SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 1997
among
ARCADIA AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST, 1997-B
Issuer
ARCADIA RECEIVABLES FINANCE CORP.
Seller
ARCADIA FINANCIAL LTD.
In its individual capacity and as Servicer
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
Backup Servicer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.2. Usage of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 1.3. Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 1.4. Section References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 1.5. No Recourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 1.6. Material Adverse Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE II - CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of Initial Receivables . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 2.2. Custody of Receivable Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 2.3. Conditions to Acceptance by Owner Trustee . . . . . . 28
SECTION 2.4. Conveyance of Subsequent Receivables. . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 2.5. Representations and Warranties of Seller. . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.6. Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty . . 34
SECTION 2.7. Nonpetition Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 2.8. Collecting Lien Certificates Not Delivered on the
Closing Date or Subsequent Transfer Date . . . . . . 35
SECTION 2.9. Trust's Assignment of Administrative Receivables
and Warranty Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ARTICLE III - ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 3.1. Duties of the Servicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 3.2. Collection of Receivable Payments; Modifications of
Receivables; Lockbox Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 3.3. Realization Upon Receivables. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 3.4. Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 3.5. Maintenance of Security Interests in Vehicles . . . . 43
SECTION 3.6. Covenants, Representations, and Warranties of
Servicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 3.7. Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant . . . 46
SECTION 3.8. Total Servicing Fee; Payment of Certain Expenses by
Servicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 3.9. Servicer's Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Servicer
Termination Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 3.11. Annual Independent Accountants' Report. . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 3.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 3.13. Monthly Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 3.14. Retention and Termination of Servicer . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 3.15. Fidelity Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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SECTION 3.16. Duties of the Servicer under the Indenture . . . . . 51
SECTION 3.17. Duties of the Servicer under the Insurance Agreement. 53
SECTION 3.18. Certain Duties of the Servicer under the Trust
Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ARTICLE IV - DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.1. Trust Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.2. Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 4.3. Application of Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 4.4. Monthly Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 4.5. Additional Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 4.6. Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 4.7. Pre-Funding Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 4.8. Net Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 4.9. Statements to Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 4.10. Indenture Trustee as Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 4.11. Eligible Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE V - THE RESERVE ACCOUNT; THE SPREAD ACCOUNT . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 5.1. Withdrawals from the Reserve Account . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 5.2. Withdrawals from Spread Account . . . . . . . . . . 64
ARTICLE VI - THE SELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.1. Liability of Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.2. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Seller; Amendment of Certificate of
Incorporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.3. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. . . . . 66
SECTION 6.4. Seller May Own Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE VII - THE SERVICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 7.1. Liability of Servicer; Indemnities . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 7.2. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, the Servicer or Backup Servicer. . . . 68
SECTION 7.3. Limitation on Liability of Servicer, Backup Servicer
and Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 7.4. Delegation of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 7.5. Servicer and Backup Servicer Not to Resign . . . . . . 70
ARTICLE VIII - SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 8.1. Servicer Termination Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 8.2. Consequences of a Servicer Termination Event . . . . . 73
SECTION 8.3. Appointment of Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 8.4. Notification to Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 8.5. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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ARTICLE IX - TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 9.1. Optional Purchase of All Receivables; Liquidation
of Trust Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 10.1. Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 10.2. Protection of Title to Trust Property. . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 10.3. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 10.4. Severability of Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.5. Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.6. Third-Party Beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.7. Disclaimer by Security Insurer . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.8. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.9. Intention of Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.10. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 10.11. Limitation of Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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THIS SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 1997, is
made among Arcadia Automobile Receivables Trust, 1997-B (the "Issuer"),
Arcadia Receivables Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, as Seller (the
"Seller"), Arcadia Financial Ltd., a Minnesota corporation, in its individual
capacity and as Servicer (in its individual capacity, "AFL"; in its capacity
as Servicer, the "Servicer") and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking
corporation, as Backup Servicer (the "Backup Servicer").
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 agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS. All terms defined in the Spread Account
Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement (each as defined below) shall
have the same meaning in this Agreement. Whenever capitalized and used in
this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT: The report of a firm of nationally recognized
independent accountants described in Section 3.11.
ACCOUNTING DATE: With respect to a Distribution Date, the last day
of the Monthly Period immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
ACTUAL FUNDS: With respect to a Distribution Date, the sum of (i)
Available Funds for such Distribution Date, plus (ii) the portion of the
Reserve Amount, if any, deposited pursuant to Section 5.1(a) into the
Collection Account with respect to such Distribution Date.
ADDITION NOTICE: With respect to any transfer of Subsequent
Receivables to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.4, a notice, which shall be
given not later than 15 days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date,
of the Seller's designation of Subsequent Receivables to be transferred to
the Issuer and the aggregate Principal Balance of such Subsequent Receivables.
ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVABLE: With respect to any Monthly Period, a
Receivable which the Servicer is required to purchase pursuant to Section 3.7
or which the Servicer has elected to purchase pursuant to Section 3.4(c).
AFFILIATE: With respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
AFL: Arcadia Financial Ltd., a Minnesota corporation.
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Determination
Date, the sum of the Principal Balances (computed as of the related
Accounting Date) for all Receivables (other than (i) any Receivable that
became a Liquidated Receivable during the related Monthly Period and (ii) any
Receivable that became a Purchased Receivable as of the immediately preceding
Accounting Date).
AGREEMENT OR "THIS AGREEMENT": This Sale and Servicing Agreement,
all amendments and supplements thereto and all exhibits and schedules to any
of the foregoing.
AMOUNT FINANCED: With respect to a Receivable, the aggregate amount
advanced under such Receivable toward the purchase price of the Financed
Vehicle and related costs, including amounts advanced in respect of
accessories, insurance premiums, service and warranty contracts, other items
customarily financed as part of retail automobile installment sale contracts
or promissory notes, and related costs. The term "Amount Financed" shall not
include any Insurance Add-On Amounts.
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE OR APR: With respect to a Receivable, the
rate per annum of finance charges stated in such Receivable as the "annual
percentage rate" (within the meaning of the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act).
If after the Closing Date, the rate per annum with respect to a Receivable as
of the Closing Date is reduced as a result of (i) an insolvency proceeding
involving the Obligor or (ii) pursuant to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil
Relief Act of 1940, Annual Percentage Rate or APR shall refer to such reduced
rate.
ARCC PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Receivables Purchase Agreement and
Assignment, dated as of December 3, 1996, between AFL and the Seller.
ASSUMED REINVESTMENT RATE: 2.5% per annum.
AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to any Determination Date, the sum of
(i) the Collected Funds for such Determination Date, (ii) all Purchase
Amounts deposited in the Collection Account as of the related Deposit Date,
(iii) all Monthly Advances made by the Servicer as of the related Deposit
Date, and (iv) all net income from investments of funds in the Trust Accounts
during the related Monthly Period.
BACKUP SERVICER: The Chase Manhattan Bank, or its successor in
interest pursuant to Section 8.2, or such Person as shall have been appointed
as Backup Servicer or successor Servicer pursuant to Section 8.3.
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BASIC SERVICING FEE: With respect to any Monthly Period, the fee
payable to the Servicer for services rendered during such Monthly Period,
which shall be equal to one-twelfth of the Basic Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Determination Date
falling in such Monthly Period.
BASIC SERVICING FEE RATE: 1.00% per annum.
BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday
or other day on which commercial banking institutions in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or any other location of
any successor Servicer, successor Owner Trustee, successor Indenture Trustee
or successor Collateral Agent are authorized or obligated by law, executive
order or governmental decree to be closed.
CLASS A-1 FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: June 15, 1998 (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
CLASS A-1 HOLDBACK AMOUNT: As of any Subsequent Transfer Date, an
amount equal to 2.5% of the amount, if any, by which the applicable "Target
Original Pool Balance" specified below is greater than the Original Pool
Balance after giving effect to the transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such
Subsequent Transfer Date:
Subsequent Transfer Date Target Original Pool Balance
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June 19 - July 14 $658,238,881.75
July 15 - August 14 $775,000,000.00
CLASS A-1 HOLDBACK SUBACCOUNT: The subaccount of the Reserve
Account, the funds in which shall consist of all Class A-1 Holdback Amounts
deposited therein during the Funding Period, other than investment earnings
thereon. Any funds in the Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount shall be withdrawn
on the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date and distributed as
specified in Section 5.1(b).
CLASS A-1 INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of interest on
the Class A-1 Notes that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution
Account on such preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of
interest due but not paid to Class A-1 Noteholders on the preceding
Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Class A-1 Interest
Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the current
Distribution Date.
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CLASS A-1 INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-1 Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for such Distribution Date and the Class A-1 Interest Carryover
Shortfall for such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-1 INTEREST RATE: 5.7425% per annum.
CLASS A-1 MONTHLY INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the product of (x) the Class A-1
Interest Rate and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
days elapsed from and including the most recent date to which interest has
been paid (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, interest accrued
for the number of days elapsed from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding July 15, 1997, based on the assumption that the last day of each
month is the 30th) to but excluding such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is 360 and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the
Class A-1 Notes on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date), after giving
effect to all payments of principal to Class A-1 Noteholders on or prior to
such immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, on the Closing Date).
CLASS A-1 PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: As of the Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect
to any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to
the Class A-1 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded
Amount as of such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-1 PREPAYMENT PREMIUM: An amount computed by the Servicer
equal to the excess, if any, discounted as described below, of (i) the amount
of interest that would accrue on the Class A-1 Prepayment Amount at the Class
A-1 Interest Rate during the period commencing on and including the
Distribution Date on which the Class A-1 Prepayment Amount is required to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.7 to but
excluding September 17, 1997 over (ii) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the Class A-1 Prepayment Amount over the same period at a per
annum rate of interest equal to 3-month LIBOR on the Determination Date
preceding such Distribution Date. Such excess shall be discounted to present
value to such Distribution Date at the yield described in clause (ii) above.
CLASS A-2 FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: June 15, 2000 (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
CLASS A-2 INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of interest
on the Class A-2
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Notes that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such
preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but
not paid to Class A-2 Noteholders on the preceding Distribution Date, to the
extent permitted by law, at the Class A-2 Interest Rate from such preceding
Distribution Date to but excluding the current Distribution Date.
CLASS A-2 INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-2 Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for such Distribution Date and the Class A-2 Interest Carryover
Shortfall for such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-2 INTEREST RATE: 6.10% per annum.
CLASS A-2 MONTHLY INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, 30 days of interest (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, interest accrued from and including the Closing Date to
but excluding July 15, 1997) at the Class A-2 Interest Rate on the
outstanding principal balance of the Class A-2 Notes on the immediately
preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
on the Closing Date), after giving effect to all payments of principal to
Class A-2 Noteholders on such or prior to immediately preceding Distribution
Date.
CLASS A-2 PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: As of the Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect
to any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to
the Class A-2 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded
Amount as of such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-2 PREPAYMENT PREMIUM: An amount computed by the Servicer
equal to the excess, if any, discounted as described below, of (i) the amount
of interest that would accrue on the Class A-2 Prepayment Amount at the Class
A-2 Interest Rate during the period commencing on and including the
Distribution Date on which the Class A-2 Prepayment Amount is required to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.7 to but
excluding May 31, 1998, over (ii) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the Class A-2 Prepayment Amount over the same period at a per
annum rate of interest equal to the yield to maturity on the Determination
Date preceding such Distribution Date on the 6.00% U.S. Treasury Note due May
31, 1998. Such excess shall be discounted to present value to such
Distribution Date at the yield described in clause (ii) above.
CLASS A-3 FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: July 15, 2001 (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day
thereafter).
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CLASS A-3 INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of interest on
the Class A-3 Notes that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution
Account on such preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of
interest due but not paid to Class A-3 Noteholders on the preceding
Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Class A-3 Interest
Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the current
Distribution Date.
CLASS A-3 INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for such Distribution Date and the Class A-3 Interest Carryover
Shortfall for such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-3 INTEREST RATE: 6.30% per annum.
CLASS A-3 MONTHLY INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, 30 days of interest (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, interest accrued from and including the Closing Date to
but excluding July 15, 1997) at the Class A-3 Interest Rate on the outstanding
principal balance of the Class A-3 Notes on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the
Closing Date), after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-3
Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding Distribution Date.
CLASS A-3 PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: As of the Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect
to any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to
the Class A-3 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded
Amount as of such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-3 PREPAYMENT PREMIUM: An amount computed by the Servicer
equal to the excess, if any, discounted as described below, of (i) the amount
of interest that would accrue on the Class A-3 Prepayment Amount at the
Class A-3 Interest Rate during the period commencing on and including the
Distribution Date on which the Class A-3 Prepayment Amount is required to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.7 to but
excluding March 31, 1999, over (ii) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the Class A-3 Prepayment Amount over the same period at a per
annum rate of interest equal to the yield to maturity on the Determination
Date preceding such Distribution Date on the 6.25% U.S. Treasury Note due
March 31, 1999. Such excess shall be discounted to present value to such
Distribution Date at the yield described in clause (ii) above.
CLASS A-4 FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: June 15, 2002 (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
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CLASS A-4 INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A-4 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of interest on
the Class A-4 Notes that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution
Account on such preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of
interest due but not paid to Class A-4 Noteholders on the preceding
Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Class A-4 Interest
Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the current
Distribution Date.
CLASS A-4 INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-4 Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for such Distribution Date and the Class A-4 Interest Carryover
Shortfall for such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-4 INTEREST RATE: 6.50% per annum.
CLASS A-4 MONTHLY INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, 30 days of interest (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, interest accrued from and including the Closing Date to
but excluding July 15, 1997) at the Class A-4 Interest Rate on the outstanding
principal balance of the Class A-4 Notes on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the
Closing Date), after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-4
Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding Distribution Date.
CLASS A-4 PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: As of the Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect
to any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to
the Class A-4 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded
Amount as of such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-4 PREPAYMENT PREMIUM: An amount computed by the Servicer
equal to the excess, if any, discounted as described below, of (i) the amount
of interest that would accrue on the Class A-4 Prepayment Amount at the
Class A-4 Interest Rate during the period commencing on and including the
Distribution Date on which the Class A-4 Prepayment Amount is required to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.7 to but
excluding February 15, 2000, over (ii) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the Class A-4 Prepayment Amount over the same period at a per
annum rate of interest equal to the yield to maturity on the Determination
Date preceding such Distribution Date on the 5.875% U.S. Treasury Note due
February 15, 2000. Such excess shall be discounted to present value to such
Distribution Date at the yield described in clause (ii) above.
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CLASS A-5 FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: February 15, 2005
(or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day
thereafter).
CLASS A-5 INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A-5 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of interest on
the Class A-5 Notes that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution
Account on such preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of
interest due but not paid to Class A-5 Noteholders on the preceding
Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Class A-5 Interest
Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to but excluding the current
Distribution Date.
CLASS A-5 INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-5 Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for such Distribution Date and the Class A-5 Interest Carryover
Shortfall for such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-5 INTEREST RATE: 6.70% per annum.
CLASS A-5 MONTHLY INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, 30 days of interest (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, interest accrued from and including the Closing Date to
but excluding July 15, 1997) at the Class A-5 Interest Rate on the outstanding
principal balance of the Class A-5 Notes on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the
Closing Date), after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-5
Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding Distribution Date.
CLASS A-5 PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: As of the Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect
to any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to
the Class A-5 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded
Amount as of such Distribution Date.
CLASS A-5 PREPAYMENT PREMIUM: An amount computed by the Servicer
equal to the excess, if any, discounted as described below, of (i) the amount
of interest that would accrue on the Class A-5 Prepayment Amount at the
Class A-5 Interest Rate during the period commencing on and including the
Distribution Date on which the Class A-5 Prepayment Amount is required to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.7 to but
excluding February 28, 2001, over (ii) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the Class A-5 Prepayment Amount over the same period at a per
annum rate of interest equal to the yield to maturity on the Determination
Date preceding such Distribution Date on the 5.625% U.S. Treasury Note due
February 28, 2001. Such excess shall be
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discounted to present value to such Distribution Date at the yield described
in clause (ii) above.
CLOSING DATE: June 19, 1997.
CLOSING DATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Receivables Purchase
Agreement and Assignment, dated as of June 1, 1997, between AFL and the Seller.
COLLATERAL AGENT: The Collateral Agent named in the Spread Account
Agreement, and any successor thereto pursuant to the terms of the Spread
Account Agreement.
COLLATERAL INSURANCE: The insurance policy maintained by the
Servicer, or indemnification obligation of the Servicer in lieu of such
insurance policy, pursuant to Section 3.4(e).
COLLECTED FUNDS: With respect to any Determination Date, the amount
of funds in the Collection Account representing collections on the
Receivables during the related Monthly Period, including all Liquidation
Proceeds collected during the related Monthly Period (but excluding any
Monthly Advances and any Purchase Amounts).
COLLECTION ACCOUNT: The account designated as the Collection
Account in, and which is established and maintained pursuant to, Section 4.1(a).
COLLECTION RECORDS: All manually prepared or computer generated
records relating to collection efforts or payment histories with respect to
the Receivables.
COMPUTER TAPE: The computer tape generated on behalf of the Seller
which provides information relating to the Receivables and which was used by
the Seller and AFL in selecting the Receivables conveyed to the Trust
hereunder.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: With respect to the Owner Trustee, the
principal office of the Owner Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the Closing
Date is located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx; the telecopy number for the
Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee on the date of the execution of
this Agreement is (000) 000-0000; with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the
principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office is located at
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Global Trust,
Structured Finance Services Group; the telecopy number for the Global Trust,
Structured Finance Services Group of the Indenture Trustee on the date of
execution of this Agreement is (000) 000-0000.
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CRAM DOWN LOSS: With respect to a Receivable, if a court of
appropriate jurisdiction in an insolvency proceeding shall have issued an
order reducing the amount owed on a Receivable or otherwise modifying or
restructuring the Scheduled Payments to be made on a Receivable, an amount
equal to the excess of the Principal Balance of such Receivable immediately
prior to such order over the Principal Balance of such Receivable as so
reduced or the net present value (using as the discount rate the higher of
the contract rate or the rate of interest, if any, specified by the court in
such order) of the Scheduled Payments as so modified or restructured. A
"Cram Down Loss" shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of issuance of
such order.
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT FEE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
amount to be paid to the Security Insurer pursuant to Section 4.6 (viii) and
the amount to which the Seller is entitled pursuant to Section 4.6 (ix).
CUSTODIAN: AFL and any other Person named from time to time as
custodian in any Custodian Agreement acting as agent for the Trust, which
Person must be (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing) acceptable to the Security Insurer.
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT: Any Custodian Agreement from time to time in
effect between the Custodian named therein and the Trust, substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof,
which Custodian Agreement and any amendments, supplements or modifications
thereto shall (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing) be acceptable to the Security Insurer.
DEALER: A seller of new or used automobiles or light trucks that
originated one or more of the Receivables and sold the respective Receivable,
directly or indirectly, to AFL under an existing agreement between such
seller and AFL.
DEALER AGREEMENT: An agreement between AFL and a Dealer relating to
the sale of retail installment sale contracts and installment notes to AFL
and all documents and instruments relating thereto.
DEALER ASSIGNMENT: With respect to a Receivable, the executed
assignment executed by a Dealer conveying such Receivable to AFL.
DEFICIENCY CLAIM AMOUNT: As defined in Section 5.2(a).
DEFICIENCY CLAIM DATE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
fourth Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
DEFICIENCY NOTICE: As defined in Section 5.2(a).
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DEPOSIT DATE: With respect to any Monthly Period, the Business Day
immediately preceding the related Determination Date.
DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to any Monthly Period, the sixth
Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to a Distribution Date, the sum
of (i) the Actual Funds for such Distribution Date, and (ii) the Deficiency
Claim Amount, if any, received by the Indenture Trustee with respect to such
Distribution Date.
DISTRIBUTION DATE: The 15th day of each calendar month, or if such
15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing
July 15, 1997 to and including the Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
DRAW DATE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the third
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
ELECTRONIC LEDGER: The electronic master record of the retail
installment sales contracts or installment loans of AFL.
ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT: (i) A segregated trust account that is maintained
with the corporate trust department of a depository institution acceptable to
the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred
and be continuing), or (ii) a segregated direct deposit account maintained
with a depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of
the United States of America, or any of the States thereof, or the District
of Columbia, having a certificate of deposit, short term deposit or
commercial paper rating of at least "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's and "P-1" by
Moody's and (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing) acceptable to the Security Insurer.
ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS: Any one or more of the following types of
investments:
(a) (i) direct interest-bearing obligations of, and
interest-bearing obligations guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and
interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States; and (ii) direct interest-bearing obligations of, and
interest-bearing obligations guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and
interest by, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, but only if, at the time of investment, such
obligations are assigned a rating in the highest credit rating category by
each Rating Agency;
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(b) demand or time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States or any State and subject to
supervision and examination by federal and/or State banking authorities
(including, if applicable, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any
agent of either of them acting in their respective commercial capacities);
provided that the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company at the time of such investment, or contractual
commitment providing for such investment, are assigned a rating in the
highest credit rating category by each Rating Agency;
(c) repurchase obligations pursuant to a written agreement (i) with
respect to any obligation described in clause (a) above, where the Indenture
Trustee has taken actual or constructive delivery of such obligation in
accordance with Section 4.1, and (ii) entered into with the corporate trust
department of a depository institution or trust company organized under the
laws of the United States or any State thereof, the deposits of which are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the short-term
unsecured debt obligations of which are rated "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's and
"P-1" by Moody's (including, if applicable, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee or any agent of either of them acting in their respective commercial
capacities);
(d) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by
any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State
whose long-term unsecured debt obligations are assigned a rating in the
highest credit rating category by each Rating Agency at the time of such
investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that securities issued by any particular corporation will not be
Eligible Investments to the extent that an investment therein will cause the
then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation
and held in the Trust Accounts to exceed 10% of the Eligible Investments held
in the Trust Accounts (with Eligible Investments held in the Trust Accounts
valued at par);
(e) commercial paper that (i) is payable in United States dollars
and (ii) is rated in the highest credit rating category by each Rating Agency;
(f) units of money market funds rated in the highest credit rating
category by each Rating Agency; provided that all Eligible Investments shall
be held in the name of the Indenture Trustee; or
(g) any other demand or time deposit, obligation, security or
investment as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies and the Security
Insurer, as evidenced by the prior written consent of the Security Insurer,
as may from time to time be confirmed in writing to the Indenture Trustee by
the Security Insurer;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that securities issued by any entity (except as provided
in paragraph (a)) will not be Eligible Investments to the extent that an
investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of
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such entity and held in the Pre-Funding Account to exceed $25 million (with
Eligible Investments held in the Pre-Funding Account valued at par).
Eligible Investments may be purchased by or through the Indenture Trustee or any
of its Affiliates.
ELIGIBLE SERVICER: AFL, the Backup Servicer or another Person
whichat the time of its appointment as Servicer (i) is servicing a portfolio
of motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and/or motor vehicle
installment loans, (ii) is legally qualified and has the capacity to service
the Receivables, (iii) has demonstrated the ability professionally and
competently to service a portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sales
contracts and/or motor vehicle installment loans similar to the Receivables
with reasonable skill and care, and (iv) is qualified and entitled to use,
pursuant to a license or other written agreement, and agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of, the software which the Servicer uses in connection with
performing its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement or otherwise
has available software which is adequate to perform its duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement.
FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: With respect to each class of
Notes, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final
Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date,
the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Class A-5 Final
Scheduled Distribution Date, respectively.
FINANCED VEHICLE: A new or used automobile or light truck, together
with all accessories thereto, securing or purporting to secure an Obligor's
indebtedness under a Receivable.
FORCE-PLACED INSURANCE: The meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b).
FUNDING PERIOD: The period beginning on the Closing Date and ending
on the first to occur of (a) the Distribution Date on which the Pre-Funded
Amount (after giving effect to any reduction in the Pre-Funded Amount in
connection with the transfer of Subsequent Receivables to the Trust on such
Distribution Date) is less than $100,000, (b) the date on which an Event of
Default or a Servicer Termination Event occurs, (c) the date on which an
Insolvency Event occurs with respect to AFL and (d) the close of business on
the Distribution Date occurring in August, 1997.
INDENTURE: The Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1997, among the Trust,
the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Collateral Agent, as the same may be
amended and supplemented from time to time.
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INDENTURE COLLATERAL AGENT: The Person acting as Indenture
Collateral Agent under the Indenture, its successors in interest and any
successor Indenture Collateral Agent under the Indenture.
INDENTURE TRUSTEE: The Person acting as Trustee under the
Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor Trustee under the
Indenture.
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS: As defined in Section 3.11(a).
INITIAL CUTOFF DATE: June 11, 1997.
INITIAL CUTOFF DATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $541,477,763.50.
INITIAL RECEIVABLES: The Receivables listed on the Schedule of Initial
Receivables on the Closing Date.
INSOLVENCY EVENT: With respect to a specified Person, (a) the
commencement of an involuntary case against such Person under the federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereinafter in effect, or another present or
future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, and such case
is not dismissed within 60 days; or (b) the filing of a decree or entry of an
order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of
such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such
Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of such Person's affairs; or (c) the commencement by
such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for
any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such
Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of
action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
INSURANCE ADD-ON AMOUNT: The premium charged to the Obligor in the
event that the Servicer obtains Force-Placed Insurance pursuant to Section 3.4.
INSURANCE AGREEMENT: The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated
as of June 19, 1997, among the Security Insurer, the Trust, the Seller and AFL.
INSURANCE AGREEMENT EVENT OF DEFAULT: An "Event of Default" as
defined in the Insurance Agreement.
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INSURANCE POLICY: With respect to a Receivable, any insurance
policy benefiting the holder of the Receivable providing loss or physical
damage, credit life, credit disability, theft, mechanical breakdown or
similar coverage with respect to the Financed Vehicle or the Obligor.
INSURER DEFAULT: The occurrence and continuance of any of the
following:
(a) the Security Insurer shall have failed to make a payment required
under the Note Policy;
(b) The Security Insurer shall have (i) filed a petition or commenced
any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the United States
Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance Law, or any other similar
federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation,
liquidation or reorganization, (ii) made a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or (iii) had an order for relief entered against
it under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance
Law, or any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency,
bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization which is final
and nonappealable; or
(c) a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York Department of
Insurance or other competent regulatory authority shall have entered a
final and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i) appointing a
custodian, trustee, agent or receiver for the Security Insurer or for
all or any material portion of its property or (ii) authorizing the taking
of possession by a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver of the Security
Insurer (or the taking of possession of all or any material portion of the
property of the Security Insurer).
LIBOR: As of any Determination Date, the rate for deposits in U.S.
dollars which appears on Telerate Page 3750 (as defined herein) as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on such date. If such date does not appear on
Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that day will be determined on the basis of
the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the
Reference Banks (as defined herein) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
on that day to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period equal
to the relevant Monthly Period (commencing on the first day of such Monthly
Period). The Servicer will request the principal London office of each of
the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such
quotations are provided, the rate for the day will be the arithmetic mean of
the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the
rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major
banks in New York City, selected by the Servicer, at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on that day for loans in United States dollars to leading
international banks for
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a period equal to the relevant Monthly Period (commencing on the first day of
such Monthly Period).
LIEN: Any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference,
equity or encumbrance of any kind, including tax liens, mechanics' liens and
any liens that attach by operation of law.
LIEN CERTIFICATE: With respect to a Financed Vehicle, an original
certificate of title, certificate of lien or other notification issued by the
Registrar of Titles of the applicable state to a secured party which
indicates that the lien of the secured party on the Financed Vehicle is
recorded on the original certificate of title. In any jurisdiction in which
the original certificate of title is required to be given to the Obligor, the
term "Lien Certificate" shall mean only a certificate or notification issued
to a secured party.
LIQUIDATED RECEIVABLE: With respect to any Monthly Period, a
Receivable as to which (i) 91 days have elapsed since the Servicer repossessed
the related Financed Vehicle, (ii) the Servicer has determined in good faith
that all amounts it expects to recover have been received, or (iii) all or any
portion of a Scheduled Payment shall have become more than 180 days past due.
LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: With respect to a Liquidated Receivable, all
amounts realized with respect to such Receivable (other than amounts
withdrawn from the Spread Account or the Reserve Account and drawings under
the Note Policy) net of (i) reasonable expenses incurred by the Servicer in
connection with the collection of such Receivable and the repossession and
disposition of the Financed Vehicle and (ii) amounts that are required to be
refunded to the Obligor on such Receivable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Receivable shall in no event be less
than zero.
LOCKBOX ACCOUNT: The segregated account maintained on behalf of the
Trust by the Lockbox Bank in accordance with Section 3.2(d).
LOCKBOX AGREEMENT: The Agency Agreement, dated as of November 13,
1992 by and among Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, AFL, Shawmut Bank, N.A., as
Trustee, Saturn Financial Services, Inc. and the Program Parties (as defined
therein), taken together with the Retail Lockbox Agreement, dated as of
November 13, 1992, among such parties, and the Counterpart to Agency Agreement
and Retail Lockbox Agreement, dated as of June 19, 1997, among Xxxxxx Trust
and Savings Bank, AFL, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Security
Insurer, as such agreements may be amended from time to time, unless the
Indenture Trustee hereunder shall cease to be a Program Party thereunder, or
such agreement shall be terminated in accordance with its terms, in which
event "Lockbox Agreement" shall mean such other agreement, in form and
substance acceptable to the Security Insurer, or if an Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, to a Note
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Majority, among the Servicer, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the
Lockbox Bank.
LOCKBOX BANK: A depository institution named by the Servicer and,
so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing,
acceptable to the Security Insurer, or, if an Insurer Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, to a Note Majority.
MONTHLY ADVANCE: The amount that the Servicer is required to
advance on any Receivable pursuant to Section 4.4(a).
MONTHLY PERIOD: With respect to a Distribution Date, the calendar
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (such
calendar month being referred to as the "related" Monthly Period with respect
to such Distribution Date). With respect to an Accounting Date, the calendar
month in which such Accounting Date occurs is referred to herein as the
"related" Monthly Period to such Accounting Date.
MONTHLY RECORDS: All records and data maintained by the Servicer with
respect to the Receivables, including the following with respect to each
Receivable: the account number; the identity of the originating Dealer; Obligor
name; Obligor address; Obligor home phone number; Obligor business phone number;
original Principal Balance; original term; Annual Percentage Rate; current
Principal Balance; current remaining term; origination date; first payment date;
final scheduled payment date; next payment due date; date of most recent
payment; new/used classification; collateral description; days currently
delinquent; number of contract extensions (months) to date; amount, if any, of
Force-Placed Insurance payable monthly; amount of the Scheduled Payment; current
Insurance Policy expiration date; and past due late charges, if any.
MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
NOTE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account designated as such,
established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(c).
NOTE MAJORITY: As to each class of Notes, Holders of Notes
representing a majority of the outstanding principal balance of such class of
Notes.
NOTE POLICY: The financial guaranty insurance policy issued by the
Security Insurer to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders.
NOTE POOL FACTOR: With respect to any Distribution Date and each
class of Notes, an eight-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding
principal balance of such class of Notes as of such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to all distributions on such date) divided by the original
outstanding principal balance of such class of Notes as of the Closing Date.
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NOTEHOLDERS' INTEREST DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount, the
Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount, the Class A-3 Interest Distributable
Amount, the Class A-4 Interest Distributable Amount and the Class A-5 Interest
Distributable Amount.
NOTEHOLDERS' MONTHLY PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount. With respect
to the Distribution Date on which the outstanding principal balance of the Class
A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, the "Noteholders' Monthly Principal Distributable
Amount" shall equal the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the
Class A-1 Notes plus (ii) 100% (after giving effect to the retirement of the
Class A-1 Notes) of the Principal Distribution Amount less the outstanding
principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
NOTEHOLDERS' PRINCIPAL CARRYOVER SHORTFALL: As of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the sum of the Noteholders'
Monthly Principal Distributable Amount and any outstanding Noteholders'
Principal Carryover Shortfall from the immediately preceding Distribution Date
over the amount in respect of principal that is actually deposited in the Note
Distribution Account on such immediately preceding Distribution Date.
NOTEHOLDERS' PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date (other than the Final Scheduled Distribution Date with respect
to any class of Notes), the sum of the Noteholders' Monthly Principal
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date and any Noteholders' Principal
Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date. The
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount on the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for any class of Notes will equal the sum of (i) the Noteholders' Monthly
Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date, (ii) the Noteholders'
Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the preceding Distribution
Date, and (iii) the excess of the outstanding principal balance of such class of
Notes, if any, over the amounts in clauses (i) and (ii). In no event may the
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount for any Distribution Date exceed the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
NOTES: The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes,
the Class A-4 Notes and the Class A-5 Notes.
OBLIGOR: The purchaser or the co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle
and any other Person or Persons who are primarily or secondarily obligated to
make payments under a Receivable.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel acceptable in form
and substance and from counsel acceptable to the Owner Trustee and, if such
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opinion or a copy thereof is required to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee
or the Security Insurer, to the Indenture Trustee or the Security Insurer, as
applicable.
ORIGINAL POOL BALANCE: As of any date, the sum of the Initial Cutoff
Date Principal Balance plus the aggregate Principal Balance (as of the related
Subsequent Cutoff Date) of all Subsequent Receivables sold to the Trust on any
Subsequent Transfer Date.
OUTSTANDING MONTHLY ADVANCES: With respect to a Receivable and a
Determination Date, the sum of all Monthly Advances made on any Determination
Date prior to such Determination Date relating to that Receivable which have not
been reimbursed pursuant to Section 4.6(i) or Section 4.8.
OWNER TRUSTEE: Mellon Bank (DE), National Association, acting not
individually but solely as trustee, or its successor in interest, and any
successor Owner Trustee appointed as provided in the Trust Agreement.
PERSON: Any legal person, including any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, estate, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof, or any other entity.
PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: As of any date, $233,522,236.50 minus the aggregate
Principal Balance (as of the related Subsequent Cutoff Date) of all Subsequent
Receivables sold to the Trust on or prior to such date.
PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT: The account designated as the Pre-Funding Account
in, and which is established and maintained pursuant to, Section 4.1(b).
PREFERENCE CLAIM: The meaning specified in Section 5.4(b).
PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Receivable, as of any date, the
Amount Financed minus (i) that portion of all amounts received on or prior to
such date and allocable to principal in accordance with the terms of the
Receivable, and (ii) any Cram Down Loss in respect of such Receivable.
PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount equal to the sum of the following amounts with respect to the related
Monthly Period, in each case computed with respect to each Receivable in
accordance with the method specified in the related retail installment sale
contract or promissory note: (i) that portion of all collections on Receivables
(other than Liquidated Receivables and Purchased Receivables) allocable to
principal, including all full and partial principal prepayments, (ii) the
Principal Balance (as of the related Accounting Date) of all Receivables that
became Liquidated Receivables during the related Monthly Period (other than
Purchased Receivables), (iii) the Principal Balance of all Receivables that
became Purchased Receivables as of the related
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Accounting Date, and, in the sole discretion of the Security Insurer,
provided no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Principal Balance as of the related Accounting Date of all Receivables that
were required to be purchased as of the related Accounting Date but were not
so purchased, and (iv) the aggregate amount of Cram Down Losses that shall
have occurred during the related Monthly Period.
PURCHASE AGREEMENTS: (i) The Closing Date Purchase Agreement and
(ii) one or more Assignment Agreements pursuant to the ARCC Purchase Agreement,
pursuant to which, together, AFL transferred the Initial Receivables to the
Seller.
PURCHASE AMOUNT: With respect to a Receivable, the Principal Balance
and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Receivable (without regard to any
Monthly Advances that may have been made with respect to the Receivable) as of
the Accounting Date on which the obligation to purchase such Receivable arises.
PURCHASED RECEIVABLE: As of any Accounting Date, any Receivable
(including any Liquidated Receivable) that became a Warranty Receivable or
Administrative Receivable as of such Accounting Date (or which AFL or the
Servicer has elected to purchase as of an earlier Accounting Date, as permitted
by Section 2.6 or 3.7), and as to which the Purchase Amount has been deposited
in the Collection Account by the Seller, AFL or the Servicer, as applicable, on
or before the related Deposit Date.
RATING AGENCY: Each of Moody's and Standard & Poor's, so long as such
Persons maintain a rating on the Notes; and if either Moody's or Standard &
Poor's no longer maintains a rating on the Notes, such other nationally
recognized statistical rating organization selected by the Seller and (so long
as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing) acceptable to
the Security Insurer.
RATING AGENCY CONDITION: With respect to any action, that each Rating
Agency shall have been given 10 days' prior notice thereof and that each of the
Rating Agencies shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Security
Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action
will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the
Notes.
RECEIVABLE: A retail installment sale contract or promissory note (and
related security agreement) for a new or used automobile or light truck (and all
accessories thereto) that is included in the Schedule of Receivables, and all
rights and obligations under such a contract, but not including (i) any
Liquidated Receivable (other than for purposes of calculating Noteholders'
Distributable Amounts hereunder and for the purpose of determining the
obligations pursuant to Section 2.6 and 3.7 to purchase Receivables), or
(ii) any Purchased Receivable on or after the Accounting Date immediately
preceding the Deposit Date on which
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payment of the Purchase Amount is made in connection therewith pursuant to
Section 4.5.
RECEIVABLE FILE: The documents, electronic entries, instruments and
writings listed in Section 2.2 pertaining to a particular Receivable.
REFERENCE BANKS: Three major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Servicer.
REGISTRAR OF TITLES: With respect to any state, the governmental
agency or body responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of
certificates of title relating to, motor vehicles and liens thereon.
RELATED DOCUMENTS: The Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the
Purchase Agreements, each Subsequent Purchase Agreement, each Subsequent
Transfer Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the Note Policy, the Spread Account
Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement, the Depository
Agreement, the Stock Pledge Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement between the
Seller and AFL and the underwriter of the Notes. The Related Documents executed
by any party are referred to herein as "such party's Related Documents," "its
Related Documents" or by a similar expression.
REPURCHASE EVENTS: The occurrence of a breach of any of AFL's, the
Seller's or the Servicer's representations and warranties in this Agreement or
in the Purchase Agreement or in any Subsequent Purchase Agreement which requires
the repurchase of a Receivable by AFL or the Seller pursuant to Section 2.6 or
by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.7.
REQUIRED DEPOSIT RATING: A rating on short-term unsecured debt
obligations of "P-1" by Moody's and at least "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's (or
such other rating as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies and, so long as an
Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing, the Security Insurer)
so as to not affect the rating on the Notes.
REQUISITE RESERVE AMOUNT: As of the Closing Date, $1,383,884.24 and as
of any Distribution Date or Subsequent Transfer Date thereafter during the
Funding Period an amount equal to the difference between
(a) the product of (x) the weighted average of the Class A-1
Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Interest Rate,
the Class A-4 Interest Rate and the Class A-5 Interest Rate (based on the
outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes,
the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class A-5 Notes on such
date), divided by 360, (y) the Pre-Funded Amount on such date and (z) the
number of days until the Distribution Date in August 1997, and
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(b) the product of (x) the Assumed Reinvestment Rate, divided
by 360, (y) the Pre-Funded Amount on such date and (z) the number of days
until the Distribution Date in August 1997.
The Requisite Reserve Amount for any Subsequent Transfer Date (i) shall be
calculated after taking into account the transfer of Subsequent Receivables to
the Trust on such Subsequent Transfer Date (unless such Subsequent Transfer Date
does not coincide with a Distribution Date and does not occur between a
Distribution Date and the related Determination Date) and (ii)(A) if such
Subsequent Transfer Date does not coincide with a Distribution Date but occurs
between a Distribution Date and the related Determination Date, shall be
calculated as of the Distribution Date immediately following such Subsequent
Transfer Date as if such Subsequent Transfer Date occurred on such Distribution
Date, (B) if such Subsequent Transfer Date coincides with a Distribution Date,
shall be calculated as of such Distribution Date or (C) if such Subsequent
Transfer Date does not coincide with a Distribution Date and does not occur
between a Distribution Date and the related Determination Date, shall be
calculated as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or as of the
Closing Date, if such Subsequent Transfer Date occurs before the Determination
Date in July 1997) as if such Subsequent Transfer Date occurred on such
immediately preceding Distribution Date (or the Closing Date).
RESERVE ACCOUNT: The account designated as the Reserve Account in, and
which is established and maintained pursuant to, Section 4.1(d), including the
Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount.
RESERVE AMOUNT: As of any date of determination, the amount on deposit
in the Reserve Account (other than the amount on deposit in the Class A-1
Holdback Subaccount) on such date.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: When used with respect to the Owner Trustee, any
officer of the Owner Trustee assigned by the Owner Trustee to administer its
corporate trust affairs relating to the Trust. When used with respect to the
Indenture Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Division (or any
successor thereto), including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President,
Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any other officer
of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct
responsibility for the administration of the Trust. When used with respect to
any other Person that is not an individual, the President, any Vice-President or
Assistant Vice-President or the Controller of such Person, or any other officer
or employee having similar functions.
SCHEDULE OF INITIAL RECEIVABLES: The schedule of all retail
installment sales contracts and promissory notes sold and transferred to the
Trust pursuant to this Agreement which is attached hereto as Schedule A.
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SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES: The Schedule of Initial Receivables attached
hereto as Schedule A as supplemented by each Schedule of Subsequent Receivables
attached as Schedule A to each Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
SCHEDULE OF REPRESENTATIONS: The Schedule of Representations and
Warranties attached hereto as Schedule B.
SCHEDULE OF SUBSEQUENT RECEIVABLES: The schedule of all retail
installment sales contracts and promissory notes sold and transferred to the
Trust pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer Agreement which is attached as Schedule
A to such Subsequent Transfer Agreement, which Schedule of Subsequent
Receivables shall supplement the Schedule of Initial Receivables.
SCHEDULED PAYMENT: With respect to any Monthly Period for any
Receivable, the amount set forth in such Receivable as required to be paid by
the Obligor in such Monthly Period. If after the Closing Date, the Obligor's
obligation under a Receivable with respect to a Monthly Period has been modified
so as to differ from the amount specified in such Receivable as a result of
(i) the order of a court in an insolvency proceeding involving the Obligor,
(ii) pursuant to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 or
(iii) modifications or extensions of the Receivable permitted by Section 3.2(b),
the Scheduled Payment with respect to such Monthly Period shall refer to the
Obligor's payment obligation with respect to such Monthly Period as so modified.
SECURITY INSURER: Financial Security Assurance Inc., a monoline
insurance company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, or any
successor thereto, as issuer of the Note Policy.
SELLER: Arcadia Receivables Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, or
its successor in interest pursuant to Section 6.2.
SERVICER: Arcadia Financial Ltd., its successor in interest pursuant
to Section 8.2 or, after any termination of the Servicer upon a Servicer
Termination Event, the Backup Servicer or any other successor Servicer.
SERVICER EXTENSION NOTICE: The notice delivered pursuant to
Section 3.14.
SERVICER TERMINATION EVENT: An event described in Section 8.1.
SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE: With respect to each Determination Date, a
certificate, completed by and executed on behalf of the Servicer, in accordance
with Section 3.9, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
SPREAD ACCOUNT: The Spread Account established and maintained pursuant
to the Spread Account Agreement.
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SPREAD ACCOUNT ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT: With respect to any transfer of
Subsequent Receivables to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.4, the amount required
to be deposited in the Spread Account pursuant to the terms of the Spread
Account Agreement.
SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT: The Spread Account Agreement, dated as of
March 25, 1993, as amended and restated as of June 1, 1997, among the Seller,
AFL, the Security Insurer, the Collateral Agent and the trustees specified
therein, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms thereof.
STANDARD & POOR'S: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT: The Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of
March 25, 1993, as amended and restated as of December 3, 1996, among the
Security Insurer, AFL and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
SUBCOLLECTION ACCOUNT: The account designated as the Subcollection
Account in, and which is established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.2(a).
SUBSEQUENT CUTOFF DATE: With respect to any Subsequent Receivables,
the date specified in the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement, which may in no
event be later than the Subsequent Transfer Date.
SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT: With respect to any Subsequent
Receivables, either (i) the agreement between AFL and the Seller pursuant to
which AFL transferred the Subsequent Receivables to the Seller, the form of
which is attached to the Purchase Agreement as Exhibit A, or (ii) one or more
Assignment Agreements pursuant to the ARCC Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which
AFL transferred the Subsequent Receivables to the Seller.
SUBSEQUENT RECEIVABLES:All Receivables sold and transferred to the
Trust pursuant to Section 2.4.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT: With respect to any Subsequent
Receivables, the related agreement described in Section 2.4.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER DATE: Any date during the Funding Period on which
Subsequent Receivables are transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.4.
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICING FEE: With respect to any Monthly Period, all
administrative fees, expenses and charges paid by or on behalf of Obligors,
including late fees, collected on the Receivables during such Monthly Period.
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TELERATE PAGE 3750: The display page currently so designated on the
Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).
TOTAL SERVICING FEE: The sum of the Basic Servicing Fee and the
Supplemental Servicing Fee.
TRUST: Arcadia Automobile Receivables Trust, 1997-B.
TRUST ACCOUNTS: The meaning specified in 4.1(e).
TRUST AGREEMENT: The Trust Agreement dated as of June1, 1997, among
the Seller, the Security Insurer and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be
amended and supplemented from time to time.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant
jurisdiction.
WARRANTY RECEIVABLE: With respect to any Monthly Period, a Receivable
which AFL has become obligated to repurchase pursuant to Section 2.6.
SECTION 1.2. USAGE OF TERMS. With respect to all terms used in this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words
importing any gender include the other gender; references to "writing" include
printing, typing, lithography, and other means of reproducing words in a visible
form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
subsequent amendments thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with
their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to
Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the terms "include"
or "including" mean "include without limitation" or "including without
limitation."
SECTION 1.3. CALCULATIONS. All calculations of the amount of
interest accrued on the Notes and all calculations of the amount of the Basic
Servicing Fee shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months, except that calculations of interest accrued on the Class A-1
Notes shall be made on the basis of actual days elapsed in a 360-day year. All
references to the Principal Balance of a Receivable as of an Accounting Date
shall refer to the close of business on such day.
SECTION 1.4. SECTION REFERENCES. All references to Articles,
Sections, paragraphs, subsections, exhibits and schedules shall be to such
portions of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
SECTION 1.5. NO RECOURSE. No recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, under this Agreement or any certificate or other writing delivered
in
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connection herewith or therewith, against any stockholder, officer, or
director, as such, of the Seller, AFL, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee,
the Backup Servicer or the Owner Trustee or of any predecessor or successor
of the Seller, AFL, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer
or the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 1.6. MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. Whenever a determination is to
be made under this Agreement as to whether a given event, action, course of
conduct or set of facts or circumstances could or would have a material adverse
effect on the Trust or the Noteholders (or any similar or analogous
determination), such determination shall be made without taking into account the
insurance provided by the Note Policy.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.1. CONVEYANCE OF INITIAL RECEIVABLES. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller, pursuant to the mutually agreed
upon terms contained herein, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, and otherwise
conveys to the Trust, without recourse (but without limitation of its
obligations in this Agreement), all of the right, title and interest of the
Seller in and to the Initial Receivables, all monies at any time paid or payable
thereon or in respect thereof after the Initial Cutoff Date (including amounts
due on or before the Initial Cutoff Date but received by AFL or the Seller after
the Initial Cutoff Date), an assignment of security interests of AFL in the
related Financed Vehicles, the Insurance Policies and any proceeds from any
Insurance Policies relating to the Initial Receivables, the Obligors or the
related Financed Vehicles, including rebates of premiums, all Collateral
Insurance and any Force-Placed Insurance relating to the Initial Receivables, an
assignment of the rights of AFL or the Seller against Dealers with respect to
the Initial Receivables under the Dealer Agreements and the Dealer Assignments,
all items contained in the related Receivable Files, any and all other documents
that AFL keeps on file in accordance with its customary procedures relating to
the Initial Receivables, the Obligors or the related Financed Vehicles, an
assignment of the rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreements, property
(including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures an
Initial Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the Trust
pursuant to liquidation of such Receivable, all funds on deposit from time to
time in the Trust Accounts and all investments therein and proceeds thereof, and
all proceeds of the foregoing. It is the intention of the Seller that the
transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement and each Subsequent
Transfer Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Receivables and other Trust
Property from the Seller to the Trust and the beneficial interest in and title
to the Recivables and the other Trust Property shall not be part of the Seller's
estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the
Seller under any bankruptcy law. In the event that, notwithstanding the intent
of the Seller, the transfer and assignment contemplated hereby and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement is held not to be a
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sale, this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall constitute a
grant of a security interest to the Trust in the property referred to in this
Section 2.1 or transferred to the Trust pursuant to the related Subsequent
Transfer Agreement.
SECTION 2.2. CUSTODY OF RECEIVABLE FILES.
(a) In connection with the sale, transfer and assignment of the
Receivables and the other Trust Property to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement
and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement, and simultaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Trust shall enter into the Custodian
Agreement with the Custodian, dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant to which
the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall revocably appoint the
Custodian, and the Custodian shall accept such appointment, to act as the agent
of the Trust as Custodian of the following documents or instruments in its
possession which shall be delivered to the Custodian as agent of the Trust on or
before the Closing Date (with respect to each Initial Receivable) or the
applicable Subsequent Transfer Date (with respect to each Subsequent
Receivable):
(i) The fully executed original of the Receivable (together
with any agreements modifying the Receivable, including without limitation
any extension agreements);
(ii) Documents evidencing or related to any Insurance Policy,
or copies thereof;
(iii) The original credit application, or a copy thereof, of
each Obligor, fully executed by each such Obligor on AFL's customary form,
or on a form approved by AFL, for such application; and
(iv) The original certificate of title (when received) and
otherwise such documents, if any, that AFL keeps on file in accordance with
its customary procedures indicating that the Financed Vehicle is owned by
the Obligor and subject to the interest of AFL as first lienholder or
secured party (including any Lien Certificate received by AFL), or, if such
original certificate of title has not yet been received, a copy of the
application therefor, showing AFL as secured party.
In connection with the grant of the security interest in the Trust
Estate to the Issuer Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture, the Trust agrees
that from and after the Closing Date through the date of release of such
security interest pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Custodian shall
not be acting as agent of the Trust, but rather shall be acting as agent of the
Issuer Secured Parties.
The Indenture Trustee may act as the Custodian, in which case the
Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the
Custodian specified in the Custodian Agreement.
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(b) Upon payment in full on any Receivable, the Servicer will notify
the Custodian by certification of an officer of the Servicer (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
in connection with such payments which are required to be deposited in the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.1 have been so deposited) and shall
request delivery of the Receivable and Receivable File to the Servicer. From
time to time as appropriate for servicing and enforcing any Receivable, the
Custodian shall, upon written request of an officer of the Servicer and delivery
to the Custodian of a receipt signed by such officer, cause the original
Receivable and the related Receivable File to be released to the Servicer. The
Servicer's receipt of a Receivable and/or Receivable File shall obligate the
Servicer to return the original Receivable and the related Receivable File to
the Custodian when its need by the Servicer has ceased unless the Receivable
shall be repurchased as described in Section 2.6 or 3.7.
SECTION 2.3. CONDITIONS TO ACCEPTANCE BY OWNER TRUSTEE. As
conditions to Owner Trustee's execution and delivery of the Notes on behalf of
the Trust on the Closing Date, the Owner Trustee shall have received the
following on or before the Closing Date:
(a) The Schedule of Initial Receivables certified by the
President, Controller or Treasurer of the Seller;
(b) The acknowledgement of the Custodian that it holds the
Receivable File relating to each Initial Receivable;
(c) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Seller approving the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Related Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, certified by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Seller;
(d) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of AFL
approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
Related Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
certified by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of AFL;
(e) Evidence that all filings (including, without limitation,
UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and actions required to
be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction (other than
those actions to be taken with respect to Subsequent Receivables
pursuant to Section 2.4) to give the Owner Trustee a first priority
perfected lien on, or ownership interest in, the Receivables and the
other Trust Property have been made, taken or performed; and
(f) An executed copy of the Spread Account Agreement and
evidence of the deposit of $1,383,884.24 in the Reserve Account.
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SECTION 2.4. CONVEYANCE OF SUBSEQUENT RECEIVABLES.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below, the
Seller, pursuant to the mutually agreed upon terms contained herein and pursuant
to one or more Subsequent Transfer Agreements, shall sell, transfer, assign, and
otherwise convey to the Trust, without recourse (but without limitation of its
obligations in this Agreement), all of the right, title and interest of the
Seller in and to the Subsequent Receivables, all monies at any time paid or
payable thereon or in respect thereof after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date
(including amounts due on or before the related Subsequent Cutoff Date but
received by AFL or the Seller after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date), an
assignment of security interests of AFL in the related Financed Vehicles, the
Insurance Policies and any proceeds from any Insurance Policies relating to the
Subsequent Receivables, the Obligors or the related Financed Vehicles, including
rebates of premiums, all Collateral Insurance and any Force-Placed Insurance
relating to the Subsequent Receivables, rights of AFL or the Seller against
Dealers with respect to the Subsequent Receivables under the Dealer Agreements
and the Dealer Assignments, all items contained in the Receivable Files relating
to the Subsequent Receivables, any and all other documents that AFL keeps on
file in accordance with its customary procedures relating to the Subsequent
Receivables, the Obligors or the related Financed Vehicles, the rights of the
Seller under the related Subsequent Purchase Agreement, property (including the
right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures a Subsequent
Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the Trust pursuant to
liquidation of such Subsequent Receivable, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
(b) The Seller shall transfer to the Trust the Subsequent Receivables
and the other property and rights related thereto described in paragraph (a)
above only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior
to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(i) The Seller shall have provided the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Security Insurer and the Rating Agencies with a
timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information
reasonably requested by any of the foregoing with respect to the
Subsequent Receivables;
(ii) the Funding Period shall not have terminated;
(iii) the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default
shall not have occurred and be continuing) shall in its sole and
absolute discretion have given its prior written approval of the
transfer of such Subsequent Receivables to the Trust;
(iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee a duly executed written assignment (including an
acceptance by the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee) in
substantially
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the form of Exhibit G (the "Subsequent Transfer Agreement"), which shall
include a Schedule of Subsequent Receivables listing the Subsequent
Receivables and shall specify the Spread Account Additional Deposit, if
any, the Requisite Reserve Amount, and the Class A-1 Holdback Amount,
if any, as of or for such Subsequent Transfer Date;
(v) the Seller shall have delivered to the Custodian the
Receivable Files relating to the Subsequent Receivables, and the
Custodian shall have delivered to the Seller, the Owner Trustee, the
Security Insurer and the Indenture Collateral Agent an acknowledgement
of receipt of such Receivable Files;
(vi) the Seller shall, to the extent required by Section 4.1,
have deposited in the Collection Account collections in respect of the
Subsequent Receivables;
(vii) as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, neither AFL nor
the Seller shall be insolvent nor shall either of them have been made
insolvent by such transfer nor shall either of them be aware of any
pending insolvency;
(viii) the applicable Spread Account Additional Deposit for
such Subsequent Transfer Date shall have been made pursuant to the
Spread Account Agreement.
(ix) the Reserve Amount on such Subsequent Transfer Date,
after taking into account any transfers of funds from the Reserve
Account to the Depositor in respect of the sale of the Subsequent
Receivables to the Trust, shall be no less than the Requisite Reserve
Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date;
(x) each Rating Agency shall have notified the Seller, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer in writing
that following such transfer the Notes will be rated in the highest
short-term or long-term rating category, as applicable, by such Rating
Agency;
(xi) such addition will not result in a material adverse tax
consequence to the Trust or the Noteholders as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel to be delivered by the Seller;
(xii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate confirming the
satisfaction of each condition precedent specified in this paragraph (b);
(xiii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies
and to the Security Insurer one or more Opinions of Counsel with respect
to the
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transfer of the Subsequent Receivables substantially in the form of the
Opinions of Counsel delivered to such Persons on the Closing Date;
(xiv) (A) the Receivables in the Trust, including the
Subsequent Receivables to be conveyed to the Trust on the Subsequent
Transfer Date, shall meet the following criteria (based on the
characteristics of the Initial Receivables on the Initial Cutoff Date
and the Subsequent Receivables on each related Subsequent Cutoff Date):
(1) the weighted average APR of such Receivables will not be less than
14.75%, (2) the weighted average remaining term of such Receivables will
not be greater than 67 months nor less than 63 months, (3) not more than
87% of the Aggregate Principal Balances of such Receivables will
represent loans secured by used Financed Vehicles, (4) not more than 52%
of the Aggregate Principal Balance of such Receivables will represent
Receivables originated under AFL's "Classic" program, (5) not more than
2% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of such Receivables will have an
APR in excess of 21%, (6) not more than 0.25% of the Aggregate Principal
Balance of such Receivables will represent loans in excess of
$50,000.00, (7) not more than 3.0% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of
such Receivables will represent loans with original terms greater than
72 months and (8) not more than 5.0% of the Aggregate Principal Balance
of such Receivables will represent loans secured by Financed Vehicles
that previously secured a loan originated by AFL with an obligor other
than the current Obligor, and (B) the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer shall have received written
confirmation from a firm of certified independent public accountants as
to the satisfaction of such criteria;
(xv) the Seller shall have taken any action necessary or, if
requested by the Security Insurer, advisable to maintain the first
perfected ownership interest of the Trust in the Trust Property and the
first perfected security interest of the Indenture Collateral Agent in
the Indenture Collateral; and
(xvi) no selection procedures adverse to the interests of the
Noteholders shall have been utilized in selecting the Subsequent
Receivables.
(c) On such Subsequent Transfer Date, if all the conditions specified
in paragraph (b) above have been satisfied, the Trust shall accept the transfer
of such Subsequent Receivables and shall pay to the Seller from the Pre-Funding
Account an amount equal to (i) the Principal Balance as of the related
Subsequent Cutoff Date of the Subsequent Receivables transferred to the Trust as
of such date, minus (ii) the Spread Account Additional Deposit, if any, for such
Subsequent Transfer Date, minus (iii) the amount, if any, by which the Requisite
Reserve Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date exceeds the Reserve Amount as
of such Subsequent Transfer Date, and minus (iv) the Class A-1 Holdback Amount,
if any, for such Subsequent Transfer Date.
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(d) The Seller covenants to transfer to the Trust pursuant to
paragraph(a) above Subsequent Receivables with an aggregate Principal Balance
equal to $233,522,236.50; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the sole remedy of the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with respect to a
failure of such covenant shall be to enforce the provisions of Sections 2.3(c)
and 6.2 of the Closing Date Purchase Agreement, Section 2.4(c) hereof (with
respect to Class A-1 Holdback Amounts) and Section 4.7(c) hereof, Section
10.01(b) of the Indenture and Section 5.2 of the Trust Agreement with respect to
payment of the Class A-1 Prepayment Premium, Class A-2 Prepayment Premium, Class
A-3 Prepayment Premium, Class A-4 Prepayment Premium and Class A-5 Prepayment
Premium.
SECTION 2.5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER. By its
execution of this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement, the Seller
makes the following representations and warranties on which the Trust relies in
accepting the Receivables and the other Trust Property in trust and on which the
Owner Trustee relies in issuing on behalf of the Trust, Notes and upon which the
Security Insurer relies in issuing the Note Policy. Unless otherwise specified,
such representations and warranties speak as of the Closing Date or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as appropriate, but shall survive the sale, transfer, and
assignment of the Receivables to the Trust.
(a) SCHEDULE OF REPRESENTATIONS. The representations and
warranties set forth on the Schedule of Representations are true and
correct.
(b) ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING. The Seller has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own
its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are
currently owned and such business is currently conducted, and had at all
relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to
acquire, own and sell the Receivables and the other property transferred
to the Trust.
(c) DUE QUALIFICATION. The Seller is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification.
(d) POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Seller has the power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and its Related
Documents and to carry out its terms and their terms, respectively; the
Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the Trust
Property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust by it
and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Trust by all
necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the Seller's
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Related Documents have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary
corporate action.
(e) VALID SALE; BINDING OBLIGATIONS. This Agreement and the
related Subsequent Transfer Agreement, if any, effects a valid sale,
transfer and assignment of the Receivables and the other Trust Property,
enforceable against the Seller and creditors of and purchasers from the
Seller; and this Agreement and the related Subsequent Transfer
Agreement, if any, and the Seller's Related Documents, when duly
executed and delivered, shall constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Seller enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by equitable limitations
on the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(f) NO VIOLATION. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the related Subsequent Transfer
Agreement, if any, and the Related Documents and the fulfillment of the
terms of this Agreement and the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement,
if any, and the Related Documents shall not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of or constitute (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) a default under the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or any indenture, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Seller is a
party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other
than this Agreement, or violate any law, order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or any of its
properties.
(g) NO PROCEEDINGS. There are no proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the Seller's knowledge, threatened against
the Seller or AFL, before any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties (A) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Related Documents, (B) seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Related
Documents, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially
and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of
the Related Documents, or (D) seeking to adversely affect the federal
income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Notes.
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(h) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE. The chief executive office of the
Seller is at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000-0000.
(i) REGISTRATION STATEMENT. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement relating to the Notes has been
issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or is
threatened, by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(j) FILINGS. Since the effective date of the Registration
Statement relating to the Notes, there has occurred no event required to be
set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus that has not been so set forth, and there has been no document
required to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder that upon such filing would be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus that has not been so filed.
SECTION 2.6. REPURCHASE OF RECEIVABLES UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the applicable
Subsequent Transfer Agreement, as appropriate, AFL and the Seller have entered
into the Purchase Agreements or Subsequent Purchase Agreement, as applicable,
the rights of the Seller under which have been assigned by the Seller to the
Trust. Under the Purchase Agreements and each Subsequent Purchase Agreement, if
applicable, AFL has made the same representations and warranties to the Seller
with respect to the Receivables as those made by Seller pursuant to the Schedule
of Representations, upon which the Owner Trustee has relied in accepting the
Trust Property in trust and executing the Notes and upon which the Security
Insurer has relied in issuing the Note Policy and upon which the Indenture
Trustee has relied in authenticating the Notes. Upon discovery by any of AFL,
the Seller, the Servicer, the Security Insurer, the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties contained
in Section 2.5 that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Noteholders, the Security Insurer or the Trust in any Receivable (including any
Liquidated Receivable), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to give any
such notice shall not affect any obligation of AFL or the Seller. As of the
second Accounting Date (or, at AFL's election, the first Accounting Date)
following its discovery or its receipt of notice of any breach of the
representations and warranties set forth on the Schedule of Representations that
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, the Security
Insurer or the Trust in any Receivable (including any Liquidated Receivable),
AFL shall, unlesssuch breach shall have been cured in all material respects,
purchase such Receivable from the Trust and, on or before the related Deposit
Date, AFL shall pay the Purchase Amount to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section
4.5. The obligations of the Seller with respect to any such breach of
representations and warranties shall be limited to taking any and all actions
necessary to enable the Owner Trustee to enforce directly
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the obligations of AFL under the Purchase Agreement or Subsequent Purchase
Agreement, as applicable. It is understood and agreed that, except as set
forth in this Section 2.6, the obligation of AFL to repurchase any Receivable
as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall, if such obligation
is fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy against AFL or the Seller for such
breach available to the Security Insurer or the Indenture Trustee on behalf
of the Noteholders.
In addition to the foregoing and notwithstanding whether the related
Receivable shall have been purchased by the Seller or AFL, AFL shall indemnify
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral
Agent, the Security Insurer, the Trust and the Noteholders against all costs,
expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel, which may be asserted against or incurred by any of them as
a result of third party claims arising out of the events or facts giving rise to
such breach.
SECTION 2.7. NONPETITION COVENANT. None of the Seller, the Servicer,
the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity or on behalf of the Trust), the
Backup Servicer nor AFL shall petition or otherwise invoke the process of any
court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against the Trust under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Trust or any substantial part of
its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Trust.
SECTION 2.8. COLLECTING LIEN CERTIFICATES NOT DELIVERED ON THE
CLOSING DATE OR SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER DATE. In the case of any Receivable in
respect of which written evidence from the Dealer selling the related Financed
Vehicle that the Lien Certificate for such Financed Vehicle showing AFL as first
lienholder has been applied for from the Registrar of Titles was delivered to
the Custodian on the Closing Date or Subsequent Transfer Date, as appropriate,
in lieu of a Lien Certificate, the Servicer shall use its best efforts to
collect such Lien Certificate from the Registrar of Titles as promptly as
practicable. If such Lien Certificate showing AFL as first lienholder is not
received by the Custodian within 180 days after the Closing Date or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as appropriate, then the representation and warranty in Paragraph
18 of the Schedule of Representations in respect of such Receivable shall be
deemed to have been incorrect in a manner that materially and adversely affects
the Noteholders, the Security Insurer and the Trust.
SECTION 2.9. TRUST'S ASSIGNMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVABLES AND
WARRANTY RECEIVABLES. With respect to all Administrative Receivables and all
Warranty Receivables purchased by the Servicer, the Seller or AFL, the Owner
Trustee shall take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Seller,
AFL or Servicer, at the expense of the requesting party, to assign, without
recourse, representation or warranty, to the Seller, AFL or the Servicer, as
applicable, all the Trust's right, title and interest in and to such
purchased Receivable, all monies due thereon, the security interests in the
related Financed Vehicles, proceeds from any
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Insurance Policies, proceeds from recourse against Dealers on such
Receivables and the interests of the Trust in certain rebates of premiums and
other amounts relating to the Insurance Policies and any documents relating
thereto, such assignment being an assignment outright and not for security;
and the Seller, AFL or the Servicer, as applicable, shall thereupon own such
Receivable, and all such security and documents, free of any further
obligation to the Owner Trustee, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the
Security Insurer, the Indenture Collateral Agent or the Noteholders with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.1. DUTIES OF THE SERVICER. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to act as agent for the Trust and in such capacity shall manage,
service, administer and make collections on the Receivables, and perform the
other actions required by the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicer
agrees that its servicing of the Receivables shall be carried out in
accordance with customary and usual procedures of institutions which service
motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and, to the extent more
exacting, the degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises from
time to time with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it
services for itself or others. In performing such duties, so long as AFL is
the Servicer, it shall comply with the policies and procedures attached
hereto as Schedule B. The Servicer's duties shall include, without
limitation, collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries
of Obligors on the Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment
coupons to Obligors, reporting any required tax information to Obligors,
policing the collateral, complying with the terms of the Lockbox Agreement,
accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer with
respect to distributions, monitoring the status of Insurance Policies with
respect to the Financed Vehicles and performing the other duties specified
herein. The Servicer shall also administer and enforce all rights and
responsibilities of the holder of the Receivables provided for in the Dealer
Agreements (and shall maintain possession of the Dealer Agreements, to the
extent it is necessary to do so), the Dealer Assignments and the Insurance
Policies, to the extent that such Dealer Agreements, Dealer Assignments and
Insurance Policies relate to the Receivables, the Financed Vehicles or the
Obligors. To the extent consistent with the standards, policies and
procedures otherwise required hereby, the Servicer shall follow its customary
standards, policies, and procedures and shall have full power and authority,
acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such managing,
servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or
desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is
hereby authorized and empowered by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the Trust, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other
comparable
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instruments, with respect to the Receivables and with respect to the Financed
Vehicles; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer
shall not, except pursuant to an order from a court of competent
jurisdiction, release an Obligor from payment of any unpaid amount under any
Receivable or waive the right to collect the unpaid balance of any Receivable
from the Obligor, except that the Servicer may forego collection efforts if
the amount subject to collection is DE MINIMIS and if it would forego
collection in accordance with its customary procedures. The Servicer is
hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Trust
(provided the Servicer has obtained the Owner Trustee's consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), a legal proceeding to enforce a
Receivable pursuant to Section 3.3 or to commence or participate in any other
legal proceeding (including, without limitation, a bankruptcy proceeding)
relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle. If
the Servicer commences or participates in such a legal proceeding in its own
name, the Trust shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned such
Receivable to the Servicer solely for purposes of commencing or participating
in any such proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is authorized
and empowered by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver in the Servicer's
name any notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other
documents or instruments in connection with any such proceeding. The Owner
Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other
documents which the Servicer may reasonably request and which the Servicer
deems necessary or appropriate and take any other steps which the Servicer
may deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.2. COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLE PAYMENTS; MODIFICATIONS OF
RECEIVABLES; LOCKBOX AGREEMENTS.
(a) Consistent with the standards, policies and procedures
required by this Agreement, the Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to
collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the
Receivables as and when the same shall become due, and shall follow such
collection procedures as it follows with respect to all comparable automobile
receivables that it services for itself or others and otherwise act with
respect to the Receivables, the Dealer Agreements, the Dealer Assignments,
the Insurance Policies and the other Trust Property in such manner as will,
in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize the amount to be
received by the Trust with respect thereto. The Servicer is authorized in its
discretion to waive any prepayment charge, late payment charge or any other
similar fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing any
Receivable.
(b) The Servicer may at any time agree to a modification,
amendment or extension of a Receivable in order to (i)change the Obligor's
regular due date to a date within the Monthly Period in which such due date
occurs, (ii)re-amortize the scheduled payments on the Receivable following a
partial prepayment of principal and (iii) grant extensions on a Receivable,
provided that the Servicer
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shall not be permitted to extend the monthly payments on a Receivable more
than two times in any twelve-month period, and provided further that the
aggregate period of all extensions on a Receivable shall not exceed six months.
(c) The Servicer may grant payment extensions or deferrals on, or
other modifications or amendments to, a Receivable (in addition to those
modifications permitted by Section 3.2(b)) in accordance with its customary
procedures if the Servicer believes in good faith that such extension,
deferral, modification or amendment is necessary to avoid a default on such
Receivable, will maximize the amount to be received by the Trust with respect
to such Receivable, and is otherwise in the best interests of the Trust;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(i) In no event may a Receivable be extended beyond the
Monthly Period immediately preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date;
(ii) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred
and be continuing, the Servicer shall not amend or modify a Receivable
(except as provided in Section 3.2(b)) without the consent of the Security
Insurer;
(iii) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred
and be continuing, the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables which
have been extended during any Monthly Period (A) shall not exceed 6.5% of
the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables during such Monthly Period
(computed as of the Accounting Date immediately prior to the first day of
the related Monthly Period) and (B) shall not exceed 4.0% of the average
of the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables for such Monthly Period
and the three prior Monthly Periods (computed as of the Accounting Date
immediately prior to the first day of the related Monthly Period);
(iv) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred
and be continuing, the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables for
which payment deferrals have been granted during any Monthly Period (A)
shall not exceed 3.0% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables
during such Monthly Period (computed as of the Accounting Date immediately
prior to the first day of the related Monthly Period) and (B) shall not
exceed 2.0% of the average of the Aggregate Principal Balance of
Receivables for such Monthly Period and the three prior Monthly Periods
(computed as of the Accounting Date immediately prior to the first day
of the related Monthly Period);
(v) No such extension, modification or amendment shall be
granted if such action, when aggregated with all previous extensions,
modifications and amendments of Receivables, would have the effect of
causing any Notes to be deemed to have been exchanged for other Notes
within the meaning of Section 1001 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as
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amended, or any proposed, temporary or final Treasury Regulations
issued thereunder; and
(vi) If an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Servicer may not extend or modify any Receivable (other
than as permitted by Section 3.2(b)).
(d) The Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause
Obligors to make all payments on the Receivables, whether by check or by
direct debit of the Obligor's bank account, to be made directly to one or
more Lockbox Banks, acting as agent for the Trust pursuant to a Lockbox
Agreement. Amounts received by a Lockbox Bank in respect of the Receivables
may initially be deposited into a demand deposit account maintained by the
Lockbox Bank as agent for the Trust and for other owners of automobile
receivables serviced by the Servicer. The Servicer shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause any Lockbox Bank to deposit all payments on the
Receivables in the Lockbox Account no later than the Business Day after
receipt, and to cause all amounts credited to the Lockbox Account on account
of such payments to be transferred to the Collection Account no later than
the second Business Day after receipt of such payments. The Lockbox Account
shall be a demand deposit account held by the Lockbox Bank, or at the request
of the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing) an Eligible Account satisfying clause (i) of the definition
thereof.
Prior to the Closing Date and each Subsequent Transfer Date, as
applicable, the Servicer shall have notified each Obligor that makes its
payments on the Receivables by check to make such payments thereafter
directly to the Lockbox Bank (except in the case of Obligors that have
already been making such payments to the Lockbox Bank), and shall have
provided each such Obligor with a supply of mailing address labels in order
to enable such Obligors to make such payments directly to the Lockbox Bank
for deposit into the Lockbox Account, and the Servicer will continue, not
less often than every three months, to so notify those Obligors who have
failed to make payments to the Lockbox Bank. If and to the extent requested
by the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing), the Servicer shall request each Obligor that makes payment on
the Receivables by direct debit of such Obligor's bank account, to execute a
new authorization for automatic payment which in the judgment of the Security
Insurer is sufficient to authorize direct debit by the Lockbox Bank on behalf
of the Trust. If at any time the Lockbox Bank is unable to directly debit an
Obligor's bank account that makes payment on the Receivables by direct debit
and if such inability is not cured within 15 days or cannot be cured by
execution by the Obligor of a new authorization for automatic payment, the
Servicer shall notify such Obligor that it cannot make payment by direct
debit and must thereafter make payment by check.
Notwithstanding any Lockbox Agreement, or any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to the Lockbox Agreement, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and Noteholders
for
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servicing and administering the Receivables and the other Trust Property
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of
such obligation or liability by virtue thereof.
In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be acting
as such, the successor Servicer shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of the outgoing Servicer under the Lockbox Agreement. In such
event, the successor Servicer shall be deemed to have assumed all of the
outgoing Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the outgoing
Servicer as a party to each such Lockbox Agreement to the same extent as if
such Lockbox Agreement had been assigned to the successor Servicer, except
that the outgoing Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or
obligations on the part of the outgoing Servicer to the Lockbox Bank under
such Lockbox Agreement. The outgoing Servicer shall, upon request of the
Owner Trustee but at the expense of the outgoing Servicer, deliver to the
successor Servicer all documents and records relating to each such Agreement
and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Lockbox Bank and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of any Lockbox Agreement to the successor Servicer. In the event that the
Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing) or a Note Majority (if an Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing) elects to change the identity of the Lockbox Bank, the
outgoing Servicer, at its expense, shall cause the Lockbox Bank to deliver,
at the direction of the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall
not have occurred and be continuing) or a Note Majority (if an Insurer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing) to the Owner Trustee or a
successor Lockbox Bank, all documents and records relating to the Receivables
and all amounts held (or thereafter received) by the Lockbox Bank (together
with an accounting of such amounts) and shall otherwise use its best efforts
to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the lockbox arrangements and
the Servicer shall notify the Obligors to make payments to the Lockbox
established by the successor.
(e) The Servicer shall remit all payments by or on behalf of the
Obligors received directly by the Servicer to the Subcollection Account or to
the Lockbox Bank for deposit into the Collection Account without deposit into
any intervening account as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the
Business Day after receipt thereof.
SECTION 3.3. REALIZATION UPON RECEIVABLES.
(a) Consistent with the standards, policies and procedures
required by this Agreement, the Servicer shall use its best efforts to
repossess (or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of) and liquidate
any Financed Vehicle securing a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer
has determined that payments thereunder are not likely to be resumed, as soon
as is practicable after default on such Receivable but in no event later than
the date on which all or any portion of a Scheduled Payment has become 91
days delinquent. The Servicer is authorized to follow such customary
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or
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advisable, consistent with the standard of care required by Section 3.1,
which practices and procedures may include reasonable efforts to realize upon
any recourse to Dealers, the sale of the related Financed Vehicle at public
or private sale, the submission of claims under an Insurance Policy and other
actions by the Servicer in order to realize upon such a Receivable. The
foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed
Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in
connection with any repair or towards the repossession of such Financed
Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such repair and/or
repossession shall increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related
Receivable by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses. All
amounts received upon liquidation of a Financed Vehicle shall be remitted
directly by the Servicer to the Subcollection Account without deposit into
any intervening account as soon as practicable, but in no event later than
the Business Day after receipt thereof. The Servicer shall be entitled to
recover all reasonable expenses incurred by it in the course of repossessing
and liquidating a Financed Vehicle into cash proceeds, but only out of the
cash proceeds of such Financed Vehicle, any deficiency obtained from the
Obligor or any amounts received from the related Dealer, which amount may be
retained by the Servicer (and shall not be required to be deposited as
provided in Section 3.2(e)) to the extent of such expenses. The Servicer
shall pay on behalf of the Trust any personal property taxes assessed on
repossessed Financed Vehicles; the Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement of any such tax from Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such
Receivable.
(b) If the Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to
enforce a Dealer Agreement or Dealer Assignment, the act of commencement
shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment from the Trust to the Servicer
of the rights under such Dealer Agreement and Dealer Assignment for purposes
of collection only. If, however, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding,
it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Dealer Agreement or Dealer
Assignment on the grounds that it is not a real party in interest or a Person
entitled to enforce the Dealer Agreement or Dealer Assignment, the Owner
Trustee, at the Servicer's expense, or the Seller, at the Seller's expense,
shall take such steps as the Servicer deems necessary to enforce the Dealer
Agreement or Dealer Assignment, including bringing suit in its name or the
name of the Seller or of the Indenture Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Issuer Secured Parties. All amounts recovered shall be remitted directly
by the Servicer as provided in Section 3.2(e).
SECTION 3.4. INSURANCE.
(a) The Servicer shall require that each Financed Vehicle be
insured by the Insurance Policies referred to in Paragraph 24 of the Schedule
of Representations and Warranties and shall monitor the status of such
physical loss and damage insurance coverage thereafter, in accordance with
its customary servicing procedures. Each Receivable requires the Obligor to
maintain such physical loss and damage insurance, naming AFL and its
successors and assigns as additional insureds, and permits the holder of such
Receivable to obtain physical loss and damage insurance at the expense of the
Obligor if the Obligor fails to maintain such insurance. If the Servicer
shall determine that an Obligor has failed to obtain or maintain a physical
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loss and damage Insurance Policy covering the related Financed Vehicle which
satisfies the conditions set forth in clause (1)(A) of such Paragraph 24
(including, without limitation, during the repossession of such Financed
Vehicle) the Servicer shall enforce the rights of the holder of the
Receivable under the Receivable to require the Obligor to obtain such
physical loss and damage insurance.
(b) The Servicer may, if an Obligor fails to obtain or maintain a
physical loss and damage Insurance Policy, obtain insurance with respect to
the related Financed Vehicle and advance on behalf of such Obligor, as
required under the terms of the insurance policy, the premiums for such
insurance (such insurance being referred to herein as "Force-Placed
Insurance"). All policies of Force-Placed Insurance shall be endorsed with
clauses providing for loss payable to the Owner Trustee. Any cost incurred
by the Servicer in maintaining such Force-Placed Insurance shall only be
recoverable out of premiums paid by the Obligors or Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to the Receivable, as provided in Section 3.4(c).
(c) In connection with any Force-Placed Insurance obtained
hereunder, the Servicer may, in the manner and to the extent permitted by
applicable law, require the Obligors to repay the entire premium to the
Servicer. In no event shall the Servicer include the amount of the premium
in the Amount Financed under the Receivable. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Insurance Add-On Amount with respect to any Receivable having
Force-Placed Insurance will be treated as a separate obligation of the
Obligor and will not be added to the Principal Balance of such Receivable,
and amounts allocable thereto will not be available for distribution on the
Notes. The Servicer shall retain and separately administer the right to
receive payments from Obligors with respect to Insurance Add-On Amounts or
rebates of Force-Placed Insurance premiums. If an Obligor makes a payment
with respect to a Receivable having Force-Placed Insurance, but the Servicer
is unable to determine whether the payment is allocable to the Receivable or
to the Insurance Add-On Amount, the payment shall be applied first to any
unpaid Scheduled Payments and then to the Insurance Add-On Amount.
Liquidation Proceeds on any Receivable will be used first to pay the
Principal Balance and accrued interest on such Receivable and then to pay the
related Insurance Add-On Amount. If an Obligor under a Receivable with
respect to which the Servicer has placed Force-Placed Insurance fails to make
scheduled payments of such Insurance Add-On Amount as due, and the Servicer
has determined that eventual payment of the Insurance Add-On Amount is
unlikely, the Servicer may, but shall not be required to, purchase such
Receivable from the Trust for the Purchase Amount on any subsequent Deposit
Date. Any such Receivable, and any Receivable with respect to which the
Servicer has placed Force-Placed Insurance which has been paid in full
(excluding any Insurance Add-On Amounts) will be assigned to the Servicer.
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(d) The Servicer may xxx to enforce or collect upon the Insurance
Policies, in its own name, if possible, or as agent of the Trust. If the
Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to enforce an Insurance
Policy, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment
of the rights of the Trust under such Insurance Policy to the Servicer for
purposes of collection only. If, however, in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce an Insurance Policy
on the grounds that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled
to enforce the Insurance Policy, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
at the Servicer's expense, or the Seller, at the Seller's expense, shall take
such steps as the Servicer deems necessary to enforce such Insurance Policy,
including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain a vendor's single interest or
other collateral protection insurance policy with respect to all Financed
Vehicles, which policy shall by its terms insure against physical damage in
the event any Obligor fails to maintain physical loss and damage insurance
with respect to the related Financed Vehicle. Costs incurred by the Servicer
in maintaining such insurance shall be paid by the Servicer. The Servicer
will cause itself to be named as named insured and the Owner Trustee to be
named a loss payee under all such policies. The Servicer may, with the
consent of the Security Insurer, elect not to maintain such insurance policy
but in such event will be obligated to indemnify the Trust against any losses
arising from an Obligor's failure to maintain physical loss and damage
insurance with respect to the related Financed Vehicle.
SECTION 3.5. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN VEHICLES.
(a) Consistent with the policies and procedures required by this
Agreement, the Servicer shall take such steps as are necessary to maintain
perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related
Financed Vehicle on behalf of the Trust, including but not limited to obtaining
the execution by the Obligors and the recording, registering, filing,
re-recording, re-filing, and re-registering of all security agreements,
financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain
the security interest granted by the Obligors under the respective Receivables.
The Owner Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer, and the Servicer agrees, to
take any and all steps necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf
of the Trust as necessary because of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for
any other reason. In the event that the assignment of a Receivable to the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust is insufficient, without a notation on the
related Financed Vehicle's certificate of title, or without fulfilling any
additional administrative requirements under the laws of the state in which the
Financed Vehicle is located, to perfect a security interest in the related
Financed Vehicle in favor of the Trust, the Servicer hereby agrees that the
Servicer's designation as the secured party on the certificate of title is in
its capacity as agent of the Trust.
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(b) Upon the occurrence of an Insurance Agreement Event of
Default, the Security Insurer may (so long as an Insurer Default shall not
have occurred and be continuing) instruct the Owner Trustee and the Servicer
to take or cause to be taken, or, if an Insurer Default shall have occurred,
upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the Owner Trustee and
the Servicer shall take or cause to be taken such action as may, in the
opinion of counsel to the Security Insurer (or, if an Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, counsel to the Owner Trustee), be necessary
to perfect or re-perfect the security interests in the Financed Vehicles
securing the Receivables in the name of the Trust by amending the title
documents of such Financed Vehicles or by such other reasonable means as may,
in the opinion of counsel to the Security Insurer or the Owner Trustee (as
applicable), be necessary or prudent. AFL hereby agrees to pay all expenses
related to such perfection or re-perfection and to take all action necessary
therefor. In addition, prior to the occurrence of an Insurance Agreement
Event of Default, the Security Insurer may (unless an Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing) instruct the Owner Trustee and the Servicer
to take or cause to be taken such action as may, in the opinion of counsel to
the Security Insurer, be necessary to perfect or re-perfect the security
interest in the Financed Vehicles underlying the Receivables in the name of
the Trust, including by amending the title documents of such Financed
Vehicles or by such other reasonable means as may, in the opinion of counsel
to the Security Insurer, be necessary or prudent; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
(unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) if the
Security Insurer requests that the title documents be amended prior to the
occurrence of an Insurance Agreement Event of Default, the out-of-pocket
expenses of the Servicer or the Owner Trustee in connection with such action
shall be reimbursed to the Servicer or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, by
the Security Insurer.
SECTION 3.6. COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS, AND WARRANTIES OF
SERVICER. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Servicer makes
the following representations, warranties and covenants on which the Owner
Trustee relies in accepting the Receivables in trust and issuing the Notes on
behalf of the Trust, on which the Indenture Trustee relies in authenticating
the Notes and on which the Security Insurer relies in issuing the Note Policy.
(a) The Servicer covenants as follows:
(i) LIENS IN FORCE. The Financed Vehicle securing each
Receivable shall not be released in whole or in part from the security
interest granted by the Receivable, except upon payment in full of the
Receivable or as otherwise contemplated herein;
(ii) NO IMPAIRMENT. The Servicer shall do nothing to impair
the rights of the Trust, the Noteholders in the Receivables, the
Dealer Agreements, the Dealer Assignments, the Insurance Policies or
the other Trust Property; and
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(iii) NO AMENDMENTS. The Servicer shall not extend or
otherwise amend the terms of any Receivable, except in accordance with
Section 3.2.
(b) The Servicer represents, warrants and covenants as of the Closing
Date as to itself:
(i) ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING. The Servicer has
been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power, authority
and legal right to own its properties and to conduct its business as
such properties are currently owned and such business is currently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and now has, power,
authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement;
(ii) DUE QUALIFICATION. The Servicer is duly qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has
obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in
which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business (including the servicing of the Receivables as required by
this Agreement) requires or shall require such qualification;
(iii) POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Servicer has the power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and its Related
Documents and to carry out its terms and their terms, respectively,
and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Servicer's Related Documents have been duly authorized by the Servicer
by all necessary corporate action;
(iv) BINDING OBLIGATION. This Agreement and the
Servicer's Related Documents shall constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) NO VIOLATION. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Servicer's Related Documents,
and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Servicer's
Related Documents, shall not conflict with, result in any breach of
any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement,
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mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Servicer is a
party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, other than this Agreement, or violate any law, order, rule
or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or
any of its properties;
(vi) NO PROCEEDINGS. There are no proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the Servicer's knowledge, threatened
against the Servicer, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its
properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of
the Related Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any of the Related Documents, or (C) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the Related Documents
or (D) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or other
federal, state or local tax attributes of the Notes;
(vii) NO CONSENTS. The Servicer is not required to obtain
the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or
authorization, or registration or declaration with, any governmental
authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement;
(viii) COLLATERAL INSURANCE. The Collateral Insurance is in
full force and effect.
SECTION 3.7. PURCHASE OF RECEIVABLES UPON BREACH OF COVENANT. Upon
discovery by any of the Servicer, the Security Insurer, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Sections
3.5(a) or 3.6(a), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the others; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to give any such
notice shall not affect any obligation of the Servicer. As of the second
Accounting Date following its discovery or receipt of notice of any breach of
any covenant set forth in Sections 3.5(a) or 3.6(a) which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, the Trust or the Security
Insurer in any Receivable (including any Liquidated Receivable) (or, at the
Servicer's election, the first Accounting Date so following), the Servicer
shall, unless it shall have cured such breach in all material respects, purchase
from the Trust the Receivable affected by such breach and, on the
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related Deposit Date, the Servicer shall pay the related Purchase Amount. It
is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Servicer to purchase any
Receivable (including any Liquidated Receivable) with respect to which such a
breach has occurred and is continuing shall, if such obligation is fulfilled,
constitute the sole remedy against the Servicer for such breach available to
the Security Insurer, the Noteholders, or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
Noteholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer shall indemnify the Owner
Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Security Insurer, the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders against all costs, expenses,
losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel, which may be asserted against or incurred by any of them
as a result of third party claims arising out of the events or facts giving
rise to such breach.
SECTION 3.8. TOTAL SERVICING FEE; PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES BY
SERVICER. On each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive
out of the Collection Account the Basic Servicing Fee and any Supplemental
Servicing Fee for the related Monthly Period pursuant to Section 4.6. The
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its activities under this Agreement (including taxes imposed on the Servicer,
expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to Noteholders
and the Security Insurer and all other fees and expenses of the Trust, including
taxes levied or assessed against the Trust, and claims against the Trust in
respect of indemnification, unless such fees, expenses or claims in respect of
indemnification are expressly stated to be for the account of AFL or not to be
for the account of the Servicer). The Servicer shall be liable for the fees and
expenses of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Indenture Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Custodian, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral
Agent, the Lockbox Bank (and any fees under the Lockbox Agreement) and the
Independent Accountants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Servicer shall
not be AFL, a successor to AFL as Servicer permitted by Section 7.2 or an
Affiliate of any of the foregoing, such Servicer shall not be liable for taxes
levied or assessed against the Trust or claims against the Trust in respect of
indemnification.
SECTION 3.9. SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE. No later than 10:00 a.m. New
York City time on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security Insurer,
the Collateral Agent and each Rating Agency a Servicer's Certificate executed by
a Responsible Officer of the Servicer containing, among other things, (i) all
information necessary to enable the Indenture Trustee to make any withdrawal and
deposit required by Section 5.1, to give any notice required by Section 5.2, to
make the distributions required by Sections 4.6 and 4.7(b), to make the
withdrawals, distributions and deliveries required by Section 4.7(a) and to
determine the amount to which the Servicer is entitled to be reimbursed or has
been reimbursed during the related Monthly Period for Monthly Advances pursuant
to Section 4.4(c), (ii) all information necessary to enable the Indenture
Trustee to send the statements to Noteholders required by Section 4.9, (iii) a
listing of all Warranty Receivables and
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Administrative Receivables purchased as of the related Deposit Date,
identifying the Receivables so purchased, and (iv) all information necessary
to enable the Indenture Trustee to reconcile all deposits to, and withdrawals
from, the Collection Account for the related Monthly Period and Distribution
Date, including the accounting required by Section 4.8. Receivables purchased
by the Servicer or by the Seller or AFL on the related Deposit Date and each
Receivable which became a Liquidated Receivable or which was paid in full
during the related Monthly Period shall be identified by account number (as
set forth in the Schedule of Receivables). A copy of such certificate may be
obtained by any Noteholder (or by a Note Owner, upon certification that such
Person is a Note Owner and payment of any expenses associated with the
distribution thereof) by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office. In addition to the information set
forth in the preceding sentence, the Servicer's Certificate delivered to the
Security Insurer, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee on the
Determination Date shall also contain the following information: (a) the
Delinquency Ratio, Average Delinquency Ratio, Cumulative Default Rate and
Cumulative Net Loss Rate for such Determination Date; (b) whether any Trigger
Event has occurred as of such Determination Date; (c) whether any Trigger
Event that may have occurred as of a prior Determination Date is Deemed Cured
as of such Determination Date; (d) whether to the knowledge of the Servicer an
Insurance Agreement Event of Default has occurred, (e) if AFL shall be the
Servicer, whether a Capture Event shall have occurred and be continuing, and
(f) if AFL shall be the Servicer, whether any Capture Event specified in any
prior Servicer's Certificate has been cured by a permanent waiver, effective
in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreements.
SECTION 3.10. ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF SERVICER
TERMINATION EVENT.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security Insurer and each Rating Agency, on or
before March 31 (or 90 days after the end of the Servicer's fiscal year, if
other than December 31) of each year, beginning on March 31, 1998, an officer's
certificate signed by any Responsible Officer of the Servicer, dated as of
December 31 (or other applicable date) of the immediately preceding year,
stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
12-month period (or such other period as shall have elapsed from the Closing
Date to the date of the first such certificate) and of its performance under
this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision, and (ii) to such
officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Agreement throughout such period, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default
known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security Insurer, the Collateral Agent, and
each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no
event
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later than two Business Days thereafter, written notice in an officer's
certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become a Servicer Termination Event under Section 8.1(a). The
Seller or the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security Insurer, the Collateral Agent, the
Servicer or the Seller (as applicable) and each Rating Agency promptly after
having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than two Business
Days thereafter, written notice in an officer's certificate of any event
which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Servicer Termination Event under any other clause of Section 8.1.
SECTION 3.11. ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT.
(a) The Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized
independent certified public accountants (the "Independent Accountants"), who
may also render other services to the Servicer or to the Seller, to deliver to
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security
Insurer and each Rating Agency, on or before March 31 (or 90 days after the end
of the Servicer's fiscal year, if other than December 31) of each year,
beginning on March 31, 1998, with respect to the twelve months ended the
immediately preceding December 31 (or other applicable date) (or such other
period as shall have elapsed from the Closing Date to the date of such
certificate), a statement (the "Accountant's Report") addressed to the Board of
Directors of the Servicer, to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Backup Servicer and to the Security Insurer, to the effect that such firm has
audited the financial statements of the Servicer and issued its report thereon
and that such audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and
such other auditing procedures as such firm considered necessary in the
circumstances, including procedures as determined by the Independent Accountants
related to (1) the documents and records concerning the servicing of automobile
installment sales contracts under pooling and servicing agreements and sale and
servicing agreements substantially similar one to another (such statement to
have attached thereto a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing
agreements and sale and servicing agreements covered thereby, including this
Agreement); and (2) the delinquency and loss statistics relating to the
Servicer's portfolio of automobile installment sales contracts; and except as
described in the statement, disclosed no exceptions or errors in the records
relating to automobile and light truck loans serviced for others that, in the
firm's opinion, generally accepted auditing standards requires such firm to
report. The Accountants' Report shall further state that (1) a review in
accordance with agreed upon procedures was made of three randomly selected
Servicer's Certificates for each Trust and (2) except as disclosed in the
Report, no exceptions or errors in the Servicer's Certificates so examined were
found.
(b) The Accountants' Report shall also indicate that the firm is
independent of the Seller and the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of
Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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(c) A copy of the Accountants' Report may be obtained by any
Noteholder (or by any Note Owner, upon certification that such Person is a Note
Owner and payment of any expenses associated with the distribution thereof) by a
request in writing to the Indenture Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 3.12. ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION
REGARDING RECEIVABLES. The Servicer shall provide to representatives of the
Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Security Insurer
reasonable access to the documentation regarding the Receivables. The Servicer
shall provide such access to any Noteholder (or Note Owner) only in such cases
where the Servicer is required by applicable statutes or regulations (whether
applicable to the Servicer or to such Noteholder or Note Owner) to permit such
Noteholder (or Note Owner) to review such documentation. In each case, such
access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and
during normal business hours. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the
obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure
of information regarding the Obligors, and the failure of the Servicer to
provide access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall
not constitute a breach of this Section. Any Noteholder (or Note Owner), by its
acceptance of a Note (or by acquisition of its beneficial interest therein), as
applicable, shall be deemed to have agreed to keep confidential and not to use
for its own benefit any information obtained by it pursuant to this Section,
except as may be required by applicable law.
SECTION 3.13. MONTHLY TAPE. On or before the third Business Day, but
in no event later than the fifth calendar day, of each month, the Servicer will
deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer a computer tape and a
diskette (or any other electronic transmission acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee and the Backup Servicer) in a format acceptable to the Indenture Trustee
and the Backup Servicer containing the information with respect to the
Receivables as of the preceding Accounting Date necessary for preparation of the
Servicer's Certificate relating to the immediately succeeding Determination Date
and necessary to determine the application of collections as provided in Section
4.3. The Backup Servicer shall use such tape or diskette (or other electronic
transmission acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer) to
verify the Servicer's Certificate delivered by the Servicer, and the Backup
Servicer shall certify to the Security Insurer that it has verified the
Servicer's Certificate in accordance with this Section 3.13 and shall notify the
Servicer and the Security Insurer of any discrepancies, in each case, on or
before the second Business Day following the Determination Date. In the event
that the Backup Servicer reports any discrepancies, the Servicer and the Backup
Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancies prior to the related
Deficiency Claim Date, but in the absence of a reconciliation, the Servicer's
Certificate shall control for the purpose of calculations and distributions with
respect to the related Distribution Date. In the event that the Backup Servicer
and the Servicer are unable to reconcile discrepancies with respect to a
Servicer's Certificate by the related Distribution Date, the Servicer shall
cause the Independent
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Accountants, at the Servicer's expense, to audit the Servicer's Certificate
and, prior to the third Business Day, but in no event later than the fifth
calendar day, of the following month, reconcile the discrepancies. The
effect, if any, of such reconciliation shall be reflected in the Servicer's
Certificate for such next succeeding Determination Date. In addition, the
Servicer shall, if so requested by the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing) deliver to the Backup Servicer
its Collection Records and its Monthly Records within one Business Day of
demand therefor and a computer tape containing as of the close of business on
the date of demand all of the data maintained by the Servicer in computer
format in connection with servicing the Receivables. Other than the duties
specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Backup Servicer shall have no
obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, to supervise, verify,
monitor or administer the performance of the Servicer. The Backup Servicer
shall have no liability for any actions taken or omitted by the Servicer.
The duties and obligations of the Backup Servicer shall be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Agreement and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Backup Servicer.
SECTION 3.14. RETENTION AND TERMINATION OF SERVICER. The Servicer
hereby covenants and agrees to act as such under this Agreement for an initial
term, commencing on the Closing Date and ending on June 30, 1997, which term
shall be extendible by the Security Insurer for successive quarterly terms
ending on each successive September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30 (or,
pursuant to revocable written standing instructions from time to time to the
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, for any specified number
of terms greater than one), until the termination of the Trust. Each such
notice (including each notice pursuant to standing instructions, which shall be
deemed delivered at the end of successive quarterly terms for so long as such
instructions are in effect) (a "Servicer Extension Notice") shall be delivered
by the Security Insurer to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer. The Servicer hereby agrees that, as of the date hereof and upon its
receipt of any such Servicer Extension Notice, the Servicer shall become bound,
for the initial term beginning on the Closing Date and for the duration of the
term covered by such Servicer Extension Notice, to continue as the Servicer
subject to and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement. Until
such time as an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Indenture Trustee agrees that if as of the fifteenth day prior to the last day
of any term of the Servicer the Indenture Trustee shall not have received any
Servicer Extension Notice from the Security Insurer, the Indenture Trustee will,
within five days thereafter, give written notice of such non-receipt to the
Owner Trustee, the Security Insurer and the Servicer.
SECTION 3.15. FIDELITY BOND. The Servicer shall maintain a fidelity
bond in such form and amount as is customary for entities acting as custodian of
funds and documents in respect of consumer contracts on behalf of institutional
investors.
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SECTION 3.16. DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER THE INDENTURE. The
Servicer shall, and hereby agrees that it will, perform on behalf of the Trust
and the Owner Trustee the following duties of the Trust or the Owner Trustee, as
applicable, under the Indenture (references are to the applicable Sections in
the Indenture):
(a) the direction to the Paying Agents, if any, to deposit moneys
with the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
(b) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's qualification to
do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the
Notes, the Indenture Collateral and each other instrument and agreement
included in the Trust Estate (Section 3.04);
(c) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and
other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Indenture,
necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.05);
(d) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and
the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance with Section
3.06 of the Indenture, as to the Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of
the Officers' Certificate and certain other statements, in accordance with
Section 3.09 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture
(Sections 3.06 and 3.09);
(e) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments
required for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the
Indenture (Section 3.10(b));
(f) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the satisfaction
and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officers'
Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the
Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.01);
(g) the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm
more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any
written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or
removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and 6.10);
(h) the opening of one or more accounts in the Trust's name, the
preparation of Issuer Orders, Officers' Certificates and Opinions of
Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment and
reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.02 and 8.03);
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(i) the preparation of Trust Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of
Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures
(Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);
(j) the preparation of all Officers' Certificates, Opinions of
Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Collateral Agent to take
any action under the Indenture (Section 11.01(a));
(k) the preparation and delivery of Officers' Certificates and the
obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of
property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(b)); and
(l) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15).
In addition to the duties of the Servicer set forth above, the Servicer shall,
and hereby agrees that it will, prepare, distribute and file any reports
required by Section313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as a
result of any transfer of Subsequent Receivables. Such distribution and filing
is to be effected by the Servicer's distribution and filing of the Servicer's
Certificate.
SECTION 3.17. DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER THE INSURANCE AGREEMENT.
The Servicer shall, and hereby agrees that it will, perform on behalf of the
Trust and the Owner Trustee the following duties of the Trust under the
Insurance Agreement (references are to the applicable Sections in the Insurance
Agreement):
(a) the maintenance of books and records of accounts of the Trust's
assets and business and the furnishing to the Security Insurer of reports,
certificates, statements, financial statements or notices furnished to the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders pursuant to the Related Documents
(Section 2.02(b));
(b) the delivery to the Security Insurer and, upon request, any
Noteholder, of certificates with respect to compliance with, and other
matters under, the Related Documents (Section 2.02(c));
(c) the filing of financing statements, assignments or other
instruments, and amendments or continuation statements relating thereto to
preserve and protect fully the lien and security interest in, and all
rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer with respect to,
the Trust Estate (Section 2.02(f));
(d) the maintenance of licenses, permits, charters and registrations
of the Trust material to the performance by the Trust of its
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obligations under the Insurance Agreement and the Related Documents
(Section 2.02(g));
(e) the provision to the Security Insurer of executed original copies
of the documents executed in connection with the closing of the offering
of the Notes (Section 2.02(k)); and
(f) the taking of actions to ensure that the Trust is taxable as a
partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and not as an
association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation
(Section 2.02(l)).
SECTION 3.18. CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER THE TRUST
AGREEMENT. The Servicer shall, and hereby agrees that it will, monitor the
Trust's compliance with all applicable provisions of state and federal
securities laws, notify the Trust and the Administrator of any actions to be
taken by the Trust necessary for compliance with such laws and prepare on behalf
of the Trust and the Administrator all notices, filings or other documents or
instruments required to be filed under such laws.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.1. TRUST ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Servicer shall establish the Collection Account in the name
of the Indenture Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties
(as defined in the Indenture). The Collection Account shall be an Eligible
Account and initially shall be a segregated trust account established with the
Indenture Collateral Agent and maintained with the Indenture Collateral Agent.
(b) The Servicer shall establish the Pre-Funding Account in the name
of the Indenture Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties.
The Pre-Funding Account shall be an Eligible Account and initially shall be a
segregated trust account established with the Indenture Collateral Agent and
maintained with the Indenture Collateral Agent.
(c) The Servicer shall establish the Note Distribution Account in the
name of the Indenture Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Issuer Secured
Parties. The Note Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account and
initially shall be a segregated trust account established with the Indenture
Collateral Agent and maintained with the Indenture Collateral Agent.
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(d) The Servicer shall establish the Reserve Account (including the
Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount) in the name of the Indenture Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties. The Reserve Account shall be an
Eligible Account and initially shall be a segregated trust account established
with the Indenture Collateral Agent and maintained with the Indenture Collateral
Agent.
(e) All amounts held in the Collection Account, the Pre-Funding
Account, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Account (collectively,
the "Trust Accounts") shall, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules
and regulations, be invested, as directed in writing by the Servicer, in
Eligible Investments that, in the case of amounts held in the Collection
Account, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Account, mature not later
than one Business Day prior to the Distribution Date for the Monthly Period to
which such amounts relate, and, in the case of amounts held in the Pre-Funding
Account, mature in such amounts and on such dates, not later than one Business
Day prior to the last day of the Funding Period, as the Servicer may direct in
writing. Any such written direction shall certify that any such investment is
authorized by this Section 4.1. Investments in Eligible Investments shall be
made in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Trust, and such
investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their maturity. Any
investment of funds in the Trust Accounts shall be made in Eligible Investments
held by a financial institution in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) all Eligible Investments shall be held in an account with such financial
institution in the name of the Indenture Trustee, (b) with respect to securities
held in such account, such securities shall be (i) certificated securities (as
such term is used in N.Y. UCC Section 8-313(1)(d)(i)), securities deemed to be
certificated securities under applicable regulations of the United States
government, or uncertificated securities issued by an issuer organized under the
laws of the State of New York or the State of Delaware, (ii) either (A) in the
possession of such institution, (B) in the possession of a clearing corporation
(as such term is used in N.Y. UCC Section 8-313(1)(g)) in the State of New York,
registered in the name of such clearing corporation or its nominee, not endorsed
for collection or surrender or any other purpose not involving transfer, not
containing any evidence of a right or interest inconsistent with the Indenture
Trustee's security interest therein, and held by such clearing corporation in an
account of such institution, (C) held in an account of such institution with the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, or
(D) in the case of uncertificated securities, issued in the name of such
institution, and (iii) identified, by book entry or otherwise, as held for the
account of, or pledged to, the Indenture Trustee on the records of such
institution, and such institution shall have sent the Indenture Trustee a
confirmation thereof, (c) with respect to repurchase obligations held in such
account, such repurchase obligations shall be identified by such institution, by
book entry or otherwise, as held for the account of, or pledged to, the
Indenture Trustee on the records of such institution, and the related securities
shall be held in accordance with the requirements of clause (b) above, and
(d) with respect to other Eligible Investments other than securities and
repurchase agreements, such Eligible Investments shall be held in a manner
acceptable to the Indenture Collateral Agent.
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Subject to the other provisions hereof, the Indenture Collateral Agent shall
have sole control over each such investment and the income thereon, and any
certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment, if any, shall
be delivered directly to the Indenture Collateral Agent or its agent,
together with each document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title
to such investment to the Indenture Collateral Agent in a manner which
complies with this Section 4.1. All interest, dividends, gains upon sale and
other income from, or earnings on, investments of funds in the Trust Accounts
shall be deposited in the Collection Account and distributed on the next
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.6. The Servicer shall deposit in the
applicable Trust Account an amount equal to any net loss on such investments
immediately as realized.
(f) On the Closing Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account (i) all Scheduled Payments and prepayments of Initial Receivables
received by the Servicer after the Initial Cutoff Date and on or prior to the
Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date or received by the Lockbox
Bank after the Initial Cutoff Date and on or prior to the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Closing Date and (ii) all Liquidation Proceeds and
proceeds of Insurance Policies realized in respect of a Financed Vehicle and
applied by the Servicer after the Initial Cutoff Date. On each Subsequent
Transfer Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account (x) all
Scheduled Payments and prepayments of the related Subsequent Receivables
received by the Servicer after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date and on or
prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the related Subsequent Transfer
Date or received by the Lockbox Bank after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date
and on or prior to the second Business Day immediately preceding the related
Subsequent Transfer Date and (y) all Liquidation Proceeds and proceeds of
Insurance Policies related in respect of a Financed Vehicle and applied by the
Servicer after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date.
SECTION 4.2. COLLECTIONS.
(a) The Servicer shall establish the Subcollection Account in the
name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. The
Subcollection Account shall be an Eligible Account satisfying clause (ii) of the
definition of "Eligible Account," and shall initially be established with the
Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall remit directly to the Subcollection
Account without deposit into any intervening account all payments by or on
behalf of the Obligors on the Receivables and all Liquidation Proceeds received
by the Servicer, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in no event later
than the Business Day after receipt thereof. Within two days of deposit of
payments into the Subcollection Account, the Indenture Trustee shall transfer
all amounts credited to the Subcollection Account on account of such payments to
the Collection Account. Amounts in the Subcollection Account shall not be
invested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may utilize an
alternative remittance schedule acceptable to the Servicer if the Security
Insurer consents in writing (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have
occurred and be continuing) and the Servicer provides to the Indenture
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Trustee written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such
alternative remittance schedule will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
by the Rating Agency of the rating then assigned to the Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, the
Servicer will be entitled to be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account with respect to a Monthly Period for amounts previously
deposited in the Collection Account but later determined by the Servicer or
the Lockbox Bank to have resulted from mistaken deposits or postings or
checks returned for insufficient funds. The amount to be reimbursed
hereunder shall be paid to the Servicer on the related Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.6(iii) upon certification by the Servicer of such
amounts and the provision of such information to the Indenture Trustee and
the Security Insurer as may be necessary in the opinion of the Indenture
Trustee and the Security Insurer to verify the accuracy of such
certification. In the event that the Security Insurer has not received
evidence satisfactory to it of the Servicer's entitlement to reimbursement
pursuant to this Section 4.2(b), the Security Insurer shall (unless an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) give the Indenture
Trustee notice to such effect, following receipt of which the Indenture
Trustee shall not make a distribution to the Servicer in respect of such
amount pursuant to Section 4.6, or if the Servicer prior thereto has been
reimbursed pursuant to Section 4.6 or Section 4.8, the Indenture Trustee
shall withhold such amounts from amounts otherwise distributable to the
Servicer on the next succeeding Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.3. APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS. For the purposes of this
Agreement, all collections for a Monthly Period shall be applied by the
Servicer as follows:
(a) With respect to each Receivable, payments by or on behalf of the
Obligor thereof (other than of Supplemental Servicing Fees with respect to
such Receivable, to the extent collected) shall be applied to interest and
principal with respect to such Receivable in accordance with the terms of
such Receivable. With respect to each Liquidated Receivable, Liquidation
Proceeds shall be applied to interest and principal with respect to such
Receivable in accordance with the terms of such Receivable, and then to any
Insurance Add-On Amount due and payable with respect to such Receivable.
The Servicer shall not be entitled to any Supplemental Servicing Fees with
respect to a Liquidated Receivable.
(b) With respect to each Receivable that has become a Purchased
Receivable on any Deposit Date, the Purchase Amount shall be applied, for
purposes of this Agreement only, to interest and principal on the Receivable
in accordance with the terms of the Receivable as if the Purchase Amount had
been paid by the Obligor on the Accounting Date. The Servicer shall not be
entitled to any Supplemental Servicing Fees with respect to such
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a Receivable. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Obligor of any
obligation relating to any Receivable.
(c) All amounts collected that are payable to the Servicer as
Supplemental Servicing Fees hereunder shall be deposited in the Collection
Account and paid to the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.6(iii).
(d) All payments by or on behalf of an Obligor received with respect
to any Purchased Receivable after the Accounting Date immediately preceding
the Deposit Date on which the Purchase Amount was paid by the Seller, AFL
or the Servicer shall be paid to the Seller, AFL or the Servicer,
respectively, and shall not be included in the Available Funds.
SECTION 4.4. MONTHLY ADVANCES.
(a) If with respect to a Receivable, the amount deposited into the
Collection Account during a Monthly Period in respect of such Receivable and
allocable to interest (determined in accordance with Section 4.3) is less
than an amount of interest equal to interest accrued on such Receivable (for
the number of calendar days in such Monthly Period) (calculated according to
the method specified in the related retail installment sale contract or
promissory note at the APR on the Principal Balance of such Receivable as of
the Accounting Date preceding such Distribution Date), the Servicer shall
make a Monthly Advance equal to the amount of such shortfall; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Servicer shall not be required to make a Monthly Advance
with respect to a Receivable extended pursuant to Section 3.2(b) for any
Monthly Period during which no Scheduled Payment is due according to the
terms of such extension; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that the Servicer shall not be
required to make a Monthly Advance with respect to a Receivable that is less
than 31 days delinquent.
(b) On or before each Determination Date and prior to the delivery
of the Servicer's Certificate for such Determination Date pursuant to
Section 3.9, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account the aggregate
amount of Monthly Advances required for the related Monthly Period in
immediately available funds (subject to Section 4.8).
(c) The Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for
Outstanding Monthly Advances with respect to a Receivable pursuant to
Section 4.6(i) or pursuant to Section 4.8 from the following sources with
respect to such Receivable on any day subsequent to the Distribution Date in
respect of which such Monthly Advance was made: (i) subsequent payments by or
on behalf of the Obligor with respect to such Receivable, (ii) collections of
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Receivable if such Receivable
becomes a Liquidated Receivable and (iii) payment of any Purchase Amount with
respect to such Receivable if such Receivable becomes a Purchased Receivable.
If any Receivable shall become a Liquidated Receivable and the Servicer shall
not have been fully reimbursed for
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Outstanding Monthly Advances with respect to such Receivable from the sources
of funds previously described in this paragraph, the Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement from collections on Receivables other than the
Receivable in respect of which such Outstanding Monthly Advance shall have
been made.
SECTION 4.5. ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS. On or before each Deposit Date,
the Servicer or AFL shall deposit in the Collection Account the aggregate
Purchase Amounts with respect to Administrative Receivables and Warranty
Receivables, respectively. All such deposits of Purchase Amounts shall be
made in immediately available funds. On or before each Draw Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall deposit in the Collection Account any amounts
delivered to the Indenture Trustee by the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 4.6. DISTRIBUTIONS. On each Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall (based on the information contained in the Servicer's
Certificate delivered on the related Determination Date) distribute the
following amounts and in the order of priority specified below. Within each
order of priority, amounts shall be deemed withdrawn first from Available
Funds, second from the Reserve Account and third from any Deficiency Claim
Amounts.
(i) first, from the Distribution Amount, (A) to the Trust for payment
of any taxes due and unpaid with respect to the Trust, to the extent such
taxes have not been previously paid by AFL or by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.8, and (B) then to the Servicer, the amount of Outstanding Monthly
Advances for which the Servicer is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to
Section 4.4(c) and for which the Servicer has not previously been reimbursed
pursuant to Section 4.8;
(ii) second, from the Distribution Amount then remaining on deposit in
the Collection Account, to the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees of
the Owner Trustee in accordance with the Trust Agreement and including
amounts with respect to which the Administrator is entitled to be reimbursed
pursuant to the Administration Agreement; to the Indenture Trustee, any
accrued and unpaid fees of the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the
Indenture; to any Lockbox Bank, Custodian, Backup Servicer, Collateral
Agent, Indenture Collateral Agent or Administrator (including the Owner
Trustee or Indenture Trustee if acting in any such additional capacity),
any accrued and unpaid fees (in each case, to the extent such Person has
not previously received such amount from the Servicer or AFL), to the
Backup Servicer, any transition expenses (not to exceed $50,000) in
accordance with Section 8.3; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in the event that the rating
assigned by Standard & Poor's to the claims-paying ability of the Security
Insurer is not AAA, the accrued and unpaid fees of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Collateral Agent and the Administrator shall be distributed pursuant to this
clause (ii) to the extent such fees are not in excess of the amount (the
"Servicer Fee
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Threshold") obtained by dividing (x).20% of the Aggregate Principal Balance
by (y) twelve, and any accrued and unpaid fees in excess of the Servicer Fee
Threshold remaining to be distributed pursuant to this clause (ii) shall not
be distributed pursuant to this clause (ii) but shall be distributed after
the distributions to be made pursuant to clause (v) below but before the
distributions to be made pursuant to clause (vi) below;
(iii) third, from the Distribution Amount then remaining on
deposit in the Collection Account, to the Servicer, the Basic Servicing Fee
for the related Monthly Period, any Supplemental Servicing Fees for the
related Monthly Period, and any amounts specified in Section 4.2(b), to the
extent the Servicer has not reimbursed itself in respect of such amounts
pursuant to Section 4.8;
(iv) fourth, from the Distribution Amount then remaining on deposit in
the Collection Account, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to
the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date;
(v) fifth, from the Distribution Amount then remaining on deposit in
the Collection Account, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to
the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date;
(vi) sixth, from the Distribution Amount then remaining on deposit in
the Collection Account, to the Security Insurer, to the extent of any
amounts owing to the Security Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and not
paid, whether or not AFL is also obligated to pay such amounts, such amounts
representing a portion of the Credit Enhancement Fee otherwise payable on a
subordinated basis to the Seller; and
(vii) seventh, any remaining Available Funds to the Collateral
Agent for deposit in the Spread Account, such amounts representing a portion
of the Credit Enhancement Fee payable on a subordinated basis to the Seller.
SECTION 4.7. PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee will deposit, on
behalf of the Seller, in the Pre-Funding Account $233,522,236.50 from the
proceeds of the sale of the Notes. On each Subsequent Transfer Date, the
Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing:
(i) to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account the Spread Account
Additional Deposit, if any, on such Subsequent Transfer Date, and to deliver
such funds to the Collateral Agent for deposit in the Spread Account,
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(ii) to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account the amount, if any, by
which the Requisite Reserve Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date exceeds
the Reserve Amount, and to deposit such funds in the Reserve Account,
(iii) to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account the Class A-1
Holdback Amount, if any, for such Subsequent Transfer Date, and to deposit
such funds in the Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount,
(iv) to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account the amount, if any, on
deposit therein in excess of the remaining Prefunded Amount, after giving
effect to the withdrawals specified in clauses (i) - (iii) above, and to
distribute such amount to or upon the order of the Seller upon satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 2.4 with respect to such transfer,
and
(v) to withdraw from the Reserve Account an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the Reserve Amount (after giving effect to withdrawals
from the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.1 on the immediately
following Distribution Date, if such Subsequent Transfer Date falls between
a Determination Date and the related Distribution Date) over the Requisite
Reserve Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date and to distribute such
amount to or upon the order of the Depositor.
(b) If (x) the Pre-Funded Amount has not been reduced to zero on
the Distribution Date on or immediately following the end of the Funding
Period) or (y) the Pre-Funded Amount has been reduced to $100,000 or less on
any Distribution Date, in either case after giving effect to any reductions
in the Pre-Funded Amount on such Distribution Date pursuant to paragraph (a)
above, the Servicer shall provide written instructions to the Indenture
Trustee to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account on such Distribution Date an
amount equal to the sum of the Class A-1 Prepayment Amount, the Class A-2
Prepayment Amount, the Class A-3 Prepayment Amount, the Class A-4 Prepayment
Amount and the Class A-5 Prepayment Amount and deposit such amount in the
Note Distribution Account. Any remaining funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account shall be distributed to the Depositor. If the funds on deposit in
the Pre-Funding Account are less than the amount described above, then the
Servicer shall provide written instructions to the Indenture Trustee to
withdraw the funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account and deposit such
funds in the Note Distribution Account and Collection Account, pro rata in
accordance with the amount specified above.
(c) If the Pre-Funded Amount is greater than $100,000 at the end
of the Funding Period, the Seller willdeposit into the Note Distribution
Account an amount equal to the sum of the Class A-1 Prepayment Premium, the
Class A-2 Prepayment Premium, the Class A-3 Prepayment Premium, the Class A-4
Prepayment Premium and the Class A-5 Prepayment Premium; PROVIDED,
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HOWEVER, that the obligation of the Seller to make the deposits referred to
in this sentence is expressly limited to the extent of the amount of
Liquidated Damages (as defined in the Closing Date Purchase Agreement) paid
to the Seller by AFL and by the Seller to the Trust.
SECTION 4.8. NET DEPOSITS. Subject to payment by the Servicer of
amounts otherwise payable pursuant to Section 4.6(ii) and provided that no
Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing with respect
to such Servicer, the Servicer may make the remittances to be made by it
pursuant to Sections 4.2, 4.4 and 4.5 net of amounts (which amounts may be
netted prior to any such remittance for a Monthly Period) to be distributed
to it pursuant to Sections 3.8, 4.2(b) and 4.6(i); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Servicer shall account for all of such amounts in the related Servicer's
Certificate as if such amounts were deposited and distributed separately;
and, PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if an error is made by the Servicer in
calculating the amount to be deposited or retained by it, with the result
that an amount less than required is deposited in the Collection Account, the
Servicer shall make a payment of the deficiency to the Collection Account,
immediately upon becoming aware, or receiving notice from the Indenture
Trustee, of such error.
SECTION 4.9. STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include
with each distribution to each Noteholder, the Servicer's Certificate (which
statement shall also have been provided to the Security Insurer and to each
Rating Agency by the Servicer) delivered on the related Determination Date
pursuant to Section 3.9, setting forth for the Monthly Period relating to
such Payment Date the following information with respect to each class of
Notes:
(i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal;
(ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to interest;
(iii) the amount of such distribution payable out of amounts
withdrawn from the Reserve Account, the Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount,
the Spread Account or pursuant to a claim on the Note Policy;
(iv) the outstanding principal balance of the Notes (after giving
effect to distributions made on such Distribution Date);
(v) the Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class A-2
Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall,
the Class A-4 Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class A-5 Interest Carryover
Shortfall and the Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, and
the change in such amounts from the preceding statement;
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(vi) the amount of fees paid by the Trust with respect to such
Monthly Period;
(vii) for Payment Dates during the Funding Period, the remaining
Pre-Funded Amount, the remaining Reserve Amount and the amount on deposit
in the Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount;
(viii) for the Payment Date on or immediately following the end of
the Funding Period, the Class A-1 Prepayment Amount, the Class A-2
Prepayment Amount, the Class A-3 Prepayment Amount, the Class A-4 Prepayment
Amount, the Class A-5 Prepayment Amount, the Class A-1 Prepayment Premium,
the Class A-2 Prepayment Premium, the Class A-3 Prepayment Premium, the
Class A-4 Prepayment Premium and the Class A-5 Prepayment Premium, if any,
and the remaining Reserve Amount that has not been distributed pursuant to
Section 4.6 or to the Depositor; and
(ix) the Note Pool Factor with respect to each class of Notes
(after giving effect to distributions made on such Payment Date).
Each amount set forth pursuant to subclauses (i) through (iv) above may be
expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original principal balance of a
Note.
(b) Note Owners may obtain copies of the statements delivered by
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to subsection (b) above upon written request
to the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office (together with a
certification that such Person is a Note Owner and payment of any expenses
associated with the distribution thereof).
SECTION 4.10. INDENTURE TRUSTEE AS AGENT. The Indenture Trustee,
in holding all funds in the Trust Accounts and in making distributions as
provided in this Agreement, shall act solely on behalf of and as agent for
the Noteholders.
SECTION 4.11. ELIGIBLE ACCOUNTS. Any account which is required to
be established as an Eligible Account pursuant to this Agreement and which
ceases to be an Eligible Account shall within five Business Days (or such
longer period, not to exceed 30 days, as to which each Rating Agency and the
Security Insurer may consent) be established as a new account which shall be
an Eligible Account and any cash and/or any investments shall be transferred
to such new account.
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ARTICLE V
THE RESERVE ACCOUNT; THE SPREAD ACCOUNT
SECTION 5.1. WITHDRAWALS FROM THE RESERVE ACCOUNT.
(a) In the event that the Servicer's Certificate with respect to any
Determination Date shall state that the amount of Available Funds with respect
to such Determination Date is less than the sum of the amounts payable on the
related Distribution Date pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 4.6,
then on the Draw Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee, in accordance with written instructions, shall (i) withdraw
amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account, other than any funds in the Class A-1
Holdback Subaccount (up to the amount by which the amounts payable on the
related Distribution Date pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 4.6
exceed the amount of Available Funds with respect to such Determination Date)
and (ii) deposit the amounts so withdrawn from the Reserve Account into the
Collection Account. On each Distribution Date, any funds on deposit in the
Reserve Account (other than funds on deposit in the Class A-1 Holdback
Subaccount) in excess of the Requisite Reserve Amount (after giving effect to
any withdrawals on the immediately preceding Draw Date as described above) shall
be paid to the Depositor.
(b) In the event that the Servicer's Certificate with respect to
the Determination Date related to the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution
Date shall state that the unpaid principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes
(after giving effect to the distribution of the Available Funds pursuant to
clauses (i)- (v) of Section 4.6 for such Distribution Date), is greater than
zero, then on the Draw Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date the
Indenture Trustee, in accordance with written instructions, shall withdraw an
amount equal to such unpaid principal balance from funds on deposit in the
Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount (or the amount of funds on deposit in the
Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount, if less) and deposit such funds in the Note
Distribution Account for distribution to the Class A-1 Noteholders on such
Distribution Date. Funds in the Class A-1 Holdback Subaccount shall not be
available to pay any other amounts. Any funds remaining in the Class A-1
Holdback Subaccount, after withdrawal of any such amount on the Class A-1
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, shall be released to the Depositor.
SECTION 5.2. WITHDRAWALS FROM SPREAD ACCOUNT.
(a) In the event that the Servicer's Certificate with respect to any
Determination Date shall state that the Deficiency Claim Amount (as defined
below) with respect to the related Distribution Date is greater than zero, then
on the Deficiency Claim Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, the Security Insurer,
the Fiscal Agent, if any, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer, by hand delivery,
telex or facsimile
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transmission, a written notice (a "Deficiency Notice"). Such Deficiency
Notice shall direct the Collateral Agent to remit such Deficiency Claim
Amount (to the extent of the funds available to be distributed pursuant to
the Spread Account Agreement) to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the
Collection Account. The "Deficiency Claim Amount" with respect to any
Distribution Date shall equal the excess, if any, of
(i) the amount required to be distributed pursuant to clauses (i)-
(vi) of Section 4.6 (without giving effect to the limitation of the
Distribution Amount specified in each such clause) over
(ii) the sum of (A)the Actual Funds with respect to such Distribution
Date, plus (B) if such Distribution Date is the Class A-1 Final Scheduled
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Class A-1 Holdback
Subaccount and deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to
Section 5.1(b).
(b) any Deficiency Notice shall be delivered by 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the fourth Business Day preceding such Distribution Date. The
amounts distributed by the Collateral Agent to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
a Deficiency Notice shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee into the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.5.
ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER
SECTION 6.1. LIABILITY OF SELLER.
(a) The Seller shall be liable hereunder only to the extent of the
obligations in this Agreement specifically undertaken by the Seller and the
representations made by the Seller.
SECTION 6.2. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF, SELLER; AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
(a) The Seller shall not merge or consolidate with any other
Person or permit any other Person to become the successor to the Seller's
business without (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing) the prior written consent of the Security Insurer. The
certificate of incorporation of any corporation (i) into which the Seller may
be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Seller shall be a party, or (iii) succeeding to the business of
Seller, shall contain provisions relating to limitations on business and
other matters substantively identical to those contained in the Seller's
certificate of incorporation. Any such successor corporation shall execute
an agreement of assumption of every obligation of the Seller under this
Agreement and each Related Document and, whether or not such assumption
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agreement is executed, shall be the successor to the Seller under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act
on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Seller shall
provide prompt notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to
this Section 6.2 to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Security
Insurer and the Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller
shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other
Person to become a successor to the Seller's business, unless (x) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made
pursuant to Section 2.5 shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such
representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation
of such transaction) and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, (y) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer an officer's certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession
and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.2 and that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such
transaction have been complied with, and (z) the Seller shall have delivered
to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer an
Opinion of Counsel, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either
(A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments
thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and
protect the interest of the Trust in the Trust Property and reciting the
details of the filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve
and protect such interest.
(b) The Seller hereby agrees that it shall not (i) take any action
prohibited by Article XVI of its certificate of incorporation or (ii) without
the prior written consent of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and
(so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing) the
Security Insurer and without giving prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, amend Article III, Article IX, Article XIV or Article XVI of its
certificate of incorporation.
SECTION 6.3. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SELLER AND OTHERS. The
Seller and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely
in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima
facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising under this Agreement. The Seller shall not be under any obligation to
appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its
obligations as Seller of the Receivables under this Agreement and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 6.4. SELLER MAY OWN NOTES. Each of the Seller and any
Affiliate of the Seller may in its individual or any other capacity become the
owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not
the Seller or an Affiliate thereof except as otherwise specifically provided
herein or in the Related Documents. Notes so owned by or pledged to the Seller
or such Affiliate shall have
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an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement or
any Related Document, without preference, priority, or distinction as among
all of the Notes, provided that any Notes owned by the Seller or any
Affiliate thereof, during the time such Notes are owned by them, shall be
without voting rights for any purpose set forth in this Agreement or any
Related Document. The Seller shall notify the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Security Insurer promptly after it or any of its Affiliates
become the owner or pledgee of a Note.
ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
SECTION 7.1. LIABILITY OF SERVICER; INDEMNITIES.
(a) The Servicer (in its capacity as such and, in the case of AFL,
without limitation of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement) shall be
liable hereunder only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement
specifically undertaken by the Servicer and the representations made by the
Servicer.
(b) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security
Insurer, their respective officers, directors, agents and employees, and the
Noteholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages,
claims and liabilities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and
expenses of litigation arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or
operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of any Financed Vehicle.
(c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security
Insurer, their respective officers, directors, agents and employees and the
Noteholders from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against
the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the
Security Insurer or the Noteholders with respect to the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any sales, gross
receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license
taxes (but not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date
of, the sale of the Receivables and the other Trust Property to the Trust or the
issuance and original sale of the Notes and costs and expenses in defending
against the same.
(d) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security
Insurer, their respective officers, directors, agents and employees and the
Noteholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims,
damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim,
damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture
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Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security Insurer or the Noteholders through
the breach of this Agreement, the negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad
faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement
or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
(e) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Owner
Trustee, in its individual capacity, its officers, directors, agents and
employees, from and against all costs, taxes (other than income taxes on fees
and expenses payable to the Owner Trustee), expenses, losses, claims, damages
and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or
performance of the trusts and duties contained in the Trust Agreement and the
Related Documents, except to the extent that such cost, taxes (other than income
taxes), expense, loss, claim, damage or liability (A) is due to the willful
misfeasance or gross negligence of the Owner Trustee, or (B) arises from the
Owner Trustee's breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in
Section 6.2 of the Trust Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that amounts payable
under this paragraph shall be increased by the amount of income taxes actually
paid by the Owner Trustee in respect of any indemnity payment unless the Owner
Trustee received or can reasonably be expected to receive a tax deduction for
the related loss or cost.
(f) Indemnification under this Article shall include, without
limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation.
If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Article and the
recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient
shall promptly repay such amounts collected to the Servicer, without interest.
(g) AFL, in its individual capacity, hereby acknowledges that the
indemnification provisions in the Purchase Agreement benefiting the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Security
Insurer are enforceable by each hereunder.
SECTION 7.2. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF, THE SERVICER OR BACKUP SERVICER.
(a) The Servicer shall not merge or consolidate with any other
person, convey, transfer or lease substantially all its assets as an entirety to
another Person, or permit any other Person to become the successor to the
Servicer's business unless, after the merger, consolidation, conveyance,
transfer, lease or succession, the successor or surviving entity shall be an
Eligible Servicer and shall be capable of fulfilling the duties of the Servicer
contained in this Agreement. Any corporation (i) into which the Servicer may be
merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Servicer shall be a party, (iii) which acquires by conveyance, transfer, or
lease substantially all of the assets of the Servicer, or (iv) succeeding to the
business of the Servicer, in any of the foregoing cases shall execute an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this
Agreement and, whether or not such assumption agreement is
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executed, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties to this Agreement, anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to release the Servicer from any obligation. The Servicer shall
provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this
Section 7.2(a) to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Security
Insurer and each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer
shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other
Person to become a successor to the Servicer's business, unless
(x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or
warranty made pursuant to Section 3.6 shall have been breached (for purposes
hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the
consummation of such transaction) and no event that, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become an Insurance Agreement Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, (y) the Servicer shall have delivered to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation,
merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this
Section 7.2(a) and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, and
(z) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Security Insurer an Opinion of Counsel, stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation
statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are
necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee in the
Trust Property and reciting the details of the filings or (B) no such action
shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
(b) Any corporation (i) into which the Backup Servicer may be
merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Backup Servicer shall be a party, (iii) which acquires by
conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Backup
Servicer, or (iv) succeeding to the business of the Backup Servicer, in any
of the foregoing cases shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform
every obligation of the Backup Servicer under this Agreement and, whether or
not such assumption agreement is executed, shall be the successor to the
Backup Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement,
anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to release the Backup
Servicer from any obligation.
SECTION 7.3. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SERVICER, BACKUP SERVICER AND
OTHERS.
(a) Neither the Servicer, the Backup Servicer nor any of the
directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer or Backup Servicer
shall be under any liability to the Trust, or the Noteholders, except as
provided in this
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Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action pursuant to this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this provision
shall not protect the Servicer, the Backup Servicer or any such person
against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of a breach
of this Agreement or willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (excluding
errors in judgment) in the performance of duties, by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or any violation of
law by the Servicer, Backup Servicer or such person, as the case may be;
PROVIDED FURTHER, that this provision shall not affect any liability to
indemnify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for costs, taxes,
expenses, claims, liabilities, losses or damages paid by the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee, each in its individual capacity. The Servicer, the
Backup Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer
or Backup Servicer may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any
document of any kind PRIMA FACIE properly executed and submitted by any
Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
(b) The Backup Servicer shall not be liable for any obligation of the
Servicer contained in this Agreement, and the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Seller, the Security Insurer and the Noteholders shall look only to
the Servicer to perform such obligations.
SECTION 7.4. DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Servicer may delegate duties
under this Agreement to an Affiliate of AFL with the prior written consent of
the Security Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Backup
Servicer. The Servicer also may at any time perform the specific duty of
repossession of Financed Vehicles through sub-contractors who are in the
business of servicing automotive receivables and may perform other specific
duties through such sub-contractors with the prior written consent of the
Security Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing), PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such delegation or sub-contracting
duties by the Servicer shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibility with
respect to such duties. So long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, neither AFL or any party acting as Servicer hereunder shall
appoint any subservicer hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Security Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Backup
Servicer.
SECTION 7.5. SERVICER AND BACKUP SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.2, neither the Servicer nor the Backup Servicer
shall resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it by this Agreement as
Servicer or Backup Servicer except upon a determination that by reason of a
change in legal requirements the performance of its duties under this Agreement
would cause it to be in violation of such legal requirements in a manner which
would have a material adverse effect on the Servicer or the Backup Servicer, as
the case may be, and the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall
not have occurred and be continuing) or Note Majority (if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing) does not elect to waive the obligations
of the Servicer or the Backup Servicer, as the case may be, to perform the
duties which render it legally unable to
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act or to delegate those duties to another Person. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Servicer or Backup Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered and reasonably
acceptable to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security
Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing).
No resignation of the Servicer shall become effective until, so long as no
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Backup Servicer or
an entity acceptable to the Security Insurer shall have assumed the
responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer or, if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Backup Servicer or a successor
Servicer that is an Eligible Servicer shall have assumed the responsibilities
and obligations of the Servicer. No resignation of the Backup Servicer shall
become effective until, so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, an entity acceptable to the Security Insurer shall have
assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Backup Servicer or, if an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, a Person that is an
Eligible Servicr shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of
the Backup Servicer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event a successor Backup
Servicer is not appointed within 60 days after the Backup Servicer has given
notice of its resignation and has provided the Opinion of Counsel required by
this Section 7.5, the Backup Servicer may petition a court for its removal.
ARTICLE VIII
SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 8.1. SERVICER TERMINATION EVENT. For purposes of this
Agreement, each of the following shall constitute a "Servicer Termination
Event":
(a) Any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee
for distribution to Noteholders any proceeds or payment required to be so
delivered under the terms of this Agreement (or, if AFL is the Servicer, the
Purchase Agreement) that continues unremedied for a period of two Business
Days (one Business Day with respect to payment of Purchase Amounts) after
written notice is received by the Servicer from the Indenture Trustee or
(unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) the
Security Insurer or after discovery of such failure by a Responsible Officer
of the Servicer; or
(b) Failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee and (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing) the Security Insurer the Servicer's Certificate by the fourth
Business Day prior to the Distribution Date, or failure on the part of the
Servicer to observe its covenants and agreements set forth in Section
7.2(a); or
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(c) Failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in
any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set
forth in this Agreement (or, if AFL is the Servicer, the Purchase
Agreement), which failure (i) materially and adversely affects the rights of
Noteholders (determined without regard to the availability of funds under
the Note Policy), or of the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing), and (ii) continues unremedied for a
period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Security Insurer (or, if an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Noteholder); or
(d) (i) The commencement of an involuntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereinafter in effect, or another present or
future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law and such case
is not dismissed within 60 days; or (ii) the entry of a decree or order for
relief by a court or regulatory authority having jurisdiction in respect of
the Servicer or the Seller in an involuntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or another present or
future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Servicer or the Seller or of
any substantial part of their respective properties or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of the affairs of the Servicer or the Seller; or
(e) The commencement by the Servicer or the Seller of a voluntary
case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or
any other present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law, or the consent by the Servicer or the Seller to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Servicer or the
Seller or of any substantial part of its property or the making by the
Servicer or the Seller of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the
failure by the Servicer or the Seller generally to pay its debts as such
debts become due or the taking of corporate action by the Servicer or the
Seller in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(f) Any representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer or the
Seller made in this Agreement or any certificate, report or other writing
delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to be incorrect in any material
respect as of the time when the same shall have been made (excluding,
however, any representation or warranty set forth in Section 2.5(a)), and
the incorrectness of such representation, warranty or statement has a
material adverse effect on the Trust and, within 30 days after written
notice thereof shall have been given to the Servicer or the Seller by the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Security Insurer (or, if an
Insurer Default shall have
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occurred and be continuing, a Noteholder), the circumstances or condition
in respect of which such representation, warranty or statement was incorrect
shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured; or
(g) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing, the Security Insurer shall not have delivered a Servicer
Extension Notice pursuant to Section 3.14 (in which case the Servicer
Termination Event will be deemed to have occurred as of the last day of the
term of the most recent Servicer Extension Notice received); or
(h) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing, an Insurance Agreement Event of Default shall have occurred; or
(i) A claim is made under the Note Policy.
SECTION 8.2. CONSEQUENCES OF A SERVICER TERMINATION EVENT. If a
Servicer Termination Event shall occur and be continuing, the Security Insurer
(or, if an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, either the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, or a Note Majority), by notice given in
writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer and
the Owner Trustee if given by the Security Insurer or the Noteholders) may
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this
Agreement. On or after (i) the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice,
or (ii) the receipt by the Backup Servicer (or any alternate successor servicer
appointed by the Security Insurer pursuant to Section 8.3(b)) of written notice
from the Security Insurer that the Security Insurer is not extending the
Servicer's term pursuant to Section 3.14, all authority, power, obligations and
responsibilities of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to
the Notes or the Trust Property or otherwise, shall be terminated and
automatically shall pass to, be vested in and become obligations and
responsibilities of the Backup Servicer (or such other successor Servicer
appointed by the Security Insurer); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the successor
Servicer shall have no liability with respect to any obligation which was
required to be performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that the
successor Servicer becomes the Servicer or any claim of a third party based on
any alleged action or inaction of the terminated Servicer. The successor
Servicer is authorized and empowered by this Agreement to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the terminated Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and
all documents and other instruments and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables
and the other Trust Property and related documents to show the Owner Trustee as
lienholder or secured party on the related Lien Certificates, or otherwise. The
terminated Servicer agrees to cooperate with the successor Servicer in effecting
the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the terminated Servicer
under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer to the
successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at
the time be held by the
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terminated Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the terminated
Servicer, in the Collection Account or thereafter received with respect to
the Receivables and the delivery to the successor Servicer of all Receivable
Files, Monthly Records and Collection Records and a computer tape in readable
form as of the most recent Business Day containing all information necessary
to enable the successor Servicer or a successor Servicer to service the
Receivables and the other Trust Property. If requested by the Security
Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing),
the successor Servicer shall terminate the Lockbox Agreement and direct the
Obligors to make all payments under the Receivables directly to the successor
Servicer (in which event the successor Servicer shall process such payments
in accordance with Section 3.2(e)), or to a lockbox established by the
successor Servicer at the direction of the Security Insurer (unless an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing), at the successor
Servicer's expense. In addition to any other amounts that are then payable
to the terminated Servicer under this Agreement, the terminated Servicer
shall then be entitled to receive out of Available Funds reimbursements for
any Outstanding Monthly Advances (in accordance with Section 4.4(c)) made
during the period prior to the notice pursuant to this Section 8.2 which
terminates the obligation and rights of the terminated Servicer under this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the successor
Servicer may set off and deduct any amounts owed by the terminated Servicer
from any amounts payable to the terminated Servicer pursuant to the preceding
sentence. The terminated Servicer shall grant the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the successor Servicer and the Security Insurer reasonable
access to the terminated Servicer's premises at the terminated Servicer's
expense.
SECTION 8.3. APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) On and after (i) the time the Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 8.2, or (ii) the resignation of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.5, or (iii) the receipt by the Backup Servicer (or any
alternate successor servicer appointed by the Security Insurer pursuant to
Section 8.3(b)) of written notice from the Security Insurer that the Security
Insurer is not extending the Servicer's term pursuant to Section 3.14, the
Backup Servicer (unless the Security Insurer shall have exercised its option
pursuant to Section 8.3(b) to appoint an alternate successor Servicer) shall
be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer
under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for in this
Agreement, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, restrictions,
duties, liabilities and termination provisions relating thereto placed on the
Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee
and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as
shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. If a successor
Servicer is acting as Servicer hereunder, it shall be subject to termination
under Section 8.2 upon the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event
applicable to it as Servicer and shall serve from term to term as provided in
Section 3.14.
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(b) The Security Insurer may (so long as an Insurer Default shall not
have occurred and be continuing) exercise at any time its right to appoint as
Backup Servicer or as successor to the Servicer a Person other than the Person
serving as Backup Servicer at the time, and (without limiting its obligations
under the Note Policy) shall have no liability to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, AFL, the Seller, the Person then serving as Backup Servicer,
any Noteholders, any Note Owner or any other Person if it does so.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Backup Servicer shall be legally unable or
unwilling to act as Servicer and an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, a Note Majority or the
Owner Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any
Eligible Servicer as the successor to the Servicer. Pending appointment
pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Backup Servicer shall act as successor
Servicer unless it is legally unable to do so, in which event the outgoing
Servicer shall continue to act as Servicer until a successor has been appointed
and accepted such appointment. Subject to Section 7.5, no provision of this
Agreement shall be construed as relieving the Backup Servicer of its obligation
to succeed as successor Servicer upon the termination of the Servicer pursuant
to Section 8.2 or the resignation of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.5. If
upon the termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.2 or the resignation
of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.5, the Security Insurer appoints a
successor Servicer other than the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall not
be relieved of its duties as Backup Servicer hereunder.
(c) Any successor Servicer shall be entitled to such compensation
(whether payable out of the Collection Account or otherwise) as the Servicer
would have been entitled to under the Agreement if the Servicer had not resigned
or been terminated hereunder. If any successor Servicer is appointed as a
result of the Backup Servicer's refusal (in contravention of the terms of this
Agreement) to act as Servicer although it is legally able to do so, the Security
Insurer and such successor Servicer may agree on reasonable additional
compensation to be paid to such successor Servicer by the Backup Servicer, which
additional compensation shall be paid by the Backup Servicer in its individual
capacity and solely out of its own funds. If any successor Servicer is
appointed for any reason other than the Backup Servicer's refusal to act as
Servicer although legally able to do so, the Security Insurer and such successor
Servicer may agree on additional compensation to be paid to such successor
Servicer, which additional compensation shall be payable as provided in the
Spread Account Agreement. If the Backup Servicer is the successor Servicer, the
Backup Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement, pursuant to Section 4.6(ii),
of reasonable transition expenses, not in excess of $100,000, incurred in acting
as successor Servicer. In addition, any successor Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement, as provided in the Spread Account Agreement, of reasonable
transition expenses incurred in acting as successor Servicer.
SECTION 8.4. NOTIFICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS. Upon any termination of,
or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII,
the
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Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders at
their respective addresses appearing in the Note Register.
SECTION 8.5. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Security Insurer (or, if
an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, a Note Majority) may,
on behalf of all Holders of Notes, waive any default by the Servicer in the
performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer
Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for
every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.1. OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF ALL RECEIVABLES; LIQUIDATION OF
TRUST ESTATE.
(a) On each Determination Date as of which the Aggregate Principal
Balance is less than 10% of the Original Pool Balance, the Servicer and the
Seller each shall have the option to purchase the corpus of the Trust (with
the consent of the Security Insurer, if a claim has previously been made
under the Note Policy or if such purchase would result in a claim on the Note
Policy or if such purchase would result in any amount owing to the Security
Insurer remaining unpaid); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount to be paid for
such purchase (as set forth in the following sentence) shall be sufficient to
pay the full amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and
payable on the Notes. To exercise such option, the Servicer or the Seller,
as the case may be, shall pay the aggregate Purchase Amounts for the
Receivables, plus the appraised value of any other property (including the
right to receive any future recoveries) held as part of the Trust, such
appraisal to be conducted by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the
Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, and the Security Insurer (or the
Indenture Trustee, if an Insurer Default shall have accrued and be
continuing), and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Trust Property.
The fees and expenses related to such appraisal shall be paid by the party
exercising the option to purchase. The party exercising such option to
repurchase shall deposit the aggregate Purchase Amounts for the Receivables
and the amount of the appraised value of any other property held as part of
the Trust into the Collection Account, and the Indenture Trustee shall
distribute the amounts so deposited in accordance with Section 4.6.
(b) Upon any sale of the assets of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.2
of the Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall instruct the Indenture Trustee
in writing to deposit the proceeds from such sale after all payments and
reserves therefrom have been made (the "Insolvency Proceeds") in the Collection
Account.
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On the Distribution Date on which the Insolvency Proceeds are deposited in
the Collection Account (or, if such proceeds are not so deposited on a
Distribution Date, on the Distribution Date immediately following such
deposit), the Owner Trustee shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing
to make the following deposits (after the application on such Distribution
Date of the Available Funds) from the Insolvency Proceeds:
(i) to the Note Distribution Account, any portion of the Noteholders'
Interest Distributable Amount not otherwise deposited into the Note
Distribution Account on such Distribution Date;
(ii) to the Note Distribution Account, the Class A-1 Prepayment
Premium, Class A-2 Prepayment Premium, Class A-3 Prepayment Premium,
Class A-4 Prepayment Premium and Class A-5 Prepayment Premium (only to the
extent of the amount of Liquidated Damages (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement) received by the Trust from the Seller); and
(iii) to the Note Distribution Account, the outstanding principal
balance of the Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes to result from the deposits
otherwise made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date).
Any Insolvency Proceeds remaining after the deposits described above shall be
paid, first, to the Security Insurer, to the extent of any amounts owing to the
Security Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and not paid, whether or not AFL
is obligated to pay such amounts, and second to the Collateral Agent for deposit
in the Spread Account.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the
Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable
after the Servicer has received notice thereof.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. AMENDMENT.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the Servicer and the
Trust, with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Security
Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing) but without the consent of any of the Noteholders, (i) to cure any
ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or
(iii) for the purpose of adding any provision to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any provision of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Noteholders;
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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Noteholders.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trust with the prior written consent of the
Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default
shall not have occurred and be continuing) and with the consent of a Note
Majority (which consent of any Holder of a Note given pursuant to this
Section or pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement shall be
conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future Holders of such Note
and of any Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or in
lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Note)
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 Holders of Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, subject
to the express rights of the Security Insurer under the Related Documents,
including its rights to agree to certain modifications of the Receivables
pursuant to Section 3.2 and its rights to cause the Indenture Collateral
Agent to liquidate the Collateral under the circumstances and subject to the
provisions of Section 5.04 of the Indenture, no such amendment shall (a)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions required
to be made on any Note or the Class A-1 Interest Rate, Class A-2 Interest
Rate, Class A-3 Interest Rate, Class A-4 Interest Rate or Class A-5 Interest
Rate, (b) amend any provisions of Section 4.6 in such a manner as to affect
the priority of payment of interest, principal or premium to Noteholders, or
(c) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment
or any waiver hereunder, without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then
outstanding.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Rating Agency.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent,
the Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to the Indenture Trustee.
(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders pursuant
to Section 10.1(b) 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
Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization
of the execution thereof by Noteholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment
of record dates.
(f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel
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stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by
this Agreement, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section
10.2(i). 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.
SECTION 10.2. PROTECTION OF TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY.
(a) The Servicer shall execute and file such financing statements and
cause to be executed and filed such continuation and other statements, all in
such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve,
maintain and protect the interest of the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Collateral Agent in the Trust Property and in the proceeds thereof.
The Servicer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Collateral Agent and the Security Insurer file-stamped copies of, or
filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such filing.
(b) Neither the Seller, the Servicer nor the Trust shall change its
name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might
make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Seller in
accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of
Section 9-402(7) of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall
not have occurred and be continuing) at least 60 days' prior written notice
thereof, and shall promptly file appropriate amendments to all previously filed
financing statements and continuation statements.
(c) Each of the Seller, the Servicer and the Trust shall give the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer at least 60 days'
prior written notice of any relocation of its principal executive office if, as
a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require
the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation
statement or of any new financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times
maintain each office from which it services Receivables and its principal
executive office within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each
Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof
to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and
recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and
(ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each
Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account
in respect of such Receivable.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from
and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Trust,
the
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Servicer's master computer records (including any backup archives) that
refer to any Receivable indicate clearly (with reference to the particular
trust) that the Receivable is owned by the Trust. Indication of the Trust's
ownership of a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer's
computer systems when, and only when, the Receivable has been paid in full or
repurchased by the Seller or Servicer.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer proposes to sell, grant
a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the
Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee
computer tapes, records or print-outs (including any restored from backup
archives) that, if they refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable,
indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Trust
unless such Receivable has been paid in full or repurchased by the Seller or
Servicer.
(g) The Servicer shall permit the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Security Insurer and their respective agents,
at any time to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the
Servicer's records regarding any Receivables or any other portion of the Trust
Property.
(h) The Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Security Insurer at any time upon request a
list of all Receivables then held as part of the Trust, together with a
reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the
Servicer's Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of
Receivables from the Trust. Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of
any list to the Seller. The Owner Trustee shall hold any such list and Schedule
of Receivables for examination by interested parties during normal business
hours at the Corporate Trust Office upon reasonable notice by such Persons of
their desire to conduct an examination.
(i) The Seller and the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer simultaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto and upon the
occurrence of the events giving rise to an obligation to give notice pursuant to
Section 10.2(b) or (c), an Opinion of Counsel either (a) stating that, in the
opinion of such Counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements
have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect
the interest of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Collateral Agent in the
Receivables and the other Trust Property, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (b) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is
necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Security Insurer, within 90 days after the beginning of each
calendar year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than
three months after the Closing Date, an Opinion of Counsel, either (a)
stating that, in the opinion of
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such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been
executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the
interest of the Trust and the Indenture Collateral Agent in the Receivables,
and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of
Counsel in which such details are given, or (b) stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, no action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such
interest.
SECTION 10.3. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to
the principles of conflicts of laws thereof and the obligations, rights and
remedies of the parties under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance
with such laws.
SECTION 10.4. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Notes or the
rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 10.5. ASSIGNMENT. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, except as provided in Section 7.2 or Section 8.2
(and as provided in the provisions of the Agreement concerning the resignation
of the Servicer and the Backup Servicer), this Agreement may not be assigned by
the Seller or the Servicer without the prior written consent of the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Security Insurer (or, if an Insurer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and a Note Majority).
SECTION 10.6. THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. The Security Insurer and its successors and
assigns shall be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions of this Agreement,
and shall be entitled to rely upon and directly to enforce such provisions of
this Agreement so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
Except as expressly stated otherwise herein or in the Related Documents, any
right of the Security Insurer to direct, appoint, consent to, approve of, or
take any action under this Agreement, shall be a right exercised by the Security
Insurer in its sole and absolute discretion.
SECTION 10.7. DISCLAIMER BY SECURITY INSURER. The Security Insurer
may disclaim any of its rights and powers under this Agreement (but not its
duties
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and obligations under the Note Policy) upon delivery of a written notice to
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 10.8. COUNTERPARTS. For the purpose of facilitating its
execution and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be
an original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 10.9. INTENTION OF PARTIES. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement shall constitute an acknowledgement by the Seller, that it is
intended that the assignment and transfer herein contemplated constitute a sale
and assignment outright, and not for security, of the Receivables and the other
Trust Property, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any Liens, from
the Seller to the Trust, and that the Receivables and the other Trust Property
shall not be a part of the Seller's estate in the event of the insolvency,
receivership, conservatorship or the occurrence of another similar event, of, or
with respect to, the Seller. In the event that such conveyance is determined to
be made as security for a loan made by the Trust to the Seller, the Seller
intends that it shall have granted to the Owner Trustee a first priority
security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the
Trust Property conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.4 of this
Agreement, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law.
SECTION 10.10. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, sent by
facsimile or mailed by certified mail-return receipt requested, and shall be
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of AFL, the
Seller or the Servicer, at the following address: Arcadia Receivables Finance
Corp., 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
00000-0000, with copies to: Arcadia Financial Ltd., 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, (b) in the
case of the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (with a copy to
Mellon Bank (DE), National Association, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Group, Telecopy No. (412)
234-9169), (c) in the case of the Indenture Trustee and, for so long as the
Indenture Trustee is the Backup Servicer or the Collateral Agent, at 000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Global Trust, Structured
Finance Services Group, (d) in the case of each Rating Agency, 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (for Moody's) and 00 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000 (for Standard & Poor's), Attention: Asset-Backed Surveillance, and
(e) in the case of the Security Insurer, Financial Security Assurance Inc.,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Surveillance
Department, Telex No.: (000) 000-0000, Confirmation: (000) 000-0000, Telecopy
Nos.: (000) 000-0000, (000) 000-0000 (in each case in which notice or other
communication to Financial Security refers to an Event of Default, a claim on
the Note Policy or with respect to which failure on the part of Financial
Security to respond shall be deemed to constitute
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consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice or other communication
should also be sent to the attention of the General Counsel and the
Head-Financial Guaranty Group "URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED"), or at such other
address as shall be designated by any such party in a written notice to the
other parties. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder
shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder as shown in the Note Register, and any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Noteholder receives such notice.
SECTION 10.11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. It is expressly
understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is
executed and delivered by Mellon Bank (DE), National Association, not
individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Trust under the
Trust Agreement, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and
vested in it, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements
herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as personal
representations, undertakings and agreements by Mellon Bank (DE), National
Association but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the
Trust, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any
liability on Mellon Bank (DE), National Association, individually or
personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained
herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties to
this Agreement and by any person claiming by, through or under them and (d)
under no circumstances shall Mellon Bank (DE), National Association be
personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the
Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation,
representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust under
this Agreement or any related documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, the Seller, AFL, the Servicer and
the Backup Servicer have caused this Sale and Servicing Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
ISSUER:
ARCADIA AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES
TRUST, 1997-B
By MELLON BANK (DE),
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
By /s/ X.X. Xxxx
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Name: X. X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
SELLER:
ARCADIA RECEIVABLES FINANCE CORP.
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
ARCADIA FINANCIAL LTD.
In its individual capacity and as Servicer
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
BACKUP SERVICER:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Acknowledged and Accepted:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
not in its individual capacity but as Indenture Trustee
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
