Exhibit 4.11
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Depositor and Administrator
and
CHASE CREDIT CARD OWNER TRUST 2001-4
as Issuer
DEPOSIT
AND
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 1, 2001.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions .....................................................1
SECTION 1.2 Usage of Terms ..................................................1
ARTICLE II
DEPOSIT OF CERTIFICATE
SECTION 2.1 Deposit of Certificate and Initial Deposit ......................1
SECTION 2.2 Closing .........................................................2
SECTION 2.3 Books and Records ...............................................2
SECTION 2.4 Holder of the Series Certificate ................................3
ARTICLE III
DEPOSITOR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties of Depositor .....................3
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 4.1 Duties as Administrator .........................................5
SECTION 4.2 Records ........................................................12
SECTION 4.3 [Reserved] .....................................................12
SECTION 4.4 Additional Information To Be Furnished to Issuer ...............12
SECTION 4.5 Independence of Administrator ..................................12
SECTION 4.6 No Joint Venture ...............................................12
SECTION 4.7 Other Activities of Administrator ..............................12
ARTICLE V
TERMINATION
SECTION 5.1 Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator ....13
SECTION 5.2 Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal ................15
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.1 Notices ........................................................15
SECTION 6.2 Amendments .....................................................16
SECTION 6.3 Protection of Title to Owner Trust .............................17
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SECTION 6.4 Successors and Assigns .........................................18
SECTION 6.5 GOVERNING LAW ..................................................18
SECTION 6.6 Headings .......................................................18
SECTION 6.7 Counterparts ...................................................18
SECTION 6.8 Severability ...................................................18
SECTION 6.9 Not Applicable to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association in Other Capacities ................................18
SECTION 6.10 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee
and Administrator ..............................................18
SECTION 6.11 Third-Party Beneficiary .......................................19
SECTION 6.12 Nonpetition Covenants .........................................19
SECTION 6.13 Liability of Administrator ....................................20
Exhibit A Power of Attorney.
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This DEPOSIT AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2001 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time,
this "Agreement"), is made between CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association having its principal executive
offices located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ("Chase
USA," the "Transferor" or the "Depositor" in its respective capacities as
such), and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee of Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 2001-4, a Delaware common
law trust, as issuer (the "Issuer").
W I T N E S S E T H :
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In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, words and
phrases, unless defined herein or the context otherwise requires, shall have
the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
SECTION 1.2 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms 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 term
"including" means "including without limitation." All references herein to
Articles, Sections, Subsections and Exhibits are references to Articles,
Sections, Subsections and Exhibits contained in or attached to this Agreement
unless otherwise specified, and each such Exhibit is part of the terms of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
DEPOSIT OF CERTIFICATE
SECTION 2.1 Deposit of Certificate and Initial Deposit. (a) In
consideration of the Issuer's delivery of the Notes to and upon the order of
the Depositor, the Depositor does hereby transfer, assign, set-over, pledge
and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (subject to the
Depositor's obligations herein), all right, title, and interest of the
Depositor in, to and under (i) the Series Certificate, and all money,
instruments, investment property and other property (together with all
earnings, dividends, distributions, income, issues, and profits relating
thereto), distributed or distributable in respect of the Series Certificate
pursuant to the terms of
the Series Supplement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after the
Closing Date and (ii) the initial deposit to the Owner Trust Spread Account in
the amount of $8,928,570 on the Closing Date.
This Agreement also shall be deemed to be, and hereby is, a security
agreement within the meaning of the UCC, and the conveyance by the Depositor
provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be and hereby is a grant by
the Depositor to the Issuer of a security interest in and to all of the
Depositor's right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in, to and under all accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper,
instruments, documents, money, deposit accounts, arising from, or relating to
the Series Certificate and the proceeds thereof, to secure the rights of the
Issuer under this Agreement and the obligations of the Depositor hereunder.
The Depositor and the Issuer shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that the security
interest in the Series Certificate created hereunder will be a perfected
security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement.
It is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuer that (a) the
assignment and transfer herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Series
Certificate, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any liens and
encumbrances, from the Depositor to the Issuer and (b) the Series Certificate
not be part of the Depositor's estate in the event of an insolvency of the
Depositor. In the event that such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge to
secure a loan, the Depositor hereby grants to the Issuer a first priority
perfected security interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and
interest in, to and under the Series Certificate, and in all proceeds of the
foregoing, to secure the loan deemed to be made in connection with such pledge
and, in such event, this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law.
(b) To the extent that the Depositor retains any interest in the
Series Certificate, the Depositor hereby grants to the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a security interest in all of
the Depositor's right, title, and interest, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in, to, and under all accounts, general intangibles,
chattel paper, instruments, documents, money, deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit, goods, letters of credit, advices of credit, and
investment property consisting of, arising from, or relating to the
Series Certificate and the proceeds thereof (collectively, the
"Indenture Collateral"), to secure the performance of all of the
obligations of the Depositor under the Indenture and the other Basic
Documents. With respect to the Indenture Collateral, the Indenture
Trustee shall have all of the rights it has under the Indenture and the
other Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall have all of the rights
of a secured creditor under the UCC in New York and the UCC in Delaware.
SECTION 2.2 Closing. The sale of the Series Certificate shall take place
at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, New York, New York on the
Closing Date, simultaneously with the closing of the other transactions
contemplated by the Basic Documents.
SECTION 2.3 Books and Records.
(a) In connection with the transfer, assignment, set-over, pledge
and conveyance set forth in Section 2.1, the Depositor agrees to record
and file, at its own
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expense, any financing statements (and continuation statements with
respect to such financing statements when applicable) required to be
filed with respect to the Series Certificate assigned by the Depositor
hereunder, meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such
manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary under applicable law to
perfect the transfer, assignment, set-over, pledge and conveyance of the
Series Certificate to the Issuer, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of
such financing statements or other evidence of such filings to the Issuer
on or prior to the Closing Date (excluding such continuation and similar
statements, which shall be delivered promptly after filing).
(b) In connection with the transfer, assignment, set-over, pledge
and conveyance hereunder, the Depositor further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the Closing Date to cause the Master Trust
Trustee to register the Issuer as the registered owner of the Series
Certificate.
SECTION 2.4 Holder of the Series Certificate. For so long as the Series
Certificate is pledged to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, the
Indenture Trustee initially shall be deemed to be the holder of the Series
Certificate for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
Series Supplement. To the extent the Series Certificate is sold or otherwise
transferred, subject to the provisions of Section 5.4 of the Indenture and
Section 16 of the Series Supplement, to a third-party in connection with the
sale or liquidation of the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to the provisions of
the Indenture, such transferee shall be deemed to be the holder of the Series
Certificate for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
Series Supplement.
ARTICLE III
DEPOSITOR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties of Depositor. The Depositor
makes the following representations and warranties with respect to the Series
Certificate on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Series Certificate. Such representations and warranties speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the Series Certificate to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Title. It is the intention of the Depositor (i) that the
transfer contemplated in subsection 2.1(a) herein constitute either (A) a
sale of the Series Certificate, or (B) a grant of a valid and continuing
security interest therein from the Depositor to the Issuer which security
interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable against creditors
and purchasers from the Depositor and (ii) to the extent that the
Depositor retains any interest in the Series Certificate after the
transfer contemplated by subsection 2.1(a) herein, that the grant
contemplated in subsection 2.1(b) herein constitute a grant of a
perfected security interest therein from the Depositor to the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and that the
beneficial interest in the title to the Series Certificate not be part of
the debtor's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition
by or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. Other than
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pursuant to this Agreement, the Series Certificate has not been sold,
transferred, assigned or pledged by the Depositor to any Person.
Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the
Depositor owned and had good and marketable title to the Series
Certificate, free and clear of all Liens, claims, rights or encumbrances
of others and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Issuer shall
have good and marketable title to the Series Certificate, free and clear
of all liens, claims, rights or encumbrances of others or a first
priority perfected security interest therein. The Depositor has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements
against the Depositor that include a description of collateral covering
the Series Certificate other than any financing statement relating to the
security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or the security
interest granted by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee. The Depositor
has no actual knowledge of any current statutory or other non-consensual
liens, including any judgment or tax lien filings against the Debtor, to
which the Series Certificate is subject.
(b) Certificated Security. The Series Certificate constitutes a
"certificated security" within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(c) Delivery of Series Certificate. The sole original executed copy
of the Series Certificate has been delivered to the Issuer and has been
registered in the name of the Issuer. The Series Certificate has no marks
or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise
conveyed to any Person other than the Issuer, provided that the Series
Certificate with an undated bond power covering the Series Certificate,
duly executed by the Issuer and endorsed in blank, shall be delivered to
the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall maintain
possession of the Series Certificate for the benefit of the Holders of
the Notes, subject to the terms of the Indenture.
(d) No Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents,
orders or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority
required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Depositor
of this Agreement or any other Basic Document, the performance by the
Depositor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Basic Document and the fulfillment by the Depositor of the terms hereof
and thereof have been obtained or have been completed and are in full
force and effect (other than approvals, authorizations, consents, orders
and other actions which if not obtained or completed or in full force or
effect would not have a material adverse effect on the Depositor or the
Issuer or upon the collectibility of the proceeds from the Series
Certificate or upon the ability of the Depositor to perform its
obligations under this Agreement).
(e) Transfers Comply. Each of (i) the transfer of the Series
Certificate by the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, (ii) the pledge of the Series Certificate by the Depositor to
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) the pledge of the
Series Certificate by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
terms of the Indenture, comply with the provisions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the Series Supplement relating to the transfers
of the Series Certificate.
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(f) All Actions Taken. All actions necessary under the applicable
UCC in any jurisdiction to be taken (i) to give the Issuer a first
priority perfected security interest or ownership interest in the Series
Certificate, and (ii) to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority
perfected security interest therein (including, without limitation, UCC
filings with the Delaware Secretary of State), in each case subject to
any statutory or other non-consensual liens with respect to the Series
Certificate, have been taken. The Depositor has no actual knowledge of
any current statutory or other non-consensual liens to which the Series
Certificate is subject.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 4.1 Duties as Administrator.
(a) Duties with Respect to the Basic Documents. The Administrator agrees
to perform all its duties as Administrator hereunder. The Administrator shall
monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's duties
under the Indenture or with the Owner Trustee's duties under the Trust
Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of
all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions
as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or
deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents or under applicable law (including tax
and securities laws). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall
take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee to take pursuant to this Agreement or the Indenture including, without
limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the
following matters under this Agreement and the Indenture (references are to
sections of the Indenture):
(i) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and
instruments required for authentication of the Notes, if any, and
delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Sections 2.2 and
2.3);
(ii) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give
the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note
Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note
Register and the office or offices where Notes may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange (Section 2.4);
(iii) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal
payment on their Notes (subsection 2.7(h));
(iv) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments,
opinions and certificates and other documents required for the
release of collateral (Section 2.9);
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(v) the preparation of Definitive Notes and arranging the
delivery thereof (Section 2.12);
(vi) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any,
to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the
Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 2.14);
(vii) to select Reference Banks, if necessary, or other banks
from which quotes are obtained for the purpose of determining LIBOR
(Section 2.16);
(viii) the maintenance of an office or agency in the City of
New York for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section
3.2);
(ix) the direction to Paying Agents to pay to the Indenture
Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agents (Section 3.3);
(x) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each
other instrument and agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate
(Section 3.4);
(xi) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing
statements, continuation statements, if any, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of
the Indenture, necessary to protect the Owner Trust Estate (Section
3.5);
(xii) the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing
Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance
with Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Owner Trust Estate, and
the annual delivery of the Officer's Certificate and certain other
statements, in accordance with Section 3.9 of the Indenture, as to
compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(xiii) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an
Officer's Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has
contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture (subsection
3.7(b));
(xiv) the notification of the Indenture Trustee, the Class A
Swap Counterparty and the Note Rating Agencies of a Master Trust
Servicer Default pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and, if such Master Trust Servicer Default arises from the failure
of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available to
remedy such failure (subsection 3.7(d));
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(xv) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments
required for the release of the Issuer from its covenants and
agreements under the Indenture (subsection 3.11(b));
(xvi) the delivery of notice to the Indenture Trustee and the
Class A Swap Counterparty of each Event of Default and each default
by the Depositor under this Agreement (Section 3.18);
(xvii) the taking of such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of the
Indenture or to compel or secure the performance and observance by
the Depositor of its obligations under this Agreement (Sections 3.19
and 5.16);
(xviii) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of
an Officer's Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel
and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(xix) the compliance with any written directive of the
Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the Owner Trust Estate
if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(Section 5.4);
(xx) providing the Indenture Trustee with the information
necessary to deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be
reasonably required to enable such Holder to prepare its United
States federal and state, local income or franchise tax returns
(Section 6.6);
(xxi) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders and
the Class A Swap Counterparty of the removal of the Indenture
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee
(Section 6.8);
(xxii) 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 the Indenture Trustee or any co-trustee or
separate trustee (Sections 6.8 and 6.10);
(xxiii) the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names
and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture
Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1);
(xxiv) the preparation and, after execution by the Issuer, the
filing with the Commission and any applicable state agencies and the
Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a periodic
basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable state
agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to
the Noteholders (Section 7.4);
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(xxv) the obtaining of an Officer's Certificate, Opinion of
Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release
of the Owner Trust Estate as defined in the Indenture (Sections 8.4
and 8.5);
(xxvi) the preparation of Issuer Orders and Issuer Requests and
the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution
of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of
notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1
and 9.2);
(xxvii) the execution of new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.5);
(xxviii) providing the Indenture Trustee with the form of
notice necessary to deliver the notification of Noteholders of
redemption of the Notes (Section 10.2);
(xxix) the preparation of all Officer's Certificates, Opinions
of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests
by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the
Indenture (Section 11.1(a));
(xxx) the preparation and delivery of Officer's Certificates
and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the
release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section
11.1(b));
(xxxi) the preparation and delivery to the Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate
payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6); and
(xxxii) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section
11.15).
(b) Additional Duties.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth
above, the Administrator shall keep all books and records, perform
such calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or
the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other
appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to keep, perform, prepare, file or
deliver pursuant to any of the Basic Documents and at the request of
the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the
duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the
Basic Documents. Subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, and in
accordance with the directions of the Owner Trustee, the
Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance
of such other activities in connection with the Owner Trust Estate
(including the Basic Documents) as are not covered by any of the
foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Owner
Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the
Administrator.
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(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other
Basic Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be
responsible for promptly notifying the Indenture Trustee in the
event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer's payments
(or allocations of income) to a Noteholder. Any such notice shall
specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by
the Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other
Basic Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be
responsible for (A) performance of the duties of the Owner Trustee
and the Issuer set forth in Sections 2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13(d),
5.16, 6.7, 6.10, and 10.1 of the Indenture with respect to, among
other things, accounting and reports to the Certificateholder and
the maintenance of certain accounts and (B) the preparation,
execution and filing of all documents required by tax and securities
laws relating to the Issuer.
(iv) The Administrator may satisfy its obligations with respect
to clauses (ii) and (iii) above by retaining, at the expense of the
Administrator, a firm of independent public accountants (the
"Accountants") acceptable to the Indenture Trustee which shall
perform the obligations of the Administrator thereunder.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the
Administrator specified in Sections 9.2 and 9.3 of the Trust
Agreement required to be performed in connection with the
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, the duties of the
Administrator specified in Section 9.5 of the Trust Agreement
required to be performed in connection with the appointment and
payment of co-Trustees, and any other duties expressly required to
be performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into
transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates;
provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or
dealings shall be in accordance with any directions received from
the Issuer and shall be, in the Administrator's opinion, no less
favorable to the Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated
parties.
(vii) It is the intention of the parties hereto that the
Administrator shall, and the Administrator hereby agrees to, execute
on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall
be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or
deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents. In furtherance thereof, the
Owner Trustee shall, on behalf of itself and of the Issuer, execute
and deliver to the Administrator, and to each successor
Administrator appointed pursuant to the terms hereof, one or more
powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
appointing the Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Owner
Trustee and the Issuer for the purpose of executing on behalf of the
Owner
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Trustee and the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions.
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters. (i) With respect to matters that in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the
Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before
the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Owner
Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall not have withheld
consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding
sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include, without limitation:
(A) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the
compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer
(other than in connection with the collection of the Receivables);
(B) the amendment, change or modification of the Basic Documents;
(C) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents
and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment
of successor Administrators or the consent to the assignment by the Note
Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under
the Indenture; and
(D) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any
payments to the Noteholders or the Certificateholder under the Basic
Documents, (y) sell the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture
other than pursuant to a written directive of the Indenture Trustee or
(z) take any action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take
on its behalf.
(d) Reports by the Administrator. On or prior to each Transfer Date, the
Administrator will provide to the Indenture Trustee for the Indenture Trustee
to forward to each Noteholder of record, and to the Class A Swap Counterparty
and the Owner Trustee, a statement setting forth (to the extent applicable)
the following information as to the Notes with respect to the related Payment
Date or the period since the previous Payment Date, as applicable:
(i) the amount of the Net Swap Payment and the Net Swap Receipt;
(ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to principal of the
Notes;
(iii) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on or
with respect to the Notes;
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(iv) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes after
giving effect to all payments reported under clause (ii) above on such
date; and
(v) the amount, if any, on deposit in the Owner Trust Spread Account
on such Payment Date, after giving effect to all transfers and
withdrawals therefrom and all transfers and deposits thereto on such
Payment Date, and the amount required to be on deposit in the Owner Trust
Spread Account on such date.
Each amount set forth pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) above will be
expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the initial principal balance of
the Notes.
(e) Owner Trust Accounts. The Administrator shall establish and
maintain, (i) in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of
the Noteholders, an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Note Distribution
Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, (ii) in
the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Class C
Noteholders (and, to the extent expressly provided in the Indenture, the
Certificateholder), an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Owner Trust Spread
Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Class C Noteholders and
the Certificateholder, (iii) in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for
the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, an Eligible Deposit Account (the
"Class A Deferred Payment Account"), bearing a designation clearly
indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of
the Class A Noteholders and (iv) in the name of the Indenture Trustee,
for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, an Eligible Deposit Account
(the "Interest Reserve Account" and, together with the Note Distribution
Account, the Owner Trust Spread Account and the Class A Deferred Payment
Account, the "Owner Trust Accounts"), bearing a designation clearly
indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of
the Class A Noteholders and the Class A Swap Counterparty. The Indenture
Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Owner Trust Accounts and in all proceeds
thereof. The Note Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion
and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.
The Owner Trust Spread Account shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class C
Noteholders (and, to the extent expressly provided in the Indenture, the
Certificateholder). The Class A Deferred Payment Account shall be under
the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of
the Class A Noteholders. The Interest Reserve Account shall be under the
sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Class A Noteholders. If, at any time, any Owner Trust Account ceases to
be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Administrator shall notify the
Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee upon being notified (or the
Administrator on its behalf) shall, within 10 Business Days, establish a
new Owner Trust Account which meets the conditions specified in the
definition of Eligible Deposit Account, and shall transfer any cash or
any investments to such new Owner Trust Account. The Indenture Trustee,
at the direction of the Administrator, shall make
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withdrawals from the Owner Trust Accounts from time to time, in the
amounts and for the purposes set forth in the Indenture.
Funds on deposit in any of the Owner Trust Spread Account, the Class A
Deferred Payment Account and the Interest Reserve Account shall be invested at
the direction of the Administrator by the Indenture Trustee or the Paying
Agent in Permitted Investments. The Indenture Trustee shall maintain for the
benefit of the Noteholders and the Series Certificateholder possession of the
negotiable instruments or securities, if any, evidencing such Permitted
Investments. No Permitted Investment shall be disposed of prior to its
maturity.
To the extent so instructed by the Administrator on any Transfer Date,
the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, if the amount on deposit in
the Owner Trust Spread Account is greater than the Required Owner Trust Spread
Account Amount for such Transfer Date, pay the amount of such excess to the
Certificateholder pursuant to the Indenture.
SECTION 4.2 Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books
of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books
of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor at any time during
normal business hours.
SECTION 4.3 [Reserved]
SECTION 4.4 Additional Information To Be Furnished to Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request,
including notification of Noteholders pursuant to Section 4.1(a) hereof.
SECTION 4.5 Independence of Administrator. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not
be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee with respect
to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, as
the case may be, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or
represent the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise
be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 4.6 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
(i) constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) be construed to impose
any liability as such on any of them or (iii) be deemed to confer on any of
them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or
liability on behalf of the others.
SECTION 4.7 Other Activities of Administrator. (a) Nothing herein shall
prevent the Administrator or its affiliates from engaging in other businesses
or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an
administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity
may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
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(b) The Administrator and its affiliates may generally engage in any
kind of business with any person party to a Basic Document, any of its
affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of
any such person or any of its affiliates, without any duty to account
therefor to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 4.8 Net Deposits. As an administrative convenience, so long as
Chase USA is the Administrator and the Certificateholder, the Administrator
will be permitted to make the deposit of amounts with respect to the Series
Certificate for or with respect to any Monthly Period net of distributions to
be made to the Certificateholder with respect to such Monthly Period. The
Administrator, however, will account to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders as if the amounts paid to the Certificateholder
were paid pursuant to the Indenture.
ARTICLE V
TERMINATION
SECTION 5.1 Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
This Agreement shall continue in force until (i) the termination of the Issuer
and (ii) the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with
Section 4.1 of the Indenture, upon which event this Agreement shall
automatically terminate.
(a) Subject to subsections 5.1(d) and (e), the Administrator may
resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer and the Owner Trustee
with at least 60 days' prior written notice.
(b) Subject to subsections 5.1(d) and (e), the Issuer may remove the
Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least
60 days' prior written notice; provided however, that if any Notes are
outstanding at the time of the removal, the Rating Agency Condition shall
have first been satisfied in connection with such removal.
(c) Subject to subsections 5.1(d) and (e), at the sole option of the
Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice
of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the
following events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any
of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such
default, shall not cure such default within 10 days (or, if such
default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten days
such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have
been vacated
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within 60 days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for
the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order
the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent
to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or
any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of
possession by any such official of any substantial part of its
property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clause
(ii) or (iii) of this subsection 5.1(c) shall occur, it shall give written
notice thereof to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Class A Swap Counterparty
and the Indenture Trustee within seven days after the happening of such event.
(d) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this
Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have
been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator shall
have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the
same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
(e) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be
effective only after the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with
respect thereto.
(f) A successor Administrator shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
a written acceptance of its appointment hereunder to the resigning
Administrator and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of
the resigning Administrator shall become effective, and the successor
Administrator shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Administrator under the Indenture. The successor Administrator shall mail
a notice of its succession to the Noteholders and the Certificateholder.
The resigning Administrator shall promptly transfer or cause to be
transferred all property and any related agreements, documents and
statements held by it as Administrator to the successor Administrator and
the resigning Administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments
and do other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly
vesting in the successor Administrator all rights, powers, duties and
obligations hereunder.
(g) In no event shall a resigning Administrator be liable for the
acts or omissions of any successor Administrator hereunder.
(h) In the exercise or administration of its duties hereunder and
under the other Basic Documents, the Administrator may act directly or
through its agents or
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attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the
Administrator shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such
agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected
by the Administrator with due care.
SECTION 5.2 Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly
upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to
subsection 5.1(a) or the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant
to subsection 5.1 (b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall be
entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the
date of such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator shall
forthwith upon termination pursuant to subsection 5.1(a) deliver to the Issuer
all property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the
custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of
the Administrator pursuant to subsection 5.1(b) or (c), respectively, the
Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps
requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of
the Administrator.
SECTION 5.3 Acquisition of Owner Trust Estate. If Chase USA exercises its
option to accept retransfer of the Series Certificate pursuant to Section 4 of
the Series Supplement, the Depositor shall (a) acquire the Series Certificate
and all rights related thereto, which acquisition shall be effective as of the
date on which such retransfer occurs, (b) deliver notice of such acquisition
to the Indenture Trustee on or prior to the related Transfer Date, (c)
deposit, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to Section
10.1 of the Indenture, in the Note Distribution Account on or prior to the
related Transfer Date, an amount equal to the Redemption Price and (d) succeed
to all interests in and to the Issuer.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.1 Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to
Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 2001-4
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square North
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
with a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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if to the Administrator, to
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
if to the Indenture Trustee, to
The Bank of New York
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
if to the Class A Swap Counterparty, to
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: [ ]
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties
in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed
given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or
hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above, except that
notices to the Indenture Trustee are effective only upon receipt.
SECTION 6.2 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time
by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Depositor, with the written consent of the Indenture
Trustee and without the consent of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder,
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided,
however, that a copy thereof shall have been delivered to the Note Rating
Agencies and that such amendment will not (i) as evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate of the Depositor addressed and delivered to the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of any
Noteholder or the Certificateholder or significantly change the purposes and
activities of the Issuer and (ii) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
addressed to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, cause the Issuer to
be classified as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as
a corporation for federal income tax purposes. This Agreement may also be
amended by the Issuer, the Administrator and the Depositor with the written
consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes evidencing a
majority in the Outstanding Amount of the Notes for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of Noteholders or
the Certificateholder; provided, however, that, a copy thereof shall have been
delivered to the Note Rating Agencies and that without the consent of the
holders of all of the Notes then Outstanding, no such amendment may (i)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or
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delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Series Certificate or
distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders
or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Holders of Notes which are
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders
of all the Outstanding Notes.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders pursuant to this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof.
SECTION 6.3 Protection of Title to Owner Trust.
(a) The Depositor shall take all actions necessary and the Issuer
shall cooperate with the Depositor, if applicable, to perfect, and
maintain perfection of, the interests of the Issuer in the Series
Certificate. The Depositor shall execute and file and cause to be
executed and filed such financing statements and continuation statements,
all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to
perfect, maintain, and protect the interest of the Issuer in the Series
Certificate and in the proceeds thereof and the interest of the Indenture
Trustee in the Owner Trust Estate and the proceeds thereof. The Depositor
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such
filing.
(b) The Depositor shall not change its name, identity or corporate
structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing
statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph
(a) above or otherwise seriously misleading within the meaning of
9-402(7) of the UCC (regardless of whether such a filing was ever made),
unless it shall have given the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at
least five days' prior written notice thereof and, if applicable, shall
have timely filed appropriate amendments to any and all previously filed
financing statements or continuation statements (so that the interest of
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee is not adversely affected).
(c) Each of the Depositor and the Administrator shall have an
obligation to give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee 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 (regardless of whether such a filing was ever made)
and shall promptly, if applicable, file any such amendment.
(d) The Administrator shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its
agents at any time following reasonable notice and during normal business
hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the
Administrator's records regarding the Series Certificate.
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(e) The Administrator shall, to the extent required by applicable
law, cause the Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to
Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act within the time
periods specified in such sections.
SECTION 6.4 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by
the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing
by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and subject to satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition with respect thereto. An assignment with such consent and
satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder
in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the
consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to a corporation or other
organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of
assets) to the Administrator, provided that such successor organization
executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to
be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the
Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
SECTION 6.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
SECTION 6.6 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the
meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same
agreement.
SECTION 6.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 6.9 Not Applicable to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association in Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any
obligation Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association may have in any
other capacity.
SECTION 6.10 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee
and Administrator. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, this instrument has been signed by Wilmington Trust Company not in
its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for the Chase Credit Card
Owner Trust 2001-4 and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its
individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability
for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had
solely to the assets of the Issuer.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been signed by The Bank of New York, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall The Bank of
New York have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants,
agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of
which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
(c) No recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer
contained in this Agreement shall be had against any agent of the Issuer
(including the Administrator) as such by the enforcement of any assessment or
by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise;
it being expressly agreed and understood that this Agreement is solely an
obligation of the Issuer as a Delaware common law trust, and that no personal
liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any agent of the Issuer
(including the Administrator), as such, under or by reason of any of the
obligations, covenants or agreements of the Issuer contained in this
Agreement, or implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for
breaches by the Issuer of any such obligations, covenants or agreements,
either at common law or at equity, or by statute or constitution, of every
such agent is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration
for the execution of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.11 Third-Party Beneficiary. Each of the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee is a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement and is
entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions
hereof as if it were a party hereto. The Administrator agrees to compensate
and indemnify the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.12 Nonpetition Covenants.
(a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the
Depositor shall not at any time with respect to the Issuer or the Master
Trust, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer or the
Master Trust to invoke the process of any court or government authority
for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer or
the Master Trust under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law or appointing a receiver, conservator, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer
or the Master Trust or any substantial part of its property, or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the Master
Trust; provided, however, that this subsection 6.12(a) shall not operate
to preclude any remedy described in Article V of the Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the
Issuer shall not at any time with respect to the Master Trust, acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Master Trust to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of
commencing or sustaining a case against the Master Trust under any
Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a
receiver, conservator, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Master Trust or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Master Trust; provided,
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however, that this subsection 6.12(b) shall not operate to preclude any
remedy described in Article V of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.13 Liability of Administrator. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement, the Administrator shall not have any obligations under this
Agreement other than those specifically set forth herein, and no implied
obligations of the Administrator shall be read into this Agreement. Neither
the Administrator nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by
it or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or their
own gross negligence or willful misconduct and in no event shall the
Administrator be liable under or in connection with this Agreement for
indirect, special, or consequential losses or damages of any kind, including
lost profits, even if advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the
form of action by which such losses or damages may be claimed. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Administrator may (a) consult with legal counsel
(including counsel for the Issuer), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel,
accountants or experts and (b) shall incur no liability under or in respect of
this Agreement by acting upon any notice (including notice by telephone),
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by
facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party
or parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
CHASE CREDIT CARD OWNER TRUST 2001-4
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Administrator
By:
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Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and Agreed:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
[Form of Power of Attorney]
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF NEW YORK )
)
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner
trustee ("Owner Trustee") for the Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 2001-4
("Trust"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Administrator under the Administration Agreement (as
defined below), and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys-in-Fact to execute
on behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Trust all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic
Documents (as defined in the Indenture dated as of August 1, 2001 between the
Trust and the Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee), including, without
limitation, to appear for and represent the Owner Trustee and the Trust in
connection with the preparation, filing and audit of federal, state and local
tax returns pertaining to the Trust, and with full power to perform any and
all acts associated with such returns and audits that the Owner Trustee could
perform, including without limitation, the right to distribute and receive
confidential information, defend and assert positions in response to audits,
initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of restriction on
assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of any statutory or
regulatory time limit, and settlements. For the purpose of this Power of
Attorney, the term "Administration Agreement" means the Deposit and
Administration Agreement dated as of August 1, 2001 among Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for the
Trust and Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, as Administrator,
and acknowledged and agreed by The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee, as
such may be amended from time to time.
All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed by
the Owner Trustee are hereby revoked.
EXECUTED this day of [ ], 2001.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee for the Chase Credit Card
Owner Trust 2001-4
By:
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Name:
Title:
