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EXHIBIT 4.3
FORM OF SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
TOYOTA AUTO RECEIVABLES 200_-_ OWNER TRUST
as Issuer,
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
as Seller,
and
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION,
as Servicer
Dated as of of o
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of o, among TOYOTA AUTO
RECEIVABLES 200_-_ OWNER TRUST, a [Delaware] business trust (the "Issuer"),
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a California corporation ("TMCRC"
or the "Seller"), and TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, a California corporation
("TMCC" or the "Servicer").
WHEREAS the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables
arising in connection with retail installment sales contracts secured by new or
used automobiles and light duty trucks generated by Toyota Motor Credit
Corporation in the ordinary course of business and sold to the Seller;
WHEREAS the Seller is willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer;
and
WHEREAS the Servicer is willing to service such receivables;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
"Accounts" means the Collection Account, the Payahead Account, the
Yield Maintenance Account, if any, and the Reserve Fund.
"Actual Payment" means, with respect to a Receivable and a Collection
Period, all payments received by the Servicer from or for the account of the
related Obligor on such Receivable during such Collection Period (and, in the
case of the first Collection Period, all payments received by the Servicer from
or for the account of such Obligor since the Cutoff Date through the last day of
such Collection Period), net of any Supplemental Servicing Fees attributable to
such Receivable. Actual Payments do not include Applied Payments Ahead.
"Actuarial Receivable" means any Receivable which provides for the
allocation of payments according to the "actuarial" method.
"Additional Yield Maintenance Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount by which the Required Yield Maintenance Amount
exceeds the Yield Maintenance Amount.
"Administrative Purchase Payment" means, with respect to a Distribution
Date and to (1) an Administrative Receivable which is a Precomputed Receivable
purchased by the Seller or the Servicer as of the end of the related Collection
Period, (a) the sum of (i) all Scheduled Payments on such Receivable due after
the last day of such Collection Period (plus the portion of the Yield
Maintenance Amount attributable to such Receivable, if any), (ii) an amount
equal to any reimbursement of Outstanding Advances made pursuant to Section
5.04(b) with respect to such
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Receivable (plus all Outstanding Advances made in respect of such Receivable, in
the case of an Administrative Purchase Payment made by the Seller) and (iii) all
past due Scheduled Payments for which an Advance has not been made, minus (b)
any Rebate paid to the Obligor on such Receivable on or prior to the date of
such purchase and (2) an Administrative Receivable which is a Simple Interest
Receivable purchased by the Seller or the Servicer during the related Collection
Period, the sum of (a) the unpaid principal balance owed by the Obligor in
respect of such Receivable plus (b) interest on such unpaid principal balance at
a rate equal to the sum of the [Class B Pass Through Rate] [or specify other
rate] and the Servicing Fee Rate to the last day in the related Collection
Period.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement dated as
of o, among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
"Administrative Receivable" means a Receivable which the Servicer is
required to purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 or 4.08 or which the Seller or the
Servicer has elected to purchase pursuant to Section 9.01.
"Administrator" means TMCC, or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.
"Advance" means a Precomputed Advance or Simple Interest Advance.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
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 term "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Net Losses" means, with respect to a Collection Period, an
amount equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that became
Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period minus all Net Liquidation
Proceeds collected during such Collection Period with respect to Defaulted
Receivables.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
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 term "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Net Losses" means, with respect to a Collection Period, an
amount equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that became
Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period minus all Net Liquidation
Proceeds collected during such Collection Period with respect to Defaulted
Receivables.
"Agreement" means this Sale and Servicing Agreement among the Toyota
Auto Receivables 200_-_ Owner Trust, as Issuer, TMCRC, as seller, and TMCC, as
servicer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
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"Amount Financed" in respect of a Receivable means the aggregate amount
advanced under such Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed
Vehicle and any related costs, including but not limited to accessories,
insurance premiums, service and warranty contracts and other items customarily
financed as part of retail automobile and/or light duty truck installment sale
contracts.
"Annual Percentage Rate" or "APR" of a Receivable means the annual rate
of finance charges specified in such Receivable.
"Applied Payment Ahead" means, with respect to a Precomputed Receivable
and a Collection Period as to which (a) the Actual Payment is less than the
Scheduled Payment and (b) a Deferred Prepayment is on deposit in the Payahead
Account, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such Deferred Prepayment and (ii)
the amount by which the Scheduled Payment exceeds the Actual Payment.
"Available Interest" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
total of the following amounts allocable to interest received by the Servicer on
or in respect of the Receivables during the related Collection Period (in the
case of the Precomputed Receivables, computed in accordance with the actuarial
method and in the case of the Simple Interest Receivables, computed in
accordance with the simple interest method): (a) the sum of the interest
component of (i) all collections on or in respect of all Receivables other than
Defaulted Receivables (including Scheduled Surplus, Prepayment Surplus and the
interest portion of Applied Payments Ahead, but otherwise excluding Payments
Ahead), (ii) the Yield Maintenance Deposit, (iii) all Net Liquidation Proceeds,
(iv) all Advances made by the Servicer, (v) all Warranty Purchase Payments and
(vi) all Administrative Purchase Payments, less (b) the sum of all (i) amounts
received on or in respect of a particular Receivable (other than a Defaulted
Receivable) to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding Interest Advances in
respect of such Receivable and (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a
particular Receivable to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding Interest
Advances in respect of such Receivable.
"Available Principal" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
total of the following amounts allocable to principal received by the Servicer
on or in respect of the Receivables during the related Collection Period (in the
case of the Precomputed Receivables, computed in accordance with the actuarial
method and in the case of the Simple Interest Receivables, computed in
accordance with the simple interest method): (a) the sum of the principal
component of all (i) collections on or in respect of all Receivables other than
Defaulted Receivables (including the principal portion of Applied Payments Ahead
but otherwise excluding Payments Ahead), (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds, (iii)
Advances made by the Servicer, (iv) Warranty Purchase Payments, and (v)
Administrative Purchase Payments, less (b) an amount equal to all (i) amounts
received on or in respect of a particular Receivable (other than a Defaulted
Receivable) to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding Principal Advances in
respect of such Receivable, and (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a
particular Receivable to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding Principal
Advances in respect of such Receivable.
"Basic Documents" means the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Trust
Agreement, the Certificate of Trust, this Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the
Certificate Depository Agreement [, the
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Collateral Security Agreement] and the other documents and certificates
delivered in connection herewith and therewith.
"Basic Servicing Fee" means the fee payable to the Servicer on each
Distribution Date, calculated pursuant to Section 4.09, for services rendered
during the related Collection Period, which shall be equal to one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance as of the first day of the
related Collection Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the
Original Pool Balance.
"Book-Entry Certificates" and "Book-Entry Notes" mean, respectively,
beneficial interests in Certificates or Notes, as the case may be, ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in the Trust Agreement and the Indenture, respectively.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Los Angeles, California
are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be
closed.
"Certificates" has the meaning assigned in the Trust Agreement.
"Certificate Balance" means the Initial Certificate Balance, reduced by
all amounts allocable to principal previously distributed to Certificateholders.
"Certificateholders" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Certificateholders' Distributable Amount" means, with respect to a
Distribution Date, the sum of the Certificateholders' Principal Distributable
Amount and the Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount with respect to
such Distribution Date.
"Certificateholder Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to
any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Certificateholders'
Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date and any outstanding
Certificateholders Interest Carryover Shortfall from the immediately preceding
Distribution Date plus interest on such outstanding Certificateholder Interest
Carryover Shortfall, to the extent permitted by law, at the Pass Through Rate
from such immediately preceding Distribution Date through the current
Distribution Date, over (y) the amount of interest distributed to the
Certificateholders on such Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount", consisting of one
month's interest at the Pass Through Rate on the Certificate Balance as of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of
principal made on such immediately preceding Distribution Date) or, in the case
of the first Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Balance.
"Certificateholders' Principal Distributable Amount"
"Certificateholder Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect
to any Distribution Date occurring (i) after the Distribution Date on which the
principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero or (ii) in o, will
equal the excess of the Certificateholder' Principal Distributable Amount plus
any outstanding Certificateholder Principal Carryover Shortfall with respect to
one or more prior Distribution Dates over the amount of principal that the
holders of
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the Certificateholders actually received on such Distribution Date and, with
respect to any other Distribution Date, zero.
"Certificateholders' Percentage" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of
which is the Certificate Balance, and (b) the denominator of which is the sum of
the Outstanding Amount plus the Certificate Balance, in each case prior to the
making of any deposits, withdrawals or distributions on such Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Principal Distributable Amount" means, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the Certificateholders' Percentage of the
following items: (a) in the case of Precomputed Receivables, the principal
portion of all Scheduled Payments due during the related Collection Period,
computed in accordance with the actuarial method, (b) in the case of Simple
Interest Receivables, the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments actually
received during the related Collection Period, (c) the principal portion of all
Prepayments on Simple Interest Receivables and prepayments in full of
Precomputed Receivables received during the related Collection Period (to the
extent such amounts are not included in clauses (a) and (b) above) and (d) the
Principal Balance of each Receivable that the Servicer became obligated to
purchase, the Seller became obligated to repurchase or that became a Defaulted
Receivable during the related Collection Period (to the extent such amounts are
not included in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above).
"Certificate Pool Factor" means, as of the close of business on the
last day of a Collection Period, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the
Certificate Balance (after giving effect to any reductions therein to be made on
the immediately following Distribution Date) divided by the Initial Certificate
Balance. The Certificate Pool Factor will be 1.0000000 as of the Closing Date;
thereafter, the Certificate Pool Factor will decline to reflect reductions in
the Certificate Balance.
"Charge-off Rate" means, with respect to a Collection Period, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Aggregate Net
Losses for such Collection Period, and the denominator of which is the average
of (i) the aggregate Principal Balance on the last day of the Collection Period
immediately preceding such Collection Period and (ii) the aggregate Principal
Balance on the last day of such Collection Period; such quotient is then
multiplied by twelve to arrive at an annualized percentage.
"Class" means any one of the classes of Notes.
"Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date" means the Distribution
Date in o.
"Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Class A-1 Interest
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date and any outstanding Class A-1
Interest Carryover Shortfall from the immediately preceding Distribution Date
plus interest on such outstanding Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the
extent permitted by law, at the Class A-1 Rate from such immediately preceding
Distribution Date through the current Distribution Date, over (y) the amount of
interest distributed to the Class A-1 Noteholders on such Distribution Date.
"Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount" means the amount of interest
accrued during the related Collection Period on the outstanding principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes at the Class A-1 Rate as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (after giving effect to
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distributions of principal made on such immediately preceding Distribution Date)
or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the initial principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes as of the Closing Date.
"Class A-1 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-1 Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date on which the Class A-1 Notes are outstanding, the excess of
the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount plus any outstanding Class A-1
Principal Carryover Shortfall with respect to one or more prior Distribution
Dates over the amount of principal that the holders of the Class A-1 Notes
actually received on such Distribution Date.
"Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date" means the Distribution
Date in o.
"Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Class A-2 Interest
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date and any outstanding Class A-2
Interest Carryover Shortfall from the immediately preceding Distribution Date
plus interest on such outstanding Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the
extent permitted by law, at the Class A-2 Rate from such immediately preceding
Distribution Date through the current Distribution Date, over (y) the amount of
interest distributed to the Class A-2 Noteholders on such Distribution Date.
"Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount" means the amount of interest
accrued during the related Collection Period on the outstanding principal amount
of the Class A-2 Notes at the Class A-2 Rate as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of principal made on
such immediately preceding Distribution Date) or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, on the initial principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes as of
the Closing Date.
"Class A-2 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-2 Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date on which the Class A-2 Notes are outstanding, the excess of
the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount plus any outstanding Class A-2
Principal Carryover Shortfall with respect to one or more prior Distribution
Dates over the amount of principal that the holders of the Class A-2 Notes
actually received on such Distribution Date.
"Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date" means the Distribution
Date in o.
"Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Class A-3 Interest
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date and any outstanding Class A-3
Interest Carryover Shortfall from the immediately preceding Distribution Date
plus interest on such outstanding Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the
extent permitted by law, at the Class A-3 Rate from such immediately preceding
Distribution Date through the current Distribution Date, over (y) the amount of
interest distributed to the Class A-3 Noteholders on such Distribution Date.
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"Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount" means the amount of interest
accrued during the related Collection Period on the outstanding principal amount
of the Class A-3 Notes at the Class A-3 Rate as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of principal made on
such immediately preceding Distribution Date) or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, on the initial principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes as of
the Closing Date.
"Class A-3 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
"Class A-3 Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date on which the Class A-3 Notes are outstanding, the excess of
the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount plus any outstanding Class A-3
Principal Carryover Shortfall with respect to one or more prior Distribution
Dates over the amount of principal that the holders of the Class A-3 Notes
actually received on such Distribution Date.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
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 .
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder..
["Collateral Security Agreement" means the Collateral Security
Agreement dated o, by and among the Seller, the Servicer, [third party] and the
Owner Trustee, as collateral agent, pursuant to which [third party] has conveyed
the property and proceeds of the Yield Maintenance Account to the Owner Trustee
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders as described in Section
5.01(a).]
"Collection Account" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Collection Period" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the period of time since
the Cutoff Date through the end of the calendar month immediately preceding the
month in which such first Distribution Date occurs).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
successor thereto.
"Current Receivable" means each Receivable that is not a Defaulted
Receivable or a Liquidated Receivable.
"Cutoff Date" means .
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"Dealer" means the dealer of automobile and/or light duty trucks who
sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and assigned the Receivable relating
to such Financed Vehicle to TMCC under an existing agreement between such dealer
and TMCC.
"Dealer Recourse" means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse
rights against the Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any successor
Dealer.
"Defaulted Receivable" means a Receivable (other than an Administrative
Receivable or a Warranty Receivable) as to which (i) all or any part of a
Scheduled Payment is o or more days past due and the Servicer has not
repossessed the related Financed Vehicle, or (ii) the Servicer has, in
accordance with its customary servicing procedures, determined that eventual
payment in full is unlikely and either repossessed and liquidated the related
Financed Vehicle or repossessed and held the related Financed Vehicle in its
repossession inventory for 90 days, whichever occurs first.
"Definitive Certificates" and "Definitive Notes" shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Trust Agreement and the Indenture,
respectively.
"Deferred Prepayment" means, with respect to a Precomputed Receivable
and a Collection Period, the aggregate amount, if any, of Payments Ahead
remitted to the Servicer in respect of such Receivable during one or more prior
Collection Periods and currently held by the Servicer or in the Payahead
Account.
"Delinquency Percentage" means, with respect to a Collection Period,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
(i) all outstanding Receivables 61 days or more delinquent (after taking into
account permitted extensions) as of the last day of such Collection Period,
determined in accordance with the Servicer's normal practices, plus (ii) all
repossessed Financed Vehicles that have not been liquidated (to the extent the
related Receivable is not otherwise reflected in clause (i) above), and the
denominator of which is the aggregate number of Current Receivables on the last
day of such Collection Period.
"Delivery" means, when used with respect to the Reserve Fund:
(i) with respect to certificated securities, bankers'
acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable
certificates of deposit and other obligations that
constitute "instruments" within the meaning of
Section 9-105(1)(i) of the UCC and are susceptible of
physical delivery (collectively, "Physical
Property"), transfer thereof to the Relevant Trustee
or its financial intermediary as defined in Section
8-313(4) of the UCC (a "Financial Intermediary") in
accordance with Sections 8-313(1)(a), 8-313(1)(d)(i)
or 8-313(1)(g) of the UCC, and evidence that any such
Physical Property that is in registrable form has
been registered in the name of the Relevant Trustee,
its Financial Intermediary, its custodian or its
nominee;
(ii) with respect to any Reserve Fund property that is a
book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve
System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations,
the following procedures, all in accordance with
applicable law, including applicable federal
regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: (A)
book-entry registration of such property to an
appropriate book-entry account
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maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by the
Relevant Trustee or by a custodian and issuance to
the Relevant Trustee or to such custodian, as the
case may be, of a deposit advice or other written
confirmation of such book-entry registration, (B) the
making by any such custodian of entries in its books
and records identifying such book-entry security held
through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
federal book-entry regulations as belonging to the
Relevant Trustee and indicating that such custodian
holds such Reserve Fund property solely as agent for
the Relevant Trustee, and the making by the Relevant
Trustee of entries in its books and records
establishing that it holds such Reserve Fund property
solely as Relevant Trustee pursuant to Section 5.01,
and (C) such additional or alternative procedures as
may hereafter become necessary to effect complete
transfer of ownership of any such Reserve Fund
property to the Relevant Trustee, consistent with
changes in applicable law or regulations or the
interpretation thereof; and
(iii) with respect to any Reserve Fund property that is an
uncertificated security under Article 8 of the UCC
and that s not governed by clause (ii) above,
registration of the transfer to, and ownership of
such Reserve Fund property by, the Relevant Trustee,
its Financial Intermediary, its custodian or its
nominee by the issuer of such Reserve Fund.
"Depositor" means the Seller in its capacity as Depositor under the
Trust Agreement.
"Determination Date" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
o calendar day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Distribution Date" means, with respect to a Collection Period, the o
calendar day of the following calendar month, or if such day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing o.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors.
"Duff & Phelps" means Duff & Phelps Inc., and its successors.
"Eligible Deposit Account" means either (a) a segregated account with
an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate
trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of
Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust
powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any
of the securities of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from
each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories that signifies
investment grade.
"Eligible Institution" means (a) the corporate trust department of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or (b) a depository institution organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof
or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which
(i) has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of "AA-" or better by
Standard & Poor's and "Aa3" or better by Moody's or (B) an account or accounts
in which funds will be held therein for 30 days or less which are maintained
with a depository institution or trust
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company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated "A-1+" or
better by Standard & Poor's or if not rated by Standard & Poor's then otherwise
approved by Standard & Poor's and rated "P-1" or better by Moody's, or if not
rated by Moody's then otherwise approved by Moody's, and (ii) whose deposits are
insured by the FDIC. If so qualified, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
may be considered an Eligible Institution for the purposes of clause (b) of this
definition.
"Eligible Investments" means, at any time, any one or more of the
following obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by FNMA
or any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico then rated the highest available credit rating of each Rating
Agency for such obligations;
(iii) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued
by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, so long as
at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such
investment either the long-term unsecured debt of such corporation has the
highest available rating from each Rating Agency for such obligations or the
commercial paper or other short-term debt which is then rated has the highest
available credit rating of each Rating Agency for such obligations;
(iv) certificates of deposit issued by any depository
institution or trust company (including the Relevant Trustee) incorporated under
the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, the District of Columbia
or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and subject to supervision and examination by
banking authorities of one or more of such jurisdictions, provided that the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or trust
company is then rated the highest available rating of each Rating Agency for
such obligations;
(v) certificates of deposit issued by any bank, trust company,
savings bank or other savings institution and fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) repurchase obligations held by the Relevant Trustee that
are acceptable to such trustee with respect to any security described in clauses
(i), (ii) or (vii) hereof or any other security issued or guaranteed by any
other agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case entered
into with a federal agency or a depository institution or trust company (acting
as principal) described in clause (iv) above;
(vii) interests in any closed-end management type investment
company or investment trust (a) registered under the Investment Company Act, the
portfolio of which is limited to the obligations of, or guaranteed by, the
United States and to agreements to repurchase such obligations, which
agreements, with respect to principal and interest, are at least 100%
collateralized by such obligations marked to market on a daily basis and the
investment company or investment trust shall take delivery of such obligations
either directly or through an independent custodian designated in accordance
with the Investment Company Act and (b)
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acceptable to each Rating Agency (as approved in writing by each Rating Agency)
as collateral for securities having ratings equivalent to the rating of the
Rated Certificates on the Closing Date;
(viii) money market funds, including, without limitation, [the
VISTA(SM) Money Market Funds, so long as such funds are rated Aaa by Moody's (so
long as Moody's is a Rating Agency) and AAAm by Standard & Poor's (so long as
Standard & Poor's is a Rating Agency)], and any other fund for which the
Relevant Trustee or an Affiliate of the Relevant Trustee serves as an investment
advisor, administrator, shareholder servicing agent and/or custodian or
subcustodian, provided that any shares of such funds have a credit rating of at
least Aaa by Moody's (so long as Moody's is a Rating Agency) and AAAm by
Standard & Poor's (so long as Standard & Poor's is a Rating Agency) and
notwithstanding that (i) the Relevant Trustee or an Affiliate of the Relevant
Trustee charges and collects fees and expenses from such funds for services
rendered, (ii) the Relevant Trustee charges and collects fees and expenses for
services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, and (iii) services performed for
such funds and pursuant to this Agreement may converge at any time. Each of the
Seller and the Servicer hereby specifically authorizes the Relevant Trustee or
an Affiliate of the Relevant Trustee to charge and collect all fees and expenses
from such funds for services rendered to such funds, in addition to any fees and
expenses the Trustee may charge and collect for services rendered pursuant to
this Agreement and the Relevant Trustee may charge and collect pursuant to the
Indenture; and
(ix) such other investments acceptable to each Rating Agency
(as approved in writing by each Rating Agency) as will not result in the
qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Rated Certificates by such Rating Agency.
provided that each of the foregoing investments shall mature no later than the
Distribution Date immediately following the date of purchase (other than in the
case of the investment of monies in instruments of which the entity at which the
related Account is located is the obligor, which may mature on the related
Distribution Date), and shall be required to be held to such maturity.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition,
(a) no Eligible Investment may be purchased at a premium, (b) any of the
foregoing which constitutes a certificated security shall not be considered a
Eligible Investment unless it is registered in the name of the Relevant Trustee
in its capacity as Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and
(c) any of the foregoing which constitutes an uncertificated security shall not
be considered a Eligible Investment unless (i) it is registered in the name of
the Relevant Trustee in its capacity as Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, as
the case may be, or in the name of its Financial Intermediary; (ii) no notation
of the right of the issuer thereof to a Lien thereon is contained in the initial
transaction statement therefor sent to the Relevant Trustee; (iii) a Responsible
Officer of the Relevant Trustee does not have notice or actual knowledge of (A)
any restriction on the transfer thereof imposed by the issuer thereof, or (B)
any adverse claim, and no notation of any such restriction or of any specific
adverse claim as to which the issuer has a duty under the law of the state in
which the Corporate Trust Office (or equivalent office) of the Relevant Trustee
is located at the time of registration is contained in the initial transaction
statement therefor sent to the Relevant Trustee; and (iv) to a Responsible
Officer of the Relevant Trustee's actual knowledge, no creditor has served legal
process upon the issuer thereof at its
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chief executive office in the United States which legal process attempts to
place a Lien thereon prior to the registration thereof in the name of the
Relevant Trustee.
For purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available
credit rating of an obligation shall mean the highest available credit rating
for such obligation, or such lower credit rating (as approved in writing by each
Rating Agency) as will not result in the qualification, downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Rated Certificates by such Rating
Agency.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Excess Amounts" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, any
excess amounts in the Collection Account with respect to such Distribution Date,
after giving effect to the distributions to Noteholders and Certificateholders
described Section 5.06(c). Excess Amounts shall include all amounts received
upon prepayment in full of Rule of 78s Receivables in excess of the then
outstanding principal balances thereof and accrued interest thereon (calculated
pursuant to the actuarial method).
"Excess Payment" means, with respect to a Receivable and a Collection
Period, the amount, if any, by which the Actual Payment exceeds the sum of (i)
the Scheduled Payment, and (ii) any Overdue Payment.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its
successors.
"FNMA" means the Federal National Mortgage Association, and its
successors.
"Final Scheduled Maturity Date" means the Distribution Date in o.
"Financed Vehicle" means, with respect to a Receivable, the related
automobile or light duty truck, as the case may be, together with all accessions
thereto, securing the related Obligor's indebtedness under such Receivable.
"Financial Intermediary" shall have the meaning specified in the
definition of the term "Delivery."
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the registered holder of any
Certificate or Note as evidenced by the Certificate Register or Note Register
except that, solely for the purposes of giving certain consents, waivers,
requests or demands pursuant to the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, the
interest evidenced by any Certificate or Note registered in the name of TMCRC or
TMCC, or any Person actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee to be controlling, controlled by or under common
control with TMCRC or TMCC, shall not be taken into account in determining
whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver,
request or demand shall have been obtained.
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"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of o, between the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture Trustee" means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture.
"Independent Director" means a director of the Seller who is not (i) a
director, officer or employee of any affiliate of the Seller, (ii) a natural
person related to any director or officer of any affiliate of the Seller, (iii)
a holder (directly or indirectly) of more than 10% of any voting securities of
any affiliate of the Seller, or (iv) a natural person related to a holder
(directly or indirectly) of more than 10% of any voting securities of any
affiliate of the Seller.
"Initial Certificate Balance" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
"Insolvency Event" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an
involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for
such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of such Person's affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (b)
the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally
to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such
Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
"Insurance Policy" means, with respect to a Receivable, an insurance
policy covering physical damage, credit life, credit disability, theft,
mechanical breakdown or similar event relating to the related Financed Vehicle
or Obligor.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Issuer" means Toyota Auto Receivables 200_-_ Owner Trust.
"Lien" means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or
encumbrance of any kind other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and any liens
that attach to a Receivable or any property, as the context may require, by
operation of law.
"Liquidated Receivable" means a Receivable that (i) has been the
subject of a Prepayment in full, or (ii) has been paid in full or the final
amounts in respect of such payment have been paid with respect to a Defaulted
Receivable, regardless of whether all or any part of such payment has been made
by the Obligor under such Receivable, the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, an insurer pursuant to an Insurance Policy or otherwise.
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"Liquidation Expenses" means, with respect to a Defaulted Receivable,
the amount charged by the Servicer, in accordance with its customary servicing
procedures, to or for its account for repossessing, refurbishing and disposing
of the related Financed Vehicle and other out-of-pocket costs related to such
liquidation.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to a Defaulted Receivable,
all amounts realized with respect to such Receivable from whatever sources
(including, without limitation, proceeds of any Insurance Policy), net of
amounts that are required by law or such Receivable to be refunded to the
related Obligor.
"Monthly Payment" means, with respect to any Receivable, the amount of
each fixed monthly payment payable to the obligee under such Receivable in
accordance with the terms thereof, net of any portion of such monthly payment
that represents late payment charges, extension fees or collections allocable to
payments to be made by Obligors for payment of insurance premiums, extended
service contracts or similar items.
"Monthly Remittance Conditions" means, collectively, (i) TMCC is the
Servicer, (ii) either (a) TMCC's short-term unsecured debt is rated P-1 by
Moody's and A-1 by Standard & Poor's (so long as Moody's and Standard & Poor's
are Rating Agencies), or (b) certain arrangements are made that are acceptable
to the Rating Agencies and (iii) an Event of Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to a Defaulted
Receivable, Liquidation Proceeds less Liquidation Expenses.
"Nonrecoverable Advance" means any Outstanding Advance as to which the
Servicer determines that any recovery from payments made on or with respect to
such Receivable is unlikely.
"Noteholders' Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount
and the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such
Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount, the
Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount and the Class A-3 Interest Distributable
Amount.
"Noteholders' Percentage" means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the
Outstanding Amount, and (b) the denominator of which is the sum of the
Outstanding Amount plus the Certificate Balance, in each case prior to the
making of any deposits, withdrawals or distributions on such Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount" means, with respect to
any Distribution Date, the Noteholders' Percentage of the following items: (a)
in the case of Precomputed Receivables, the principal portion of all Scheduled
Payments due during the related Collection Period, computed in accordance with
the actuarial method, (b) in the case of Simple Interest
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Receivables, the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments actually received
during the related Collection Period, (c) the principal portion of all
Prepayments on Simple Interest Receivables and prepayments in full of
Precomputed Receivables received during the related Collection Period (to the
extent such amounts are not included in clauses (a) and (b) above) and (d) the
Principal Balance of each Receivable that the Servicer became obligated to
purchase, the Seller became obligated to repurchase or that became a Defaulted
Receivable during the related Collection Period (to the extent such amounts are
not included in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above).
"Note Pool Factor" means, with respect to each Class of Notes as of the
close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, a seven-digit decimal
figure equal to the outstanding principal balance of such Class of Notes (after
giving effect to any reductions thereof to be made on the immediately following
Distribution Date) divided by the original outstanding principal balance of such
Class of Notes. The Note Pool Factor will be 1.0000000 as of the Closing Date;
thereafter, the Note Pool Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the
outstanding principal balance of such Class of Notes.
"Obligor" on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the
related Financed Vehicle purchased in part or in whole by the execution and
delivery of such Receivable or any other Person who owes or may be liable for
payments under such Receivable.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by (a) the chairman
of the board, the president, any executive vice president or any vice president
and (b) a treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary of
the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel who
may, except as otherwise provided herein, be an employee of or counsel to the
Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as the case may be.
"Optional Purchase Percentage" means 10.00%.
"Outstanding Advances" means, with respect to a Receivable and the last
day of a Collection Period, the sum of all Advances made as of or prior to such
date, minus all payments or collections as of or prior to such date which are
specified in Section 5.04(b) as applied to reimburse all unpaid Advances with
respect to such Receivable.
"Outstanding Amount" means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes,
or, if indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, outstanding at the date
of determination.
"Outstanding Interest Advances" means, as of the last day of a
Collection Period with respect to a Receivable, the portion of Outstanding
Advances allocable to interest.
"Outstanding Principal Advances" means, as of the last day of a
Collection Period with respect to a Receivable, the portion of Outstanding
Advances allocable to principal.
"Overdue Payment" means, with respect to any Receivable (other than an
Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable), payments made by or on
behalf of the Obligor which are
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not Supplemental Servicing Fees and therefor shall be applied first to reimburse
the Servicer for Outstanding Advances made with respect to such Receivable
pursuant to Section 5.03(a).
"Owner Trust Estate" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Owner Trustee" means the Person acting as Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor owner trustee
under the Trust Agreement.
"Pass Through Rate" means o% per annum.
"Payahead" on a Receivable that is a Precomputed Receivable means the
amount, as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period,
computed in accordance with Section 5.03 with respect to such Receivable.
"Payahead Account" means the account or accounts designated as such and
established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.
"Payment Ahead" means, with respect to a Precomputed Receivable and a
Collection Period, any Excess Payment (not representing prepayment in full of
such Precomputed Receivable) which the Servicer, in accordance with its
customary servicing practices, will apply towards the payment of Scheduled
Payments in one or more future Collection Periods.
"Person" means any legal person, including any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Physical Property" shall have the meaning specified in the definition
of the term "Delivery."
"Pool Balance" means, as of any date, the aggregate Principal Balance
of the Receivables (exclusive of all Administrative Receivables for which the
Servicer has paid the Administrative Purchase Payment, Warranty Receivables for
which the Seller has paid the Warranty Purchase Payment and Defaulted
Receivables) as of the close of business on such date.
"Pool Factor" as of any Distribution Date, means a seven-digit decimal
figure equal to the Pool Balance as of such Distribution Date divided by the
Original Pool Balance.
"Precomputed Advance" means an advance in respect of principal or
interest on a Precomputed Receivable in the amount determined as set forth in
Section o.
"Precomputed Receivable" means any Actuarial Receivable or Rule of 78s
Receivable.
"Prepayment" means (i) with respect to any Precomputed Receivable, any
Excess Payment other than a Payment Ahead or (ii) with respect to any Simple
Interest Receivable, any prepayment, whether in part or in full, in respect of
such Simple Interest Receivable.
"Prepayment Surplus" means, with respect to any Distribution Date on
which a Prepayment is to be applied with respect to a Precomputed Receivable,
that portion of such Prepayment which is not attributable to principal in
accordance with the actuarial method, net of
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one month's interest at the [Class A-3 Rate][Pass Through Rate][specify other
rate] on the Principal Balance of such Receivable as of the first day of the
related Collection Period.
"Principal Balance" means, with respect to any Receivable as of any
date, the Amount Financed minus the sum of the following amounts: (i) in the
case of a Precomputed Receivable, that portion of all Scheduled Payments due on
or prior to such date allocable to principal, computed in accordance with the
actuarial method, (ii) in the case of a Simple Interest Receivable, that portion
of all Scheduled Payments actually received on or prior to such date allocable
to principal, (iii) any Warranty Purchase Payment or Administrative Purchase
Payment with respect to such Receivable allocable to principal, and (iv) any
Prepayments or other payments applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance of
such Receivable.
"Purchase Price" means $o.
"Rating Agency" means each of Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
"Rebate" means, with respect to a Precomputed Receivable and any date,
the rebate, calculated on an actuarial basis, under such Precomputed Receivable
that is or would be payable to the related Obligor for unearned finance charges
or any other charges subject to rebate if such Obligor were to prepay such
Receivable in full on such date.
"Receivable" means any retail installment sale contract executed by an
Obligor in respect of a Financed Vehicle, and all proceeds thereof and payments
thereunder, which Receivable shall be identified in the Schedule of Receivables.
"Receivable File" means the documents specified in Section 2.02
pertaining to a particular Receivable.
"Receivables Purchase Agreement" means that certain Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff Date, between the Seller and TMCC.
"Record Date" means, with respect to the Notes of any Class or the
Certificates and each Distribution Date, the calendar day immediately preceding
such Distribution Date or, if Definitive Notes representing any Class of Notes
or Definitive Certificates representing the Certificates have been issued, the
last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs. Any amount stated "as of a Record Date" or "on a Record Date" shall
give effect to (i) all applications of collections, and (ii) all distributions
to any party under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement or to
the related Obligor, as the case may be, in each case as determined as of the
opening of business on the related Record Date.
"Recoveries" means, with respect to any Receivable that becomes a
Liquidated Receivable, monies collected in respect thereof, from whatever
source, during any Collection Period following the Collection Period in which
such Receivable became a Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts
expended by the Servicer for the account of the Obligor and any amounts required
by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
"Released Administrative Amount" means, with respect to a Distribution
Date and to an Administrative Receivable, the Deferred Prepayment, if any, for
such Administrative Receivable.
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"Released Warranty Amount" means, with respect to a Distribution Date
and to a Warranty Receivable, the Deferred Prepayment, if any, for such Warranty
Receivable.
"Relevant Trustee" means (i) with respect to the control over or
appropriate designation denoting ownership or control over any property
comprising a portion of the Owner Trust Estate (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) that either is not conveyed or pledged to the Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the Noteholders and Certificateholders pursuant to the Granting
Clause of the Indenture or that has been released from the lien of the
Indenture, the Owner Trustee, and (ii) with respect to any property comprising a
portion of the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture) that has not been
released from the lien of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee; provided,
however, that with respect to any property that is under the joint or separate
control of a co-trustee or separate trustee under the Trust Agreement or the
Indenture, respectively, "Relevant Trustee" shall refer to either or both of the
Owner Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee or to either or both of
the Indenture Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee, as the case may
be.
"Required Rate" means, with respect to each Collection Period, [the sum
of the Servicing Fee Rate and the [Class A-3 Rate][B Pass Through Rate][other
rate]][or specify other rate].
"Required Rating" means a rating of Prime-1 by Moody's and A-1+ by
Standard & Poor's.
"Required Yield Maintenance Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to [the aggregate amount by which (i) the
aggregate amount of interest that would accrue on the Principal Balance of each
Receivable that is an asset of the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture) or
the Owner Trust Estate (as defined in the Trust Agreement), as the case may be,
for the period commencing on the last day of the related Collection Period and
ending on the last day of the Collection Period during which such Receivable is
scheduled to mature if such Receivable bore interest at the Required Rate
(assuming that all subsequent payments on such Receivable are made as scheduled
and no prepayments are made in respect thereof) exceeds (ii) the aggregate
amount of interest that would accrue thereon for the same period at the related
APR][or specify other formula][specify discounting factors].
"Reserve Fund" means the account designated as such, established and
maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.
"Reserve Fund Initial Deposit" means $o.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
(or equivalent office) of such trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant
Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of
such trustee 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 such particular subject.
"Rule of 78s Receivable" means any Receivable which provides for the
allocation of payments according to the "sum of periodic balances" or "sum of
monthly payments" method.
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"Schedule of Receivables" means the schedule of receivables attached as
Schedule A to this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time.
"Scheduled Payment" means, with respect to any Distribution Date and to
a Receivable, the payment set forth in such Receivable as due from the Obligor
in the related Collection Period; provided, however, that in the case of the
first Collection Period, the Scheduled Payment shall include all such payments
due from the Obligor on or after the Cutoff Date.
"Scheduled Surplus" means, with respect to any Distribution Date for
any Receivable having an APR which exceeds the sum of the [Required Rate][Class
A-3 Rate][Pass Through Rate][specify other rate], the product of (i) the
interest portion of the related Scheduled Payment (in the case of any
Precomputed Receivable, determined in accordance with the actuarial method), and
(ii) the remainder of (a) one minus (b) a fraction, the numerator of which
equals the sum of the [Required Rate][Class A-3 Rate][Pass Through Rate][specify
other rate] and the denominator of which equals such APR.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Seller" means TMCRC, and its successors in interest to the extent
permitted hereunder.
"Servicer" means TMCC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each
successor to TMCC (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02.
"Servicer's Certificate" means an Officers' Certificate of the Servicer
delivered pursuant to Section 4.10, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
"Servicer Default" means an event specified in Section 8.01.
"Servicing Fee Rate" means o% per annum.
"Simple Interest Advance" means an advance in respect of interest on
any Simple Interest Receivable in the amount determined as set forth in Section
o.
"Simple Interest Method" means the method of allocating a fixed level
payment to principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment
that is allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of
interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the period of
time elapsed since the preceding payment of interest was made and the remainder
of such payment is allocable to principal.
"Simple Interest Receivable" means any Receivable which provides for
the allocation of payments according to the simple interest method.
"Specified Reserve Fund Balance" means with respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to [o% of the sum of the Outstanding Amount and the
Certificate Balance (in each case, after giving effect to distributions of
principal to be made on such Distribution Date), except that, if on any
Distribution Date (i) the average of the Charge-off Rates for the preceding
three Collection Periods exceeds o% or (ii) the average of the Delinquency
Percentages for the preceding three Collection Periods exceeds o%, then the
Specified Reserve Fund Balance for such Distribution Date will be an amount
equal to o% of such sum (after giving effect to such
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principal distributions). Finally, on any Distribution Date on which the sum of
the Outstanding Amount and the Certificate Balance is $o or less (in each case,
after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date),
the Specified Reserve Fund Balance for the immediately succeeding Distribution
Date will be the greater of the applicable amount determined as set forth above
or $o; provided, however, that the Specified Reserve Fund Balance shall in no
event be greater than the sum of the Outstanding Amount and the Certificate
Balance as of such Distribution Date (in each case, after giving effect to
distributions of principal on such Distribution Date)][or specify other
formula].
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, and its
successors.
"Successor Servicer" means any entity appointed as a successor to the
Servicer pursuant to Section 8.03.
"Supplemental Servicing Fee" means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, all late fees, prepayment charges, extension fees and other administrative
fees and expenses or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to
the Receivables received by the Servicer during the related Collection Period.
"TMCC" means Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, and its successors and
assigns.
"TMCRC" means Toyota Motor Credit Receivables Corporation, a California
corporation, or its successors.
"Total Distribution Amount" means, for each Distribution Date and the
related Reconciliation Determination Date, the sum of the applicable Interest
Distribution Amount and the applicable Regular Principal Distribution Amount
(other than the portion thereof attributable to Realized Losses).
"Total Servicing Fee" means the sum of the Basic Servicing Fee and the
Supplemental Servicing Fee.
"Trust" means the Issuer.
"Trust Account Property" means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and
investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of
deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated
securities or otherwise), including the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit, and all
proceeds of the foregoing.
"Trust Accounts" means the Collection Account, the Payahead Account,
the Yield Maintenance Account and the Reserve Fund.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement dated as of o, among the
Seller and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Officer" means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including
any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or
any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated
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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 and, with respect to the Owner Trustee,
any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration Department of the Owner
Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement
and the Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
"Trustee's Certificate" means a certificate completed and executed by a
Responsible Officer pursuant to Section 9.02 or 9.03, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the respective
jurisdiction.
"United States" means the United States of America.
"Vice President" of any Person means any vice president of such Person,
whether or not designated by a number or words before or after the title "Vice
President", who is a duly elected officer of such Person.
"Voting Interests" means the aggregate voting strength evidenced by the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes (or the Notes
collectively, as the case may be) or the Certificates, as the case may be;
provided, however, that where the Voting Interests are relevant in determining
whether the vote of the requisite percentage of Noteholders and/or
Certificateholders necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand
shall have been obtained, the Voting Interests shall be deemed to be reduced by
the amount equal to the Voting Interests (without giving effect to this
provision) represented by the interests evidenced by any Note or Certificate
registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer or any Person actually known
to a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, as the case
may be, to be controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Seller
or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates.
"Warranty Purchase Payment" means, with respect to a Distribution Date and
to (1) a Warranty Receivable which is a Precomputed Receivable repurchased by
the Seller as of the end of the related Collection Period, (a) the sum of (i)
all Scheduled Payments on such Receivable due after the last day of such
Collection Period (plus the portion of the Yield Maintenance Amount attributable
to such Receivable, if any), (ii) all past due Scheduled Payments for which an
Advance has not been made, (iii) an amount equal to any reimbursement of
Outstanding Advances made pursuant to Section 5.04(b) with respect to such
Receivable and (iv) all Outstanding Advances made in respect of such Receivable,
minus (b) the sum of (i) any Rebate paid to the Obligor on such Receivable on or
prior to the date of such purchase and (ii) any other proceeds in respect of
such Receivable previously received (to the extent applied to reduce the
Principal Balance of such Receivable on such Distribution Date), and (2) a
Warranty Receivable which is a Simple Interest Receivable repurchased by the
Seller as of the end of the related Collection Period, the sum of (a) the unpaid
principal balance owed by the Obligor in respect of such Receivable plus (b)
interest on such unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to the sum of [the
Class B Pass Through Rate][or specify other rate] and the Servicing Fee Rate to
the last day in the related Collection Period.
"Warranty Receivable" means a Receivable which the Seller is required
to repurchase pursuant to Section 4.08.
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"Yield Maintenance Account" means the segregated trust account
established and maintained for the benefit of the Certificateholders as a
reserve fund pursuant to Section 5.01(a).
"Yield Maintenance Agreement" means the Yield Maintenance Agreement
dated o, among the Servicer, the Seller [, third party] and the Issuer, pursuant
to which Additional Yield Maintenance Amounts are to be deposited in the Yield
Maintenance Account on each Distribution Date.
"Yield Maintenance Amount" means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the aggregate amount on Deposit in the Yield Maintenance Account after
giving effect to the withdrawal therefrom of the related Yield Maintenance
Deposit and without regard to any amounts on deposit therein in respect of
interest or investment earnings earned on the investment of amounts on deposit
therein in Eligible Investments for any period.
"Yield Maintenance Account Initial Deposit" means an amount equal to
[the aggregate amount by which (i) the aggregate amount of interest that would
accrue on the Principal Balance of each Receivable that is an asset of the Trust
Estate (as defined in the Indenture) or, following the termination of the
Indenture or other release of the Trust Estate from the lien thereof, the Owner
Trust Estate (as defined in the Trust Agreement), for the period commencing on
the last day of the first Collection Period and ending on the last day of the
Collection Period during which such Receivable is scheduled to mature if such
Receivable bore interest at the Required Rate (assuming that all subsequent
payments on such Receivable are made as scheduled and no prepayments are made in
respect thereof) exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount of interest that would accrue
thereon for the same period at the related APR][or specify other
formula][specify discounting factors].
"Yield Maintenance Deposit" means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the amount by which (i) the aggregate amount of interest that would have
been due during the related Collection Period on all Receivables that have APRs
less than the Required Rate if such Receivables bore interest at the Required
Rate exceeds (ii) the amount of interest accrued on such receivables at their
respective APRs and due during such Collection Period.
SECTION 1.2 USAGE OF TERMS. With respect to all terms in this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words
importing any gender include the other genders; references to "writing" include
printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible
form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
subsequent amendments thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with
their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to
Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the term "including"
means "including without limitation."
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.1 CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES. (a) Upon the execution of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Seller, pursuant to the mutually agreed
upon terms contained in this Agreement, shall sell, transfer, assign and
otherwise convey to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, without recourse
(but subject to the Seller's obligations in this
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Agreement), all of its right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and
any proceeds related thereto, including any Dealer Recourse and such other items
as shall be specified in this Agreement. Concurrently therewith and in exchange
therefor, the Issuer shall pay to, or to the order of, the Seller the Purchase
Price.
(b) In consideration of the Purchase Price and other good and valuable
consideration to be deliver to the Seller hereunder, on behalf of the
Issuer, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey
to the Trustee, in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse (subject to the Seller's obligations herein):
(i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and
to the Receivables and all monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect
thereof (including proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables by the Seller
pursuant to Section 2.05 or 10.02 or the purchase of Receivables by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.08 or 10.02) on or after the Cutoff Date;
(ii) the interest of the Seller in the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the
Receivables and any accessions thereto;
(iii) the interest of the Seller in any proceeds of any
physical damage insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles and in any
proceeds of any credit life or credit disability insurance policies relating to
the Receivables or the Obligors;
(iv) the interest of the Seller in any Dealer Recourse;
(v) the interest of the Seller under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement;
(vi) the right of the Seller to realize upon any
property (including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that shall
have secured a Receivable and have been repossessed by or on behalf of the
Trustee;
(vii) all other assets comprising the Trust; and
(viii) all proceeds of the foregoing.
(c) It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Receivables
from the Seller to the Issuer and the beneficial interest in and title to
the Receivables shall not be part of the Seller's estate in the event of the
filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any
bankruptcy law. The Seller agrees to execute and file all filings (including
filings under the UCC) necessary in any jurisdiction to provide third
parties with notice of the sale of the Receivables pursuant to this
Agreement and to perfect such sale under the UCC.
(d) Although the parties hereto intend that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement be a sale, in the event such transfer and
assignment is deemed to be other than a sale, the parties intend that all
filings described in the foregoing paragraph shall give the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in, to and
under the Receivables, and other property conveyed
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hereunder and all proceeds of any of the foregoing. This Agreement shall be
deemed to be the grant of a security interest from the Seller to the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of a secured party
under the UCC.
(e) In connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Servicer shall
maintain its computer system so that, from and after the time of sale of the
Receivables to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer under this
Agreement, the Servicer's master computer records (including any back-up
archives) that refer to any Receivable indicate clearly the interest of the
Issuer in such Receivables and that the Receivable is owned by the Issuer
and controlled by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer. Indication of
the Issuer's ownership of a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on
the Servicer's computer systems when, and only when, the Receivable has been
paid in full, repurchased or assigned pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Ownership and control of the receivables, as between the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (on behalf of the Noteholders and
Certificateholders) shall be governed by the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 CUSTODY OF RECEIVABLES FILES. To assure uniform quality in
servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Issuer, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
revocably appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer accepts such appointment, to
act as the agent of the Issuer as custodian of the following documents or
instruments which are hereby constructively delivered to the Owner Trustee with
respect to each Receivable:
(a) the fully executed original of the Receivable;
(b) documents evidencing or related to any Insurance Policy;
(c) the original credit application of each Obligor, fully executed by
such Obligor on TMCC's customary form, or on a form approved by TMCC, for such
application;
(d) the original certificate of title (or evidence that such certificate
of title has been applied for) or such documents that the Servicer shall keep on
file, in accordance with TMCC's customary procedures, evidencing the security
interest in the related Financed Vehicle; and
(e) any and all other documents that the Seller or the Servicer, as the
case may be, shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures,
relating to such Receivable or the related Obligor or Financed Vehicle.
SECTION 2.3 ACCEPTANCE BY OWNER TRUSTEE. The Owner Trustee hereby
acknowledges its acceptance, on behalf of the Issuer, pursuant to this
Agreement, of all right, title and interest in and to the Receivables conveyed
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement and declares and shall declare from and
after the date hereof that the Trustee holds and shall hold such right, title
and interest, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
THE RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER WITH RESPECT
TO THE RECEIVABLES. The Seller makes the following representations and
warranties as to the Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall
survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables, if any, and the
pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) CHARACTERISTICS OF RECEIVABLES. Each Receivable (i) shall have been
originated in the United States by a Dealer for the retail sale of the related
Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer's business, shall have
been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, shall have been
purchased by TMCC from such Dealer under an existing agreement with TMCC and
shall have been validly assigned by such Dealer to TMCC in accordance with the
terms of such agreement and shall have been subsequently sold by TMCC to the
Seller pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (ii) shall have created
or shall create a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security
interest in favor of TMCC in the related Financed Vehicle, which security
interest has been assigned by TMCC to the Seller and shall be assignable, and
shall be so assigned, by the Seller to the Owner Trustee hereby, (iii) shall,
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, provide for level Monthly
Payments (provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life of
the Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully
amortize the Amount Financed by maturity and provide for a finance charge or
yield interest at its APR, in either case calculated based on the Rule of 78s,
the simple interest method or the actuarial method, (iv) shall contain customary
and enforceable provisions, such that the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof shall be adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits
of the security and (v) shall provide for, in the event that such Receivable is
prepaid, a prepayment that fully pays the Principal Balance and includes accrued
but unpaid interest in an amount calculated by using an interest rate at least
equal to its APR.
(b) SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES. The information set forth in the Schedule
of Receivables shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
opening of business on the Cutoff Date, and no selection procedures adverse to
the Securityholders shall have been utilized in selecting the Receivables from
those automobile and light duty truck receivables of TMCC which met the
selection criteria set forth in this Section and this Agreement.
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. Each Receivable and each sale of the related
Financed Vehicle shall have complied at the time it was originated or made, and
shall comply at the time of execution of this Agreement, in all material
respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and
regulations thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act,
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade
Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Federal Reserve Board
Regulations B, M and Z (to the extent applicable), state adaptations of the
National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and other consumer
credit, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.
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(d) BINDING OBLIGATION. Each Receivable shall constitute the legal,
valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor,
enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) NO BANKRUPT OBLIGORS. None of the Receivables shall be due, to the
best knowledge of the Seller, from any Obligor who is presently the subject of a
bankruptcy proceeding or is bankrupt or is insolvent.
(f) NO GOVERNMENT OBLIGORS. None of the Receivables shall be due from
the United States or any state, or from any agency, department or
instrumentality of the United States or any state or local government.
(g) EMPLOYEE OBLIGORS. None of the Receivables shall be due from any
employee of the Seller, TMCC or any of their respective affiliates.
(h) SECURITY INTEREST IN FINANCED VEHICLES. Immediately prior to the
sale, assignment and transfer thereof, each Receivable shall be secured by a
validly perfected first priority security interest in the related Financed
Vehicle in favor of TMCC as secured party or all necessary and appropriate
action with respect to such Receivable shall have been taken to perfect a first
priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle in favor of TMCC as secured
party.
(i) RECEIVABLES IN FORCE. No Receivable shall have been satisfied,
subordinated or rescinded, nor shall any Financed Vehicle have been released in
whole or in part from the lien granted by the related Receivable.
(j) NO WAIVERS. No provision of a Receivable shall have been waived in
such a manner that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other
representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.
(k) NO AMENDMENTS. No Receivable shall have been amended or modified in
such a manner that the total number of Scheduled Payments has been increased or
that the related Amount Financed has been increased or that such Receivable
fails to meet all of the other representations and warranties made by the Seller
herein with respect thereto.
(l) NO DEFENSES. No facts shall be known to the Seller which would give
rise to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, nor shall the
same have been asserted or threatened, with respect to any Receivable.
(m) NO LIENS. To the knowledge of the Seller, no liens or claims shall
have been filed, including liens for work, labor or materials relating to a
Financed Vehicle, that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
security interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related Receivable.
(n) NO DEFAULT; NO REPOSSESSION. Except for payment defaults that, as
of the Cutoff Date, have been continuing for a period of not more than o days,
no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms
of any Receivable shall have occurred
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as of the Cutoff Date; no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of
time would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting
acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have arisen; the Seller
shall not have waived any of the foregoing; and no Financed Vehicle has been
repossessed without reinstatement as of the Cutoff Date.
(o) INSURANCE. At the time of origination of each Receivable, each
Obligor was required under the terms of such Receivable to obtain and maintain
physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle.
(p) GOOD TITLE. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and
assignment herein contemplated, taken as a whole, constitute a sale of the
Receivables from the Seller to the Issuer and that the beneficial interest in
and title to the Receivables not be part of the debtor's estate in the event of
the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any
bankruptcy law. No Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by
the Seller to any Person other than the Issuer, and no provision of a Receivable
shall have been waived, except as provided in clause (j) above; immediately
prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good
and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens and rights
of others; immediately upon the transfer and assignment thereof, the Issuer
shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all
Liens and rights of others; and the transfer and assignment herein contemplated
has been perfected under the UCC.
(q) LAWFUL ASSIGNMENT. No Receivable shall have been originated in, or
shall be subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer
and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to a transfer
of the related certificate of title shall be unlawful, void or voidable.
(r) ALL FILINGS MADE. All filings (including UCC filings) necessary in
any jurisdiction to provide third parties with notice of the transfer and
assignment herein contemplated, to perfect the sale of the Receivables from the
Seller to the Owner Trustee and to give the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in the Receivables shall
have been made.
(s) ONE ORIGINAL. There shall be only one original executed copy of
each Receivable.
(t) CHATTEL PAPER. Each Receivable constitutes "chattel paper" as
defined in the UCC.
(u) MATURITY OF RECEIVABLES. Each Receivable shall have an original
maturity of not less than _________ months nor greater than __________ months
and, as of the Cutoff Date, a remaining maturity of not less than __________
months nor greater than ____________ months.
(v) FINANCE CHARGE. Each Receivable provides for an APR equal to or
greater than o% and equal to or less than __%.
(w) PRINCIPAL BALANCE. Each Receivable had an original principal
balance of not less than $__________ nor more than $_________ and an unpaid
principal balance, as of the Cutoff Date, of not less than $__________ nor more
than $__________.
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(x) NO OVERDUE PAYMENTS. No Receivable shall have a Scheduled Payment
that is more than ___________ days past due as of the Cutoff Date.
(y) LOCATION OF RECEIVABLE FILES. Each Receivable File shall be kept at
one of the locations listed in the Schedule of Receivables or at such other
office as shall be specified to the Owner Trustee by 30 days' prior written
notice.
(z) PAYMENTS ON THE RECEIVABLES. Each Receivable shall provide for
level monthly payments that fully amortize the Amount Financed by maturity,
except that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable
may be minimally different from the level payment.
(aa) ORIGINATION DATE. Each Receivable was originated on or before
__________.
(bb) NO SPECIAL FINANCING. No Receivable was originated under a special
financing program.
(cc) NO FORCE-PLACED INSURANCE. No Financed Vehicle was subject to
force-placed insurance as of the Cutoff Date.
SECTION 3.2 REPURCHASE UPON BREACH. The Seller, the Servicer or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of
any breach of the Seller's representations and warranties made pursuant to
Section 3.01 or 6.01 that materially and adversely affects the interests of any
Securityholders in any Receivable. As of the last day of the second Collection
Period following the Collection Period in which it discovers or receives notice
of such breach (or, at the Seller's election, the last day of the first
Collection Period following the Collection Period in which it discovers or
receives notice of such breach), the Seller shall, unless such breach shall have
been cured in all material respects, repurchase such Receivable and, if
necessary, the Seller shall enforce the obligation of TMCC under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement to repurchase such Receivable from the Seller. This
repurchase obligation shall obtain for all representations and warranties of the
Seller contained in this Agreement whether or not the Seller has knowledge of
the breach at the time of the breach or at the time the representations and
warranties were made. In consideration of the repurchase of any such Receivable,
on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date, the
Seller shall remit the Warranty Purchase Payment of such Receivable to the
Collection Account in the manner specified in Section 5.05 and shall be entitled
to receive the Released Warranty Amount. In the event that any Liens or claims
shall have been filed, including Liens for work, labor or materials relating to
a Financed Vehicle, that shall be prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
lien granted by the related Receivable, which Liens or claims shall not have
been satisfied or otherwise released in full as of the Closing Date, and such
breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer in such
Receivable, the Seller shall repurchase such Receivable on the terms and in the
manner specified above. The sole remedy of the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee (by operation of the assignment of the Owner Trustee's rights
hereunder pursuant to the Indenture) or any Securityholder with respect to a
breach of the Seller's representations and warranties pursuant to this Agreement
or with respect to the existence of any such Liens or claims shall be to require
the Seller to repurchase the related Receivable pursuant to this Section and to
enforce TMCC's obligation to the Seller to repurchase
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such Receivables pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Owner
Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the
occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant
to this Section.
SECTION 3.3 DUTIES OF SERVICER AS CUSTODIAN.
(a) SAFEKEEPING. The Servicer shall hold the Receivable Files as
custodian for the benefit of the Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete
accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as
shall enable the Issuer to comply with this Agreement. In performing its duties
as custodian the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of
skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to the receivable
files relating to all comparable automotive receivables that the Servicer
services for itself or others. The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be
conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files held by it under this
Agreement and of the related accounts, records and computer systems, in such a
manner as shall enable the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to
verify the accuracy of the Servicer's record keeping. The Servicer shall
promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part
to hold the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer
systems as herein provided and shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy
any such failure. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or
any periodic review by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of
the Receivable Files.
(b) MAINTENANCE OF AND ACCESS TO RECORDS. The Servicer shall maintain
each Receivable File at one of its offices specified in Schedule B or at such
other office as shall be specified to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by
written notice not later than 90 days after any change in location. The Servicer
shall make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their respective
duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of locations of
the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems
maintained by the Servicer at such times during normal business hours as the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall instruct.
(c) RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS. Upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee,
the Servicer shall release any Receivable File to the Indenture Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee's agent or the Indenture Trustee's designee, as the case may
be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as
practicable.
SECTION 3.4 INSTRUCTIONS; AUTHORITY TO ACT. The Servicer shall be
deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files
upon its receipt of written instructions signed by a Trust Officer of the Owner
Trustee or Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.5 CUSTODIAN'S INDEMNIFICATION. The Servicer as custodian
shall indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or
expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any of them as the result of any improper act or omission in any way
relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the
Receivable Files; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable to
the Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful
misfeasance, bad faith or
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negligence of the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall not be liable to the
Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.6 EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION. The Servicer's
appointment as custodian shall become effective as of the date hereof, and shall
continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If
TMCC shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall have
been terminated under Section 8.01, the appointment of such Servicer as
custodian shall be terminated by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of
Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (but
excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Securities held or
beneficially owned by TMCC, TMCRC or any of their affiliates) or, with the
consent of Holders of the Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, by the Owner Trustee or by Certificateholders evidencing
not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance (but excluding for purposes of such
calculation and action all Securities held or beneficially owned by TMCC, TMCRC
or any of their affiliates), in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such
Holders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section
8.01. The Indenture Trustee or, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee may terminate the Servicer's appointment as custodian, with cause,
at any time upon written notification to the Servicer, and without cause upon 30
days' prior written notification to the Servicer. As soon as practicable after
any termination of such appointment, the Servicer shall deliver the Receivable
Files to the Relevant Trustee or the agent thereof at such place or places as
the Relevant Trustee may reasonably designate.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 4.1 DUTIES OF SERVICER. The Servicer, for the benefit of the
Issuer and the Securityholders (to the extent provided herein), shall manage,
service, administer and make collections on the Receivables with reasonable
care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with
respect to all comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself or
others. The Servicer's duties shall include collection and posting of all
payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors or by federal, state or local
government authorities with respect to the Receivables, investigating
delinquencies, sending payment information to Obligors, reporting tax
information to Obligors in accordance with its customary practices, accounting
for collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions and making Advances and
performing the other duties specified herein. The Servicer shall follow its
standards, policies and procedures and shall have full power and authority,
acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such managing,
servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or
desirable.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles
securing such Receivables. The Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its
own name or in the
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name of the Trust, a legal proceeding to enforce a Defaulted Receivable or to
commence or participate in a legal proceeding (including without limitation a
bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, including a
Defaulted Receivable. If the Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to
enforce a Receivable, the Issuer shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically
assigned to the Servicer, solely for the purpose of collection on behalf of the
party retaining an interest in such Receivable, such Receivable and the other
property conveyed to the Issuer hereby with respect to such Receivable to the
Servicer for purposes of commencing or participating in any such proceeding as a
party or claimant and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee to
execute and deliver in the Servicer's name any notices, demands, claims,
complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in
connection with any such proceeding. If in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on
the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to
enforce such Receivable the Owner Trustee shall, at the Servicer's expense and
direction, take steps to enforce such Receivable, including bringing suit in its
name or the name of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Certificateholders or the Noteholders. The Owner Trustee shall furnish the
Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or
appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative
duties hereunder.
SECTION 4.2 COLLECTION AND ALLOCATION OF RECEIVABLE PAYMENTS. The
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under
the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become
due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to
all comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself or others. The
Servicer shall allocate collections between principal and interest in accordance
with the customary servicing procedures it follows with respect to all
comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself or others. The
Servicer shall be authorized to grant extensions, rebates or adjustments on a
Receivable in accordance with the customary servicing standards of the Servicer
without the prior consent of the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee or any
Securityholder; provided, however, that if, as a result of any change in the
related APR, increase in the total number of Scheduled Payments, extension of
payments such that the Receivable will be outstanding later than the Final
Scheduled Maturity Date, or other modification of the terms of a Receivable, the
amount of any Scheduled Payment due in a subsequent Collection Period is
reduced, the Servicer shall be obligated to either repurchase such Receivable
pursuant to Section 4.08 or to make an Advance in respect of such Receivable in
each subsequent Collection period equal to the amount by which such Scheduled
Payment has been reduced. In addition, in the event that any such rescheduling
or extension of a Receivable modifies the terms of such Receivable in such a
manner as to release the security interest in the related Financed Vehicle or
constitute a cancellation of such Receivable and the creation of a new
automobile and/or light duty truck receivable, the Servicer shall purchase such
Receivable pursuant to Section 4.08, and the receivable created shall not be
included in the Issuer. The Servicer may, in accordance with its customary
servicing procedures, waive any prepayment charge, late payment charge or any
other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing the
Receivables.
SECTION 4.3 REBATES ON FULL PREPAYMENTS. In the event that the amount
of a full Prepayment by an Obligor under a Precomputed Receivable, after
adjustment for the applicable Rebate, is less than the amount that would be
payable under the actuarial method if a full Prepayment were made at the end of
the billing month under such Precomputed Receivable,
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either because the Rebate calculated under the terms of such Precomputed
Receivable is greater than the amount calculable under the actuarial method or
because the Servicer's customary servicing procedure is to credit a greater
Rebate, the Servicer, as part of its servicing duties, shall remit such
difference by deposit into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.05.
SECTION 4.4 REALIZATION UPON RECEIVABLES. On behalf of the Issuer, the
Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with its customary servicing
procedures, to repossess to repossess or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of any Financed Vehicle that it has reasonably determined should be
repossessed or otherwise converted following a default under the Receivable
secured by the Financed Vehicle (and shall specify such Receivables to the
Relevant Trustee no later than the Determination Date following the end of the
Collection Period in which the Servicer shall have made such determination). The
Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary
or advisable and as shall be customary and usual in its servicing of automobile
and light duty truck receivables, which practices and procedures may include
reasonable efforts to realize upon any Dealer Recourse, selling the related
Financed Vehicle at public or private sale and other actions by the Servicer in
order to realize upon such a Receivable. The Servicer shall be entitled to
recover its reasonable Liquidation Expenses with respect to each Defaulted
Receivable. All Net Liquidation Proceeds realized in connection with any such
action with respect to a Receivable shall be deposited by the Servicer in the
Collection Account in the manner specified in Section 5.02. The foregoing is
subject to the proviso that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall
have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in connection with any
repair or towards the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall
determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession shall increase
the Liquidation Proceeds of the related Receivable by an amount greater than the
amount of such expenses.
SECTION 4.5 PHYSICAL DAMAGE INSURANCE. The Servicer shall, in
accordance with its customary servicing procedures, require that each Obligor
shall have obtained physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle as
of the execution of the Standard Receivable or the Fixed Value Receivable.
SECTION 4.6 MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN FINANCED VEHICLES. The
Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, take such
steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created
by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security
interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the
relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. In the event that the
assignment of a Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without a notation on
the related Financed Vehicle's certificate of title, to grant to the Issuer a
first priority perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the
Servicer hereby agrees to serve as the agent of the Issuer for the purpose of
perfecting the security interest of the Issuer in such Financed Vehicle and
agrees that the Servicer's listing as the secured party on the certificate of
title is in this capacity as agent of the Issuer.
SECTION 4.7 COVENANTS OF SERVICER. The Servicer hereby agrees with and
makes the following covenants to the Issuer on which the Issuer has relied in
purchasing the Receivables and on which the Indenture Trustee will rely in
undertaking the trusts set forth in the Indenture.
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(a) LIENS IN FORCE. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, the
Servicer shall not release in whole or in part any Financed Vehicle from the
security interest securing the related Receivable.
(b) NO IMPAIRMENT. The Servicer shall do nothing to impair the rights
of the Securityholders in the Receivables.
(c) NO AMENDMENTS. Except as provided in Section 4.02, the Servicer
shall not amend or otherwise modify any Receivable such that the total number of
Scheduled Payments, the Amount Financed or the APR is altered or extends the
maturity of such Receivable beyond the Final Scheduled Maturity Date.
SECTION 4.8 PURCHASE OF RECEIVABLES UPON BREACH. The Servicer or the
Owner Trustee shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee promptly,
in writing, upon the discovery of any breach pursuant to Section 4.02, 4.06 or
4.07 that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in a Receivable, or if an improper extension, rescheduling or
modification of a Receivable is made by the Servicer as described in Section
4.02, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others. As of the last day of the second Collection Period following the
Collection Period in which it discovers or receives notice of such breach (or,
at the Servicer's election, the last day of the first Collection Period
following the Collection Period in which it discovers or receives notice of such
breach), the Servicer shall, unless such breach or impropriety shall have been
cured in all material respects, purchase from the Trust such Receivable. In
consideration of the purchase of any such Receivable, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date the Servicer shall remit the
Administrative Purchase Payment to the Collection Account in the manner
specified in Section 5.05, and shall be entitled to receive the Released
Administrative Amount. Upon such deposit of the Administrative Purchase Payment,
the Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have released
all claims for reimbursement of Outstanding Advances made in respect of such
Receivable. The sole remedy of the Trustee, the Trust or the Certificateholders
against the Servicer with respect to a breach pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.07
shall be to require the Servicer to purchase the related Receivables pursuant to
this Section, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02. The Trustee shall
have no duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of
any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this
Section except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02. In connection with such
repurchase, the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee shall take all steps
necessary to effect a transfer of such Receivable to the Servicer as set forth
in Section 9.01(d).
SECTION 4.9 SERVICING FEE AND EXPENSES. As compensation for the
performance of its obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to
receive on each Distribution Date, out of Available Interest, the Total
Servicing Fee. The Basic Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection Period shall
be calculated based on a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Except
to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be required to pay
all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this
Agreement (including fees and disbursements of the Trustee and independent
accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with
distributions and reports to Certificateholders and all other fees and expenses
not expressly stated under this Agreement to be for the account of the
Certificateholders).
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SECTION 4.10 SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE. On or before each Determination
Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, each Paying Agent, the
Indenture Trustee and the Seller, with a copy to each Rating Agencies, a
Servicer's Certificate containing all information necessary to make the
distributions to be made on the related Distribution Date pursuant to Sections
5.06 and 5.07 for the related Collection Period executed by the President or any
Vice President or principal accounting officer of the Servicer substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (and setting forth such additional
information as requested by the Trustee or any Rating Agency from time to time
which information the Servicer is able to reasonably provide) and all
information necessary for the Owner Trustee to send statements to
Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee to send statements to the
Noteholders pursuant to the Trust Agreement or Indenture, as the case may be.
The Servicer shall also specify therein, the identity of any Receivable that the
Servicer or the Seller became obligated to repurchase or that the Servicer has
determined to be a Defaulted Receivable during the related Collection Period.
Receivables purchased or to be purchased by the Servicer or the Seller and
Receivables that the Servicer has determined during such Collection Period to be
Defaulted Receivables and with respect to which payment of the Administrative
Purchase Payment or Warranty Purchase Payment has been provided from whatever
source as of last day of such Collection Period shall be identified by the
Seller's account number with respect to such Receivable (as specified in the
Schedule of Receivables).
SECTION 4.11 ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF DEFAULT. (a)
The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or
before December 31 of each year beginning with the December 31 that is at least
six months after the Closing Date, an Officers' Certificate of the Servicer
stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
12-month period ended September 30 (or, if applicable, such shorter period in
the case of the first such Officer's Certificate) and of its performance under
this Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision and (ii) to the
best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such period or, if
there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying
each such default known to such officers and the nature and status thereof. The
Indenture Trustee shall send a copy of such Officer's Certificate and the report
referred to in Section 4.12 to the Rating Agencies. A copy of such Officer's
Certificate and the report referred to in Section 4.12 may be obtained by any
Certificateholder, Certificate Owner, Noteholder or Note Owner by a request in
writing to the Owner Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust Office. Upon the
telephone request of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will promptly
furnish the Owner Trustee a list of Noteholders as of the date specified by the
Owner Trustee.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written
notice in an Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under
Section 8.01(a) or (b).
SECTION 4.12 ANNUAL ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT. The Servicer shall cause a
firm of independent certified public accountants (who may also render other
services to the Servicer, the Seller or their Affiliates) to deliver to the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or before December 31 of each year
beginning with the December 31 that is at least six months after the Closing
Date, a report or letter with respect to the preceding 12-month period
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ended September 30 (or, if applicable, such longer period in the case of the
first such report or letter) to the effect that such accountants have reviewed
certain records and documents relating to the servicing of the Receivables under
this Agreement (using procedures specified in such report or letter) and as a
result of such review, and in connection with such procedures, they are
reporting such exceptions, if any, as shall be set forth therein. Such report or
letter shall also indicate that the firm is independent with respect to the
Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of
Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
SECTION 4.13 ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING
RECEIVABLES. The Servicer shall provide to the Certificateholders and
Noteholders reasonable access to the documentation regarding the Receivables.
The Servicer will provide such access to any Securityholder only in such cases
where the Certificateholders or Noteholders shall be required by applicable
statutes or regulations to review such documentation. In each case, such access
shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during
the normal business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer. Nothing in
this Section shall derogate from the obligation of the Servicer to observe any
applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors and
the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such
obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
SECTION 4.14 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSERVICER. The Servicer may at any time
appoint a subservicer to perform all or any portion of its obligations as
Servicer hereunder if each Rating Agency has received reasonable advance notice
of the Servicer's intention to do so and has not notified the Servicer that such
an appointment would or might result in the qualification, reduction or
withdrawal of a rating then assigned by such rating Agency to any Class of Notes
or to the Certificates; provided, however, that the Servicer shall remain
obligated and be liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Certificateholders and the Noteholders for the servicing and administering
of the Receivables in accordance with the provisions hereof without diminution
of such obligation and liability by virtue of the appointment of such
subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if
the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Receivables. The fees
and expenses of the subservicer shall be as agreed between the Servicer and its
subservicer from time to time, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders shall have any
responsibility therefor.
SECTION 4.15 AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES. If the Servicer,
during a Collection Period, assigns to a Receivable an account number that
differs from the original account number identifying such Receivable on the
Schedule of Receivables, the Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or before the Distribution Date relating
to such Collection Period, an amendment to the Schedule of Receivables reporting
the newly assigned account number, together with the old account number of each
such Receivable. The first such delivery of amendments to the Schedule of
Receivables shall include monthly amendments reporting account numbers appearing
on the Schedule of Receivables with the new account numbers assigned to such
Receivables during any prior Collection Period.
ARTICLE V
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DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE FUND; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
AND NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 5.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Servicer on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee shall establish the Collection Account and Payahead Account in the name
of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, each such account shall be an account
initially established with the Indenture Trustee and maintained with the
Indenture Trustee so long as (i) the commercial paper or other short-term
unsecured debt obligations of the Indenture Trustee are rated "P-1" or better by
Moody's, or if not rated by Moody's then otherwise approved by Moody's, and
"A-1+" or better by Standard & Poor's if rated by Standard & Poor's, or if not
rated by Standard & Poor's then otherwise approved by Standard & Poor's, in each
case at the time of any deposit therein, or (ii) such account is a segregated
trust account located in the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein (other
than interest or investment earnings thereon) are held in trust for the benefit
of the Securityholders, and the Indenture Trustee has a long-term deposit rating
from Moody's (so long as Moody's is a Rating Agency) of at least "A1" (or such
lower rating as Moody's shall approve in writing) and corporate trust powers
under applicable federal and state laws and is organized under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, in the event
that the Indenture Trustee no longer meets either of the foregoing requirements,
then the Servicer shall, with the Indenture Trustee's assistance as necessary,
cause the Collection Account and Payahead Account to be moved to a bank or trust
company that satisfies either of such requirements.
(b) For so long as the depository institution or trust company then
maintaining the Collection Account and Payahead Account meets the requirements
of Section 5.01(a)(i) or (a)(ii), all amounts held in these accounts shall, to
the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations, be invested, as
directed in writing by the Servicer, in Eligible Investments; otherwise such
amounts shall be maintained in cash. Earnings on investment of funds in these
accounts (net of losses and investment expenses) shall be paid to the Servicer
on each Distribution Date as servicing compensation, and any losses and
investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit in the related
account.
(c) For so long as o is the Relevant Trustee, the Accounts shall be
maintained with o as described in clause (ii) of the second sentence of Section
5.01(a). In the event that the long-term debt rating of the Relevant Trustee
does not satisfy clause (ii) of the second sentence of Section 5.01(a), the
Servicer shall, with the assistance of the Relevant Trustee as necessary, cause
the Collection Account and the Payahead Account to be moved to an institution or
an account otherwise satisfying the requirements of Section 5.01(a).
(d) Subject to the foregoing, the Servicer, on behalf of the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, shall establish and maintain as the
Collection Account an Eligible Deposit Account in the name of and under the
exclusive control of the Indenture Trustee, bearing a designation clearly
indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Certificateholder. On the Closing Date, the Owner Trustee
will transfer, or cause to be transferred, to such Collection Account all funds
or investments on deposit in the
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Collection Account established pursuant to the Trust Agreement for the benefit
of the Certificateholder, and all of the proceeds thereof, and will transfer all
of its right, title and interest in the Collection Account, all funds or
investments held or to be held therein and all proceeds thereof, whether or not
on behalf of the Certificateholder, to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of
the Noteholders and Certificateholder. The Indenture Trustee will be obligated
to transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Collection Account on the
Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full (or
substantially all of the Trust Estate is otherwise released from the lien of the
Indenture) to the Collection Account established pursuant to the Trust Agreement
for the benefit of the Certificateholder, and to take all necessary or
appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the
Collection Account, all funds or investments held or to be held therein and all
proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholder, to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholder, subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture with
respect to amounts held for payment to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver
a Note for payment on such Distribution Date.
(e) With respect to the Collection Account and all property held
therein, the Owner Trustee agrees, by its acceptance hereof that, on the terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture, for so long as Notes of any Class
remain outstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and
interest therein (excluding interest or investment income thereon payable to the
Servicer), and that such account shall be under the sole dominion and control of
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholder, as the case may be, as set forth in the Indenture. Subject to
the right of the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals therefrom, as directed by
the Servicer, for the purposes and in the amounts set forth in Section 5.06, the
Payahead Account and all funds held therein shall be the property of the
Servicer and not the property of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee. The Issuer, Owner Trustee, Seller and Indenture Trustee will treat the
Payahead Account, all funds therein and all net investment income with respect
thereto as assets of the Servicer for federal income tax and all other purposes.
The parties hereto agree that the Servicer shall have the power, revocable by
the Indenture Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture
Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from
the Collection Account and the Payahead Account for the purpose of permitting
the Servicer, Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective
duties hereunder or under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may
be.
SECTION 5.2 COLLECTIONS. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Servicer shall remit daily to the Collection Account all payments
received by or on behalf of the Obligors on or in respect of the Receivables
(other than, in the case of Precomputed Receivables, payments constituting
Payments Ahead) and all Net Liquidation Proceeds within two Business Days after
receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as (i) TMCC is the
Servicer, (ii) either (a) TMCC's short-term unsecured debt is rated P-1 by
Moody's and A-1 by Standard & Poor's (so long as Moody's and Standard & Poor's
are Rating Agencies), or (b) certain arrangements are made that are acceptable
to the Rating Agencies and (iii) no Servicing Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing (collectively, the "Monthly Remittance
Conditions"), the Servicer shall not be required to remit such collections to
the Collection Account on the foregoing daily basis but shall be entitled to
retain such collections, without segregation from its other funds, until the
Business Day before each Distribution Date at which time the Servicer shall
remit all such collections in respect of the related Collection Period
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to the Collection Account in immediately available funds. Commencing with the
first day of the first Collection Period that begins at least two Business Days
after the day on which any Monthly Remittance Condition ceases to be satisfied
and for so long as any Monthly Remittance Conditions is not satisfied, all
collections then held by the Servicer shall be immediately deposited into the
Collection Account and all future collections on or in respect of the
Receivables and all Net Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted by the Servicer
to the Collection Account on a daily basis within two Business Days after
receipt thereof.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall
deposit all Payments Ahead in the Collection Account within two Business
Days after receipt thereof, which Payments Ahead shall be transferred to the
Payahead Account pursuant to Section 5.06(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as all Monthly Remittance Conditions are satisfied, the
Servicer will not be required to deposit Payments Ahead in the Payahead
Account within two Business Days after receipt thereof but shall be entitled
to retain such Payments Ahead, without segregation from its other funds,
until such time as the Servicer shall be required to remit Applied Payments
Ahead to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.06(a)(ii). Commencing
with the first day of the first Collection Period that begins at least two
Business Days after the day on which any Monthly Remittance Condition ceases
to be satisfied and for so long as all Monthly Remittance Conditions are not
satisfied, all Payments Ahead then held by the Servicer shall be immediately
deposited into the Payahead Account and all future Payments Ahead shall be
remitted by the Servicer to the Payahead Account within two Business Days
after receipt thereof.
(c) The Servicer shall give the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and each Rating Agency written notice of the failure of any Monthly
Remittance Condition (and any subsequent curing of a failed Monthly
Remittance Condition) as soon as practical after the occurrence thereof.
Notwithstanding the failure of any Monthly Remittance Condition, the
Servicer may utilize an alternative collection or Payment Ahead remittance
schedule (which may be the remittance schedule previously utilized prior to
the failure of such Monthly Remittance Condition), if the Servicer provides
to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee written confirmation from each
Rating Agency that such alternative remittance schedule will not result in
the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to
any Class of Notes or the Certificates.
SECTION 5.3 APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS. As of the Business Day
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date, all collections for the
related Collection Period shall be applied by the Servicer as follows:
(a) With respect to each Receivable (other than an Administrative
Receivable or a Warranty Receivable), payments made by or on behalf of the
Obligor which are not Supplemental Servicing Fees shall be applied first to
reimburse the Servicer for Outstanding Advances made with respect to such
Receivable (each such payment, an "Overdue Payment"). Next, the amount of any
payment in excess of Supplemental Servicing Fees and Outstanding Advances with
respect to such Receivable shall be applied to the Scheduled Payment with
respect to such Receivable. If the amount of such payment remaining after the
applications described in the two preceding sentences (i) equals (together with
any Deferred Prepayment) the unpaid principal balance of
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such Receivable, it shall be applied to prepay the principal balance of such
Receivable, or (ii) is less than the unpaid principal balance of such
Receivable, it shall constitute an Excess Payment with respect to such
Receivable.
(b) With respect to each Administrative Receivable and Warranty
Receivable, payments made by or on behalf of the Obligor shall be applied in the
same manner, except that any Released Administrative Amount or Released Warranty
Amount shall be remitted to the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable. A
Warranty Purchase Payment or an Administrative Purchase Payment shall be applied
to reduce Outstanding Advances and such Warranty Purchase Payment or
Administrative Purchase Payment, as applicable, shall be applied to the
Scheduled Payment, in each case to the extent that the payments by the Obligor
shall be insufficient, and then to prepay the unpaid principal balance of such
Receivable in full.
SECTION 5.4 ADVANCES.
(a) As of the close of business on the last day of each Collection
Period, if the payments by or on behalf of the Obligor on a Precomputed
Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable)
after application under Section 5.03(a) shall be less than the Scheduled Payment
(determined as of the Closing Date), whether as a result of any modification or
extension granted to the Obligor or otherwise, then the Deferred Prepayment, if
any, with respect to such Precomputed Receivable shall be applied by the
Servicer to the extent of the shortfall, and such Deferred Prepayment shall be
reduced accordingly. Subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this
paragraph, the Servicer shall deposit an amount equal to such shortfall (each, a
"Precomputed Advance") in the Collection Account on the Business Day immediately
preceding the related Distribution Date. In addition, as of last day of a
Collection Period, if the payments during such Collection Period by or on behalf
of the Obligor on or in respect of a Simple Interest Receivable (other than an
Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable) after application under
Section 5.03(a) shall be less than the Scheduled Payment (determined as of the
Closing Date), whether as a result of any modification or extension granted to
the Obligor or otherwise, then an amount equal to the product of the principal
balance of such Receivable as of the first day of the related Collection Period
and one-twelfth of its Annual Percentage Rate minus the amount of interest
actually received on such Receivable during the Collection Period (each, a
"Simple Interest Advance") shall be deposited by the Servicer into the
Collection Account on the Business Day immediately preceding the related
Distribution Date. If such a calculation in respect of a Simple Interest
Receivable results in a negative number, an amount equal to such negative amount
shall be paid to the Servicer in reimbursement of any Outstanding Advances in
respect of Simple Interest Receivables. In addition, in the event that a Simple
Interest Receivable becomes a Liquidated Receivable, the amount of accrued and
unpaid interest thereon (but not including interest for the current Collection
Period) shall, up to the amount of Outstanding Advances in respect of Simple
Interest Receivables in respect thereof, be withdrawn from the Collection
Account and paid to the Servicer in reimbursement of such Outstanding Advances.
No Advances will be made with respect to the Principal Balance of Simple
Interest Receivables. The Servicer shall not be required to make an Advance
(other than a Simple Interest Advance in respect of an interest shortfall
arising from the Prepayment of a Simple Interest Receivable) to the extent that
the Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall determine that such Advance is
unlikely to be recovered from subsequent payments made by or on behalf of the
related Obligor, Liquidation Proceeds, by the Administrative Purchase Payment or
by the Warranty Purchase Payment with respect to such Receivable or otherwise.
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(b) The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for Outstanding
Advances, without interest, with respect to a Receivable from the following
sources with respect to such Receivable: (i) subsequent payments made by or on
behalf of the related Obligor, (ii) Liquidation Proceeds, (iii) the
Administrative Purchase Payment, and (iv) the Warranty Purchase Payment;
provided, however, that in the case of Advances made pursuant to Section 4.02,
the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement only from amounts received in
respect of such Receivable that are in excess of the amount of the Scheduled
Payment in the related Collection Period.
(c) To the extent that during any Collection Period any funds described
above in Section 5.04(b) with respect to a Receivable as to which the Servicer
previously has made an unreimbursed Advance are received by the Owner Trustee,
Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, and the Servicer determines that any
Outstanding Advances with respect to such Receivable are unlikely to be
recovered from payments made on or with respect to such Receivable (each, a
"Nonrecoverable Advance"), then, on the related Distribution Date, upon the
Servicer providing the Seller, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with
an Officer's Certificate setting forth the basis for its determination of any
such amount, the Relevant Trustee shall promptly remit to the Servicer (i) from
Available Interest an amount equal to the portion of such Nonrecoverable Advance
allocable to interest and (ii) from Available Principal an amount equal to the
portion of such Nonrecoverable Advance allocable to principal, in each case
without interest, in accordance with Section 5.06(c)(i). In lieu of causing the
Relevant Trustee to remit any such amounts or the amounts described in clauses
(i) through (iv) in Section 5.04(b), the Servicer may deduct such amounts from
deposits otherwise to be made into the Collection Account.
SECTION 5.5 ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS. (a) The following additional deposits
shall be made to the Collection Account: (i) the Seller shall remit the
aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments with respect to Warranty Receivables
pursuant to Section 4.07 or the amount required upon the optional termination of
the Trust by the Seller or the Servicer, or any successor to the Servicer,
pursuant to Section 9.01; (ii) the Servicer shall remit (A) the amount required
to be remitted in respect of certain full Prepayments pursuant to Section 4.03,
(B) the aggregate Advances pursuant to Sections 4.02, 4.08 and 5.04(a), and (C)
the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments with respect to Administrative
Receivables pursuant to Sections 3.02 and 4.08; and (iii) the Trustee shall
transfer the Yield Maintenance Deposit from the Yield Maintenance Account to the
Collection Account pursuant to Sections 5.06 and 5.08(b) (in assuring the
availability therein of the related Available Interest) and shall transfer the
amounts described in Sections 5.06 and 5.07(b) from the Reserve Fund to the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07(b).
(b) All deposits required to be made pursuant to this Section by the
Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, may be made in the form of a
single deposit and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later
than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately
preceding the related Distribution Date. At the direction of the Servicer,
the Relevant Trustee shall invest such amounts in Eligible Investments
maturing not later than [3:00 p.m.] New York City Time, on the related
Distribution Date.
SECTION 5.6 DISTRIBUTIONS.
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(a) On each Distribution Date (or, if both the Accounts are not
maintained by the Relevant Trustee, on the Business Day immediately preceding
each Distribution Date), the Relevant Trustee shall cause to be made the
following transfers and distributions in immediately available funds in the
amounts set forth in the Servicer's Certificate for such Distribution Date:
(i) from the Payahead Account (or directly from the Servicer
in the case of Payments Ahead held by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02(b)
or (c)) to the Collection Account, the aggregate Applied Payments Ahead; and
(ii) if the Servicer is not permitted to hold Payments Ahead
pursuant to Section 5.02(b) or (c), from the Collection Account to the Payahead
Account, the aggregate Payments Ahead for the related Collection Period.
(b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate the
Available Interest, the Available Principal, the Noteholders' Distributable
Amount, the Certificateholders' Distributable Amount, the amount to be
distributed to Noteholders of each Class And the Certificateholders, and all
other distributions, deposits and withdrawals to be made on the related
Distribution Date.
(c) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions in
respect of the Certificates shall be and hereby are subordinated to the rights
of the Noteholders to receive distributions in respect of the Notes to the
extent provided in this Section. On each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee
shall make the following distributions from the Collection Account in the
following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in the Servicer's
Certificate for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that except as
otherwise provided in Sections 5.05(a) or 5.06(a), such distributions shall be
made only from those funds deposited in the Collection Account for the related
Collection Period:
(i) to the Servicer from Available Interest or Available
Principal, any payments in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required pursuant
to Section 5.04(c);
(ii) to the Servicer, from Available Interest (after giving
effect to any reduction in Available Interest described in clause (i) above),
the Total Servicing Fee (including any unpaid Total Servicing Fees from one or
more prior Collection Periods);
(iii) to the Noteholders, on a pro rata basis based on the
Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount, the Class A-2 Interest Distributable
Amount and the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount, interest in an amount
equal to the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount together with any unpaid
Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfalls, Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfalls
and Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfalls, such amounts to be paid from
Available Interest (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Interest
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above); provided that if such Available
Interest is insufficient, the Noteholders will be entitled to receive such
amount first, from the Certificateholders' Percentage of Available Principal and
second, if such amounts are insufficient, from monies on deposit in the Reserve
Fund;
(iv) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, an amount equal to the
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount, and, on each Distribution Date
prior to the Distribution Date in o, the Certificateholders' Principal
Distributable Amount and any unpaid Class A-1 Principal
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Carryover Shortfall, such amount to be paid from Available Principal (as
Available Principal has been reduced by reimbursing the Servicer for the
principal component of any outstanding Advances and any reduction in Available
Principal described in clause (iii) above); provided that if such Available
Principal is insufficient, the Class A-1 Noteholders will be entitled to receive
such amount first, from Available Interest (after giving effect to any reduction
in Available Interest described in clauses (i) to (iii) above) and second, if
such amounts are insufficient, from monies on deposit in the Reserve Fund, until
the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class A-2 Noteholders, an amount equal to the
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount and any unpaid Class A-2 Principal
Carryover Shortfall, and, if the Distribution Date on which the principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero occurs prior to __________, 200_, then
on such Distribution Date only, the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution
Amount, such amount to be paid from Available Principal (as Available Principal
has been reduced by reimbursing the Servicer for the principal component of any
outstanding Advances and any reduction in Available Principal described in
clauses (iii) and (iv) above); provided that if such Available Principal is
insufficient, the Class A-2 Noteholders will be entitled to receive such amount
first, from Available Interest (after giving effect to any reduction in
Available Interest described in clauses (i) to (iv) above) and second, if such
amounts are insufficient, from monies on deposit in the Reserve Fund, until the
principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero;
(vi) to the Class A-3 Noteholders, an amount equal to the
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount and any unpaid Class A-3 Principal
Carryover Shortfall, such amount to be paid from Available Principal (as
Available Principal has been reduced by reimbursing the Servicer for the
principal component of any outstanding Advances and any reduction in Available
Principal described in clauses (iii) to (v) above); provided that if such
Available Principal is insufficient, the Class A-3 Noteholders will be entitled
to receive such amount first, from Available Interest (after giving effect to
any reduction in Available Interest described in clauses (i) to (v) above) and
second, if such amounts are insufficient, from monies on deposit in the Reserve
Fund, until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to zero;
(vii) to the Certificateholders, an amount equal to the
Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount and any unpaid
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall, such amount to be paid from
Available Interest (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Interest
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above); provided that if such Available
Interest is insufficient, the Certificateholders will be entitled to receive
such amount from monies on deposit in the Reserve Fund; and
(viii) to the Certificateholders, an amount equal to the
Certificateholders' Principal Distributable Amount and any unpaid
Certificateholder Principal Carryover Shortfall, such amount to be paid from
Available Principal (as Available Principal has been reduced by reimbursing the
Servicer for the principal component of any outstanding Advances and any
reduction in Available Principal described in clauses (iii) to (vi) above);
provided that if such Available Principal is insufficient, the
Certificateholders will be entitled to receive such amount first, from Available
Interest (after giving effect to any reduction in
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Available Interest described in clauses (i) to (vii) above) and second, if such
amounts are insufficient, from monies on deposit in the Reserve Fund.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall deposit any
Excess Amounts into the Reserve Fund until the amount on deposit therein equals
the Specified Reserve Fund Balance and shall distribute the remainder, if any,
to the Seller.
(e) Except with respect to the final payment upon retirement of a Note
or Certificate, the Servicer shall on each Distribution Date instruct the
Relevant Trustee to distribute to each Securityholder of record on the related
Record Date by check mailed to such Securityholder at the address of such Holder
appearing in the Certificate Register or Note Register, as the case may be, (or,
if DTC, its nominee or a Clearing Agency is the relevant Holder, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or pursuant to other arrangements), the
amount to be distributed to such Securityholder pursuant to such Holder's Note
or Certificate. With respect to the final payment upon retirement of a Note or
Certificate, the Servicer shall on the relevant final Distribution Date instruct
the Relevant Trustee to distribute the amounts due thereon only upon delivery
for cancellation of the certificate representing such Note or Certificate in
accordance with the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.7 RESERVE FUND.
(a) (i) In order to effectuate the subordination provided for herein
and to assure that sufficient amounts to make required distributions to
Noteholders and Certificateholders will be available, the Servicer shall
establish and maintain with the Relevant Trustee a trust account: the "Reserve
Fund" which will include the money and other property deposited and held therein
pursuant to Section 5.06(d) and this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, the Reserve Fund shall be a segregated trust account initially
established and maintained as set forth in Section 4.01.
(ii) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deposit
an amount equal to the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit into the Reserve
Fund. The Seller hereby acknowledges that the Reserve Fund Initial
Deposit (and any investment earnings thereon) are assets of the Owner
Trust Estate or the Trust Estate, as the case may be, subject to the
Seller's right to amounts released therefrom as being in excess of the
Specified Reserve Fund Balance on any Distribution Date or upon the
termination of the trusts established under the Trust Agreement and the
Indenture, and the Seller hereby agrees to treat the same as the assets
(and earnings) of the Issuer for federal income tax and all other
purposes. On each Distribution Date, Excess Amounts will be deposited
into the Reserve Fund by the Relevant Trustee to the extent set forth
in Section 5.06(d).
(iii) In order to give effect to the subordination provided
for herein and to assure availability of the amounts maintained in the
Reserve Fund, the Seller hereby sells, conveys and transfers to the
Relevant Trustee, as collateral agent, and its successors and assigns,
the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit and all proceeds thereof and hereby
pledges to the Relevant Trustee as collateral agent, and its successors
and assigns, all other amounts deposited in or credited to the Reserve
Fund from time to time under this Agreement, all earnings and
distributions
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thereon and proceeds thereof (other than the amounts to be released to
the Seller as described in clause (ii) above) subject, however, to the
limitations set forth below, and solely for the purpose of securing and
providing for payment of the Noteholders' Distributable Amounts and
Certificateholders' Distributable Amounts, together with any Interest
Carryover Shortfalls and Principal Carryover Shortfalls, in accordance
with Section 5.06 and this Section to have and to hold all the
aforesaid property, rights and privileges unto the Relevant Trustee,
its successors and assigns, in trust for the uses and purposes, and
subject to the terms and provisions, set forth in this Section. The
Issuer and the Owner Trustee hereby acknowledge such transfer and
accept the trusts hereunder, and the Issuer and the Owner Trustee will
not execute any Indenture unless the related Indenture Trustee
thereunder acknowledges such transfer and accepts such trusts, and each
of them shall hold and distribute the Reserve Fund in accordance with
the terms and provisions of this Section.
(b) Consistent with the limited purposes for which such trusts are
granted, on each Distribution Date the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund
shall be available for, and applied to make, distributions as provided in
Section 4.06. In addition, on each Distribution Date on which the amount on
deposit in the Reserve Fund (after giving effect to all deposits thereto or
withdrawals therefrom on such Distribution Date) is greater than the Specified
Reserve Fund Balance, the Trustee will distribute any remaining amounts to the
Seller in its capacity as Owner without regard to its holding or beneficial
ownership of any Certificates. Upon any such distribution to the Seller, the
Issuer, Owner Trustee, Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee and Noteholders
will have no further rights in, or claims to, such amounts.
(c) Amounts held in the Reserve Fund shall be invested in the manner
specified in Section 5.01(b). Such investments shall not be sold or disposed of
prior to their maturity. All such investments shall be made in the name of the
Relevant Trustee, its Financial Intermediary or its nominee, in either case as
collateral agent, and all income and gain realized thereon shall be solely for
the benefit of the Seller and shall be payable by the Relevant Trustee to the
Seller in its capacity as Owner without regard to its holding or beneficial
ownership of any Certificates on each Distribution Date. Realized losses, if
any, on investment of the Reserve Fund shall be charged first against
undistributed investment earnings attributable to the Reserve Fund and then
against the Reserve Fund.
(d) Effective upon Delivery of the Reserve Fund property in the form of
Physical Property, book-entry securities or uncertificated securities, the
Issuer or the Relevant Trustee, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have
purchased such Reserve Fund property for value, in good faith and without notice
of any adverse claim thereto.
(e) Each of the Seller and the Servicer agrees to take or cause to be
taken such further actions, to execute, deliver and file or cause to be
executed, delivered and filed such further documents and instruments (including,
without limitation, any UCC financing statements or this Agreement) as may be
determined to be necessary, in an Opinion of Counsel to the Seller delivered to
the Relevant Trustee, in order to perfect the interests created by this Section
and otherwise fully to effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this
Section. The Seller and/or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall:
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(i) promptly execute, deliver and file any financing
statements, amendments, continuation statements, assignments, certificates and
other documents with respect to such interests and perform all such other acts
as may be necessary in order to perfect or to maintain the perfection of the
security interest of the Issuer or the Relevant Trustee, as the case may be; and
(ii) make the necessary filings of financing statements or
amendments thereto within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any of the
following: (1) any change in their respective corporate names or any trade
names, (2) any change in the location of their respective chief executive
offices or principal places of business and (3) any merger or consolidation or
other change in their respective identities or corporate structures; and shall
promptly notify the Relevant Trustee of any such filings.
(f) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall enter
into any subordination or intercreditor agreement with respect to the Reserve
Fund.
(g) Upon termination of the trusts created pursuant to the Indenture
and the Trust Agreement, any amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund, after
payment of all amounts due to the Noteholders and Certificateholders, shall be
paid to the Seller in its capacity as Owner without regard to its holding or
beneficial ownership of any Certificates.
SECTION 5.8 YIELD MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
(a) (i) In order to assure that sufficient amounts to make required
distributions of interest to Noteholders and Certificateholders will be
available, the Servicer shall establish and maintain with the Relevant Trustee a
trust account (the "Yield Maintenance Account") which will include the money and
other property deposited and held therein pursuant to this Section. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Yield Maintenance Account shall be a
segregated trust account initially established and maintained as set forth in
Section 4.01.
(ii) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller [or third
party] shall deposit an amount equal to the Yield Maintenance Account
Initial Deposit into the Yield Maintenance Account. In addition, on
each subsequent Distribution Date, the Seller [or third party] shall,
pursuant to the Yield Maintenance Agreement [and the Collateral
Security Agreement] deposit an amount equal to the Additional Yield
Maintenance Amount into the Yield Maintenance Account. The Yield
Maintenance Account shall be held by the Relevant Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes and Certificates. [The [Seller
hereby acknowledges][third party, pursuant to the Collateral Security
Agreement and the Yield Maintenance Agreement], has acknowledged] that
the Yield Maintenance Account Initial Deposit, all Additional Yield
Maintenance Amounts and any investment earnings thereon are owned
directly by it, and the [Seller hereby agrees][third party has
thereunder agreed] to treat the same as its assets (and earnings) for
federal income tax and all other purposes.]
(iii) In order to assure availability of the amounts
maintained in the Yield
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Maintenance Account, the [third party has, pursuant to the Yield
Maintenance Agreement and the Collateral Security Agreement, sold,
conveyed and transferred] [Seller hereby sells, conveys and transfers]
to the Relevant Trustee, as collateral agent, and its successors and
assigns, the Yield Maintenance Account Initial Deposit and all proceeds
thereof and [pursuant to the Yield Maintenance Agreement and the
Collateral Security Agreement has pledged][hereby pledges] to the
Relevant Trustee as collateral agent, and its successors and assigns,
all other amounts deposited in or credited to the Yield Maintenance
Account from time to time under the Yield Maintenance Agreement, all
earnings and distributions thereon and proceeds thereof (other than
proceeds constituting interest or net investment earnings attributable
to investment of the Yield Maintenance Account at the direction of the
Servicer) subject, however, to the limitations set forth below, and
solely for the purpose of securing and providing for payment of each
Yield Maintenance Deposit comprising a portion of Available Interest to
be distributed in accordance with Section 5.07 and this Section on any
Distribution Date, to have and to hold all the aforesaid property,
rights and privileges unto the Relevant Trustee, its successors and
assigns, in trust for the uses and purposes, and subject to the terms
and provisions, set forth in this Section. The Issuer and the Owner
Trustee hereby acknowledge such transfer and accept the trusts
hereunder, and the Issuer and the Owner Trustee will not execute any
Indenture unless the related Indenture Trustee thereunder acknowledges
such transfer and accepts such trusts, and each of them shall hold and
distribute the Reserve Fund in accordance with the terms and provisions
of this Section.
(b) Consistent with the limited purposes for which such trust are
granted, on each Distribution Date the amount of the related Yield Maintenance
Deposit, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Yield Maintenance Account are
sufficient therefor, shall be available for distribution as provided in Section
5.06 (in determining and distributing Available Interest) and, on each
Distribution Date, if the amount on deposit in the Yield Maintenance Account
(after giving effect to all deposits thereto or withdrawals therefrom on such
Distribution Date) is greater than the Required Yield Maintenance Amount, the
Indenture Trustee will distribute any remaining amounts to the Seller [or third
party]. Upon any such distribution to the Seller [or third party], the Issuer,
Owner Trustee, Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee and Noteholders will have
no further rights in, or claims to, such amounts.
(c) Amounts held in the Yield Maintenance Account shall be invested in
the manner specified in Section 5.01(b). Such investments shall not be sold or
disposed of prior to their maturity. All such investments shall be made in the
name of the Relevant Trustee, its Financial Intermediary or its nominee, in
either case as collateral agent, and all income and gain realized thereon shall
be solely for the benefit of the Seller (in its capacity as Owner without regard
to its holding or beneficial ownership of any Certificates) [or third party] and
shall be payable by the Relevant Trustee to the Seller (in its capacity as Owner
without regard to its holding or beneficial ownership of any Certificates) [or
third party] on each Distribution Date. Realized losses, if any, on investment
of the Yield Maintenance Account shall be charged first against undistributed
investment earnings attributable to the Yield Maintenance Account and then
against the Yield Maintenance Account.
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(d) Effective upon Delivery of the Yield Maintenance Account property
in the form of Physical Property, book-entry securities or uncertificated
securities, the Issuer or the Relevant Trustee, as the case may be, shall be
deemed to have purchased such Yield Maintenance Account property for value, in
good faith and without notice of any adverse claim thereto.
(e) Each of the Seller and the Servicer agrees [and, pursuant to the
Yield Maintenance Agreement and the Collateral Security Agreement, the third
party has agreed,] to take or cause to be taken such further actions, to
execute, deliver and file or cause to be executed, delivered and filed such
further documents and instruments (including, without limitation, any UCC
financing statements or this Agreement) as may be determined to be necessary, in
an Opinion of Counsel to [the Seller] [the third party] delivered to the
Relevant Trustee, in order to perfect the interests created by this Section and
otherwise fully to effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this
Section. The [third party][Seller and/or the Servicer], as the case may be,
shall:
(i) promptly execute, deliver and file any financing
statements, amendments, continuation statements, assignments, certificates and
other documents with respect to such interests and perform all such other acts
as may be necessary in order to perfect or to maintain the perfection of the
security interest of the Issuer or the Relevant Trustee, as the case may be; and
(ii) make the necessary filings of financing statements or
amendments thereto within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any of the
following: (1) any change in their respective corporate names or any trade
names, (2) any change in the location of their respective chief executive
offices or principal places of business and (3) any merger or consolidation or
other change in their respective identities or corporate structures; and shall
promptly notify the Relevant Trustee of any such filings.
(f) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall enter
into any subordination or intercreditor agreement with respect to the Yield
Maintenance Account.
(g) Upon termination of the trusts created pursuant to the Indenture
and the Trust Agreement, any amounts on deposit in the Yield Maintenance
Account, after payment of all amounts due to the Noteholders and
Certificateholders, shall be paid to the [Seller in its capacity as Owner
without regard to its holding or beneficial ownership of any Certificates][third
party].
SECTION 5.9 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND NOTEHOLDERS.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall provide to the
Indenture Trustee (with a copy to the Rating Agencies and each Paying Agent) for
the Indenture Trustee to forward to each Noteholder of record as of the most
recent Record Date and to the Owner Trustee (with a copy to each Paying Agent)
for the Owner Trustee to forward to each Certificateholder of record as of the
most recent Record Date a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit XXX,
setting forth at least the following information as to the Notes and the
Certificates to the extent applicable:
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(i) the amount of the distribution allocable to principal in
respect of each Class of Notes and the Certificates;
(ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on
or with respect to each Class of Notes and the Certificates;
(iii) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last
day of the preceding Collection Period;
(iv) the aggregate Outstanding Amount, the Outstanding Amount
with respect to each Class of Notes and the Note Pool Factor, and the
Certificate Balance and the Certificate Pool Factor, in each case after giving
effect to all payments in respect of principal on such Distribution Date;
(v) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with
respect to the related Collection Period;
(vi) the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3
Rate and the Pass Through Rate for the Interest Period relating to the
succeeding Distribution Date;
(vii) the Interest Carryover Shortfall and Principal Carryover
Shortfall, if any, with respect to each Class of Notes, and the
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Certificateholders'
Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, and the change in such amounts from the
preceding Distribution Date;
(viii) the aggregate amount of Payments Ahead on deposit in
the Payahead Account or held by the Servicer with respect to the related
Receivables and the change in such amount from the immediately preceding
Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount of Advances made in respect of the related
Receivables and the related Collection Period and the amount of unreimbursed
Advances on such Distribution Date; and
(x) the balance of any Reserve Fund and the Yield Maintenance
Account on such Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes thereto on
such Distribution Date and the amount of such changes.
SECTION 5.10 NET DEPOSITS. As an administrative convenience, the
Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may make any
remittances pursuant to this Article net of amounts to be distributed by the
applicable recipient to such remitting party. Nonetheless, each such party shall
account to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders for all of the above described remittances and distributions
as if all deposits, distributions and transfers were made individually.
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ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER
SECTION 6.1 REPRESENTATIONS OF SELLER. The Seller makes the following
representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Receivables. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the
Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING. The Seller shall have been duly
organized and shall be validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of California, with corporate power and authority to own
its properties and to conduct its business as such properties shall be currently
owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times,
and shall now have, corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire, own
and sell the Receivables.
(b) DUE QUALIFICATION. The Seller shall be duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and shall have obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications.
(c) POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Seller shall have the corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the
Seller shall have full corporate power and authority to sell and assign the
property to be sold and assigned to and deposited as part of the Owner Trust
Estate or Trust Estate, as the case may be, and shall have duly authorized such
sale and assignment to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee,
as the case may be, by all necessary corporate action; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement shall have been duly authorized by
the Seller by all necessary corporate action.
(d) VALID SALE; BINDING OBLIGATIONS. This Agreement shall evidence a
valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller; and shall constitute a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equity principles.
(e) NO VIOLATION. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller or any indenture, agreement or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it shall be bound;
nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument
(other than this Agreement), nor violate any law or, to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court
or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
properties which breach,
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default, conflict, lien or violation would have a material adverse effect on the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Seller.
(f) NO PROCEEDINGS. There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by
any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or
to the Seller's knowledge, threatened, against or affecting the Seller: (i)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture,
the Certificates or the Notes, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, (iii)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect
the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the
Certificates or the Notes, or (iv) relating to the Seller and which might
adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the Issuer, the
Certificates or the Notes.
SECTION 6.2 CORPORATE EXISTENCE. During the term of this Agreement, the
Seller will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises
as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and
will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of the Basic Documents and each other instrument or agreement
necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, all transactions and dealings
between the Seller and its Affiliates (including the Issuer) will be conducted
on an arm's length basis.
SECTION 6.3 LIABILITY OF SELLER; INDEMNITIES. The Seller shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement:
(a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Servicer and any of
the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any time be
asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated
herein and in the Basic Documents, including any sales, gross receipts, general
corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes (but, in the
case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of
the date of, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and
original sale of the Certificates and the Notes, or asserted with respect to
ownership of the Receivables or federal or other income taxes arising out of
distributions on the Certificates or the Notes) and costs and expenses in
defending against the same.
(b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Certificateholders and
the Noteholders and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of (i) the Seller's willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement,
or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement and (ii) the Seller's or the Issuer's violation of federal or state
securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and the
Certificates.
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(c) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims,
damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the
acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein and in the Trust
Agreement contained, in the case of the Owner Trustee, and in the Indenture
contained, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, except to the extent that such
cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability: (i) in the case of the Owner
Trustee, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
(except for errors in judgment) of the Owner Trustee or, in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Indenture Trustee; or (ii) in
the case of the Owner Trustee, shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee
of any of its representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the
Trust Agreement.
(d) The Seller shall pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all
or any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination of this
Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses
of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to
this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made
thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall
promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
SECTION 6.4 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF, SELLER. Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or
consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the
Seller shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of
the Seller substantially as a whole, which person in any of the foregoing cases
executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller
under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to
this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to
such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.01
shall have been breached and no Servicer Default, and no event that, after
notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such
agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction
have been complied with, (iii) the Seller shall have given 10 days' written
notice to each Rating Agency of its intent or expectation to enter such
transaction and neither Rating Agency shall have notified the Seller, the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee that such transaction might or would cause it
to reduce, withdraw or modify its then current rating of any Class of Notes or
the Certificates and (iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements
and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee,
respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings, or
(B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be
necessary to preserve and protect such interests. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the
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execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the
transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
SECTION 6.5 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SELLER AND OTHERS. The Seller
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good
faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute
or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under
this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability.
SECTION 6.6 SELLER MAY OWN CERTIFICATES OR NOTES. The Seller and any
Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner
or pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided in any
Basic Document.
ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
SECTION 7.1 REPRESENTATIONS OF SERVICER. The Servicer makes the
following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Receivables. The representations speak as of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the
Initial Receivables, if any, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date,
in the case of the Subsequent Receivables, and shall survive the sale of the
Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING. The Servicer shall have been duly
organized and shall be validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of California, with corporate power and authority to own
its properties and to conduct its business as such properties shall be currently
owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times,
and shall now have, corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire, own
and sell the Receivables.
(b) DUE QUALIFICATION. The Servicer shall be duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and shall have obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications.
(c) POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Servicer shall have the corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms;
and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action.
(d) BINDING OBLIGATIONS. This Agreement shall constitute a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equity principles.
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(e) NO VIOLATION. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer or any indenture, agreement
or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be
bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than this Agreement), nor violate any law or, to the best of
the Servicer's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the
Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer or its properties which breach, default, conflict, lien or violation
would have a material adverse effect on the earnings, business affairs or
business prospects of the Servicer.
(f) NO PROCEEDINGS. There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by
any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or
to the Servicer's knowledge, threatened, against or affecting the Servicer: (i)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture,
the Certificates or the Notes, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, (iii)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect
the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the
Certificates or the Notes, or (iv) relating to the Servicer and which might
adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the Issuer, the
Certificates or the Notes.
(g) NO INSOLVENT OBLIGORS. As of the Cutoff Date, no Obligor on a
Receivable is indicated on the related Receivable File to be the subject of a
bankruptcy proceeding.
SECTION 7.2 INDEMNITIES OF SERVICER. The Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement:
(a) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller,
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of
the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and
against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities,
arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer
or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle.
(b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller,
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and
the Noteholders and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the
Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities to the
extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arose out of,
or is imposed upon any such Person through, the negligence, willful misfeasance
or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under
this Agreement.
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For purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the
rights and obligations of TMCC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section
7.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01, or a resignation by such Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer
pending appointment of a successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee)
pursuant to Section 8.02.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or the termination of this
Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses
of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant
to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made
thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly
repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
SECTION 7.3 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF, SERVICER. Any corporation (i) into which the Servicer may be
merged or consolidated, (ii) which may result from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party or (iii) which may succeed
to all or substantially all of the business of the Servicer, which corporation
in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform
every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, shall be the successor to
the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this; provided, however,
that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Servicer
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become a Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the
Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with
this Section and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement
relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii)the Servicer shall
have given 10 days' written notice to each Rating Agency of its intent or
expectation to enter such transaction and neither Rating Agency shall have
notified the Seller, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee that such
trasaction might or would cause it to reduce, withdraw or modify its then
current rating of any Class of Notes or the Certificates, (iv) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction, the successor to the Servicer shall become
the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance with Section
8 of such Agreement and (v) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation
statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details
of such filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect
such interests. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution
of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the
transactions referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above.
SECTION 7.4 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SERVICER AND OTHERS. Neither the
Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer
shall be under any liability to the Seller, the Issuer, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement
or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not
protect the Servicer or any such person against any liability that would
otherwise be imposed
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by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this
Agreement. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly
executed and submitted by any person respecting any matters arising under this
Agreement.
Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under
any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not
be incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it
may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the Basic Documents and the rights
and duties of the parties to the Basic Documents and the interests of the
Certificateholders under this Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture.
SECTION 7.5 TMCC NOT TO RESIGN AS SERVICER. Subject to the provisions
of Section 7.03, TMCC shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon a determination that
the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be
permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting
the resignation of TMCC shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency at the earliest practicable time (and,
if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the
earliest practicable time) and any such determination shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such
resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a successor
Servicer shall have (i) assumed the responsibilities and obligations of TMCC in
accordance with Section 8.02 and (ii) become the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT
SECTION 8.1 SERVICER DEFAULT. If any one of the following events (a
"Servicer Default") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) any failure by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as TMCC is the
Servicer) to deliver to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in any of the Trust
Accounts any required payment or to direct the Relevant Trustee to make any
required distributions therefrom, which failure continues unremedied for a
period of three Business Days after written notice of such failure is received
(i) by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as TMCC is the Servicer) from the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an
officer of the Servicer or (ii) to the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may
be, and to the applicable Trustee and Indenture Trustee by the holders of Notes
or Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the sum of the Outstanding
Amount and the Certificate Balance, acting together as a single class;
(b) failure by the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, duly to
observe or to perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements
of the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be) set forth in this Agreement,
which failure shall materially and adversely
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affect the rights of Certificateholders or Noteholders and shall continue
unremedied for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure is received (i) by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as TMCC is
the Servicer) from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery
of such failure by an officer of the Servicer or (ii) to the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, and to the applicable Trustee and Indenture
Trustee by the holders of Notes or Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of
the sum of the Outstanding Amount and the Certificate Balance, acting together
as a single class; or
(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Seller,
the Servicer or the Issuer;
then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have
been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 51% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (but excluding for
purposes of such calculation and action all Securities held or beneficially
owned by TMCC, TMCRC or any of their affiliates), by notice then given in
writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if
given by the Noteholders) may terminate all the rights and obligations (other
than the obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of the Servicer under
this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice,
all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with
respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall,
without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such
Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without
limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized
and empowered to execute and deliver, for the benefit of the predecessor
Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other
instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents,
or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the Successor
Servicer and the Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities
and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of
all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for
deposit, or have been deposited by the predecessor Servicer, in the Accounts or
the Reserve Fund or thereafter received with respect to the Receivables and all
Payments Ahead that shall at that time be held by the predecessor Servicer. All
reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection
with transferring the Receivable Files to the Successor Servicer and amending
this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section
shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs and expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event the predecessor Servicer is the Trustee, the original Servicer hereunder
shall reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable costs and expenses as described
in the immediately preceding sentence. Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence
of a Servicer Default, the Owner Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Rating
Agencies.
SECTION 8.2 APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) Upon the Servicer's receipt of notice of termination pursuant to
Section 8.01 or the Servicer's resignation in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as
Servicer under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date
specified in such termination notice or, if no such date
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is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in
the case of resignation, until the later of (i) the date 45 days from the
delivery to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of
such resignation (or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and (ii) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer
shall become unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of
resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Servicer's
termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a Successor Servicer,
and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment (including its
appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in
Section 8.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been
appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act as
Servicer in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee without further
action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the
Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be legally unable so to act, appoint or
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular
business shall include the servicing of automotive receivables, as the successor
to the Servicer under this Agreement.
(b) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer (including the Indenture
Trustee acting as successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all respects
to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the
predecessor Servicer and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all the
rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement and (ii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement
in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement.
SECTION 8.3 REPAYMENT OF ADVANCES. If the Servicer shall resign or be
terminated, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for
Outstanding Advances pursuant to Sections 5.03 and 5.04 with respect to all
Advances previously made thereby.
SECTION 8.4 NOTIFICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Upon
any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to
this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Noteholders and the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 8.5 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 51% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or, in the case of any
default which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders, the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the
Certificate Balance, in each case excluding for purposes of such calculation and
action all Securities held or beneficially owned by TMCC, TMCRC or any of their
affiliates, may, on behalf of all Noteholders and Certificateholders, waive in
writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations
hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits
to or payments from any of the Trust Accounts in accordance with this Agreement.
Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for
every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereto.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.1 OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF ALL RECEIVABLES.
(a) On each Distribution Date following the last day of a Collection
Period as of which the Pool Balance shall be less than the Optional Purchase
Percentage (expressed as a seven-digit decimal figure) multiplied by the
Original Pool Balance, the Seller or the Servicer, or any successor to the
Servicer, shall have the option to purchase the corpus of the Owner Trust
Estate; provided that the option to purchase provided in this Section shall not
be exercised if the final distribution to Noteholders of any Class or
Certificateholders would be less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount or
Certificate Balance, as the case may be, plus the sum of (i) the Noteholders'
Interest Distributable Amount for the related Distribution Date, (ii) any unpaid
Interest Carryover Shortfall with respect to any Class of Notes, (iii) the
Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount for the related Distribution
Date and (iv) any unpaid Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall. To
exercise such option, the Seller or the Servicer, or any successor to the
Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee in writing, no later than the tenth day of the month preceding the month
in which the Distribution Date as of which such purchase is to be effected and
shall, on or before the Distribution Date on which such purchase is to occur,
deposit pursuant to Section 5.06 in the Collection Account an amount equal to
the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the Receivables (including
Defaulted Receivables), plus the appraised value of any other property held by
the Trust (less liquidation expenses to be incurred in connection with the
recovery thereof), such value to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed
upon by the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee,
and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Trust Estate and the Owner
Trust Estate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Moody's is a Rating Agency, the
Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, may not effect any such purchase if
the long-term unsecured debt obligations of the related entity are rated less
than Baa3, unless the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee shall have received an
Opinion of Counsel that such purchase will not constitute a fraudulent
conveyance, or Moody's is otherwise satisfied, as evidenced by written notice
from Moody's to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. Upon such deposit
of the amount necessary to purchase the corpus of the Owner Trust Estate, the
Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have released all
claims for reimbursement of Outstanding Advances made in respect of the
Receivables. The payment shall be made in the manner specified in Section 5.06,
and shall be distributed pursuant to Section 5.07. In the event that both the
Sellerand the Servicer, or any successor to the Servicer, elect to purchase the
Receivables pursuant to this Section, the party first notifying the Owner
Trustee (based on the Owner Trustee's receipt of such notice) shall be permitted
to purchase the Receivables.
(b) Notice of any such purchase of the Owner Trust Estate shall be
given by the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to each Securityholder as
soon as practicable after their receipt of notice thereof from the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be.
(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the
payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the
Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder other
than Section 5.07(b) and the Owner Trustee will
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succeed to the rights of, and assume the obligations of, the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Upon the repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller or the
Servicer, pursuant to any provision hereof, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer and the Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders, shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer, assign,
set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller, all right, title and interest of
the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer in, to and under such repurchased
Receivable, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all
proceeds thereof and the other property conveyed to the Issuer hereunder
pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such Receivable, and all security and
any documents relating thereto, such assignment being an assignment outright and
not for security; and the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall thereupon
own each such Receivable, and all such related security and documents, free of
any further obligation to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders,
the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with respect thereto. The Owner Trustee
and Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer
and assignment and take such other actions as shall be reasonably requested by
the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to effect the conveyance of such
Receivable pursuant to this Section. If in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding it is held that the Seller or Servicer may not enforce a repurchased
Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder
entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer
and the Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders shall, at the written direction and expense of the Seller or
Servicer, as the case may be, take such reasonable steps as the Owner Trustee or
Indenture Trustee deems necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing
suit in the name or names of the Issuer, Certificateholders or Noteholders.
SECTION 9.2 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer under this Agreement
shall terminate upon the termination of the Trust Agreement pursuant to Article
9 of that Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended by the Seller,
the Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but
without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, to cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended by the Seller, the Servicer and the
Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of
any of the Noteholders or the
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Certificateholders for the purpose of changing the formula for determining the
Specified Reserve Fund Balance, the manner in which the Reserve Fund is funded
(i.e. to allow the deposit of cash therein by any Person, but not to change any
order of priority of payments and distributions specified in Section 5.06 of
this Agreement), changing the remittance schedule for the deposit of collections
with respect to the Receivables in the Collection Account or Payahead Account
pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof or changing the definition of Eligible
Investment, in each case only if the Indenture Trustee and/or the Owner Trustee,
as the case may be, (i) has received a letter from Standard & Poor's to the
effect that Standard & Poor's will not qualify, reduce or withdraw the rating it
has currently assigned to any Class of Notes as a result of such amendment and
(ii) has provided Moody's with 10 days prior written notice of such amendment
and Moody's shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee and/or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, that such amendment might or would result in the
qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the rating it has currently assigned
to any Class of Notes; provided that no such amendment may increase or reduce in
any manner or accelerate or delay the timing of collections on the Receivables
or payments required to be made to Holders of any Class of Notes or of the
Certificates without the consent of all Holders of each affected Class or the
Certificateholders, if affected.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the consent
of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a 51% of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes, or in the case of any amendment which does not adversely affect
the interests of the Indenture Trustee or such Noteholders, the holders of the
Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the Certificate Balance (but
excluding for purposes all Certificates held or beneficially owned by TMCC,
TMCRC or any of their affiliates), for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or of modifying in any manner the rights of such Noteholders or
Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment may (i) increase
or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
collections of payments on the related Receivables or distributions that are
required to be made for the benefit of any Noteholders or Certificateholders or
(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Notes or Certificates required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the
outstanding Notes or Certificates, as the case may be.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each
of the Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders or
Noteholders pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section
10.02. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee's or
the Indenture Trustee's, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under
this Agreement or otherwise.
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SECTION 10.2 PROTECTION OF TITLE TO TRUST.
(a) The Seller shall execute and file such financing statements and
cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner
and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and
protect the interest of the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee in the
Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to
be delivered) to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies
of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as
available following such filing.
(b) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity
or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might make any
financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph
(a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the
UCC, unless it shall have given the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at
least five days' prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed
appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or
continuation statements.
(c) Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall have an obligation to
give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 60 days' prior written
notice of any relocation of its principal executive office if, as a result of
such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing
of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or
of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment or new
financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from
which it shall service Receivables, and its principal executive office, within
the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each
Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof
to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and
recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii)
reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each
Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account
in respect of such Receivable.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and
after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables, the Servicer's
master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to any
Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned
by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of these
respective interests in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the
Servicer's computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall
have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell,
grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
receivables to, any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the
Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee
computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup
archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable,
shall
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indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer
and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(g) The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at
any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and
abstracts from the Servicer's records regarding any Receivable.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee or to
the Indenture Trustee, within five Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by
contract number and name of Obligor) then held as part of the Trust, together
with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of
the Servicer's Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of
Receivables from the Trust.
(i) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee:
(A) promptly after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and, if required pursuant to Section 10.01, of each amendment
hereto and on certain Distribution Dates as required by Sections
2.02(b)(2)(iv) and 2.05(b)(2)(x), an Opinion of Counsel stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, either (1) all financing statements and
continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary
fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details
are given, or (2) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and
protect such interest, in each case also specifying any action
necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following
year to preserve and protect such interest; and
(B) within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar year
beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three months
after the first Cutoff Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date
during such 90-day period, stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, either (1) all financing statements and continuation
statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details
are given, or (2) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and
protect such interest.
(i) The Seller shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause
the Certificates and the Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to
Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act within the time periods
specified in such sections.
SECTION 10.3 NOTICES. All demands, notices, communications and
instructions upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in
writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the
case of the Seller, to Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, 19001 S. Western Avenue,
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Torrance, Californian 90509, Attention of Secretary ((310) 718-4800), (b) in the
case of the Servicer, to Toyota Motor Credit Receivables Corporation, 19300
Gramercy Place, North Building, Attention of Secretary ((310) 787-1310), (c) in
the case of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as
defined in the Trust Agreement), (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at
the Corporate Trust Office, (e) in the case of Moody's, to Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York
10007, (f) in the case of Standard & Poor's, to Standard & Poor's Ratings Group,
26 Broadway (15th Floor), New York, New York 10004, Attention of Asset Backed
Surveillance Department, (g) in the case of Fitch Investors Service, Inc., to
One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004, and (h) in the case of Duff &
Phelps Credit Rating Company, to 55 E. Monroe Street (35th Floor), Chicago,
Illinois 60603; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall
be designated by written notice to the other parties.
SECTION 10.4 ASSIGNMENT BY THE SELLER OR THE SERVICER. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in the remainder
of this Section, as provided in Sections 6.04 and 7.03 herein and as provided in
the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer,
this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer. [Insert any
caveats necessary regarding third party rights under the Yield Maintenance
agreement or the Collateral Security Agreement.]
SECTION 10.5 LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF OTHERS. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be
construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any
covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 10.6 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.7 SEPARATE COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 10.8 HEADINGS. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 10.9 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California, 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.
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SECTION 10.10 ASSIGNMENT BY ISSUER. The Seller hereby acknowledges and
consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by
the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of
the Noteholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under
the Receivables and/or the assignment of any or all of the Issuer's rights and
obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 10.11 NONPETITION COVENANTS.
(a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the
Servicer and the Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer,
acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
the affairs of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the
Servicer shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
termination of this Agreement with respect to the Seller, acquiesce, petition or
otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the process of any court or
government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against
the Seller under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law,
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Seller or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.
SECTION 10.12 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE
TRUSTEE.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by not in its individual capacity but solely in
its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall in its
individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as
beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder
or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto,
as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For
all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations
hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been accepted by o, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee and in no event shall have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the
Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered
pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets
of the Issuer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
TOYOTA AUTO RECEIVABLES OWNERS TRUST 199 -
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By:
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not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
Seller
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION,
Servicer
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED AS OF
THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN:
, not in its
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individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE A
Schedule of Receivables
(To be Delivered to the Trust at Closing and supplemented
on each Subsequent Transfer Date for Subsequent Receivables)
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Servicer's Certificate
TOYOTA AUTO RECEIVABLES _______
GRANTOR TRUST
Servicer's Certificate
For the Month of _____, ____
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST COLLECTIONS
Beginning Pool Balance (1)$
Beginning Pool Factor [(1)/--] (2)
Principal Collected (3)$
Interest Collected (4)$
Less: Beginning Purchased Accrued
Interest Repaid (5)
Plus: Purchased Accrued Interest --
End of Collection Period (6)
Net decrease/(increase) in Purchased
Accrued Interest [(5)-(6)] (7)$
Plus: Non-Reimbursable Interest Payment (8)
Total Interest Received
[(4)-(5)+(6)+(8)] (9)$
Additional Deposits (4.07)
(i) Repurchase Amounts (10)
(ii) Liquidation Proceeds (11)
Total Additional Deposits (12)$
Total Available Funds [(3)+(9)+(12)] (13)
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TOYOTA AUTO RECEIVABLES ______ GRANTOR TRUST
Servicer's Certificate
For the Month of _____, _____
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTIONS:
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CLASS A CLASS B TOTAL
------- ------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Class Percentage % % 100.00%
------------ ------------
Pool Factor
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Beginning Pool Balance
------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Ending Pool Balance
------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Collected Principal (3)
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Collected Interest (9)
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Defaulted Receivables (13)
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Servicing Fee [(__________/12)x(1)] ( ) ( ) ( )
-------------- -------------- --------------
Total Available Funds
--------------- --------------- ---------------
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Monthly Principal Payment [(15)-(16)
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Interest Distributable Amount
[(15)x(_____%/12]
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Total payments to Certificateholders
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Amount due Class B but paid to
Class A (subordination)
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Amounts to be paid to the Seller
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Payments from/(to) the
Reserve Fund
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Reserve Fund Balance
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Specified Reserve Fund Balance
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Yield Maintenance Amount
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Required Yield Maintenance Amount
--------------- --------------- ---------------
</TABLE>
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TOYOTA AUTO RECEIVABLES ______ GRANTOR TRUST
Servicer's Certificate
For the Month of ______, ____
RECONCILIATION OF THE RESERVE FUND
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Beginning Reserve Fund Balance (45)$
Reserve Fund Prior to Payments to Seller (48)$
Specified Reserve Fund Balance: (1)$
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Required Amount (49)
Amount of Excess Spread released [(48)-(49)] (50)
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TOYOTA AUTO RECEIVABLES ______ GRANTOR TRUST
Servicer's Certificate
For the Month of ________, ____
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS
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Percent
Period of Delinquency UNITS AMOUNT OF POOL
----- ------ -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
30 - 59 days $0.00%
60 - 89 days 0.00% (A)
90 days or more0.00% (A) 0.00%
--------- --------- -----
Total $ 0.00%
------- -----
Repossession Inventory $ (B)
--------- ------- -
Delinquency Percentage
(less than 1.5%?) [(A)+(B)/(1)] % %
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
REALIZED LOSS ANALYSIS (Section 5.02)
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Quarter
MONTH MONTH MONTH TOTAL
----- ----- ----- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Realized Losses/(Recoveries) (x) $ $ $ $
Beginning Pool Balance (mils) (Y) $ $ $ $
Realized Loss Percentage
(less than 1.5%?) [(X)/(Y)) *4] _____%
Realized Losses Since Inception $_____
Change in Realized Losses $_____
PROCEEDS FROM INSURANCE AND DEALER REPURCHASES
Proceeds received during the month from
physical damage insurance $_____
Proceeds received during the month from Dealer
repurchase obligations relating to Defaulted
Receivables $_____
</TABLE>
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