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EXHIBIT 4.1
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AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
Class A-1 6.89% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2 7.52% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes
Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes
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INDENTURE
Dated as of May 22, 2000
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BANK ONE, N.A.
Trustee and Trust Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE..................................... 3
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.......................................................... 3
SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.................... 11
SECTION 1.3 Rules of Construction................................................ 11
ARTICLE II THE NOTES..................................................................... 11
SECTION 2.1 Form................................................................. 12
SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery............................... 12
SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes...................................................... 12
SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.................. 13
SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes........................... 14
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owner................................................. 15
SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest................ 17
SECTION 2.8 Cancellation......................................................... 17
SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral................................................ 17
SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes..................................................... 18
SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency........................................... 18
SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes..................................................... 18
ARTICLE III COVENANTS.................................................................... 18
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.................................... 18
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................... 19
SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust............................... 19
SECTION 3.4 Existence............................................................ 20
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate........................................... 21
SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate.......................................... 21
SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables................. 22
SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants................................................... 23
SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance.................................... 24
SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms................... 24
SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee.............................................. 26
SECTION 3.12 No Other Business.................................................... 27
SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing......................................................... 27
SECTION 3.14 Servicer's Obligations............................................... 27
SECTION 3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities.................... 27
SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures................................................. 27
SECTION 3.17 Compliance with Laws................................................. 27
SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments.................................................. 27
SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default.......................................... 28
SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts......................................... 28
SECTION 3.21 Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement....... 28
SECTION 3.22 Income Tax Characterization.......................................... 28
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.................................................... 28
SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.............................. 28
SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money........................................... 29
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Note Paying Agent........................ 29
ARTICLE V REMEDIES....................................................................... 30
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default.................................................... 30
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SECTION 5.2 Rights Upon Event of Default............................................ 31
SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee......... 33
SECTION 5.4 Remedies................................................................ 35
SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Receivables................................ 37
SECTION 5.6 Priorities.............................................................. 37
SECTION 5.7 Limitation of Suits..................................................... 38
SECTION 5.8 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest... 38
SECTION 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies...................................... 39
SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................................... 39
SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.......................................... 39
SECTION 5.12 Control by Noteholders.................................................. 39
SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults................................................. 40
SECTION 5.14 Undertaking for Costs................................................... 40
SECTION 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws........................................ 41
SECTION 5.16 Action on Notes......................................................... 41
SECTION 5.17 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations...................... 41
ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST COLLATERAL AGENT....................................... 41
SECTION 6.1 Duties of Trustee....................................................... 41
SECTION 6.2 Rights of Trustee....................................................... 43
SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of Trustee............................................ 45
SECTION 6.4 Trustee's Disclaimer.................................................... 45
SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults...................................................... 45
SECTION 6.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders........................................... 45
SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity.............................................. 45
SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Trustee.................................................. 46
SECTION 6.9 Successor Trustee by Merger............................................. 47
SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........................... 48
SECTION 6.11 Eligibility: Disqualification........................................... 49
SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer........................ 49
SECTION 6.13 Appointment and Powers.................................................. 49
SECTION 6.14 Performance of Duties................................................... 50
SECTION 6.15 Limitation on Liability................................................. 50
SECTION 6.16 Reliance Upon Documents................................................. 50
SECTION 6.17 Successor Trust Collateral Agent........................................ 51
SECTION 6.18 Compensation............................................................ 52
SECTION 6.19 Representations and Warranties of the Trust Collateral Agent............ 52
SECTION 6.20 Waiver of Setoffs....................................................... 53
SECTION 6.21 Control by the Controlling Party........................................ 53
ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS.................................................. 53
SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish To Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders......... 53
SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.............. 53
SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer....................................................... 53
SECTION 7.4 Reports by Trustee...................................................... 54
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES........................................... 54
SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money..................................................... 54
SECTION 8.2 Release of Trust Estate................................................. 55
SECTION 8.3 Opinion of Counsel...................................................... 55
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.......................................................... 55
SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.................. 55
SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders..................... 57
SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.................................... 58
SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture........................................ 58
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SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act............................ 59
SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.................. 59
ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES...................................................... 59
SECTION 10.1 Redemption..................................................... 59
SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice...................................... 60
SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date............................... 61
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS........................................................... 61
SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc...................... 61
SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......................... 63
SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders............................................ 63
SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies.......... 64
SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver................................. 65
SECTION 11.6 [Reserved]..................................................... 65
SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............................. 65
SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....................... 66
SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns......................................... 66
SECTION 11.10 Separability................................................... 66
SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture.......................................... 66
SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays................................................. 66
SECTION 11.13 GOVERNING LAW.................................................. 66
SECTION 11.14 Counterparts................................................... 66
SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture......................................... 66
SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation............................................... 67
SECTION 11.17 No Petition.................................................... 67
SECTION 11.18 Inspection..................................................... 67
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INDENTURE dated as of May 22, 2000, between AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE
RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B, a Delaware business trust (the "Issuer"), and BANK
ONE, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Trust
Collateral Agent (as defined below)
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer's Class A-1 6.89%
Asset Backed Notes (the "Class A-1 Notes"), the Class A-2 7.52% Asset Backed
Notes (the "Class A-2 Notes"), the Class A-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes
(the "Class A-3 Notes") and the Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (the
"Class A-4 Notes" and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and
the Class A-3 Notes, the "Notes").
As security for the payment and performance by the Issuer of its
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer has agreed to assign
the Indenture Collateral (as defined below) as collateral to the Trust
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders.
Financial Security Assurance Inc. (the "Security Insurer") has issued
and delivered a financial guaranty insurance policy, dated the Closing Date
(with endorsements, the "Note Policy"), pursuant to which the Security Insurer
guarantees Scheduled Payments, as defined in the Insurance Agreement.
As an inducement to the Security Insurer to issue and deliver the Note
Policy, the Issuer and the Security Insurer have executed and delivered the
Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2000 (as amended from
time to time, the "Insurance Agreement"), among the Security Insurer, the
Issuer, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., AmeriCredit Corp., AFS Funding
Trust and AFS Funding Corp..
As an additional inducement to the Security Insurer to issue the Note
Policy, and as security for the performance by the Issuer of the Insurer Issuer
Secured Obligations and as security for the performance by the Issuer of the
Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations, the Issuer has agreed to assign the
Collateral (as defined below) as collateral to the Trust Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, as their respective interests may
appear.
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GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Trust Collateral Agent at the Closing
Date, for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, all of the Issuer's right,
title and interest in and to (a) the Initial Receivables; (b) an assignment of
the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to
the Initial Receivables and any Subsequent Receivables and any other interest of
the Issuer in the Financed Vehicles; (c) any proceeds with respect to the
Initial Receivables and the Subsequent Receivables repurchased by a Dealer,
pursuant to a Dealer Agreement, as a result of a breach of representation or
warranty in the related Dealer Agreement; (d) all rights under any Service
Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles; (e) any proceeds with respect to the
Initial Receivables and the Subsequent Receivables from claims on any physical
damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles
or Obligors; (f) the Trust Accounts and all funds on deposit from time to time
in the Trust Accounts, and in all investments and proceeds thereof and all
rights of the Issuer therein (including all income thereon); (g) the Issuer's
rights and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens, under the Purchase
Agreement and each Subsequent Purchase Agreement, including the delivery
requirements, representations and warranties and the cure and repurchase
obligations of AmeriCredit and CP Funding Corp. under the Purchase Agreement;
(h) all items contained in the Receivable Files and any and all other documents
that AmeriCredit keeps on file in accordance with its customary procedures
relating to the Receivables, the Obligors or the Financed Vehicles, (i) the
Issuer's rights and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens, under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement (including all rights of the Seller under the
Purchase Agreement, any Subsequent Purchase Agreement and any Subsequent
Transfer Agreement assigned to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement); and (j) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses of
action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under
and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of
the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit
accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and
every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other
property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the
proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Collateral").
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to the Trust Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and for the benefit
of the Security Insurer. The Trust Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges such
Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture to
the end that the interests of such parties, recognizing the priorities of their
respective interests may be adequately and effectively protected.
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ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein, the
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following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of
this Indenture.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
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"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
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Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect
to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. A Person shall not be
deemed to be an Affiliate of any person solely because such other Person has the
contractual right or obligation to manage such Person unless such other Person
controls such Person through equity ownership or otherwise.
"Authorized Officer" means, with respect to the Issuer and the
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Servicer, any officer or agent acting pursuant to a power of attorney of the
Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, who is authorized to act for the
Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, in matters relating to the Issuer
and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by each of
the Owner Trustee and the Servicer to the Trustee on the Closing Date (as such
list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).
"Basic Documents" means this Indenture, the Certificate of Trust, the
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Trust Agreement, as amended, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Spread
Account Agreement, the Spread Account Agreement Supplement, the Insurance
Agreement, the Assignment and other documents and certificates delivered in
connection therewith.
"Book Entry Notes" means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership
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and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency
as described in Section 2.10.
"Business Day" means (i) with respect to the Note Policy, any day
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other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day on which commercial
banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware, New York, New York, Columbus, Ohio
or Fort Worth, Texas or any other location of any successor Servicer, successor
Owner Trustee or successor Trust Collateral Agent are authorized or obligated by
law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed and (ii) otherwise, a
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
located in the states of Delaware, Texas, New York or Ohio are authorized or
obligated to be closed.
"Certificate" means a trust certificate evidencing the beneficial
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interest of a Certificateholder in the Trust.
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"Certificateholder" means the Person in whose name a Certificate is
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registered on the Certificate Register.
"Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust of the Issuer
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substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Trust Agreement.
"Class A-1 Interest Rate" means 6.89% per annum (computed on the basis
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of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Period).
"Class A-1 Notes" means the Class A-1 6.89% Asset Backed Notes,
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substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
"Class A-1 Prepayment Amount" means, as of the Distribution Date on or
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immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect to
any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to the
Class A-1 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded Amount
as of such Distribution Date.
"Class A-2 Interest Rate" means 7.52% per annum (computed on the basis
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of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
"Class A-2 Notes" means the Class A-2 7.52% Asset Backed Notes,
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substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.
"Class A-2 Prepayment Amount" means, as of the Distribution Date on or
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immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect to
any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to the
Class A-2 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded Amount
as of such Distribution Date.
"Class A-3 Interest Rate" means LIBOR+ 0.14% per annum (computed on
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the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related
Interest Period).
"Class A-3 Notes" means the Class A-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed
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Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3.
"Class A-3 Prepayment Amount" means, as of the Distribution Date on or
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immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect to
any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to the
Class A-3 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded Amount
as of such Distribution Date.
"Class A-4 Interest Rate" means LIBOR+ 0.20% per annum (computed on
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the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related
Interest Period).
"Class A-4 Notes" means the Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed
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Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4.
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"Class A-4 Prepayment Amount" means, as of the Distribution Date on or
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immediately following the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect to
any transfer of Subsequent Receivables on such date, an amount equal to the
Class A-4 Noteholders' pro rata share (based on the respective current
outstanding principal balance of each class of Notes) of the Pre-Funded Amount
as of such Distribution Date.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
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agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
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financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means May 25, 2000.
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
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to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Collateral" has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this
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Indenture.
"Controlling Party" means the Security Insurer, so long as no Insurer
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Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Trustee, for so long as
an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at
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which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered
which office at date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 100 East
Broad Street, 8th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (facsimile number (614) 248-5195)
Attention: Indenture Trust Administration or at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the
Security Insurer, the Servicer and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust
office of any successor Trustee (the address of which the successor Trustee will
notify the Noteholders and the Issuer).
"Default" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of
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time or both would become, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
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"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in the Sale and
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Servicing Agreement.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Executive Officer" means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief
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Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President,
any Executive Vice
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President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such
corporation; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.
"Grant" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, warrant, alienate, remise,
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release, convey, assign, transfer, create, grant a lien upon and a security
interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant
to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or
instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do
and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
"Holder" or "Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is
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registered on the Note Register.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any time, (a)
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indebtedness or liability of such Person for borrowed money whether or not
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other instruments, or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (including trade obligations); (b)
obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which should have been or
should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded
as capital leases; (c) current liabilities of such Person in respect of unfunded
vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; (d) obligations issued
for or liabilities incurred on the account of such Person; (e) obligations or
liabilities of such Person arising under acceptance facilities; (f) obligations
of such Person under any guarantees, endorsements (other than for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business) and other contingent obligations to
purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any Person
or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss; (g) obligations of such Person
secured by any lien on property or assets of such Person, whether or not the
obligations have been assumed by such Person; or (h) obligations of such Person
under any interest rate or currency exchange agreement.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended and supplemented from time
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to time.
"Independent" means, when used with respect to any specified Person,
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that the person (a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon
the Notes, the Seller and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing persons, (b)
does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial
interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of
any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such
other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person
performing similar functions.
"Independent Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be
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delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent under the circumstances described in,
and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1,
prepared by an Independent appraiser or other expert
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appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Trust Collateral Agent in the
exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that
the signer has read the definition of "Independent" in this Indenture and that
the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
"Insurance Agreement Indenture Cross Default" has the meaning
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specified therefor in the Insurance Agreement.
"Insured Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in the Sale and
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Servicing Agreement.
"Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations" means all amounts and obligations
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which the Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Security Insurer
under this Indenture, the Insurance Agreement or any other Basic Document.
"Interest Rate" means, with respect to the (i) Class A-1 Notes, the
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Class A-1 Interest Rate, (ii) Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Interest Rate,
(iii) Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Interest Rate and (iv) Class A-4 Notes, the
Class A-4 Interest Rate.
"Issuer" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
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successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of
any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on
the Notes.
"Issuer Order" and "Issuer Request" means a written order or request
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signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Issuer Secured Obligations" means the Insurer Issuer Secured
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Obligations and the Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations.
"Issuer Secured Parties" means each of the Trustee in respect of the
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Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations and the Security Insurer in respect of the
Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations.
"Note" means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note or a
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Class A-4 Note.
"Note Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the person who
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is the owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing
Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing
Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant,
in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Note Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any other Person that meets
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the eligibility standards for the Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is
authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the
Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, including payment of
principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
"Note Policy" means the insurance policy issued by the Security
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Insurer with respect to the Notes, including any endorsements thereto.
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"Note Policy Claim Amount" has the meaning specified in the Sale and
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Servicing Agreement.
"Note Register" and "Note Registrar" have the respective meanings
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specified in Section 2.4.
"Notice of Claim" has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
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Agreement.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by any Authorized
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Officer of the Owner Trustee, under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 and TIA
(S) 314, and delivered to the Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any
reference in this Indenture to an Officer's Certificate shall be to an Officer's
Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the Issuer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel who
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may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of
or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and, if
addressed to the Security Insurer, satisfactory to the Security Insurer, and
which shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.1, and shall
be in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, and if addressed to the
Security Insurer, satisfactory to the Security Insurer.
"Outstanding" means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
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theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to
the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Note Paying Agent in trust for the Noteholders (provided, however, that if
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such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the
Trustee); and
(iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a
bona fide purchaser;
provided, however, that Notes which have been paid with proceeds of the Note
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Policy shall continue to remain Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture until
the Security Insurer has been paid as subrogee hereunder or reimbursed pursuant
to the Insurance Agreement as evidenced by a written notice from the Security
Insurer delivered to the Trustee, and the Security Insurer shall be deemed to be
the Holder thereof to the extent of any payments thereon made by the Security
Insurer; provided, further, that in determining whether the Holders of the
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requisite Outstanding Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic
Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the
Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be
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protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
either actually knows to be so owned or has received written notice thereof
shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.
"Outstanding Amount" means the aggregate principal amount of all
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Notes, or class of Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at the date of
determination.
"Predecessor Note" means, with respect to any particular Note, every
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previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 in lieu of a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
"Preference Claim" has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
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Agreement.
"Proceeding" means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial
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or administrative proceeding.
"Rating Agency" means each of Moody's and Standard & Poor's, so long
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as such Persons maintain a rating on the Notes; and if either Moody's or
Standard & Poor's no longer maintains a rating on the Notes, such other
nationally recognized statistical rating organization selected by the Seller and
(so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing)
acceptable to the Security Insurer.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
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Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days (or such shorter period as shall be
acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each of the
Rating Agencies shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Security
Insurer, the Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Issuer in writing that such
action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating
of the Notes.
"Record Date" means, with respect to a Distribution Date or Redemption
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Date, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date or Redemption Date.
"Redemption Date" means (a) in the case of a redemption of the Notes
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pursuant to Section 10.1(a) or a payment to Noteholders pursuant to Section
10.1(b), the Distribution Date specified by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant
to Section 10.1(a) or (b) as applicable.
"Redemption Price" means (a) in the case of a redemption of the Notes
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pursuant to Section 10.1(a), an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of
the then outstanding principal amount of each class of Notes being redeemed plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date, or (b)
in the case of a payment made to Noteholders
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pursuant to Section 10.1(b), the amount on deposit in the Note Distribution
Account, but not in excess of the amount specified in clause (a) above.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Trustee or the Trust
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Collateral Agent, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer,
Assistant Secretary, or any other officer of the Trustee or the Trust Collateral
Agent customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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dated as of May 22, 2000, among the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer and the
Trustee as Backup Servicer and Trust Collateral Agent, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Scheduled Payments" has the meaning specified in the Note Policy.
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"State" means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America
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or the District of Columbia.
"Termination Date" means the latest of (i) the expiration of the Note
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Policy and the return of the Note Policy to the Security Insurer for
cancellation, (ii) the date on which the Security Insurer shall have received
payment and performance of all Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and (iii) the
date on which the Trustee shall have received payment and performance of all
Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations.
"Trust Collateral Agent" means, initially, Bank One, N.A., in its
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capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the Issuer Secured Parties, including
its successors-in-interest, until and unless a successor Person shall have
become the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.17 hereof, and
thereafter "Trust Collateral Agent" shall mean such successor Person.
"Trust Estate" means all money, instruments, rights and other property
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that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of
this Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including all property and
interests Granted to the Trust Collateral Agent), including all proceeds
thereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
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as amended and as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically
provided.
"Trustee" means Bank One, N.A., a national banking association, not in
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its individual capacity but as trustee under this Indenture, or any successor
trustee under this Indenture.
"Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations" means all amounts and obligations
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which the Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes.
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"UCC" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform
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Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time
to time.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Trust Agreement.
SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
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Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.3 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
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requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time;
(iii) "or" is not exclusive;
(iv) "including" means including without limitation; and
(v) words in the singular include the plural and words in
the plural include the singular.
ARTICLE II
The Notes
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SECTION 2.1 Form. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class
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A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note
may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto
on the face of the Note.
The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel
engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of
the Notes set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4 are part of the terms of
this Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall
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be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The
signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who
were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Trustee shall, upon receipt of the Note Policy and Issuer Order,
authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of $192,000,000, Class A-2 Notes for original issue in the
aggregate principal amount of $393,000,000, Class A-3 Notes for original issue
in an aggregate principal amount of $275,000,000 and Class A-4 Notes for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $340,000,000. The Class A-1
Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any
time may not exceed such amounts except as provided in Section 2.5.
The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum
denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples thereof (except for one Note of
each class which may be issued in a denomination other than an integral multiple
of $1,000).
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive
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Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or
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otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they
are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this
Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Notes
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The
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Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The
Trustee shall be "Note Registrar" for the purpose of registering Notes and
transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note
Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to
make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note
Registrar, the Issuer will give the Trustee prompt written notice of the
appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the
location, of the Note Register, and the Trustee shall have the right to inspect
the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the
Trustee shall have the right to conclusively rely upon a certificate executed on
behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and
addresses of the Noteholders of the Notes and the principal amounts and number
of such Notes.
Subject to Sections 2.10 and 2.12 hereof, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements of Section 8-401(1)
of the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Trustee
shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Trustee, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any
authorized denominations, of the same class and a like aggregate principal
amount.
At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other
Notes in any authorized denominations, of the same class and a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, subject to Sections
2.10 and 2.12 hereof, if the requirements of Section 8-401(1) of the UCC are met
the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
the Noteholder shall obtain from the Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in the form attached to Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4
duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements
include membership or participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion
Program ("Stamp") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, Stamp,
all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such other
documents as the Trustee may require.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any sale or other
transfer of a Definitive Note, the transferor of such Definitive Note shall be
required to represent and warrant in writing that the prospective transferee
either (a) is not (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")),
which is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (as defined
in section 4975(e)(1) of the Code), which is subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be assets of a
plan described in (i) or (ii) above by reason of such plan's investment in the
entity (any such entity described in clauses (i) through (iii), a "Benefit Plan
Entity") or (b) is a Benefit Plan Entity and the acquisition and holding of the
Definitive Note by such prospective transferee is covered by a Department of
Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption. Each transferee of a Book Entry
Note that is a Benefit Plan Entity shall be deemed to represent that its
acquisition and holding of the Book Entry Note is covered by a Department of
Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.
No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration
of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Note Registrar may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes,
other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.
The preceding provisions of this section notwithstanding, the Issuer
shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar shall not register
transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a
period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the
Note.
SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any
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mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii)
there is delivered to the Trustee and the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing) such security or indemnity as may
be required by it to hold the Issuer, the Trustee and the Security Insurer
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or
the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, and
provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer
shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall
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authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, however, that if
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any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have
become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called
for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may direct the
Trustee, in writing, to pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or
payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the
delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the
original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for
payment such original Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Security Insurer
shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the
Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from
such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such
Person, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost
or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Trustee in connection therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the
Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement
of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for
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registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee, or the Security Insurer may treat the Person in whose
name any Note is registered (as of the Record Date) as the owner of such Note
for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any on
such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be
overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Security Insurer, the Trustee nor any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
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(a) The Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the forms of the
Class A-1 Note, the Class A-2 Note, the Class A-3 Note and the Class A-4 Note
set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively, and such interest
shall be due and payable on each Distribution Date and each Insured Distribution
Date, as specified therein. Any installment of interest or principal, if any,
payable on any Note which is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer
on the applicable Distribution Date or Insured Distribution Date shall be paid
to the Person in
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whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the
Record Date, by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to such Person's
address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date, except that,
unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect
to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the
Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made
by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by
such nominee and except for the final installment of principal payable with
respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or Insured Distribution Date or on
the Final Scheduled Distribution Date (or the Insured Distribution Date which
immediately follows such Final Scheduled Distribution Date)(and except for the
Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a))
which shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such
checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on
each Distribution Date or Insured Distribution Date, as applicable, as provided
in the forms of the Class A-1 Note, the Class A-2 Note, the Class A-3 Note and
the Class A-4 Note set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes
shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Trustee or the
Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the
manner provided in Section 5.2. All principal payments on each class of Notes
shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such class entitled thereto. Upon
written notice from the Issuer, the Trustee shall notify the Person in whose
name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding
the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of
principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed
or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Distribution Date and shall
specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be
presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection
with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section
10.2.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, and
such default is waived by the Controlling Party, the Issuer shall pay defaulted
interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) at the
applicable Interest Rate in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay such defaulted
interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on the immediately following Insured
Distribution Date, and, if such amount is not paid on such following Insured
Distribution Date, then on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be
at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. The Issuer shall fix or
cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date, and, at least
15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each
Noteholder and the Trustee a notice that states the special record date, the
payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
(d) Promptly following the date on which all principal of and interest
on the Notes has been paid in full and the Notes have been surrendered to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall, if the Security Insurer has paid any amount in
respect of the Notes under the Note Policy or otherwise which has not been
reimbursed to it, deliver such surrendered Notes to the Security Insurer.
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SECTION 2.8 Cancellation. Subject to Section 2.7(d), all Notes
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surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall,
if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. Subject to Section 2.7(d), the
Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. Subject to Section 2.7(d), all canceled Notes may
be held or disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its standard retention
or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall timely
direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided
that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed
of by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. The Trust Collateral Agent shall,
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on or after the Termination Date, release any remaining portion of the Trust
Estate from the lien created by this Indenture and deposit in the Collection
Account any funds then on deposit in any other Trust Account. The Trust
Collateral Agent shall release property from the lien created by this Indenture
pursuant to this Section 2.9 only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied
by an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA (S)(S) 314(c) and 314(d)(1)
meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1.
SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original issuance,
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will be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. Such Notes shall initially be
registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive Note
representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the
"Definitive Notes") have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and
the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Holder
of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict
with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this
Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through
the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law
and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or
the Clearing Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Notes
are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency will
make book-entry transfers among the
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Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants;
(v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be
taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing
a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the
Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to
the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note
Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing,
respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in
the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Trustee; and
(vi) Note Owners may receive copies of any reports sent to
Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture, upon written request, together
with a certification that they are Note Owners and payment of
reproduction and postage expenses associated with the distribution of
such reports, from the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
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communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section
2.12, the Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to the Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligation to the Note Owners.
SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (i) the Servicer advises the
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Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Notes, and the
Servicer is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Servicer at its
option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes advise the Trustee through the
Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book entry system through
the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Note Owners, then
the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Trustee of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note
Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the typewritten
Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or
the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and
may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Trustee shall recognize
the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders.
ARTICLE III
Covenants
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SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly
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and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with
the terms of the
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Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer will cause
to be distributed all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account on a
Distribution Date deposited therein pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
(i) for the benefit of the Class A-l Notes, to Class A-1 Noteholders, (ii) for
the benefit of the Class A-2 Notes, to Class A-2 Noteholders, (iii) for the
benefit of the Class A-3 Notes, to Class A-3 Noteholders and (iv) for the
benefit of the Class A-4 Notes, to the Class A-4 Noteholders. Amounts properly
withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of
interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer
to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain
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in Columbus, Ohio, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon
the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer
hereby initially appoints the Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing
purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at
any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall
fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices
and demands.
SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust. On or before each
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Distribution Date, Insured Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer
shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account from the
Collection Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming
due under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto and (unless the Note Paying Agent is the Trustee) shall
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Issuer will cause each Note Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Security Insurer an instrument in
which such Note Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee (and if the Trustee
acts as Note Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of
this Section, that such Note Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due
with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or
any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in
the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the
Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a Note Paying Agent and forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of
Notes if at any time it
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ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Note Paying Agent
at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to
the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any
applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer
Order direct any Note Paying Agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust
by such Note Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same
trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Note Paying Agent; and
upon such a payment by any Note Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Note Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any
money held by the Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust for the payment of
any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust
and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request with the consent of the Security
Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) and
shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Collection Account; and the Holder of
such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the
Issuer), and all liability of the Trustee or such Note Paying Agent with respect
to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that if such
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money or any portion thereof had been previously deposited by the Security
Insurer or the Trust Collateral Agent with the Trustee for the payment of
principal or interest on the Notes, to the extent any amounts are owing to the
Security Insurer, such amounts shall be paid promptly to the Security Insurer
upon the Trustee's receipt of a written request by the Security Insurer to such
effect, and provided, further, that the Trustee or such Note Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the expense of the
Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English
language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation
in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Issuer. The Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense of
the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment
(including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders
whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or
whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is
determinable from the records of the Trustee or of any Note Paying Agent, at the
last address of record for each such Holder).
SECTION 3.4 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by the provisions
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of Section 3.10, the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless
it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the
laws of any other state or of the United States of America, in which case the
Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the
laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification
to do
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business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the
Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer intends the
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security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Issuer
Secured Parties to be prior to all other liens in respect of the Trust Estate,
and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, in favor
of the Trust Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, a
first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Trust
Estate. The Issuer will from time to time prepare (or shall cause to be
prepared), execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and
all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or
advisable to:
(i) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Trust
Estate;
(ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest
(and the priority thereof) in favor of the Trust Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties created by this Indenture or
carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of
any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any of the Collateral;
(v) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the
rights of the Trust Collateral Agent in such Trust Estate against the
claims of all persons and parties; and
(vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon
the Trust Estate when due.
The Issuer hereby designates the Trust Collateral Agent its agent and attorney-
in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or other
instrument required by the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate.
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(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, the
Trust Collateral Agent and the Security Insurer an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with
respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the
execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements, as
are necessary to perfect and make effective the first priority lien and security
interest in favor of the Trust Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Issuer
Secured Parties, created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such
action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is
necessary to make such lien and security interest effective.
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(b) Within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year,
beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than six months after the
Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, Trust Collateral Agent
and the Security Insurer an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the
recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the
execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as
are necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this
Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion
of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security
interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-
recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and
any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such
counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this
Indenture until January 30 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.
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(a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts
not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person
from any of such Person's material covenants or obligations under any instrument
or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
ordered by any bankruptcy or other court or as expressly provided in this
Indenture, the Basic Documents or such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons acceptable to the
Security Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing) to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any
performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Trustee and the
Security Insurer in an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be
action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the
Servicer to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its
obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and
in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including, but
not limited to, preparing (or causing to prepared) and filing (or causing to be
filed) all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be
filed by the terms of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in
accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive,
amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic Document or any provision
thereof without the consent of the Trustee, the Security Insurer or the Holders
of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(d) If a responsible officer of the Owner Trustee shall have actual
knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Security
Insurer and the Rating Agencies thereof in accordance with Section 11.4, and
shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is
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taking in respect of such default. If a Servicer Termination Event shall arise
from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the
Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
(e) The Issuer agrees that it will not waive timely performance or
observance by the Servicer or the Seller of their respective duties under the
Basic Documents (x) without the prior consent of the Security Insurer (unless an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be controlling) or (y) if the effect
thereof would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
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the Issuer shall not:
(i) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or the
Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any
of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in
the Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Controlling Party;
(ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the
principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than
amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert
any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust
Estate; or
(iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture
to be impaired, or permit the lien in favor of the Trust Collateral
Agent created by this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated,
subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be
released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes
under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B)
permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or
other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be
created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust
Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds
thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and other liens that
arise by operation of law, in each case on a Financed Vehicle and
arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related
Obligor), (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a
valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax,
mechanics' or other lien) security interest in the Trust Estate or (D)
amend, modify or fail to comply with the provisions of the Basic
Documents without the prior written consent of the Controlling Party.
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SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will
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deliver to the Trustee and the Security Insurer, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2000), and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of TIA
Section 314(a)(4) an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer
signing such Officer's Certificate, that
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year
and of performance under this Indenture has been made under such
Authorized Officer's supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge, based
on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has
been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant,
specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the
nature and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms.
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(a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
Person, unless
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state
and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Security Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing), the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or
observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided
herein;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
(and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Trustee and the
Security Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing)) to the effect that such transaction will not have
any material adverse tax consequence to the Trust, the Security
Insurer, any Noteholder or the Certificateholder;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and
security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with
this Article III and that all
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conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange
Act); and
(vii) so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Issuer shall have given the Security Insurer written
notice of such conveyance or transfer at least 20 Business Days prior
to the consummation of such action and shall have received the prior
written approval of the Security Insurer of such conveyance or
transfer and the Issuer or the Person (if other than the Issuer)
formed by or surviving such conveyance or transfer has a net worth,
immediately after such conveyance or transfer, that is (a) greater
than zero and (b) not less than the net worth of the Issuer
immediately prior to giving effect to such conveyance or transfer.
(b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer all or substantially all
of its properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to
any Person, unless
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of the Issuer the conveyance or transfer of
which is hereby restricted shall (A) be a United States citizen or a
Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Security Insurer (so long as no
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing), the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this
Indenture and each of the Basic Documents on the part of the Issuer to
be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree
by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and
interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate
to the rights of Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided
in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or
expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and
(E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such
Person (or if a group of persons, then one specified Person) shall
prepare (or cause to be prepared) and make all filings with the
Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange
Act in connection with the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
shall have delivered copies thereof to the Trustee and the Security
Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing)) to the effect that such
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transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the
Trust, the Security Insurer, any Noteholder or the Certificateholder;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and
security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with
this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any
filing required by the Exchange Act); and
(vii) so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Issuer shall have given the Security Insurer written
notice of such conveyance or transfer at least 20 Business Days prior
to the consummation of such action and shall have received the prior
written approval of the Security Insurer of such consolidation or
merger and the Issuer or the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed
by or surviving such consolidation or merger has a net worth,
immediately after such consolidation or merger, that is (a) greater
than zero and (b) not less than the net worth of the Issuer
immediately prior to giving effect to such consolidation or merger.
SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee.
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(a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of
the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10 (b), AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables
Trust 2000-B will be released from every covenant and agreement of this
Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to
the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Trustee stating
that AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2000-B is to be so released.
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SECTION 3.12 No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any
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business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the
Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the Basic Documents
and activities incidental thereto. After the Funding Period, the Issuer shall
not fund the purchase of any additional Receivables.
SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
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guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
Indebtedness except for (i) the Notes, (ii) obligations owing from time to time
to the Security Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and (iii) any other
Indebtedness permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents. The proceeds of
the Notes shall be used exclusively to fund the Issuer's purchase of the
Receivables and the other assets specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
to fund the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account and the Spread
Account and to pay the Issuer's organizational, transactional and start-up
expenses.
SECTION 3.14 Servicer's Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the
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Servicer to comply with Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.10 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities.
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Except as contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture,
the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee
(directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring
another's payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or
indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any
capital contribution to, any other Person.
SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any
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expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets
(either realty or personalty).
SECTION 3.17 Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply with the
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requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would,
individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of
the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any
Basic Document.
SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination
thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security
in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or
otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or
(iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, distributions
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to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Trustee and the Certificateholders as
permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or Trust Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly
or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account
except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic Documents.
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SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default. Upon a responsible officer
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of the Owner Trustee having actual knowledge thereof, the Issuer agrees to give
the Trustee, the Security Insurer and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice
of each Event of Default hereunder and each default on the part of the Servicer
or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
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Trustee or the Security Insurer, the Issuer will execute and deliver such
further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or
proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.21 Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust
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Agreement. The Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to Section 12.1 of the
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Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 10.1 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate
the requirements thereunder that the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes consent
to amendments thereto as provided therein.
SECTION 3.22 Income Tax Characterization. For purposes of federal
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income, state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes, the
Issuer will treat the Notes as indebtedness and hereby instructs the Trustee to
treat the Notes as indebtedness for all applicable tax reporting purposes.
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
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SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
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shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i)
rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments
of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8,
3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.20, 3.21 and 3.22, (v) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Trustee under
Section 6.7 and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2) and (vi) the
rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so
deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Notes, when
(A) either
(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5 and (ii) Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to
the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.3)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Note
Policy has expired and been returned to the Security Insurer for
cancellation; or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
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(i) have become due and payable,
(ii) will become due and payable at their respective Final
Scheduled Distribution Dates within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Trust Collateral Agent cash or direct obligations of or obligations
guaranteed by the United States of America (which will mature prior to
the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation when
due to the Final Scheduled Distribution Date or Redemption Date (if
Notes shall have been called for redemption pursuant to Section
10.1(a)), as the case may be;
(B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all Insurer Issuer
Secured Obligations and all Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations; and
(C) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent and the Security Insurer an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel and if required by the TIA, the Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent
or the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have
occurred and be continuing) an Independent Certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.1(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the
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Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it,
in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Note Paying Agent, as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption
of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and
to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such moneys need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement or required by law.
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Note Paying Agent. In
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connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
the Notes, all moneys then held by any Note Paying Agent other than the Trustee
under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon
demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Trustee to be held and applied according to
Section 3.3 and thereupon such Note Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys.
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ARTICLE V
Remedies
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SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used
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herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when
the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for
a period of five days (solely for purposes of this clause, (x) a
payment due on a Distribution Date shall not be considered "due" until
the immediately following Insured Distribution Date and (y) a payment
on the Notes funded by the Security Insurer or the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the Spread Account Agreement shall be deemed to be a
payment made by the Issuer); or
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of or any
installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and
payable (solely for purposes of this clause, (x) a payment due on a
Distribution Date shall not be considered "due" until the immediately
following Insured Distribution Date and (y) a payment on the Notes
funded by the Security Insurer or the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
Spread Account Agreement, shall be deemed to be a payment made by the
Issuer); or
(iii) so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing, an Insurance Agreement Indenture Cross Default shall
have occurred; provided, however, that the occurrence of an Insurance
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Agreement Cross Default may not form the basis of an Event of Default
unless the Security Insurer shall, upon prior written notice to the
Rating Agencies, have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee and not
rescinded a written notice specifying that such Insurance Agreement
Indenture Cross Default constitutes an Event of Default under the
Indenture; or
(iv) so long as an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, default in the observance or performance of any covenant
or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of
which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), or any
representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in
any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material
respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such
default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or
condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was
incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a
period of 30 days (or for such longer period, not in excess of 90
days, as may be reasonably necessary to remedy such default;
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provided that such default is capable of remedy within 90 days or less
and the Servicer on behalf of the Owner Trustee delivers an Officer's
Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the Issuer has
commenced, or will promptly commence and diligently pursue, all
reasonable efforts to remedy such default) after there shall have been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee
or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, a written notice specifying such
default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(v) so long as an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any
substantial part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the
Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering
the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and such decree
or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(vi) so long as an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under
any applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer
to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial
part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of
action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Security Insurer,
within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an
Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse
of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iii), its status and what
action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.2 Rights Upon Event of Default.
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(a) If an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing
and an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Notes shall
become immediately due and payable at par, together with accrued interest
thereon. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Controlling Party may exercise any of the remedies specified in Section 5.4(a).
In the event of any acceleration of any Notes by operation of this Section 5.2,
the Trustee shall continue to be entitled to make claims under the Note Policy
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement for Scheduled Payments on the
Notes. Payments under the Note Policy following acceleration of any Notes shall
be applied by the Trustee:
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FIRST: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
the amounts due and payable on the Notes for interest; and
SECOND: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal.
(b) In the event any Notes are accelerated due to an Event of
Default, the Security Insurer shall have the right (in addition to its
obligation to pay Scheduled Payments on the Notes in accordance with the Note
Policy), but not the obligation, to make payments under the Note Policy or
otherwise of interest and principal due on such Notes, in whole or in part, on
any date or dates following such acceleration as the Security Insurer, in its
sole discretion, shall elect.
(c) If an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee in its
discretion may, or if so requested in writing by Holders holding Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
declare by written notice to the Issuer that the Notes become, whereupon they
shall become, immediately due and payable at par, together with accrued interest
thereon.
(d) If an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then
at any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Noteholders
representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by written
notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and
its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(A) all payments of principal of and interest on all
Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder
or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to
such acceleration had not occurred; and
(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of
the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereto.
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SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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(a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment
of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such
default continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the
payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when
the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on
such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal,
and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable Interest
Rate and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) Each Issuer Secured Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
appoints the Controlling Party as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such
Issuer Secured Party for so long as such Issuer Secured Party is not the
Controlling Party, with full power of substitution, to execute, acknowledge and
deliver any notice, document, certificate, paper, pleading or instrument and to
do in the name of the Controlling Party as well as in the name, place and stead
of such Issuer Secured Party such acts, things and deeds for or on behalf of and
in the name of such Issuer Secured Party under this Indenture (including
specifically under Section 5.4) and under the Basic Documents which such Issuer
Secured Party could or might do or which may be necessary, desirable or
convenient in such Controlling Party's sole discretion to effect the purposes
contemplated hereunder and under the Basic Documents and, without limitation,
following the occurrence of an Event of Default, exercise full right, power and
authority to take, or defer from taking, any and all acts with respect to the
administration, maintenance or disposition of the Trust Estate.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
in its discretion but with the consent of the Controlling Party and shall, at
the direction of the Controlling Party (except as provided in Section 5.3(d)
below), proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Noteholders by such appropriate Proceedings as the Trustee or the Controlling
Party shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or
in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other
proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture (including, without limitation, Sections 5.4(a), 5.12, 5.13 and 5.17)
and regardless of whether an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, if the Issuer fails to perform its obligations under Section 10.1(b)
hereof when and as due, the Trustee may in its discretion (and without the
consent of the Controlling Party) proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
the rights of the Noteholders by such appropriate proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for
specific performance of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy
or legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law;
provided that the Trustee shall only be entitled to take any such actions
without the consent of the Controlling Party to the extent such actions (x) are
taken only to
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enforce the Issuer's obligations to redeem the principal amount of Notes and (y)
are taken only against the portion of the Collateral, if any, consisting of the
Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, any investments therein
and any proceeds thereof.
(e) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership
interest in the Trust Estate, proceedings under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings
relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount
of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and
to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as
a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) and of the
Noteholders allowed in such proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
vote on behalf of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a
standby trustee or person performing similar functions in any such
proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all
amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of
the Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee,
each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad
faith.
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(f) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding
except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar person.
(g) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, the Spread Account Agreement or under any of the Notes, may be
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the
production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any
such action or Proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to
the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(h) In any Proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture or
the Spread Account Agreement), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the
Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a
party to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.4 Remedies.
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(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Controlling Party may do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.5):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the
Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by
declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect
from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged
due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete
or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust
Estate;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and
take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights
and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes; and
(iv) direct the Trust Collateral Agent to sell the Trust Estate
or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more
public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted
by law; provided, however, that
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(A) if the Security Insurer is the Controlling Party, the Security
Insurer may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate following an
Insurance Agreement Indenture Cross Default unless
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(I) such Insurance Agreement Indenture Cross Default arises
from a claim being made on the Note Policy or from the insolvency
of the Trust or the Seller, or
(II) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable
to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all
amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and
interest; or
(B) if the Trustee is the Controlling Party, the Trustee may not sell
or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default
unless
(I) such Event of Default is of the type described in
Section 5.01(i) or (ii), or
(II) either
(x) the Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes consent thereto,
(y) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation
distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge
in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for
principal and interest, or
(z) the Trustee determines that the Trust Estate will
not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have
become due if the Notes had not been declared due and
payable, and the Trustee provides prior written notice to
the Rating Agencies and obtains the consent of Holders of
66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to
clause (y) and (z), the Trustee may, but need not, obtain and conclusively rely
upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of
national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the
sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
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SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the Trustee
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is the Controlling Party and if the Notes have been declared to be due and
payable under Section 5.2 following an Event of Default and such declaration and
its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Trustee may, but need
not, elect to direct the Trust Collateral Agent to maintain possession of the
Trust Estate. It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that
there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes, and the Trustee shall take such desire into account when
determining whether or not to direct the Trust Collateral Agent to maintain
possession of the Trust Estate. In determining whether to direct the Trust
Collateral Agent to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Trustee may,
but need not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust
Estate for such purpose.
SECTION 5.6 Priorities.
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(a) Following (1) the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section
5.2 or (2) if an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1(i), 5.1(ii), 5.1(iv),
5.1(v) or 5.1(vi) of the Indenture or (3) the receipt of Insolvency Proceeds
pursuant to Section 10.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Distribution Amount, including any money or property collected pursuant to
Section 5.4 of the Indenture and any such Insolvency Proceeds, shall be applied
by the Trust Collateral Agent on the related Distribution Date in the following
order of priority:
FIRST: amounts due and owing and required to be distributed to the
Servicer (provided there is no Servicer Event of Default), the Owner
Trustee, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, Back Up Servicer and the Trust
Collateral Agent, respectively, pursuant to priorities (i) and (ii) of
Section 5.7(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and not previously
distributed, in the order of such priorities and without limitation,
preference or priority of any kind within such priorities;
SECOND: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
the amounts due and payable on the Notes for interest;
THIRD: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal;
FOURTH: amounts due and owing and required to be distributed to the
Security Insurer pursuant to priority (v) of Section 5.7(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and not previously distributed); and
FIFTH: to the Collateral Agent to be applied as provided in the
Spread Account Agreement;
provided that any amounts collected from the Pre-Funding Account or the
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Capitalized Interest Account shall be paid, first, for amounts due and unpaid on
the Notes for principal for
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distribution to Noteholders in accordance with Section 10.1(b) and, second, in
accordance with priorities FIRST through FIFTH above.
(b) The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 5.6. At least 15 days before
such record date the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Trustee a
notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
SECTION 5.7 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have
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any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes have made written request to the Trustee to institute
such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
Proceedings;
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of
a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes; and
(vi) an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Noteholders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided.
In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent
requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Trustee in its
sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken,
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 5.8 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal
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and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the
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Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Note on or
after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and
to
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institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Controlling
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Party or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to
such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter
all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as
though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy
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herein conferred upon or reserved to the Controlling Party or to the Noteholders
is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of
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the Trustee, the Controlling Party or any Holder of any Note to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
V or by law to the Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Noteholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12 Control by Noteholders. If the Trustee is the
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Controlling Party, the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with respect to the Notes
or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided that
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture;
(ii) subject to the express terms of Section 5.4, any direction
to the Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the
Noteholders representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes;
(iii) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been
satisfied and the Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant
to such Section, then any direction to the Trustee by Noteholders
representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes to
sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect;
and
(iv) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;
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action that it determines might involve it in liability or might materially
adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. If an Insurer Default shall
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have occurred and be continuing, prior to the declaration of the acceleration of
the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.4, the Noteholders of not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes may waive any past
Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment
of principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (b) in respect of a covenant
or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed
to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
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agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder's acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to (a)
any suit instituted by the Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder,
or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder
for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
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SECTION 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants
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(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.16 Action on Notes. The Trustee's right to seek and
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recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies
of the Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any
judgment by the Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under
such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of
the Issuer.
SECTION 5.17 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
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(a) Promptly following a request from the Trustee to do so and at the
Servicer's expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the
Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the
Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement in
accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies,
powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed
by the Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of
the Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or
administrative actions or Proceedings to compel or secure performance by the
Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(b) If the Trustee is a Controlling Party and if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may, and, at the written direction
of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, subject
to Article VI, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of
the Issuer against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to
compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller or the Servicer of each
of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request,
notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION 6.1 Duties of Trustee.
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(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and
the Basic Documents to which is
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a Party and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent
person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Indenture; however, the Trustee shall examine the certificates
and opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their face to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.12.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
(e) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture
or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1 and to the provisions of the TIA.
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(h) The Trustee shall, upon two Business Days' prior notice to the
Trustee, permit any representative of the Security Insurer at the expense of the
Trust, during the Trustee's normal business hours, to examine all books of
account, records, reports and other papers of the Trustee relating to the Notes,
to make copies and extracts therefrom and to discuss the Trustee's affairs and
actions, as such affairs and actions relate to the Trustee's duties with respect
to the Notes, with the Trustee's officers and employees responsible for carrying
out the Trustee's duties with respect to the Notes.
(i) The Trustee shall, and hereby agrees that it will, perform all of
the obligations and duties required of it under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(j) The Trustee shall, and hereby agrees that it will, hold the Note
Policy in trust, and will hold any proceeds of any claim on the Note Policy in
trust solely for the use and benefit of the Noteholders.
(k) Without limiting the generality of this Section 6.1, the Trustee
shall have no duty (i) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this
Indenture or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement
evidencing a security interest in the Financed Vehicles, or to see to the
maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any recording,
refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (ii) to see to any insurance of the
Financed Vehicles or Obligors or to effect or maintain any such insurance, (iii)
to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or
levied against any part of the Trust, (iv) to confirm or verify the contents of
any reports or certificates delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture
or the Sale and Servicing Agreement believed by the Trustee to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties, or (v) to inspect
the Financed Vehicles at any time or ascertain or inquire as to the performance
of observance of any of the Issuer's, the Seller's or the Servicer's
representations, warranties or covenants or the Servicer's duties and
obligations as Servicer and as custodian of the Receivable Files under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.
(l) In no event shall Bank One, N.A., in any of its capacities
hereunder, be deemed to have assumed any duties of the Owner Trustee under the
Delaware Business Trust Statute, common law, or the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 6.2 Rights of Trustee.
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(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require
an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the
Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for
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the supervision of, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., or any other such
agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute
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willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion
of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the
Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith
and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture, at
the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders or the Controlling
Party, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Noteholders or
the Controlling Party shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby; provided, however, that the Trustee shall, upon the
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occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured), exercise the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture with reasonable care and skill.
(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper
or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Security Insurer (so
long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) or (if an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) by the Noteholders
evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount thereof; provided,
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costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the
reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Person making
such request, or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be reimbursed by the Person
making such request upon demand.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses on investments
except for losses resulting from the failure of the Trustee to make an
investment in accordance with instructions given in accordance hereunder. If the
Trustee acts as the Note Paying Agent or Note Registrar, the rights and
protections afforded to the Trustee shall be afforded to the Note Paying Agent
and Note Registrar.
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SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its
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individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and
may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. Any Note Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-
registrar or co-Note Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the
Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
SECTION 6.4 Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be
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responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture, the Trust Estate or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for
the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible
for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in
connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication.
SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If an Event of Default occurs and is
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continuing and if it is either known by, or written notice of the existence
thereof has been delivered to, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee
shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default within 90 days after such
knowledge or notice occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of
principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the
mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as a committee of two or more of its Responsible Officers
in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Noteholders.
SECTION 6.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders. The Trustee shall deliver
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to each Noteholder such information as may be reasonably required to enable such
Holder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns.
SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity.
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(a) Pursuant to Section 5.7(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, pay to the Trustee from time
to time compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer
shall cause the Servicer to reimburse the Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including
costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee's, the Backup Servicer's, the Collateral Agent's and
the Trust Collateral Agent's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The
Issuer shall cause the Servicer to indemnify the Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents against any
and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees and expenses)
incurred by each of them in connection with the acceptance or the administration
of this Trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee, Trust
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Backup Servicer shall notify the
Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.
Failure by the Trustee or Trust Collateral Agent to so notify the Issuer and the
Servicer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder or the
Servicer of its obligations under Article XI of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to defend the claim, the Trustee,
Trust Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Backup Servicer may have
separate counsel and the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to pay the fees and
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expenses of such counsel. Neither the Issuer nor the Servicer need reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the
Trustee or Trust Collateral Agent through the Trustee's or Trust Collateral
Agent's own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(b) The Issuer's payment obligations to the Trustee pursuant to this
Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation
or removal of the Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent or the Collateral Agent
or the Backup Servicer. When the Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the Backup Servicer incurs expenses after the occurrence of
a Default specified in Section 5.1(v) or (vi) with respect to the Issuer, the
expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of
the United States Code or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this
Indenture or the Basic Documents, the Trustee agrees that the obligations of the
Issuer (but not the Servicer) to the Trustee hereunder and under the Basic
Documents shall be recourse to the Trust Estate only and specifically shall not
be recourse to the assets of the Certificateholder or any Noteholder. In
addition, the Trustee agrees that its recourse to the Issuer, the Trust Estate,
the Seller and amounts held pursuant of the Spread Account Agreement shall be
limited to the right to receive the distributions referred to in Section 5.7(b)
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any
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time by so notifying the Issuer and the Security Insurer. The Issuer may and, at
the request of the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have
occurred and be continuing) shall, remove the Trustee, if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of
the Trustee in an involuntary case or proceeding under federal or
state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or
any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, shall have entered a decree or order granting relief or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
conservator, sequestrator (or similar official) for the Trustee or for
any substantial part of the Trustee's property, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the Trustee's affairs;
(iii) an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as
now or hereafter in effect, or another present or future federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law is commenced with respect
to the Trustee and such case is not dismissed within 60 days;
(iv) the Trustee commences a voluntary case under any federal
or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted,
or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, or consents to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
conservator, sequestrator (or other similar official) for the Trustee
or for any substantial part of the Trustee's property, or makes any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails generally to pay its
debts as such
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debts become due or takes any corporate action in furtherance of any
of the foregoing; or
(v) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to
herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee acceptable to the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall
not have occurred and be continuing). If the Issuer fails to appoint such a
successor Trustee, the Security Insurer may appoint a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee, the Security Insurer (provided that no
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) and to the Issuer.
Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of the retiring Trustee under this Indenture subject to satisfaction of
the Rating Agency Condition. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Noteholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the
Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.8 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the
outgoing Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Issuer's and the Servicer's obligations under Section 6.7 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 6.9 Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates
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with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its
corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking
association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee. The Trustee shall provide the Rating
Agencies prior written notice of any such transaction.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any
such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at
that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to
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Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor
hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or
in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in
which any part of the Trust may at the time be located, the Trustee with the
consent of the Security Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have
occurred and be continuing) shall have the power and may execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-
trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the
benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust, or any part hereof, and,
subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet
the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice
to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required under Section 6.8 hereof.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-
trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-
trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or
acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in
any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such
separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the
Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason
of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder, including acts
or omissions of predecessor or successor trustees; and
(iii) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-
trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its
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instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may
be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture,
specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, dissolve, become insolvent, become incapable of acting, resign or be
removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall
invest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law,
without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
(e) Any and all amounts relating to the fees and expenses of the co-
trustee or separate trustee will be borne by the Trust Estate.
SECTION 6.11 Eligibility: Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all
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times satisfy the requirements of TIA (S) 310(a). The Trustee shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition and it shall have a long term debt
rating of BBB- or better by the Rating Agencies. The Trustee shall provide
copies of such reports to the Security Insurer upon request. The Trustee shall
comply with TIA (S) 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the
second sentence of TIA (S) 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be
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excluded from the operation of TIA (S) 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures
under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements
for such exclusion set forth in TIA (S) 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The
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Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship
listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13 Appointment and Powers. Subject to the terms and
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conditions hereof, each of the Issuer Secured Parties hereby appoints Bank One,
N.A. as the Trust Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral, and Bank One,
N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to act as Trust Collateral Agent
with respect to the Indenture Collateral for the Issuer Secured Parties, to
maintain custody and possession of such Indenture Collateral (except as
otherwise provided hereunder) and to perform the other duties of the Trust
Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the
other Basic Documents. Each Issuer Secured Party hereby authorizes the Trust
Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf, and to exercise such rights,
remedies, powers and privileges hereunder, as the Controlling Party may direct
and as are specifically authorized to be exercised by the Trust Collateral Agent
by the terms hereof, together with such actions, rights, remedies, powers and
privileges as are reasonably incidental thereto, including, but not limited to,
the execution of any powers of attorney. The Trust Collateral Agent shall act
upon and in compliance with the written instructions of the Controlling Party
delivered pursuant to this Indenture promptly following receipt of such written
instructions; provided that the Trust Collateral Agent shall not act in
accordance with any instructions (i) which are not authorized by, or in
violation of the provisions
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of, this Indenture, (ii) which are in violation of any applicable law, rule or
regulation or (iii) for which the Trust Collateral Agent has not received
reasonable indemnity. Receipt of such instructions shall not be a condition to
the exercise by the Trust Collateral Agent of its express duties hereunder,
except where this Indenture provides that the Trust Collateral Agent is
permitted to act only following and in accordance with such instructions.
SECTION 6.14 Performance of Duties. The Trust Collateral Agent shall
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have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this
Indenture and the other Basic Documents to which the Trust Collateral Agent is a
party or as directed by the Controlling Party in accordance with this Indenture.
The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any discretionary
actions hereunder except at the written direction and with the indemnification
of the Controlling Party. The Trust Collateral Agent shall, and hereby agrees
that it will, subject to this Article, perform all of the duties and obligations
required of it under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 6.15 Limitation on Liability. Neither the Trust Collateral
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Agent nor any of its directors, officers or employees shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder, or in connection
herewith, except that the Trust Collateral Agent shall be liable for its
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; nor shall the Trust Collateral
Agent be responsible for the validity, effectiveness, value, sufficiency or
enforceability against the Issuer of this Indenture or any of the Indenture
Collateral (or any part thereof). Notwithstanding any term or provision of this
Indenture, the Trust Collateral Agent shall incur no liability to the Issuer or
the Issuer Secured Parties for any action taken or omitted by the Trust
Collateral Agent in connection with the Indenture Collateral, except for the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trust Collateral
Agent, and, further, shall incur no liability to the Issuer Secured Parties
except for negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in carrying out its
duties to the Issuer Secured Parties. The Trust Collateral Agent shall be
protected and shall incur no liability to any such party in relying upon the
accuracy, acting in reliance upon the contents, and assuming the genuineness of
any notice, demand, certificate, signature, instrument or other document
reasonably believed by the Trust Collateral Agent to be genuine and to have been
duly executed by the appropriate signatory, and (absent actual knowledge to the
contrary by a Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent) the Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be required to make any independent investigation
with respect thereto. The Trust Collateral Agent shall at all times be free
independently to establish to its reasonable satisfaction, but shall have no
duty to independently verify, the existence or nonexistence of facts that are a
condition to the exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy hereunder or
under any of the Basic Documents. The Trust Collateral Agent may consult with
counsel, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of
the remedial rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to follow any
direction from the Controlling Party or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder unless it
shall have received reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trust
Collateral Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it.
SECTION 6.16 Reliance Upon Documents. In the absence of negligence,
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bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trust Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to conclusively
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rely on any communication, instrument, paper or other document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the
proper Person or Persons and shall have no liability in acting, or omitting to
act, where such action or omission to act is in reasonable reliance upon any
statement or opinion contained in any such document or instrument.
SECTION 6.17 Successor Trust Collateral Agent.
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(a) Merger. Any Person into which the Trust Collateral Agent may be
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converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may
sell or transfer its trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a
whole, or any Person resulting from any such conversion, merger, consolidation,
sale or transfer to which the Trust Collateral Agent is a party, shall (provided
it is otherwise qualified to serve as the Trust Collateral Agent hereunder) be
and become a successor Trust Collateral Agent hereunder and be vested with all
of the title to and interest in the Indenture Collateral and all of the trusts,
powers, discretions, immunities, privileges and other matters as was its
predecessor without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further
act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except to the extent, if any, that any
such action is necessary to perfect, or continue the perfection of, the security
interest of the Issuer Secured Parties in the Indenture Collateral; provided
that any such successor shall also be the successor Trustee under Section 6.9.
(b) Resignation. The Trust Collateral Agent and any successor Trust
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Collateral Agent may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer and the
Security Insurer; provided that the Trust Collateral Agent shall not so resign
unless it shall also resign as Trustee hereunder.
(c) Removal. The Trust Collateral Agent may be removed by the
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Controlling Party at any time (and should be removed at any time that the
Trustee has been removed), with or without cause, by an instrument or concurrent
instruments in writing delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent, the other Issuer
Secured Party and the Issuer. A temporary successor may be removed at any time
to allow a successor Trust Collateral Agent to be appointed pursuant to
subsection (d) below. Any removal pursuant to the provisions of this subsection
(c) shall take effect only upon the date which is the latest of (i) the
effective date of the appointment of a successor Trust Collateral Agent and the
acceptance in writing by such successor Trust Collateral Agent of such
appointment and of its obligation to perform its duties hereunder in accordance
with the provisions hereof, and (ii) receipt by the Controlling Party of an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect described in Section 3.6.
(d) Acceptance by Successor. The Controlling Party shall have the
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sole right to appoint each successor Trust Collateral Agent. Every temporary or
permanent successor Trust Collateral Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Trustee, each Issuer
secured Party and the Issuer an instrument in writing accepting such appointment
hereunder and the relevant predecessor shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
such other documents and instruments as will effectuate the delivery of all
Indenture Collateral to the successor Trust Collateral Agent, whereupon such
successor, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully
vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, duties and obligations
of its predecessor. Such predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written request
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either Issuer Secured Party or the Issuer, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor all the estates, properties, rights and powers of
such predecessor hereunder. In the event that any instrument in writing from the
Issuer or an Issuer Secured Party is reasonably required by a successor Trust
Collateral Agent to more fully and certainly vest in such successor the estates,
properties, rights, powers, duties and obligations vested or intended to be
vested hereunder in the Trust Collateral Agent, any and all such written
instruments shall, at the request of the temporary or permanent successor Trust
Collateral Agent, be forthwith executed, acknowledged and delivered by the
Trustee or the Issuer, as the case may be. The designation of any successor
Trust Collateral Agent and the instrument or instruments removing any Trust
Collateral Agent and appointing a successor hereunder, together with all other
instruments provided for herein, shall be maintained with the records relating
to the Indenture Collateral and, to the extent required by applicable law, filed
or recorded by the successor Trust Collateral Agent in each place where such
filing or recording is necessary to effect the transfer of the Indenture
Collateral to the successor Trust Collateral Agent or to protect or continue the
perfection of the security interests granted hereunder.
SECTION 6.18 Compensation. The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be
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entitled to any compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder other
than the compensation it is entitled to receive in its capacity as Trustee.
SECTION 6.19 Representations and Warranties of the Trust Collateral
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Agent. The Trust Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the Issuer and to
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each Issuer Secured Party as follows:
(a) Due Organization. The Trust Collateral Agent is a national
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banking association and is duly authorized and licensed under applicable law to
conduct its business as presently conducted.
(b) Corporate Power. The Trust Collateral Agent has all requisite
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right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Indenture and to perform
all of its duties as Trust Collateral Agent hereunder.
(c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery by the Trust
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Collateral Agent of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which
it is a party, and the performance by the Trust Collateral Agent of its duties
hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
proceedings and no further approvals or filings, including any governmental
approvals, are required for the valid execution and delivery by the Trust
Collateral Agent, or the performance by the Trust Collateral Agent, of this
Indenture and such other Basic Documents.
(d) Valid and Binding Indenture. The Trust Collateral Agent has
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duly executed and delivered this Indenture and each other Basic Document to
which it is a party, and each of this Indenture and each such other Basic
Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust
Collateral Agent, enforceable against the Trust Collateral Agent in accordance
with its terms, except as (i) such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors'
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rights generally and (ii) the availability of equitable remedies may be limited
by equitable principles of general applicability.
SECTION 6.20 Waiver of Setoffs. The Trust Collateral Agent hereby
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expressly waives any and all rights of setoff that the Trust Collateral Agent
may otherwise at any time have under applicable law with respect to any Trust
Account and agrees that amounts in the Trust Accounts shall at all times be held
and applied solely in accordance with the provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.21 Control by the Controlling Party. The Trust Collateral
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Agent shall comply with notices and instructions given by the Issuer only if
accompanied by the written consent of the Controlling Party, except that if any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trust Collateral
Agent shall act upon and comply with notices and instructions given by the
Controlling Party alone in the place and stead of the Issuer.
ARTICLE VII
Noteholders' Lists and Reports
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SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish To Trustee Names and Addresses of
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Noteholders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
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(a) not more than five days after the earlier of (i) each Record Date and (ii)
three months after the last Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Record
Date, (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30
days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar,
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no such list shall be required to be furnished. The Trustee or, if the Trustee
is not the Note Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Security Insurer in
writing on an annual basis on each June 30 and at such other times as the
Security Insurer may request a copy of the list.
SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to
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Noteholders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
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reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Note
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312(b) with other
Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Notes.
(c) The Issuer, the Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the
protection of TIA (S) 312(c).
SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer.
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(a) The Issuer shall:
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(i) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may
be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file with the Trustee and the Commission in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission
such additional information, documents and reports with respect to
compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
(iii) supply to the Trustee (and the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Noteholders described in TIA (S) 313(c)) such summaries of
any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the
Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.3(a) as may
be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission.
(b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the
Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year.
SECTION 7.4 Reports by Trustee. If required by TIA (S) 313(a),
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within 60 days after each May 31, beginning with May 31, 2000, the Trustee shall
mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA (S) 313(c) a brief report dated as of
such date that complies with TIA (S) 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with
TIA (S) 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall
be filed by the Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on
which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee if and when the
Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE VIII
Accounts, Disbursements and Releases
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SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly
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provided herein, the Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall
receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any
fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or
receivable by the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture and the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee shall apply all such money received by it,
or cause the Trust Collateral Agent to apply all money received by it as
provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture or in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance
under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the Trustee
may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or
performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
proceedings. Any such action shall be without
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prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this
Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.
SECTION 8.2 Release of Trust Estate.
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(a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses and other amounts
pursuant to Section 6.7, the Trust Collateral Agent may, and when required by
the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property
from the lien of this Indenture, in a manner and under circumstances that are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an
instrument executed by the Trust Collateral Agent as provided in this Article
VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Trust Collateral Agent's authority, inquire
into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of
any moneys.
(b) The Trust Collateral Agent shall, at such time as there are no
Notes outstanding and all sums due the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been
paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes
from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person
entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. The Trustee
shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section
8.2(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA) Independent
Certificates in accordance with TIA (S)(S) 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the
applicable requirements of Section 11.1.
SECTION 8.3 Opinion of Counsel. The Trust Collateral Agent shall
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receive at least seven days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any
action pursuant to Section 8.2(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments
involved, and the Trustee shall also require as a condition to such action, an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, stating
the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete
the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such
action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely
impair the security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in
contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such
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Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair
value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without
independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or
other instrument delivered to the Trustee in connection with any such action.
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
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(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with the
consent of the Security Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing) and with prior notice to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer,
as evidenced to the Trustee, the Issuer and the Trustee, when authorized by an
Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the
Trust
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Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at
any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure,
convey and confirm unto the Trust Collateral Agent any property
subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or
to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional property;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the
applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein
and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of
the Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any
property to or with the Trust Collateral Agent;
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental
indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental
indenture; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the
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interests of the Holders of the Notes;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the
appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of
Article VI; or
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar
federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such
other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order,
may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes but with prior
notice to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, as evidenced to the Trustee, enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding
any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that such action
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evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Noteholder.
SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The
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Issuer and the Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior
notice to the Rating Agencies, with the consent of the Security Insurer (unless
an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) and with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding Amount of the
Notes, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding
any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that, subject to
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the express rights of the Security Insurer under the Basic Documents, no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal
of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof,
the interest rate thereon or the Redemption Price with respect
thereto, change the provision of this Indenture relating to the
application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the
Trust Estate to payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, or
change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which,
any Note or the interest thereon is payable, provided, that any change
necessitated by the assumption by the Backup Servicer or other
successor Servicer to the duties of AmeriCredit Financial Services,
Inc., as Servicer, which results in the Distribution Date becoming the
same date as the Insured Distribution Date shall not be considered an
event which requires the consent of the Trustee, the Security Insurer
or any Noteholder;
(ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
the provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds
available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any
such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date);
(iii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is
required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture;
(iv) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the
definition of the term "Outstanding";
(v) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes required to direct the Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or
liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4;
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(vi) modify any provision of this Section except to increase
any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional
provisions of this Indenture or the Basic Documents cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note
affected thereby;
(vii) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such
manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of
interest or principal due on any Note on any Distribution Date or any
Insured Distribution Date (including the calculation of any of the
individual components of such calculation) or to affect the rights of
the Noteholders to the benefit of any provisions for the mandatory
redemption of the Notes contained herein; or
(viii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a
parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the
Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein
or in any of the Basic Documents, terminate the lien of this Indenture
on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of
any Note of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture.
The Trustee may determine whether or not any Notes would be affected
by any supplemental indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive
upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for any such
determination made in good faith.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Trustee shall mail to the
Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a
notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any
such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
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permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article IX or the amendments or modifications thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of
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any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with
respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities
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under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes
shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of
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this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then
in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes
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authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Trustee shall, bear a
notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new
Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Issuer,
to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer
and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Notes.
ARTICLE X
Redemption of Notes
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SECTION 10.1 Redemption.
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(a) The Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at
the direction of the Servicer or the Seller pursuant to Section 10.1(a) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, on any Distribution Date on which the Servicer or
Seller exercises its option to purchase the Trust Estate pursuant to said
Section 10.1(a), for a purchase price equal to the Redemption Price; provided,
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however, that the Issuer has available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption
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Price. The Servicer or the Issuer shall furnish the Security Insurer and the
Rating Agencies notice of such redemption. If the Notes are to be redeemed
pursuant to this Section 10.1(a), the Servicer or the Issuer shall furnish
notice of such election to the Trustee not later than 35 days prior to the
Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee in the Note
Distribution Account the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed whereupon
all such Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date upon the
furnishing of a notice complying with Section 10.2 to each Holder of Notes.
(b) In the event that on the Distribution Date on which the Funding
Period ends (or on the Distribution Date on or immediately following the last
day of the Funding Period, if the Funding Period does not end on a Distribution
Date), the Pre-Funded Amount after giving effect to the purchase of all
Subsequent Receivables, including any such purchase on such Redemption Date, the
Notes will be redeemed in part, on a pro rata basis, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the Class A-1 Prepayment Amount, the Class A-2 Prepayment
Amount, the Class A-3 Prepayment Amount and the Class A-4 Prepayment Amount.
(c) In the event that the assets of the Trust are distributed
pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Trust Agreement, all amounts on deposit in the
Note Distribution Account shall be paid to
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the Noteholders up to the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon. If amounts are to be paid to Noteholders pursuant to
this Section 10.1(c), the Servicer or the Issuer shall, to the extent
practicable, furnish notice of such event to the Trustee not later than 45 days
prior to the Redemption Date whereupon all such amounts shall be payable on the
Redemption Date.
SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice.
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(a) Notice of redemption under Section 10.1(a) shall be given by the
Trustee by facsimile or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or
mailed prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes, as of
the close of business on the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption
Date, at such Holder's address appearing in the Note Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such
Redemption Date is not applicable and that payments shall be made only
upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and the place where such
Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which
shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as
provided in Section 3.2); and
(iv) that interest on the Notes shall cease to accrue on the
Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or
any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or affect the
validity of the redemption of any other Note.
(b) Prior notice of redemption under Section 10.1(b) is not required
to be given to Noteholders.
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SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be
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redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2 (in
the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a)), on the Redemption Date
become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the
Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is
calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
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(a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Trustee or
the Trust Collateral Agent to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee or the Trust Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, and to the Security Insurer if the application or
request is made to the Trust Collateral Agent (i) an Officer's Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of
Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an
Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants meeting the
applicable requirements of this Section, except that, in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or
opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition
and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory,
such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
signatory such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or
securities with the Trust Collateral Agent that is to be made the
basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the
lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any
obligation imposed in Section 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this
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Indenture, furnish to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Security
Insurer an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of
each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90
days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other
property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Security Insurer an Officer's Certificate
certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the
matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver
to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Security Insurer an Independent
Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of
the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities
made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the
commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set
forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and
this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to
any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer
as set forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000
or less than 1% percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Purchased
Receivables or Liquidated Receivables, whenever any property or
securities are to be released from the lien of this Indenture, the
Issuer shall also furnish to the Trust Collateral Agent and the
Security Insurer an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value
(within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities
proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person
the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture
in contravention of the provisions hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Trustee
and the Security Insurer an Officer's Certificate certifying or
stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described
in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Security Insurer an Independent Certificate
as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities
and of all other property other than Purchased Receivables and
Defaulted Receivables, or securities released from the lien of this
Indenture since the commencement of the then current calendar year, as
set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this
clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any
release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set
forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or
less than 1 percent of the then Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this
Section, the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise
dispose of Receivables as and to the extent permitted or required by
the Basic Documents and (B) make
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cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted
or required by the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case
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where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified
by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so
certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or
give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons
as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer
or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of the Servicer, the Seller or the Issuer, stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller
or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or
certificate or report to the Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall
deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as
evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that
the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at
the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the
facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions
precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of
any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article
VI.
SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders.
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(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
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execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any customary manner of the Trustee.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every
Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
(a) The Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if personally delivered, delivered by
overnight courier or mailed certified mail, return receipt requested and shall
be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt to the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, or
(b) The Issuer by the Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if personally delivered, delivered by
overnight courier or mailed certified mail, return receipt requested and shall
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt to the Issuer addressed to:
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2000-B, in care of Bankers Trust
(Delaware), E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Montgomery Building, 1011 Centre
Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805 Attention: Lisa Wilkins, with a copy
to Bankers Trust Company, 4 Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, Attention:
Corporate Trust Agency, or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by Issuer. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received
by it from the Noteholders to the Trustee.
(c) The Security Insurer by the Issuer or the Trustee shall be
sufficient for any purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed by registered mail
or personally delivered or telexed or telecopied to the recipient as follows:
To the Security Insurer: Financial Security Assurance Inc.
350 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Transaction Oversight
Department
Telex No.: (212) 688-3101
Confirmation: (212)826-0100
Telecopy Nos.: (212)339-3518 or
(212) 339-3529
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(In each case in which notice or other communication to the Security Insurer
refers to an Event of Default, a claim on the Note Policy or with respect to
which failure on the part of the Security Insurer to respond shall be deemed to
constitute consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice or other
communication should also be sent to the attention of the General Counsel and
the Head--Financial Guaranty Group "URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.")
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Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the
Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, personally delivered,
delivered by overnight courier or mailed certified mail, return receipt
requested to (i) in the case of Moody's, at the following address: Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10004 and (ii) in
the case of S&P, at the following address: Standard & Poor's, A Division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies, 55 Water Street, 40th Floor, New York, New York 10041,
Attention of Asset Backed Surveillance Department; or as to each of the
foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the
other parties.
SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
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provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such
event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving
of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner here
in provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Trustee but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving
such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies,
failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations
created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or
Event of Default.
SECTION 11.6 [Reserved]
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SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision
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hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
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The provisions of TIA (S)(S) 310 through 317 that impose duties on any
person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or not physically contained herein.
SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
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and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
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this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trust Collateral
Agent in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.10 Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture
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or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. The Security Insurer and its
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successors and assigns shall be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions of
this Indenture, and shall be entitled to rely upon and directly to enforce such
provisions of this Indenture so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, and the Noteholders, and any other party secured
hereunder, and any other person with an Ownership interest in any part of the
Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture. The Security Insurer may disclaim any of its rights and powers
under this Indenture (in which case the Trustee may exercise such right or power
hereunder), but not its duties and obligations under the Note Policy, upon
delivery of a written notice to the Trustee.
SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any
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payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the date an which nominally due, and no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION 11.13 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.14 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
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number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to
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recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be
effected by the Issuer and at
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its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the
Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the
Security Insurer) to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the
protection of the Noteholders or any other person secured hereunder or for the
enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Trustee or the Trust
Collateral Agent under this Indenture or the Collateral Agent under the Spread
Account Agreement.
SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly
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or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Seller, the
Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Trustee on the
Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Seller, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the
Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent
or the Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Seller, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Owner Trustee
have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such
partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by
applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For
all purposes of this Indenture, 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 Article VI, VII and VIII of the
Trust Agreement.
SECTION 11.17 No Petition. The Trustee and the Trust Collateral
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Agent, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by accepting a
Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against
the Seller, or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Seller, or the
Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or
State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to
the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.18 Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable
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prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Trustee or of the
Security Insurer, during the Issuer's normal business hours, to examine all the
books of account, records, reports, and other papers of the Issuer, to make
copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent
certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer's affairs, finances and
accounts with the Issuer's officers, employees, and independent certified public
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall
not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information that is
or becomes publicly known, (ii) disclosure of any and all information (A) if
required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (B) to any
government agency or regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or
oversee any respects of the Trustee's business or that of its affiliates, (C)
pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or
request of any court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which
the Trustee or an
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affiliate or an officer, director, employer or shareholder thereof is a party,
(D) in any preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement or
contract or other document pertaining to the transactions contemplated by the
Indenture approved in advance by the Servicer or the Issuer or (E) to any
independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Trustee
having a need to know the same, provided that the Trustee advises such recipient
of the confidential nature of the information being disclosed, or (iii) any
other disclosure authorized by the Servicer or the Issuer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Trustee have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, hereunto duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B,
By: BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Lisa Wilkins
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Name: Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Vice President
BANK ONE, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee and Trust Collateral Agent
By: /s/ John Rothrock
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Name: John Rothrock
Title: Authorized Signer
[Indenture]
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EXHIBIT A-1
REGISTERED $192,000,000
No. RB-A-1
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO. 03061NCR8
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME
MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
CLASS A-1 6.890% ASSET BACKED NOTE
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2000-B, a business trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO MILLION
DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction the numerator of which is $192,000,000
and the denominator of which is $192,000,000 by (ii) the aggregate amount, if
any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect of principal on the
Class A-1 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire
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unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the June 2001
Insured Distribution Date (the "Final Scheduled Distribution Date"). The Issuer
will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each
Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for
payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from the
most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding
such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from May 25, 2000.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number
of days in the related Interest Period. Such principal of and interest on this
Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and
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private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall
be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and
then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty
insurance policy (the "Note Policy") issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc.
(the "Security Insurer"), pursuant to which the Security Insurer has
unconditionally guaranteed payments of the Noteholders' Interest Distributable
Amount and the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount with respect to each
Distribution Date will be paid on or prior to the related Insured Distribution
Date, all as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Record Date applicable to any Insured Distribution
Date is the Record Date applicable to the related Distribution Date.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth
on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof,
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be
signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set
forth below.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
by
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement
by_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: May 25, 2000 BANK ONE, N.A., not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
by_____________________________
Authorized Signer
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer,
designated as its Class A-1 6.890% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the "Class
A-1 Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated as of May 22, 2000 (such
indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Issuer and Bank One, N.A. , as trustee (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture) and as trust collateral
agent (the "Trust Collateral Agent"), which term includes any successor Trust
Collateral Agent) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.
The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this
Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so
supplemented or amended.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes (together, the "Notes") are and will be equally and ratably
secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the
Indenture.
Principal of the Class A-1 Notes will be payable on each Distribution
Date in an amount described on the face hereof. "Distribution Date" means the
fifth day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, provided that such day for payment shall in no event be
earlier than the third Business Day of the month, commencing July 6, 2000. The
term "Distribution Date," shall be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to the Indenture. As described above,
a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable
on the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable (i) on the date on which
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing so long as an Insurer
Default shall not have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date on which an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes representing at least 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-1 Notes shall be made pro
rata to the Class A-1 Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution
Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in
full payment of this Note, shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose
name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on
the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date, except that
with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee
of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled
thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of
the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be
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submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this
Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any
Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of
any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof
or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be
available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then
remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who
was the Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by
notice mailed prior to such Distribution Date and the amount then due and
payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at
the Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Trustee's
agent appointed for such purposes located in Columbus, Ohio.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at
the Class A-1 Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency
designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include
membership or participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("Stamp") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, Stamp, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents
as the Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any
registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be
required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that
no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee on the Notes or
under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
therewith, against (a) the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner,
the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the General
Partner, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations
in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to
pay any installment or call owing to such entity,
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and (ii) to treat the Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income,
state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Security Insurer and any agent of the
Issuer, the Trustee or the Security Insurer may treat the Person in whose name
this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be
specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Security Insurer and of the
Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Noteholders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note. The Indenture also permits the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the
Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances,
to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the
Noteholders under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, neither Bankers Trust
(Delaware) in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns shall be personally
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liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of
principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to perform, any of
the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and
indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee for the sole purposes of
binding the interests of the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The
Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly
provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of
Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
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nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement
against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and
undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto ________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated________________________/1/ ______________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
_____________________________ ______________________________
_____________________________
/1/ NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT A-2
REGISTERED $393,000,000
No. RB-A-2
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO. 03061NCS6
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME
MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
CLASS A-2 7.520% ASSET BACKED NOTE
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2000-B, a business trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE MILLION
DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction the numerator of which is $393,000,000
and the denominator of which is $393,000,000 by (ii) the aggregate amount, if
any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect of principal on the
Class A-2 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire
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unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the September
2003 Insured Distribution Date (the "Final Scheduled Distribution Date"). The
Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each
Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for
payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from the
most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding
such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from May 25, 2000.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner
specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and
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private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall
be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and
then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty
insurance policy (the "Note Policy") issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc.
(the "Security Insurer"), pursuant to which the Security Insurer has
unconditionally guaranteed payments of the Noteholders' Interest Distributable
Amount and the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount with respect to each
Distribution Date will be paid on or prior to the related Insured Distribution
Date, all as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Record Date applicable to any Insured Distribution
Date is the Record Date applicable to the related Distribution Date.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth
on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof,
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be
signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set
forth below.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
by
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement
by____________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: May 25, 2000 BANK ONE, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
by____________________________
Authorized Signer
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer,
designated as its Class A-2 7.520% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the "Class
A-2 Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated as of May 22, 2000 (such
indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Issuer and Bank One, N.A. , as trustee (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture) and as trust collateral
agent (the "Trust Collateral Agent"), which term includes any successor Trust
Collateral Agent) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.
The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this
Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so
supplemented or amended.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes (together, the "Notes") are and will be equally and ratably
secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the
Indenture.
Principal of the Class A-2 Notes will be payable on each Distribution
Date in an amount described on the face hereof. "Distribution Date" means the
fifth day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, provided that such day for payment shall in no event be
earlier than the third Business Day of the month, commencing July 6, 2000. The
term "Distribution Date," shall be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to the Indenture. As described above,
a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable
on the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable (i) on the date on which
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing so long as an Insurer
Default shall not have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date on which an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes representing at least 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-2 Notes shall be made pro
rata to the Class A-2 Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution
Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in
full payment of this Note, shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose
name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on
the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date, except that
with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee
of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled
thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of
the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be
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submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this
Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any
Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of
any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof
or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be
available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then
remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who
was the Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by
notice mailed prior to such Distribution Date and the amount then due and
payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at
the Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Trustee's
agent appointed for such purposes located in Columbus, Ohio.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at
the Class A-2 Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency
designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include
membership or participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("Stamp") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, Stamp, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents
as the Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any
registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be
required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that
no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee on the Notes or
under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
therewith, against (a) the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner,
the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the General
Partner, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations
in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to
pay any installment or call owing to such entity,
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and (ii) to treat the Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income,
state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Security Insurer and any agent of the
Issuer, the Trustee or the Security Insurer may treat the Person in whose name
this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be
specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Security Insurer and of the
Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Noteholders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note. The Indenture also permits the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the
Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances,
to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the
Noteholders under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, neither Bankers Trust
(Delaware) in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, nor any of their respective partners,
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beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns
shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for,
the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to
perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this
Note or the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants,
obligations and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee for the
sole purposes of binding the interests of the Owner Trustee in the assets of the
Issuer. The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that except as
expressly provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, in the case of an
Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any
of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however,
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that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and
enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities,
obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto ________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated__________________________/1/ _______________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
_______________________________ _______________________________
/1/ NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of
the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT A-3
REGISTERED $275,000,000
No. RB-A-3
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO. 03061NCT4
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME
MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
CLASS A-3 FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTE
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2000-B, a business trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction the numerator of which is $275,000,000
and the denominator of which is $275,000,000 by (ii) the aggregate amount, if
any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect of principal on the
Class A-3 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire
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unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the September
2004 Insured Distribution Date (the "Final Scheduled Distribution Date"). The
Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the floating rate per annum equal to
LIBOR plus 0.14% on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is
paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each
Distribution Date from the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has
been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet
been paid, from May 25, 2000. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-
day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Period. Such
principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on
the reverse hereof.
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The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer
with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on
this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty
insurance policy (the "Note Policy") issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc.
(the "Security Insurer"), pursuant to which the Security Insurer has
unconditionally guaranteed payments of the Noteholders' Interest Distributable
Amount and the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount with respect to each
Distribution Date will be paid on or prior to the related Insured Distribution
Date, all as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Record Date applicable to any Insured Distribution
Date is the Record Date applicable to the related Distribution Date.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth
on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof,
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be
signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set
forth below.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
by
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement
by________________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: May 25, 2000 BANK ONE, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
by________________________________
Authorized Signer
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer,
designated as its Class A-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (herein called the
"Class A-3 Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated as of May 22, 2000 (such
indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Issuer and Bank One, N.A. , as trustee (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture) and as trust collateral
agent (the "Trust Collateral Agent"), which term includes any successor Trust
Collateral Agent) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.
The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this
Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so
supplemented or amended.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes (together, the "Notes") are and will be equally and ratably
secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the
Indenture.
Principal of the Class A-3 Notes will be payable on each Distribution
Date in an amount described on the face hereof. "Distribution Date" means the
fifth day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, provided that such day for payment shall in no event be
earlier than the third Business Day of the month, commencing July 6, 2000. The
term "Distribution Date," shall be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to the Indenture. As described above,
a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable
on the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable (i) on the date on which
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing so long as an Insurer
Default shall not have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date on which an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes representing at least 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-3 Notes shall be made pro
rata to the Class A-3 Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution
Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in
full payment of this Note, shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose
name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on
the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date, except that
with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee
of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled
thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of
the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be
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submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this
Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any
Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of
any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof
or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be
available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then
remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who
was the Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by
notice mailed prior to such Distribution Date and the amount then due and
payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at
the Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Trustee's
agent appointed for such purposes located in Columbus, Ohio.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at
the Class A-3 Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency
designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include
membership or participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("Stamp") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, Stamp, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents
as the Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any
registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be
required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that
no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee on the Notes or
under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
therewith, against (a) the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner,
the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the General
Partner, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations
in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to
pay any installment or call owing to such entity,
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and (ii) to treat the Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income,
state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Security Insurer and any agent of the
Issuer, the Trustee or the Security Insurer may treat the Person in whose name
this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be
specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Security Insurer and of the
Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Noteholders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note. The Indenture also permits the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the
Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances,
to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the
Noteholders under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, neither Bankers Trust
(Delaware) in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, nor any of their respective partners,
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beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns
shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for,
the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to
perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this
Note or the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants,
obligations and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee for the
sole purposes of binding the interests of the Owner Trustee in the assets of the
Issuer. The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that except as
expressly provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, in the case of an
Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any
of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however,
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that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and
enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities,
obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto ________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated___________________/1/ ________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
________________________ ________________________
/1/ NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of
the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT A-4
REGISTERED $340,000,000
No. RB-A-4
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO. 03061NCU1
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME
MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
CLASS A-4 FLOATING RATE ASSET BACKED NOTE
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2000-B, a business trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by
multiplying (i) a fraction the numerator of which is $340,000,000 and the
denominator of which is $340,000,000 by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any,
payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect of principal on the Class
A-4 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire unpaid
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principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the April 2007 Insured
Distribution Date (the "Final Scheduled Distribution Date"). The Issuer will
pay interest on this Note at the floating rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus
0.20% on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made
available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution
Date from the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to
but excluding such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from
May 25, 2000. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the
actual number of days in the related Interest Period. Such principal of and
interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse
hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and
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private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall
be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and
then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty
insurance policy (the "Note Policy") issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc.
(the "Security Insurer"), pursuant to which the Security Insurer has
unconditionally guaranteed payments of the Noteholders' Interest Distributable
Amount and the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount with respect to each
Distribution Date will be paid on or prior to the related Insured Distribution
Date, all as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Record Date applicable to any Insured Distribution
Date is the Record Date applicable to the related Distribution Date.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth
on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof,
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be
signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer as of the date set
forth below.
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2000-B
by
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement
by_______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: May 25, 2000 BANK ONE, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
by_______________________________________
Authorized Signer
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer,
designated as its Class A-4 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (herein called the
"Class A-4 Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated as of May 22, 2000 (such
indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Issuer and Bank One, N.A. , as trustee (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture) and as trust collateral
agent (the "Trust Collateral Agent"), which term includes any successor Trust
Collateral Agent) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.
The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this
Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so
supplemented or amended.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes (together, the "Notes") are and will be equally and ratably
secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the
Indenture.
Principal of the Class A-4 Notes will be payable on each Distribution
Date in an amount described on the face hereof. "Distribution Date" means the
fifth day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, provided that such day for payment shall in no event be
earlier than the third Business Day of the month, commencing July 6, 2000. The
term "Distribution Date," shall be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to the Indenture. As described above,
a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable
on the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable (i) on the date on which
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing so long as an Insurer
Default shall not have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date on which an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes representing at least 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-4 Notes shall be made pro
rata to the Class A-4 Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution
Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in
full payment of this Note, shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose
name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on
the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date, except that
with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee
of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled
thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of
the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be
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submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this
Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any
Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of
any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof
or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be
available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then
remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who
was the Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by
notice mailed prior to such Distribution Date and the amount then due and
payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at
the Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Trustee's
agent appointed for such purposes located in Columbus, Ohio.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at
the Class A-4 Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency
designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include
membership or participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("Stamp") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, Stamp, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents
as the Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any
registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be
required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that
no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee on the Notes or
under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
therewith, against (a) the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner,
the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the General
Partner, the Owner Trustee or the Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Seller, the Servicer, the General Partner, the Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations
in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to
pay any installment or call owing to such entity,
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and (ii) to treat the Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income,
state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Security Insurer and any agent of the
Issuer, the Trustee or the Security Insurer may treat the Person in whose name
this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be
specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Security Insurer and of the
Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Noteholders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note. The Indenture also permits the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the
Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances,
to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the
Noteholders under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, neither Bankers Trust
(Delaware) in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, nor any of their respective partners,
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beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns
shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for,
the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to
perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this
Note or the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants,
obligations and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee for the
sole purposes of binding the interests of the Owner Trustee in the assets of the
Issuer. The Holder of this Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that except as
expressly provided in the Indenture or the Basic Documents, in the case of an
Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any
of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however,
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that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and
enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities,
obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto ________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration
thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated____________________________/1/ ________________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
_________________________________ ________________________________
_______________________________
/1/ NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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