
that the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation is
dependent in part on the accuracy of the representations in paragraphs 7, 8 and
9 above.
11. The Purchaser is a Person who is either (A)(1) a citizen or resident
of the United States, (2) a corporation, partnership or other entity organized
in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof
or (3) a Person not described in (A)(1) or (2) whose ownership of the
Certificates is effectively connected with such Person's conduct of a trade or
business within the United States (within the meaning of the Code) and its
ownership of any interest in a Certificate will not result in any withholding
obligation with respect to any payments with respect to the Certificates by any
Person (other than withholding, if any, under Section 1446 of the Code) or (B)
an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for federal income
tax purposes regardless of source or a trust if the court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision of the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the Trust. It agrees that it will provide a
certification of non-foreign status signed under penalty of perjury and,
alternatively, that if it is a Person described in clause (A)(3) above, it will
furnish to the Transferor and the Owner Trustee a properly executed IRS Form
W-8ECI and a new W-8ECI upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously
delivered form (and such other certifications, representations or Opinions of
Counsel as may be requested by the Transferor and the Owner Trustee).
12. The Purchaser agrees that if at some time in the future it wishes to
transfer or exchange any of the Certificates, it will not transfer or exchange
any of the Certificates unless such transfer or exchange is in accordance with
Section 3.04 of the Trust Agreement. The Purchaser understands that any
purported transfer of the Certificates (or any interest therein) in
contravention of any of the restrictions and conditions in the Trust Agreement,
as applicable, shall be a void, and the purported transferee in such transfer
shall not be recognized by the Trust or any other Person as a Certificateholder,
as the case may, be for any purpose.
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13. The Purchaser hereby irrevocably requests you to arrange for
definitive Certificates representing the Certificates purchased by the Purchaser
to be registered and delivered promptly after the Closing Date as follows:
Principal Amount Registered in Deliver Definitive
of Definitive Certificate: Name of: Certificate to:
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You and the Owner Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect
to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Purchaser") hereby certifies as follows to the
addressees of the Rule 144A Representation Letter to which this certification is
attached with respect to the Certificate described therein:
(i) As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer
of the Purchaser.
(ii) In connection with purchases by the Purchaser, the Purchaser
is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
because (i) the Purchaser owned and/or invested on a discretionary
basis $__________(1) in securities (except for the excluded
securities referred to below) as of the end of the Purchaser's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with
Rule 144A) and (ii) the Purchaser satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
- Corporation, etc. The Purchaser is a corporation (other
than a bank, savings and loan association or similar
institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust,
partnership, or charitable organization described in
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
- Bank. The Purchaser (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any state,
territory or the District of Columbia, the business of
which is substantially confined to banking and is
supervised by the state or territorial banking
commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or
equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth
of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest
annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached
hereto.
- Savings and Loan. The Purchaser (a) is a savings and
loan association, building and loan association,
cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a state
or federal authority having supervision over any such
institutions or is a foreign savings and loan
association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net
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(1) Purchaser must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Purchaser is a dealer, and, in that
case, Purchaser must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$10,000,000 in securities.
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worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
- Broker-dealer. The Purchaser is a dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
- Insurance Company. The Purchaser is an insurance company
whose primary and predominant business activity is the
writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks
underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject
to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a
similar official or agency of a state, territory or the
District of Columbia.
- State or Local Plan. The Purchaser is a plan established
and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions,
or any agency or instrumentality of the state or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees
(a "Plan").
- ERISA Plan. The Purchaser is an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (an "ERISA Plan").
- Investment Advisor. The Purchaser is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of
1940.
- Small Business Investment Company. The Purchaser is a
small business investment company licensed by the U.S.
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or
(d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
- Business Development Company. The Purchaser is a
business development company as defined in Section
202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
- Trust Fund. The Purchaser is a trust fund whose trustee
is a bank or trust company and whose participants are
exclusively state or local Plans or ERISA Plans as
defined above, and no participant of the Purchaser is an
individual retirement account or an H.R. 10 (Keogh)
plan.
(iii) The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Purchaser, (ii)
securities that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription
by the Purchaser, if the Purchaser is a dealer, (iii) bank deposit
notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v)
repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a
repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity
swaps.
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(iv) For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Purchaser, the
Purchaser used the cost of such securities to the Purchaser and did
not include any of the securities referred to in the preceding
paragraph, except (i) where the Purchaser reports its securities
holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of
those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at their market
value. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the Purchaser
may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Purchaser,
but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Purchaser in
its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Purchaser's direction. However,
such securities were not included if the Purchaser is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and
the Purchaser is not itself a reporting company under the Exchange
Act.
(v) The Purchaser acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A
and understands that the seller to it and other parties related to
the Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the
statements made herein because one or more sales to the Purchaser
may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
(vi) Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the Purchaser
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made
of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such
notice is given, the Purchaser's purchase of the Certificates will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of
such purchase. In addition, if the Purchaser is a bank or savings
and loan is provided above, the Purchaser agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly
after they become available.
_________________________________
Name of Purchaser
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: __________________________
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Purchaser") hereby certifies as follows to the
addressees of the Rule 144A Representation Letter to which this certification is
attached with respect to the Certificate described therein:
(i) As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Purchaser or, if
the Purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, because the Purchaser is part of a Family of Investment
Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.
(ii) In connection with purchases by the Purchaser, the Purchaser
is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because
(i) the Purchaser is an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (ii) as marked
below, the Purchaser alone, or the Purchaser's Family of Investment
Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Purchaser's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the
amount of securities owned by the Purchaser or the Purchaser's
Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was
used, except (i) where the Purchaser or the Purchaser's Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its
financial statements on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no
current information with respect to the cost of those securities has
been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market.
- The Purchaser owned $__________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
the end of the Purchaser's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
- The Purchaser is part of a Family of Investment
Companies which owned in the aggregate $__________ in
securities (other than the excluded securities referred
to below) as of the end of the Purchaser's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance
with Rule 144A).
(iii) The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that
have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are
affiliated (by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the
same parent or because one investment adviser is a majority owned
subsidiary of the other).
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(iv) The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Purchaser or are
part of the Purchaser's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iii) loan
participations, (iv) repurchase agreements, (v) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vi) currency, interest rate
and commodity swaps.
(v) The Purchaser is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Representation Letter to which
this certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on
the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Purchaser will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the
Purchaser will only purchase for the Purchaser's own account.
(vi) Until the date of purchase of the Transferor Certificate, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A
Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice
is given, the Purchaser's purchase of the Certificates will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned
as of the date of such purchase.
______________________________________
Name of Purchaser or Advisor
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISOR:
______________________________________
Name of Purchaser
Dated: _______________________________
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