ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.4
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This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2002 (as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
and in effect, this "Agreement"), is by and among MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST
2002-2, a Delaware business trust (the "Issuer"), MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT
OF AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the
"Administrator"), and BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY, a New York
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing [ ]% Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes,
[ ] Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, [ ] Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes, [ ]
Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes, [ ] Class B Asset Backed Notes and [ ] Class
C Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the "Notes") pursuant to the Indenture,
dated as of June 1, 2002 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee (terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the
meaning set forth in, or incorporated by reference into, the Indenture or,
if not defined therein, in the amended and restated trust agreement, dated
as of October 1, 1999, between the Administrator, as beneficiary, and Chase
Manhattan Bank USA, N.A. (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware),
a national banking association, as trustee);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in
connection with the issuance of the Notes and of certain beneficial
interests in the Issuer, including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of June 1, 2002 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among
the Issuer, Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc., as servicer, and
MMCA Auto Receivables Trust, as seller (the "Seller"), (ii) a Letter of
Representations, dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Note Depository
Agreement"), among the Issuer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") relating to the Notes, (iii) the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement and (iv) the Indenture (collectively, the
"Related Agreements");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection with (a)
the Notes and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture
(the "Collateral") and (b) the beneficial interests in the Issuer (the
registered holders of such interests being referred to herein as the
"Certificateholders");
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the
Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional
services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Related
Agreements as the Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time
request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the
services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the
Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Duties of the Administrator.
(a) Duties with Respect to the Related Agreements.
(i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as
Administrator under the Note Depository Agreement. In addition, the
Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the
duties of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Related
Agreements. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the
Issuer and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to
comply with the Issuer's or the Owner Trustee's duties under the
Related Agreements. 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 that it shall be the duty of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant
to the Related Agreements. In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture
including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required
with respect to the following matters under the Indenture (references
are to sections of the Indenture):
(A) causing the Note Register to be kept and notifying the
Indenture Trustee of any appointment of a new Note
Registrar and the location, or change in location, of
the Note Register (Section 2.5);
(B) notifying the Noteholders of the final principal
payment on their Notes (Section 2.8(e));
(C) preparing or obtaining the documents and instruments
required for authentication of the Notes and delivering
the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2);
(D) preparing, obtaining or filing of the instruments,
opinions and certificates and other documents required
for the release of collateral (Section 2.10);
(E) maintaining an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City
of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange
of the Notes (Section 3.2);
(F) causing newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to
deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument
specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in
trust (Section 3.3);
(G) directing the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with
Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee
(Section 3.3);
(H) obtaining and preserving the Issuer's qualification to
do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and
agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section 3.4);
(I) preparing all supplements and amendments to the
Indenture and all financing statements, continuation
statements, instruments of further assurance and other
instruments and taking such other action as is
necessary or advisable to protect the Trust Estate
(Section 3.5);
(J) delivering the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date
and annually delivering Opinions of Counsel as to the
Trust Estate, and annually delivering the Officer's
Certificate and certain other statements as to
compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(K) identifying to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate a Person with whom the Issuer has
contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture
(Section 3.7(b));
(L) notifying the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies
of an Event of Servicing Termination under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and, if such Event of Servicing
Termination arises from the failure of the Servicer to
perform any of its duties under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Receivables, taking all
reasonable steps available to remedy such failure
(Section 3.7(d));
(M) causing the Servicer to comply with Sections 3.7, 3.9,
3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, and 4.9 and Article VII
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.13);
(N) preparing and obtaining documents and instruments
required for the conveyance or transfer of any of the
Issuer's properties or assets (Section 3.10(b));
(O) delivering written notice to the Indenture Trustee and
the Rating Agencies of each Event of Default under the
Indenture and each default by the Issuer, the Servicer
or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
by the Seller or Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America,
Inc. under the Purchase Agreement, or by the Swap
Counterparty under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement
(Section 3.18);
(P) monitoring the Issuer's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and
preparing an Officer's Certificate and obtaining the
Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate
relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(Q) delivering to the Noteholders and the Note Owners any
Officer's Certificate received from the Issuer
regarding the default in the observance or performance
of any material covenant or agreement of the Issuer
made in the Indenture or the breach of any
representation or warranty of the Issuer made in the
Indenture or in any certificate or other writing
delivered pursuant to the Indenture (Sections 5.1 and
7.4(b));
(R) complying with any written direction of the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate at
one or more public or private sales called and
conducted in any manner permitted by law if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section
5.4);
(S) preparing and delivering notice to the Noteholders of
the removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointing a
successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8);
(T) preparing 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 (Section 6.10);
(U) furnishing the Indenture Trustee with the names and
addresses of the Noteholders during any period when the
Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section
7.1);
(V) preparing and, after execution by the Issuer, filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any applicable state agencies and the
Indenture Trustee, 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
transmitting such summaries, as necessary, to the
Noteholders (Section 7.3);
(W) delivering to the Noteholders of Officer's Certificates
and reports, if any, delivered to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.10 and 3.11 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (Section 7.4);
(X) opening one or more accounts in the Issuer's name,
preparing and delivering Issuer Orders, Officer's
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and all other
actions necessary with respect to investment and
reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections
8.2 and 8.3);
(Y) preparing an Issuer Request and Officer's Certificate
and obtaining an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the
Trust Estate (Sections 8.4 and 8.5);
(Z) preparing Issuer Orders and obtaining Opinions of
Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental
indentures and mailing to the Noteholders and to the
Rating Agencies notices with respect to such
supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3);
(AA) executing and delivering new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.6);
(BB) notifying the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of
redemption of the Notes or causing the Indenture
Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.1);
(CC) preparing and delivering all Officer's Certificates and
Opinions of Counsel and obtaining any 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));
(DD) preparing and delivering Officer's Certificates and
obtaining any Independent Certificates necessary for
the release of property from the lien of the Indenture
(Section 11.1(b));
(EE) notifying the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the
Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the
information required pursuant to Section 11.4 of the
Indenture (Section 11.4);
(FF) preparing and delivering to the Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee any agreements with respect to
alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6);
(GG) recording the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15);
and
(HH) preparing Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.13).
(ii) The Administrator will:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the
Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with any provision of the Indenture
(including the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its agents for, and
hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
their part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the transactions
contemplated by the Indenture, including the reasonable
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of their powers or duties under the
Indenture; and
(D) indemnify the Owner Trustee (in its individual and
trust capacities) and its agents for, and hold them
harmless against, any losses, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the transactions contemplated by the
Trust Agreement, including the reasonable costs and
expenses of defending themselves against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of their powers or duties under the
Trust Agreement.
(b) Duties with Respect to the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
(i) Promptly following the early termination of the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement due to a Termination Event or an Event of Default
(as such terms are defined in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement)
(unless the Indenture Trustee is selling or liquidating the Trust
Estate), the Administrator agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause
the Issuer to enter into a replacement interest rate swap agreement on
terms similar to those of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement with an
eligible swap counterparty. If and to the extent any Swap Termination
Payments that are received from the Swap Counterparty are to be
applied as an initial payment to a replacement Swap Counterparty, the
Administrator shall direct the Indenture Trustee to retain such
amounts and shall provide the Indenture Trustee with written
instructions regarding the application and payment of such amounts.
(ii) If the Swap Counterparty is required to collateralize
the Interest Rate Swap transaction, the Administrator shall send
written instructions to the Indenture Trustee to establish individual
collateral accounts and to hold any securities deposited therein in
trust and invest any cash amounts therein in accordance with the
provisions of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
(iii) The Administrator shall notify the Indenture Trustee
of the occurrence or existence of a default, event of default or
similar condition or event with respect to any credit support provider
for the Swap Counterparty.
(iv) The Administrator shall notify the Swap Counterparty of
any proposed amendment or supplement to this Agreement or to any of
the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Trust Agreement. If such proposed amendment or
supplement would adversely affect any of the Swap Counterparty's
rights or obligations under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement or modify
the obligations of, or impair the ability of the Issuer to fully
perform any of its obligations under, the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement, the Administrator shall obtain the consent of the Swap
Counterparty prior to the adoption of such amendment or supplement,
provided, the Swap Counterparty's consent to any such amendment or
supplement shall not be unreasonably withheld, and provided further,
the Swap Counterparty's consent will be deemed to have been given if
the Swap Counterparty does not object in writing within 10 Business
Days of receipt of a written request for such consent and in
accordance with the terms of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
(v) At least five days prior to the effective date of any
proposed amendment or supplement to the Interest Rate Swap Agreement,
the Administrator shall provide the Rating Agencies with a copy of the
amendment or supplement. Unless the amendment or supplement clarifies
any term or provision, corrects any inconsistency, cures any
ambiguity, or corrects any typographical error in the Interest Rate
Swap Agreement, an amendment or supplement to the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement will be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition.
(c) Additional Duties.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth
above, the Administrator shall perform such calculations and shall
prepare or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons
of, and shall execute on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee,
all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and
opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements or
Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement, and at the request of the Owner
Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Related
Agreements. In furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall, on behalf
of itself and of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the 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 Trustee and the Issuer all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions. Subject to
Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the directions of
the Owner Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or
supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with
the Collateral (including the Related Agreements) as are not covered
by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by
the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the
Administrator. Such responsibilities shall include obtaining and
maintaining any licenses required to be obtained or maintained by the
Issuer under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act. In
addition, the Administrator shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing of any amendment to the
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act that would affect the
duties or obligations of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
under any Basic Document and shall assist the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in obtaining and maintaining any licenses required to be
obtained or maintained by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
thereunder. In connection therewith, the Administrator shall cause the
Seller to pay all fees and expenses under such Act.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
Related Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be
responsible for promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that
any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer's payments (or
allocations of income) to a Certificateholder as contemplated in
Section 5.2(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any such notice shall specify
the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner
Trustee pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
Related Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be
responsible for performing the duties of the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee set forth in Section 5.2(b) and (c), Section 5.5(a), (b), (c),
(d) and (e), the second paragraph of Section 5.5 and Section 5.6(a) of
the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting
and reports to the Certificateholders.
(iv) The Administrator will provide, prior to July 15, 2002,
a certificate of a Responsible Officer in form and substance
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee as to whether any tax withholding is
then required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with
respect thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code. The
Administrator shall be required to update the letter in each instance
that any additional tax withholding is subsequently required or any
previously required tax withholding shall no longer be required.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the
Administrator specified in Section 10.2 of the Trust Agreement
required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be
performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement or any other
Related Agreement.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its
other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter
into transactions or otherwise deal with any of its affiliates;
provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings
shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuer
and shall be, in the Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the
Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
(d) 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 amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer
and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit
brought by or against the Issuer (other than in
connection with the collection of the Receivables or
Permitted Investments);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related
Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor
Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant
to the Indenture or the appointment of successor
Administrators or Successor Servicers, or the consent
to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent
or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the
Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(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 under the Related Agreements
or (y) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator
not to take on its behalf.
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 and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal
business hours.
3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and, as reimbursement for
its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $500
per month which shall be solely an obligation of the Seller.
4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably
request.
5. Independence of the 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, 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.
6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
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) shall be construed
to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to
confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur
any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
7. Other Activities of Administrator. 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.
8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution
of the Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically
terminate.
(b) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may
resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least 60 days'
prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the
Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least 60
days' prior written notice; provided, however, that in the event the
Servicer is removed as the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement upon the occurrence of a Event of Servicing
Termination, the Servicer shall be simultaneously removed as Administrator
hereunder.
(d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), 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, it such
default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within 10 days
such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter
a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have
been vacated within 60 days, in respect of the 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, 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
clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8 shall occur, it shall give
written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
within seven days after the happening of such event.
(e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to
this Section shall be effective until a successor Administrator shall have
been appointed by the Issuer and 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.
(f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be
effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with
respect to the proposed appointment.
(g) Subject to Section 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator
acknowledges that upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall immediately
resign and such Successor Servicer shall automatically become the
Administrator under this Agreement.
9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon
the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the
removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), the
Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable
expenses accruing to it to this date of such termination, resignation or
removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant
to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or
relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the
event of the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or
the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), 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.
10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
(a) if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:
MMCA Auto Owner Trust 2002-2
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Department
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the Administrator, to:
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(c) If to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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.
11. Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written
amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Administrator and
the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the Owner Trustee and
the consent of the Certificateholder (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld) but without the consent of the Noteholders, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement in order to: (i) cure
any ambiguity, to revise, correct or supplement any provisions herein, (ii)
enable the transfer to the Issuer of all or any portion of the Receivables
to be derecognized under GAAP, (iii) enable the transfer to the Issuer of
all or any portion of the Receivables to be derecognized by MMCA under
GAAP, (iv) enable the Issuer to avoid becoming a member of the Servicer's
consolidated group under GAAP or (v) enable the Transferor or any Affiliate
of the Transferor or any of their Affiliates to otherwise comply with or
obtain more favorable treatment under any law or regulation or any
accounting rule or principle; provided that such amendment will not, as set
forth in an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any
Noteholder or Certificateholder; provided, further, that no such amendment
shall be inconsistent with the derecognition of the Receivables by MMCA
under GAAP or cause the Issuer to become a member of MMCA's consolidated
group under GAAP. This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a group, and the holders of
Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Balance 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 Certificateholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment may increase or reduce in any manner the
amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on
Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or reduce the aforesaid
percentages of the holders of Notes and Certificates which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all
the outstanding Notes and Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Administrator may not amend this Agreement without the consent of the
Seller, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Upon any proposed amendment or supplement to this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 11, if such proposed amendment or supplement would
adversely affect any of the Swap Counterparty's rights or obligations under
the Interest Rate Swap Agreement or modify the obligations of, or impair
the ability of the Issuer to fully perform any of its obligations under,
the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, then the Administrator shall obtain the
consent of the Swap Counterparty prior to the adoption of such amendment or
supplement, provided the Swap Counterparty's consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, and provided, further, the Swap Counterparty's
consent will be deemed to have been given if the Swap Counterparty does not
object in writing within 10 Business Days of receipt of a written request
for such consent and in accordance with the terms of the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement.
12. 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 the satisfaction
of the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. Any assignment without
such consent and satisfaction shall be null and void. 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.
13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF
LAWS PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW),
AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
14. Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the
meaning, construction or affect of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
17. Not Applicable to Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. in
Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. may have in any capacity other
than as Administrator under this Agreement.
18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture
Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
this instrument has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company not in
its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the
Issuer 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. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the
performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner
Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
this Agreement has been countersigned by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust
Company not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and
in no event shall Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company 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.
19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Owner 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.
20. Successor Servicer and Administrator. The Administrator shall
undertake, as promptly as possible after the giving of notice of
termination to the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the provisions
of Section 8.2 with respect to the appointment of a successor Servicer.
Such successor Servicer shall, upon compliance with the last sentence of
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, become the successor
Administrator hereunder; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee
shall become such successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee shall not
be required to perform any obligations or duties or conduct any activities
as successor Administrator that would be prohibited by law and not within
the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee. In such event, the
Indenture Trustee may appoint a sub-administrator to perform such
obligations and duties.
21. No Petition; Subordination; Claims Against Seller.
(a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the
Seller, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of
any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Issuer under any Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, (x)
the Issuer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
termination of this Agreement with respect to the Seller, acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the process of
any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Seller under any Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Seller; (y) any claim that the Issuer,
the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may have at
any time against the Subtrust Assets of any Subtrust unrelated to the
Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables, and any claim that they may
have at any time against the Seller that they may seek to enforce against
the Subtrust Assets of any Subtrust unrelated to the Notes, the
Certificates or the Receivables, shall be subordinate to the payment in
full, including post-petition interest, in the event that the Seller
becomes a debtor or debtor in possession in a case under any applicable
Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or otherwise subject to any insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation, rehabilitation or other similar proceedings, of the claims of
the holders of any Securities related to such unrelated Subtrust and the
holders of any other notes, bonds, contracts or other obligations that are
related to such unrelated Subtrust and (z) the Issuer, the Administrator,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee hereby irrevocably make the
election afforded by Title 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code Section 1111(b)(1)(A)(i)
to secured creditors to receive the treatment afforded by Title 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Code Section 1111(b)(2) with respect to any secured claim that they
may have at any time against the Depositor. The obligations of the Seller
under this Agreement are limited to the related Subtrust and the related
Subtrust Assets.
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2002-2
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By: __________________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: __________________________________________
Name:
Title:
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT OF AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrator
By: __________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF DELAWARE }
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COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust Company, a
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner
trustee (the "Owner Trustee") for MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST _____ (the
"Issuer"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Mitsubishi Motors
Credit of America, Inc., in its capacity as administrator under the
Administration Agreement dated as of ________, _____ (the "Administration
Agreement"), among the Issuer, Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, as the
same may be amended from time to time, and its agents and attorneys, as
Attorneys-in-Fact to execute on behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer
all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and
opinions as it should be the duty of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements, or pursuant to
Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement, including, without limitation, to
appear for and represent the Owner Trustee and the Issuer in connection
with the preparation, filing and audit of Federal, state and local tax
returns pertaining to the Issuer, and with full power to perform any and
all acts associated with such returns and audits that the Owner Trustee
could perform, including without limitation, the right to distribute and
receive confidential information, defend and assert positions in response
to audits, initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of
restrictions on assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of
any statutory or regulatory time limit, and settlements.
All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or
executed by the Owner Trustee are hereby revoked.
Capitalized terms that are used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Administration Agreement.
EXECUTED this ___ day of __________, _____.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF DELAWARE }
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COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared ____________________, known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instruments, and acknowledged to me that he/she
signed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
Sworn to before me this ____
day of __________, _____.
Notary Public - State of Delaware
