EXHIBIT 4.4
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2001 (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
2001-1, 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:
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 and [ ]% Class B Asset Backed
Notes (collectively, the "Notes") pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of [
], 2001 (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 Sale and Servicing
Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture or 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 [ ], 2001 (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 [ ], 2001 (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, and (iii) the
Indenture (the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement
and the Indenture being referred to hereinafter collectively as 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 3.14);
(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 and by the Seller or Mitsubishi
Motors Credit of America, Inc. under the Purchase Agreement
(Section 3.19);
(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);
(A2) notifying the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of
redemption of the Notes or causing the Indenture Trustee to provide
such notification (Section 10.1);
(B2) 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));
(C2) 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));
(D2) 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);
(E2) preparing and delivering to the Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee any agreements with respect to alternate payment
and notice provisions (Section 11.6);
(F2) recording the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15);
and
(G2) 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) 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 [ ], 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.
(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 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 sixty (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
sixty (60) days' prior written notice.
(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 ten (10) days (or, it such default
cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten (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 sixty (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 (7)
days after the happening of such event.
(e) 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.
(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 2001-1
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Department
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the Administrator, to:
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
Attention: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(c) If to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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. 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 but without the consent of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders, 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
Certificateholders; 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. 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 (i) 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 (ii) 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.
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, 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.
IN 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 2001-1
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT
OF AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrator
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
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 2001-1 (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 [ ], 2001 (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 [ ], 2001.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
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Name:
Title:
STATE OF DELAWARE }
}
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 [ ], 2001.
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Notary Public - State of Delaware
