PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated March 11, 1997)
$281,000,000
[MONEY STORE LOGO]
ClassNotes Trust 1997-I
Series 1997-1
ClassNotes Trust 1997-I (the "Trust") is offering an aggregate of
$281,000,000, Series 1997-1 Asset Backed Notes (the "Series 1997-1 Notes" and,
together with other Series and Classes of Notes which may, from time to time, be
issued by the Trust, the "Notes") in the three classes (each, a "Class") and the
original principal amounts set forth below. The Series 1997-1 Notes are secured
primarily by a pool of student loans, as further described herein and in the
attached Prospectus, purchased by or contributed to The York Bank and Trust
Company, as eligible lender trustee on behalf of the Trust (the "Eligible Lender
Trustee"), from Trans-World Insurance Company, doing business as Educaid, and
ClassNotes Inc. (each a "Seller" and together, the "Sellers") (such loans,
together with any Additional Student Loans (as defined in the attached
Prospectus) purchased from the Sellers by, or contributed by the Sellers to, the
Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the "Financed Student Loans"),
collections and other payments with respect to the (cover continued on next
page)
See "Risk Factors" beginning on page S-25 herein and on page 35 in the
attached Prospectus for a discussion of certain material factors which should be
considered in connection with an investment in the Series 1997-1 Notes offered
hereby.
THE SERIES 1997-1 NOTES REPRESENT INTERESTS ONLY IN THE TRUST AND
DO NOT REPRESENT INTERESTS IN OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE MONEY
STORE INC., THE SELLERS, THE ELIGIBLE LENDER TRUSTEE, THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES. NO GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY HAS PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OF THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION
TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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Price to Underwriting Proceeds to the
Public Discount(1) Sellers(2)
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$93,000,000 Auction Rate Class A-1 Notes 100.00% 0.25% 99.75%
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$93,000,000 Auction Rate Class A-2 Notes 100.00% 0.25% 99.75%
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$95,000,000 Auction Rate Class A-3 Notes 100.00% 0.25% 99.75%
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Total $281,000,000 $705,500 $280,297,500
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(1) The Representative has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
(2) Before deducting expenses, estimated at $200,000.
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The Series 1997-1 Notes are offered by Smith Barney Inc. (the
"Underwriter") subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and
accepted by the Underwriter, subject to approval of certain legal
matters by counsel for the Underwriter. The Underwriter reserves the
right to withdraw, cancel or modify such offer and to reject orders in
whole or in part. It is expected that delivery of the Series 1997-1
Notes will be made in book-entry form only through the Same Day Funds
Settlement System of The Depository Trust Company on or about March 21,
1997.
Smith Barney Inc.
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is March 19, 1997.
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Financed Student Loans, monies on deposit in certain trust accounts, and a
surety bond with respect to the Series 1997-1 Notes (the "Series 1997-1 Note
Surety Bond") to be issued by:
AMBAC
The initial interest rate (the "Class Interest Rate") for each Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes will be as set forth herein. Thereafter, the Class Interest
Rate for each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes for each Interest Period will,
subject to certain limitations, equal the rate determined from time to time for
such Classes of Series 1997-1 Notes pursuant to the Auction Procedures described
in Appendix I of the attached Prospectus. In no event will the Class Interest
Rates for a Class of Series 1997-1 Notes exceed 16.0% per annum. Interest on
each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes will be payable on the first Business Day
following the expiration of each Interest Period for such Class, commencing in
April, 1997. Principal on each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes will be payable on
the first Business Day following the expiration of the first Interest Period for
such Class ending in each month, commencing in April, 1997. However, no
principal payments with respect to any Class of Series 1997-1 Notes will be made
until each Class of Notes issued by the Trust, regardless of when issued, with
an earlier Final Maturity Date is paid in full.
Interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Series 1997-1
Notes will accrue during the period (each, an "Interest Period") initially
beginning on the Closing Date and ending (i) with respect to the Class A-1
Notes, on March 26, 1997, the first Auction Date for the Class A-1 Notes, (ii)
with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, on March 26, 1997, the first Auction Date
for the Class A-2 Notes, and (iii) with respect to the Class A-3 Notes, on April
1, 1997, the first Auction Date for the Class A-3 Notes. After the respective
initial Interest Period, each Interest Period for (i) the Class A-1 Notes will
consist of 7 days, subject to adjustment as described in the Auction Procedures
and (ii) the Class A-2 and Class A-3 Notes will consist of 28 days, subject to
adjustment as described in the Auction Procedures.
The Final Maturity Dates for the Class A-1, Class A-2 and A-3 Notes are
April 1, 2016, April 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018, respectively. However, payment
in full of the Series 1997-1 Notes could occur earlier than such dates as
described in the attached Prospectus.
There is currently no secondary market for the Series 1997-1 Notes. The
Underwriter intends to make a secondary market for the Series 1997-1 Notes, but
has no obligation to do so. There can be no assurance that a secondary market
for the Series 1997-1 Notes will develop or, if one does develop, that it will
continue.
The Series 1997-1 Notes offered by this Prospectus Supplement constitute a
separate series of Notes being offered pursuant to the Prospectus dated March
11, 1997, of which this Prospectus Supplement is a part and which accompanies
this Prospectus Supplement. The Prospectus contains important information
regarding this offering which is not contained herein and prospective investors
are urged to read the Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement in full.
CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS
THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE SERIES 1997-1
NOTES, INCLUDING PURCHASES OF THE SERIES 1997-1 NOTES TO STABILIZE THEIR MARKET
PRICE AND PURCHASES OF THE SERIES 1997-1 NOTES TO COVER SOME OR ALL OF A SHORT
POSITION IN THE SERIES 1997-1 NOTES MAINTAINED BY THE UNDERWRITER. FOR A
DESCRIPTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES, SEE "UNDERWRITING."
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Until 90 days after the date hereof, all dealers effecting transactions in
the Series 1997-1 Notes, whether or not participating in this distribution, may
be required to deliver a Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus. This is in
addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a Prospectus Supplement and
Prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold
allotments or subscriptions.
SUMMARY OF TERMS OF THE SERIES 1997-1 NOTES
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus Supplement and the
attached Prospectus. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Prospectus. See the "Index of Principal
Terms" in the Prospectus.
Issuer..................................ClassNotes Trust 1997-I (the
"Trust") is a business trust
established under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by a
Trust Agreement dated March 20, 1997
(the "Trust Agreement") between the
Sellers, as depositors, and the
Eligible Lender Trustee. The Trust's
principal offices are in York,
Pennsylvania in care of The York
Bank and Trust Company as Eligible
Lender Trustee.
Securities Offered......................Series 1997-1 Asset Backed Notes
(the "Series 1997-1 Notes") to be
issued in the following classes and
initial principal amounts (each a
"Class"):
$93,000,000 Auction Rate Class A-1
Notes $93,000,000 Auction Rate Class
A-2 Notes $95,000,000 Auction Rate
Class A-3 Notes
The Trust will issue the Series
1997-1 Notes pursuant to the
Indenture dated as of March 21, 1997
(as amended and supplemented from
time to time, the "Master
Indenture") and a First Terms
Supplement dated as of March 21,
1997 authorizing such Notes (as
amended from time to time, the
"Terms Supplement" and, together
with the Master Indenture, the
"Indenture") between the Trust and
the Indenture Trustee.
The Series 1997-1 Notes will be
issued in minimum
denominations of $50,000
and integral multiples of
$50,000 in excess thereof.
The Series 1997-1 Notes are
available in book-entry
form only. On each Note
Distribution Date for which
the Series 1997-1 Notes are
receiving a payment of
principal, such principal
will be distributed as set
forth herein under
"Description of the
Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions."
Other Securities........................In conjunction with the offering of the
Series 1997-1 Notes, the Trust will
offer $18,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its Series
1997-1 Auction Rate Asset Backed
Certificates, Class 1 (the
"Certificates") in a transaction
exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). The Certificates are not
being offered hereby and any
information relating thereto in this
Prospectus Supplement and the
attached Prospectus is provided
solely because of its potential
relevance to a prospective purchaser
of the Series 1997-1 Notes.
Sellers.................................Trans-World Insurance Company, an
Arizona insurance company doing
business as Educaid ("Educaid") with
respect to the Federal Loans and
ClassNotes Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("ClassNotes"), with
respect to the Private Loans. Each
of Educaid and ClassNotes is
referred to herein as a "Seller" and
collectively as the "Sellers." Each
Seller is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of The Money Store Inc. ("The Money
Store" or the "Representative").
Master Servicers and Servicers..........Each Seller will act as Master Servicer
with respect to the Financed Student
Loans sold or contributed by it to
the Trust (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer"). Educaid
generally will service the Financed
Student Loans originated by it
during the Deferral Phase (which
loans will be Federal Loans). It is
expected that Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency
("PHEAA"), an agency of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
primarily will service the Financed
Student Loans originated by Educaid
during the Repayment Phase. Certain
of the Financed Student Loans
originated by Educaid also may be
serviced during the Repayment Phase
by AFSA Data Corporation ("AFSA"),
or such other parties as may be
approved by the Surety Provider.
Financed Student Loans originated by
third parties and subsequently
purchased by Educaid, will be
serviced during both the Deferral
Phase and the Repayment Phase by a
party approved by the Surety
Provider. It is expected that PHEAA
will service all Financed Student
Loans originated or purchased by
ClassNotes (which loans will be
Private Loans). Each party who may,
from time to time, be servicing the
Financed Student Loans is referred
to herein as a "Servicer" and
collectively, as the "Servicers."
See "Servicers" herein.
Eligible Lender Trustee.................The York Bank and Trust Company, a
Pennsylvania bank and trust company,
will act as the eligible lender
trustee under the Trust Agreement
and will hold legal title to the
Financed Student Loans on behalf of
the Trust (the "Eligible Lender
Trustee"). The Eligible Lender
Trustee has its chief executive
office in York, Pennsylvania. The
office of the Eligible Lender
Trustee for purposes of
administering the Trust is located
at 107 West Market Street, York,
Pennsylvania 17401.
Indenture Trustee.......................Bankers Trust Company, a New York
banking corporation (the "Indenture
Trustee"), will act as trustee under
the Indenture.
Auction Agent...........................Bankers Trust Company will act as
auction agent (in such capacity, the
"Auction Agent") under the Auction
Agent Agreement with respect to each
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes and the
Certificates.
Broker-Dealer...........................Smith Barney Inc. will act as
broker-dealer under the Broker-
Dealer Agreement (in such capacity,
the "Broker-Dealer") with respect to
each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes
and the Certificates.
Administrator...........................Trans-World Insurance Company, d/b/a
Educaid will act as administrator
(the "Administrator") on behalf of
the Trust pursuant to an
Administration Agreement (as amended
and supplemented from time to time,
the "Administration Agreement"),
between the Administrator, the
Eligible Lender Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee.
Surety Provider.........................AMBAC Indemnity Corporation, a
Wisconsin-domiciled stock insurance
company ("AMBAC") will act as
provider of the Note Surety Bond
issued with respect to the Series
1997-1 Notes and the Certificate
Surety Bond issued with respect to
the Certificates (the "Surety
Provider").
Initial Class Interest Rates............5.40% per annum with respect to the
Class A-1 Notes until March 26,
1997, the first Auction Date for
such Class; 5.40% per annum with
respect to the Class A-2 Notes until
March 26, 1997, the first Auction
Date for such Class; and
5.50% per annum with respect to the
Class A-3 Notes until April 1, 1997,
the first Auction Date for such
Class.
After the initial Interest Period
for the Class A-1, Class A-2 and
Class A-3 Notes, each Interest
Period will consist of 7 days with
respect to the Class A-1 Notes and
28 days with respect to the Class
A-2 and Class A-3 Notes, subject to
adjustment as set forth in the
Auction Procedures described in
Appendix I to the attached
Prospectus. After the initial
Interest Period for each Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes, the Class
Interest Rate for each such Class
will be reset pursuant to the
Auction Procedures described in
Appendix I to the attached
Prospectus (but in no event
exceeding 16.0% per annum). See
"Description of the Securities--the
Notes--Distributions of Interest"
herein. Interest on the each Class
of Series 1997-1 Notes will be
payable on the first Business Day
following the expiration of each
Interest Period for such Class of
Notes. The date on which a Class of
Notes is entitled to receive a
distribution is referred to as the
"Note Distribution Date" for such
Class. Distributions will be made to
holders of record of the related
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes as of
the second Business Day preceding
the related Note Distribution Date
(such day, the "Note Record Date").
Interest will be calculated on the
basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in each Interest Period
divided by 360.
If the Class Interest Rate for any
Class of Series 1997-1Notes for any
Interest Period is based on the Net
Loan Rate (as defined below under
"--Net Loan Rate"), the excess of
(a) the amount of interest such
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes would
have accrued in respect of the
related Interest Period had interest
been calculated based on the
applicable Auction Rate, over (b)
the amount of interest on such Class
of Series 1997-1 Notes actually
accrued in respect of such Interest
Period based on the Net Loan Rate
(such excess, together with the
unpaid portion of any such excess
from prior Interest Periods (and
interest accrued thereon calculated
based on One-Month LIBOR), is
referred to as the "Noteholders'
Interest Carryover") will be paid on
the dates and in the priority set
forth herein under "--Collection
Account; Note Distribution Account;
Certificate Distribution Account;
and Expense Account." The rating of
the Series 1997-1 Notes does not
address the likelihood of the
payment of the amount of any
Noteholders' Interest Carryover.
Principal...............................Principal will be payable to the Class
of Series 1997-1 Notes with the
earliest Final Maturity Date, on the
first Note Distribution Date in each
month for such Class in an amount
equal to the Noteholders' Principal
Distribution Amount for such Note
Distribution Date. However, no
principal payments with respect to
any Class of Series 1997-1 Notes
will be made until each Class of
Notes issued by the Trust,
regardless of when issued, with an
earlier Final Maturity Date is paid
in full. See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--
Distributions" herein and in the
attached Prospectus.
The Trust may issue, from to time,
several Series and Classes of Notes.
The payment priorities of each
Series and Class will be described
in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Such priorities may
provide that some or all payments of
principal will be distributed to the
Classes of Notes in order of their
Final Maturity Date or such other
priority as may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement, regardless of
Series and regardless of when
issued. A Series of Notes may
contain one or more Classes with an
earlier Final Maturity Date than one
or more of the Classes of Series
1997-1 Notes. In such event, the
Classes of Series 1997-1 Notes will
receive no payments of principal
until each of the Notes with an
earlier Final Maturity Date,
regardless of when issued, has been
paid in full. See "Risk
Factors--Repayment of Principal" in
the attached Prospectus.
Payment in full of any Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes is likely to
occur sooner than its Final Maturity
Date as a result of a variety of
factors, including the sale by the
Trust of Financed Student Loans and
borrowers leaving school and
commencing repayment of their
Financed Student Loans.
Additionally, with the consent of
the Surety Provider, Additional
Principal Payments may be made on
the Series 1997-1 Notes. See "The
Financed Student Loan Pool--Maturity
and Prepayment Assumptions" in the
attached Prospectus.
On the Final Maturity Date of each
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes, the
Surety Provider will be required to
provide for payment to the Trust
pursuant to the related Note Surety
Bond of an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the unpaid
principal balance of such Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes on such Final
Maturity Date over amounts on
deposit in the Note Distribution
Account, after taking into account
the required application of funds in
the remaining Trust Accounts,
including but not limited to the
Reserve Account, pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the
payment of principal on such Class
of Series 1997- 1 Notes on such
Final Maturity Date, subject to the
exceptions described herein under
"Description of the Surety Bonds
--Note Surety Bonds." Any such
amount will be distributed to
holders of such Class of Series
1997-1 Notes on the related Final
Maturity Date. If, however, no
required payments are made under a
Note Surety Bond in respect of a
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes, an
Event of Default will then have
occurred under such Class of Series
1997-1 Notes and holders of such
Class would likely incur losses. In
addition, the maturity of many of
the Financed Student Loans may
extend beyond the Final Maturity
Date of certain Classes of Series
1997- 1 Notes.
The Certificates........................Concurrently with the issuance of the
Series 1997-1 Notes, the Trust will
issue the Certificates pursuant to
the Trust Agreement. The
Certificates represent undivided
participation interests in the
Trust. TMS Student Holdings, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of The Money
Store ("Student Holdings"), will
purchase a 1.0% interest in the
Certificates. See "Formation of the
Trust--The Trust" in the attached
Prospectus.
A. Interest............................The Certificates will bear interest at
5.50% per annum (the "Certificate
Rate") until the first Auction Date
for the Certificates, at which time
the related Certificate Rate will be
reset pursuant to the Auction
Procedures described in Appendix I
to the attached Prospectus.
After the initial Interest Period
for the Certificates, each Interest
Period will consist of 28 days,
subject to adjustment as set forth
in the Auction Procedures described
in Appendix I to the attached
Prospectus. Interest on the
Certificates will be payable on the
first Business Day following the
expiration of each Interest Period
(each, a "Certificate Distribution
Date") to holders of record of the
Certificates (the
"Certificateholders" and, together
with the Noteholders, the
"Securityholders") as of the second
Business Day preceding the related
Certificate Distribution Date (such
day, the "Certificate Record Date").
Interest will be calculated on the
basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in each Interest Period
divided by 360.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Certificate Rate with respect to
the Certificates for an Interest
Period is greater than the Net Loan
Rate, then the Certificate Rate for
the Certificates for such Interest
Period will be such Net Loan Rate.
However, in no event will the
Certificate Rate exceed 16.0% per
annum.
As used herein, the term
"Distribution Date" refers to either
a Note Distribution Date or a
Certificate Distribution Date, as
the context requires.
If the Certificate Rate for the
Certificates for any Certificate
Distribution Date is based on the
Net Loan Rate, the excess of (a) the
amount of interest on the
Certificates that would have accrued
in respect of the related Interest
Period had interest been calculated
based on the applicable Auction
Rate, over (b) the amount of
interest on the Certificates
actually accrued in respect of such
Interest Period based on the Net
Loan Rate (such excess, together
with the unpaid portion of any such
excess from prior Interest Periods
(and interest accrued thereon
calculated based on One-Month
LIBOR), is referred to as the
"Certificateholders' Interest
Carryover") will be paid on the
dates and in the priority set forth
herein under "-- Collection Account;
Note Distribution Account;
Certificate Distribution Account;
and Expense Account." The rating of
the Certificates does not address
the likelihood of the payment of any
Certificateholders' Interest
Carryover.
B. Principal............................Principal of the Certificates will be
payable on the first Certificate
Distribution Date in each month on
and after the date on which each
Series and Class of Notes has been
paid in full in an amount equal to
the Certificateholders' Principal
Distribution Amount for such
Certificate Distribution Date. See
"Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Distributions"
herein and in the attached
Prospectus.
The outstanding principal amount of
the Certificates will be payable in
full on April 1, 2025 (the
"Certificate Final Maturity Date").
However, payment in full of the
Certificates is likely to occur
sooner than such Certificate Final
Maturity Date as a result of a
variety of factors, including the
sale by the Trust of Financed
Student Loans and borrowers leaving
school and commencing repayment of
their Financed Student Loans.
Additionally, with the consent of
the applicable Surety Provider,
Additional Principal Payments may be
made on the Certificates. See "The
Financed Student Loan Pool--
Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions"
in the attached Prospectus.
On the Certificate Final Maturity
Date, the Surety Provider will be
required to provide for payment to
the Trust pursuant to the
Certificate Surety Bond of an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the
unpaid principal balance of the
Certificates on such Certificate
Final Maturity Date over amounts on
deposit in the Certificate
Distribution Account, after taking
into account the required
application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts, including
but not limited to the Reserve
Account, pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to the payment
of principal on the Certificates on
such Certificate Final Maturity
Date, subject to the exceptions
described herein under "Description
of the Surety Bonds--Certificate
Surety Bonds." Any such amount will
be distributed to Certificateholders
on the Certificate Final Maturity
Date. If, however, no required
payments are made under a
Certificate Surety Bond, holders of
the Certificates would likely incur
losses.
C. Subordination of the Certificates....The rights of Certificateholders in the
assets of the Trust (other than with
respect to the Certificate Surety
Bond) to receive payments of
principal will be subordinated to
the rights of the Noteholders to the
extent described herein. See
"Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement--Credit
Enhancement--Subordination of the
Certificates."
Final Maturity Date.....................April 1, 2016 with respect to the Class
A-1 Notes;
April 1, 2017 with respect to the
Class A-2 Notes;
April 1, 2018 with respect to the
Class A-3 Notes; and
April 1, 2025 with respect to
the Certificates.
Cut-off Date............................February 28, 1997.
Closing Date............................March 21, 1997.
Servicing Fee...........................The Master Servicers will receive,
subject to the limitations set forth
herein and in the Prospectus under
the heading "Summary of
Terms--Assets of the Trust--Transfer
and Servicing Agreements," a monthly
fee (the "Servicing Fee") equal to
(a) with respect to Federal Loans,
the sum of (i) 0.35% per annum of
the aggregate principal balance of
such Financed Student Loans in the
Deferral Phase as of the last day of
the preceding calendar month, (ii)
1.00% per annum of the aggregate
principal balance of such Financed
Student Loans (other than
Consolidation Loans) in the
Repayment Phase as of the last day
of the preceding calendar month,
(iii) with respect to each
Consolidation Loan, the greater of
0.65% per annum of the principal
balance of each such Consolidation
Loan as of the last day of the
preceding calendar month and $3.00
per Consolidation Loan, and (iv) a
one-time fixed fee equal to $15 for
each such Financed Student Loan for
which a guarantee claim was filed,
in each case subject to certain
adjustments, together with other
administrative fees and similar
charges, and (b) with respect to
Private Loans, the sum of (i) 0.7%
per annum of the aggregate principal
balance of such Financed Student
Loans in the deferral phase as of
the last day of the preceding
calendar month, (ii) 1.00% per annum
of the aggregate principal balance
of such Financed Student Loans in
the repayment phase as of the last
day of the preceding calendar month,
and (iii) a one-time fixed fee equal
to $27.50 for each such Financed
Student Loan for which a guarantee
claim was filed, in each case
subject to certain adjustments,
together with other administrative
fees and similar charges. The
Servicing Fee will be allocated
monthly out of Available Funds and
amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account and will be payable
quarterly on the first Note
Distribution Date occurring in
March, June, September and December
(or, if in any such month a
Certificate Distribution Date occurs
prior to such First Note
Distribution Date, on such
Certificate Distribution Date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the fee payable to the Master
Servicers as described above for any
month would exceed 1.05% per annum
of the Pool Balance as of the last
day of the preceding calendar month
(the "Capped Amount"), then the
"Servicing Fee" for such month will
instead be the Capped Amount for
such month. The remaining amount in
excess of such Servicing Fee,
together with any such excess
amounts from prior months that
remain unpaid (the "Servicing Fee
Carryover"), will be payable to the
Master Servicers on the dates and in
the priority set forth below under
"--Collection Account; Note
Distribution Account; Certificate
Distribution Account; and Expense
Account."
Administration Fee......................0.015% per annum of the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes and
the Certificates.
Net Loan Rate...........................For any Interest Period, the
Net Loan Rate will equal the
weighted average Effective Interest
Rate for the Collection Period
immediately preceding such Interest
Period, less 1.60% per annum (or
less 1.00% per annum for the first
Interest Period for each Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes).
The "Effective Interest Rate" means,
for any Financed Student Loan and
any Collection Period, the per annum
rate at which such Financed Student
Loan accrues interest during such
Collection Period after giving
effect to all applicable Interest
Subsidy Payments and Special
Allowance Payments due with respect
to such Financed Student Loan.
Pool Balance............................As of the Cut-off Date, the Sellers
have identified Financed Student
Loans with an aggregate principal
balance of approximately
$226,400,000 to be transferred to
the Trust and pledged to the
Indenture Trustee in connection with
the issuance of the Series 1997-1
Notes. Additionally, as of the
Cut-off Date, approximately
$1,370,000 of accrued interest has
been capitalized by the Sellers and
will be added to the principal
balance of such Financed Student
Loans.
Pool Characteristics....................A description as of the Cut-off Date
of the Financed Student Loans
expected to be pledged to the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing
Date is attached hereto as Annex A.
Pre-Funding Account.....................Approximately $61,400,000 will be
deposited in the Pre- Funding
Account (the "Pre-Funded Amount") in
the name of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Trust on the Closing
Date. The Pre-Funded Amount will
remain in the Pre-Funding Account
during the period (the "Funding
Period") from Closing Date until the
first to occur of (i) the Note
Distribution Date on which the
amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account is less than $200,000, (ii)
an Event of Default occurring under
the Indenture, a Servicer Default
occurring under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or an
Administrator Default occurring
under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Administration
Agreement, (iii) certain events of
insolvency occurring with respect to
the Sellers or (iv) the close of
business on September 30, 1997, or
such later date as may be agreed to
by the Rating Agencies. The
Pre-Funded Amount will be reduced
from time to time by the amount
thereof used in connection with the
Trust obtaining additional Financed
Student Loans during the Funding
Period in accordance with the Sale
and Servicing Agreement (each, an
"Additional Funding"). Any
Pre-Funded Amount remaining at the
end of the Funding Period will be
distributed to holders of the Class
of Notes with the earliest Final
Maturity Date as a payment of
principal (and, if such Class has
been paid in full, to the holders of
the Class of Notes with the next
earliest Final Maturity Date). See
"Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Additional
Fundings" herein and in the attached
Prospectus.
Capitalized Interest Account............Approximately $11,200,000 will be
deposited in the Capitalized
Interest Account in the name of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Trust on the Closing Date. The
amount deposited therein will be
used by the Indenture Trustee on
each Note Distribution Date and
Certificate Distribution Date to
make interest payments to
Noteholders and Certificateholders
to the extent funds on deposit in
the Note Distribution Account and
Certificate Distribution Account,
respectively, are insufficient for
such purpose. Any amounts remaining
in the Capitalized Interest Account
after the period set forth in the
Terms Supplement will be transferred
to the Reserve Account or, with the
consent of the Surety Provider,
applied as an Additional Principal
Payment as described below under
"--Collection Account; Note
Distribution Account; Certificate
Distribution Account; and Expense
Account." See also "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Capitalized Interest
Account and Capitalized Pre-Funding
Account" in the attached Prospectus.
Collection Account; Note Distribution
Account; Certificate Distribution
Account; and Expense Account............Each Master Servicer will be
required to remit all collections
received with respect to the
Financed Student Loans for which it
is acting as primary servicer (i)
within one Business Day after it has
received an aggregate of $30,000
during any month and (ii) on the
last Business Day of each month, all
other collections received during
such month to an account in the name
of the Indenture Trustee (the
"Collection Account"). Each Master
Servicer shall cause each other
Servicer to remit to the Collection
Account, within one Business Day of
receipt thereof, all collections
received with respect to the
Financed Student Loans for which it
is acting as primary servicer. A
"Business Day" is any day other than
a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on
which banking institutions or trust
companies in California, New York,
New Jersey or Pennsylvania are
authorized or obligated by law to be
closed. The Eligible Lender Trustee
will be required to remit Interest
Subsidy Payments, Special Allowance
Payments and insurance payments from
the Secretary it receives within two
Business Days of receipt thereof to
the Collection Account. See
"Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Payments on
Financed Student Loans" in the
attached Prospectus.
Four Business Days prior to each
Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date, as
applicable (each, a "Determination
Date"), the Administrator will
advise the Indenture Trustee in
writing of the applicable
Noteholders' Interest Distribution
Amount or Certificateholders'
Interest Distribution Amount.
Additionally, no later than 16 days
prior to the first Note Distribution
Date occurring in each month for the
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes then
entitled to receive payments of
principal (or, after all Notes,
including but not limited to the
Series 1997-1 Notes, have been paid
in full, no later than 16 days prior
to the first Certificate
Distribution Date occurring in each
month) the Administrator will advise
the Indenture Trustee in writing of
the applicable Noteholders'
Principal Distribution Amount (or,
after all the Notes have been paid
in full, the Certificateholders'
Principal Distribution Amount).
Further, on the Determination Date
relating to the first Certificate
Distribution Date occurring each
month (or for each month in which a
Note Distribution Date occurs
earlier than the Certificate
Distribution Date, on the
Determination Date relating to such
earlier Note Distribution Date), the
Administrator will advise the
Indenture Trustee in writing of the
fees due to the Master Servicers,
the Administrator, the Auction
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the
Eligible Lender Trustee and the
Surety Provider (the "Servicing
Fee," "Administration Fee," "Auction
Agent Fee," "Indenture Trustee Fee,"
"Eligible Lender Trustee Fee" and
"Surety Provider Fee," respectively,
and, collectively, the "Transaction
Fees") for the preceding month.
On each Note Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee will transfer from
the Collection Account to a separate
account held with and in the name of
the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders (the
"Note Distribution Account"), from
payments received on or with respect
to the Financed Student Loans during
the Collection Period immediately
preceding the month of such Note
Distribution Date an amount up to
the related Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount. "Collection
Period" means, initially, the period
beginning on the Cut- off Date and
ending on March 31, 1997, and
thereafter, the Collection Period
means the calendar month immediately
following the end of the previous
Collection Period. For the Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes with the
earliest Final Maturity Date, on the
first Note Distribution Date for
such Class occurring in each month
for which there are no outstanding
Notes with an earlier Final Maturity
Date, after making the transfer set
forth in the second prior sentence,
the Indenture Trustee will transfer
from the Collection Account to the
Note Distribution Account from
payments received on or with respect
to the Financed Student Loans during
the Collection Period in the month
second preceding the month of the
related Note Distribution Date,
together with any Additional
Principal Payments to be made at the
election of the Master Servicers as
described below, an amount up to the
Noteholders' Principal Distribution
Amount; provided, however, that for
each month in which the first Note
Distribution Date occurs prior to
the Certificate Distribution Date in
such month, prior to transferring
amounts to the Note Distribution
Account, the Indenture Trustee will
transfer to a separate account held
with and in the name of the
Indenture Trustee (the "Expense
Account"), from payments received on
or with respect to the Financed
Student Loans during the immediately
preceding Collection Period, an
amount up to the Transaction Fees
for the month preceding such Note
Distribution Date and all overdue
Transaction Fees from prior months.
On each Certificate Distribution
Date, the Indenture Trustee will
transfer from the Collection
Account, from payments received on
or with respect to the Financed
Student Loans during the immediately
preceding Collection Period, (i) to
the Expense Account, an amount up to
the excess, if any, of the
Transaction Fees for the month
preceding such Certificate
Distribution Date and all overdue
Transaction Fees from prior months
over the amount, if any, previously
transferred to the Expense Account
during the month of such Certificate
Distribution Date and (ii) by wire
transfer no later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York time, to a separate account
held with and in the name of the
Eligible Lender Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders
(the "Certificate Distribution
Account" and, together with the Note
Distribution Account, the
"Distribution Accounts"), an amount
up to the related
Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount. Additionally,
after each Class of Notes has been
paid in full, on the first
Certificate Distribution Date
occurring in each month, the
Indenture Trustee will transfer from
the Collection Account to the
Eligible Lender Trustee, by wire
transfer no later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York time, for deposit in the
Certificate Distribution Account,
from payments received on or with
respect to the Financed Student
Loans during the Collection Period
immediately preceding the month
prior to such Certificate
Distribution Date, an amount up to
the applicable Certificateholders'
Principal Distribution Amount.
On the first Note Distribution Date
occurring in March, June, September
and December, or in the case of
clause (iii) below, on the first
Note Distribution Date occurring in
each month (or if in any such month
a Certificate Distribution Date
occurs prior to such first Note
Distribution Date, on such
Certificate Distribution Date), the
Indenture Trustee will distribute
from the Expense Account (in
addition to any amounts transferred
from the Reserve Account as
described herein) the following
amounts in the following order of
priority: (i) to the Master
Servicers, the Servicing Fee and all
overdue Servicing Fees, (ii) to the
Administrator, the Administration
Fee and all overdue Administration
Fees, (iii) to the Auction Agent,
the Auction Agent Fee and all
overdue Auction Agent Fees, (iv) to
the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee Fee and all overdue
Indenture Trustee Fees, (v) to the
Eligible Lender Trustee, the
Eligible Lender Trustee Fee and all
overdue Eligible Lender Trustee Fees
and (vi) to the Surety Provider, the
Surety Provider Fee and all overdue
Surety Provider Fees.
On each Note Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee will distribute to
the Noteholders of the applicable
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes as of
the related Note Record Date all
amounts transferred to the Note
Distribution Account as set forth
above (in addition to any amounts
transferred from the Capitalized
Interest Account, the Pre-Funding
Account, the Capitalized Pre-Funding
Account, the Reserve Account and the
Monthly Advance Account and amounts
drawn under the applicable Note
Surety Bond, each as described
herein). On each Certificate
Distribution Date, the Eligible
Lender Trustee will distribute to
the Certificateholders as of the
related Certificate Record Date all
amounts transferred to the
Certificate Distribution Account as
set forth above (in addition to any
amounts transferred from the
Capitalized Interest Account, the
Reserve Account and the Monthly
Advance Account, and amounts drawn
under the Certificate Surety Bond,
each as described herein).
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
principal payments will be made to
the Series 1997-1 Notes and the
Certificates only in amounts equal
to $50,000 and integral multiples in
excess thereof. If the amount in the
Note Distribution Account or the
Certificate Distribution Account
otherwise required to be applied as
a payment of principal either (i) is
less than $50,000 or (ii) exceeds an
even multiple of $50,000, then, in
the case of (i), such entire amount
or, in the case of (ii), such excess
amount, will not be paid as
principal on the upcoming Note
Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, as the case may
be, but will be retained in the Note
Distribution Account or the
Certificate Distribution Account, as
the case may be, until the amount
therein available for payment of
principal (including any amounts
transferred from the Reserve
Account) equals $50,000.
On the last Note Distribution Date
occurring in January, April, July
and October (or if in any such month
a Certificate Distribution Date
occurs after such last Note
Distribution Date, on such
Certificate Distribution Date),
after making all required transfers
to the Note Distribution Account
and, if applicable, the Certificate
Distribution Account and the Expense
Account, the Indenture Trustee will
transfer any amounts remaining in
the Collection Account (other than
amounts representing payments
received during such month or
payments of or with respect to
principal received in the
immediately preceding month) in the
following order of priority: (i) to
the Surety Provider, the amount, if
any, necessary to reimburse the
Surety Provider for prior Note and
Certificate Surety Bond Payments
(which will generally be equal to
the aggregate amount of draws under
the Note Surety Bonds and
Certificate Surety Bond on prior
Note or Certificate Distribution
Dates, as applicable), together with
interest thereon, (ii) to the
Reserve Account, the amount, if any,
necessary to increase the balance
thereof to the Specified Reserve
Account Balance, (iii) to the Master
Servicers, the aggregate unpaid
amount of the Servicing Fee
Carryover, if any, (iv) to the Note
Distribution Account, the aggregate
unpaid amount of Noteholders'
Interest Carryover, if any, and (v)
to the Certificate Distribution
Account, the aggregate unpaid amount
of Certificateholders' Interest
Carryover, if any. Any amounts
remaining in the Collection Account
after such transfers (other than
amounts representing payments
received during such current month
or payments of or with respect to
principal received in the
immediately preceding month) will be
transferred to the Reserve Account
generally for distribution to
Student Holdings. Amounts
transferred to the Note Distribution
Account or the Certificate
Distribution Account pursuant to
clauses (iv) and (v) above,
respectively, will be paid to the
applicable Class of Notes or
Certificates on the next Note
Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date relating to such
Class of Notes or Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with
the consent of the Surety Provider,
amounts otherwise required to be
deposited into the Reserve Account
pursuant to clause (ii) above may,
instead, be applied as a payment of
principal on the next applicable
Note Distribution Date relating to
the Class of Notes with the earliest
Final Maturity Date (or, after all
the Notes have been paid in full, on
the next Certificate Distribution
Date). Amounts so applied as
principal payments are referred to
herein as "Additional Principal
Payments."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
there has been an Event of Default
with respect to payment of the
Notes, the Certificateholders will
not be entitled to any payments of
principal or interest until each
outstanding Class of Notes has been
paid in full.
Reserve Account.........................No funds will be deposited in the
Reserve Account on the Closing Date.
The Reserve Account will be
augmented on the last Note
Distribution Date occurring in
January, April, July and October
(or, if in any such month a
Certificate Distribution Date occurs
after such last Note Distribution
Date, on such Certificate
Distribution Date) by the deposit
into the Reserve Account of any
Available Funds remaining after
making all prior distributions on
such date. The maximum amount
required to be on deposit in the
Reserve Account at any time (the
"Specified Reserve Account Balance")
will be as set forth in the Terms
Supplement; provided, however, that
the Specified Reserve Account
Balance may, with the consent of the
Surety Provider, be reduced or
eliminated. See "Description of the
Transferor and Servicing
Agreements--Credit
Enhancement--Reserve Account" in the
attached Prospectus.
Additional Monthly Payments.............After the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Account equals the greater
of (i) 1% of the then outstanding
principal balance of the Notes and
the Certificates and (ii) $1,500,000
(but in no event an amount greater
than the then outstanding principal
balance of the Notes and the
Certificates), amounts otherwise
required to be deposited into the
Reserve Account may, at the option
of the Master Servicers, be applied
as Additional Principal Payments on
the next Note Distribution Date
relating to the Class of Notes with
the earliest Final Maturity Date
(and, after all the Notes have been
paid in full, the Certificates).
With the consent of the Surety
Provider, Available Funds otherwise
required to be deposited in the
Reserve Account may be applied as
Additional Principal Payments.
Notwithstanding the depletion of the
Reserve Account and shortfalls in
Available Funds, the Surety Provider
will be obligated to make Note
Surety Bond payments on each Note
Distribution Date to cover any
shortfalls with respect to the
Noteholders' Interest Distribution
Amount (but will have no obligation
with respect to any Noteholders'
Interest Carryover) and, solely for
the benefit of Certificateholders,
to make Certificate Surety Bond
Payments on each Certificate
Distribution Date to cover any
shortfalls with respect to the
Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount (but will have
no obligation with respect to any
Certificate holders' Interest
Carryover) after application of such
Available Funds and any amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account.
Monthly Advances........................If a Master Servicer has applied for
a Guarantee Payment from a Guarantor
or an Interest Subsidy Payment or a
Special Allowance Payment from the
Department, and such Master Servicer
has not received the related payment
prior to the end of the Collection
Period immediately preceding the
Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date on
which such amount would be required
to be distributed as a payment of
interest, the Representative may, no
later than the Determination Date
relating to such Note Distribution
Date or Certificate Distribution
Date, as the case may be, deposit
into an account in the name of the
Indenture Trustee (the "Monthly
Advance Account") an amount up to
the amount of such payments with
respect to interest applied for but
not received (such deposits by the
Representative are referred to
herein as "Monthly Advances").
Monthly Advances will be distributed
to the Noteholders or
Certificateholders on the upcoming
Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date, as
the case may be. Monthly Advances
are recoverable by the
Representative from the source for
which such Monthly Advance was made.
Optional Purchase.......................The Sellers may, with the consent
of the Surety Provider, repurchase
all remaining Financed Student Loans
from the Trust, and thus effect the
early retirement of the Notes and
Certificates, on any Certificate
Distribution Date on or after which
the Pool Balance is equal to 10% or
less of the Aggregate Pool Balance
of the Trust, at a price equal to,
for each Financed Student Loan, the
outstanding principal balance of
such Financed Student Loan as of the
end of the preceding Collection
Period, together with all accrued
interest thereon and certain
unamortized premiums. See
"Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Termination"
in the Prospectus. The "Aggregate
Pool Balance" of the Trust will
equal the Pool Balance of the Trust
as of the Cut-Off Date of each
Series of Notes issued by the Trust
plus the principal balance of each
Additional Student Loan pledged to
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Issuer on each Transfer Date
through the last Funding Period.
Surety Bonds............................A surety bond to be issued by the
Surety Provider will be obtained in
connection with the Series 1997-1
Notes (the "Series 1997-1 Note
Surety Bond") in favor of the
Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of
the Trust, will be pledged to the
Indenture Trustee and will provide
for coverage of timely payment of
all interest and ultimate payment of
all principal on each Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes. "Note Surety
Bond Payment" means, with respect to
any Class of Series 1997-1 Notes (A)
on each Note Distribution Date the
amount equal to the excess, if any,
of the Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount for the
applicable Class of Series 1997-1
Notes over the amount on deposit in
the Note Distribution Account, after
taking into account the required
application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts (but
excluding any amounts on deposit in
the Monthly Advance Account if an
automatic stay has been imposed with
respect to the Representative under
Section 362(a) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978 as amended,
11 U.S.C. ss.ss. 101 et seq.),
including but not limited to the
Reserve Account, pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the
payment of the Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount on such Note
Distribution Date (an "Interest
Deficiency") and (B) the amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the
unpaid principal balance of Series
1997-1 Notes of a Class on the Final
Maturity Date for such Class over
amounts on deposit in the Note
Distribution Account, after taking
into account the required
application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts, including
but not limited to the Reserve
Account, pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to the payment
of principal of such Class of Notes
on such Final Maturity Date (a
"Principal Deficiency"); provided,
however, that "Note Surety Bond
Payments" shall not include, any
Noteholders' Interest Carryover or
any portion of any Interest
Deficiency or Principal Deficiency
arising as a result of (i) any tax
liability, including any tax
liability imposed on or assessed
with respect to the Trust, the Trust
assets, any Noteholder, or any
Certificateholder, or (ii) any tax
withholding requirement including
any such requirement applicable to
Trust income or Trust distributions.
See "Description of the Surety
Bonds."
In connection with the sale of the
Certificates, a separate surety bond
(each, a "Certificate Surety Bond"
and, together with the Note Surety
Bonds, the "Surety Bonds"), which
will be noncancelable, will be
obtained in favor of the Eligible
Lender Trustee solely on behalf of
the Certificateholders and will
provide for coverage of timely
payment of all interest and ultimate
payment of all principal, due on the
Certificates. The Noteholders will
have no right to or claim on any
Certificate Surety Bond or any
amounts payable or paid thereunder.
"Certificate Surety Bond Payment"
means, (A) on each Certificate
Distribution Date the amount equal
to the excess, if any, of the
Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount for the
Certificates over the amount on
deposit in the Certificate
Distribution Account, after taking
into account the required
application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts (but
excluding any amounts on deposit in
the Monthly Advance Account if an
automatic stay has been imposed with
respect to the Representative under
Section 362(a) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended,
11 U.S.C. ss.ss. 101 et seq.),
including but not limited to the
Reserve Account, pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the
payment of the Certificateholders'
Interest Distribution Amount on such
Certificate Distribution Date (an
"Interest Deficiency") and (B) the
amount equal to the excess, if any,
of the unpaid principal balance of
the Certificates on the Certificate
Final Maturity Date over amounts on
deposit in the Certificate
Distribution Account, after taking
into account the required
application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts, including
but not limited to the Reserve
Account, pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to the payment
of principal of the Certificates on
such Certificate Final Maturity Date
(a "Principal Deficiency");
provided, however that "Certificate
Surety Bond Payment" shall not
include any Certificateholders'
Interest Carryover or any portion of
any Interest Deficiency or Principal
Deficiency arising as a result of
(i) any tax liability, including any
tax liability imposed on or assessed
with respect to the Trust, the Trust
assets, any Noteholder, or any
Certificateholder, or (ii) any tax
withholding requirement, including
any such requirement applicable to
Trust income or Trust distributions.
See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--
Distributions" herein. See also
"Description of the Surety
Bonds--Surety Provider" herein for a
brief description of the Surety
Provider.
Principal Balance of Securities
Exceeds Aggregate Principal
Balance of Initial Financed Student
Loans, Pre-Funded Amount and other
Trust Assets............................On the Closing Date, the aggregate
initial principal amount of the
Series 1997-1 Notes and the
principal balance of the
Certificates is approximately 103.9%
of the sum of the aggregate
principal balance of the initial
Financed Student Loans as of the
Cut-off Date and the Pre-Funded
Amount and other Trust assets as of
the Closing Date. Each initial
Financed Student Loan will be
purchased by the Trust for an amount
equal to approximately 104.9% of the
principal balance thereof (including
any accrued interest thereon
expected to be capitalized upon
repayment) as of the Cut-off Date.
Each Additional Student Loan will be
purchased by the Trust for an amount
equal to 100% of the principal
balance thereof (including any
accrued interest thereon expected to
be capitalized upon repayment) as of
the related Subsequent Cut-off Date.
As a result, if an Event of Default
should occur under the Indenture or
an Insolvency Event should occur and
the Financed Student
Loans were liquidated at a time when
the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes and the Certificates
exceeded the sum of the Pool
Balance, the Pre-Funded Amount and
other Trust assets, such Financed
Student Loans would likely have to
be liquidated at a premium for
Certificateholders and, in some
circumstances, Noteholders not to
suffer a loss.
Tax Considerations......................In the opinion of special federal
and special Pennsylvania tax counsel
for the Trust, the Series 1997-1
Notes will be characterized as debt
for federal and Pennsylvania state
income tax purposes, although there
is no specific authority with
respect to the characterization for
federal or Pennsylvania income tax
purposes of securities having the
same terms as the Series 1997-1
Notes.
In the opinion of special federal
tax counsel for the Trust, for
federal income tax purposes the
Trust will not be characterized as
an association (or a publicly traded
partnership) taxable as a
corporation. In the opinion of
special Pennsylvania tax counsel for
the Trust, the Trust will not be
taxable as a corporation for
Pennsylvania purposes if it is taxed
as a partnership for federal income
tax purposes and Certificateholders
other than individuals not otherwise
subject to Pennsylvania tax will not
become subject to taxation in
Pennsylvania solely as a result of
holding a Certificate. However,
there are no cases or rulings on
similar transactions involving a
trust that issues debt and equity
interests with terms similar to
those of the Series 1997-1 Notes.
See "Certain Tax Consequences"
herein and in the attached
Prospectus for additional
information concerning the
application of federal and
Pennsylvania state tax laws with
respect to the Series 1997-1 Notes.
ERISA Considerations....................Assuming that each Class of Series
1997-1 Notes should be treated as
indebtedness without substantial
equity features under the Plan Asset
Regulations issued by the Department
of Labor, the Series 1997-1 Notes
are eligible for purchase by or on
behalf of employee benefit plans,
retirement arrangements, individual
retirement accounts and Keogh Plans,
subject to the considerations
discussed under "ERISA
Considerations--The Notes" herein
and in the attached Prospectus.
Rating of the Securities................It is a condition to the issuance
and sale of each Class of Series
1997-1 Notes and the Certificates
that they be rated "AAA" by Standard
& Poor's Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. ("Standard &
Poor's"), and "Aaa" by Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's").
Each of Standard & Poor's and
Moody's is also referred to herein
as a "Rating Agency" and
collectively, as the "Rating
Agencies." A securities rating is
not a recommendation to buy, sell or
hold securities and may be subject
to revision or withdrawal at any
time by the assigning Rating Agency.
Registration of the
Notes........................The
Series 1997-1 Notes will be
represented by global certificates
registered in the name of Cede & Co.
("Cede"), as the nominee of The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). No
Noteholder will be entitled to
receive physical certificates
("Definitive Notes") representing a
Note, except in the event that
Definitive Notes are issued under
the limited circumstances described
herein. All references herein to
"Noteholders" or "Holders" will
reflect the rights of the beneficial
owners of Notes, as such rights may
be exercised through DTC and
Participants except as otherwise
specified herein. See "Risk
Factors--Book-Entry Registration" in
the Prospectus and "Description of
the Securities--Book- Entry
Registration" herein.
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective Noteholders should consider, in addition to the factors
described under "Risk Factors" in the Prospectus, the following factors.
Repayment of Principal. Payments of principal will be distributed to the
Classes of Notes in order of their Final Maturity Date, regardless of Series
(and, after all Notes have been paid in full, the Certificates in order of their
Final Maturity Date). A subsequently issued Series of Notes may contain one or
more Classes of Notes with an earlier Final Maturity Date than one or more
Classes of Notes of a previously issued Series. Also a subsequently issued Class
of Certificates may have an earlier Final Maturity Date than one or more
previously issued Classes of Certificates. In such event, the Classes of Notes
or Certificates of the earlier issued Classes will receive no payments of
principal until each of the subsequently issued Notes or Certificates, as a the
case may be, with an earlier Final Stated Maturity have been paid in full.
Certain Differences between Classes of Notes and Certificates. Because the
Classes of Notes with a later Final Maturity Date will receive no payment of
principal until the Classes of Notes with an earlier Final Maturity Date have
been paid in full, the Classes of Notes with an earlier Final Maturity Date bear
relatively greater risk than each Class with a later Final Maturity Date of an
increased rate of (i) principal repayments with respect to the Financed Student
Loans (whether as a result of voluntary prepayments, Consolidation Loans or
liquidations due to default or breach), or (ii) Financed Student Loans entering
the Repayment Phase. In addition, the Class of Notes with the earliest Final
Maturity Date will generally bear the risk of principal prepayments as a result
of any remaining Pre-Funded Amount at the end of each Funding Period. On the
other hand, absent the Surety Bonds, Certificateholders (particularly those with
a later Final Maturity Date) and, to a lesser extent, holders of Notes with a
later Final Maturity Date would bear a greater risk of loss of principal than do
holders of Notes with an earlier Final Maturity Date in the event of a shortfall
in Available Funds and amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account because the
Certificates do not receive principal distributions until each Class of Notes is
paid in full and no Class of Notes or Certificates will receive principal
payments until each Class of Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, with an
earlier Final Maturity Date is paid in full.
Financial Status of Guarantors. The Private Loans will not be reinsured by
the Department, the Secretary or any other governmental agency. Therefore, the
failure of a Guarantor of a Private Loan to make a required Guarantee Payment
could adversely affect the amount of Available Funds for any Collection Period.
THE SELLERS AND THE MONEY STORE
Each of the Sellers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Money Store Inc., a
New Jersey corporation ("The Money Store"). The Money Store is a financial
services company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the business of
originating, purchasing, selling and servicing consumer and commercial loans of
specified types and offering related services. Loans originated by The Money
Store and its subsidiaries primarily consist of home equity loans, loans (the
"SBA Loans") guaranteed in part by the United States Small Business
Administration (the "SBA"), government guaranteed student loans and financing
for new and used vehicles.
Since 1967, The Money Store and its subsidiaries have been active in the
development of the residential home equity lending industry in the United
States. In 1979, The Money Store and its subsidiaries began to originate SBA
Loans and, based upon statistics compiled by the SBA, The Money Store believes
that during each of the last 14 SBA fiscal years it originated a greater
principal amount of SBA Loans than any other originator of such loans in the
United States. In 1984, The Money Store and Educaid entered the government
guaranteed student loan origination market. In 1995, ClassNotes entered the
private student loan origination market.
For the year ended December 31, 1996, The Money Store and its subsidiaries
originated or purchased approximately $5.7 billion of loans. Of those loans,
approximately 73% by principal amount were home equity loans, approximately 11%
by principal amount were SBA Loans, approximately 8% by principal amount were
student loans and approximately 8% by principal amount were auto loans. The
business strategy of The Money Store has been to identify and pursue niche
lending opportunities which management believes have had widespread unsatisfied
demand.
At December 31, 1996, The Money Store and its subsidiaries operated out of
217 locations and were doing business in 50 states, the District of Columbia and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Educaid's executive offices are located at 3301 C Street, Suite 100-A,
Sacramento, California 95816. Its telephone number is (916) 446-5000.
ClassNotes' executive offices are located at 3301 C Street, Suite 201,
Sacramento, California 95816. Its telephone number is (916) 554-8550.
SERVICERS
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency ("PHEAA") is a public
corporation and a government instrumentality of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. PHEAA was founded in 1964 and is located in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. In addition to servicing student loans, PHEAA guarantees loans
under the federal Title IV programs, administers certain state scholarship and
financial aid programs, and issues tax-exempt and taxable notes to finance its
direct lending and secondary market purchases of student loan portfolios. As of
December 31, 1996, PHEAA had total assets of approximately $2.269 billion. As of
that date, PHEAA serviced approximately 2.0 million student loan borrower
accounts, with an aggregate principal balance of over $10.6 billion. PHEAA is
one of the largest servicers of education loans in the nation. PHEAA has
approximately 2,100 employees. The information included herein relating to PHEAA
has been obtained from it and is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness
by the Sellers or The Money Store and is not to be construed as a representation
by the Sellers or The Money Store.
Pursuant to the Sub-Servicing Agreement and except as otherwise expressly
assumed by the Administrator, PHEAA has agreed to service, and perform all other
related tasks with respect to, substantially all of the Financed Student Loans
originated by the Sellers and acquired by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf
of the Trust generally after they have entered the Repayment Phase. PHEAA is
required to perform all services and duties customary to the servicing of such
Financed Student Loans in the same manner as the Master Servicers have serviced
Financed Student Loans and otherwise in compliance with all applicable standards
and procedures. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements--
Servicing Procedures" in the attached Prospectus.
The above information relating to PHEAA has been obtained from PHEAA and
neither the Sellers nor The Money Store has conducted any independent
verification of such information. PHEAA has agreed that it will provide a copy
of its most recent audited financial statements to Noteholders upon receipt of a
written request directed to Mr. Tim Guenther, Chief Financial Officer, Financial
Management Department, 1200 North Seventh Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17102.
AFSA Data Corporation
AFSA Data Corporation ("AFSA") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fleet
Holding Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fleet Financial
Group. AFSA has three servicing centers located in Utica, New York; Long Beach,
California and Lombard, Illinois. AFSA has been providing student loan portfolio
management services to the higher education communities since 1967. AFSA also
services loans for the federal government. As of December 31, 1996, AFSA had
total assets of approximately $35 to $40 million. As of that date, AFSA serviced
approximately 4.5 million student loan borrower accounts, with an aggregate
principal balance of approximately $23 billion. AFSA has approximately 1,400
employees. The information included herein relating to AFSA has been obtained
from it and is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness by the Sellers or
The Money Store and is not to be construed as a representation by the Sellers or
The Money Store.
Pursuant to a sub-servicing agreement and except as otherwise expressly
assumed by the Administrator, AFSA has agreed to service, and perform all other
related tasks with respect to, certain of the Financed Student Loans originated
by the Sellers and acquired by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the
Trust generally after they have entered the Repayment Phase. AFSA is required to
perform all services and duties customary to the servicing of such Financed
Student Loans in the same manner as the Master Servicers have serviced Financed
Student Loans and otherwise in compliance with all applicable standards and
procedures. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements -
Servicing Procedures" in the attached Prospectus.
The above information relating to AFSA has been obtained from AFSA and
neither the Sellers nor The Money Store has conducted any independent
verification of such information. AFSA has agreed that it will provide a copy of
its most recent audited financial statements to Noteholders upon receipt of a
written request directed to Mr. Steven Allen, Vice President and Controller,
AFSA Data Corporation, 2277 E. 220th Street, Long Beach, California 90810-1690.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES
General
The Series 1997-1 Notes will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Master
Indenture and the Terms Supplement and the Certificates will be issued pursuant
to the terms of the Trust Agreement. The following summary describes certain
terms of the Notes, the Certificates, the Master Indenture, the Terms Supplement
and a Trust Agreement. The summary does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Series 1997-1
Notes, the Certificates, the Master Indenture, the Terms Supplement, the Trust
Agreement and the attached Prospectus.
Each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes and the Certificates (except for the
Certificates being sold to Student Holdings) will initially be represented by
one or more Notes and Certificates, respectively, in each case registered in the
name of the nominee of DTC (together with any successor depository selected by
the Administrator, the "Depository") except as set forth below. The Series
1997-1 Notes will be available for purchase in minimum denominations of $50,000
and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess thereof. The Series 1997-1 Notes
will be available in book-entry form only. The Trust Agreement will provide that
Certificates will be available for purchase in denominations equal to
$1,000,000, and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess thereof. DTC's nominee
will be Cede. Accordingly, Cede is expected to be the holder of record of the
Securities. Unless and until Definitive Notes or Definitive Certificates are
issued under the limited circumstances described herein, no Noteholder or
Certificateholder will be entitled to receive a physical certificate
representing a Note or Certificate. All references herein to actions by
Noteholders or Certificateholders refer to actions taken by DTC upon
instructions from its participating organizations (the "Participants") and all
references herein to distributions, notices, reports and statements to
Noteholders or Certificateholders refer to distributions, notices, reports and
statements to DTC or Cede, as the registered holder of the Notes or
Certificates, as the case may be, for distribution to Noteholders or
Certificateholders in accordance with DTC's procedures with respect thereto. See
"--Book-Entry Registration" and "-- Definitive Securities" herein and in the
attached Prospectus.
The Series 1997-1 Notes
Distributions of Interest. Interest will accrue on the principal balance of
each Class of Series 1997- 1 Notes at a rate per annum (calculated as provided
below) equal to the related Class Interest Rate. Interest on each Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes will accrue initially from and including the Closing Date
until (i) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, March 26, 1997, the first Auction
Date for the Class A-1 Notes, (ii) with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, March
26, 1997, the first Auction Date for the Class A-2 Notes, and (iii) with respect
to the Class A-3 Notes, April 1, 1997, the first Auction Date for the Class A-3
Notes.. Thereafter, interest will accrue for periods (each, an "Interest
Period") consisting of 7 days with respect to the Class A-1 Notes and 28 days
with respect to the Class A-2 and Class A-3 Notes, subject to adjustment as
described in Appendix I to the attached Prospectus. Interest on each Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes will be payable on the related Note Distribution Date.
Interest distributions due on any Class of Series 1997-1 Notes for any Note
Distribution Date but not distributed on such Note Distribution Date will be due
on the next Note Distribution Date for such Class, increased by an amount equal
to interest on such amount at the applicable Class Interest Rate for the period
from the Note Distribution Date for which such interest was first due until the
Note Distribution Date such interest is paid. Interest payments on the Series
1997-1 Notes will generally be funded from Available Funds, Monthly Advances and
amounts, if any, on deposit in the Reserve Account (and, when applicable,
amounts on deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account and the Capitalized
Pre-Funding Account) remaining after the deposit of the Transaction Fees in the
Expense Account. Interest will be paid pro rata to the holders of each Class of
Notes outstanding. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions" and "--Credit Enhancement." If insufficient funds are
available to pay the Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount on a Note
Distribution Date, such shortfall will be paid from draws on the Note Surety
Bonds to the extent described herein under "Description of the Surety
Bonds--Note Surety Bonds" herein.
Until the date of an Auction Period adjustment, if any, the interest rate
on each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes for each Interest Period will be the Class
Interest Rate based on an Auction Period, subject to adjustment as described
herein and in the Prospectus. The Class Interest Rate on each Class of Series
1997- 1 Notes for each Auction Period will be the lesser of (i) the Net Loan
Rate in effect for such Auction Period and (ii) the Auction Rate in effect for
such Auction Period, as determined by the Auction Agent pursuant to the Auction
Procedures described in Appendix I to the attached Prospectus; provided that if
on any Rate Determination Date, an Auction for a Class of Series 1997-1 Notes is
not held for any reason, then the Class Interest Rate for such Class of Series
1997-1 Notes will be the Net Loan Rate. However, no Class Interest Rate will
exceed 16.0% per annum.
Auction Period Adjustment. The Administrator may, from time to time, change
the length of one or more Auction Periods to conform with then current market
practice or accommodate other economic or financial factors that may affect or
be relevant to the length of the Auction Period or any Class Interest Rate (an
"Auction Period Adjustment"). An Auction Period Adjustment will not cause an
Auction Period to be less than 7 days nor more than one year and will not be
allowed unless certain conditions described in the Auction Procedures in
Appendix I to the attached Prospectus are satisfied. If an Auction Period
Adjustment is made, the intervals between Note Distribution Dates will be
adjusted accordingly.
Noteholders' Interest Carryover. If, with respect to any Class of Series
1997-1 Notes, for any Interest Period the Auction Rate exceeds the Net Loan
Rate, the applicable Class Interest Rate for such Interest Period will be the
Net Loan Rate, and the excess of the amount of interest on such Class of Series
1997-1 Notes that would have accrued at a rate equal to the Auction Rate over
the amount of interest on such Class actually accrued at the Net Loan Rate will
accrue as the Noteholders' Interest Carryover with respect to such Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes. Such determination of the Noteholders' Interest Carryover
will be made separately for each Class of Series 1997-1 Notes. The Noteholders'
Interest Carryover on any Class of Series 1997-1 Notes will bear interest at a
rate equal to One-Month LIBOR from the Note Distribution Date for the Interest
Period for which the Noteholders' Interest Carryover was calculated until paid.
Any Noteholders' Interest Carryover that may exist on any Note Distribution
Date will be paid as described herein under "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Distributions."
Distributions of Principal. Principal payments will be made to the Class of
Notes with the earliest Final Maturity Date, regardless of Series and regardless
of when issued, on each Note Distribution Date for such Class in an amount equal
to the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount for such Note Distribution
Date (provided, however, that for the Series 1997-1 Notes principal payments
will be made only in amounts equal to $50,000 and integral multiples in excess
thereof), until the principal balance of the Notes of such Class is reduced to
zero. Principal payments on a Class of Notes will generally be derived from
Available Funds and amounts, if any, on deposit in the Reserve Account remaining
after the Indenture Trustee has deposited in the Expense Account the Transaction
Fees for the month preceding such Note Distribution Date and all overdue
Transaction Fees from prior months, deposited in the Note Distribution Account
the Noteholders Interest Distribution Amount, and, unless there has been an
Event of Default under a Series of Notes, deposited in the Certificateholder
Distribution Account, the Certificateholders Interest Distribution Amount.
Additionally, with the consent of the Surety Provider, amounts otherwise
required to be deposited into the Reserve Account may be applied as Additional
Principal Payments. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions" and "--Credit Enhancement" herein. If such sources
are insufficient to pay the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount for such
Note Distribution Date, such shortfall will be added to the principal payable to
the Noteholders on subsequent Note Distribution Dates.
Principal payments on the Notes will be applied on each applicable Note
Distribution Date, first, to the principal balance of the Class of Notes with
the earliest Final Maturity Date, regardless of Series and regardless of when
issued, until such principal balance is reduced to zero and then to the
principal balance of each other Class of Notes, in order of Final Maturity Date,
until the principal balance of each Class is reduced to zero. The aggregate
outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes will be payable in full on
its Final Maturity Date. The actual date on which the aggregate outstanding
principal and accrued interest of any Class of Notes are paid may be earlier
than its respective Final Maturity Date, based on a variety of factors,
including those described in the attached Prospectus under "Risk
Factors--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions" and "The Financed Student Loan
Pool--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions."
On the Final Maturity Date relating to a Class of Notes, the Surety
Provider will be required to provide for payment to the Trust pursuant to the
applicable Note Surety Bond of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
unpaid principal balance of the Notes of such Class on such Final Maturity Date
over amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account, after taking into
account the required application of funds in the remaining Trust Accounts,
including but not limited to the Reserve Account, pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to the payment of principal of such Class of Notes on such
final Note Distribution Date, subject to the exceptions described hereunder
"Description of the Surety Bonds--Note Surety Bonds." Any such amount will be
distributed to holders of the applicable Class of Notes on the related Final
Maturity Date.
Mandatory Redemption. The Class of Notes with the earliest Final Maturity
Date will be redeemed in part on the applicable Note Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last day of each Funding Period, in the event that any
amount remains on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account after giving effect to all
Additional Fundings on or prior to such date, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the amount then on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
The Certificates
Distributions of Interest. On each Certificate Distribution Date,
Certificateholders will be entitled to distributions in an amount equal to the
amount of interest accrued during the related Interest Period on the principal
amount of the Certificates at the applicable Certificate Rate. Interest on the
Certificates will accrue initially from and including the Closing Date until
April 1, 1997, the first Auction Date for the Certificates. After such initial
Interest Period, each Interest Period will consist of 28 days, subject to
adjustment as described in Appendix I to the attached Prospectus. Interest
distributions due for the Certificates on any Certificate Distribution Date but
not distributed on such Certificate Distribution Date will be due on the next
Certificate Distribution Date for such Class increased by an amount equal to
interest on such amount at the applicable Certificate Rate for the period from
the Certificate Distribution Date for which such interest was first due until
the Certificate Distribution Date such interest is paid. Interest distributions
with respect to the Certificates will generally be funded from Available Funds,
Monthly Advances and the amounts, if any, on deposit in the Reserve Account
remaining after the Indenture Trustee has transferred to the Expense Account an
amount, up to the excess, if any, of the Transaction Fees for the month
preceding such Certificate Distribution Date and all overdue Transaction Fees
for the month preceding such Certificate Distribution Date over the amount, if
any, previously transferred to the Expense Account during the month of such
Certificate Distribution Date, provided, however, that Certificateholders will
not be entitled to any distributions if there has been an Event of Default under
any Series of Notes until each Class of Notes has been paid in full. See
"Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements-- Distributions" and
"--Credit Enhancement--Reserve Account." If insufficient funds are available to
pay the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount for such Certificate
Distribution Date, then amounts may be drawn under the Certificate Surety Bonds
to cover such shortfalls. See "Description of the Surety Bonds--Certificate
Surety Bonds."
Until the date of an Auction Period Adjustment, if any, the interest rate
on the Certificates for each Interest Period will be the Certificate Rate based
on an Auction Period, subject to adjustment as described herein. The Certificate
Rate on the Certificates for each Auction Period will be the lesser of (i) the
Net Loan Rate in effect for such Auction Period and (ii) the Auction Rate in
effect for such Auction Period, as determined by the Auction Agent generally
pursuant to the Auction Procedures described in Appendix I to the attached
Prospectus; provided that if on any Rate Determination Date, an Auction for the
Certificates is not held for any reason, then the Certificate Rate for the
Certificates will be the Net Loan Rate. However, the Certificate Rate will not
exceed 16.0% per annum, and will be subject to other limitations described
herein.
Auction Period Adjustment. With respect to the Certificates, the
Administrator may, from time to time, change the length of one or more Auction
Periods to conform with then current market practice or to accommodate other
economic or financial factors that may affect or be relevant to the length of
the Auction Period or any Certificate Rate. An Auction Period Adjustment with
respect to the Certificates will not cause an Auction Period to be less than 7
days nor more than one year and will not be allowed unless certain conditions
described in the Auction Procedures in Appendix I to the attached Prospectus are
satisfied.
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover. If for any Interest Period the
Auction Rate exceeds the Net Loan Rate, the applicable Certificate Rate for such
Interest Period will be the Net Loan Rate, and the excess of the amount of
interest on the Certificates that would have accrued at a rate equal to the
Auction Rate, over the amount of interest actually accrued at the Net Loan Rate
will accrue as the Certificateholders' Interest Carryover. The
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover on the Certificates will bear interest at
a rate equal to One-Month LIBOR from the Certificate Distribution Date for the
Interest Period for which the Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Amount was
calculated until paid.
Any Certificateholders' Interest Carryover that may exist on any
Certificateholders' Distribution Date will be paid as described herein under
"Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement-- Distributions."
Distributions of Principal. Certificateholders will be entitled to
distributions on each Certificate Distribution Date on and after which each
Class of Notes has been paid in full in an amount generally equal to the
Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate Distribution Date (provided,
however, that principal payments will be made only in amounts equal to $50,000
and integral multiples in excess thereof). Distributions with respect to
principal payments on the Certificates for such Certificate Distribution Date
will generally be funded from the portion of Available Funds and amounts, if
any, on deposit in the Reserve Account remaining after the transfer by the
Indenture Trustee to the Expense Account of the Transaction Fees and the
transfer to the Certificate Distribution Account of the Certificateholder
Interest Distribution Amount. Additionally, with the consent of the Surety
Provider, amounts otherwise required to be deposited into the Reserve Account
may be applied as Additional Principal Payments. See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Distributions" and "--Credit
Enhancement--Reserve Account." If such sources are insufficient to pay the
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate
Distribution Date, such shortfall will be added to the principal payable to
Certificateholders on subsequent Certificate Distribution Dates.
The aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Certificates will be
payable in full on its Final Maturity Date. The actual date on which the
aggregate outstanding principal and accrued interest of the Certificates will be
paid may be earlier than the Certificate Final Maturity Date, however, based on
a variety of factors, including those described in the attached Prospectus under
"Risk Factors--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions" and "The Financed Student
Loan Pool--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions."
On the Certificate Final Maturity Date, the Surety Provider will be
required to provide for payment to the Trust pursuant to the Certificate Surety
Bond of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the unpaid principal balance
of the Certificates on such Certificate Final Maturity Date over amounts on
deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account, after taking into account the
required application of funds in the remaining Trust Accounts, including but not
limited to the Reserve Account, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to
be applied to the payment of principal on the Certificates on such Certificate
Final Maturity Dates, subject to the exceptions described herein under
"Description of the Surety Bonds--Certificate Surety Bonds." Any such amount
will be distributed to holders of the Certificates on the Certificate Final
Maturity Date.
Subordination of the Certificates. No distributions in respect of principal
of the Certificates will be made until the Certificate Distribution Date on or
after which each Class of Notes has been paid in full.
Determination of LIBOR
Pursuant to the Auction Agent Agreement, the Auction Agent will determine
One-Month LIBOR for purposes of calculating the interest due on the Noteholders'
Interest Carryover and the Certificateholders' Auction Rate Interest Carryover
for each given Interest Period on the second Business Day prior to the
commencement of each Interest Period (each, a "LIBOR Determination Date"). For
purposes of calculating One-Month LIBOR, a Business Day is any day on which
banks in London and New York City are open for the transaction of business.
Interest due for any Interest Period will be determined based on the actual
number of days in such Interest Period over a 360-day year.
"One-Month LIBOR" means the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars having a maturity of one month commencing on the related LIBOR
Determination Date (the "Index Maturity") which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as
of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date. If such rate does
not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that day will be determined on
the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars, having the Index
Maturity and in a principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000, are offered
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to
prime banks in the London interbank market by the Reference Banks. The Auction
Agent will request the principal London office of each of such Reference Banks
to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are
provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.
If fewer than two quotations are provided, the rate for that day will be the
arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by
the Auction Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such
LIBOR Determination Date for loans in the U.S. dollars to leading European banks
having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not
less than U.S. $1,000,000; provided that if the banks selected as aforesaid are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, One-Month LIBOR in effect for the
applicable LIBOR Reset Period will be One-Month LIBOR in effect for the previous
LIBOR Reset Period.
"Telerate Page 3750" means the display page so designated on the Dow Jones
Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service
for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).
"Reference Bank" means a leading bank (i) engaged in transaction in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, (ii) not
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Administrator or The
Money Store and (iii) having an established place of business in London.
Book-Entry Registration
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") is a limited purpose trust company
organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal
Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York UCC
and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
DTC was created to hold securities for its Participants and to facilitate the
clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Participants through
electronic book-entries, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of
certificates. Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies and clearing corporations. Indirect access to the DTC system also is
available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that
clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either
directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants").
Securityholders that are not Participants or Indirect Participants but
desire to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer ownership of, or other interests
in, Securities may do so only through Participants and Indirect Participants. In
addition, Securityholders will receive all distributions of principal and
interest from the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee, as
applicable (the "Applicable Trustee"), through Participants and Indirect
Participants. Under a book-entry format, Securityholders may experience some
delay in their receipt of payments, since such payments will be forwarded by the
Applicable Trustee to Cede, as nominee for DTC. DTC will forward such payments
to its Participants, which thereafter will forward them to Indirect Participants
or Securityholders. It is anticipated that the only "Securityholder,"
"Certificateholder" and "Noteholder" will be Cede, as nominee for DTC.
Securityholders will not be recognized by the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible
Lender Trustee as Noteholders or Certificateholders, as such terms are used in
the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, respectively, and Securityholders will be
permitted to exercise the rights of Securityholders only indirectly through DTC
and its Participants.
Under the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC and
its operations (the "Rules"), DTC is required to make book-entry transfers of
Securities among Participants on whose behalf it acts with respect to the
Securities and to receive and transmit distributions of principal of, and
interest on, the Securities. Participants and Indirect Participants with which
Securityholders have accounts with respect to the Securities similarly are
required to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit such payments on
behalf of their respective Securityholders. Accordingly, although
Securityholders will not possess Securities, the Rules provide a mechanism by
which Participants will receive payments and will be able to transfer their
interests.
Because DTC can only act on behalf of Participants, who in turn act on
behalf of Indirect Participants and certain banks, the ability of a
Securityholder to pledge Securities to persons or entities that do not
participate in the DTC system, or to otherwise act with respect to such
Securities, may be limited due to the lack of a physical certificate for such
Securities.
DTC has advised the Administrator that it will take any action permitted to
be taken by a Securityholder under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the
case may be, only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose accounts
with DTC the Securities are credited. DTC may take conflicting actions with
respect to other undivided interests to the extent that such actions are taken
on behalf of Participants whose holdings include such undivided interests.
Except as required by law, neither the Administrator nor the Applicable
Trustee will have any liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the Securities
held by Cede, as nominee for DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Definitive Securities
The Series 1997-1 Notes and the Certificates (other than the Certificate
being sold to Student Holdings) will be issued in fully registered, certificated
form ("Definitive Notes" and "Definitive Certificates," respectively, and
collectively referred to herein as "Definitive Securities") to Noteholders or
Certificateholders or their respective nominees, rather than to DTC or its
nominee, only if (i) the Administrator advises the Applicable Trustee in writing
that DTC is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities
as depository with respect to the Securities and the Administrator is unable to
locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Administrator, at its option, elects to
terminate the book-entry system through DTC or (iii) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, a Servicer Default or an Administrator Default,
Securityholders representing at least a majority of the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes or the Certificates, as the case may be, advise the
Applicable Trustee through DTC in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
system through DTC (or a successor thereto) with respect to such Notes or
Certificates is no longer in the best interest of the holders of such
Securities.
Upon the occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding
paragraph, the Applicable Trustee will be required to notify all applicable
Securityholders through Participants of the availability of Definitive
Securities. Upon surrender by DTC of the definitive security representing the
corresponding Securities and receipt of instructions for re-registration, the
Applicable Trustee will reissue such Securities as Definitive Securities to such
Securityholders.
Distributions of principal of, and interest on, such Definitive Securities
will thereafter be made by the Applicable Trustee in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may
be, directly to holders of Definitive Securities in whose names the Definitive
Securities were registered at the close of business on the Record Date. Such
distributions will be made by check mailed to the address of such holder as it
appears on the register maintained by the Applicable Trustee. The final payment
on any such Definitive Security, however, will be made only upon presentation
and surrender of such Definitive Security at the office or agency specified in
the notice of final distribution to Securityholders.
Definitive Securities will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices
of the Applicable Trustee or of a registrar named in a notice delivered to
holders of Definitive Securities. No service charge will be imposed for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Applicable Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection therewith.
List of Securityholders
Three or more Noteholders or one or more holders of Notes evidencing not
less than 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes may,
by written request to the Indenture Trustee, obtain access to the list of all
Noteholders maintained by the Indenture Trustee for the purpose of communicating
with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under the Indenture or the
Notes. The Indenture Trustee may elect not to afford the requesting Noteholders
access to the list of Noteholders if it agrees to mail the desired communication
or proxy, on behalf and at the expense of the requesting Noteholders, to all
Noteholders.
Three or more Certificateholders, Student Holdings or one or more holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance may, by
written request to the Eligible Lender Trustee, obtain access to the list of all
Certificateholders for the purpose of communicating with other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under the Trust Agreement or
under the Certificates.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
General
In addition to the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, pursuant
to which the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust will obtain, the
Master Servicers will service and the Administrator will perform certain
administrative functions with respect to the Financed Students Loans, the
Administration Agreement, pursuant to which the Administrator will undertake
certain other administrative duties with respect to the Trust, the Financed
Student Loans and the Trust Agreement, pursuant to which the Trust will be
created and the Certificates will be issued (collectively, the "Transfer and
Servicing Agreements") summarized elsewhere in this Prospectus Supplement and in
the Prospectus, set forth below is a summary of certain other provisions
thereof.
Accounts
The Indenture Trustee will establish and maintain the Collection Account,
the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Note Distribution
Account, the Expense Account, the Reserve Account and the Monthly Advance
Account. The Eligible Lender Trustee will establish and maintain the Certificate
Distribution Account in the name of the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. The foregoing accounts are referred to collectively as the
"Trust Accounts" in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders and the Certificateholders.
Funds in the Trust Accounts will be invested as provided in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement in Eligible Investments. "Eligible Investments" are
generally limited to investments acceptable to the Surety Provider and the
Rating Agencies as being consistent with the rating of the Notes. Eligible
Investments are limited to obligations or securities that mature not later than
the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which funds in the applicable
Trust Account may be required to be withdrawn. If the amount required to be
withdrawn from the Reserve Account to cover shortfalls in the amount of
Available Funds exceeds the amount of cash in the Reserve Account, a temporary
shortfall in the amounts distributed to the Noteholders or to the
Certificateholders could result. This could, in turn, increase the average life
of the Notes and the Certificates. Investment earnings on funds deposited in the
Trust Accounts, net of losses and investment expenses (collectively, "Investment
Earnings"), will be deposited in the Collection Account and will be treated as
collections of interest on the Financed Student Loans.
The Trust Accounts will be maintained as Eligible Deposit Accounts.
"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 have a credit rating from each Rating
Agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade.
"Eligible Institution" means 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), (i) which has a
long-term unsecured debt rating and/or a short-term unsecured debt rating
acceptable to Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services ("Standard & Poor's") and the Surety Provider and (ii) whose
deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Additional Fundings
The Trust will distribute funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account from
time to time during the Funding Period in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal balance (plus certain premiums) and accrued interest thereon of the
additional Financed Student Loans (the "Additional Student Loans") conveyed by
the Sellers to the Trust during the Funding Period (the expenditures referred to
above being referred to herein as "Additional Fundings"). The Sellers expect
that the amount of the Additional Fundings will approximate 100% of the
Pre-Funded Amount by the last day of the Funding Period; however, there can be
no assurance that a sufficient amount of Additional Fundings will be made during
such time. Additional Student Loans may include Federal Loans and/or Private
Loans in such amounts as may be determined by the Sellers and satisfying any
conditions imposed by the Surety Provider. It is expected that approximately
$4,000,000 of the Additional Student Loans to be conveyed by ClassNotes to the
Trust during the Funding Period may be PAL Loans. See "The Student Loan
Financing Business--The Private Loan Programs--PAL Program" in the Prospectus.
Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, during the Funding Period,
the Sellers may convey to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust,
Additional Student Loans having an aggregate principal balance up to the amount
then on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account. The obligation to accept any
Additional Student Loan by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust is
subject to the following conditions, among others: (i) such Additional Student
Loan must satisfy all applicable origination requirements and all other
requirements specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Insurance and
Indemnity Agreement dated as of March 21, 1997 (the "Insurance Agreement") among
the Sellers, The Money Store, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust and the Surety
Provider, and (ii) the Sellers will not select such Additional Student Loan in a
manner that it believes is adverse to the interests of the Securityholders or
the Surety Provider. On such dates as may from time to time be designated by the
Sellers during a Funding Period (each, a "Transfer Date"), the Sellers may sell
or contribute and assign, without recourse, to the Eligible Lender Trustee on
behalf of the Trust, their entire interest in Additional Student Loans (each, a
"Subsequent Cut-off Date"). Subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing
conditions, the Sellers will convey the Additional Student Loans to the Eligible
Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust on each such Transfer Date pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the applicable Transfer Agreement (a "Transfer
Agreement") executed by the Sellers, on such Transfer Date. Each such Transfer
Agreement will include as an exhibit a schedule identifying each Additional
Student Loan transferred on such Transfer Date. Upon such conveyance of
Additional Student Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust,
the Pool Balance will increase in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
balances of the Additional Student Loans and an amount equal to the aggregate
principal balance of such Additional Student Loans (plus certain premiums) and
accrued interest thereon will be withdrawn from the Pre-Funding Account on such
date and ultimately be transferred to the Sellers.
Any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account at the end of the Funding
Period will be distributed on the next applicable Note Distribution Date to the
holders of the Class of Notes with the earliest Final Maturity Date.
Capitalized Interest Account
On the Closing Date, the Seller will make a cash deposit of approximately
$11,200,000 in the Capitalized Interest Account in the name of the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Trust. The amount deposited therein will be used on
each Note Distribution Date and Certificate Distribution Date to make interest
payments to Noteholders and Certificateholders to the extent amounts deposited
in the Note Distribution Account or the Certificate Distribution Account, as the
case may be, plus amounts in the Reserve Account, are insufficient for such
purpose. Any amounts remaining in the Capitalized Interest Account after the
period set forth in the Terms Supplement will be transferred to the Reserve
Account or, with the consent of the Surety Provider, applied as an Additional
Principal Payment.
All funds in the Capitalized Interest Account and Capitalized Pre-Funding
Account are required to be held (i) uninvested, up to the limits insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or (ii) invested in Eligible Investments.
Any investment earnings on funds in the Capitalized Interest Account and the
Capitalized Pre-Funding Account will be applied to payment of interest on the
Series 1997-1 Notes and the Certificates.
Payments on Financed Student Loans
Each Master Servicer will deposit all payments on Financed Student Loans
for which it is acting as primary servicer (from whatever source) and all
proceeds of such Financed Student Loans collected by it during each Collection
Period into the Collection Account (i) within one Business Day after it has
received an aggregate of $30,000 during any month and (ii) on the last Business
Day of each month, all other collections received during such month. Each Master
Servicer shall cause each other Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account,
within one Business Day of receipt thereof, all payments on Financed Student
Loans for which it is acting as primary servicer (from whatever source) and all
proceeds of such Financed Student Loans collected by it during each Collection
Period. The Eligible Lender Trustee will deposit all Interest Subsidy Payments,
all Special Allowance Payments and all insurance payments from the Secretary
with respect to the Financed Student Loans received by it during each Collection
Period into the Collection Account within two Business Days of receipt thereof.
Servicing Compensation
The Master Servicers will receive, subject to the limitations set forth
herein and in the Prospectus under the heading "Summary of Terms--Assets of the
Trust--Transfer and Servicing Agreements," a monthly fee (the "Servicing Fee")
(a) with respect to Federal Loans, the sum of (i) 0.35% per annum of the
aggregate principal balance of such Financed Student Loans in the Deferral Phase
as of the last day of the preceding calendar month, (ii) 1.00% per annum of the
aggregate principal balance of such Financed Student Loans (other than
Consolidation Loans) in the Repayment Phase as of the last day of the preceding
calendar month, (iii) with respect to each Consolidation Loan, the greater of
0.65% per annum of the principal balance of each such Consolidation Loan as of
the last day of the preceding calendar month and $3.00 per Consolidation Loan,
and (iv) a one-time fixed fee equal to $15 for each such Financed Student Loan
for which a guarantee claim was filed, in each case subject to certain
adjustments, together with other administrative fees and similar charges, and
(b) with respect to Private Loans, the sum of (i) 0.7% per annum of the
aggregate principal balance of such Financed Student Loans in the deferral phase
as of the last day of the preceding calendar month, (ii) 1.00% per annum of the
aggregate principal balance of such Financed Student Loans in the repayment
phase as of the last day of the preceding calendar month, and (iii) a one-time
fixed fee equal to $27.50 for each such Financed Student Loan for which a
guarantee claim was filed, in each case subject to certain adjustments, together
with other administrative fees and similar charges. To the extent a Master
Servicer engages a sub-servicer, including but not limited to PHEAA or AFSA,
such Master Servicer will direct a portion of the Servicing Fee to the
applicable sub-servicer as compensation for its services. The Servicing Fee
(together with any portion of the Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from prior
Note Distribution Dates) will be allocated monthly out of Available Funds and
amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account and will be payable quarterly on the
first Note Distribution Date occurring in March, June, September and December
(or, if in any such month a Certificate Distribution Date occurs prior to such
first Note Distribution Date, on such Certificate Distribution Date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the fee payable to the
Master Servicers as defined above for any month would exceed 1.05% per annum of
the Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding calendar month (the "Capped
Amount"), then the "Servicing Fee" for such month will instead be the Capped
Amount for such month. The remaining amount in excess of such Servicing Fee,
together with any such excess amounts from prior months that remain unpaid (the
"Servicing Fee Carryover"), will be payable to the Master Servicers on each
succeeding Distribution Date out of Available Funds remaining, if any, after
payment or allocation on the dates and in the priority set forth below under
"Distributions--Distributions from Collection Account."
The Servicing Fee and the Servicing Fee Carryover will compensate the
Master Servicers for performing the functions of a third party servicer of
student loans as an agent for their beneficial owner, including collecting and
posting all payments, responding to inquiries of borrowers on the Financed
Student Loans, investigating delinquencies, pursuing, filing and collecting any
Guarantee Payments and any insurance payments from the Secretary, accounting for
collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Administrator.
The Servicing Fee and the Servicing Fee Carryover also will reimburse the Master
Servicers for certain taxes, accounting fees, outside auditor fees, data
processing costs and other costs incurred in connection with administering the
Financed Student Loans.
Distributions
Deposits to Collection Account. On or before the 16th day of each month,
the Administrator will provide the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender
Trustee a report setting forth by component the Available Funds for the
immediately preceding Collection Period.
For purposes hereof, the term "Available Funds" means the sum of the
following amounts with respect to the related Collection Period: (i) all
collections received by the Master Servicers or any Servicer on the Financed
Student Loans (including any Guarantee Payments received with respect to the
Financed Student Loans); (ii) any payments, including without limitation
Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments received by the
Eligible Lender Trustee during such Collection Period with respect to the
Financed Student Loans; (iii) all proceeds of any sales of Financed Student
Loans by the Trust during such Collection Period; (iv) any payments of or with
respect to interest received by the Master Servicers or a Servicer during such
Collection Period with respect to a Financed Student Loan for which a Realized
Loss was previously allocated; (v) that portion of amounts released from the
Pre-Funding Account at the end of a Funding Period to be applied as a payment of
principal; (vi) amounts released from the Capitalized Interest Account and the
Capitalized Pre-Funding Account to cover shortfalls in interest; (vii) the
aggregate Purchase Amounts received for those Financed Student Loans repurchased
by the Sellers or purchased by the Master Servicers or by or on behalf of The
Money Store under an obligation which arose during the related Collection
Period; (viii) the aggregate amounts, if any, received from the Sellers, The
Money Store or the Master Servicers as reimbursement of non-guaranteed interest
amounts, or lost Interest Subsidiary Payments and Special Allowance Payments,
with respect to the Financed Student Loans pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and (ix) Investments Earnings for such Collection Period; provided,
however, that Available Funds will exclude all payments and proceeds of any
Financed Student Loans the Purchase Amount of which has been included in
Available Funds for a prior Collection Period.
Distributions from Collection Account. On each Determination Date, the
Administrator will advise the Indenture Trustee in writing of the applicable
Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount or Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount. Additionally, no later than 16 days prior to the first Note
Distribution Date occurring in each month for the Class of Series 1997-1 Notes
then entitled to receive payments of principal (or, after all Notes, including
but not limited to the Series 1997-1 Notes, have been paid in full, no later
than 16 days prior to the first Certificate Distribution Date occurring in each
month) the Administrator will advise the Indenture Trustee in writing of the
applicable Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount (or, after all the Notes
have been paid in full, the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount).
Further, on the Determination Date relating to the first Certificate
Distribution Date occurring each month (or for each month in which a Note
Distribution Date occurs earlier than the Certificate Distribution Date, on the
Determination Date relating to such earlier Note Distribution Date), the
Administrator will advise the Indenture Trustee in writing of the Servicing Fee,
Administration Fee, Auction Agent Fee, Indenture Trustee Fee, Eligible Lender
Trustee Fee and Surety Provider Fee (collectively, the "Transaction Fees") for
the preceding month.
On each Note Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will transfer from
the Collection Account to the Note Distribution Account, from payments received
on or with respect to the Financed Student Loans during the Collection Period
immediately preceding the month of such Note Distribution Date, an amount up to
the related Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount. For the Class of Series
1997-1 Notes with the earliest Final Maturity Date, on the first Note
Distribution Date for such Class occurring in each month for which there are no
outstanding Notes with an earlier Final Maturity Date, after making the transfer
set forth in the prior sentence, the Indenture Trustee will transfer from the
Collection Account to the Note Distribution Account from payments received on or
with respect to the Financed Student Loans in the month second preceding the
month of the related Note Distribution Date, together with any Additional
Principal Payments to be made at the election of the Master Servicers as
described below, an amount up to the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that for each month in which the first Note Distribution Date
occurs prior to the Certificate Distribution Date in such month, prior to
transferring amounts to the Note Distribution Account, the Indenture Trustee
will transfer to the Expense Account, from payments received on or with respect
to the Financed Student Loans during the immediately preceding Collection
Period, an amount up to the Transaction Fees for the month preceding such Note
Distribution Date and all overdue Transaction Fees from prior months.
On each Certificate Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will transfer
from the Collection Account, from payments received on or with respect to the
Financed Student Loans during the immediately preceding Collection Period, (i)
to the Expense Account, an amount up to the excess, if any, of the Transaction
Fees for the month preceding such Certificate Distribution Date and all overdue
Transaction Fees from prior months over the amount, if any, previously
transferred to the Expense Account during the month of such Certificate
Distribution Date and (ii) by wire transfer no later than 11:00 a.m., New York
time, to the Certificate Distribution Account, an amount up to the related
Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount. Additionally, after each Class
of Notes has been paid in full, on the first Certificate Distribution Date
occurring in each month the Indenture Trustee will transfer from the Collection
Account to the Eligible Lender Trustee, by wire transfer no later than 11:00
a.m., New York time, for deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account, from
payments received on or with respect to the Financed Student Loans during the
Collection Period immediately preceding the month prior to such Certificate
Distribution Date, an amount up to the applicable Certificateholders' Principal
Distribution Amount.
On the first Note Distribution Date occurring in March, June, September and
December, or in the case of clause (iii) below, on the first Note Distribution
Date occurring in each month (or if in any such month a Certificate Distribution
Date occurs prior to such first Note Distribution Date, on such Certificate
Distribution Date), the Indenture Trustee will distribute from the Expense
Account (in addition to any amounts transferred from the Reserve Account) the
following amounts in the following order of priority: (i) to the Master
Servicers, the Servicing Fee and all overdue Servicing Fees, (ii) to the
Administrator, the Administration Fee and all overdue Administration Fees, (iii)
to the Auction Agent, the Auction Agent Fee and all overdue Auction Agent Fees,
(iv) to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Fee and all overdue
Indenture Trustee Fees, (v) to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Eligible Lender
Trustee Fee and all overdue Eligible Lender Trustee Fees and (vi) to the Surety
Provider, the Surety Provider Fee and all overdue Surety Provider Fees.
On each Note Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will distribute to
the Noteholders of the applicable Class of Series 1997-1 Notes as of the related
Note Record Date all amounts transferred to the Note Distribution Account as set
forth above (in addition to any amounts transferred from the Capitalized
Interest Account, the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account, the Pre-Funding Account,
the Reserve Account and the Monthly Advance Account and amounts drawn under the
applicable Note Surety Bond). On each Certificate Distribution Date, the
Eligible Lender Trustee will distribute to the Certificateholders as of the
related Certificate Record Date all amounts transferred to the Certificate
Distribution Account as set forth above (in addition to any amounts transferred
from the Capitalized Interest Account, the Reserve Account and the Monthly
Advance Account and amounts drawn under the Certificate Surety Bond).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, principal payments will be made to the
Series 1997-1 Notes and the Certificates only in amounts equal to $50,000 and
integral multiples in excess thereof. If the amount in the Note Distribution
Account or the Certificate Distribution Account otherwise required to be applied
as a payment of principal either (i) is less than $50,000 or (ii) exceeds an
even multiple of $50,000, then, in the case of (i), such entire amount or, in
the case of (ii), such excess amount, will not be paid as principal on the
upcoming Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date, as the case
may be, but will be retained in the Note Distribution Account or the Certificate
Distribution Account, as the case may be, until the amount therein available for
payment of principal (including any amounts transferred from the Reserve
Account) equals $50,000.
With respect to the Class of Series 1997-1 Notes entitled to receive
payments of principal (or, after each Class of Notes has been paid in full, the
Certificates) the actual Notes or Certificates of such Class, as the case may
be, that will receive payments of principal on each applicable Note Distribution
Date or Certificate Distribution Date will be selected no later than 15 days
prior to the related Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date, as
the case may be, by the Indenture Trustee (with respect to the Notes) or the
Eligible Lender Trustee (with respect to the Certificates) by lot in such manner
as the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee, as the case may be, in
its discretion may determine and which may provide for the selection for payment
of principal in minimum denominations of $50,000, and integral multiples in
excess thereof.
Notice of the specific Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, to
receive payments of principal is to be given by the Indenture Trustee or the
Eligible Lender Trustee, as the case may be, by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 15 days but no more than 30 days before the
applicable Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date at the
address of the applicable Securityholder appearing on the registration books.
Any defect in or failure to give such mailed notice shall not affect the
validity of proceedings for the payment of any other Notes or Certificates not
affected by such failure or defect. All notices of payment are to state: (i) the
applicable Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date; (ii) the
amount of principal to be paid, and (iii) the Class of the Notes or Certificates
to be paid.
On the last Note Distribution Date occurring in January, April, July and
October (or if in any such month a Certificate Distribution Date occurs after
such last Note Distribution Date, on such Certificate Distribution Date), after
making all required transfers to the Note Distribution Account and, if
applicable, the Certificate Distribution Account and the Expense Account, the
Indenture Trustee will transfer any amounts remaining in the Collection Account
(other than amounts representing payments received during such month or payments
of or with respect to principal received in the immediately preceding month) in
the following order of priority: (i) to the Surety Provider, the amount, if any,
necessary to reimburse the Surety Provider for prior Note and Certificate Surety
Bond Payments (which will generally be equal to the aggregate amount of draws
under the Note Surety Bonds and Certificate Surety Bond on prior Note or
Certificate Distribution Dates, as applicable), together with interest thereon,
(ii) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to increase the
balance thereof to the Specified Reserve Account Balance, (iii) to the Master
Servicers, the aggregate unpaid amount of the Servicing Fee Carryover, if any,
(iv) to the Note Distribution Account, the aggregate unpaid amount of
Noteholders' Interest Carryover, if any, and (v) to the Certificate Distribution
Account, the aggregate unpaid amount of Certificateholders' Interest Carryover,
if any. Any amounts remaining in the Collection Account after such transfers
(other than amounts representing payments received during such current month or
payments of or with respect to principal received in the immediately preceding
month) will be transferred to the Reserve Account generally for distribution to
Student Holdings. Amounts transferred to the Note Distribution Account or the
Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) above,
respectively, will be paid to the applicable Class of Notes or Certificates on
the next Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date relating to
such Class of Notes or Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the
consent of the Surety Provider, amounts otherwise required to be deposited into
the Reserve Account pursuant to clause (ii) above may, instead, be applied as a
payment of principal on the next Note Distribution Date relating to the Class of
Notes with the earliest Final Maturity Date (or, after all the Notes have been
paid in full, on the next Certificate Distribution Date). Amounts so applied as
principal payments are referred to herein as "Additional Principal Payments."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there has been an Event of Default with
respect to payment of the Notes, the Certificateholders will not be entitled to
any payments of principal or interest until each outstanding Class of Notes has
been paid in full.
"Certificate Balance" equals the original principal balance of the
Certificates issued reduced by all amounts allocable to principal previously
distributed to Certificateholders.
"Certificateholders' Distribution Amount" means, as to any Class of
Certificates, with respect to any Certificate Distribution Date relating to such
Certificates, the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount for such
Certificate Distribution Date plus, for the first Certificate Distribution Date
occurring in each month on and after which the Notes have been paid in full, the
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate
Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, as to the
Certificates, with respect to any Certificate Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (i) the sum of the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount on
the preceding Certificate Distribution Date relating to such Certificates and
any outstanding Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall on such
preceding Certificate Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of interest
actually distributed to the Certificateholders on such preceding Certificate
Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of such excess interest due to
the Certificateholders, to the extent permitted by law, at the related
Certificate Rate from such preceding Certificate Distribution Date to the
current Certificate Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount" means, as to the
Certificates, with respect to any Certificate Distribution Date, the sum of (i)
the amount of interest accrued at the related Certificate Rate for the related
Interest Period on the outstanding principal amount of such Certificates on the
immediately preceding Certificate Distribution Date, after giving effect to all
distributions of principal to Certificateholders on such Certificate
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Certificate Distribution Date,
on the initial Closing Date) and (ii) the Certificateholders' Interest Carryover
Shortfall relating to such Certificates for such Certificate Distribution Date;
provided, however, that the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount
will not include any Certificateholders' Interest Carryover.
"Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, as of the close
of any Certificate Distribution Date on or after which the Notes have been paid
in full, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the Certificateholders' Principal
Distribution Amount on such Certificate Distribution Date and any outstanding
Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall for the preceding Certificate
Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of principal actually distributed to the
Certificateholders on such Certificate Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount" means, on the first
Certificate Distribution Date occurring in each month on and after which the
principal balance of the Notes has been paid in full, the sum of (a) the
Principal Distribution Amount for the Collection Period in the month second
preceding such Certificate Distribution Date, (b) any Additional Principal
Payments to be made on such Certificate Distribution Date and (c) the
Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the
preceding Certificate Distribution Date; provided, however, that the
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount will in no event exceed the
outstanding principal balance of such Class of Certificates. Further, on the
first Certificate Distribution Date occurring after the Note Distribution Date
on which the principal balance of the Class of Notes with the last Final
Maturity Date is paid in full, the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution
Amount also will include the excess, if any, of the amount of principal
available to be distributed on such Note Distribution Date over the amount of
principal paid on the Notes on such date. In addition, with respect to each
Class of Certificates, on the related Final Maturity Date the
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount will include the amount
required to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Certificates to
zero.
"Noteholders' Distribution Amount" means, as to any Class of Series 1997-1
Notes, with respect to any Distribution Date relating to such Notes, the sum of
related Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount and the Noteholders' Principal
Distribution Amount for such Note Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, as to any Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes, with respect to any Note Distribution Date relating to such
Notes, the excess of (i) the sum of the related Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount on the preceding Note Distribution Date relating to such
Notes and any Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Note
Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of interest actually allocated to such
Noteholders on such preceding Note Distribution Date, plus interest on the
amount of such excess interest due to the Noteholders, to the extent permitted
by law, at the related Class Interest Rate from such preceding Note Distribution
Date to the current Note Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount" means, as to any Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes, with respect to any Note Distribution Date, the sum of (i)
the amount of interest accrued at the respective Class Interest Rate for each
related Interest Period since the last Note Distribution Date relating to such
Notes (or, in the case of the first Note Distribution Date following the
issuance the Series 1997-1 Notes, the initial Closing Date) on the outstanding
principal balance of such Class of Notes on the immediately preceding Note
Distribution Date relating to such Notes after giving effect to all principal
distributions to holders of Notes of such Class on such date (or, in the case of
the first Note Distribution Date for the Series 1997-1 Notes, on the initial
Closing Date) and (ii) the Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall for such
Class for such Note Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Noteholders'
Interest Distribution Amount will not include any Noteholders' Interest
Carryover.
"Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, as of the close of any
Note Distribution Date relating to a Class of Notes, the excess of (i) the sum
of the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount on such Note Distribution Date
and any outstanding Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall for the preceding
Note Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of principal actually allocated to
the Noteholders on such Note Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount" means, as to the Class of
Notes with the earliest Final Maturity Date on each applicable Note Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount from the Collection
Period in the month second preceding the month of the related Note Distribution
Date, (ii) any Additional Principal Payments to be made on such Note
Distribution Date and (iii) the Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall as of
the close of the preceding Note Distribution Date relating to such Notes;
provided, however, that the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount will not
exceed the outstanding principal balance of such Class of Notes. In addition,
with respect to each Class of Notes, on the related Final Maturity Date the
Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount will include the amount required to
reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Notes to zero.
"Principal Distribution Amount" means, with respect to any Collection
Period, the sum of the following amounts: (i) that portion of all collections
received by the Master Servicers or any Servicer on the Financed Student Loans
that is allocable to principal (including the portion of any Guarantee Payments
received that is allocable to principal of the Financed Student Loans); (ii) the
portion of the proceeds allocable to principal from the sale of Financed Student
Loans by the Trust during such Collection Period; (iii) all Realized Losses
incurred during the related Collection Period; (iv) to the extent attributable
to principal, the Purchase Amount received with respect to each Financed Student
Loan repurchased by the Sellers or purchased by the Master Servicers or The
Money Store under an obligation which arose during the related Collection
Period; and (v) amounts, if any, transferred from the Pre-Funding Account at the
end of the applicable Funding Period; provided, however, that the Principal
Distribution Amount will exclude all payments and proceeds of any Financed
Student Loans the Purchase Amount of which has been included in Available Funds
for a prior Collection Period.
With respect to each Financed Student Loan submitted to a Guarantor for a
Guarantee Payment, a "Realized Loss" means the excess, if any, of (i) the unpaid
principal balance of such Financed Student Loan on the date it was first
submitted to a Guarantor for a Guarantee Payment over (ii) all amounts received
on or with respect to principal on such Financed Student Loan up through the
earlier to occur of (A) the date a related Guarantee Payment is made or (B) the
last day of the Collection Period occurring 7 months after the date the claim
for such Guarantee Payment is first denied.
Monthly Advances
If a Master Servicer has applied for a Guarantee Payment from a Guarantor
or an Interest Subsidy Payment or a Special Allowance Payment from the
Department, and such Master Servicer has not received the related payment prior
to the end of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Note Distribution
Date or Certificate Distribution Date on which such amount would be required to
be distributed as a payment of interest, the Representative may, no later than
the Determination Date relating to such Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, as the case may be, deposit into the Monthly Advance Account
an amount up to the amount of such payments with respect to interest applied for
but not received (such deposits by the Representative are referred to herein as
"Monthly Advances"). On each related Note Distribution Date, the Indenture
Trustee will distribute from the Monthly Advance Account to the applicable
Noteholders the Monthly Advance for such Note Distribution Date. On each related
Certificate Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will transfer from the
Monthly Advance Account to the Eligible Lender Trustee, by wire transfer no
later than 11:00 a.m. New York time, for distribution to the Certificateholders,
the Monthly Advance for such Certificate Distribution Date. Such Monthly
Advances are recoverable by the Representative from the source for which such
Monthly Advance was made.
Credit Enhancement
Reserve Account. Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Reserve
Account will be created on the Closing Date but no funds will deposited therein
on the Closing Date. The Reserve Account will be augmented on the last Note
Distribution Date occurring in January, April, July and October (or, if in any
such month a Certificate Distribution Date occurs after such Note Distribution
Date, on such Certificate Distribution Date) by deposit therein of the amount,
if any, necessary to reinstate the balance of the Reserve Account to the
Specified Reserve Account Balance from the amount of Available Funds remaining
after making all prior distributions on such date as described above under the
heading "--Distributions-- Distributions from the Collection Account"; provided,
however, that with the consent of the Surety Provider such Available Funds may
be applied as an Additional Principal Payment. Also, if amounts were transferred
from the Reserve Account to cover a Realized Loss on a Financed Student Loan,
any subsequent payments of principal received on or with respect to such
Financed Student Loan will be deposited into the Reserve Account or applied as
an Additional Principal Payment. As described below, subject to certain
limitations, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account will be released to
Student Holdings the extent that the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
exceeds the Specified Reserve Account Balance. With the consent of the Surety
Provider, the Specified Reserve Account Balance may be reduced or eliminated.
If the amount, if any, on deposit in the Reserve Account on any Note or
Certificate Distribution Date (after giving effect to all deposits or
withdrawals therefrom on such Note or Certificate Distribution Date) is greater
than the Specified Reserve Account Balance, subject to certain limitations, the
Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to distribute the amount of
the excess, after payment of any unpaid Excess Servicing Fee, Noteholders'
Interest Carryover, Certificateholders' Interest Carryover, and, if applicable,
certain amounts owing to the Surety Provider under the Insurance Agreement or to
purchase Financed Student Loans for which there has been an uncured breach of
certain representations and warranties, to Student Holdings. Upon any
distribution to Student Holdings of amounts from the Reserve Account, neither
the Noteholders nor the Certificateholders will have any rights in, or claims
to, such amounts.
The Reserve Account is intended to enhance the likelihood of timely receipt
by the Noteholders and the Certificateholders of the full amount of principal
and interest due them and to decrease the likelihood that the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders will experience losses. In certain circumstances, however,
the Reserve Account could be depleted. Further, as described above, amounts
otherwise required to be deposited into the Reserve Account may, with the
consent of the Surety Provider, be applied as Additional Principal Payments. If
the amount required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account to cover shortfalls
in the amount of Available Funds exceeds the amount of cash in the Reserve
Account, a temporary shortfall in the amount of principal and interest
distributed to the Noteholders or the Certificateholders could result. This
could, in turn, increase the average life of the Notes and the Certificates.
Moreover, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account (other than amounts in
excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance) will not be available to cover
any aggregate unpaid Servicing Fee Carryovers, Noteholders' Interest Carryover
or Certificateholders' Interest Carryover.
Subordination of the Certificates. The rights of the holders of the
Certificates to receive distributions with respect to interest and principal
will be subordinated to such rights of the holders of the Series 1997-1 Notes to
the extent described herein. This subordination is intended to enhance the
likelihood of regular receipt by holders of the Series 1997-1 Notes of the full
amount of the Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount and, after distribution
of the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount, the Noteholders'
Principal Distribution Amount.
Surety Bonds. The Note Surety Bond, issued by the Surety Provider, will be
obtained by the Sellers in favor of the Eligible Lender Trustee solely on behalf
of the Noteholders of the Series 1997-1 Notes. The Note Surety Bond will, except
as provided below, provide for coverage of timely payment of all interest and
ultimate payment of all principal due on the Series 1997-1 Notes; provided,
however, that the Note Surety Bond will not ensure payment of any Noteholders'
Interest Carryover. See "Description of the Surety Bonds--Note Surety Bond."
The Certificate Surety Bond will, except as provided below, provide for
coverage of timely payment of all interest and ultimate payment of all principal
due on the Certificates; provided, however, that the Certificate Surety Bond
will not ensure payment of any Certificateholders' Interest Carryover. The
Certificate Surety Bond will be obtained by the Sellers in favor of the Eligible
Lender Trustee solely on behalf of the Certificateholders. See "Description of
the Surety Bonds--Certificate Surety Bond."
Statements to Indenture Trustee and Trust
On each Determination Date preceding a Note Distribution Date and
Certificate Distribution Date, the Master Servicers or the Administrator will
provide to the Indenture Trustee for the Indenture Trustee to forward on each
succeeding Note Distribution Date to each Noteholder of the applicable Class,
and to the Eligible Lender Trustee for the Eligible Lender Trustee to forward on
such succeeding Certificate Distribution Date to each Certificateholder, a
statement, which will include the following information with respect to such
Note Distribution Date and Certificate Distribution Date or the preceding
Collection Period, to the extent applicable (provided, however, that with
respect to each Note Distribution Date other than the first Note Distribution
Date occurring in each month, such statement need only contain the information
set forth in clauses (ii), (iii), (v), and (vii) below):
(i) the amount of the distribution allocable to
principal of each Class of Notes or the Certificates, as the
case may be;
(ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on
each Class of Notes and the Certificates, together with the interest rates
applicable with respect thereto (indicating whether such interest rates are
based on the Auction Rate or on the Net Loan Rate, with respect to each Class of
Notes and the Certificates, and specifying what each such interest rate would
have been if it had been calculated using the alternate basis);
(iii) the amount of the distribution, if any, allocable to any
Noteholders' Interest Carryover and any Certificateholders' Interest Carryover,
together with the outstanding amount, if any, of each thereof after giving
effect to any such distribution;
(iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on
the last day of the preceding Collection Period;
(v) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of each Class
of Notes and the Certificates as of such Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal
reported under clause (i) above;
(vi) the amount of the Servicing Fee and any Servicing Fee
Carryover allocated to the Master Servicers, the amount of the Administration
Fee allocated to the Administrator, the amount of the Auction Agent Fee
allocated to the Auction Agent, the amount of the Indenture Trustee Fee
allocated to the Indenture Trustee, the amount of the Eligible Lender Trustee
Fee allocated to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the amount of the Surety
Provider Fee allocated to the Surety Provider, respectively, with respect to
such Collection Period, and the amount, if any, of the Servicing Fee Carryover
remaining unpaid after giving effect to any such payment;
(vii) the amount of the distribution, if any, payable
to the Surety Provider as reimbursement for any unpaid Surety
Bond Payments;
(viii) the amount of the aggregate Realized Losses, if any, for
such Collection Period and the aggregate amount, if any, received (stated
separately for interest and principal) with respect to Financed Student Loans
for which Realized Losses were allocated previously;
(ix) the amount of the distribution attributable to amounts in
the Reserve Account, the amount of any other withdrawals from the Reserve
Account for such Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date, the
balance of the Reserve Account on such Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes therein on such Note
Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date and the then applicable
Parity Percentage;
(x) for Note Distribution Dates during the Funding Period, the
portion, if any, of the distribution attributable to amounts on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account and the remaining Pre-Funded Amount on such Note
Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes therein during the related
Collection Period;
(xi) for the Note Distribution Dates during the Funding Period,
the aggregate amount, if any, paid by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of
the Trust to purchase Additional Financed Student Loans during the preceding
Collection Period;
(xii) for the first Note Distribution Date on or following the
end of the Funding Period, the amount of any remaining Pre-Funded Amount that
has not been used to make Additional Fundings and is being paid out to
Noteholders;
(xiii) the aggregate amount, if any, paid for Financed Student
Loans purchased from the Trust during the preceding Collection Period; and
(xiv) the number and principal amount of Financed Student Loans,
as of the preceding Collection Period, that are (i) 30 to 60 days
delinquent, (ii) 61 to 90 days delinquent, (iii) 91 to 120 days delinquent, (iv)
more than 120 days delinquent and (v) for which claims have been filed with the
appropriate Guarantor and which are awaiting payment.
Evidence as to Compliance
The Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that a firm of independent
public accountants will furnish to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee annually a statement (based on the examination of certain documents and
records and on such accounting and auditing procedures considered appropriate
under the circumstances) as to compliance by the Master Servicers during the
preceding twelve months (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the
period from the initial Closing Date to December 31, 1997) with all applicable
standards under the Sale and Servicing Agreement relating to the servicing of
the Financed Student Loans.
The Sale and Servicing Agreement will further provide that a firm of
independent public accountants (which may be the same firm referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph) will furnish to the Eligible Lender Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee annually a statement (based on the examination of certain
documents and records and on such accounting and auditing procedures considered
appropriate under the circumstances) as to compliance by the Administrator
during the preceding twelve months (or, in the case of the first such
certificate, the period from the initial Closing Date to December 31, 1997) with
all applicable standards under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Administration Agreement relating to the administration of the Trust and the
Financed Student Loans.
The Sale and Servicing Agreement will also provide for delivery to the
Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, concurrently with the
delivery of each statement of compliance referred to above, of a certificate
signed by an officer of the Master Servicers or the Administrator, as the case
may be, stating that, to his knowledge, the Master Servicers or the
Administrator, as the case may be, has fulfilled its obligations under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement throughout the preceding twelve months (or, in the case
of the first such certificate, the period from the initial Closing Date to
December 31, 1997) or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any
such obligation, describing each such default. Each of the Master Servicers and
the Administrator has agreed to give the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible
Lender Trustee notice of certain Servicer Defaults and Administrator Defaults,
respectively, under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Copies of such statements and certificates may be obtained by
Securityholders by a request in writing addressed to the Applicable Trustee.
Liability of Student Holdings
Under the Trust Agreement, Student Holdings will agree to be liable
directly to an injured party for the entire amount of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (other than those incurred by a Noteholder or a
Certificateholder in the capacity of an investor) arising out of or based on the
arrangement created by the Trust Agreement as though such arrangement created a
partnership under the Pennsylvania Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act in
which Student Holdings were a general partner.
Termination
The obligations of the Master Servicers, the Sellers, the Administrator,
the Auction Agent, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreements will terminate upon (i) the
maturity or other liquidation of the last Financed Student Loan and the
disposition of any amount received upon liquidation of any remaining Financed
Student Loans and (ii) the payment to the Noteholders and the Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements. In order to avoid excessive administrative expense, the
Sellers are permitted at their option and with the consent of the Surety
Provider to repurchase from the Eligible Lender Trustee, as of the end of any
Collection Period immediately preceding a Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, if the then outstanding Pool Balance is 10% or less of the
Aggregate Pool Balance, all remaining Financed Student Loans at a price equal to
the aggregate Purchase Amounts thereof as of the end of such Collection Period,
which amounts will be used to retire the Certificates concurrently therewith.
Upon termination of the Trust, all right, title and interest in the Financed
Student Loans and other funds of the Trust, after giving effect to any final
distributions to Noteholders and Certificateholders therefrom, will be conveyed
and transferred to the Sellers.
Administrator
Educaid, in its capacity as Administrator, will enter into the
Administration Agreement with the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to
which the Administrator will agree, to the extent provided therein, (i) to
direct the Indenture Trustee to make the required distributions from the Trust
Accounts on each Note Distribution Date and Certificate Distribution Date, (ii)
to prepare (based on the reports received from the Master Servicer) and provide
periodic and annual statements to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee with respect to distributions to Noteholders and Certificateholders and
any related federal income tax reporting information and (iii) to provide the
notices and to perform other administrative obligations required by the
Indenture and the Trust Agreement. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under the Administration Agreement and as
reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator will be
entitled to an administration fee equal to 0.015% per annum of the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes and the Certificates (the "Administration Fee").
DESCRIPTION OF THE SURETY BONDS
The following summary describes certain provisions of the Surety Bonds. The
summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to, all provisions of the Surety Bonds.
Note Surety Bond
The Note Surety Bond, issued by the Surety Provider, will be obtained by
the Sellers in favor of the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust and
will be pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. The Note
Surety Bond will, except as provided below, provide for coverage of timely
payment of all interest, and ultimate payment of all principal, due on the
related Class of Series 1997-1 Notes. In particular, funds may be drawn under
the Note Surety Bond on any Note Distribution Date and paid to Noteholders of
the applicable Class in an amount equal to the applicable Note Surety Bond
Payment for such Note Distribution Date. The Surety Provider will be required to
make Note Surety Bond Payments to the Indenture Trustee as paying agent on the
later of such Note Distribution Date or the Business Day following the day on
which the Surety Provider receives a drawing request under the Note Surety Bond
from the Indenture Trustee as paying agent, stating the amount of a Note Surety
Bond Payment that is due.
"Note Surety Bond Payment" means, with respect to any Class of Series
1997-1 Notes (A) on each Note Distribution Date the amount equal to the excess,
if any, of the Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount for the applicable
Class of Series 1997-1 Notes over the amount on deposit in the Note Distribution
Account, after taking into account the required application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts (but excluding any amounts on deposit in the Monthly
Advance Account if an automatic stay has been imposed with respect to the
Representative under Section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of
1978, as amended 11 U.S.C. ss. 101 et seq.), including but not limited to the
Reserve Account, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the payment of
the Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount on such Note Distribution Date (an
"Interest Deficiency") and (B) the amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
unpaid principal balance of Series 1997-1 Notes of a Class on the Final Maturity
Date for such Class over amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account,
after taking into account the required application of funds in the remaining
Trust Accounts, including but not limited to the Reserve Account, pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the payment of principal of such Class of
Series 1997-1 Notes on such Final Maturity Date (a "Principal Deficiency");
provided, however, that "Note Surety Bond Payments" shall not include any
Noteholders' Interest Carryover or any portion of any Interest Deficiency or
Principal Deficiency arising as a result of (i) any tax liability, including any
tax liability imposed on or assessed with respect to the Trust, the Trust
assets, any Noteholder, or any Certificateholder, or (ii) any tax withholding
requirement including any such requirement applicable to Trust income or Trust
distributions.
The Note Surety Bond is irrevocable and noncancelable.
Certificate Surety Bond
The Certificate Surety Bond, issued by the Surety Provider, will be
obtained by the Sellers in favor of the Eligible Lender Trustee solely on behalf
of the Certificateholders. The Certificate Surety Bond will, except as provided
below, provide for coverage of timely payment of all interest, and ultimate
payment of all principal, due on the Certificates. In particular, funds may be
drawn under the Certificate Surety Bond on any Certificate Distribution Date and
paid to Certificateholders in an amount equal to the applicable Certificate
Surety Bond Payment for such Certificate Distribution Date. The Surety Provider
will be required to make Certificate Surety Bond Payments to the Eligible Lender
Trustee as paying agent on the later of such Certificate Distribution Date or
the Business Day following the day on which the Surety Provider receives a
drawing request under the Certificate Surety Bond from the Eligible Lender
Trustee as paying agent, stating the amount of a Certificate Surety Bond Payment
that is due.
"Certificate Surety Bond Payment" means, with respect to the Certificates
(A) on each Certificate Distribution Date the amount equal to the excess, if
any, of the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount for the
Certificates over the amount on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account,
after taking into account the required application of funds in the remaining
Trust Accounts (but excluding any amounts on deposit in the Monthly Advance
Account if an automatic stay has been imposed with respect to the Representative
under Section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended 11
U.S.C. ss.101 et seq.), including but not limited to the Reserve Account,
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the payment of the
Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount on such Certificate
Distribution Date (an "Interest Deficiency") and (B) the amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the unpaid principal balance of the Certificates on the Final
Maturity Date over amounts on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account,
after taking into account the required application of funds in the remaining
Trust Accounts, including but not limited to the Reserve Account, pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the payment of principal of the
Certificates on such Final Maturity Date (a "Principal Deficiency"); provided,
however that "Certificate Surety Bond Payment" shall not include any
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover or any portion of any Interest Deficiency
or Principal Deficiency arising as a result of (i) any tax liability, including
any tax liability imposed on or assessed with respect to the Trust, the Trust
assets, any Noteholder, or any Certificateholder, or (ii) any tax withholding
requirement, including any such requirement applicable to Trust income or Trust
distributions.
The Certificate Surety Bond is irrevocable and noncancelable.
Surety Provider
AMBAC Indemnity Corporation ("AMBAC") is a Wisconsin-domiciled stock
insurance corporation regulated by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
of the State of Wisconsin and licensed to do business in 50 states, the District
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam. AMBAC primarily
insures newly issued municipal and structured finance obligations. AMBAC is a
wholly owned subsidiary of AMBAC Inc., a 100% publicly-held company. Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies and Fitch Investors Service, Inc. have each assigned a
triple-A claims-paying ability rating to AMBAC.
The consolidated financial statements of AMBAC and its subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995 and for the three-years ended December
31, 1996, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
included in the Current Report of Form 8-K of AMBAC Inc. (which was filed with
the Commission on March 12, 1997; Commission File Number 1--10777) are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement and shall be deemed to
be a part hereof. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by
reference shall be modified or superseded for the purposes of the Prospectus
Supplement to the extent that a statement contained herein by reference herein
also modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus Supplement.
All financial statements of AMBAC and its subsidiaries included in
documents filed by AMBAC Inc. with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
subsequent to the date of this Prospectus Supplement and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Series 1997-1 Notes shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement and to be a part
hereof from the respective dates of filing such documents.
The following table sets forth the capitalization of AMBAC as of December
31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and December 31, 1996, respectively, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles. No material adverse change in the
capitalization of AMBAC has occurred since December 31, 1996.
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AMBAC Indemnity Corporation
Consolidated Capitalization Table
($ millions)
December 31, 1994 December 31, 1995 December 31, 1996
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Unearned premiums $ 840 $906 $ 995
Other liabilities 136 295 259
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Total liabilities 976 1,201 1,254
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Stockholder's equity:
Common Stock 82 82 82
Additional paid-in capital 444 481 515
Unrealized gains (losses) on
investments, net of tax (46) 87 66
Retained earnings 782 907 992
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Total stockholder's equity 1,262 1,557 1,655
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Total liabilities and
stockholder's equity $ 2,238 $ 2,758 $ 2,909
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Copies of the financial statements of AMBAC incorporated herein by
reference and copies of AMBAC's annual statement for the year ended December 31,
1996 prepared in accordance with statutory accounting standards are available,
without charge, from AMBAC. The address of AMBAC's administrative offices and
its telephone number are One State Street Plaza, 17th Floor, New York, New York,
10004 and (212) 668-0340.
Neither any Certificate Surety Bond nor any Note Surety Bond is covered by
the property/casualty insurance security fund specified in Article 76 of the New
York Insurance Laws.
AMBAC makes no representation regarding the Series 1997-1 Notes and the
Certificates or the advisability of investing in the Series 1997-1 Notes and the
Certificates and makes no representation regarding, nor has it participated in
the preparation of, this Prospectus Supplement other than the information
supplied by AMBAC and presented under the heading "Description of the Surety
Bonds."
CERTAIN TAX CONSEQUENCES
Certain Pennsylvania Tax Consequences with Respect to the Series 1997-1
Notes
The Trust has been provided with an opinion of Rhoads & Sinon LLP, special
Pennsylvania tax counsel for the Trust ("Pennsylvania Tax Counsel") regarding
certain Pennsylvania tax matters as discussed below. An opinion of counsel is
not binding on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and no ruling on any of
the Pennsylvania tax issues discussed below will be sought from the Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue.
There is no authority in Pennsylvania addressing the question of whether
the Series 1997-1 Notes will be treated as debt or equity for Pennsylvania tax
purposes. Nonetheless, subject to the foregoing uncertainty, Pennsylvania Tax
Counsel has advised the Trust that, assuming the Series 1997-1 Notes are
classified as debt for federal income tax purposes, the Series 1997-1Notes will
be treated as debt for Pennsylvania corporate tax purposes. Assuming the Series
1997-1 Notes are treated as debt for Pennsylvania corporate tax purposes,
corporate Noteholders not otherwise subject to tax in Pennsylvania would not
become subject to Corporate Net Income or Franchise Taxes in Pennsylvania solely
because of a Noteholder's ownership of Series 1997-1 Notes. For Pennsylvania tax
purposes, the Trust will be treated as a Pennsylvania business trust. A
Pennsylvania Business Trust qualifying as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes is exempt from Pennsylvania Corporate Net Income and Capital
Stock/Franchise Taxes.
Corporate Noteholders otherwise subject to tax in Pennsylvania will be
required to include the interest on the Notes as well as any gains on the
disposition of the Series 1997-1 Notes in the computation of the Pennsylvania
Corporate Net Income Tax and Capital Stock/Franchise Tax.
Certain Noteholders otherwise subject to tax in certain Pennsylvania
counties which impose the tax on intangible personal property authorized by the
Act of June 17, 1913, P.L. 507 ss. 1, as amended, 72 P.S. ss. 4821, will be
subject to such Intangible Personal Property Tax on the Series 1997-1 Notes.
Certain Pennsylvania Tax Consequences with Respect to the Certificates
Because state and local income and franchise tax laws vary greatly, it is
impossible to predict the income and franchise tax consequences to the
Certificateholders in all of the state and local taxing jurisdictions in which
they are already subject to tax. Certificateholders are urged to consult their
own advisors with respect to state and local income and franchise taxes.
Since the Trust will be classified as a Pennsylvania Business Trust and not
as a partnership for purposes of Pennsylvania taxation, Certificateholders other
than individuals not otherwise subject to taxation in Pennsylvania will not
become subject to taxation in Pennsylvania solely because of such
Certificateholder's ownership of Certificates.
If Pennsylvania were to classify the Trust as a partnership for purposes of
taxation, Pennsylvania may take the position that such Certificateholders not
otherwise subject to taxation in Pennsylvania become subject to tax in
Pennsylvania. Certificateholders which are corporations subject to tax in
Pennsylvania would be required to separately take into account such holder's
allocated share of income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Trust in
computing Pennsylvania Corporate Net Income Tax and Capital Stock/Franchise Tax.
There is no assurance that the foregoing conclusions with respect to the
characterization of the Trust and the Pennsylvania state tax consequences with
respect to the Certificates will not be challenged by the Pennsylvania taxing
authorities or, if challenged, that the taxing authorities will not be
successful. If the Trust were subject to an entity level tax in Pennsylvania,
any such tax could materially reduce or eliminate cash that would otherwise be
distributable with respect to the Certificates.
Certain Certificateholders otherwise subject to tax in certain Pennsylvania
counties which impose the tax on intangible personal property authorized by the
Act of June 17, 1913, P.L. 507 ss. 1, as amended, 72 P.S. ss. 4821, will be
subject to such Intangible Personal Property Tax on the Certificates.
Pennsylvania Tax Characteristics of the Trust
The Trust Agreement contemplates that the Trust will qualify as a
Pennsylvania Business Trust pursuant to 15 Pa. C.S. ss. 9501(a). Under existing
law, as a Pennsylvania Business Trust, if the Trust is classified as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes the Trust will not be subject to
Pennsylvania Corporate Net Income Tax, Capital Stock Tax, Personal Income Tax or
Corporate Loans Tax.
Assuming that the Trust is created in York County, Pennsylvania, a county
which does not presently impose the Intangible Personal Property Tax authorized
by the Act of June 17, 1913, P.L. 507 ss. 1, as amended, 72 P.S. ss. 4821, the
Trust will not be subject to such Intangible Personal Property Tax on the
Financed Student Loans or on other intangible personal property held by the
Trust.
Although the matter is not free from doubt, Pennsylvania Tax Counsel is of
the opinion, under existing law, that the Trust will not be classified as a
partnership for Pennsylvania corporate tax purposes. However, if the Trust were
to be classified as a partnership for Pennsylvania tax purposes, the Trust
itself would not be subject to any of the foregoing taxes, but the Pennsylvania
taxing authorities may take the position that the Certificateholders not
otherwise subject to tax in Pennsylvania have acquired a taxable nexus in
Pennsylvania by virtue of their ownership of the Certificates.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), and/or Section 4975 of the Code prohibit a pension,
profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement, as well
as individual retirement accounts and certain types of Keogh Plans (each a
"Plan") from engaging in certain transactions with persons that are "parties in
interest" under ERISA or "disqualified persons" under the Code with respect to
such Plan. A violation of these "prohibited transaction" rules may result in an
excise tax or other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code for such
persons.
Certain transactions involving the purchase, holding or transfer of the
Series 1997-1 Notes might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under
ERISA and the Code if assets of the Trust were deemed to be assets of a Plan.
Under a regulation issued by the United States Department of Labor (the "Plan
Assets Regulation"), the assets of the Trust would be treated as plan assets of
a Plan for the purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the Plan acquires an
"Equity Interest" in the Trust and none of the exceptions contained in the Plan
Assets Regulation is applicable. An equity interest is defined under the Plan
Assets Regulation as an interest other than an instrument which is treated as
indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity
features. Assuming that a Class of Series 1997-1 Notes is treated as
indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the Plan Assets
Regulation then such Class of Series 1997-1 Notes will be eligible for purchase
by Plans. Without regard to whether the Series 1997-1 Notes are treated as an
"equity interest" for such purposes, the acquisition or holding of Series 1997-
1 Notes by or on behalf of a Plan could be considered to give rise to a
prohibited transaction if the Trust or any of its affiliates is or becomes a
party in interest or disqualified person with respect to such Plan, or in the
event that a Series 1997-1 Note is purchased in the secondary market and such
purchase constitutes a sale or exchange between a Plan and a party in interest
or disqualified person with respect to such Plan. There can be no assurance that
the Trust or any of its affiliates will not be or become a party in interest or
a disqualified person with respect to a Plan that acquires Series 1997-1 Notes.
However, one or more of the following prohibited transaction class exemptions
may apply to the acquisition, holding and transfer of the Series 1997-1 Notes:
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14 (regarding investments by
qualified professional asset managers), PTCE 90-1 (relating to investments by
insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTCE 91-38 (regarding investments
by bank collective investment funds), PTCE 95-60 (regarding investments by
insurance company general accounts) and PTCE 96-23 (regarding investments by
in-house asset managers).
Employee benefit plans that are governmental plans (as defined in Section
3(32) of ERISA) and certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA)
are not subject to ERISA requirements.
A Plan fiduciary considering the purchase of Series 1997-1 Notes should
consult its tax and/or legal advisors regarding whether the assets of the Trust
would be considered Plan assets, the possibility of exemptive relief from the
prohibited transaction rules and other issues and their potential consequences.
EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets of AMBAC as of December 31, 1996 and 1995,
and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, are
incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement in reliance
upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public
accountants, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters relating to the Sellers, the Master Servicers and the
Administrator will be passed upon by Eric R. Elwin, Esq., Corporate Counsel of
the Sellers, and Squires, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Phoenix, Arizona, and
certain legal matters relating to the validity of the issuance of the Series
1997-1 Notes and the Certificates will be passed upon for the Underwriter by
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
LLP, has performed legal services for the Sellers and The Money Store Inc. and
it is expected that it will continue to perform such services in the future.
Certain federal income tax and other matters will be passed upon for the Trust
by Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, and certain state income tax and other matters
will be passed upon for the Trust by Rhoads & Sinon LLP, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
UNDERWRITING
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement
for the sale of the Series 1997- 1 Notes, dated March 19, 1997, and a related
Terms Agreement dated March 19, 1997 (collectively, the "Underwriting
Agreement"), the Representative and the Sellers have agreed on behalf of the
Trust to sell and the Underwriter has agreed to purchase all the Series 1997-1
Notes.
The Series 1997-1 Notes, initially, will be offered by the Underwriter to
the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus
Supplement. After the initial public offering, price and other selling terms may
be varied by the Underwriter. The Underwriter and any dealers that participate
with the Underwriter in the distribution of the Series 1997-1 Notes may be
deemed to be underwriters and any commissions received by them and any profit on
the resale of the Series 1997-1 Notes by them may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
In connection with the offering, the Underwriter may engage in transactions
that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the Series
1997-1 Notes. Such transactions may include stabilization transactions effected
in accordance with Rule 104 of Regulation M, pursuant to which such person may
bid for or purchase Series 1997-1 Notes for the purpose of stabilizing their
market price. The Underwriter also may create a short position for the account
of the Underwriter by selling more Series 1997-1 Notes in connection with the
offering than it is committed to purchase, and in such case may purchase Series
1997-1 Notes in the open market following completion of the offering to cover
all or a portion of such short position. Any of the transactions described in
this paragraph may result in the maintenance of the price of the
Series 1997-1 Notes at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in
the open market. None of the transactions described in this paragraph is
required, and, if they are undertaken, they may be discontinued at any time.
The Representative has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against
certain liabilities including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
The Underwriter may provide investment banking services for the
Representative for which it will receive additional compensation.
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INDEX OF PRINCIPAL TERMS
Additional Funding..........................................S-13
Additional Fundings.........................................S-36
Additional Principal Payments...............................S-19
Additional Student Loans....................................S-36
Administration Agreement.....................................S-6
Administration Fee..........................................S-15
Administrator................................................S-6
AFSA.........................................................S-5
Aggregate Pool Balance......................................S-20
AMBAC........................................................S-6
Applicable Trustee..........................................S-33
Auction Agent................................................S-6
Auction Agent Fee...........................................S-15
Auction Period Adjustment...................................S-29
Available Funds.............................................S-38
Broker-Dealer................................................S-6
Business Day................................................S-14
Capped Amount...............................................S-12
Cede........................................................S-24
Certificate Balance.........................................S-41
Certificate Distribution Account............................S-16
Certificate Distribution Date................................S-9
Certificate Final Maturity Date.............................S-10
Certificate Record Date......................................S-9
Certificate Surety Bond.....................................S-22
Certificate Surety Bond Payment.............................S-22
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover......................S-10
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall............S-42
Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount............S-42
Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall...........S-42
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount...........S-42
Certificates.................................................S-4
Class........................................................S-1
Class Interest Rate..........................................S-2
ClassNotes...................................................S-5
Collection Account..........................................S-14
Collection Period...........................................S-15
CSAC.........................................................S-5
Definitive Certificates.....................................S-34
Definitive Notes............................................S-24
Definitive Securities.......................................S-34
Depository..................................................S-28
Determination Date..........................................S-14
Distribution Accounts.......................................S-16
Distribution Date............................................S-9
DOE Data Book................................................S-1
DTC.........................................................S-24
ECMC.........................................................S-1
Educaid......................................................S-5
Effective Interest Rate.....................................S-12
Eligible Deposit Account...................................S-36
Eligible Institution........................................S-36
Eligible Lender Trustee......................................S-1
Eligible Lender Trustee Fee.................................S-15
Equity Interest.............................................S-53
Expense Account.............................................S-16
Federal Guarantors...........................................S-1
Financed Student Loans.......................................S-1
FOSFA........................................................S-5
Funding Period..............................................S-13
GLHEC........................................................S-5
Indenture....................................................S-4
Indenture Trustee............................................S-6
Index Maturity..............................................S-32
Indirect Participants.......................................S-33
Insurance Agreement.........................................S-36
Interest Deficiency.........................................S-21
Interest Period.............................................S-28
LIBOR Determination Date....................................S-32
Master Indenture.............................................S-4
Monthly Advance Account.....................................S-20
Monthly Advances............................................S-20
Moody's.....................................................S-24
NJHEAA.......................................................S-5
Note Distribution Account...................................S-15
Note Distribution Date.......................................S-7
Note Record Date.............................................S-7
Note Surety Bond Payment....................................S-21
Note Surety Bond Payments...................................S-21
Noteholder..................................................S-33
Noteholders' Distribution Amount............................S-42
Noteholders' Interest Carryover..............................S-7
Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall...................S-42
Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount...................S-43
Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall..................S-43
Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount..................S-43
Notes........................................................S-1
NSLP.........................................................S-5
NYSHESC......................................................S-5
One-Month LIBOR.............................................S-32
Participants................................................S-28
Pennsylvania Tax Counsel....................................S-51
PHEAA........................................................S-5
Plan........................................................S-53
Plan Assets Regulation......................................S-53
Pre-Funded Amount...........................................S-13
Principal Deficiency........................................S-21
Principal Distribution Amount...............................S-43
PTCE........................................................S-53
Rating Agencies.............................................S-24
Rating Agency...............................................S-24
Reference Bank..............................................S-33
Representative...............................................S-5
Rules.......................................................S-33
SBA........................................................S-26
SBA Loans...................................................S-26
Securities Act...............................................S-5
Securityholders..............................................S-9
Sellers......................................................S-1
Series 1997-1 Note Surety Bond...............................S-2
Series 1997-1 Notes..........................................S-1
Servicer.....................................................S-5
Servicing Fee...............................................S-11
Servicing Fee Carryover.....................................S-12
Specified Reserve Account Balance...........................S-19
Standard & Poor's...........................................S-24
Student Holdings.............................................S-9
Subsequent Cut-off Date.....................................S-36
Surety Bonds................................................S-22
Surety Provider..............................................S-6
Surety Provider Fee.........................................S-15
Telerate Page 3750..........................................S-33
Terms Supplement.............................................S-4
TGSLC........................................................S-5
The Money Store..............................................S-5
Transaction Fees............................................S-15
Transfer Date...............................................S-36
Trust.......................................................S-1
Trust Agreement.............................................S-4
Underwriter.................................................S-1
Underwriting Agreement.....................................S-54
USAF........................................................S-5
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ANNEX A
CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
FINANCED STUDENT LOANS
Composition of the Financed Student Loans as of the Cut-off Date
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance................... $226,395,752
Number of Borrowers....................................... 54,886.00
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower........ $ 4,125
Number of Loans.......................................... 111,469
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan........... $ 2,031
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate.................... 7.77%
Weighted Average Annual Effective Rate................... 7.77%
Weighted Average Remaining Term (months) (does not include the
months remaining for the in-school, grace, deferment or
forbearance periods)........................................... 104
Weighted Average Remaining Term (months) (including the months
remaining for the in-school, grace, deferment or forbearance
periods).........................................................120
Distribution of the Financed Student Loans by Loan Type
Percent of
Loans by
Number of Outstanding Outstanding
Loan Types Loans Balance Balance
Consolidated 277 $4,910,660 2.17%
PLUS 5,175 17,039,202 7.53%
SLS 4 17,575 0.01%
Stafford - Subsidized 81,066 154,100,967 68.07%
Stafford - Unsubsidized 24,947 50,327,348 22.23%
Total 111,469 $226,395,752 100.00%
Distribution of the Financed Student Loans by Interest Rate
Percent
of
Number of Outstanding Loans by
Interest Rate Loans Balance Outstanding
Balance
Less than 7.50% 3 $34,903 0.02%
7.50% to 8.49% 106,042 204,995,254 90.55%
8.50% to 9.49% 5,424 21,365,595 9.44%
9.50% to greater 0 0 0.00%
Total 111,469 $226,395,752 100.00%
Composition of the Financed Student Loans as of the Cut-off Date
Distribution of the Financed Student Loans by Outstanding Balance
Percent
Number of Outstanding Loans by
Outstanding Balance Borrowers Balance Outstanding
Balance
Less than $1,000 2,660 $1,628,619 0.72%
$1,000-$1,999 5,285 7,790,760 3.44%
$2,000-$2,999 15,286 39,014,489 17.23%
$3,000-$3,999 8,848 30,723,529 13.57%
$4,000-$4,999 4,284 18,248,102 8.06%
$5,000-$5,999 10,952 59,331,867 26.21%
$6,000-$6,999 908 5,818,639 2.57%
$7,000-$7,999 762 5,675,130 2.51%
$8,000-$8,999 3,664 31,037,342 13.71%
$9,000-$9,999 279 2,637,321 1.16%
$10,000-$10,999 1,295 $13,016,433 5.75%
$11,000-$11,999 116 1,333,697 0.59%
$12,000-$12,999 100 1,238,594 0.55%
$13,000-$13,999 70 942,286 0.42%
$14,000-$14,999 53 764,079 0.34%
15,000 or greater 324 7,194,867 3.18%
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Total 54,886 $226,395,752 100.00%
Distribution of the Financed Student Loans by Borrower Payment Status
Percent
of
Number of Outstanding Loans by
Borrower Payment Status Loans Balance Outstanding
Balance
Claim 9 $27,166 0.01%
Deferment 77 187,075 0.08%
Forbearance 212 704,496 0.31%
Grace 845 1,232,762 0.54%
In School 104,191 201,813,102 89.14%
Repayment
First Year Repayment 6,085 22,327,863 9.86%
Second Year Repayment 39 80,386 0.04%
Third Year Repayment 6 14,720 0.01%
Fourth Year Repayment 5 8,181 0.00%
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Total 111,469 $226,395,752 100.00%
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Composition of the Financed Student Loans as of the Cut-off Date
Geographic Distribution of the Financed Student Loans
Percent
of
Number Outstanding Loans by
Location (1) of Balance Outstanding
Loans Balance
Unknown 4 $8,697 0.00%
Military Atlantic 4 6,500 0.00%
Military Europe 18 48,709 0.02%
Alaska 67 104,673 0.05%
Alabama 130 269,197 0.12%
Military Pacific 2 2,750 0.00%
Arkansas 139 257,102 0.11%
Arizona 1,192 2,532,630 1.12%
California 21,953 51,693,422 22.83%
Colorado 319 649,575 0.29%
Connecticut 482 1,087,338 0.48%
District of Columbia 63 177,391 0.08%
Delaware 70 179,680 0.08%
Florida 22,336 46,736,089 20.64%
Georgia 403 873,469 0.39%
Guam 10 25,071 0.01%
Hawaii 208 472,081 0.21%
Iowa 296 615,149 0.27%
Idaho 126 295,902 0.13%
Illinois 1,065 2,123,200 0.94%
Indiana 352 634,778 0.28%
Kansas 379 754,584 0.33%
Kentucky 132 260,914 0.12%
Louisiana 259 697,111 0.31%
Massachusetts 1,094 2,186,179 0.97%
Maryland 2,121 4,302,583 1.90%
Maine 106 179,855 0.08%
Michigan 219 518,203 0.23%
Minnesota 327 575,777 0.25%
Missouri 1,502 2,652,924 1.17%
Mississippi 358 533,097 0.24%
Montana 87 187,235 0.08%
North Carolina 4,881 7,629,973 3.37%
North Dakota 18 40,375 0.02%
Nebraska 1,618 3,323,110 1.47%
New Hampshire 179 369,105 0.16%
New Jersey 14,273 23,772,179 10.50%
New Mexico 148 290,398 0.13%
Nevada 88 192,083 0.08%
New York 7,814 15,220,028 6.72%
Ohio 913 1,558,723 0.69%
Oklahoma 228 496,518 0.22%
Oregon 2,548 4,922,220 2.17%
Pennsylvania 1,169 2,290,018 1.01%
Puerto Rico 90 203,647 0.09%
Rhode Island 108 218,372 0.10%
South Carolina 238 559,474 0.25%
South Dakota 35 64,064 0.03%
Tennessee 242 502,772 0.22%
Texas 15,724 32,777,088 14.48%
Utah 82 285,189 0.13%
Vermont 110 198,667 0.09%
Virgin Islands 64 135,364 0.06%
Virginia 3,439 6,042,573 2.67%
Washington 1,088 2,283,349 1.01%
West Virginia 154 268,965 0.12%
Wisconsin 208 329,433 0.15%
Wyoming 51 135,552 0.06%
Foreign Country 136 644,649 0.28%
TOTAL 111,469 $226,395,752 100.00%
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(1) Based on the permanent billing addresses of the borrowers
of the Financed Student Loans shown on the Servicer's records.
Distribution of the Financed Student Loans by Date of Disbursement
Percent
of
Number of Outstanding Loans by
Disbursement Date Loans Balance Outstanding
Balance
Pre-October 1, 1993 25 $52,783 0.02%
October 1, 1993 and 111,444 226,342,969 99.98%
thereafter
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Total 111,469 $226,395,752 100.00%
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Composition of the Financed Student Loans as of the Cut-off Date
Distribution of the Financed Student Loans by Guarantor
Percent
of
Number of Outstanding Loans by
Guarantors Loans Balance Outstanding
Balance
Arizona Educational Loan 754 $1,884,113 0.83%
Program
California Student Aid 18,562 42,042,341 18.57%
Commission ("CSAC")
Florida Office of Student 17,035 35,457,869 15.66%
Financial Assistance
("FOSFA")
Great Lakes Higher 535 802,931 0.35%
Education Corporation
("GLHEC")
Illinois Student Assistance 292 494,602 0.22%
Commission
Missouri Student Loan 917 1,280,939 0.57%
Program
Nebraska Student Loan 2,466 5,288,064 2.34%
Program
("NSLP")
New Jersey Higher Education 14,009 22,742,170 10.05%
Assistance Authority
("NJHEAA")
New York State Higher 7,792 14,315,323 6.32%
Education Services Corp.
("NYSHESC")
Northwest Education Loan 3,720 7,175,021 3.17%
Association
Pennsylvania Higher 1,728 8,252,430 3.65%
Education Assistance
Authority ("PHEAA")
Texas Guaranteed Student 14,759 29,307,393 12.95%
Loan Corporation ("TGSLC")
United Student Aid Funds 26,294 53,347,628 23.56%
("USAF")
Virginia State Education 2,194 3,372,099 1.49%
Assistance Authority
("VSEAA") *
Other 412 632,831 0.28%
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Total 111,469 $226,395,752 100.00%
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* Pursuant to a recent agreement between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the
U.S. Department of Education, the operation of VSEAA currently are managed by
Educational Credit Management Corporation ("ECMC"). ECMC, formerly known as the
Transitional Guarantee Agency, is a guarantee agency formed recently by the U.S.
Department of Education to facilitate and support the consolidation of guarantee
agencies. It is anticipated that the obligations and operations of VSEAA will be
fully transferred to ECMC.
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ANNEX B
CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING
TO THE GUARANTORS
Guarantors for the Federal Loans
Set forth below is certain historical information with respect to each
Guarantor of Federal Loans listed in Annex A above that is expected to guaranty
4% or more of the Financed Student Loans as of March 21, 1997 (the "Federal
Guarantors"). Pursuant to a recent agreement between the Commonwealth of
Virginia and the U.S. Department of Education, the operations of VSEAA currently
are managed by Educational Credit Management Corporation ("ECMC"). ECMC,
formerly known as the Transitional Guarantee Agency, is a guarantee agency
recently formed by the U.S. Department of Education to facilitate and support
the consolidation of guarantee agencies. No information comparable to that set
forth below for the Guarantors is currently available for ECMC. Substantially
all of the obligations and operations of VSEAA have been fully transferred to
ECMC. Except as otherwise indicated below, the information regarding each
Federal Guarantor has been obtained from the Department of Education's Federal
Fiscal Year 1993 Loan Programs Data Book (a "DOE Data Book"). No independent
verification has been or will be made by the Sellers or The Money Store Inc. of
such information.
Guarantee Volume. For the Federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1993, of
all the guarantors of student loans in the United States, CSAC, FOSFA, NJHEAA,
NYSHESC, PHEAA, TGSLC, USAF and VSEAA ranked 3rd, 11th, 19th, 4th, 2nd, 6th, 1st
and 15th, respectively, as measured by volume of Federal Loans. The following
table sets forth the approximate aggregate principal amount of federally
reinsured education loans (excluding refinanced PLUS and SLS Loans) that have
first become committed to be guaranteed by each of the Federal Guarantors and by
all guarantors of Federal Loans in each of the five Federal Fiscal Years 1992
through 1996.*
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Stafford, Unsubsidized Stafford, SLS, PLUS and Consolidated Loans Guaranteed
Dollars in Millions
Federal Fiscal Year CSAC FOSFA NJHEAA NYSHESC PHEAA TGSLC USAF VSEAA All Guarantors
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1992 $ 1,333.7 $314.1 $ 268.0 $1,186.0 $1,410.2 $718.6 $ 3,372.1 $ 263.4 $ 16,113.7
1993 1,507.4 437.9 289.3 1,338.2 1,707.0 876.8 4,087.6 332.9 19,355.6
1994 2,077.6 424.3 369.5 1,761.7 1,977.2 1,239.0 5,023.8 423.7 **
1995 1,805.6 631.0 314.7 1,670.1 2,221.5 1,339.6 5,909.2 292.7 **
1996 1,634.1 569.9 310.7 1,593.8 2,227.7 2,050.3 ** 95.11 **
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1 As of 6/30/96.
* The information set forth in the table above has been obtained from the
Federal Fiscal Year 1993 DOE Data Book (with respect to fiscal years 1992 and
1993) and from the Department (with respect to fiscal years 1994, 1995 and
1996).
** Not available.
</TABLE>
Reserve Ratio. Each Federal Guarantor's reserve ratio is determined by
dividing its cumulative cash reserves by the original principal amount of the
outstanding loans it has agreed to guarantee. The term "cumulative cash
reserves" refers to cash reserves plus (i) sources of funds (including insurance
premiums, state appropriations, federal advances, federal reinsurance payments,
administrative cost allowances, collections on claims paid and investment
earnings) minus (ii) uses of funds (including claims paid to lenders, operating
expenses, lender fees, the Department's share of collections on claims paid,
returned advances and reinsurance fees). The "original principal amount of
outstanding loans" consists of the original principal amount of loans guaranteed
by such Federal Guarantor minus (i) the original principal amount of loans
canceled, claims paid, loans paid in full and loan guarantees transferred from
such Federal Guarantor to other guarantors, plus (ii) the original principal
amount of loan guarantees transferred to such Federal Guarantor from other
guarantors. The following table sets forth each Federal Guarantor's cumulative
cash reserves and their corresponding reserve ratios and the national average
reserve ratio for all guarantors for the five Federal Fiscal Years 1992 through
1996:*
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CSAC FOSFA NJHEAA NYSHESC
Federal Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative
Fiscal Cash Reserve Cash Reserve Cash Reserve Cash Reserve
Year Reserves** Ratio Reserves** Ratio Reserves** Ratio Reserves** Ratio
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1992 $ 183.4 2.5% $ 27.8 1.6% $28.7 1.1% 71.3 0.8%
1993 185.5 2.3 44.1 2.2 18.3 0.7 71.4 0.7
1994 192.7 2.1 64.8 3.0 42.0 1.5 97.0 1.0
1995 237.0 2.3 66.6 2.6 40.2 1.5 115.2 1.1
1996 265.7 2.5 74.7 2.7 40.4 1.5 170.0 1.5
PHEAA TGSLC USAF VSEAA
National
Federal Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative Average
Fiscal Cash Reserve Cash Reserve Cash Reserve Cash Reserve Reserve
Year Reserves** Ratio Reserves** Ratio Reserves** Ratio Reserves** Ratio Ratio
1992 162.6 2.1% 41.8 1.0% 100.1 1.0% 12.6 0.9% 1.5%
1993 113.4 1.3 55.7 1.1 169.9 1.3 12.8 0.8 1.7
1994 133.6 1.4 39.0 0.9 215.8 1.2 23.6 1.3 1.4
1995 166.3 1.5 73.9 1.4 377.9 1.5 21.7 1.1 1.6
1996 210.6 1.7 76.0 0.9 423.9 1.5 *** *** 1.7
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* The information set forth in the table above has been obtained from the
Federal Fiscal Year 1993 DOE Data Book (with respect to fiscal years 1992 and
1993) and from the Department (with respect to fiscal years 1994, 1995 and
1996). The cash reserves and the reserve ratio increased substantially between
Federal Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993. As described in the Federal Fiscal Year 1993
DOE Data Book, this difference was caused, in part, because default costs were
decreasing, while insurance premiums, administrative costs allowances, and
investment income were increasing. According to the Department, available cash
reserves may not always be an accurate barometer of a guarantor's financial
health.
** Dollars in millions.
*** Not available.
</TABLE>
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Recovery Rates. A Federal Guarantor's recovery rate, which provides a
measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulting
borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined by
dividing the amount recovered from borrowers by such Federal Guarantor by the
aggregate amount of default claims paid by such Federal Guarantor during the
applicable Federal Fiscal Year with respect to borrowers. The table below sets
forth the recovery rates for each Federal Guarantor and the national average
recovery rates for all guarantors with respect to Stafford Loans (the only type
of Student Loan for which the DOE Data Book discloses recovery rates) for the
five Federal Fiscal Years 1992 through 1996:*
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Recovery Rate
Federal National
Fiscal CSAC FOSFA NJHEAA NYSHESC PHEAA TGSLC USAF VSEAA Average
Year
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1992 32.2% 33.1% 54.3% 38.9% 46.5% 19.9% 28.1% 41.0% 35.1%
1993 33.3 39.0 56.0 44.1 49.5 27.6 30.7 43.6 38.1
1994 33.59 41.79 56.11 41.87 52.90 34.29 29.28 56.7 39.38
1995 35.60 43.03 58.54 43.87 53.29 34.29 34.90 41.8 40.67
1996 37.61 45.50 60.54 46.20 55.03 41.39 39.21 43.0 43.201
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* The information set forth in the table above has been obtained from the
Department.
1 1996 national average does not include all guarantor data, as all guarantors
have not been processed.
</TABLE>
Loan Loss Reserve. The DOE Data Book does not disclose whether any Federal
Guarantor has established a segregated loan loss reserve with respect to its
student loan guarantee obligations. Accordingly, to the extent that a Federal
Guarantor has not established such a segregated loan loss reserve, in the event
that a Federal Guarantor receives less than full reimbursement of its guarantee
obligations from the Department, the Federal Guarantor would be forced to look
to its existing assets to satisfy any such guarantee obligations not so
reimbursed.
Claims Rate. For at least one of the five Federal Fiscal Years 1992 through
1996, CSAC, FOSFA, TGSLC and USAF experienced a claims rate in excess of 5%. For
each Federal Fiscal Year that such Federal Guarantors' claims rate exceeded 5%,
the claims of such Federal Guarantors were not fully reimbursed by the
Department. No assurance can be made that any of the Federal Guarantors will
receive full reimbursement for reinsurance claims (or the full 98% maximum
reimbursement for loans first disbursed on or after October 1, 1993). The
following table sets forth the claims rate of each Federal Guarantor and the
national average for all guarantors of Federal Loans for the last five Federal
Fiscal Years 1992 through 1996:*
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Claims Rate
Federal National
Fiscal CSAC FOSFA NJHEAA NYSHESC PHEAA TGSLC USAF VSEAA Average
Year
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1992 5.93% 4.93% 2.01 % 3.71% 2.8 % 8.85% 5.00% 6.3% 4.15%
1993 5.38 4.49 2.11 2.89 2.3 4.99 7.30 4.5 3.83
1994 4.12 3.88 2.27 2.81 2.2 5.21 4.99 3.1 3.44
1995 3.41 3.05 1.86 3.24 1.97 4.97 4.69 2.8 3.21
1996 4.45 4.17 2.24 2.86 1.58 3.90 4.65 2.3 3.25
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* The information set forth in the table above has been obtained from the
Department.
</TABLE>
Each Federal Guarantor has agreed that it will provide a copy of its most
recent financial statements to Noteholders, upon receipt of a written request,
directed: if to CSAC, to California Student Aid Commission, 1515 S Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814; if to FOSFA, to Florida Office of Student Financial
Assistance, 1344 Florida Education Center, Tallahassee, FL 32399; if to NJHEAA,
to New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority, 4 Quakerbridge Plaza,
Trenton, NJ 08625; if to NYSHESC, to New York State Higher Education Services
Corp., 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12256; if to PHEAA, to Pennsylvania
Higher Education Assistance Agency, 1200 N. 7th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102; if
to TGSLC, to Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, Tower of the Hills,
13809 N. Highway 183, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78730; if to USAF, to United Student
Aid Funds, P.O. Box 6180, Indianapolis, IN 46206; and if to VSEAA, to Virginia
State Education Assistance Authority, 411 E. Franklin Street, Richmond VA 23219
or to Educational Credit Management Corporation, 101 East 5th Street, Suite
2400, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101.
<PAGE>
No dealer, salesman or other individual has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained in this
Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus, and, if given or made,
such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Sellers, The Money Store Inc. or the Underwriter. This
Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus do not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the Notes
offered hereby nor an offer of such Notes to any person in any state or other
jurisdiction in which such offer would be unlawful. The delivery of this
Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus at any time does not imply
that information herein is correct as of any time subsequent to its date.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Summary of Terms of the Series 1997-1 Notes ...... S-3
Risk Factors...................................... S-_
The Sellers and The Money Store S-_
Servicers......................................... S-_
Description of the Securities S-_
Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements.............................. S-_
Description of the Surety Bonds S-_
Certain Tax Consequences.......................... S-_
Erisa Considerations.............................. S-_
Experts........................................... S-_
Legal Matters..................................... S-_
Underwriting ..................................... S-_
Index of Principal Terms.......................... S-_
Annex A - Certain
Characteristics of
the Financed Student Loans A-1
Annex B - Certain Information
Relating to the Guarantors........................ B-1
PROSPECTUS
Prospectus Supplement............................. 4
Available Information............................. 4
Reports to Securityholders........................ 4
Incorporation of Certain
Documents of Reference............................ 5
Summary of Terms ................................. 6
Risk Factors ..................................... 30
Formation of the Trusts .......................... 38
Use of Proceeds .................................. 39
The Sellers and the Money Store 39
The Servicers .................................... 40
The Student Loan Financing
Business ......................................... 40
The Financed Student Loan Pool 57
Description of the Securities 63
Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements ............................. 76
Certain Legal Aspects of the
Financed Student Loans ........................... 92
Certain Tax Consequences ......................... 95
ERISA Considerations ............................. 100
Plan of Distribution.............................. 101
Legal Matters .................................... 102
Experts .......................................... 102
Financial Information ............................ 102
Rating............................................ 102
Index of Principal Terms ......................... 103
Appendix I - Auction Procedures
Appendix II - Settlement Procedures
$281,000,000
[MONEY STORE LOGO]
CLASSNOTES TRUST 1997-1
ASSET BACKED NOTES
SERIES 1997-1
$93,000,000 AUCTION RATE CLASS A-1 NOTES
$93,000,000 AUCTION RATE CLASS A-2 NOTES
$95,000,000 AUCTION RATE CLASS A-3 NOTES
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
SMITH BARNEY INC.
March __, 1997
<PAGE>
PROSPECTUS
Student Loan Asset Backed Notes
(Issuable in Series)
Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a
Educaid, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Money Store Inc.
Seller
ClassNotes Inc.,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Money Store Inc.
Seller
The Money Store Inc.
Representative
This Prospectus relates to Student Loan Asset Backed Notes (the "Notes") to
be issued by one or more master trusts (each, a "Trust") in one or more series
(each, a "Series") and one or more classes (each, a "Class") on terms determined
at the time of sale and described in the related prospectus supplement (each, a
"Prospectus Supplement"). In conjunction with the offering of Notes, a Trust may
offer one or more Classes of Asset Backed Certificates (the "Certificates" and
together with the Notes, the "Securities") in one or more transactions exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as Amended
(the "Securities Act"). The assets of a Trust will include primarily (a) a pool
of student loans as more fully described herein and in the related Prospectus
Supplement purchased and to be purchased by, or to be contributed to, the
eligible lender trustee set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement on behalf
of the related Trust (the "Eligible Lender Trustee"), from Trans-World Insurance
Company, doing business as Educaid ("Educaid" or a "Seller") and/or ClassNotes
Inc. ("ClassNotes" or a "Seller" and, together with Educaid, the "Sellers")
(such loans, together with any Additional Student Loans (as defined herein)
purchased from a Seller from time to time by, or contributed by a Seller from
time to time to, the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of such Trust, the
"Financed Student Loans"), (b) collections and other payments with respect to
the Financed Student Loans, (c) monies on deposit in certain trust accounts to
be established as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, (d) if
specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, one or more surety bonds with
respect to each Series of Notes (each, a "Note Surety Bond") and, solely for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, one or more surety bonds with respect to each
Class of Certificates (each, a "Certificate Surety Bond") and (e) letters of
credit, insurance policies, guarantees of The Money Store Inc. or other forms of
credit support as described herein and in the related Prospectus Supplement.
Each Series of Notes issued by a Trust, regardless of when issued, will be
collateralized by the assets of such Trust (other than the Certificate Surety
Bonds and the Note Surety Bonds, if any, relating to other Series of Notes
issued by a Trust and such other assets or forms of credit enhancement as may be
described in the related Prospectus Supplement). The interests of the
Certificateholders in the assets of the related Trust will be subordinated to
payments of principal due on the Notes issued by such Trust to the extent
described herein and in the related Prospectus Supplement. Funds on deposit in a
Pre-Funding Account established for a Trust will be used from time to time
during each Funding Period to make Additional Fundings with respect to the
Financed Student Loans. Certain of the Financed Student Loans will have been
originated by the Sellers and the remainder of the Financed Student Loans will
have been originated by independent third parties and subsequently sold to the
Sellers.
The per annum rate of interest for a Class of Notes for each Interest
Period will, subject to certain limitations described herein or in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, equal the rate determined from time to time
for such Class pursuant to (i) the auction procedures described herein (such
Notes being referred to herein as "Auction Rate Notes"), (ii) the London
interbank offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar deposits ("LIBOR") plus the
amount set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement (such Notes being referred
to herein as "LIBOR Rate Notes"), (iii) the average bond equivalent rates of
weekly auctions of 91-day Treasury bills for each quarter (the "T-Bill Rate")
plus the amount set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement (such Notes being
referred to herein as "T-Bill Rate Notes") or (iv) such other procedures as may
be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Interest on each Class of
Notes will be payable either (i) quarterly on the first Business Day following
the expiration of the first Interest Period for such Class ending in the months
set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, (ii) monthly or weekly on the
first Business Day following the expiration of each related Interest Period, or
(iii) on such other dates and for such other periods as may be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement. However, if provided in a Prospectus Supplement,
interest accrued on a Class of Notes may, instead of being paid currently, be
capitalized and added to the outstanding principal amount thereof until the date
or event specified in such Prospectus Supplement (such Notes are referred to
herein as "Accrual Notes"). The date on which a Class of Notes is entitled to
receive a distribution (or, for Accrual Notes, have accrued interest added to
principal) is referred to as the "Note Distribution Date" for such Class.
Additionally, if set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, for certain Note
Distribution Dates certain payments received on or with respect to the Financed
Student Loans as payments of interest may be applied as principal payments to
some or all of certain Classes of Notes, without penalty or premium. The unpaid
principal of each Class of Notes is payable upon the related Final Maturity
Date.
The per annum rate of interest for the Certificates for each Interest
Period will, subject to certain limitations described herein, equal the rate
determined from time to time pursuant to (i) the auction procedures described
herein (such Certificates being referred to herein as the "Auction Rate
Certificates" and, together with the Auction Rate Notes, the "Auction Rate
Securities"), (ii) LIBOR plus an applicable margin, (iii) the T-Bill Rate plus
an applicable margin, or (iv) such other procedures as may be set forth at the
time of issuance of a Class of Certificates. Principal and interest on a Class
of Certificates will be payable on the first Business Day following the
expiration of each Interest Period for the Certificates of such Class or on such
other dates as may be set forth at the time of issuance of a Class of
Certificates (each, a "Certificate Distribution Date"); provided, however, that
except as otherwise set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, no principal payments
with respect to a Class of Certificates will be made until each Series of Notes
of the related Trust is paid in full.
After the respective initial Interest Period, each Interest Period for each
Class of Auction Rate Notes, will consist of between 7 days to one year, subject
to adjustment as described herein or in the related Prospectus Supplement. Each
Interest Period for each Class of LIBOR Rate Notes will, unless otherwise set
forth in a Prospectus Supplement, consist of the period beginning on the 15th
day of each month and ending on the 14th day of the following month. Each
Interest Period for each Class of T-Bill Rate Notes will, unless otherwise set
forth in a Prospectus Supplement, consist of the period beginning on the 15th
day of each month and ending on the 14th day of the following month. Each
Interest Period for each Class of Notes for which the interest rate is
determined in some other manner will be as set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement. Each Interest Period for a Class of Certificates will be determined
at the time of issuance of each such Class.
On each date on which a Series of Notes is issued, (each, a "Closing
Date"), if set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, a monoline insurance
company may issue a Note Surety Bond, and on each Closing Date on which a Class
of Certificates is issued a monoline insurance company may issue a Certificate
Surety Bond, each such Surety Bond to be available under the terms described
herein and in the related Prospectus Supplement. Noteholders will have no
interest in or benefit from the Certificate Surety Bonds and Certificateholders
will have no interest in or benefit from the Note Surety Bonds.
The Final Maturity Date for each Class of Notes will be the Note
Distribution Date identified in the related Prospectus Supplement but, in no
instance, later than the Final Maturity Date for the Certificates of the related
Trust. On the Final Maturity Date applicable to a Class of Notes or the
Certificates, to the extent funds are not available to reduce the principal
balance of such Notes or Certificates to zero (including amounts transferred
from the Reserve Account as described herein) the applicable Surety Bond or
other forms of credit enhancement described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, if available for such Class of Notes or the Certificates, will be
drawn upon as described herein or in the related Prospectus Supplement. However,
payment in full of the Notes and the Certificates could occur earlier than such
dates as described herein or in the related Prospectus Supplement. In addition,
the Notes and Certificates will be repaid on any Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date, as applicable, on which the Sellers exercise
their option to purchase the Financed Student Loans from the related trust,
exercisable when the aggregate principal balance of the Financed Student Loans
in a Trust is reduced to 10% or less of the Aggregate Pool Balance of such
Trust.
By purchasing a Class of Auction Rate Notes or Certificates, whether in an
Auction or otherwise, each prospective purchaser will be deemed to have agreed:
(i) to participate in Auctions on the terms described herein and in the related
Prospectus Supplement; and (ii) so long as the beneficial ownership of the
Auction Rate Notes or Auction Rate Certificates is maintained in book-entry form
to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Auction Rate Notes or Auction Rate
Certificates only pursuant to a Bid or a Sell Order in an Auction, or to or
through a Broker-Dealer (as defined herein), provided that in the case of all
transfers other than those pursuant to an Auction, the owner of the Auction Rate
Notes or Auction Rate Certificates so transferred, its Participant or
Broker-Dealer advises the Auction Agent of such transfer.
It is expected that certain of the Financed Student Loans will be
guaranteed by private, non-profit corporations or state agencies, and are and
will be reinsured by the United States Department of Education (the
"Department") subject to the limitations described herein or in the related
Prospectus Supplement (such Financed Student Loans, the "Federal Loans"). It is
also expected that (i) certain of the Financed Student
Loans, while guaranteed, may not be reinsured by the Department (such Financed
Student Loans, the "Private Loans") and (ii) certain Financed Student Loans may
be insured, subject to the limitations described herein or in the related
Prospectus Supplement, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the
"Secretary") (such Financed Student Loans, the "HEAL Loans"). The obligation of
the Secretary to insure HEAL Loans is, subject to compliance with the Public
Health Service Act, supported by the full faith and credit of the United States.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" ON PAGE 35 HEREIN FOR A DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN FACTORS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES. IN
ADDITION, SEE "RISK FACTORS" FOR CERTAIN FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN
EVALUATING THE FINANCED STUDENT LOANS AS TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF REALIZED LOSSES.
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS OR THE RELATED PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THE SECURITIES DO NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN THE
ELIGIBLE LENDER TRUSTEE, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR THE SELLERS OR, EXCEPT FOR THE
MONEY STORE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN OR IN A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OTHER THAN THE TRUST, AND, EXCEPT FOR ANY SURETY
BONDS, THE SECURITIES ARE NOT INSURED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, INCLUDING THE SELLERS, THE TRUST,
THE ELIGIBLE LENDER TRUSTEE, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF
THE FOREGOING.
Offers of the Notes may be made through one or more different methods,
including offerings through underwriters, as more fully described under "Plan of
Distribution" herein and in the related Prospectus Supplement. The intention of
any underwriter to make a secondary market in the Notes will be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement. There can be no assurance that a secondary market
for the Notes will develop, or if it does develop, that it will continue. This
Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of a Series of Notes unless
accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement.
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The date of this Prospectus is March 11, 1997.
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Until 90 days after the date of each Prospectus Supplement, all dealers
effecting transactions in the securities covered by such Prospectus Supplement,
whether or not participating in the distribution thereof, may be required to
deliver such Prospectus Supplement and this Prospectus. This is in addition to
the obligation of dealers to deliver a Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement when
acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or
subscriptions.
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a Series of Notes to be offered
hereunder, among other things, will set forth with respect to such Series of
Notes: (i) the aggregate principal amount, Class Interest Rate or Rates or other
applicable rate or rates (or the manner of determining such rate or rates) and
authorized denominations of each Class of such Series of Notes; (ii) the length
of each Interest Period and the frequency of Note Distribution Dates for each
Class of such Series of Notes; (iii) certain information concerning the Financed
Student Loans to be included in the related Trust and insurance policies, third
party guarantees, guarantees of the Money Store or other forms of credit
enhancement or maturity protection, if any; (iv) the original principal amount
and current principal amount of each previously issued Class of Notes and
Certificates of the related Trust, along with the applicable Final Maturity Date
of each such Class, and (v) additional information with respect to the plan of
sale of such Notes.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Representative has filed a Registration Statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), with the Securities an Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") with respect to the Securities. The Registration
Statement and amendments thereof and to the exhibits thereto, as well as such
reports and other information, are available for inspection without charge at
the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549; 7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New
York, New York 10048; and Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street,
Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511. Copies of the Registration Statement
and amendments thereof and exhibits thereto may be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549, at prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a Web site that contains
reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding
registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of such
site is http://www.sec.gov.
No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any
representation other than those contained in this Prospectus and any Prospectus
Supplement with respect hereto and, if given or made, such information or
representations must not be relied upon. This Prospectus and any Prospectus
Supplement with respect hereto do not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the Securities offered
hereby and thereby nor an offer of the Securities to any person in any state or
other jurisdiction in which such offer would be unlawful. The delivery of this
Prospectus at any time does not imply that information herein is correct as of
any time subsequent to its date.
REPORTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
Periodic and annual reports concerning the Securities and each Trust will
be provided to the Securityholders. See "Description of the Securities--Reports
to Securityholders." Unless otherwise set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, each Series of Notes and each Class of Certificates will be issued
in book-entry form and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The
Depository Trust Company. All reports will be provided to Cede, which in turn
will provide such reports to its Participants and Indirect Participants (as
defined herein). Such Participants and Indirect Participants will then forward
such reports to the beneficial owners of Securities. See "Description of the
Securities--Book-Entry Registration."
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
All documents filed by or on behalf of the Trust referred to in the
accompanying Prospectus Supplement with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Notes issued by such Trust shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part of this
Prospectus from the date of the filing of such documents. With respect to any
Class of Notes that is supported by a guaranty of The Money Store, The Money
Store's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, June 30 and
September 30, 1996, which have been filed with the Commission, are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and the related Prospectus
Supplement. With respect to any Class of Notes that is supported by a guaranty
of The Money Store, all documents filed by The Money Store pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the
offering of the Notes shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement and to be a part hereof from
the respective dates of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to
the extent that a statement contained herein (or in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement) or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Prospectus. The
Representative will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of the
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of any such person, a
copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference, except the
exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference in such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to
The Money Store Inc., 3301 C Street, Suite 100-M, Sacramento, California 95816,
Attention: Investor Relations, Telephone: (916) 446-5000.
SUMMARY OF TERMS
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the related
Prospectus Supplement prepared in connection with the offering of a Series of
Notes (each, a "Prospectus Supplement") by a Trust. Certain capitalized terms
used in this Prospectus are defined elsewhere herein on the pages indicated in
the "Index of Principal Terms."
Issuer........................................One or more master trusts to be
established from time to time
as set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement (each, a
"Trust").
Securities Offered............................Asset Backed Notes (the "Notes")
issuable in one or more series
(each, a "Series") and one or
more classes (each a "Class"),
one or more of which may be
Accrual Notes, planned
amortization Notes, principal
only Notes, interest only
Notes, senior Notes or
subordinate Notes. The Notes
will be available for purchase
in the denominations set forth
in the related Prospectus
Supplement. Unless otherwise
specified in the related
Prospectus Supplement, the
Notes will be available in
book-entry form only. If the
Notes are available in
book-entry form only,
Noteholders will not be
entitled to receive a
Definitive Security except in
the event that Definitive
Securities are issued in the
limited circumstances described
herein. See "Description of the
Securities--Definitive
Securities."
Other Securities..............................In conjunction with the
offering of the Notes, a Trust
may offer one or more Classes
of Certificates (the
"Certificates" and together
with the Notes, the
"Securities") in one or more
transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").
Certain of the originators of
the Financed Student Loans may
receive, as part of the
consideration for such Financed
Student Loans, certificates in
the related Trust representing
the right to receive certain
payments of interest (such
certificates are referred to
herein as the "Originators'
Interests").
Neither the Certificates nor
the Originators' Interests are
being offered hereby and any
information relating thereto in
this Prospectus and any
Prospectus Supplement is
provided solely because of its
potential relevance to a
prospective purchaser of Notes.
Sellers..................................... Trans-World Insurance Company, an
Arizona corporation doing
business as Educaid ("Educaid"
or a "Seller") and ClassNotes
Inc., a Delaware corporation
("ClassNotes" or a "Seller"
and, together with Educaid, the
"Sellers"). Each Seller is a
wholly- owned subsidiary of The
Money Store Inc., a New Jersey
corporation ("The Money Store"
or the "Representative"). The
Money Store is a financial
services company headquartered
in Sacramento, California and
Union, New Jersey.
Master Servicers and
Servicers.....................................Each Seller or an affiliate
thereof identified in the
related Prospectus Supplement
will act as Master Servicer
with respect to the Financed
Student Loans sold or
contributed by it to the
related Trust (in such
capacity, the "Master
Servicer") and generally will
service the Financed Student
Loans originated by it during
the Deferral Phase.
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency, an agency of
the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania ("PHEAA"), AFSA
Data Corporation, Great Lakes
Higher Education Corporation
and/or UNIPAC Service
Corporation, or such other
entities as may be set forth in
the related Prospectus
Supplement, generally will
service the Financed Student
Loans originated by the Sellers
during the Repayment Phase.
With respect to those Financed
Student Loans originated by
third parties and subsequently
purchased by the Sellers (the
"Purchased Loans"), either the
originators of the Purchased
Loans, the applicable Seller or
another party will service such
Purchased Loans during both the
Deferral Phase and the
Repayment Phase. Each party who
may, from time to time, be
servicing the Financed Student
Loans is referred to herein as
a "Servicer" and collectively
as the "Servicers."
Eligible Lender Trustee.......................The eligible lender trustee on
behalf of a Trust will be the
entity named in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement and will
act as eligible lender trustee
under the applicable Trust
Agreement and hold legal title
to the Financed Student Loans
on behalf of the related Trust
(the "Eligible Lender
Trustee"). See "Formation of
the Trust--Eligible Lender
Trustee."
Indenture Trustee.............................Bankers Trust Company, a New York
banking corporation, or such
other entity as may be named in
the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, will act as trustee
under the Indenture (the
"Indenture Trustee").
Auction Agent.................................Bankers Trust Company, or such
other entity as may be named in
the Prospectus Supplement, will
act as auction agent (in such
capacity, the "Auction Agent")
under the Auction Agent
Agreement with respect to each
Class of Auction Rate Notes and
Auction Rate Certificates.
Administrator.................................Educaid or ClassNotes will
act as administrator (the
"Administrator") on behalf of a
Trust pursuant to an
Administration Agreement (as
amended and supplemented from
time to time, the
"Administration Agreement"),
between the applicable
Administrator, the Eligible
Lender Trustee and Indenture
Trustee.
Surety Provider...............................If a Certificate Surety
Bond or Note Surety Bond is
issued with respect to a Class
of Certificates or Notes, the
monoline insurance company
which issued such Certificate
Surety Bond or Note Surety Bond
will be named in the related
Prospectus Supplement (the
"Surety Provider").
The Trusts....................................The Trust for a Series of
Securities will be established
as set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement by a
Trust Agreement (each as
amended and supplemented from
time to time, a "Trust
Agreement"), between the
applicable Sellers, as
depositor, and the Eligible
Lender Trustee. The activities
of the Trust and the Eligible
Lender Trustee will be limited
by the terms of the Trust
Agreement to acquiring, owning,
selling and managing the
Financed Student Loans and the
other assets of the related
Trust as described herein or in
the related Prospectus
Supplement, issuing the
Securities and the Originators'
Interests, collecting and
making payments thereon and
other activities related
thereto. Each Trust will be
treated as a partnership for
Federal income tax purposes.
TMS Student Holdings, Inc.
("Student Holdings"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of The
Money Store, or such other
entities as may be named in a
Prospectus Supplement, will
hold 1% of the Certificates and
each of the Originators'
Interests, and will serve as
general partner of each Trust.
No Trust other than the initial
Trust will offer a Series of
Notes pursuant to this
Prospectus and a related
Prospectus Supplement until a
post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement, of
which this Prospectus forms a
part, is filed with, and is
declared effective by, the
Commission.
Subsequent Issuances..........................Each Trust may issue, from time to
time, several Series and
Classes of Securities. The
payment priorities of each
Series and Class will be
described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Such
priorities may provide that
some or all payments of
principal will be distributed
to the Classes of Securities in
order of their Final Maturity
Date or such other priority as
may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement,
regardless of Series and
regardless of when issued. A
Series of Notes may contain one
or more Classes of Notes with
an earlier Final Maturity Date
or higher payment priority than
one or more Classes of Notes of
a previously issued or
subsequently issued Series.
Also, a Class of Certificates
may have an earlier Final
Maturity Date or higher payment
priority than one or more
previously issued or
subsequently issued Classes of
Certificates. In such event,
the Classes of Notes or
Certificates with the later
Final Maturity Date or lower
payment priority will receive
limited or no payments of
principal until each of the
Notes or Certificates, as the
case may be, with an earlier
Final Maturity Date or higher
payment priority, regardless of
when issued, have been paid in
full or to the extent described
in a Prospectus Supplement.
Also, upon each issuance of
Securities, and during the
related Funding Periods, the
related Trust will acquire
Financed Student Loans from the
applicable Sellers. Each
Financed Student Loan acquired
by a Trust will serve as
collateral for each Series of
Notes of such Trust
outstanding, or to be
outstanding in the future. See
"Risk Factors - Changing Assets
of the Trusts" and "Repayment
of Principal" herein.
Assets of a Trust.............................The assets of a Trust may include
some or all of the following,
along with such other assets as
may be set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement:
A. Financed Student
Loans..................................The "Financed Student
Loans" will consist of loans
to, or on behalf of, students
enrolled in accredited
institutions of higher
education or in private primary
or secondary schools and will
include rights to receive
payments made with respect to
such Financed Student Loans and
the proceeds thereof. On the
Initial Closing Date and on
each additional Closing Date,
the related Seller will sell or
contribute Financed Student
Loans to the Eligible Lender
Trustee on behalf of the
related Trust pursuant to a
Sale and Servicing Agreement
(as amended and supplemented
from time to time, the "Sale
and Servicing Agreement"),
among the related Sellers, the
Master Servicer, the
Administrator, The Money Store
and the related Eligible Lender
Trustee.
Certain of the Financed Student
Loans will have been originated
by the related Seller and the
remainder of the Financed
Student Loans will have been
originated by independent third
parties and subsequently sold
to such Seller. The Financed
Student Loans constituting the
assets of a Trust may vary from
time to time and may include
some or all of the following:
(A) (i) Supplemental Loans for
Students ("SLS Loans"), (ii)
Parental Loans for
Undergraduate Students ("PLUS
Loans"), (iii) Stafford Loans
(formerly known as Guaranteed
Student Loans), (iv)
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans and
(v) Consolidation Loans, all of
which loans (collectively, the
"Federal Loans") are part of
the federal government's
Federal Family Education Loan
Program (the "Federal Program")
(B) Health Education Assistance
Loans ("HEAL Loans") for
graduate students, which loans
are part of the program
established under the Public
Health Service Act, as most
recently amended by the Health
Professions Education Extension
Amendments of 1992
(collectively, the "Public
Health Service Act"), and (C)
student loans (the "Private
Loans") originated under
programs established by banks,
insurance companies, private
non-profit corporations, the
Sellers, and other
non-governmental entities.
It is expected that the Private
Loans primarily will be
originated under one or more of
the following programs: (A) the
Option 4 Loan Program (the
"Option 4 Program") established
by United Student Aid Funds,
Inc., a private non-profit
corporation located in
Indianapolis, Indiana, (B) the
TERI Alternative Loansm program
for undergraduate and graduate
study (the "TERI Alternative
Program") and the Professional
Education Plan program for
graduate and professional study
(the "PEP Program") established
by The Education Resources
Institute, a Massachusetts
non-profit corporation
("TERI"), (C) the Parent Loans
for Elementary and Secondary
Education (the "PLEASE
Program") established by TERI
and (D) the Private Academic
Loan Program (the "PAL
Program") established by HEMAR
Insurance Company of America
("HICA"). The Private Loans
may, to a lesser extent, be
originated under other programs
that will be identified in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
The various programs under
which the Private Loans may be
originated are referred to
herein collectively as the
"Private Loan Programs." The
Financed Student Loans will be
selected from the student loans
originated and purchased by the
related Seller based on the
criteria specified in the
related Sale and Servicing
Agreement and described herein.
The payment of principal and
interest on all SLS Loans, PLUS
Loans, Stafford Loans,
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans and
Consolidation Loans is
guaranteed by private,
non-profit corporations or
state agencies and is reinsured
by the United States Department
of Education (the
"Department"). The payment of
principal and interest on all
HEAL Loans is insured by the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services (the "Secretary"). The
payment of principal and
interest on all Private Loans
is guaranteed by non-
governmental agencies or
private entities and is not
reinsured by the Department,
the Secretary or any other
governmental agency. Each
entity guaranteeing payment of
principal and interest on a
Financed Student Loan is
referred to herein as a
"Guarantor." Each Prospectus
Supplement will identify each
Guarantor of more than 2% of
the Financed Student Loans then
included in the related Trust,
or expected to be included as
of the related Closing Date.
With respect to Federal Loans
originated prior to October 1,
1993, the entire principal
amount of such loans and
accrued interest are fully
guaranteed; with respect to
Federal Loans originated on or
after October 1, 1993, only 98%
of the principal amount of such
loans and accrued interest are
guaranteed. Such Guarantors
are, in turn, reinsured by the
Department up to a maximum of
100%, for such loans first
disbursed prior to October 1,
1993, and up to 98% for such
loans first disbursed on or
after October 1, 1993. The
federal guarantee of Federal
Loans is contingent upon
compliance with a variety of
regulations, as further
described herein. With respect
to HEAL Loans, insurance by the
Secretary is contingent upon
compliance with relevant
provisions of the Public Health
Service Act as further
described herein.
With respect to substantially
all of the Federal Loans and
the HEAL Loans, during the
period in which the related
borrower is in school and for
certain authorized periods as
described in the Higher
Education Act or the Public
Health Service Act,
respectively (the "Deferral
Phase"), the borrower is not
required to make payments on
his or her Financed Student
Loan. With respect to Federal
Loans constituting Stafford
Loans, the Department will make
all interest payments during
the related Deferral Phase. For
all other Federal Loans (other
than certain PLUS Loans) and
HEAL Loans, interest will not
be paid during the related
Deferral Phase but, instead,
will be capitalized and added
to the principal balance of
such Financed Student Loan.
With respect to the Private
Loans, monthly payments of
principal and interest
generally will be required to
be made shortly after the loan
is disbursed. However, certain
of the Private Loans may
contain provisions permitting
the obligor to pay only
interest while in school (and
during certain other periods)
and defer commencement of
principal payments until after
graduation or withdrawal from
school. It is expected that the
Trust will consist of Financed
Student Loans that are in the
Deferral Phase as well as
Financed Student Loans for
which the related borrower is
required to make payments of
principal and interest (the
"Repayment Phase"). The
proportions of such Financed
Student Loans will vary through
the life of the related Trust.
The "Pool Balance" for the
related Trust at any time
represents the aggregate
principal balance of the
Financed Student Loans at the
end of the preceding Collection
Period (including accrued
interest thereon for such
Collection Period to the extent
such interest will be
capitalized), after giving
effect to the following,
without duplication: (i) all
payments in respect of
principal received by the
related Trust during such
Collection Period from or on
behalf of borrowers and
Guarantors and, with respect to
certain payments on certain
Financed Student Loans, the
Department or the Secretary
(collectively, "Obligors"),
(ii) the principal portion of
all Purchase Amounts received
by the related Trust for such
Collection Period from the
Sellers, The Money Store or the
Master Servicer, and (iii) the
principal portion of all
Additional Fundings made from
the Pre-Funding Account with
respect to such Collection
Period.
"Collection Period" means,
initially, the period set forth
in the related Prospectus
Supplement and thereafter, the
Collection Period means the
calendar month immediately
following the end of the
previous Collection Period,
unless provided otherwise in
the Prospectus Supplement.
B. Pre-Funding Account.....................A Trust may include an account
maintained in the name of the
related Indenture Trustee (the
"Pre-Funding Account") into
which will be deposited out of
the net proceeds of the sale of
each Series of Notes the amount
set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement. Subject
to the following sentence, such
amount (the "Pre-Funded
Amount") will remain in the
Pre-Funding Account during the
period of time specified in the
related Prospectus Supplement
(the "Funding Period"). The
Pre-Funded Amount will be
reduced from time to time by
the amount thereof used in
connection with the related
Trust obtaining additional
Financed Student Loans during
the related Funding Period in
accordance with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (each, an
"Additional Funding"). The
Sellers expect that the amount
of the Additional Fundings will
approximate 100% of each
Pre-Funded Amount by the last
day of the Collection Period
preceding the Note Distribution
Date identified in the related
Prospectus Supplement. Any
Pre-Funded Amount remaining at
the end of a Funding Period
will be distributed as set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement. See "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Additional
Fundings."
C. Capitalized Interest Account............On each Closing Date, to the
extent set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, the
Sellers may make a cash deposit
in an account (the "Capitalized
Interest Account") in the name
of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the related Trust.
The amount deposited therein
will generally be used by the
Indenture Trustee on each Note
Distribution Date and
Certificate Distribution Date
for the related Trust to make
interest payments to
Noteholders and
Certificateholders to the
extent funds on deposit in the
Note Distribution Account and
Certificate Distribution
Account, respectively, are
insufficient for such purpose.
Any amounts remaining in the
Capitalized Interest Account
after the period set forth in
the applicable Terms Supplement
will be applied as set forth in
the related Prospectus
Supplement. See "--Collection
Account; Note Distribution
Account; Certificate
Distribution Account; and
Expense Account." Herein.
D. Capitalized Pre-Funding Account........On each Closing Date, to
the extent set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
the Sellers may make a cash
deposit in an account (the
"Capitalized Pre-Funding
Account") in the name of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the related Trust. On each Note
Distribution Date during
certain Funding Periods as set
forth in a Prospectus
Supplement, the Indenture
Trustee generally will transfer
from the Capitalized Pre-
Funding Account to the Note
Distribution Account an amount
equal to the pro rata portion
(based upon outstanding
principal amount) of the
applicable Class of Notes of
certain amounts on deposit in
the Pre- Funding Account as of
the first day of the prior
Collection Period, such amount
being referred to herein as the
"Capitalized Pre-Funding
Requirement." Any amounts
remaining in the Capitalized
Pre- Funding Account on the
last Note Distribution Date of
a Funding Period and not used
for such purposes will be
distributed as set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
E. Collection Account; Note Distribution
Account; Certificate Distribution
Account; and Expense Account ...........Each Master Servicer will
be required to remit all
collections received with
respect to the Financed Student
Loans for which it is acting as
primary servicer, and each
Master Servicer shall cause
each other Servicer to remit
all collections received with
respect to the Financed Student
Loans for which such other
Servicer is acting as primary
servicer, in the manner and at
the times set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement
to an account (the "Collection
Account") in the name of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the related Trust. The Eligible
Lender Trustee will be required
to remit Interest Subsidy
Payments, Special Allowance
Payments and insurance payments
from the Secretary it receives
to the Collection Account at
the time set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Payments on
Financed Student Loans."
On each "Determination Date"
(as defined in the related
Prospectus Supplement), the
Administrator will advise the
Indenture Trustee in writing of
the applicable Noteholders'
Interest Distribution Amount or
Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount.
Additionally, at the respective
times set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, the
Administrator will advise the
Indenture Trustee in writing of
the applicable Noteholders'
Principal Distribution Amount
(or, if applicable, the
Certificateholders' Principal
Distribution Amount) and the
fees due to the Master
Servicer, the Administrator,
the Auction Agent, the
Indenture Trustee, the Eligible
Lender Trustee, the Surety
Provider, if applicable, or any
other provider of credit
enhancement or such other fees
as may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement (the
"Servicing Fee,"
"Administration Fee," "Auction
Agent Fee," "Indenture Trustee
Fee," "Eligible Lender Trustee
Fee," "Surety Provider Fee" and
"Other Fees" respectively, and,
collectively, the "Transaction
Fees") for the preceding month.
On each Note Distribution Date
described in the related
Prospectus Supplement (other
than those relating to Accrual
Notes during the period such
Notes are capitalizing interest
(the "Accrual Period")), the
Indenture Trustee will transfer
from the applicable Collection
Account to a separate account
held with and in the name of
the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders of
the related Trust (the "Note
Distribution Account"), from
payments received on or with
respect to the Financed Student
Loans, as described in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
an amount up to the related
Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount. For each
Note Distribution Date
described in the related
Prospectus Supplement relating
to a Class of Accrual Notes
during the related Accrual
Period, the related
Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount will be
capitalized and added to the
principal amount of such Notes.
As will be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
on certain Note Distribution
Dates relating to Classes of
Notes then entitled to receive
payments of principal, after
making the transfers set forth
above, the Indenture Trustee
will transfer from the
Collection Account to the Note
Distribution Account from
payments received on or with
respect to the Financed Student
Loans, as described in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
together with any "Additional
Principal Payments" (to the
extent set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement)
permitted to be made as set
forth below and in the
applicable Prospectus
Supplement, an amount up to the
Noteholders' Principal
Distribution Amount; provided,
however, that, if set forth in
a Prospectus Supplement, for
each month in which the first
Note Distribution Date occurs
prior to the Certificate
Distribution Date in such
month, prior to transferring
amounts to the Note
Distribution Account, the
Indenture Trustee will transfer
to a separate account held with
and in the name of the
Indenture Trustee (the "Expense
Account"), from payments
received on or with respect to
the Financed Student Loans as
set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, an
amount up to the Transaction
Fees for the month preceding
such Note Distribution Date and
all overdue Transaction Fees
from prior months.
On each Certificate
Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee will transfer
from the applicable Collection
Account, from payments received
on or with respect to the
Financed Student Loans during
the periods set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement, (i) to
the Expense Account, the
amount, if any, described in
such Prospectus Supplement and
(ii) to a separate account held
with and in the name of the
Eligible Lender Trustee for the
benefit of the
Certificateholders of the
applicable Trust (the
"Certificate Distribution
Account" and, together with the
Note Distribution Account, the
"Distribution Accounts"), an
amount up to the related
Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount.
Additionally, on each
Certificate Distribution Date
relating to the Class of
Certificates then entitled to
receive payments of principal,
the Indenture Trustee will
transfer from the Collection
Account to the Eligible Lender
Trustee, an amount up to the
applicable Certificateholders'
Principal Distribution Amount.
On the Note Distribution Dates
set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, the
Indenture Trustee will
distribute from the Expense
Account (in addition to any
amounts transferred from the
Reserve Account as described
herein) amounts to pay the
Transaction Fees in the
priorities and in the amounts
set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
On each Note Distribution Date,
the Indenture Trustee will
distribute to the Noteholders
of the applicable Class as of
the related Note Record Date
all amounts transferred to the
Note Distribution Account as
set forth above and in the
related Prospectus Supplement
(in addition to any other
amounts described in the
related Prospectus Supplement).
On each Certificate
Distribution Date, the Eligible
Lender Trustee will distribute
to the Certificateholders of
the applicable Class as of the
related Certificate Record Date
all amounts transferred to the
Certificate Distribution
Account as set forth above and
in the related Prospectus
Supplement (in addition to any
other amounts described in the
related Prospectus Supplement).
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement, principal payments
will be made to each Class of
Notes and the Certificates only
in the denominations set forth
in such Prospectus Supplement.
If the amount in the Note
Distribution Account or the
Certificate Distribution
Account otherwise required to
be applied as a payment of
principal either (i) is less
than the specified denomination
or (ii) exceeds an even
multiple of such specified
denomination, then, in the case
of (i), such entire amount or,
in the case of (ii), such
excess amount, will not be paid
as principal on the upcoming
Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date,
as the case may be, but will be
retained in the Note
Distribution Account or the
Certificate Distribution
Account, as the case may be,
until the amount therein
available for payment of
principal (including any
amounts transferred from the
Reserve Account) equals such
specified denomination.
On the Note Distribution Date
or Certificate Distribution
Date specified in the related
Prospectus Supplement, after
making all required transfers
to the Note Distribution
Account and, if applicable, the
Certificate Distribution
Account and the Expense
Account, the Indenture Trustee
will transfer any amounts
remaining in the Collection
Account (other than amounts
representing payments received
during such month or payments
of or with respect to principal
received in the immediately
preceding month) as set forth
in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if there has been an Event of
Default with respect to payment
of the Notes, the related
Certificateholders will not be
entitled to any payments of
principal or interest until
each outstanding Class of Notes
has been paid in full.
F. Reserve Account...........................Pursuant to the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement, with
respect to each Trust an
account (the "Reserve Account")
may be established with and
maintained by the Indenture
Trustee or such other party as
may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement. In
connection with the sale of
each Series of Notes, the
related Sellers may be required
to make a deposit into the
related Reserve Account on the
related Closing Date of cash or
Eligible Investments equal to
the amount set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement
(the "Reserve Account
Deposit"). The Reserve Account
Deposit may be augmented on
certain Note Distribution Dates
or Certificate Distribution
Dates as set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement. If set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, certain amounts
otherwise required to be
deposited into a Reserve
Account may be applied as
Additional Principal Payments
on certain Classes of
Securities. See "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions".
Amounts, if any, on deposit in
a Reserve Account generally
will be available on each Note
or Certificate Distribution
Date to cover any shortfalls in
payments of the Transaction
Fees, the Noteholders'
Distribution Amount and the
Certificateholders'
Distribution Amount for such
applicable Note or Certificate
Distribution Date for which
Available Funds are
insufficient to make such
payments and distributions.
Amounts, if any, on deposit in
a Reserve Account (other than
amounts in excess of the
Specified Reserve Account
Balance) generally will not be
available to cover any unpaid
Servicing Fee Carryover,
Noteholders' Interest Carryover
or Certificateholders' Interest
Carryover unless provided
otherwise in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
Amounts, if any, in a Reserve
Account on any Note or
Certificate Distribution Date
(after giving effect to all
distributions to be made or
allocated on such Note or
Certificate Distribution Date)
in excess of the then
applicable Specified Reserve
Account Balance generally will
be distributed to the holders
of the Originators' Interests
and then released to Student
Holdings or such other party as
may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement. The
"Specified Reserve Account
Balance" with respect to any
Note or Certificate
Distribution Date will be as
set forth in the applicable
Terms Supplement and in no
event will such balance exceed
the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of
the Notes and the Certificate
Balance of the related Trust.
See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing
Agreements-Credit
Enhancement--Reserve Account".
If set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement, the Specified
Reserve Account Balance may
increase, decrease or be
eliminated based upon the
occurrence of certain events or
with the consent of the Surety
Provider, if any, or other
providers of credit
enhancement.
The funding and maintenance of
a Reserve Account is intended
to enhance the likelihood of
timely payment to the
Noteholders of the Noteholders'
Distribution Amount and to the
Certificateholders of the
Certificateholders'
Distribution Amount. In certain
circumstances, however, a
Reserve Account could be
depleted and shortfalls in
distributions to the
Noteholders or the
Certificateholders could
result. Further, as described
above and as set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
amounts otherwise required to
be deposited into a Reserve
Account may be applied as
Additional Principal Payments.
Unless provided otherwise in
the related Prospectus
Supplement, notwithstanding the
depletion of the Reserve
Account and shortfalls in
Available Funds, the applicable
Surety Provider, if any,
generally will be obligated to
make Note Surety Bond payments
on each Note Distribution Date
to cover any shortfalls with
respect to the Noteholders'
Interest Distribution Amount
(but will have no obligation
with respect to any Noteholders
Interest Carryover) and, solely
for the benefit of
Certificateholders, to make
Certificate Surety Bond
Payments on each Certificate
Distribution Date to cover any
shortfalls with respect to the
Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount (but will
have no obligation with respect
to any Certificateholders'
Interest Carryover) after
application of such Available
Funds and any amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account.
See "Description of the Surety
Bonds--Certificate Surety
Bond."
G. Credit Enhancement........................One or more surety bonds may be
obtained in connection with
each Series of Notes (each, a
"Note Surety Bond") in favor of
the Eligible Lender Trustee on
behalf of the related Trust. If
obtained, the Note Surety Bond
will be pledged to the related
Indenture Trustee and will
provide for coverage of timely
payment of all interest and
ultimate payment of all
principal on each Class of
Notes of such Series, or such
other amounts as may be
described in a Prospectus
Supplement. The holders of a
Series of Notes will have no
right to or claim on any Note
Surety Bond relating to a
different Series of Notes or
any amounts paid or payable
thereunder. The
Certificateholders will have no
right to or claim on any Note
Surety Bond or any amounts
payable or paid thereunder. The
amount required to be paid
under each Note Surety Bond
(the "Note Surety Bond
Payment") will be described in
the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
In connection with the sale of
each Class of Certificates, a
separate surety bond (each, a
"Certificate Surety Bond" and,
together with the Note Surety
Bonds, the "Surety Bonds"), may
be obtained in favor of the
related Eligible Lender Trustee
solely on behalf of the
Certificateholders of such
Class and will provide for
coverage of timely payment of
all interest and ultimate
payment of all principal, due
on such Certificates, or such
other amounts as may be
described in a Prospectus
Supplement. The Noteholders
will have no right to or claim
on any Certificate Surety Bond
or any amounts payable or paid
thereunder. The amount required
to be paid under each
Certificate Surety Bond (the
"Certificate Surety Bond
Payment") will be described in
the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. See "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements-- Distributions."
If and to the extent specified
in the related Prospectus
Supplement, enhancement with
respect to a Series or any
Class of Securities may also
include overcollateralization,
a letter of credit, one or more
Classes of subordinate
Securities, derivative
products, third party
guarantees (including but not
limited to the guaranty of The
Money Store described below) or
other forms of credit
enhancement (collectively,
"Enhancement"). The Enhancement
with respect to any Series or
Class of Securities may be
structured to provide
protection against
delinquencies and/or losses on
the Financed Student Loans,
against changes in interest
rates, or other risks, to the
extent and under the conditions
specified in the related
Prospectus Supplement. Any form
of Enhancement will have
certain limitations and
exclusions from coverage
thereunder, which will be
described in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
If so specified in a Prospectus
Supplement, and in order to
provide additional credit
enhancement, The Money Store
may provide a guaranty of
amounts due on certain Classes
of Securities. The amount and
formula for calculating such
guaranty shall be as set forth
in a Prospectus Supplement.
H. Transfer and Servicing
Agreements.............................Under a Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Sellers will
sell or contribute from time to
time Financed Student Loans to
a Trust, with the Eligible
Lender Trustee holding legal
title thereto. In addition,
each Master Servicer will agree
with the related Trust to be
responsible for servicing,
managing, maintaining custody
of and making collections on
the Financed Student Loans. The
obligations of the Sellers and
each Master Servicer under a
Sale and Servicing Agreement
may include the following, as
such obligations may be
modified as set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement:
The applicable Seller and the
Master Servicer will be
obligated to purchase (which
obligations, unless otherwise
limited in a Prospectus
Supplement, also will be
obligations of The Money
Store), any Financed Student
Loan if the interests of the
Noteholders, the
Certificateholders or a Surety
Provider, if any, therein are
materially adversely affected
by a breach of any
representation, warranty or
covenant (including a Master
Servicer's covenant to service
all the Financed Student Loans
in accordance with applicable
laws, restrictions and
guidelines) made by a Seller or
the Master Servicer, as the
case may be, with respect to
the Financed Student Loan, if
the breach has not been cured
following the discovery by or
notice to the related Seller or
the Master Servicer, as the
case may be, of the breach (it
being understood that any such
breach that does not affect any
Guarantor's or the Secretary's
obligation to guarantee payment
of such Financed Student Loan
will not be considered to have
a material adverse effect for
this purpose). If a Seller is
obligated to purchase a
Financed Student Loan as a
result of such Seller's or a
third party's failure to
originate such Financed Student
Loan in accordance with the
Higher Education Act, the
Public Health Service Act or a
Private Loan Program, as the
case may be, and the applicable
Guarantee Agreement, it will
reimburse the applicable Trust
for the remaining principal
balance of such Financed
Student Loan (plus certain
unamortized premiums) and any
accrued but unpaid interest
thereon (including interest to
be capitalized). If the Master
Servicer is obligated to
purchase a Financed Student
Loan as a result of a failure
to service such Financed
Student Loan in accordance with
the Higher Education Act, the
Public Health Service Act or a
Private Loan Program, as the
case may be, and the applicable
Guarantee Agreement, it will
reimburse the applicable Trust
only up to the amount the
related Guarantor or the
Secretary would be obligated to
pay if not for such breach. In
addition, with respect to
Federal Loans, a Seller or the
Master Servicer, as the case
may be, will be obligated to
reimburse the applicable Trust
for any accrued interest
amounts not guaranteed by a
Guarantor due to, or any lost
Interest Subsidy Payments or
Special Allowance Payments as a
result of, a breach of such
Seller's representations and
warranties or the Master
Servicer's covenants, as the
case may be; provided, however,
that such reimbursements shall
not exceed the amount that
would have been paid if not for
such breach.
The Master Servicer will
receive, subject to the
limitations set forth in the
following paragraph, a monthly
fee (the "Servicing Fee") equal
to the amount set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
The Servicing Fee applicable to
each Trust generally will be
allocated monthly out of
Available Funds and amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account
applicable to each Trust and
will be payable at the time set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the fee payable to the
Master Servicer as described
above for any month would
exceed the percentage set forth
in the related Prospectus
Supplement of the Pool Balance
of the applicable Trust as of
the last day of the preceding
calendar month (the "Capped
Amount"), then the "Servicing
Fee" for such month will
instead be the Capped Amount
for such month. The remaining
amount in excess of such
Servicing Fee, together with
any such excess amounts from
prior months that remain unpaid
(the "Servicing Fee
Carryover"), will be payable to
the Master Servicer on the
dates and in the priority set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
Pursuant to a Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Master
Servicer (or such other party
as may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement) will
agree with each Trust to be
responsible for, among other
things, preparing and filing
with the Department, the
Secretary and the Guarantors
all appropriate claims forms
and other documents and filings
on behalf of the Eligible
Lender Trustee in order to
claim the Interest Subsidy
Payments and Special Allowance
Payments from the Department,
the applicable insurance from
the Secretary and the Guarantee
Payments from the Guarantors,
in respect of the Financed
Student Loans entitled thereto
and preparing and providing
periodic and annual statements
to the Eligible Lender Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee with
respect to distributions to
Noteholders and
Certificateholders.
The Notes.....................................Each Trust will issue one
or more Series of Notes
pursuant to an Indenture (as
amended and supplemented from
time to time, the "Master
Indenture") and a related Terms
Supplement authorizing such
Series, (each as amended from
time to time, a "Terms
Supplement" and, together with
the Master Indenture and each
other Terms Supplement, the
"Indenture") between the
related Trust and an Indenture
Trustee. Each Series of Notes
issued by a Trust, regardless
of when issued, will be secured
by the assets of the related
Trust other than Certificate
Surety Bonds and Note Surety
Bonds relating to other Series
of Notes issued by such Trust,
and such other assets or forms
of credit enhancement as may be
described in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
Each Class of Notes within a
Series will evidence the
interests specified in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
which may (i) include the right
to receive distributions
allocable only to principal,
only to interest or to any
combination thereof; (ii)
include the right to receive
distributions only of
prepayments of principal
throughout the lives of the
Notes or during specified
periods; (iii) be subordinated
in its right to receive
distributions of schedules
payments of principal,
prepayments of principal,
interest or any combination
thereof to one or more other
Classes of Notes of the related
Trust throughout the lives of
the Notes or during specified
periods or may be subordinated
with respect to certain losses
or delinquencies; (iv) include
the right to receive such
distributions only after the
occurrence of events specified
in the Prospectus Supplement;
(v) include the right to
receive distributions in
accordance with a schedule or
formula or on the basis of
collections from designated
portions of the assets in the
related Trust; (vi) include, as
to Notes entitled to
distributions allocable to
interest, the right to receive
interest at a fixed rate or an
adjustable rate; and (vii)
include, as to Notes entitled
to distributions allocable to
interest, the right to
distributions allocable to
interest only after the
occurrence of events specified
in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
A. Interest..................................Each Class of Notes will bear
interest at the rate per annum
(the "Class Interest Rate") set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement until (i) with
respect to Auction Rate Notes,
the first Auction Date for such
Class, at which time the
related Class Interest Rate
will be reset pursuant to the
Auction Procedures described in
Appendix I, (ii) with respect
to LIBOR Rate Notes, the date
set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement at which
time the related Class Interest
Rate will be reset based upon
One-Month LIBOR, or (iii) with
respect to T-Bill Rate Notes,
the date set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement
at which time the related Class
Interest Rate will be reset
based upon the T-Bill Rate. If
a Class of Notes bears interest
based upon another method, the
related Prospectus Supplement
will describe such method. If
provided in a Prospectus
Supplement, the Trust may issue
one or more Classes of Accrual
Notes, which Accrual Notes will
not be entitled to receive
distributions of interest
during the related Accrual
Period. Instead, interest
accrued on such Accrual Notes
will be capitalized and added
to the outstanding principal
amount thereof.
Interest on the outstanding
principal amount of each Class
of Notes will accrue initially
from and including the related
Closing Date through and
including the date set forth in
the related Prospectus
Supplement and, thereafter,
except as otherwise set forth
in the related Prospectus
Supplement, for periods (each,
an "Interest Period")
consisting of (i) with respect
to Auction Rate Notes, between
7 days to one year, subject to
adjustment as set forth in the
Auction Procedures described in
Appendix I or in the related
Prospectus Supplement, (ii)
with respect to LIBOR Rate
Notes, generally a one-month
period beginning and ending on
the dates set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
(iii) with respect to T-Bill
Rate Notes, generally a
one-month period beginning and
ending on the dates set forth
in the related Prospectus
Supplement, or (iv) with
respect to Notes accruing
interest based on some other
method, the period set forth in
the related Prospectus
Supplement. Interest on each
Class of Notes will be payable
either (i) quarterly on the
first Business Day following
the expiration of the first
Interest Period for such Class
ending in January, April, July
and October, commencing on the
date set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, (ii)
monthly or weekly on the first
Business Day following the
expiration of each related
Interest Period, or (iii) on
such other dates and for such
other periods as may be set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement. The date on which a
Class of Notes is entitled to
receive a distribution (or, for
Accrual Notes, have accrued
interest added to principal) is
referred to as the "Note
Distribution Date" for such
Class. Distributions will be
made to holders of record of
the related Class of Notes (the
"Noteholders") as of the second
Business Day (or such other day
as may be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement)
preceding the related Note
Distribution Date (such day,
the "Note Record Date"). Unless
otherwise set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement,
interest will be calculated on
the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed in each
Interest Period divided by 360.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
unless provided otherwise in
the related Prospectus
Supplement, if the Class
Interest Rate with respect to a
Class of Notes for an Interest
Period is greater than the
applicable Net Loan Rate, then
such Class Interest Rate for
such Notes for such Interest
Period will be the Net Loan
Rate. However, in no event will
the Class Interest Rate for
certain Classes of Notes exceed
the rate set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
The "Net Loan Rate" for any
Interest Period for a Class of
Notes will be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
Unless provided otherwise in
the related Prospectus
Supplement, if the Class
Interest Rate for any Class of
Notes for any Interest Period
is based on the Net Loan Rate,
the excess of (a) the amount of
interest on such Class of Notes
that would have accrued in
respect of the related Interest
Period had interest been
calculated based on the
applicable Auction Rate, LIBOR
Rate, T-Bill Rate or other
applicable rate, as the case
may be, over (b) the amount of
interest on the Class of Notes
actually accrued in respect of
such Interest Period based on
the Net Loan Rate (such excess,
together with the unpaid
portion of any such excess from
prior Interest Periods (and
interest accrued thereon
calculated based on One-Month
LIBOR or the rate set forth in
the related Prospectus
Supplement), is referred to as
the "Noteholders' Interest
Carryover") will be paid on the
dates and in the priority set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement. The rating of each
Series or Class of Notes will
not address the likelihood of
the payment of the amount of
any Noteholders' Interest
Carryover.
B. Principal...............................All payments of principal on the
Classes of Notes issued by a
Trust will be made in an
aggregate amount determined as
set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement and will
be paid at the times and will
be allocated among the Classes
of Notes of such Trust in the
order and amounts specified in
the related Prospectus
Supplement.
The Prospectus Supplement for
each Series of Notes will set
forth the date on which the
outstanding principal amount of
each Class of such Series will
be payable in full (each, a
"Final Maturity Date").
However, payment in full of any
Class of Notes is likely to
occur sooner than such Final
Maturity Date as a result of a
variety of factors, including
the sale by a Trust of Financed
Student Loans and borrowers
leaving school and commencing
repayment of their Financed
Student Loans. Additionally,
Additional Principal Payments
may be made on the Notes as set
forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement. See "The Financed
Student Loan Pool -- Maturity
and Prepayment Assumptions"
herein.
C. Mandatory Redemption....................If a Pre-Funding Account has been
established with respect to a
Trust and a deposit therein has
been made in connection with
the issuance of a Series of
Notes, the Class of Notes then
entitled to receive payments of
Principal will be redeemed in
part on the applicable Note
Distribution Date on or
immediately following the last
day of each Funding Period in
the event that any amount
remains on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account after
giving effect to all Additional
Fundings to be made on or prior
to such date. The aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed will be an amount
equal to the amount then on
deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account.
The Certificates..............................Concurrently with the issuance of
each Series of Notes, a Trust
may issue one or more Classes
of Certificates pursuant to a
Trust Agreement and, after the
issuance of the initial Class
of Certificates of a Trust, a
supplement thereto (each, a
"Trust Supplement"). The date
of an initial issuance of the
Certificates is referred to
herein as the "Initial Closing
Date." The Certificates will
represent undivided
participation interests in the
related Trust. Student
Holdings, or such other
entities as may be named in a
Prospectus Supplement, will
purchase a 1.0% interest in the
Certificates unless provided
otherwise in a Trust Agreement
or Trust Supplement. See
"Formation of the Trusts -- The
Trust."
A. Interest................................Each Class of Certificates will
bear interest at the rate per
annum (the "Certificate Rate")
set forth in the related Trust
Agreement or the related Trust
Supplement until (i) with
respect to Auction Rate
Certificates, the first Auction
Date for such Class, at which
time the related Certificate
Rate will be reset pursuant to
the Auction Procedures
described in Appendix I, (ii)
with respect to LIBOR Rate
Certificates, the date set
forth in the related Trust
Supplement at which time the
related Certificate Rate will
be reset based upon One- Month
LIBOR or (iii) with respect to
T-Bill Rate Certificates, the
date set forth in the related
Trust Supplement at which time
the related Certificate Rate
will be reset based upon the
T-Bill Rate. If a Class of
Certificates bears interest
based upon another method, the
related Trust Supplement will
describe such method.
Interest on the outstanding
principal balance of each Class
of Certificates will accrue
initially from and including
the related Closing Date
through and including the date
set forth in the related Trust
Agreement or the related Trust
Supplement and thereafter,
except as otherwise set forth
in a Trust Supplement, for
Interest Periods consisting of
(i) with respect to Auction
Rate Certificates, periods of
between 7 days and one year,
subject to adjustment as set
forth in the Auction Procedures
described in Appendix I, (ii)
with respect to LIBOR Rate
Certificates, the one-month
period beginning and ending on
the dates set forth in the
related Trust Supplement, (iii)
with respect to T-Bill Rate
Certificates, the one-month
period beginning and ending on
the dates set forth in the
related Trust Supplement, and
(iv) with respect to
Certificates accruing interest
based on some other method, the
period set forth in the related
Trust Supplement. Interest on
the Certificates will be
payable on the first Business
Day following the expiration of
each Interest Period, or on
such other dates and for such
other periods as may be set
forth in the related Trust
Supplement (each, a
"Certificate Distribution
Date") to holders of record of
the Certificates (the
"Certificateholders" and,
together with the Noteholders,
the "Securityholders") as of
the second Business Day (or
such other day as may be set
forth in the related Trust
Supplement) preceding the
related Certificate
Distribution Date (such day,
the "Certificate Record Date").
Unless otherwise set forth in
the related Trust Agreement or
Trust Supplement, interest will
be calculated on the basis of
the actual number of days
elapsed in each Interest Period
divided by 360.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Certificate Rate with
respect to a Class of
Certificates for an Interest
Period is greater than the Net
Loan Rate for the applicable
Trust, then the Certificate
Rate for such Class of
Certificates for such Interest
Period will be such Net Loan
Rate. However, in no event will
the Certificate Rate exceed
16.0% per annum, or such other
rate as may be set forth in a
Trust Agreement or Trust
Supplement.
As used herein, the term
"Distribution Date" refers to
either a Note Distribution Date
or a Certificate Distribution
Date, as the context requires.
If the Certificate Rate for any
Class of Certificates for any
Certificate Distribution Date
is based on the Net Loan Rate,
the excess of (a) the amount of
interest on such Class of
Certificates that would have
accrued in respect of the
related Interest Period had
interest been calculated based
on the applicable Auction Rate,
LIBOR Rate or other applicable
rate, as the case may be, over
(b) the amount of interest on
the Class of Certificates
actually accrued in respect of
such Interest Period based on
the Net Loan Rate (such excess,
together with the unpaid
portion of any such excess from
prior Interest Periods (and
interest accrued thereon
calculated based on One-Month
LIBOR), is referred to as the
"Certificateholders' Interest
Carryover") will be paid on the
dates and in the priority set
forth in the related Trust
Agreement or Trust Supplement.
The rating of each Class of
Certificates does not address
the likelihood of the payment
of any Certificateholders'
Interest Carryover.
B. Principal...............................Principal of the Class of
Certificates for each Trust
with the earliest Final
Maturity Date, or such other
Class as may be set forth in
the related Trust Supplement,
will be payable on each
Certificate Distribution Date
on and after which each Series
of Notes of the related Trust
has been paid in full in an
amount generally equal to (i)
the amount of principal paid
with respect to the Financed
Student Loans of the related
Trust (plus any Realized Losses
thereon), (ii) proceeds
realized upon the sale of
Financed Student Loans by the
related Trust and (iii)
Additional Principal Payments,
if any, or such other amount as
may be set forth in the related
Trust Agreement or a Trust
Supplement. Also, on the Final
Maturity Date for a Class of
Certificates, the
Certificateholders' Principal
Distribution Amount also will
include the then outstanding
principal balance of such Class
of Certificates. See
"Description of the Transfer
and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions."
The outstanding principal
amount of a Class of
Certificates will be payable in
full on the date set forth in
the related Trust Agreement or
a related Trust Supplement
(each, a "Certificate Final
Maturity Date"). However,
payment in full of the
Certificates is likely to occur
sooner than such Certificate
Final Maturity Date as a result
of a variety of factors,
including the sale by the
related Trust of Financed
Student Loans and borrowers
leaving school and commencing
repayment of their Financed
Student Loans. Additional
Principal Payments may be made
on the Certificates to the
extent described in the related
Trust Agreement or Trust
Supplement. See "The Financed
Student Loan Pool--Maturity and
Prepayment Assumptions."
If a Certificate Surety Bond
has been obtained, on the
Certificate Final Maturity Date
for each Class of Certificates,
the applicable Surety Provider
will be required to provide for
payment to the related Trust
pursuant to the related
Certificate Surety Bond of an
amount generally equal to the
excess, if any, of the unpaid
principal balance of such Class
of Certificates on such
Certificate Final Maturity Date
over amounts on deposit in the
Certificate Distribution
Account, after taking into
account the required
application of funds in the
remaining Trust Accounts,
including but not limited to
the Reserve Account, pursuant
to the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to the
payment of principal on such
Class of Certificates on such
Certificate Final Maturity
Date, subject to certain
exceptions. Any such amount
will be distributed to
Certificateholders of such
Class of Certificates on the
related Certificate Final
Maturity Date. If, however, no
required payments are made
under a Certificate Surety
Bond, holders of the
Certificates of such Class
would likely incur losses.
C. Subordination of the
Certificates...........................The rights of Certificateholders
in the assets of the related
Trust (other than with respect
to the related Certificate
Surety Bond) to receive
payments of principal will be
subordinated to the rights of
the Noteholders of the related
Trust to the extent described
herein. See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing
Agreement--Credit Enhancement-
-Subordination of the
Certificates."
Monthly Advances..............................If the Master Servicer has
applied for a Guarantee Payment
from a Guarantor, an Interest
Subsidy Payment or a Special
Allowance Payment from the
Department or an insurance
payment from the Secretary, and
the Master Servicer has not
received the related payment
prior to the end of the
Collection Period immediately
preceding the Note Distribution
Date or Certificate
Distribution Date on which such
amount would be required to be
distributed as a payment of
interest, the Representative
may, no later than the
Determination Date relating to
such Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date,
as the case may be, deposit
into an account in the name of
the Indenture Trustee (the
"Monthly Advance Account") an
amount up to the amount of such
payments applied for but not
received (such deposits by the
Representative are referred to
herein as "Monthly Advances").
Monthly Advances will be
distributed to the Noteholders
or Certificateholders on the
upcoming Note Distribution Date
or Certificate Distribution
Date, as the case may be.
Monthly Advances are
recoverable by the
Representative from the source
for which such Monthly Advance
was made.
Optional Purchase.............................The applicable Sellers
may, with the consent of the
Surety Provider, if any,
repurchase all remaining
Financed Student Loans from a
Trust, and thus effect the
early retirement of the related
Notes and Certificates issued
by such Trust, on any
Certificate Distribution Date
on or after which the Pool
Balance of such Trust is equal
to 10% or less of the Aggregate
Pool Balance of such Trust, or
such other percentage set forth
in a Prospectus Supplement, at
a price equal to, for each
Financed Student Loan, the
outstanding principal balance
of such Financed Student Loan
as of the end of the preceding
Collection Period, together
with all accrued interest
thereon and certain unamortized
premiums. See "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Termination." The
"Aggregate Pool Balance" of a
Trust will equal the Pool
Balance of such Trust as of the
date set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement (each, a
"Cut-off Date") of each Series
of Notes issued by the related
Trust plus the principal
balance of each Additional
Student Loan pledged to the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Issuer on each Transfer
Date through the last Funding
Period.
Tax Considerations............................In the opinion of special
Federal tax counsel for the
applicable Trust and special
tax counsel for the Trust in
the jurisdiction in which such
Trust is formed, each Series of
Notes will be characterized as
debt for Federal and state
income tax purposes,
respectively, although there is
no specific authority with
respect to the characterization
for Federal or state income tax
purposes of securities having
the same terms as the Notes.
In the opinion of special
Federal tax counsel for the
applicable Trust, for Federal
income tax purposes the Trust
will not be characterized as an
association (or publicly traded
partnership) taxable as a
corporation. The
Certificateholders will agree
to treat the related Trust as a
partnership in which they are
partners for Federal income tax
purposes. However, there are no
cases or rulings on similar
transactions involving a trust
that issues debt and equity
interests with terms similar to
those of the Notes and the
Certificates. Alternative
characterizations are possible,
but would not result in
materially adverse Federal tax
consequences to
Certificateholders.
Due to the method of allocation
of Trust income to the
Certificateholders, cash basis
holders may, in effect, be
required to report income from
the Certificates on an accrual
basis. In addition, because tax
allocations and tax reporting
will be done on a uniform
basis, but Certificateholders
may be purchasing Certificates
at different times and at
different prices,
Certificateholders may be
required to report on their tax
returns taxable income that is
greater or less than the amount
reported to them by the related
Trust.
See "Certain Tax Consequences"
for additional information
concerning the application of
Federal and state tax laws with
respect to the Notes, the
Trusts and the Certificates.
ERISA Considerations..........................Each Prospectus Supplement will
set forth the extent, if any,
to which Notes may be purchased
by or on behalf of employee
benefit plans, retirement
arrangements, individual
retirement accounts and Keogh
Plans. See "ERISA
Considerations."
The Certificates may not be
acquired by or on behalf of any
employee benefit plan,
retirement arrangement,
individual retirement account
or Keogh Plan subject to either
Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"),
or Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. See "ERISA
Considerations--The
Certificates."
Registration of
Notes........................................Securities may be represented by
global certificates registered
in the name of Cede & Co.
("Cede"), as nominee of The
Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), or another nominee. In
such case, Securityholders will
not be entitled to receive
definitive certificates
representing such Holders'
interests, except in certain
circumstances described in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
See "Description of the
Securities-- Book-Entry
Registration."
Rating of the Securities......................It is a condition to the
issuance and sale of each
Series and Class of Notes that
they each be rated by at least
one nationally recognized
statistical rating organization
(a "Rating Agency") in one of
its four highest applicable
rating categories (or an
equivalent short-term rating
for certain Classes of Notes
having a Final Maturity Date of
no more than 13 months after
the related Closing Date). The
rating or ratings applicable to
Notes of each Series offered
hereby and by the related
Prospectus Supplement will be
as set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement. A
securities rating is not a
recommendation to buy, sell or
hold securities and may be
subject to revision or
withdrawal at any time by the
assigning rating agency.
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective purchasers of the Securities should consider carefully the
following discussion of certain risk factors associated with an investment in
the Securities.
Limited Liquidity. There can be no assurance that a secondary market for
the Securities will develop or, if a secondary market does develop, that it will
provide Securityholders with liquidity of investment or that it will continue
for the life of the Securities.
Failure to Comply with Loan Origination and Servicing Procedures for
Federal Loans and HEAL Loans. The Higher Education Act and the Public Health
Service Act, including the respective implementing regulations thereunder,
require lenders and their assignees making and servicing Federal Loans or HEAL
Loans, as the case may be, and guarantors guaranteeing Federal Loans to follow
specified procedures, including due diligence procedures, to ensure that the
Federal Loans and HEAL Loans are properly made and disbursed to, and repaid on a
timely basis by or on behalf of, borrowers. Certain of those procedures, which
are specifically set forth in the Higher Education Act and the Public Health
Service Act, are summarized herein. See "The Student Loan Financing Business"
and "Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Servicing
Procedures". Generally, those procedures require that completed loan
applications be processed, a determination of whether an applicant is an
eligible borrower attending an eligible institution under the Higher Education
Act or Public Health Service Act, as the case may be, be made, the borrower's
responsibilities under the loan be explained to him or her, the promissory note
evidencing the loan be executed by the borrower and then that the loan proceeds
be disbursed in a specified manner by the lender. After the loan is made, the
lender must establish repayment terms with the borrower, properly administer
deferrals and forbearances and credit the borrower for payments made. If a
borrower becomes delinquent in repaying a loan, a lender must perform certain
collection procedures (primarily telephone calls and demand letters) which vary
depending upon the length of time a loan is delinquent. The Master Servicer will
agree pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement to perform (or
provide for third party servicers to perform) servicing and collection
procedures on behalf of the related Trust. However, failure to follow these
procedures or failure of the applicable Seller or any other originator of the
Purchased Loans to follow procedures relating to the origination of any Federal
Loans may result in the Department's refusal to make reinsurance payments to the
Guarantors or to make Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments
to the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee with respect to such Federal Loans or
in the Guarantors' refusal to honor their Guarantee Agreements with the
applicable Eligible Lender Trustee with respect to such Federal Loans. Failure
of the Guarantors to receive reinsurance payments from the Department could
adversely affect the Guarantors' ability or legal obligation to make payments
under the Guarantee Agreements ("Guarantee Payments") to the applicable Eligible
Lender Trustee. Similarly, the failure to follow required procedures in
originating or servicing HEAL Loans may result in the Secretary denying
insurance coverage for such HEAL Loans. Loss of any such Guarantee Payments,
Interest Subsidy Payments or Special Allowance Payments with respect to Federal
Loans, or insurance payments from the Secretary with respect to HEAL Loans,
could adversely affect the amount of Available Funds for any Collection Period
and the related Trust's ability to pay principal and interest on the Notes and
the Certificates. Under certain circumstances, pursuant to a Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the applicable Seller is obligated to purchase, or the Master
Servicer is obligated to purchase (which obligations, unless otherwise limited
in a Prospectus Supplement, also will be obligations of The Money Store), any
Financed Student Loan if a breach of the representations, warranties or
covenants of the applicable Seller or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
with respect to such Financed Student Loan has a material adverse effect on the
interests of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders therein and such breach
is not cured within any applicable cure period (it being understood that any
such breach that does not affect any Guarantor's or the Secretary's obligation
to guarantee payment of such Financed Student Loans will not be considered to
have such a material adverse effect). In addition, under certain circumstances
pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, the applicable Seller or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be, is obligated to reimburse the related Trust (which
obligations (unless otherwise limited in a Prospectus Supplement) also will be
obligations of The Money Store) for any accrued interest amounts not guaranteed
by a Guarantor due to, or any lost Interest Subsidy Payments or Special
Allowance Payments as a result of, a breach of the applicable Seller's
representations and warranties or the Master Servicer's covenants, as the case
may be, with respect to a Federal Loan. These purchase and reimbursement
obligations also will apply with respect to the Purchased Loans. If the
applicable Seller is obligated to purchase a Financed Student Loan as a result
of such Seller's or a third party's failure to originate such Financed Student
Loan in accordance with the Higher Education Act and the applicable Guarantee
Agreement, the Public Health Service Act or the applicable Private Loan Program,
as the case may be, it will reimburse the related Trust for the remaining
principal balance of such Financed Student Loan (plus certain unamortized
premiums) and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon. If the Master Servicer is
obligated to purchase a Financed Student Loan as a result of a failure to
service such Financed Student Loan in accordance with the Higher Education Act
and the applicable Guarantee Agreement, the Public Health Service Act or the
applicable Private Loan Program, as the case may be, it will reimburse the
related Trust only up to the amount the related Guarantor or the Secretary would
be obligated to pay if not for such breach. See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Sale of Financed Student Loans; Representations and
Warranties" and "--Servicer Covenants." There can be no assurance, however, that
the applicable Seller, the Master Servicer or The Money Store will have the
financial resources to do so. The failure of the applicable Seller to so
purchase or the Master Servicer to so purchase a Financed Student Loan would
constitute a breach of the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, enforceable by
the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the related Trust or by the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, but would not constitute an Event of
Default under the related Master Indenture or a Terms Supplement or permit the
exercise of remedies thereunder.
Failure to Comply with Loan Origination and Servicing Procedures for
Private Loans. Each Private Loan Program prescribes rules and procedures
applicable to originating and servicing Private Loans. Failure to make or
service properly a Private Loan pursuant to the applicable Private Loan Program
could adversely affect the Eligible Lender Trustee's ability to obtain a
Guarantee Payment from the applicable Guarantor. Loss of such Guarantee Payments
could adversely affect the amount of Available Funds for any Collection Period.
Commingling Risk of Consolidation of Federal Benefit Billings and Receipts
with Other Trusts. Due to a recent change in Department policy limiting the
granting of new lender identification numbers, an Eligible Lender Trustee will
be allowed under a Trust Agreement to permit trusts, other than the related
Trust established by a Seller to securitize Financed Student Loans, to use the
Department lender identification number applicable to the related Trust. In that
event, the billings submitted to the Department for Interest Subsidy and Special
Allowance Payments on loans in the Trust would be consolidated with the billings
for such payments for Financed Student Loans in other trusts using the same
lender identification number and payments on such billings would be made by the
Department in lump sum form. Such lump sum payments would then be allocated
among the various trusts using the same lender identification number.
In addition, the sharing of the lender identification number by a Trust
with other trusts may result in the receipt of claim payments by guarantors in
lump sum form. In that event, such payments would be allocated among the trusts
in a manner similar to the allocation process for Interest Subsidy and Special
Allowance Payments.
The Department regards an Eligible Lender Trustee as the party primarily
responsible to the Department for any liabilities owed to the Department or
guarantors resulting from an Eligible Lender Trustee's activities in the Federal
Program. As a result, if the Department or a guarantor were to determine that an
Eligible Lender Trustee owes a liability to the Department or a guarantor on any
Financed Student Loan for which such Eligible Lender Trustee is or was legal
titleholder, including loans held in a Trust or other trusts, the Department or
guarantor might seek to collect that liability by offset against payments due
the Eligible Lender Trustee under the Trust. In the event that the Department or
a guarantor determines such a liability exists in connection with a trust using
the shared lender identification number, the Department or a guarantor would be
likely to collect that liability by offset against amounts due such Eligible
Lender Trustee under the shared lender identification number, including amounts
owned in connection with a Trust.
In addition, other trusts using the shared lender identification number may
in a given quarter incur origination fees that exceed the Interest Subsidy and
Special Allowance Payments payable by the Department on the loans in such other
trusts, resulting in the consolidated payment from the Department received by an
Eligible Lender Trustee under such shared lender identification number for that
quarter equaling an amount that is less than the amount owed by the Department
on the loans in the Trust for that quarter.
The Trust Agreement for a Trust and the trust agreement for other trusts
established by the Sellers which share the lender identification number to be
used by a Trust (such Trust and such other trusts, collectively, the "Seller
Trusts") may require a Seller Trust (including a Trust) to indemnify the other
Seller Trusts for a shortfall or an offset by the Department or a guarantor
arising from the Financed Student Loans held by the Eligible Lender Trustee on
such Seller Trust's behalf.
Changing Assets of the Trusts. Upon each issuance of Notes, and during the
related Funding Periods, the related Trust will acquire Financed Student Loans
from the applicable Sellers. Each Financed Student Loan acquired by a Trust will
serve as collateral for each Series of Notes of such Trust outstanding, or to be
outstanding in the future. Therefore, the Financed Student Loans constituting
the assets of a Trust will vary during the term of the Trust. Likewise, the
percentage of the Financed Student Loans consisting of Federal Loans, HEAL Loans
and Private Loans also will vary.
Repayment of Principal. If set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement,
amounts otherwise required to be deposited into the Reserve Account may be
applied as an Additional Principal Payment on the Class of Notes specified in
the related Prospectus Supplement (or, after all Notes have been paid in full,
the Certificates). Such Additional Principal Payments will result in accelerated
payments of principal on the Notes.
Each Trust may issue, from time to time, several Series and Classes of
Securities. The payment priorities of each Series and Class will be described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such priorities may provide that some or
all payments of principal will be distributed to the Classes of Securities in
order of their Final Maturity Date or such other priority as may be set forth in
a Prospectus Supplement, regardless of Series and regardless of when issued. A
Series of Notes may contain one or more Classes of Notes with an earlier Final
Maturity Date or higher payment priority than one or more Classes of Notes of a
previously issued or subsequently issued Series. Also, a Class of Certificates
may have an earlier Final Maturity Date or higher payment priority than one or
more previously issued or subsequently issued Classes of Certificates. In such
event, the Classes of Notes or Certificates with the later Final Maturity Date
or lower payment priority will receive limited or no payments of principal until
each of the Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, with an earlier Final
Maturity Date or higher payment priority, regardless of when issued, have been
paid in full or to the extent described in a Prospectus Supplement. Also, upon
each issuance of Securities, and during the related Funding Periods, the related
Trust will acquire Financed Student Loans from the applicable Sellers. Each
Financed Student Loan acquired by a Trust will serve as collateral for each
Series of Notes of such Trust outstanding, or to be outstanding in the future.
Principal Balance of Securities May Exceed Initial Pool Balance of the
Initial Financed Student Loans and Pre-Funded Amount. On each Closing Date, the
aggregate initial principal amount of the Notes and the principal balance of the
Certificates of a Trust may be greater than the initial Pool Balance of the
initial Financed Student Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Pre-Funded Amount
as of the Closing Date for such Trust. Each initial Financed Student Loan may be
purchased by the applicable Trust for an amount greater than the principal
balance thereof (including any accrued interest thereon expected to be
capitalized upon repayment) as of the Cut-off Date. In addition, each Financed
Student Loan purchased during the Funding Period may be purchased for an amount
greater than the principal balance thereof. Because the actual rate and timing
of any accelerated payments of principal, if any, will depend on a number of
factors, including the rate and timing of the payments on the Financed Student
Loans, there can be no assurance of the actual rate or timing of such
accelerated payments of principal or when the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes and the principal balance of the Certificates will be equal to or less
than the sum of the Pool Balance, the Pre-Funded Amount and the amounts in the
other Trust Accounts. As a result, if an Event of Default should occur under the
related Indenture or an Insolvency Event should occur and the Financed Student
Loans were liquidated at a time when the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes and the Certificates exceeded the sum of the Pool Balance, the Pre-Funded
Amount and the amounts in the other Trust Accounts, such Financed Student Loans
would likely have to be liquidated at a premium for Certificateholders and, in
some circumstances, Noteholders not to suffer a loss.
Variability of Actual Cash Flows; Inability of Indenture Trustee to
Liquidate Financed Student Loans. Amounts received with respect to the Financed
Student Loans for a particular Collection Period may vary in both timing and
amount from the payments actually due on the Financed Student Loans as of such
Collection Period for a variety of economic, social and other factors, including
both individual factors, such as additional periods of deferral or forbearance
prior to or after a borrower's commencement of repayment, and general factors,
such as a general economic downturn which could increase the amount of defaulted
Financed Student Loans. Failures by borrowers to pay timely the principal and
interest on the Financed Student Loans will affect the amount of Available
Funds, which may reduce the amount of principal and interest paid to the
Securityholders. In addition, failures by borrowers of student loans generally
to pay timely the principal and interest due on such student loans could
obligate the Guarantors to make payments thereon, which could adversely affect
the solvency of the Guarantors and their ability to meet their guarantee
obligations (including with respect to the Financed Student Loans). The
inability of any Guarantor to meet its guarantee obligations could reduce the
amount of principal and interest paid to the Securityholders. The effect of such
factors, including the effect on a Guarantor's ability to meet its guarantee
obligations with respect to the Financed Student Loans or the Trust's ability to
pay principal and interest with respect to the Securities, is impossible to
predict. Pursuant to the 1992 Amendments, under Section 432(o) of the Higher
Education Act, if the Department has determined that a Guarantor of Federal
Loans is unable to meet its insurance obligations, the loan holder may submit
claims directly to the Department and the Department is required to pay the full
Guarantee Payment due with respect thereto in accordance with guarantee claim
processing standards no more stringent than those applied by the Guarantor of
such loans. However, the Department's obligation to pay guarantee claims
directly in this fashion is contingent upon the Department making the
determination referred to above. There can be no assurance that the Department
would ever make such a determination with respect to a Guarantor or, if such a
determination was made, whether such determination or the ultimate payment of
such guarantee claims would be made in a timely manner.
If an Event of Default occurs under a Master Indenture or any applicable
Terms Supplement, subject to certain conditions, the related Indenture Trustee,
at the request of the Surety Provider, if applicable, is authorized, without the
consent of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, to sell the Financed
Student Loans. There can be no assurance, however, that an Indenture Trustee
will be able to find a purchaser for the Financed Student Loans in a timely
manner or that the market value of such Financed Student Loans would, at any
time, be equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Securities
and accrued interest thereon. If the net proceeds of any such sale, together
with amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account, do not exceed the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Notes and accrued interest thereon, holders of
any Class of Notes not paid in full will not be entitled to payments of
principal under an applicable Note Surety Bond until the related Final Maturity
Date or such other date as may be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement. In such
circumstances, the Certificateholders would not be entitled to receive any
portion of such proceeds. Also, Certificateholders will not be entitled to
payments of principal under an applicable Certificate Surety Bond until the
Final Maturity Date of the applicable Class of Certificates. In addition, the
amount of principal required to be distributed to Noteholders under an Indenture
is generally limited to amounts available to be so distributed. Therefore, the
failure to pay principal on any Class or Series of Notes may not result in the
occurrence of an Event of Default until the Final Maturity Date of such Class or
Series of Notes. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Credit Enhancement."
Unsecured Nature of Financed Student Loans; Financial Status of Guarantors.
The Higher Education Act, the Public Health Service Act and each Private Loan
Program require all Financed Student Loans to be unsecured. As a result, the
only security for payment of the Financed Student Loans are the Guarantee
Agreements between the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee and the Guarantors or,
in the case of HEAL Loans, insurance payments from the Secretary. A
deterioration in the financial status of the Guarantors and their ability to
honor guarantee claims with respect to the Financed Student Loans could result
in a delay in making or a failure to make Guarantee Payments to the applicable
Eligible Lender Trustee. One of the primary causes of a possible deterioration
in a Guarantor's financial status is directly related to the amount and
percentage of defaulting Financed Student Loans guaranteed by a Guarantor.
Moreover, with respect to Federal Loans, to the extent that the Department pays
reimbursement claims submitted by a Guarantor for any fiscal year exceeding
certain specified levels, the Department's obligation to reimburse the Guarantor
for losses will be reduced on a sliding scale from 100% (98% for loans made on
or after October 1, 1993) to a minimum of 80% (78% for loans made on or after
October 1, 1993), except that death, disability, bankruptcy, closed school and
false certification claims are reimbursed 100% by the Department. The Private
Loans will not be reinsured by the Department, the Secretary or any other
governmental agency. Therefore, the failure of a Guarantor of a Private Loan to
make a required Guarantee Payment could adversely affect the amount of Available
Funds for any Collection Period.
Changes in Law. There can be no assurance that the Higher Education Act,
the Public Health Service Act, the Private Programs or other relevant federal or
state laws, rules and regulations and the programs implemented thereunder will
not be amended or modified in the future in a manner that will adversely impact
the programs described herein and the loans made thereunder, including the
Financed Student Loans, or the Guarantors. In addition, existing legislation and
future measures to reduce the federal budget deficit may adversely affect the
amount and nature of federal financial assistance available with respect to
these programs. In recent years, federal budget legislation has provided for the
recovery of certain funds held by guarantee agencies in order to achieve
reductions in federal spending. There can be no assurance that future federal
budget legislation or administrative actions will not adversely affect
expenditures by the Department, the Secretary or the financial condition of the
Guarantors.
Under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Congress made a number
of changes that may adversely affect the financial condition of the Guarantors
of Federal Loans, including reducing to 98% the maximum percentage of Guarantee
Payments the Department will reimburse for loans first disbursed on or after
October 1, 1993, reducing substantially the premiums and default collections
that Guarantors of Federal Loans are entitled to receive and/or retain and
giving the Department broad powers over Guarantors of Federal Loans and their
reserves. These powers include the authority to require a Guarantor of Federal
Loans to return all reserve funds to the Department if the Department determines
such action is necessary to ensure an orderly termination of such Guarantor, to
serve the best interests of the Federal Programs or to ensure the proper
maintenance of such Guarantor's funds or assets. The Department is also now
authorized to direct a Guarantor of Federal Loans to return a portion of its
reserve funds which the Department determines is unnecessary to pay the program
expenses and contingent liabilities of such Guarantor and/or to cease any
activities involving the use of such Guarantor's reserve funds or assets which
the Department determines is a misapplication or otherwise improper. The
Department may also terminate the reinsurance agreement of a Guarantor of
Federal Loans if the Department determines that such action is necessary to
protect the federal fiscal interest or to ensure an orderly transition to full
implementation of direct federal lending. In such event, however, the Department
is required to assume the functions of such Guarantor as described herein under
the heading "The Financed Student Loan Pool--Insurance of Student Loans;
Guarantors of Federal Loans." These various changes create a significant risk
that the resources available to the Guarantors of Federal Loans to meet their
guarantee obligations will be significantly reduced. In addition, this
legislation greatly expands the loan volume under the direct lending program of
the Department (the "Federal Direct Student Loan Program") to a target of
approximately 60% of student loan demand in academic year 1998-1999, which could
result in increasing reductions in the volume of loans made under the Federal
Programs. As the Federal Direct Student Loan Program expands, the Servicer may
experience increased costs due to reduced economies of scale to the extent the
volume of new loans serviced by the Servicer is reduced. Such cost increases
could affect the ability of the Servicer to satisfy its obligations to service
the Financed Student Loans or to purchase Financed Student Loans in the event of
certain breaches of covenants. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Servicer Covenants". Such volume reductions could further reduce
revenues received by the Guarantors of Federal Loans available to pay claims on
defaulted Federal Loans. Finally, the level of competition currently in
existence in the secondary market for loans made under the Federal Programs
could be reduced, resulting in fewer potential buyers of the Federal Loans and
lower prices available in the secondary market for those loans. Further, the
Department is implementing a direct consolidation loan program, which program
may further reduce the volume of loans made under the Federal Programs.
Proposed federal budget legislation being considered by Congress could
modify many of the provisions of the Higher Education Act and the Public Health
Service Act. Until final legislation is adopted, the impact on the Financed
Student Loans, if any, is impossible to determine. During the 105th session of
the United States Congress, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will
be considered. The potential impacts on the Financed Student Loans resulting
from the reauthorization process, if any, cannot be determined at this time.
Recent Developments - President Clinton's Proposed FY 1998 Budget. In his
proposed FY 1998 Budget, President Clinton has proposed a number of changes to
the Higher Education Act affecting lenders and Guarantors of Federal Loans.
These proposals would, among other things, increase lender risk-sharing, reduce
the yield on certain Federal Loans loans while the student is in school, require
certain new payments to be made by lenders to guarantors in connection with
default aversion, eliminate guarantor risk-sharing, reduce guarantor reserve
fund levels, reduce guarantor retention rates on post- default payments, and
institute performance-based contracts for guarantors. These proposals are likely
to encounter strenuous opposition from lenders and guarantors, and their
prospects for enactment by the Congress are uncertain. No assurance can be made
that some or all of these proposals will not be enacted, or that other
amendments to the Higher Education Act adverse to lenders or guarantors will not
be included in the final FY 1998 budget or related legislation.
Subordination; Limited Assets. The rights of Certificateholders to receive
payments of principal (other than with respect to an applicable Certificate
Surety Bond or other forms of Enhancement) will be subordinated to those of the
Noteholders as described herein. If amounts otherwise allocable to the
Certificates are used to fund payments of principal on the Notes, distributions
with respect to the Certificates may be delayed or reduced to the extent the
applicable Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement fails for any reason
to satisfy its obligation under a Certificate Surety Bond or other form or
Enhancement, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing, distributions to
Certificateholders of amounts representing the Certificateholders' Distribution
Amount will not be subordinated to the payment of any Noteholders' Interest
Carryover that may exist from time to time. The Certificateholders bear
directly, subject to the protection provided by the related Certificate Surety
Bond or other form of Enhancement, the credit and other risks associated with an
undivided interest in the related Trust. See "Description of the Securities--The
Certificates--Subordination of the Certificates," "Description of the Transfer
and Servicing Agreements--Distributions" and "--Credit
Enhancement--Subordination of the Certificates."
Moreover, a Trust is not permitted or expected to have any significant
assets or sources of funds other than the Financed Student Loans (and the
related Guarantee Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trust by the
applicable Sellers ("Assigned Rights")), the Collection Account, the
Distribution Accounts, the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest
Account, the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account, the Reserve Account, such other
accounts as may be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, any Note Surety Bonds,
any other Enhancement described in a Prospectus Supplement and, solely for the
benefit of Certificateholders, any Certificate Surety Bonds and such other
Enhancement as may be described in a Prospectus Supplement. Each Series of Notes
represents obligations solely of the related Trust, and the Certificates
represent interests solely in the related Trust and its assets, and, except for
certain guarantees of The Money Store Inc. described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, neither any Series of Notes nor the Certificates will be
insured or guaranteed by the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Guarantors, the
Eligible Lender Trustee, any of their affiliates or the Department.
Consequently, holders of each Series of Notes and the Certificates must rely for
repayment upon proceeds realized upon the sale of, or payments with respect to,
the Financed Student Loans and, if and to the extent available under the
circumstances described herein or in a Prospectus Supplement, amounts on deposit
in the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Capitalized
Pre-Funding Account, the Reserve Account, such other accounts as may be set
forth in a Prospectus Supplement and amounts available under any Note Surety
Bonds, any other Enhancement and, with respect to Certificateholders only, the
related Certificate Surety Bond and such other Enhancement as may be described
in a Prospectus Supplement. The Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest
Account and the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account generally will only be available
to cover obligations of the related Trust relating to Additional Fundings and
interest payments, and are not intended to cover losses on the Financed Student
Loans. Similarly, amounts to be deposited in the Reserve Account are limited in
amount and will be reduced, subject to a specified minimum (which may be resuced
with the consent of a Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement, as the
Pool Balance is reduced. If the Reserve Account is exhausted, the related Trust
will depend solely on payments with respect to the Financed Student Loans and
amounts made available under the applicable Surety Bond and other forms of
Enhancement to make payments on the Notes and the Certificates. See "Description
of the Sale and Servicing Agreements-- Distributions" and "--Credit
Enhancement."
The Financed Student Loans and the Pre-Funding Account. If a Pre-Funding
Account is included as part of a Trust, as set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, on each Closing Date, the related Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf
of such Trust will own the outstanding principal amount of Financed Student
Loans and the Pre-Funded Amount, as set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account together with the outstanding
principal amount of Financed Student Loans previously obtained. If the aggregate
principal amount of eligible Financed Student Loans sold or contributed by the
applicable Sellers to the Trust during the related Funding Period, net of the
principal amount of the Financed Student Loans sold to the Sellers during such
Funding Period in connection with the Sellers' making of Consolidation Loans, is
less than the Pre-Funded Amount, the Trust will have insufficient opportunities
to make Additional Fundings, thereby resulting in a prepayment of principal to
Noteholders as described in the following paragraph. In addition, any conveyance
of Additional Student Loans is subject to the following conditions, among
others: (i) each such Additional Student Loan must satisfy the eligibility
criteria specified in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and any
applicable Insurance Agreement; and (ii) the applicable Seller will not select
such Additional Student Loans in a manner that it believes is adverse to the
interests of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the
Surety Provider.
To the extent that amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account have not
been fully applied to Additional Fundings by a Trust by the end of the related
Funding Period, the holders of the Class or Classes of Notes of such Trust then
entitled to receive payments of principal will receive as a prepayment of
principal an amount equal to the Pre-Funded Amount remaining in the Pre-Funding
Account following any Additional Fundings on the last Distribution Date in the
Funding Period. The applicable Sellers expect that the amount of the Additional
Fundings will approximate 100% of each Pre-Funded Amount by the last day of the
Collection Period preceding the Distribution Date identified in the related
Prospectus Supplement. See also "--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions"
regarding the risk to Noteholders and Certificateholders of prepayment in the
event that Consolidation Loans are made with respect to the Financed Student
Loans by the Sellers after the Funding Period or by another lender at any time.
Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions. Financed Student Loans may be prepaid
by borrowers at any time. (For this purpose the term "prepayments" includes
prepayments in full or in part (including pursuant to Consolidation Loans or
Serial Loans) and liquidations due to default (including receipt of Guarantee
Payments).) The rate of prepayments on the Financed Student Loans may be
influenced by a variety of economic, social and other factors affecting
borrowers, including interest rates, the availability of alternative financing
and the general job market for graduates of institutions of higher education. In
addition, under certain circumstances, the applicable Seller will be obligated
to repurchase, or the Master Servicer will be obligated to purchase, which
obligations (unless otherwise limited in a Prospectus Supplement) also will be
obligations of the Money Store, Financed Student Loans from the applicable Trust
pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement as a result of breaches of
their respective represent ations, warranties or covenants. See "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Sale of Financed Student Loans;
Representations and Warranties" and "--Servicer Covenants." Moreover, to the
extent borrowers of Financed Student Loans elect to borrow money through
Consolidation Loans with respect to such Financed Student Loans from the
applicable Seller or from another lender, or to the extent the Trust sells a
Financed Student Loan to serialize the ownership of such Financed Student Loan
and other loans to the same borrower (each, a "Serial Loan"), holders of the
Class of Notes then entitled to receive payments of principal (and after each
Class of Notes been paid in full, holders of the Certificates then entitled to
receive payments of principal) will collectively receive as a prepayment of
principal the aggregate principal amount of such Financed Student Loans. There
can be no assurance that borrowers with Financed Student Loans will not seek to
obtain Consolidation Loans with respect to such Financed Student Loans or when
Serial Loans will be sold. Agreements may be entered into with a third party
pursuant to which such third party agrees to purchase all Federal Loans entering
the Repayment Phase that are serial to student loans owned by such third party.
However, the Sellers are unable to determine the amount or timing of any such
purchases. See "The Student Loan Financing Business" and "The Financed Student
Loan Pool--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions."
In administering the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan Program, a component
of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, the Department has indicated that it
will permit borrowers with Federal Loans to consolidate their outstanding
student loans at interest rates below those which would apply if they
consolidated their outstanding student loans by means of a Consolidation Loan
under the Federal Loan Program. The availability of such lower-rate
consolidation loans may increase the likelihood that a Federal Loan will be
prepaid.
Scheduled payments with respect to, and maturities of, the Financed Student
Loans may be extended, including pursuant to the applicable Deferral Phase
certain other grace periods authorized by the Higher Education Act, the Public
Health Service Act or the applicable Private Loan Program ("Grace Periods") and,
under certain circumstances, periods of forbearance ("Forbearance Periods") or
as a result of refinancings through Consolidation Loans having longer
maturities, which may lengthen the remaining term of the Financed Student Loans
and the average life of each Class of Notes and Certificates. See "The Student
Loan Financing Business" and "The Financed Student Loan Pool--Maturity and
Prepayment Assumptions". Any reinvestment risks resulting from a faster or
slower incidence of prepayment of Financed Student Loans will be borne entirely
by the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. See also "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Additional Fundings" regarding the prepayment
of principal to Noteholders as a result of a Pre-Funded Amount remaining at the
end of the Funding Period, "--Insolvency Event" regarding the sale of the
Financed Student Loans if a Seller Insolvency Event occurs and "--Termination"
regarding the Sellers' option to purchase the Financed Student Loans.
Basis Risk. The Class Interest Rate for any Class of Auction Rate Notes and
the Certificate Rate for any Class of Auction Rate Certificates will be based
generally on the outcome of each Auction of such Notes or Certificates, as the
case may be, and the Class Interest Rate for any Class of LIBOR Rate Notes and
the Certificate Rate for any Class of LIBOR Rate Certificates will be based
generally on the level of LIBOR. The Class Interest Rate for other Classes of
Notes may be based on the index, formula or other method described in the
related Prospectus Supplement. Financed Student Loans, however, generally bear
interest at an effective rate (taking into account any Special Allowance
Payments) equal to the average bond equivalent rates of weekly auctions of
91-day Treasury bills for each quarter (the "T-Bill Rate") (or, in certain
circumstances, 52-week Treasury bills) plus margins specified for such Financed
Student Loans under "The Student Loan Financing Business." As a result, if set
forth in a Prospectus Supplement, if in respect of any Distribution Date, there
does not exist a positive spread between (a) the Net Loan Rate and (b) the Class
Interest Rate or the Certificate Rate, as the case may be, the Class Interest
Rate or the Certificate Rate, as applicable, for such Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date will be the Net Loan Rate. See "Description of the
Securities--The Notes--Distributions of Interest" and "--The
Certificates--Distributions of Interest." Any Noteholders' Interest Carryover or
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover arising as a result of the applicable
Class Interest Rate or Certificate Rate being determined on the basis of the Net
Loan Rate will be paid on the following Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, as applicable, or on any succeeding Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date to the extent funds are allocated and available
therefor after making all required prior distributions and deposits with respect
to such date. Payment of such amounts, however, will not be covered, in the case
of the Notes, by amounts on deposit in the related Reserve Account, if any
(other than amounts in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance), or by
subordination of distributions of the Certificateholders' Distribution Amount in
respect of the Certificates (although distributions of any Certificateholders'
Interest Carryover will be subordinated to payment of any Noteholders' Interest
Carryover) and, in the case of the Certificates, by amounts on deposit in the
related Reserve Account, if any (other than amounts in excess of the Specified
Reserve Account Balance), or by any applicable Certificate Surety Bonds. Any
applicable Note Surety Bonds will not cover payment of any Noteholders' Interest
Carryover. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions."
Servicer Default; Administrator Default. In the event a Servicer Default or
an Administrator Default occurs, the Surety Provider, if applicable, the related
Indenture Trustee or Noteholders, as described under "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Rights upon Servicer Default and
Administrator Default," may remove the related Master Servicer or Administrator,
as the case may be, without the consent of the Eligible Lender Trustee or any of
the Certificateholders. Moreover, until such time as each Class of Notes has
been paid in full, only the Surety Provider, if applicable, the related
Indenture Trustee or Noteholders, and not the Eligible Lender Trustee or the
Certificateholders, have the ability to remove the related Master Servicer or
Administrator, as the case may be, if a Servicer Default or an Administrator
Default occurs. In addition, the Noteholders have the ability, with certain
specified exceptions, to waive defaults by the Master Servicer and the
Administrator, including defaults that could materially adversely affect the
Certificateholders. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Waiver of Past Defaults."
Certain Legal Aspects. The Sellers intend that the transfer of the Financed
Student Loans by them to the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the
related Trust under a Sale and Servicing Agreement constitutes a valid sale or
contribution and assignment of such Financed Student Loans. However, a court
could treat the transfer of the Financed Student Loans to the Eligible Lender
Trustee as an assignment of collateral as security for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Certificateholders. If the transfer of the Financed Student
Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee is deemed to create a security interest
therein, a tax or government lien on property of the applicable Seller arising
before the Financed Student Loans came into existence may have priority over the
Eligible Lender Trustee's interest in such Financed Student Loans. If a Seller
becomes subject to an insolvency proceeding under applicable law, to the extent
that the transfer of the Financed Student Loans is deemed to create a security
interest, and that interest was validly perfected before such Seller's
insolvency and was not taken in contemplation of insolvency or with the intent
to hinder, delay or defraud the Seller or its creditors, such security interest
should not be subject to avoidance and payments to the related Trust with
respect to the Financed Student Loans should not be subject to recovery by the
Seller's creditors. No assurance can be given, however, that delays in receipt
of funds with respect to the Financed Student Loans will occur in such
circumstances.
Numerous federal and state consumer protection laws and related regulations
impose substantial requirements upon lenders and servicers involved in consumer
finance. Also, some state laws impose finance charge ceilings and other
restrictions on certain consumer transactions and require contract disclosures
in addition to those required under federal law. Although these state laws are,
in large part, pre- empted by the Higher Education Act and the Public Health
Service Act, they are applicable to the Private Loans. These requirements impose
specific statutory liability that would affect an assignee's ability to enforce
consumer finance contracts such as the Private Loans.
Ratings of the Securities. It is a condition to the issuance and sale of
each Series and Class of Notes that they each be rated by at least one
nationally recognized statistical rating organization (a "Rating Agency") in one
of its four highest applicable rating categories. A rating is not a
recommendation to purchase, hold or sell securities, inasmuch as such rating
does not comment as to market price or suitability for a particular investor.
The ratings of the Securities address the likelihood of the ultimate payment of
principal of and interest on the Securities pursuant to their terms. However,
the Rating Agencies do not evaluate, and the ratings of the Securities do not
address, the likelihood of payment of any Noteholders' Interest Carryover or the
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover. There can be no assurance that a rating
will remain for any given period of time or that a rating will not be lowered or
withdrawn entirely by a Rating Agency if in its judgment circumstances in the
future so warrant.
Book-Entry Registration. It is expected that each Class of Notes and the
Certificates (except for the Certificates sold to Student Holdings or such other
entity as may be named in a Prospectus Supplement) will each be initially
represented by one or more certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co.
("Cede"), the nominee for DTC, and will not be registered in the names of the
holders of such Securities or their nominees. Because of this, unless and until
Definitive Securities are issued, holders of such Securities will not be
recognized by the applicable Indenture Trustee or Eligible Lender Trustee as
"Noteholders" or "Certificateholders," as the case may be (as such terms are
used in the related Indenture and Trust Agreement, respectively). Hence, until
Definitive Securities are issued, holders of such Securities will only be able
to exercise the rights of Securityholders indirectly through DTC and its
participating organizations. See "Description of the Securities--Book-Entry
Registration" and "--Definitive Securities."
FORMATION OF THE TRUSTS
The Trusts
Each Trust will be formed under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth in
the related Prospectus Supplement pursuant to a Trust Agreement for the
transactions described in this Prospectus and each Prospectus Supplement. After
its formation, a Trust will not engage in any activity other than (i) acquiring,
holding, selling and managing the Financed Student Loans and the other assets of
the Trust and proceeds therefrom, (ii) issuing the Certificates, Notes and the
Originators' Interests, (iii) making payments thereon and (iv) engaging in other
activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the
foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith.
A Trust will initially be capitalized with equity, excluding amounts
deposited in any Reserve Account, Pre-Funding Account, Capitalized Investment
Account and Capitalized Pre-Funding Account on the Initial Closing Date,
representing the initial principal balance of the Certificates being issued on
the Initial Closing Date. Unless provided otherwise in the related Prospectus
Supplement, approximately 1% of the Certificates will be sold to Student
Holdings or such other entity as may be named in a Prospectus Supplement and the
remaining Certificates will be offered for sale in transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. The equity of a Trust, together
with the proceeds from the sale of each Series of Notes, will be used by the
related Eligible Lender Trustee in connection with its acquisition, on behalf of
the Trust, of the Financed Student Loans from the applicable Sellers pursuant to
a Sale and Servicing Agreement and to fund each deposit of the Pre-Funding
Account, if applicable. Generally, a portion of the net proceeds received from
each transfer of Financed Student Loans may be used to make a Reserve Account
Deposit or deposits into other Trust Accounts. Upon the consummation of each
such transaction, the property of a Trust will consist of (a) a pool of Financed
Student Loans, legal title to which is held by the related Eligible Lender
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, (b) all funds collected in respect thereof on or
after each Cut-off Date, (c) if specified in the related Prospectus Supplement,
all moneys and investments on deposit in the Collection Account, the Pre-Funding
Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account,
the Certificate Distribution Account, the Note Distribution Account, the Expense
Account, the Monthly Advance Account, the Reserve Account or such other accounts
specified in a Prospectus Supplement, (d) if specified in the related Prospectus
Supplement, the Note Surety Bonds, (e) if specified in the related Prospectus
Supplement, the Certificate Surety Bond issued solely for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and (f) letters of credit, insurance policies or other forms
of credit support, including but not limited to a guaranty of The Money Store
Inc., as described in the related Prospectus Supplement. The Notes will be
collateralized by the property of the related Trust (other than the Certificate
Surety Bond, if applicable, and other forms of Enhancement, if any, obtained for
the benefit of the Certificates). The Collection Account, the Pre-Funding
Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account,
the Note Distribution Account, the Expense Account, the Reserve Account and the
Monthly Advance Account, as applicable, will be maintained with and in the name
of the related Indenture Trustee or such other entity as may be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement. The Certificate Distribution Account will be maintained
with and in the name of the related Eligible Lender Trustee. To facilitate
servicing and to minimize administrative burden and expense, either the related
Master Servicer or the related Servicer will be appointed custodian of the
promissory notes representing the Financed Student Loans by the Eligible Lender
Trustee.
A Trust will use funds on deposit in a Pre-Funding Account established
for such Trust during each Funding Period to acquire Additional Student Loans,
which will constitute property of the related Trust. See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Additional Fundings." The Pool Balance will
be increased during each Funding Period by the principal amount of Additional
Student Loans conveyed to the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of
the Trust, less the principal amount of Financed Student Loans sold. Any such
conveyance of Additional Student Loans is conditioned on compliance with the
procedures described in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and Insurance
Agreement. The applicable Sellers expect that the amount of Additional Fundings
will approximate 100% of the Pre-Funded Amount by the last day of the Funding
Period identified in the related Prospectus Supplement; however, there can be no
assurance that a sufficient amount of Additional Fundings will be made by such
date. If the Pre-Funded Amount has not been reduced to zero by the end of the
Funding Period, the holders of the Class or Classes of Notes then entitled to
receive payments of principal will receive any amounts remaining in the
Pre-Funding Account as a payment of principal. See "Description of the Sale and
Servicing Agreements- -Additional Fundings."
A Trust's principal offices will be located at the address of the
applicable Eligible Lender Trustee set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
Eligible Lender Trustee
The Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust will be the entity named
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and will acquire on behalf of a Trust
legal title to all the Financed Student Loans acquired by such Trust from time
to time pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Eligible Lender Trustee
on behalf of a Trust will enter into a Guarantee Agreement with each of the
Guarantors with respect to such Financed Student Loans. The Eligible Lender
Trustee qualifies, or prior to taking title to Financed Student Loans for which
additional qualifications are necessary, will qualify, as an eligible lender and
owner of all Financed Student Loans for all purposes under the Higher Education
Act, the Public Health Service Act, the applicable Private Loan Programs and the
Guarantee Agreements. Failure of the Financed Student Loans to be owned by an
eligible lender could result in the loss of Guarantee Payments, Federal
Assistance and insurance payments from the Secretary, as the case may be, with
respect to such Financed Student Loans. See "The Financed Student Loan
Pool--Insurance of Student Loans; Guarantors of Student Loans."
USE OF PROCEEDS
After making the deposit of the Pre-Funded Amount to the Pre-Funding
Account, if established for the related Trust, the balance of the net proceeds
from the sale of Certificates and each Series of Notes ultimately will be paid
to the applicable Sellers on the related Closing Date as consideration for the
Financed Student Loans being sold or conveyed on such date. A Seller will use
such proceeds paid to it generally to make each Reserve Account Deposit,
deposits into certain other Trust Accounts, for general corporate purposes,
including the origination and/or purchase of Additional Financed Student Loans
and/or paying dividends to the Representative, which dividends the
Representative may use to to repay debt.
THE SELLERS AND THE MONEY STORE
Each Seller is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Money Store Inc., a New
Jersey corporation ("The Money Store"). The Money Store is a financial services
company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the business of originating,
purchasing, selling and servicing consumer and commercial loans of specified
types and offering related services. Loans originated by The Money Store and its
subsidiaries primarily consist of home equity loans, loans (the "SBA Loans")
guaranteed in part by the United States Small Business Administration (the
"SBA"), government guaranteed student loans and financing for new and used
vehicles.
Since 1967, The Money Store and its subsidiaries have been active in
the development of the residential home equity lending industry in the United
States. In 1979, The Money Store and its subsidiaries began to originate SBA
Loans and, based upon statistics compiled by the SBA, The Money Store believes
that during each of the last 14 SBA fiscal years it originated a greater
principal amount of SBA Loans than any other originator of such loans in the
United States. In 1984, The Money Store and Educaid entered into the government
guaranteed student loan origination market. ClassNotes was organized in 1995 to
originate, purchase, sell and service non-government guaranteed student loans.
The executive offices of each Seller are located at 3301 C Street,
Suite 100-A, Sacramento, California 95816. Their telephone number is (916)
446-5000. The executive offices of The Money Store are located in Union, New
Jersey and Sacramento, California. Its telephone number is (908) 686-2000.
THE SERVICERS
Each Seller or an affiliate thereof identified in the related Prospectus
Supplement will act as Master Servicer with respect to the Financed Student
Loans sold or contributed by it to the related Trust and generally will service
the Financed Student Loans originated by its during the Deferral Phase. Pursuant
to Sub-Servicing Agreements and except as otherwise expressly assumed by a
Seller, the Administrator or set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, PHEAA, AFSA
Data Corporation, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and/or UNIPAC Service
Corporation, or the entities set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement,
generally will service, and perform all other related tasks with respect to, all
Financed Student Loans originated by the Sellers and acquired by the applicable
Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust generally after they have entered
the Repayment Phase. Such Servicers are required to perform all services and
duties customary to the servicing of such Financed Student Loans in the same
manner as the applicable Master Servicer has serviced Financed Student Loans and
otherwise in compliance with all applicable standards and procedures. With
respect to the Purchased Loans, either the originators of the Purchased Loans,
the applicable Seller or another party will service such Purchased Loans during
both the Deferral Phase and the Repayment Phase. See "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Servicing Procedures."
THE STUDENT LOAN FINANCING BUSINESS
General
The Financed Student Loans to be sold or contributed by the Sellers to the
related Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust pursuant to a Sale and
Servicing Agreement will be selected from Financed Student Loans originated or
purchased by the Sellers and made to students enrolled in or recently graduated
from accredited institutions of higher education within the meaning of the
Higher Education Act, the Public Health Service Act and the applicable Private
Loan Programs, or, with respect to the PLEASE Program described herein, made to
students enrolled in private primary or secondary schools. The proceeds of these
loans are used by students to finance a portion of the costs of school and, in
the case of certain of the Private Loan Programs, specified related costs. It
currently is anticipated that Educaid will originate or purchase Federal Loans
and HEAL Loans and that ClassNotes will be originating or purchasing Private
Loans. Under current law, ClassNotes may not originate or purchase Federal Loans
since it is not an "Eligible Lender" as defined in the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended. If, as a result of changes in law, ClassNotes can qualify as
an Eligible Lender, ClassNotes also may originate and purchase Federal Loans and
deposit such loans into one or more Trusts.
Federal Loans. Payment of principal and interest with respect to the
Federal Loans is guaranteed against default, death, bankruptcy, disability,
school closure or false certification by the school with respect to the
applicable borrower by a Guarantor pursuant to a guarantee agreement between the
applicable Guarantor and an Eligible Lender Trustee (such agreements, each as
amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Federal Guarantee Agreements").
Each Guarantor of Federal Loans is entitled, subject to certain conditions, to
be reimbursed for 98% (or 100% for loan made prior to October 1, 1993 and all
loans filed as nondefault claims) of Federal Guarantee Payments it makes by the
Department pursuant to a program of federal reinsurance under the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (such Act, together with all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder by the Department and/or the Guarantors, the
"Higher Education Act"). In addition, an Eligible Lender Trustee, as a holder of
the Federal Loans on behalf of a Trust, is entitled to receive from the
Department certain Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments with
respect to certain of such Federal Loans as described herein. See "--Types of
Federal Loans Under the Program" and "The Financed Student Loan Pool--Insurance
of Student Loans; Guarantors of Student Loans."
HEAL Loans. The Public Health Service Act provides that the Secretary may
issue a certificate of comprehensive insurance coverage to any eligible lender
who so applies, which will insure all insurable HEAL Loans made by that eligible
lender after the date the certificate is issued until a specified cut-off date
and within limits of an aggregate maximum amount stated in the certificate. The
rights of an eligible lender under a certificate of insurance may be assigned to
another eligible lender under the Public Health Service Act (including a public
entity in the business of purchasing student loans). See "-- The HEAL Program."
Private Loans. Payment of principal and interest with respect to the
Private Loans is guaranteed against default, death, bankruptcy or disability of
the applicable borrower by a Guarantor pursuant to a guarantee agreement between
the applicable Guarantor and the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee (such
agreements, as amended or supplemented from time to time, together with the
Federal Guarantee Agreements, the "Guarantee Agreements"). The Guarantors of the
Private Loans are not entitled to reimbursement from, and the Private Loans are
not insured by, the Department, the Secretary or any other governmental agency.
See "The Private Loan Programs."
Legal title to all the Financed Student Loans that from time to time
comprise assets of a Trust will be held by the applicable Eligible Lender
Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Trust. See "Formation of the
Trust--Eligible Lender Trustee."
The description and summaries of the Higher Education Act, the Federal
Programs, the Public Health Service Act, the Private Loan Programs, the
Guarantee Agreements and the other statutes, regulations and documents referred
to in this Prospectus do not purport to be comprehensive, and are qualified in
their entirety by reference to each such statute, regulation or document. There
can be no assurance that future amendments or modifications will not materially
change any of the terms or provisions of the programs described in this
Prospectus or of the statutes and regulations implementing these programs.
However, any such amendments or modifications will be described in each
Prospectus Supplement relating to a Series of Notes to be offered after the
dates of such amendments or modifications. See "Risk Factors--Possible Changes
in Legislation."
The Federal Loan Program
General. Educaid's loan program for Federal Loans (the "Program"), provides
educational financing to students (or their parents) enrolled in or recently
graduated from accredited institutions of higher education. Educaid has been
originating loans under the Program since 1984 and has, as of September 30,
1996, originated loans under the Program in an aggregate principal amount of
approximately $2.064 billion. The Program consists of certain Federal Loans each
of which is guaranteed by a Guarantor and reinsured by the Department. As
described below, Federal Loans include "Stafford Loans," "SLS Loans," "PLUS
Loans", "Unsubsidized Stafford Loans" and "Consolidation Loans." The loan
programs under which the Purchased Loans constituting Federal Loans will be
originated are substantially similar to Educaid's Program.
Eligibility. To be eligible to obtain a loan under the Program, a student
must, among other things, (i)(a) be enrolled in, or be admitted for enrollment
in, a school that is an accredited and licensed State or nonprofit institution
of higher education and be enrolled in, or enroll in, an eligible undergraduate
or graduate degree or certificate program, be attending at least half-time and
be making satisfactory progress toward the completion of such program according
to the standards of the school, or (b) be enrolled in, or admitted for
enrollment in, an eligible degree or certificate program at an accredited and
licensed Proprietary School (i.e., a privately-owned school offering
post-secondary education and operating on a for profit basis), (ii) be a U.S.
citizen, U.S. national or eligible noncitizen, (iii) not have borrowed, together
with the loan being requested, more than the applicable annual and aggregate
limits specified from time to time under the Program, (iv) meet the applicable
"needs" requirements and agree to notify promptly the holder of the loan of any
address change and (v) not be in default on any Federal education loan or owe a
refund on a Federal educational grant (each such student, an "Eligible
Student").
Origination Process. The Higher Education Act specifies rules regarding
loan origination practices, which lenders must comply with in order for their
loans to be guaranteed and to be eligible to receive Federal assistance. Lenders
are prohibited from offering points, premiums, payments or other inducements,
directly or indirectly, to any educational institution, guarantee agency or
individual in order to secure loan applications, and no lender may conduct
unsolicited mailings of student loan applications to students who have not
previously received student loans from that lender.
With respect to all Federal Loans made under the Program (other than
Consolidation Loans discussed below), Educaid or its agent receives from a
borrower an application for a Federal Loan (which includes an executed
promissory note). Educaid reviews or causes to be reviewed each application to
confirm its completeness, to confirm that the applicant is an Eligible Student
and that such loan complies with certain other conditions of the Program.
Educaid forwards or causes to be forwarded a copy of each application (or
electronically transmits the data from such application) that satisfies the
foregoing reviews to the respective Guarantor, who reviews such application to
determine that such application satisfies all applicable conditions, including
the foregoing, for the loan to be eligible to receive Guarantee Payments,
subject to compliance with the terms of the respective Guarantee Agreements,
including the proper servicing of the loan. Upon approval of an application by
both Educaid and the respective Guarantor and receipt of evidence from such
Guarantor that the applicable loan is guaranteed, Educaid causes the proceeds of
such loan to be disbursed in one or more installments. For each loan that is
made, Educaid forwards or causes to be forwarded the completed loan application
and executed promissory note to the applicable Master Servicer, which serves as
custodian for such materials.
With respect to borrower inquiries concerning Consolidation Loans, the
applicable Servicer will contact the borrower and prepare and send to the
borrower an application (which includes a promissory note) for a Consolidation
Loan for the borrower's review and signature. Although the borrower is permitted
to choose any lender from whom he or she currently has federally guaranteed
education loans (including undergraduate loans) to make such Consolidation Loan,
borrowers typically express no preference as to the identity of the lender. In
that event, the Servicer will choose a lender based on various considerations,
which may include the lender that has the highest balance of the loans to be
consolidated or, if there is no such lender, the lender that has made the most
recent loan to the borrower to be consolidated. Pursuant to the Program, the
Servicer will be required to obtain certifications from the lenders of the loans
to be consolidated and to review the loan application and the certifications to
confirm that the borrower is eligible for a Consolidation Loan. Upon approval of
an application for a Consolidation Loan, the applicable lender will cause the
proceeds of such Consolidation Loan to be disbursed to each lender of the loans
being consolidated in amounts sufficient to retire each of such loans. For each
Consolidation Loan that is made by Educaid, the Servicer will retain the
completed loan application and executed promissory note as custodian.
Servicing and Collections Process. The Higher Education Act, the Federal
Program and the applicable Guarantee Agreements require the holder of Federal
Loans to cause specified procedures, including due diligence procedures and the
taking of specific steps at specific intervals, to be performed with respect to
the servicing of the Federal Loans that are designed to ensure that such Federal
Loans are repaid on a timely basis by or on behalf of borrowers. The Master
Servicer will perform such procedures and agrees, pursuant to a Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to perform, or cause to be performed, specified and
detailed servicing and collection procedures with respect to the Federal Loans
on behalf of a Trust. Such procedures generally include periodic attempts to
contact any delinquent borrower by telephone and by mail, commencing with a
written notice at the tenth day of delinquency and including multiple written
notices and telephone calls to the borrower thereafter at specified times during
any such delinquency. All telephone calls and letters are automatically
registered, and a synopsis of each call or the mailing of each letter is noted
in the Master Servicer's loan file for the borrower. The Master Servicer is also
required to perform, or cause to be performed, skip tracing procedures on
delinquent borrowers whose current location is unknown, including contacting
such borrowers' schools and references. Failure to comply with the established
procedures could adversely affect the ability of the related Eligible Lender
Trustee, as holder of legal title to the Federal Loans on behalf of a Trust, to
realize the benefits of any Guarantee Agreement or to receive the benefits of
Federal assistance from the Department with respect thereto. Failure to comply
with certain of the established procedures with respect to a Federal Loan may
also result in the denial of coverage under a Guarantee Agreement for certain
accrued interest amounts, in circumstances where such failure has not caused the
loss of the guarantee of the principal of such Federal Loan. See "Risk Factors--
Failure to Comply with Loan Origination and Servicing Procedures for Federal
Loans".
At prescribed times prior to submitting a claim for payment under a
Guarantee Agreement for a delinquent Federal Loan, the Master Servicer is
required to notify the applicable Guarantor of the existence of such
delinquency. These requests notify the Guarantors of seriously delinquent
accounts and allow the Guarantors to make additional attempts to collect on such
loans prior to the filing of claims. If a loan is delinquent for 180 days, the
Master Servicer is required to file a default claim with the respective
Guarantor. Failure to file a claim within 240 days of delinquency may result in
denial of the guarantee claim with respect to such Federal Loan, and failure to
file within 210 days may result in a reduction in the accrued interest included
in the claim payment. The failure by the Master Servicer to file a guarantee
claim in a timely fashion would constitute a breach of its covenants and create
an obligation of the Master Servicer to purchase the applicable Federal Loan.
See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Servicer Covenants."
Types of Federal Loans Under the Program
General. The following descriptions of the Stafford Student Loan Program,
the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan Program, the Supplemental Loans for Students
Program, the Parental Loans for Undergraduate Students Program and the
Consolidation Loan Program (such programs being collectively referred to herein
as the "Federal Programs") as authorized under the Higher Education Act are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the Higher Education Act. Since its
original enactment in 1965, the Higher Education Act has been amended and
reauthorized several times, including by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992
(the "1992 Amendments"), the Student Loan Reform Act of 1993 (the "1993
Amendments") and the Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1993 (the
"1993 Technical Amendments"). The 1992 Amendments extended the principal
provisions of the Federal Programs through October 1, 1998 (or, in the case of
borrowers who have received Federal Loans prior to that date, September 30,
2002).
There can be no assurance that the Higher Education Act or other relevant
federal or state laws, rules and regulations and the programs implemented
thereunder will not be amended or modified in the future in a manner that will
adversely impact the programs described in this Prospectus and the Federal Loans
made thereunder, or the Guarantors. In addition, existing legislation and future
measures to reduce the federal budget deficit may adversely affect the amount
and nature of federal financial assistance available with respect to these
programs. In recent years, federal budget legislation has provided for the
recovery of certain funds held by guarantee agencies in order to achieve
reductions in federal spending. There can be no assurance that future federal
budget legislation or administrative actions will not adversely affect
expenditures by the Department or the financial condition of the Guarantors.
Also, effective for student loans first disbursed after October 1, 1993,
Lenders will be assessed an up-front, user/origination fee equal to .5% of the
principal amount of the student loan.
Stafford Loans. "Stafford Loans" are loans made by eligible lenders in
accordance with the Higher Education Act to Eligible Students, based on
financial need, to finance a portion of the costs of attending an eligible
institution of higher education or a vocational school. The Higher Education Act
limits the amount of Stafford Loans that may be made to a student in any given
academic year and the amount of Stafford Loans that a student may have
outstanding in the aggregate and specifies certain payment terms, including the
interest rates that may be charged on Stafford Loans. Holders of Stafford Loans
complying with these limitations and the other conditions specified in the
Higher Education Act will be entitled to the benefits of: (i) a guarantee of the
payment of principal and interest with respect to such Stafford Loans by a
guarantee agency, which guarantee will be supported by federal reinsurance of
all or most of such guaranteed amounts as described herein; (ii) federal
interest subsidy payments equal to the interest payable on such Stafford Loans
prior to the time the borrower begins repayment of such Stafford Loans and
during any applicable Deferral Periods, together with interest on any such
amounts not paid by the Department when due ("Interest Subsidy Payments"), and
(iii) federal special allowance payments, together with interest on any such
amounts not paid by the Department when due ("Special Allowance Payments"),
during the term of such Stafford Loans in varying amounts to ensure that
interest payable on such Stafford Loans, together with these payments,
approximates current market interest rates (such federal reinsurance
obligations, together with those obligations referred to in clauses (ii) and
(iii) above, being collectively referred to herein as "Federal Assistance").
(1) Eligibility Requirements. Subject to the annual and aggregate
limits on the amount of Stafford Loans that a student can borrow discussed
below, Stafford Loans are available to eligible students in amounts not
exceeding their unmet need for financing as determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Higher Education Act.
In addition to complying with the borrower's eligibility requirements set
forth above under the caption "--The Loan Program," each Stafford Loan (i) must
be unsecured, (ii) must provide for deferral of the obligation of the borrower
to make (x) interest payments for as long as the Department makes Interest
Subsidy Payments and (y) principal payments so long as the borrower remains an
Eligible Student and thereafter during any applicable Grace Periods, Deferral
Periods or Forbearance Periods and (iii) must provide for repayment over a
period generally not to exceed 10 years (excluding any Deferral Periods or
Forbearance Periods) from the date repayment commences.
(2) Loan Limits. In order to qualify for Federal Assistance under the
Stafford Federal Student Loan Program, the Higher Education Act imposes an
annual limit on the amount of Stafford Loans and other Federal Loans that may be
made to any single student and an aggregate limit on the amount of such Federal
Loans such student may have outstanding. Under the 1992 Amendments, the annual
Stafford limit for first year students is $2,625 (except that lower limits apply
to certain short-term courses of study), increasing to $3,500 for second year
students, $5,500 for third and fourth year students, and $8,500 for graduate and
professional students. The aggregate limit is $23,000 for undergraduates and
$65,600 for graduate and professional students.
(3) Interest. Stafford Loans made to students with respect to periods
of enrollment in school commencing prior to July 1, 1988 (or thereafter to
students who had Federal Loans outstanding on such date), bear interest at
either 7%, 8% or 9% per annum, depending on the date of issuance and the
interest rate applicable to such student's outstanding Federal Loans. For the
time periods applicable to the Financed Student Loans, Stafford Loans made on or
after July l, 1988, to students with no outstanding Federal Loans on the date
such Stafford Loan is made ("new borrowers"), bear interest at rates of 8% per
annum from disbursement through four years after repayment commences and 10% per
annum thereafter, subject to a provision requiring annual discharge of principal
or rebate to the borrower to the extent that, for each quarter, the interest due
at the 10% rate (or, for Stafford Loans to such borrowers which are first
disbursed after July 23, 1992, the interest rate then applicable thereto)
exceeds the interest that would be payable at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of the average of the bond equivalent rates of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned
for that quarter (the "T-Bill Rate") plus 3.25% (or, for Stafford Loans to such
borrowers which are first disbursed after July 23, 1992, and from the date of
disbursement, 3.10%). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such discharge of
principal or rebate to a borrower will be payable if such borrower is more
than 30 days delinquent in making payments on such Stafford Loan. However,
under the 1993 Technical Amendments, lenders must convert all loans subject to
this provision to a variable rate equal to the 91-day Treasury bill rate plus
3.25% or, in the case of a loan made to a borrower with outstanding Federal
Loans under the Federal Programs after October 1, 1993, the 91-day Treasury bill
rate plus 3.1%, such conversion to take place before January 1, 1995. The
converted loans will not thereafter be subject to the rebate requirements
described above.
A Stafford Loan made on or after October 1, 1992, to a student with no
outstanding Federal Loans on the date such Stafford Loan is made, bears interest
at a variable rate based on 91-day Treasury bills plus 3.10%. A Stafford Loan
made on or after July 1, 1994 (regardless of whether the student has outstanding
Federal Loans on the date such Stafford Loan is made) will bear interest at a
variable rate equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate plus 3.10%, or 8.25%,
whichever is less.
Interest is payable on each Stafford Loan monthly in arrears until the
principal amount thereof is paid in full. However, prior to the date the
borrower begins repaying the principal of such Stafford Loan and during any
applicable Deferral Period or Grace Period, the borrower has no obligation to
make interest payments. Instead, the Department makes quarterly Interest Subsidy
Payments to the holder of the Stafford Loan on behalf of the borrower during
such periods, in amounts equal to the accrued and unpaid interest for the
previous quarter with respect to such Stafford Loan. During a Forbearance
Period, the Department will not make any Interest Subsidy Payments; instead, at
the borrower's option, interest on each Stafford Loan may be paid currently or
capitalized and added to the outstanding principal balance of such Stafford Loan
at the end of such Forbearance Period. See "--(6) Interest Subsidy Payments."
(4) Repayment. No principal and/or interest payments with respect to a
Stafford Loan are required to be made during the time a borrower remains an
Eligible Student and during the existence of an applicable Grace Period,
Deferral Period or Forbearance Period. In general, a borrower must repay each
Stafford Loan in monthly installments over a period generally not to exceed 10
years (excluding any Deferral Period or Forbearance Period) after commencement
of repayment. Any borrower may voluntarily prepay without premium or penalty any
Federal Loan and in connection therewith may waive any Grace Period or Deferral
Period. The Higher Education Act presently requires a minimum annual principal
and interest payment with respect to a Stafford Loan of $600 in the aggregate
(but in no event less than accrued interest), unless the borrower and the lender
agree to a lesser amount. The 1992 Amendments adopted several provisions that
affect loan repayment terms. These include, among others, provisions to grant
new borrowers with respect to loans for which the first disbursement is on or
after July 1, 1993, the right to choose a graduated or income-sensitive
repayment schedule.
(5) Grace Periods, Deferral Periods, Forbearance Periods. Borrowers of
Stafford Loans must generally commence repaying the loans following a period of
(a) not less than 9 months nor more than 12 months (with respect to loans for
which the applicable interest rate is 7% per annum) and (b) not more than 6
months (with respect to loans for which the applicable interest rate is in
excess of 7% per annum and for loans to first time borrowers on or after July 1,
1988) (a "Grace Period") after the borrower ceases to be an Eligible Student.
However, subject to certain conditions, no principal repayments need be made
with respect to Stafford Loans during periods when the borrower has returned to
an eligible educational institution on at least a half-time basis or is pursuing
studies pursuant to an approved graduate fellowship program and during certain
other periods (varying from six months to three years) when the borrower has
joined the military or certain volunteer organizations (for all loans made after
July 1, 1993, or loans made after such date to borrowers with loans already
outstanding on such date), for periods when the borrower is unable to secure
employment (up to three years) or for periods during which the borrower is
experiencing economic hardship (for loans made after July 1, 1993, to borrowers
with no outstanding loans on such date) (each a "Deferral Period"). The lender
may also allow, in accordance with standards and guidelines approved by the
applicable guarantor and the Department, periods of forbearance during which the
borrower may defer principal and/or interest payments because of temporary
financial hardship (a "Forbearance Period").
(6) Interest Subsidy Payments. Interest Subsidy Payments are payments
made quarterly to the holder of a qualifying Stafford Loan by the Department
with respect to those Stafford Loans as to which the applicable conditions of
the Higher Education Act have been satisfied, in an amount equal to the accrued
and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Stafford Loan
for such quarter, commencing from the date such Stafford Loan is made until the
end of the applicable Grace Period after the borrower ceases to be an eligible
student and during any applicable Deferral Period. The Department will not make
Interest Subsidy Payments during any Forbearance Period. The Higher Education
Act provides that the holder of such a qualifying Stafford Loan has a
contractual right, as against the United States, to receive Interest Subsidy
Payments from the Department (including the right to receive interest on any
Interest Subsidy Payments not timely paid). Receipt of Interest Subsidy Payments
is conditioned on compliance with the requirements of the Higher Education Act,
including satisfaction of certain need-based criteria (and the delivery of
sufficient information by the borrower and the lender to the Department to
confirm the foregoing) and continued eligibility of the Stafford Loan for
federal reinsurance. Such eligibility may be lost, however, if the loans are not
originated and serviced, or are not held by an eligible lender, in accordance
with the requirements of the Higher Education Act and the applicable guarantee
agreements. See "--(1) Eligibility Requirements"; "Risk Factors--Failure to
Comply With Loan Origination and Servicing Procedures for Federal Loans";
"Formation of the Trust--Eligible Lender Trustee" and "Description of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Servicing Procedures." Educaid expects that
each of the Stafford Loans that are part of the pool of Financed Student Loans
will be eligible to receive Interest Subsidy Payments.
(7) Special Allowance Payments. The Higher Education Act requires,
subject to certain conditions, the Department to make quarterly Special
Allowance Payments to holders of qualifying Federal Loans (including Stafford
Loans) in an amount equal to a specified percentage of the average outstanding
principal amount of each such Federal Loan during each quarter.
The percentage or rate used to determine the Special Allowance Payments
for a particular loan varies based on a number of factors, including when the
loan was disbursed and the period of enrollment with respect to which it was
made. Generally, the Special Allowance Payment with respect to a loan such as
any Federal Loan for a quarter will be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest that would be payable on such loan at a rate per annum equal
to the T-Bill Rate plus 3.10% (3.25% for loans first disbursed before October 1,
1992 and 2.50% while the borrower is in school, grace or deferment status for
loans made on or after July 1, 1995) over (ii) the stated amount of interest
payable on such loan.
The Higher Education Act provides that a holder of a qualifying loan
who is entitled to receive Special Allowance Payments has a contractual right
against the United States to receive those Special Allowance Payments (including
the right to receive interest on any Special Allowance Payments not timely
paid). Receipt of Special Allowance Payments, however, is conditioned on
compliance with the requirements of the Higher Education Act, including
satisfaction of certain need-based criteria (and the delivery of sufficient
information by the borrower and the lender to the Department to confirm the
foregoing) and continued eligibility for federal reinsurance. Such eligibility
may be lost, however, if the loans are not originated and serviced, or are not
held by an eligible lender, in accordance with the requirements of the Higher
Education Act and the applicable guarantee agreement. See "--(1) Eligibility
Requirements"; "Risk Factors --Failure to Comply With Loan Origination and
Servicing Procedures for Federal Loans"; "Formation of the Trust--Eligible
Lender Trustee" and "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Servicing Procedures." Educaid expects that each of the Stafford
Loans that are part of the pool of Financed Student Loans will be eligible to
receive Special Allowance Payments, if any are payable from time to time.
Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments are generally
received within 45 to 60 days after submission to the Department of the
applicable claims forms for any given calendar quarter, although there can be no
assurance that such payments will in fact be received from the Department within
that period. See "Risk Factors--Variability of Actual Cash Flows; Inability of
Indenture Trustee to Liquidate Financed Student Loans." The Administrator will
agree to prepare and file with the Department all such claims forms and any
other required documents or filings on behalf of the applicable Eligible Lender
Trustee as owner of the Financed Student Loans on behalf of a Trust. The
Administrator will also agree to assist an Eligible Lender Trustee in
monitoring, pursuing and obtaining such Interest Subsidy Payments and Special
Allowance Payments, if any, with respect to such Federal Loans. Except under
certain conditions described herein, the Eligible Lender Trustee will be
required to remit to the Indenture Trustee, for deposit in the Collection
Account, Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments it receives
with respect to the Federal Loans within two Business Days of receipt thereof.
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans. The Federal Loans also may include Stafford
Loans that do not qualify for Interest Subsidy Payments but otherwise qualify
for all other forms of Federal Assistance ("Unsubsidized Stafford Loans"). These
loans are identical to Stafford Loans in all material respects, except that
interest accruing thereon during periods when the borrower is in school or in a
Deferral Period or Grace Period is either paid periodically by the borrower
during such periods or added periodically to the principal balance of the loan
by the holder thereof. A borrower qualifies for an Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
if, and to the extent that, the borrower's need for a Stafford Loan, as
calculated pursuant to the Higher Education Act, is less than the maximum
Stafford Loan authorized by statute due to the borrower's expected family
contribution as calculated thereunder. As discussed below, no SLS Loans may be
made on or after July 1, 1994. As a result of this change, on July 1, 1994, the
maximum amount a single borrower may receive under the Unsubsidized Stafford
Loan program was increased by the amount such borrower could formerly have
obtained under the SLS Program.
SLS Loans. In addition to the Stafford Student Loan Program, the Higher
Education Act provides a separate program to facilitate additional loans to
graduate and professional students and independent undergraduate students. This
program is referred to as the "Supplemental Loans for Students Program" (the
"SLS Program"). The basic framework and principal provisions of the Stafford
Student Loan Program as described above are similar in many respects to those
that are applicable to loans under the SLS Program, ("SLS Loans"). In
particular, SLS Loans are subject to similar eligibility requirements and,
provided that such requirements are satisfied, are entitled to the same
guarantee and federal reinsurance arrangements. SLS Loans differ significantly
from Stafford Loans, however, in the context of the Interest Subsidy Payments
and Special Allowance Payments discussed above.
The annual and aggregate limitations that are applicable to SLS Loans
are as follows: SLS Loans to a single borrower cannot exceed $4,000 per academic
year for first year and second year students, increasing to $5,000 for third
year and fourth year students, and to $10,000 for graduate and professional
students, with aggregate limits of $23,000 for undergraduate students ($20,000
for loans first disbursed on or before July 1, 1993) and $73,000 for graduate
and professional students (exclusive of any capitalized interest) at any one
time outstanding. SLS Loans are also limited, generally, to the cost of
attendance minus other financial aid for which the borrower is eligible. A
determination of a borrower's eligibility for the Stafford Student Loan Program,
among other programs, is a condition to the making of an SLS Loan.
As specified by the Higher Education Act, the applicable interest rate
for an SLS Loan depends upon the date of issuance of the loan and the period of
enrollment for which the loan is made. The interest rate per annum for SLS Loans
made and disbursed on or after July 1, 1987 is fixed each July 1 for each
succeeding 12-month period at a rate equal to the sum of (i) the bond
equivalent rate of 52-week Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held
prior to the preceding June 1 and (ii) 3.10% (3.25% for loans first disbursed
before October 1, 1992), with a maximum rate of 11% per annum (12% for loans
first disbursed before October 1, 1992).
Although holders of SLS Loans are not entitled to receive Interest
Subsidy Payments with respect thereto, interest on such SLS Loans accrues from
the date each such SLS Loan is made and may either be paid currently by a
borrower or may be capitalized and added to the outstanding principal amount of
such SLS Loan at the time the borrower begins repayment. SLS Loans are eligible
for Special Allowance Payments only if and to the extent that the interest rate
for such SLS Loans calculated based on the 52-week Treasury bill rate referred
to above would exceed the applicable maximum interest rate. Because the basis
for determining the amount, if any, of Special Allowance Payments due to lenders
is based on the 91-day T- Bill Rate while the interest rate for SLS Loans is
based on the 52-week Treasury bill rate (which may differ from the 91-day T-Bill
Rate), there can be no assurance that any Special Allowance Payments will be due
and payable with respect to SLS Loans even though such SLS Loans are deemed to
be eligible therefor. See "--(7) Special Allowance Payments."
A borrower of an SLS Loan is required to begin repayment of the
principal of such SLS Loan within 60 days after the date the last installment of
such SLS Loan is advanced, subject to deferral so long as such borrower remains
an Eligible Student or as a result of any applicable Deferral Period or
Forbearance Period. In addition, any borrower of an SLS Loan made and advanced
after July 23, 1992, who also has Stafford Loans outstanding may defer
commencing repayment of such SLS Loan for the Grace Period applicable to such
Stafford Loans. Pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, no
SLS Loans may be made on or after July 1, 1994.
PLUS Loans. The Higher Education Act authorizes PLUS Loans to be made to
parents of eligible dependent students. The basic provisions applicable to PLUS
Loans are similar to those of Stafford Loans with respect to the involvement of
guaranty agencies and the Department in providing guarantees and federal
reinsurance on the loans. However, PLUS Loans differ significantly from Stafford
Loans, particularly because Interest Subsidy Payments are not available and in
some instances Special Allowance Payments are more restricted.
Parents of dependent students are eligible to receive PLUS Loans and may
borrow up to $4,000 per academic year per student with a maximum aggregate
amount of $20,000 per student. Pursuant to the 1992 Amendments, with respect to
PLUS Loans originated after July 1, 1993, there are no annual loan limits for
PLUS Loans. PLUS Loans, however, are limited by a formula whereby the amount
borrowed annually, when combined with the student's other loans and grants for
that year, may not exceed the student's estimated educational costs. The 1992
Amendments prohibit origination of PLUS Loans to borrowers determined, pursuant
to regulations of the Department, to have adverse credit histories for loans
with first disbursement on or after July 1, 1993.
The interest rates on a PLUS Loan depend upon the date of issuance of the
loan and the period of enrollment for which the loan is to apply. PLUS Loans
disbursed or refinanced on or after July 1, 1987 bear interest at a variable
rate which is in effect from each July 1 through June 30, which is determined on
the June 1 preceding the commencement of the interest rate period, and which is
equal to the bond equivalent rate of 52-week Treasury bills auctioned at the
final auction held prior to such June 1 plus 3.10% (3.25% for PLUS Loans
disbursed before October 1, 1992), except that such rate cannot exceed 10% (or
12% for PLUS Loans disbursed before October 1, 1992). The 1993 Amendments reduce
this interest rate ceiling to 9% for PLUS Loans made to new borrowers on or
after July 1, 1994. PLUS Loans made on or after July 1, 1998 are to bear a rate
equal to the bond equivalent rate of the U.S. Treasury security with a
comparable maturity, as established by the Department, plus 2.1% (not to exceed
9%).
Lenders are required to charge a 5% origination fee, payable to the
Department, to any borrower of a PLUS Loan made on or after October 1, 1992,
except that such fee is 3% for Plus Loans first disbursed on or after July 1,
1994.
Repayment of the principal of PLUS Loans is required to commence no later
than 60 days after the date of final disbursement of such loan, subject to
certain deferment provisions. A parent borrower may defer principal payments for
periods during which the borrower has a dependent student for whom the parent
borrowed a PLUS Loan, if such student is engaged in a qualifying educational
program, graduate fellowship program or rehabilitation training program and the
PLUS Loan was originated before July 1, 1993; a parent borrower of a PLUS Loan
made thereafter may defer principal payments only if such parent borrower is
engaged in a qualifying educational program, graduate fellowship program or
rehabilitation training program.
Interest Subsidy Payments are not available with respect to PLUS Loans.
However, the capitalization of interest is allowed during deferral periods.
Thus, the borrower and lender may agree either to capitalize interest or to have
the borrower make the interest payments during an authorized period. The annual
loan limits are not violated by any decision to capitalize interest.
Consolidation Loans. The Higher Education Act established a program to
facilitate the ability of eligible borrowers of Stafford Loans, SLS Loans and
PLUS Loans (each an "Underlying Federal Loan") to consolidate such Federal
Loans, together with such borrowers' other education loans that are made or
guaranteed by the federal government (including HEAL Loans), into a single loan
(a "Consolidation Loan"). Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set
forth in the Higher Education Act, including limitations on the timing and
payment of principal and interest with respect to Consolidation Loans and a
requirement that the proceeds of Consolidation Loans are to be used to repay the
respective Underlying Federal Loans (and any other loans consolidated
thereunder) of any borrower, each holder of a Consolidation Loan will be
entitled to the same guarantee and federal reinsurance arrangements as are
available on Stafford Loans, SLS Loans and PLUS Loans. Consolidation Loans, like
Stafford Loans, are also eligible for Interest Subsidy Payments and Special
Allowance Payments; however, for Consolidation Loan applications received by
lenders on or after August 10, 1993, the Department will no longer make Interest
Subsidy Payments on Consolidation Loans other than those loans which consolidate
only subsidized Stafford Loans. Also, as described below under "--The HEAL
Program--Consolidation of HEAL Loans," any HEAL Loan consolidated pursuant to
the provisions of the Higher Education Act will not be eligible for Special
Allowance Payments or Interest Subsidy Payments. Under this program, an eligible
borrower of Consolidation Loans means a borrower who has begun repaying, who is
in a grace period preceding repayment of, or who is a delinquent or defaulted
borrower who will, through such loan consolidation, recommence repayment of such
Underlying Federal Loans. A married couple, each of whom has outstanding
Underlying Federal Loans, may apply for and obtain a single Consolidation Loan
so long as both individuals agree to be held jointly and severally liable on
such Consolidation Loan.
Under this program, a lender may make a Consolidation Loan to an eligible
borrower at the request of the borrower if the lender holds an outstanding
Underlying Federal Loan of the borrower or the borrower certifies that he or she
has been unable to obtain a Consolidation Loan from any of the holders of the
outstanding Underlying Federal Loans of the borrower. The lender making any
Consolidation Loan will pay the amount thereof to the various lenders of the
respective Underlying Federal Loans and other loans being consolidated thereby.
A Trust may be affected by Consolidation Loans in the following way. A
Trust may own Underlying Federal Loans with respect to which an institution
other than Educaid (or Educaid, if the Pre-Funded Amount has been reduced to
less than the amount of the Consolidation Loan) makes the Consolidation Loan, in
which case such Underlying Federal Loans will be prepaid in full and such
prepayment amount will constitute Available Funds for the applicable Collection
Period. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements--Distributions."
In accordance with the Higher Education Act, Consolidation Loans may
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the interest
rates on the Underlying Federal Loans (rounded up to the nearest whole percent).
In general, a borrower must repay each Consolidation Loan in scheduled monthly
installments over a period of not more than 10 to 30 years (excluding any
Deferral Period and any Forbearance Period), depending on the original principal
amount of such Consolidation Loan. The repayment schedules for Consolidation
Loans will not exceed: 12 years for loans greater than or equal to $7,500, but
less than $10,000; 15 years for loans greater than or equal to $10,000, but less
than $20,000; 20 years for loans greater than or equal to $20,000, but less than
$40,000; 25 years for loans greater than or equal to $40,000, but less than
$60,000; and not more than 30 years for loans in excess of $60,000. Effective
July 1, 1994, Consolidation Loans for less than $7,500 will have a repayment
schedule of not more than 10 years. Borrowers may voluntarily prepay all or a
portion of any Consolidation Loan without premium or penalty. Repayment of a
Consolidation Loan must commence within 60 days after all holders of Underlying
Federal Loans have discharged the liability of the borrower thereon; provided,
however, that such repayment obligation is deferred for as long as the borrower
remains an Eligible Student and during any applicable Deferral Phase and
Forbearance Phase.
The 1993 Amendments made a number of changes to the Consolidation Loan
Program, including requiring holders of Consolidation Loans made on or after
October 1, 1993, to pay to the Department a monthly fee equal to 1.05% per
annum.
The Federal Direct Consolidation Loan Program provides borrowers with
the opportunity to consolidate outstanding student loans at interest rates
below, and income-contingent repayment terms that some borrowers may find
preferable to, those that would be available from a Seller on a Consolidation
Loan originated by such Seller under the Federal Loan Program. The availability
of such lower-rate, income- contingent loans may decrease the likelihood that a
Seller would be the originator of a Consolidation Loan with respect to borrowers
with Federal Loans, as well as increase the likelihood that a Federal Loan in a
Trust will be prepaid through the issuance of a Federal Direct Consolidation
Loan.
Proposed federal budget legislation being considered by Congress could
modify many of the provisions of the Higher Education Act. Until final
legislation is adopted, the impact on the Financed Student Loans, if any, is
impossible to determine.
The HEAL Program
General. The Public Health Service Act sets forth provisions
establishing a program to provide insured health education assistance loans
("HEAL Loans") for eligible graduate students in schools of medicine,
osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, public health,
pharmacy, chiropractic medicine or in programs in health administration,
clinical psychology or allied health. The Public Health Service Act provides for
direct federal insurance, backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States, to holders of HEAL Loans (the "HEAL Program").
The maximum amount of new loans made under the HEAL Program during
fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 may not exceed $350,000,000, $375,000,000 and
$425,000,000, respectively. Any unused ceiling during a fiscal year carries over
and is added to the ceiling established for the following fiscal year. After
fiscal year 1995, unless the HEAL Program is otherwise extended by federal law,
only those students who have previously received a HEAL Loan may receive
additional HEAL Loans for purposes of continuing or completing their educational
program or to pay interest on prior HEAL Loans received by the borrower, and the
Secretary may not insure any HEAL Loan made or installment paid after September
30, 1998. Students who had not received a HEAL Loan prior to October 1, 1995 are
not eligible to borrow under the HEAL Program. Such students may be eligible for
an increased loan limit with respect to the amount of Unsubsidized Stafford
Loans they may receive.
The Public Health Service Act is found at 42 U.S.C. Section 201, et
seq. Most provisions relating to the HEAL Program are found at 42 U.S.C.
Sections 292 through 292p. Regulations relating to the HEAL Program are found at
42 CFR Sections 60.1 through 60.61 (the "Regulations").
Proposed federal budget legislation being considered by Congress could
modify many of the provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Until final
legislation is adopted, the impact on the Financed Student Loans, if any, is
impossible to determine.
Eligible Borrowers. A student loan is eligible for insurance by the
Secretary under the Public Health Service Act if it is made to a student who (i)
is a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States or
permanent resident of certain territories of the United States, (ii) has been
accepted for enrollment or is enrolled in good standing at an "eligible
institution" (defined in the Public Health Service Act as a school of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric
medicine, pharmacy, public health, allied health or chiropractic, or a graduate
program in health administration or clinical psychology), (iii) is or will be a
full-time student, (iv) has agreed that all loan
proceeds received shall be used solely for tuition, other reasonable
educational expenses, including fees, books, supplies and equipment, and
laboratory expenses, and reasonable living and transportation expenses, (v) has
presented himself and submitted to registration under the Military Selective
Service Act, if required by such act, (vi) needs the loan to pursue his or her
course of study at the eligible institution, and (vii) in the case of a pharmacy
student, has satisfactorily completed three years of training. HEAL Loans also
may be made to certain nonstudents (such as doctors who are serving as interns
or residents) who (A) previously had a HEAL Loan, (B) is in a period of
deferment (as described herein under "--Deferment Periods") during which no
principal is required to be paid, (C) has agreed that all funds received under
the proposed HEAL Loan will be used solely to repay interest due on a previous
HEAL Loan, and (D) has presented himself and submitted to registration under the
Military Selective Service Act, if required by such act. Beginning on January 1,
1996, a student is not eligible to obtain a HEAL Loan for attendance at an
institution that has a default rate in excess of 20 percent.
(See "--Risk-Based Premiums" below.)
Eligible Institutions. In order to participate in the HEAL Program, a
school must enter into a written agreement with the Secretary in which the
school agrees to comply with the provisions of the Public Health Service Act and
the Regulations. The school must be legally authorized within a State, the
District of Columbia or certain territories of the United States to conduct a
course of study leading to one of the following degrees: (i) doctor of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, podiatric
medicine, chiropractic, or clinical psychology, (ii) Bachelor or Master of
Science in pharmacy, (iii) Masters or doctoral degree in health administration,
or (iv) graduate or equivalent degree in public health. The school must also be
accredited by a recognized agency approved for that course of study by the
Secretary of Education, except where a school is not eligible for accreditation
solely because it is too new. A new school is eligible if the Secretary of
Education determines that it can reasonably expect to be accredited before the
beginning of the academic year following the normal graduation date of its first
entering class.
Eligible Lenders. The following types of organizations are eligible to
apply to the Secretary to be eligible lenders of HEAL Loans: (i) a financial or
credit institution (including a bank, savings and loan association, credit
union, or insurance company) which is subject to examination and supervision in
its capacity as a lender by an agency of the United States or of the State in
which it has its principal place of business; (ii) a pension fund approved by
the Secretary; (iii) an agency or instrumentality of a State; (iv) an eligible
institution under the HEAL Program; and (v) a private nonprofit entity,
designated by the State, regulated by the State, and approved by the Secretary.
In addition, the following types of organizations are eligible to apply to the
Secretary to be holders of HEAL Loans: (i) public entities in the business of
purchasing student loans; (ii) the Student Loan Marketing Association; and (iii)
other eligible lenders. If an application is approved by the Secretary, eligible
lenders enter into a comprehensive contract (as described further in the
following subsections) with the Secretary pursuant to which the lender agrees to
comply with all of the laws, regulations and other requirements applicable to
its participation in the HEAL Program and the Secretary agrees to insure each
HEAL Loan held by the lender.
Certificate of Loan Insurance. The Public Health Service Act provides
that the Secretary may issue a certificate of comprehensive insurance coverage
to any eligible lender who so applies, which will insure all insurable loans
made by that eligible lender after the date the certificate is issued until a
specified cutoff date and within the limits of an aggregate maximum amount
stated in the certificate. If the Secretary determines that the eligible lender
has failed to (i) exercise reasonable care and diligence in the making and
collection of loans, (ii) make reports and statements required by the Public
Health Service Act, or (iii) pay required federal loan insurance premiums, the
Secretary is required to disqualify that lender from obtaining further insurance
on HEAL Loans until the Secretary is satisfied that such failure has ceased and
the eligible lender will comply with such requirements. The rights of an
eligible lender under a certificate of insurance may be assigned to another
eligible lender (including a public entity in the business of purchasing student
loans) or the Student Loan Marketing Association.
Annual and Aggregate Loan Limits. The total principal amount of HEAL
Loans which may be made to a student enrolled in a school of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatric
medicine may not exceed $20,000 during any academic year and may not at any time
exceed $80,000 in the aggregate. The total principal amount of HEAL Loans which
may be made to a student enrolled in a school of pharmacy, public health, allied
health, or chiropractic, or a graduate program in health administration or
clinical psychology may not exceed $12,500 during any academic year and may not
at any time exceed $50,000 in the aggregate. Checks for the proceeds of HEAL
Loans are made payable jointly to the borrower and the eligible institution in
which the borrower is enrolled.
Interest Rate. The interest rate on HEAL Loans may be calculated on a fixed
rate or variable rate basis. Whichever method is selected must continue over the
life of the loan unless the loan is consolidated (see "Consolidation of HEAL
Loans" herein). The interest rate may not exceed an annual rate equal to the
average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for
the previous quarter plus 3%, rounded to the next higher one-eighth of 1%.
Interest that is calculated on a fixed rate basis is determined for the life of
the loan during the calendar quarter in which the loan is executed, but the rate
may not exceed the maximum rate described in the preceding sentence as
determined by the Secretary for such calendar quarter. Interest that is
calculated on a variable rate basis may change every calendar quarter as the
market price of U.S. Treasury bills changes, but the rate may not exceed the
maximum rate described above.
Interest accrues from the date the loan is disbursed until the loan is paid
in full. Unpaid accrued interest may be compounded not more frequently than
semiannually and added to principal; however, a lender may postpone the
compounding of interest before the beginning of the repayment period or during
periods of deferment or forbearance and add interest to principal at the time
repayment of principal begins or resumes.
The interest rate on HEAL Loans is not subject to any federal or state
usury laws that limit the rate or amount of interest payable on loans.
Repayment Terms. HEAL Loans must provide for repayment of the principal
amount, except during a deferment period described in the following subsection,
in installments over a period of not less than 10 years (unless sooner repaid at
the borrower's option) nor more than 25 years beginning not earlier than 9
months nor later than 12 months after (i)(a) the date on which the borrower
ceases to be a participant in an accredited internship or residency program of
not more than four years in duration, (b) the borrower completes the fourth year
of an accredited internship or residency program of more than four years in
duration, or (c) the borrower, if not a participant in a program described in
clause (a) or (b) above, ceases to carry the normal full-time academic workload
as determined by the eligible institution, or (ii) the date on which a borrower
who is a graduate of an eligible institution ceases to be a participant in a
fellowship training program not in excess of two years or a participant in a
full-time educational activity not in excess of two years, which (a) is directly
related to the health profession for which the borrower prepared at an eligible
institution, as determined by the Secretary, and (b) may be engaged in by the
borrower during such a two-year period which begins within 12 months after the
completion of the borrower's participation in a program described in clauses
(i)(a) or (b) above or prior to the completion of the borrower's participation
in such program. Except for deferment periods (as described in the following
subsection), the payments made on all outstanding HEAL Loans by a borrower
during any year must be at least equal to the annual interest on the outstanding
principal (unless the borrower agrees in writing to make payments during any
year or any repayment period in a lesser amount), and lenders and holders of
HEAL Loans must offer borrowers graduated loan repayment schedules that, during
the first five years of loan repayment, are based on the borrower's
debt-to-income ratio.
Any deferment period (as described in the following subsection) is not
included in the maximum 25 year total loan repayment period, but in no event may
the period of the loan exceed 33 years from the date of execution of the note or
written agreement evidencing the loan.
Deferment Periods. All HEAL Loans must provide that periodic installments
of principal and interest need not be paid, but interest will accrue and be
added to principal if not paid, during any "deferment period" which is described
in the Public Health Service Act as any period (i) during which the borrower is
pursuing a full-time course of study at an eligible institution under the Public
Health Service Act (or at an institution defined by section 481(a) of the Higher
Education Act); (ii) not in excess of four years during which the borrower is a
participant in an accredited internship or residency program (including any
period in such program in which the borrower ceases to be a participant or the
borrower completes the fourth year of such program which has a duration of
greater than four years); (iii) not in excess of three years during which the
borrower is (a) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, (b) in
service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act, (c) a member of the National
Health Service Corps, (d) in service as a full-time volunteer under Title I of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or (c) practicing primary care and
has completed an accredited internship or residency training program in
osteopathic general practice, family medicine, general internal medicine,
preventive medicine, or general pediatrics; (iv) not in excess of one year for
borrowers who are graduates of chiropractic schools; (v) any period not in
excess of two years which is described in clause (ii) of the first paragraph of
the preceding subsection.
Forbearance. Forbearance is defined in the Regulations as "an extension of
time for making loan payments or the acceptance of smaller payments than were
previously scheduled to prevent a borrower from defaulting on his or her payment
obligations". Provided that the borrower and the lender execute a written
agreement of forbearance, a lender or holder must grant forbearance whenever the
borrower is temporarily unable to make scheduled payments on a HEAL Loan and the
borrower continues to repay the loan in an amount commensurate with his or her
ability to repay the loan. Each forbearance period may not exceed six months,
and the total period of forbearance (with or without interruption) may not
exceed two years (except under certain circumstances approved by the Secretary).
No Endorsement or Security Permitted. All HEAL Loans are made directly to
the student without security and without endorsement (unless the student is a
minor and applicable law requires an endorsement to create a binding
obligation). Endorsement is defined in the Regulations to mean the signature of
anyone other than the borrower who is to assume either primary or secondary
liability on the note.
Consolidation of HEAL Loans. HEAL Loans may be consolidated, but the lender
or holder must first inform the borrower of the effect of the consolidation on
the interest rate (as described in the following sentence) and explain to the
borrower that he or she is not required to agree to the consolidation. The
maximum interest rate on a consolidation loan may not exceed the maximum rate as
determined by the Secretary (and described herein under "--Interest Rate") for
the calendar quarter during which the consolidation loan is made. HEAL Loans
also may be consolidated with a borrower's outstanding Federal Loans; however,
unlike most Federal Loans, HEAL Loans consolidated pursuant to the provisions of
the Higher Education Act will not be eligible for Special Allowance Payments or
Interest Subsidy Payments.
Default of Borrower. Upon default by the borrower of a HEAL Loan and after
substantial collection efforts (including the commencement and prosecution of an
action against the borrower unless the amount of such loan was made in an amount
less than $2,500 or the Secretary determines that the eligible lender or holder
of the loan has made reasonable efforts to serve process on the borrower and has
been unsuccessful with respect to such efforts or the prosecution of such an
action would be fruitless because of the financial or other circumstances of the
borrower), the Secretary is required to pay to the beneficiary the amount of the
loss sustained by the insured. The United States is subrogated for all of the
rights of the holder of the defaulted obligation and is entitled to an
assignment of the note or other evidence of the insured loan by the beneficiary.
Any federal or state statutes of limitations do not apply to any HEAL Loan which
has been assigned to the Secretary.
The Regulations define default as "the persistent failure of the borrower
to make a payment when due or to comply with other terms of the note or other
written agreement evidencing a loan under circumstances where the Secretary
finds it reasonable to conclude that the borrower no longer intends to honor the
obligation to repay the loan." In the case of loans payable in monthly
installments, such failure to pay must have persisted for at least 120 days. In
the case of loans payable in less frequent installments, such failure to pay
must have persisted for at least 180 days. If the lender or holder determines
that it is not appropriate to commence and prosecute an action against a default
borrower, it must file a default claim with the Secretary within 30 days after a
loan has been determined to be in default. The lender must also have requested
preclaim assistance from the Public Health Service before the Secretary will pay
a default claim.
In an effort to collect on defaulted HEAL Loans, payments to a borrower
under any federal law (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid) for health services rendered
by a borrower in default on an outstanding HEAL Loan are required to be reduced,
after notice and opportunity for a hearing, up to the amount of the remaining
balance on such defaulted HEAL Loans.
Death or Disability of Borrower. The Secretary will pay the outstanding
balance on any HEAL Loan of a borrower who dies or becomes permanently and
totally disabled. The Regulations state that a borrower is permanently and
totally disabled if the borrower is "unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity because of a medically determinable impairment which the Secretary
expects to continue for a long and indefinite period of time or to result in
death". A lender or holder must file a death or disability claim with the
Secretary within 30 days after such lender or holder receives documentation of
the borrower's death or 30 days after the lender or holder has been notified
that the Secretary has determined the borrower to be permanently and totally
disabled.
Discharge in Bankruptcy. A HEAL Loan may be released by a discharge in
bankruptcy under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code but only if such discharge is granted
(i) after the expiration of the seven-year period beginning on the first date
the borrower of the HEAL Loan is required to commence repayment, (ii) upon a
finding of the Bankruptcy Court that not discharging such debt would be
unconscionable, and (iii) upon the condition that the Secretary has not waived
his rights to reduce payments made to a borrower for health services rendered
under any federal law as further described in the second paragraph of the
subsection entitled "Default of Borrower".
Risk-Based Premiums. The Secretary assesses a risk-based premium to an
eligible borrower and, in certain circumstances, an eligible institution, on all
HEAL Loans based on the "default rate" (as defined below) of the eligible
institution the eligible borrower attends. The Public Health Service Act
establishes three rate levels known as the "low-risk rate", the "medium-risk
rate", and the "high-risk rate" which are further described as follows:
Low-Risk Rate: Applies to an eligible borrower seeking
a HEAL Loan for attendance at an eligible
institution with a default rate of not
greater than five percent. The premium
assessed to such eligible borrower is equal
to six percent of the principal amount of
the loan. No premium is assessed to the
eligible institution.
Medium-Risk Rate: Applies to an eligible borrower seeking
a HEAL Loan for attendance at an eligible
institution with a default rate grater than
five percent but not greater than ten
percent. The premium assessed to such
eligible borrower is equal to eight percent
of the principal amount of the loan, and the
premium assessed to the eligible
institution is equal to five percent of the
principal amount of the loan.
High-Risk Rate: Applies to an eligible borrower seeking
a HEAL Loan for attendance at an eligible
institution with a default rate greater than
ten percent but not greater than 20
percent. The premium assessed to such
eligible borrower is equal to eight percent
of the principal amount of the loan, and the
premium assessed to the eligible
institution is equal to ten percent of the
principal amount of the loan.
The risk-based premium to any eligible borrower is reduced by 50 percent if a
credit worthy parent or other responsible party co-signs the loan note.
Any eligible institution in which the medium-risk rate or the high-risk
rate applies is required to submit to the Secretary for approval an annual
default management plan that specifies the short-term and long-term procedures
the institution will incorporate to minimize defaults on HEAL Loans. Students
attending eligible institutions with a default rate greater than 20 percent are
not eligible to receive a HEAL Loan. The Secretary may consider mitigating
circumstances prior to making such institution ineligible for the HEAL Program.
The "default rate" is defined in the Public Health Service Act to mean
the percentage determined by the ratio of (i) the principal amount of HEAL Loans
(A) that are made with respect to such eligible institution and that entered
repayment status after April 7, 1987; and (B) for which amounts have been paid
to insurance beneficiaries due to the default of the borrower, excluding any
loan which has been discharged in bankruptcy or for which the borrower begins
payments to the Secretary after the loan has been assigned to the Secretary as a
result of the Secretary making an insurance payment on such loan, by (ii) the
total principal amount of HEAL Loans that are made with respect to such eligible
institution and that entered repayment status after April 7, 1987.
Insurance Account. The Public Health Service Act established an
insurance account, which is available without fiscal year limitation to the
Secretary for making payments in connection with the collection and default of
HEAL Loans. All amounts received by the Secretary as premium charges for
insurance and as receipts, earning, or proceeds derived from any claim or other
assets acquired by the Secretary in connection with the HEAL Program are
deposited in such account. All payments in connection with the default of HEAL
Loans are paid from such account. The Public Health Service Act also provides
that in the event moneys in such account are insufficient to make payments in
connection with the collection or default of any HEAL Loan, the Secretary of the
Treasury may lend such amounts as may be necessary to make the payments in such
insurance account, subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
The Private Loan Programs
General. It is expected that the Private Loans primarily will be originated
under one or more of the following Private Loan Programs: (i) the Option 4
Program, (ii) the TERI Alternative Program and the PEP Program, (iii) the PLEASE
Program and (iv) the PAL Program. The Private Loans may, to a lesser extent, be
originated under other Private Loan Programs that will be identified in the
related Prospectus Supplement. As of the date of this Prospectus, ClassNotes
does not originate loans under a Private Loan Program. Therefore, until such
time, if any, as ClassNotes originates loans under one or more Private Loan
Programs, all Private Loans sold to a Trust by ClassNotes will be Purchased
Loans. The following is a brief description of the Private Loan Programs
identified above.
Option 4 Program. The Option 4 Program is a private loan program
established by United Student Aid Funds, Inc. ("USAF") and designed to help full
time students from families who are not eligible for Federal Loans, HEAL Loans
or other federal grants or loans or, if eligible, need to borrow additional
funds to finance their college educations. USAF is a private non-profit
corporation located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Parents of full-time students enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an
accredited college or university are eligible to apply for a loan under the
Option 4 Program ("Option 4 Loans"). In general, applicants are required to have
an annual income of at least $15,000 and a monthly debt burden, including the
Option 4 Loan, of no greater than 40% of all monthly income. Eligible borrowers
of an Option 4 Loan may borrow from $2,000 up to $10,000 per academic year for
up to five years. However, the amount of the Option 4 Loan plus other financial
aid received by a student may not exceed the cost of education, as determined by
the school. A 4% guarantee fee is deducted from the loan proceeds.
The interest rate on Option 4 Loans varies and is indexed to the average
quarterly bond equivalent rate of the 91 day U.S. Treasury Bills plus 3.50%,
subject to a maximum rate of 18%. The interest rate is adjusted on the first day
of February, May, August and November of each year.
Borrowers of Option 4 Loans may elect between two repayment plans. Under
the standard plan, borrowers begin repayment of principal and interest within 45
days of disbursement of the loan. Under the deferred principal repayment plan,
borrowers may defer principal payments and make interest only payments while the
student is in school. Principal and interest payments will begin 45 days after
the student graduates or leaves school, or earlier if requested by the borrower.
Borrowers may take up to 15 years to repay. The minimum monthly payment, once
principal and interest payments begin, is the greater of $50 or the amount that
will result in loan repayment within the 15 year limit. Option 4 Loans may be
prepaid at any time without penalty.
Each Option 4 Loan is funded by a lender selected by USAF and is guaranteed
by USAF. Currently, all Option 4 Loans are serviced by Educational Loan
Servicing Center, Inc., an affiliate of USAF.
TERI Alternative Program. The TERI Alternative Program is a private loan
program established by The Education Resources Institute ("TERI") and designed
to offer loans to students enrolled in nationally or regionally accredited 2- to
4-year degree-granting institutions in the United States and Canada. TERI is a
private non-profit corporation headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. To be
eligible for a loan under the TERI Alternative Program ("TERI Alternative
Loans"), a student must be deemed creditworthy or provide a creditworthy
co-borrower with a two-year credit history and a debt-to-income ratio not to
exceed 40%. Also at least one applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a certified
permanent resident of the United States.
In determining whether a student or co-borrower is creditworthy, a
credit bureau report is obtained for each applicant, including the student. A
satisfactory credit history is defined as making continuous and prompt payment
on all credit obligations such as mortgages, personal loans, credit cards, auto
loans, and especially, education loans. There should be no record of charged off
loans within the past five years nor a record of foreclosure, repossession, open
judgment or suit, unpaid tax lien, unpaid prior education loan defaults or other
negative public record items in the past seven years. There should not be a
record of bankruptcy within the past 10 years (exceptions may be granted where
the applicant provides written documentation demonstrating that the
circumstances leading up to the bankruptcy were beyond the applicant's control).
Eligible borrowers of a TERI Alternative Loan may borrow from $2,000 up to
the cost of education, less any financial aid received per academic year. A 5%
guarantee fee is deducted from the loan proceeds.
The interest rate on TERI Alternative Loans varies depending upon the
lender. Several lenders currently offer a fixed rate. The remaining lenders
offer variable rates ranging from the prime rate plus 1.5% to the prime rate
plus 2.0%.
The TERI Alternative loan may be repaid in up to 25 years, depending on the
total amount borrowed. Repayment of the TERI Alternative Loan begins within 45
days after the disbursement date. However, deferment of principal is allowed for
up to four years, with only interest being paid, while the student is in school.
Payment of principal and interest begins within 45 days of graduation or
withdrawal from school. Once principal payments commence, the monthly principal
and interest payment remains fixed throughout the life of the loan. Therefore,
for variable rate loans fluctuations in the interest rate are reflected in the
length of the repayment term, not the monthly amount, unless an increase in the
monthly amount is needed to keep the repayment period within 25 years. TERI
Alternative Loans may be prepaid at any time without penalty.
Each TERI Alternative Loan is funded by one of the banks participating in
the TERI Alternative Program and is guaranteed by TERI. TERI guarantees payment
of 100% of the principal (including any interest or fees capitalized from time
to time) and accrued interest for each TERI Alternative Loan as to which any one
of the following events has occurred:
(a) failure by the borrower thereof to make monthly principal
or interest payments on such TERI Alternative Loan when due,
provided such failure continues for a period of 120 days;
(b) any filing by or against the borrower thereof of
a petition in bankruptcy pursuant to any chapter of
the Federal bankruptcy code, as amended;
(c) the death of the borrower thereof; or
(d) the total and permanent disability of the borrower thereof
to be employed on a full-time basis, as certified by two
qualified physicians.
TERI's guarantee obligations with respect to any TERI Alternative Loan is
conditioned upon certain conditions, including, but not limited to, the
following: (i) the origination and servicing of the such TERI Alternative Loans
being performed in accordance with the TERI Alternative Program and other
applicable requirements, (ii) the timely payment to TERI of all guarantee fees
payable with respect to such TERI Alternative Loan, (iii) the timely submission
to TERI of all required pre-claim delinquency status notifications and of the
claim with respect to such TERI Alternative Loan and (iv) the transfer and
endorsement of the promissory note evidencing such TERI Alternative Loan to TERI
upon and in connection with making a claim to receive guarantee payments
thereon. Failure to comply with any of the applicable conditions, including the
foregoing, may result in the refusal of TERI to honor its guarantee obligations
with respect to such TERI Alternative Loan. In addition, in the event that any
TERI Alternative Loan is determined to be unenforceable because the terms of
such TERI Alternative Loan or the forms of the application or promissory note
related thereto violate any provisions of applicable state law, TERI's guarantee
obligation is reduced to 50% of principal (including capitalized interest and
fees) and accrued interest with respect to such TERI Alternative Loan. Under a
Sale and Servicing Agreement, such failure to comply or such unenforceability
would constitute a breach of ClassNotes' covenants, representation and/or
warranties, as the case may be, and would create an obligation of ClassNotes to
purchase such TERI Alternative Loan. See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements -- Sale of Financed Student Loans; Representations and
Warranties" and "--Master Servicer Covenants".
TERI, as a guarantor of Private Loans, is not entitled to any federal
reinsurance or assistance from the Department. Although TERI maintains a loan
loss reserve intended to absorb losses arising from its guarantee commitments,
there can be no assurance that the amount of such reserve will be sufficient to
cover the obligations of TERI over the term of the TERI Alternative Loans.
PEP Program. The PEP Program is a private loan program established by TERI
and designed to offer loans ("PEP Loans") to graduate and professional school
students enrolled at least half-time in an accredited 2- to 4-year
degree-granting institution in the United States and Canada. The underwriting
standards for the PEP Program are substantially the same as described above for
the TERI Alternative Program.
Eligible borrowers of PEP Loans may borrow up to $7,500 or $20,000 on a
student's good credit history, or up to $20,000 with a creditworthy co-borrower.
Law students can borrow up to $12,000 on their own signature. The aggregate
total amount of borrowings is based on future income projections, with an
aggregate total of $80,000 with a co-borrower. A 9% guarantee fee (6% with a
co-borrower) is deducted from the loan proceeds.
The interest rates on PEP Loans vary by lender, but under current
guidelines cannot exceed the prime rate plus 2.0%. PEP loans may be repaid in up
to 20 years, depending on the total amount borrowed. Repayment of the PEP Loan
begins within 45 days after the disbursement date. Further, both principal and
interest may be deferred for up to 4 1/2 years while the student is in school
(any such deferred interest will be capitalized and added to principal). Medical
students may request a second deferment on the new principal balance while
completing their internship or residency (with a maximum deferment of 8 1/2
years). Once principal payments commence, the monthly principal and interest
payment remains fixed throughout the life of the loan. Therefore, for variable
rate loans fluctuations in the interest rate are reflected in the length of the
repayment term, not the monthly amount, unless an increase in the monthly amount
is needed to keep the repayment period within 20 years. PEP Alternative Loans
may be prepaid at any time without penalty.
Each PEP Loan is funded by one of the banks participating in the PEP
Program and is guaranteed by TERI. TERI's guarantee obligations under the PEP
Program are substantially the same as its guarantee obligations described above
for the TERI Alternative Program.
PLEASE Program. Parent Loans for Elementary and Secondary Education is a
private loan program established by TERI and designed to offer loans ("PLEASE
Loans") to borrowers interested in financing the education expense of a student
associated with attendance at a private primary or secondary school. The
underwriting standards for the PLEASE Program are substantially the same as
described for the TERI Alternative Program.
Eligible borrowers of PLEASE Loans may borrow up to the cost of education
less any financial aid with a maximum amount borrowed of $20,000 per school
year. The minimum amount borrowed is $1,000. The aggregate total amount of
borrowings is $80,000. A 6% guarantee fee is deducted from the loan proceeds.
Application fees and interest rates on PLEASE Loans vary by lender, but the
interest rate cannot under current guidelines exceed the prime rate plus 2.0%.
PLEASE loans may be repaid in up to 10 years, depending on the total amount
borrowed. Immediate repayment of principal and interest payments on the PLEASE
Loan begins within 45 days after the disbursement date. Variable rate loan
fluctuations in the interest rate are reflected in the length of the repayment
term, not the monthly amount, unless an increase in the monthly amount is needed
to keep the repayment period within 10 years. PLEASE Loans may be prepaid at any
time without penalty.
Each PLEASE Loan is funded by one of the lenders participating in the
PLEASE Program and is guaranteed by TERI. TERI's guarantee obligations under the
PLEASE Program are substantially the same as its guarantee obligations described
for the TERI Alternative Program.
PAL Program. The PAL Program is a private loan program established by HEMAR
Insurance Corporation of America ("HICA") designed to offer loans ("PAL Loans")
to meet the educational financing needs of students enrolled in a four-year
collegiate or graduate degree granting educational institution which has been
approved for participation in the PAL Program by HICA. The underwriting
standards for the PAL Program are substantially the same as described above for
the TERI Alternative Program.
Eligible borrowers of PAL Loans may borrow from $1,000 up to a maximum
annual limit of the lesser of (i) the student's estimated cost of attendance for
the loan period less the estimated amount of assistance that a school is aware a
student has been or will be awarded in federal, state or private scholarships or
loan programs and (ii) the amount of allowable debt after a credit analysis is
performed. A 6% guarantee fee is deducted from the loan proceeds.
The interest rate on PAL Loans varies depending on the lender. PAL Loans
may be repaid in up to 20 years. Repayment of the PAL Loan may begin immediately
after the disbursement date. Both principal and interest may be deferred for up
to the earlier of (i) six months after the date the borrower ceases to be at
least a half-time student or (ii) 5 years after the borrower's first
disbursement of a PAL Loan (any such deferred interest will be capitalized and
added to principal). PAL Loans may be prepaid at any time without penalty.
Each PAL Loan is funded by one of the banks participating in the PAL
Program and is guaranteed by HICA. If a borrower defaults on a PAL Loan, HICA
will pay the lender 100% of the unpaid principal (including any interest or fees
capitalized from time to time) and accrued interest. However, HICA's guarantee
obligations with respect to any PAL Loan is conditioned upon certain conditions,
including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the timely payment to HICA of
all guarantee fees payable with respect to such PAL Loan, (ii) the origination,
servicing and collection of such PAL Loan being performed in accordance with the
PAL Program, (iii) the timely submission to HICA of the executed surety
certificate, a complete payment history and a complete collection efforts
history, and (iv) the transfer and endorsement of the original executed note
evidencing such PAL Loan. Failure to comply with any of the applicable
conditions, including the foregoing, may result in the refusal of HICA to honor
its guarantee obligations with respect to such PAL Loan.
THE FINANCED STUDENT LOAN POOL
The pool of Financed Student Loans will include the Financed Student Loans
acquired by the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust from
time to time as of the applicable Cut-off Date and, if set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, any Additional Student Loans acquired by the applicable
Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust from the Sellers during the
applicable Funding Period.
The Financed Student Loans will be selected from the Sellers' portfolios of
Federal Loans, HEAL Loans and Private Loans (including Purchased Loans) by
several criteria, including the following: each Financed Student Loan (i) was or
will be originated in the United States or its territories or possessions under
and in accordance with the Federal Program, the HEAL Program or the applicable
Private Loan Program, as the case may be, to, or on behalf of, a student who has
graduated or is expected to graduate from an accredited institution of higher
education within the meaning of the Higher Education Act, a Proprietary School
or, with respect to PLEASE Loans, to, or on behalf of, a student who is enrolled
in private primary or secondary schools, (ii) contains terms in accordance with
those required by the applicable Program, the Guarantee Agreements and other
applicable requirements, and (iii) is not more than 90 days past due as of the
related Cut-off Date. The relative percentages of each type of Financed Student
Loan, as well as the relative percentages of Financed Student Loans originated
by a Seller and Purchased Loans, to be included in the pool of Financed Student
Loans will be determined from time to time by the Sellers. No selection
procedures believed by the Sellers to be adverse to the Securityholders will be
used in selecting the Financed Student Loans.
The Additional Student Loans to be conveyed to the applicable Eligible
Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust during each Funding Period are required to
comply with the criteria set forth above. See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Additional Fundings."
In addition to the criteria described in the preceding paragraphs, an
applicable Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement may require certain
other characteristics for the Additional Student Loans. However, following each
transfer of Additional Student Loans to an Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of
a Trust, the aggregate characteristics of the entire pool of Financed Student
Loans, including the composition and type of the Financed Student Loans, the
distribution by weighted average interest rate and the distribution by principal
amount to be described in tables included in each Prospectus Supplement, may
vary significantly from those of the Financed Student Loans, if any, previously
transferred to such Trust. In addition, the distribution by weighted average
interest rate applicable to the Financed Student Loans on any date following the
related Cut-off Date may vary significantly from that set forth in the tables
included in the related Prospectus Supplement as a result of variations in the
effective rates of interest applicable to the Financed Student Loans. Moreover,
the information included in the related Prospectus Supplement with respect to
the original term to maturity and remaining term to maturity of Financed Student
Loans as of the related Cut-off Date may vary significantly from the actual term
to maturity of any of the Financed Student Loans as a result of the granting of
deferral and forbearance periods with respect thereto.
Each Prospectus Supplement will set forth, as of the related Cut-off Date,
with respect to the Pool Balance of a Trust upon the issuance of the related
Series of Notes, the composition of the Financed Student Loans, the distribution
by loan type, the distribution by interest rates, the distribution by
outstanding principal balance, the distribution by remaining term to scheduled
maturity and the distribution by borrower payment status.
Each of the Federal Loans and HEAL Loans provides or will provide for the
amortization of the outstanding principal balance of such Financed Student Loan
over a series of regular payments. Each regular payment consists of an
installment of interest which is calculated on the basis of the outstanding
principal balance of such Financed Student Loan multiplied by the applicable
interest rate and further multiplied by the period elapsed (as a fraction of a
calendar year) since the preceding payment of interest was made. As payments are
received in respect of such Financed Student Loan, the amount received is
applied first to interest accrued to the date of payment and the balance is
applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance. Accordingly, if a borrower pays
a regular installment before its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment
allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will
be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the
portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be
correspondingly greater. Conversely, if a borrower pays a monthly installment
after its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest
for the period since the preceding payment was made will be greater than it
would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the
payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly
less. In either case, subject to any applicable Deferral Periods or Forbearance
Periods, the borrower pays a regular installment until the final scheduled
payment date, at which time the amount of the final installment is increased or
decreased as necessary to repay the then outstanding principal balance of such
Financed Student Loan. The Private Loans may contain different amortization
provisions.
Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions
The rate of payment of principal of the Notes and the Certificates and the
yield on the Notes and the Certificates will be affected by (i) prepayments of
the Financed Student Loans that may occur as described below, (ii) the sale by
the related Trust of Financed Student Loans, (iii) the application of Additional
Principal Payments, if any, and (iv) the issuance by a Trust of additional
Securities. All the Financed Student Loans are prepayable in whole or in part by
the borrowers at any time (including by means of Consolidation Loans and Serial
Loans as discussed below) and may be prepaid as a result of default, death,
disability, bankruptcy, school closing or false certification by the school, and
subsequent liquidation or collection of Guarantee Payments with respect thereto.
The rate of such prepayments cannot be predicted and may be influenced by a
variety of economic, social and other factors, including those described below.
In general, the rate of prepayments may tend to increase to the extent that
alternative financing becomes available at prevailing interest rates which fall
significantly below the interest rates applicable to the Financed Student Loans.
However, because many of the Financed Student Loans bear interest at a rate that
either actually or effectively is floating, it is impossible to determine
whether changes in prevailing interest rates will be similar to or vary from
changes in the interest rates on the Financed Student Loans. To the extent
borrowers of Financed Student Loans elect to borrow Consolidation Loans, or a
Trust sells Serial Loans, such Financed Student Loans will be prepaid; provided,
however, that if the related Seller makes any such Consolidation Loan during the
Funding Period, if applicable (in which event such Seller will then sell that
Consolidation Loan to the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee, to the extent that
funds are available in the Pre-Funding Account for the purchase thereof), the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of Financed Student Loans (after giving
effect to the addition of such Consolidation Loan) will be at least equal to and
in most cases greater than such balance prior to such prepayment. See "The
Student Loan Financing Business--Federal Loans Under the Program--Consolidation
Loans." There can be no assurance that the applicable Seller rather than another
institution will make any particular Consolidation Loan with respect to
borrowers with Financed Student Loans or that borrowers will not choose to
obtain a consolidation loan under the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. In
addition, a Seller is obligated to purchase any Financed Student Loan pursuant
to a Sale and Servicing Agreement as a result of a breach of any of its
representations and warranties, and the applicable Master Servicer is obligated
to purchase any Financed Student Loan pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement
as a result of a breach of certain covenants with respect to such Financed
Student Loan, in each case where such breach materially adversely affects the
interests of the Certificateholders or the Noteholders in that Financed Student
Loan and is not cured within the applicable cure period (it being understood
that any such breach that does not affect any Guarantor's obligation to
guarantee payment of such Financed Student Loan will not be considered to have a
material adverse effect for this purpose). See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Sale of Financed Student Loans; Representations and
Warranties" and "--Servicer Covenants." See also "--Termination" regarding the
Sellers' option to purchase the Financed Student Loans of a Trust when the
aggregate Pool Balance of such Trust is less than or equal to 10% of the
applicable Aggregate Pool Balance and "--Insolvency Event" regarding the sale of
Financed Student Loans if a Seller Insolvency Event occurs.
Scheduled payments with respect to, and maturities of, the Financed Student
Loans may be extended, including pursuant to Grace Periods, Deferral Periods
and, under certain circumstances, Forbearance Periods or as a result of
refinancings through Consolidation Loans to the extent such Consolidation Loans
are sold to the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust as
described above. In that event, the fact that such Consolidation Loans will
likely have longer maturities than the Financed Student Loans they are replacing
may lengthen the remaining term of the Financed Student Loans and the average
life of the Notes and the Certificates of the related Trust. The rate of payment
of principal of the Notes and the Certificates and the yield on the Notes and
the Certificates may also be affected by the rate of defaults resulting in
losses on Financed Student Loans, by the severity of those losses and by the
timing of those losses, which may affect the ability of the Guarantors to make
Guarantee Payments with respect thereto.
If set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, amounts otherwise required to be
deposited into the Reserve Account, if established, may be applied as an
Additional Principal Payment to the Class of Notes then entitled to receive
payments of principal (or, after all Classes of Notes have been paid in full,
the Certificates).
Each Trust may issue, from time to time, several Series and Classes of
Securities. The payment priorities of each Series and Class will be described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such priorities may provide that a
subsequently issued Class of Notes receive payments of principal prior to a
previously issued Class of Notes, even if such previously issued Class of Notes
had been receiving payments of principal. However, each Class of Securities will
be payable in full by its Final Maturity Date.
If a Note Surety Bond or Certificate Surety Bond has been issued with
respect to a Class of Notes or the Certificates, the related Surety Provider
will generally be required on the Final Maturity Date relating to a Class of
Notes or the Certificates (after giving effect to all distributions to be made
on each such date), pursuant to the applicable Note Surety Bond or Certificate
Surety Bond, to provide an amount equal to all unpaid principal and interest
payable in respect of the related Class of Notes or the Certificates (other than
Noteholders' Interest Carryover and Certificateholders' Interest Carryover). If
the Surety Provider fails to satisfy such obligations, the affected
Securityholders would likely incur losses. In addition, the maturity of many of
the Financed Student Loans will extend well beyond the final Maturity Date of
certain Classes of Notes.
The rate of prepayment on the Financed Student Loans cannot be predicted,
and any reinvestment risks resulting from a faster or slower incidence of
prepayment of Financed Student Loans or a faster or slower incidence of sales by
the Trust will be borne entirely by the Securityholders. Such reinvestment risks
may include the risk that interest rates and the relevant spreads above
particular interest rate bases are lower at the time Securityholders receive
payments from the related Trust than such interest rates and such spreads would
otherwise have been had such prepayments not been made or had such prepayments
been made at a different time.
Insurance of Student Loans; Guarantors of Federal Loans
General. Each Federal Loan is required to be guaranteed as to principal and
interest by a Guarantor and reinsured by the Department under the Higher
Education Act and must be eligible for Special Allowance Payments and, with
respect to each Financed Student Loan that is not an SLS Loan, PLUS Loan or
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Interest Subsidy Payments paid by the Department.
Federal Reinsurance. Under the Higher Education Act, each Guarantor is
reimbursed by the Department pursuant to certain agreements between the
Department and such Guarantor for amounts paid under its Guarantee Agreement.
The amount of reimbursement by the Department for Federal Loans for each fiscal
year commencing October 1 varies for each Guarantor depending on the annual
claims rate for that Guarantor (i.e., the dollar amount of reimbursement claims
filed by that Guarantor during that fiscal year as a percentage of the
outstanding aggregate principal amount at the end of the preceding fiscal year
of those Federal Loans it guarantees whose borrowers were repaying such Federal
Loans at the end of the preceding fiscal year) as follows:
Claims Rate Reimbursement to Guarantor by the
of Guarantor Department of Education (1)
0% to and including 5% 100%
Greater than 5% to and including 9% 100% of claims to and
including 5%; 90% of
claims greater than 5%
Greater than 9% 100% of claims to and
including 5%; 90% of
claims greater than 5% to
and including 9%; and 80%
of claims greater than 9%
(1) Each of the reimbursement percentages listed above is
reduced by two percentage points for a loan made on
or after October 1, 1993.
The claims experience for any Guarantor is not accumulated from year to
year for purposes of this test but is determined solely on the basis of claims
filed in any one federal fiscal year. The Higher Education Act provides that the
obligation of the Department to reimburse each such Guarantor as described above
is, subject to compliance with the Higher Education Act, supported by the full
faith and credit of the United States and that Guarantors are deemed to have a
contractual right against the United States to receive reinsurance in accordance
with its provisions.
Under the 1993 Amendments, Congress made a number of changes that may
adversely affect the financial condition of the Guarantors, including reducing
to 98% the maximum percentage of Guarantee Payments the Department will
reimburse for loans first disbursed on or after October 1, 1993, reducing
substantially the premiums and default collections that Guarantors are entitled
to receive and/or retain and giving the Department broad powers over Guarantors
and their reserves. The 1993 Amendments also reduced Guarantors default
collection retention rate from 30% to 27%, reduced the maximum insurance premium
charged by a Guarantor from 3% to 1% and authorized the Secretary to terminate a
Guarantor's reinsurance agreement if the Secretary determines such action is
necessary to protect federal fiscal interests or ensure an orderly transition to
full implementation of the FDSLP. The Administrative Cost Allowance ("ACA") was
eliminated; however, legislative history and subsequent Department actions
suggest that it is likely that Guarantors will continue to receive a substantial
ACA. The Department's powers over Guarantors include the authority to require a
Guarantor to return all reserve funds to the Department if the Department
determines such action is necessary to ensure an orderly termination of the
Guarantor, to serve the best interests of the Federal Programs or to ensure the
proper maintenance of such Guarantor's funds or assets. The Department is also
now authorized to direct a Guarantor to return a portion of its reserve funds
which the Department determines is unnecessary to pay the program expenses and
contingent liabilities of the Guarantor and/or to cease any activities involving
the use of the Guarantor's reserve funds or assets which the Department
determines is a misapplication or otherwise improper. Subject to the
requirements described in the following paragraphs, the Department may also
terminate a Guarantor's reinsurance agreement if the Department determines that
such action is necessary to protect the federal fiscal interest or to ensure an
orderly transition to full implementation of direct federal lending. These
various changes create a significant risk that the resources available to the
Guarantors to meet their guarantee obligations will be significantly reduced. In
addition, this legislation greatly expands the Federal Direct Student Loan
Program volume to a target of approximately 60% of student loan demand in
academic year 1998-1999, which could result in increasing reductions in the
volume of loans made under the Program. Such changes could have an adverse
effect on the financial condition of the Guarantors and on the ability of a
Guarantor to satisfy its obligations under its Guarantee Agreement with respect
to the Federal Loans. See "Risk Factors--Changes in Legislation."
In issuing guarantees with respect to Federal Loans, each Guarantor is
required by the Higher Education Act to review loan applications to verify the
completion of required information and to make a determination that the
applicant has not borrowed amounts in excess of any applicable annual and
aggregate limits imposed by the Higher Education Act.
Pursuant to the 1992 Amendments, each Guarantor is required to maintain
a current minimum reserve level of at least 0.5% of the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Federal Loans guaranteed by such Guarantor for the
fiscal year that begins in 1993, with such minimum increasing to 0.7% and 0.9%
for fiscal years beginning in 1994 and 1995, respectively, and 1.1% for fiscal
years beginning on or after January 1, 1996. Annually, the Department will
collect information from each Guarantor to determine the amount of such
Guarantor's reserves and other information regarding its solvency. If a
Guarantor's current reserve level falls below the required minimum for any two
consecutive years, that Guarantor's annual claims rate exceeds 9% or the
Department determines that a Guarantor's administrative or financial condition
jeopardizes that Guarantor's continued ability to perform its responsibilities,
then that Guarantor must submit and implement a management plan acceptable to
the Department. The 1992 Amendments also provide that under certain
circumstances the Department is authorized, on terms and conditions satisfactory
to the Department, but is not obligated, to terminate its reimbursement
agreement with any Guarantor. In that event, however, the Department is required
to assume the functions of such Guarantor and in connection therewith is
authorized to do one or more of the following: to assume the guarantee
obligations of, to assign to other guarantors the guarantee obligations of, or
to make advances to, a Guarantor in order to assist such Guarantor in meeting
its immediate cash needs and to ensure uninterrupted payment of default claims
to lenders or to take any other action the Department deems necessary to ensure
the continued availability of student loans and the full honoring of guarantee
claims thereunder. In addition, the 1992 Amendments provide that if the
Department determines that a Guarantor is unable to meet its guarantee
obligations, holders of Federal Loans covered thereby may submit guarantee
claims directly to the Department until such time as such guarantee obligations
are transferred to a new guarantor capable of meeting such obligations or until
a successor guarantor assumes such obligations. There can be no assurance,
however, that the Department would under any given circumstances assume such
obligation to ensure satisfaction of a guarantee obligation by exercising its
right to terminate a reimbursement agreement with a Guarantor or by making a
determination that such Guarantor is unable to meet its guarantee obligations.
Guarantors for the Financed Student Loans. The Higher Education Act
requires every state to designate a guarantee agency, either by establishing its
own or by designating another guarantee agency. A Guarantor who has been
designated by a particular state is obligated to guarantee loans for students
who reside or attend school in such state and must agree to provide loans to any
such students who are otherwise unable to obtain a loan from any other lender.
Guarantee agencies may guarantee a loan made to any eligible borrower and are
not limited to guaranteeing loans for students attending institutions in their
particular state or region or for their residents attending schools in another
state or region. Each Eligible Lender Trustee has entered, or will enter, into a
Guarantee Agreement with each Guarantor guaranteeing the Federal Loans acquired,
or to be acquired, by the related Trust.
Pursuant to its respective Guarantee Agreement, each Guarantor guarantees
payment of 98% (except that such guarantee is 100% against defaults of principal
and accrued interest for loans first disbursed prior to October 1, 1993 and
against the nondefault conditions described below); of the principal (including
any interest capitalized from time to time) and accrued interest for each
Federal Loan guaranteed by it as to which any one of the following events has
occurred:
(a) failure by the borrower thereof to make monthly principal
or interest payments on such Federal Loan when due, provided such
failure continues for a period of 180 days;
(b) any filing by or against the borrower thereof of
a petition in bankruptcy pursuant to any chapter of the
Federal bankruptcy code, as amended;
(c) the death of the borrower thereof;
(d) the total and permanent disability of the
borrower thereof to work and earn money or attend school,
as certified by a qualified physician;
(e) closure of the borrower's school; or
(f) the school's false certification of the borrower's
loan application.
When these conditions are satisfied, the Higher Education Act requires
the Guarantor generally to pay the claim within 90 days of its submission by the
lender. The obligations of the Guarantors pursuant to their respective Guarantee
Agreements are obligations solely of the applicable Guarantor, and are not
supported by the full faith and credit of any state government, except loans
guaranteed by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation.
Each Guarantor's guarantee obligations with respect to any Federal Loan are
conditioned upon the satisfaction of all the conditions set forth in the
applicable Guarantee Agreement. These conditions include, but are not limited
to, the following: (i) the origination and servicing of such Federal Loan being
performed in accordance with the Program, the Higher Education Act and other
applicable requirements, (ii) the timely payment to the applicable Guarantor of
the guarantee fee payable with respect to such Federal Loan, (iii) the timely
submission to the applicable Guarantor of all required preclaim delinquency
status notifications and of the claim with respect to such Federal Loan and (iv)
the transfer and endorsement of the promissory note evidencing such Federal Loan
to the applicable Guarantor upon and in connection with making a claim to
receive Guarantee Payments thereon. Failure to comply with any of the applicable
conditions, including the foregoing, may result in the refusal of the applicable
Guarantor to honor its Guarantee Agreement with respect to such Federal Loan, in
the denial of guarantee coverage with respect to certain accrued interest
amounts with respect thereto or in the loss of certain Interest Subsidy Payments
and Special Allowance Payments with respect thereto. Under a Sale and Servicing
Agreement, such failure to comply would constitute a breach of the applicable
Master Servicer's covenants or Educaid's representations and warranties, as the
case may be, and would create an obligation of Educaid or the Master Servicer,
as the case may be, to repurchase or purchase such Federal Loan or to reimburse
the related Trust for such non-guaranteed interest amounts or such lost Interest
Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments with respect thereto. See
"Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Sale of Financed Student
Loans; Representations and Warranties" and "--Servicer Covenants."
Certain historical information concerning the Guarantors expected to be
guaranteeing at least 2.0% of the Federal Loans included in a Trust will be set
forth in the related Prospectus Supplement. Such information will include for
the periods presented the related Guarantor's guarantee volume, reserve ratios,
recovery rates and claims rate. It is expected that such information will be
obtained from the Department of Education's Guaranteed Student Loan Program Data
Books or from the applicable Guarantor. Neither the Sellers nor The Money Store
will independently verify such information.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES
General
Each Series of Notes will be issued pursuant to the terms of a Master
Indenture and a related Terms Supplement and each Class of Certificates will be
issued pursuant to the terms of the related Trust Agreement and, except for an
initial Class of Certificates of a Trust, the related Trust Supplement. The
following summary describes certain terms of the Notes, the Certificates, a
Master Indenture, each Terms Supplement and a Trust Agreement. The summary does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
provisions of each Series of Notes, each Class of Certificates, the applicable
Master Indenture, each Terms Supplement and the applicable Trust Agreement.
It is expected that each Class of Notes and each Class of Certificates
(except for the Certificates being sold to Student Holdings or such other entity
as may be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement) will initially be represented by
one or more Notes and Certificates, respectively, in each case registered in the
name of the nominee of DTC (together with any successor depository selected by
the Administrator, the "Depository") except as set forth below. The Notes will
be available for purchase in the denominations set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement. If so specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, the
Notes may be available in book-entry form only. The Certificates generally will
be available for purchase in denominations equal to $1,000,000, and integral
multiples of $50,000 in excess thereof, or such other amounts as may be set
forth in a Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the related
Prospectus Supplement, DTC's nominee will be Cede. Accordingly, Cede is expected
to be the holder of record of the Securities. If Securities are available in
book-entry form only, unless and until Definitive Notes or Definitive
Certificates are issued under the limited circumstances described herein, no
Noteholder or Certificateholder will be entitled to receive a physical
certificate representing a Note or Certificate. All references herein and in a
Prospectus Supplement to actions by Noteholders or Certificateholders of book-
entry securities refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its
participating organizations (the "Participants") and all references herein and
therein to distributions, notices, reports and statements to Noteholders or
Certificateholders refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to
DTC or Cede, as the registered holder of the Notes or Certificates, as the case
may be, for distribution to Noteholders or Certificateholders in accordance with
DTC's procedures with respect thereto. See "--Book-Entry Registration" and
"--Definitive Securities."
Each Class of Notes within a Series will evidence the interests
specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, which may (i) include the right
to receive distributions allocable only to principal, only to interest or to any
combination thereof; (ii) include the right to receive distributions only of
prepayments of principal throughout the lives of the Notes or during specified
periods; (iii) be subordinated in its right to receive distributions of
scheduled payments of principal, prepayments or principal, interest or any
combination thereof to one or more other Classes of Notes of the related Trust
throughout the lives of the Notes or during specified periods or may be
subordinated with respect to certain losses or delinquencies; (iv) include the
right to receive such distributions only after the occurrence of events
specified in the Prospectus Supplement; (v) include the right to receive
distributions in accordance with a schedule or formula or on the basis of
collections from designated portions of the assets in the related Trust; (vi)
include, as to Notes entitled to distributions allocable to interest, the right
to receive interest at a fixed rate or an adjustable rate; and (vii) include, as
to Notes entitled to distributions allocable to interest, the right to
distributions allocable to interest only after the occurrence of events
specified in the related Prospectus Supplement.
The Notes
Distributions of Interest. Interest will accrue on the principal balance of
each Class of Notes at a rate per annum (calculated as provided below or in the
related Prospectus Supplement) equal to the related Class Interest Rate.
Interest may accrue initially from and including the Closing Date on which the
related Series was issued through and including the date set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement and, thereafter, except as otherwise set forth in
the related Prospectus Supplement, for periods (each, an "Interest Period")
consisting of (i) with respect to Auction Rate Notes, as set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement, (ii) with respect to LIBOR Rate Notes, generally
a one-month period beginning and ending on the dates set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, (iii) with respect to T-Bill Rate Notes, generally a
one-month period beginning and ending on the dates set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement or (iv) with respect to Notes accruing interest based on
some other method, the period set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement.
Interest on each Class of Notes will be payable (or with respect to Accrual
Notes during the related Accrual Period, added to the principal amount thereof)
on the Note Distribution Dates described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Interest payments on the Notes will generally be funded from
Available Funds and Monthly Advances (and, when applicable, amounts on deposit
in the Reserve Account, Capitalized Interest Account, the Capitalized
Pre-Funding Account or such other account as may be set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement) remaining after the deposit of the Transaction Fees in the Expense
Account. See "Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements
Distributions" and "--Credit Enhancement." If insufficient funds are available
to pay the Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount on a Note Distribution
Date, such shortfall will be paid from draws on the applicable Note Surety
Bonds, if any, or other forms of Enhancement to the extent described in the
related Prospectus Supplement under "Description of the Surety Bonds--Note
Surety Bonds."
Until the date of an Auction Period adjustment, if any, the interest rate
on each Class of Auction Rate Notes for each Interest Period will be the Class
Interest Rate based on an Auction Period, subject to adjustment as described
herein. The Class Interest Rate on each Class of Auction Rate Notes for each
Auction Period will be the lesser of (i) the Net Loan Rate in effect for such
Auction Period and (ii) the Auction Rate in effect for such Auction Period, as
determined by the Auction Agent pursuant to the Auction Procedures described in
Appendix I hereto and in the related Prospectus Supplement; provided that if on
any Rate Determination Date, an Auction for a Class of Notes is not held for any
reason, then the Class Interest Rate for such Class of Notes will be the Net
Loan Rate or such other rate as may be described in a Prospectus Supplement.
Unless otherwise set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, the Class Interest Rate
on each Class of LIBOR Rate Notes for each Interest Period will be the lesser of
(i) the Net Loan Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) LIBOR plus the
margin set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement (the "LIBOR Rate").
Unless otherwise set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, the Class Interest Rate
on each Class of T-Bill Rate Notes for each Interest Period will be the lesser
of (i) the Net Loan Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) the T-Bill
Rate plus the margin set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The
Class Interest Rate on each Class of Notes bearing interest based upon another
method will be as described in the related Prospectus Supplement. However, if
set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, no Class Interest Rate will exceed the
rate per annum set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, and will be
subject to other limitations described herein and therein.
For each Class of Notes, the applicable Initial Rate, Initial Rate
Adjustment Date and last day of the Initial Period will be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement. Thereafter, interest will accrue as set forth
above or in the related Prospectus Supplement.
Auction Period Adjustment. With respect to Auction Rate Notes, the
Administrator may, from time to time, change the length of one or more Auction
Periods to conform with then current market practice or accommodate other
economic or financial factors that may affect or be relevant to the length of
the Auction Period or any Class Interest Rate (an "Auction Period Adjustment").
An Auction Period Adjustment will not cause an Auction Period to be less than 7
days nor more than one year and will not be allowed unless certain conditions
described in the Auction Procedures in Appendix I hereto are satisfied. If an
Auction Period Adjustment is made, the intervals between Note Distribution Dates
will be adjusted accordingly.
Noteholders' Interest Carryover. If set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement, with respect to any Class of Notes, if for any Interest Period the
Auction Rate, the LIBOR Rate, the T-Bill Rate or other applicable interest rate
plus the applicable margin, exceeds the Net Loan Rate, the applicable Class
Interest Rate for such Interest Period will be the Net Loan Rate, and the excess
of the amount of interest on such Class of Notes that would have accrued at a
rate equal to the Auction Rate, the LIBOR Rate, the T-Bill Rate or other
applicable interest rate plus the applicable margin, over the amount of interest
on such Class actually accrued at the Net Loan Rate will accrue as the
Noteholders' Interest Carryover with respect to such Class of Notes. Such
determination of the Noteholders' Interest Carryover will be made separately for
each Class of Notes. The Noteholders' Interest Carryover on any Class of Notes
will bear interest at a rate equal to One-month LIBOR, or the rate set forth in
the related Prospectus Supplement, from the Note Distribution Date for the
Interest Period for which the Noteholders' Interest Carryover was calculated
until paid.
Any Noteholders' Interest Carryover that may exist on any Note
Distribution Date will be paid as described in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
Distributions of Principal. All payments of principal of a Series of
Notes will be made in an aggregate amount determined as set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement and will be paid at the times and will be allocated among
the Classes of Notes of such Series in the order and amounts, all as specified
in the related Prospectus Supplement.
As described herein, each Trust may issue, from time to time, several
Series and Classes of Notes. A Series of Notes may contain one or more Classes
of Notes with a higher payment priority than one or more Classes of Notes of a
previously issued or subsequently issued Series. In such event, the Classes of
Notes with the lower payment priority will receive limited or no payments of
principal until each of the Classes of Notes with a higher payment priority,
regardless of when issued, have been paid to the extent set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement. See "Risk Factors--Repayment of Principal" herein.
The aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes will
be payable in full on the Note Distribution Date identified in the related
Prospectus Supplement (the "Final Maturity Date"). The actual date on which the
aggregate outstanding principal and accrued interest of any Class of Notes are
paid may be earlier than its respective Final Maturity Date, based on a variety
of factors, including those described above under "Risk Factors--Maturity and
Prepayment Assumptions" and "The Financed Student Loan Pool--Maturity and
Prepayment Assumptions."
If a Note Surety Bond has been obtained, on the Final Maturity Date
related to a Class of Notes, the applicable Surety Provider will be required to
provide for payment to the related Trust pursuant to the applicable Note Surety
Bond of an amount generally equal to the excess, if any, of the unpaid principal
balance of the Notes of such Class on such Final Maturity Date over amounts on
deposit in the Note Distribution Account, after taking into account the required
application of funds in the remaining Trust Accounts, including but not limited
to the Reserve Account, if any, pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing
Agreement, to be applied to the payment of principal on the Notes of such Class
on such Final Maturity Date, subject to the exceptions described in the related
Prospectus Supplement. Any such amount will be distributed to the holders of the
applicable Class of Notes on the related Final Maturity Date.
Mandatory Redemption. If a Pre-Funding Account has been established
with respect to a Trust and a deposit therein has been made in connection with
the issuance of a Series of Notes, the Class or Classes of Notes then entitled
to receive payments of principal will be redeemed in part on the applicable Note
Distribution Date on or immediately following the last day of each Funding
Period, in the event that any amount remains on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account after giving effect to all Additional Fundings on or prior to such date,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount then on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account.
The Certificates
Distributions of Interest. On each Certificate Distribution Date,
Certificateholders of the related Class will be entitled to distributions in an
amount equal to the amount of interest accrued during the related Interest
Period on the principal amount of such Class at the applicable Certificate Rate.
Interest on the Certificates will accrue initially from and including the
Closing Date on which the related Class was issued through and including the
date set forth in the related Trust Agreement or the related Trust Supplement
and, thereafter, except as otherwise provided in the related Trust Supplement,
for Interest Periods consisting of, (i) with respect to Auction Rate
Certificates, between 7 days and one year, subject to adjustment as set forth in
the Auction Procedures described in Appendix I, (ii) with respect to LIBOR Rate
Certificates, the one- month period beginning and ending on the dates set forth
in the related Trust Supplement, (iii) with respect to T-Bill Rate Certificates,
the one-month period beginning and ending on the dates set forth in the related
Trust Supplement , and (iv) with respect to Certificates accruing interest based
on some other method, the period set forth in the related Trust Supplement.
Interest distributions with respect to the Certificates will generally be funded
from Available Funds and Monthly Advances (and, when applicable, certain
amounts, if any, on deposit in the Reserve Account); provided, however, that
Certificateholders of a Trust will not be entitled to any distributions if there
has been an Event of Default under any Series of Notes of such Trust until each
Class of Notes has been paid in full. See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Distributions" and "--Credit Enhancement--Reserve
Account." If insufficient funds are available to pay the Certificateholders'
Interest Distribution Amount for such Certificate Distribution Date, then
amounts may be drawn under the applicable Certificate Surety Bonds, if any, or
other forms of Enhancement to cover such shortfalls.
Until the date of an Auction Period Adjustment, if any, the interest
rate on each Class of Auction Rate Certificates for each Interest Period will be
the Certificate Rate based on an Auction Period, subject to adjustment as
described herein. The Certificate Rate on each Class of Auction Rate
Certificates for each Auction Period will be the lesser of (i) the Net Loan Rate
in effect for such Auction Period and (ii) the Auction Rate in effect for such
Auction Period, as determined by the Auction Agent generally pursuant to the
Auction Procedures described in Appendix I hereto; provided that if on any Rate
Determination Date, an Auction for a Class of Auction Rate Certificates is not
held for any reason, then the Certificate Rate for such Certificates will be the
Net Loan Rate or such other rate as may be described in a Trust Agreement or
Trust Supplement. The Certificate Rate on each Class of LIBOR Rate Certificates
for each Interest Period generally will be the lesser of (i) the Net Loan Rate
in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) the applicable LIBOR Rate. The Class
Interest Rate on each Class of T-Bill Rate Certificates for each Interest Period
generally will be the lesser of (i) the Net Loan Rate in effect for such
Interest Period and (ii) the T-Bill Rate plus the applicable margin. The Class
Interest Rate on each Class of Notes bearing interest based upon another method
will be as described in the related Trust Agreement or Trust Supplement.
However, no Certificate Rate will exceed such rate as may be set forth in a
Trust Agreement or Trust Supplement, and will be subject to other limitations
described herein and therein.
Auction Period Adjustment. With respect to Auction Rate Certificates,
the Administrator may, from time to time, change the length of one or more
Auction Periods to conform with then current market practice or to accommodate
other economic or financial factors that may affect or be relevant to the length
of the Auction Period or any Certificate Rate. An Auction Period Adjustment with
respect to the Certificates will not cause an Auction Period to be less than 7
days nor more than one year and will not be allowed unless certain conditions
described in the Auction Procedures in Appendix I hereto are satisfied.
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover. If set forth in a Trust
Agreement or Trust Supplement with respect to any Class of Certificates, if for
any Interest Period the Auction Rate, the LIBOR Rate, the T-Bill Rate or other
applicable interest rate plus the applicable margin, exceeds the Net Loan Rate,
the applicable Certificate Rate for such Interest Period will be the Net Loan
Rate, and the excess of the amount of interest on such Class of Certificates
that would have accrued at a rate equal to the Auction Rate, the LIBOR Rate, the
T-Bill Rate, or other applicable interest rate plus the applicable margin, over
the amount of interest actually accrued at the Net Loan Rate will accrue as the
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover with respect to such Class of
Certificates. The Certificateholders' Interest Carryover on any Class of
Certificates will bear interest at a rate equal to One-Month LIBOR or such other
rate set forth in the related Trust Agreement or Trust Supplement from the
Certificate Distribution Date for the Interest Period for which the
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Amount was calculated until paid.
Any Certificateholders' Interest Carryover that may exist on any
Certificateholders' Distribution Date will be paid as described in the related
Trust Agreement or Trust Supplement.
Distributions of Principal. For each Trust, Certificateholders of the
Class of Certificates of the related Trust with the earliest Final Maturity
Date, or such other Class set forth in the related Trust Supplement, will be
entitled to distributions on each Certificate Distribution Date on and after
which each Class of Notes has been paid in full in an amount generally equal to
the Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate Distribution Date.
Distributions with respect to principal payments on the Certificates for such
Certificate Distribution Date will generally be funded from the portion of
Available Funds and amounts, if any, on deposit in the applicable Reserve
Account, if any, remaining after the transfer by the Indenture Trustee to the
Expense Account of the Transaction Fees and the transfer to the Certificate
Distribution Account of the Certificateholder Interest Distribution Amount.
Additionally, with the consent of the applicable Surety Provider, if any,
amounts otherwise required to be deposited into the Reserve Account may be
applied as Additional Principal Payments. See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Distributions" and "--Credit Enhancement--Reserve Account"
herein. If such sources are insufficient to pay the Certificateholders'
Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate Distribution Date, such
shortfall will be added to the principal payable to Certificateholders on
subsequent Certificate Distribution Dates.
Principal payments on the Certificates will be applied on each
applicable Certificate Distribution Date, first, to the principal balance of the
Class of Certificates of the related Trust with the earliest Final Maturity
Date, or such other Class set forth in the related Trust Agreement or Trust
Supplement, until such principal balance is reduced to zero and then to the
principal balance of each other Class of Certificates of the related Trust, in
order of Final Maturity Date, until the principal balance of each Class is
reduced to zero. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Class of
Certificates will be payable in full on the Final Maturity Date set forth in the
Trust Agreement or the related Trust Supplement. The actual date on which the
aggregate outstanding principal and accrued interest of any Class of
Certificates will be paid may be earlier than its respective Certificate Final
Maturity Date, however, based on a variety of factors, including those described
above under "Risk Factors--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions" and "The
Financed Student Loan Pool--Maturity and Prepayment Assumptions."
As described herein, each Trust may issue, from time to time, several
Series and Classes of Certificates. A series of Certificates may contain one or
more Classes of Certificates with a higher payment priority than one or more
Classes of Certificates of a previously issued or subsequently issued Series. In
such event, the Classes of Certificates with the lower payment priority will
receive limited or no payments of principal until each of the Classes of
Certificates with a higher payment priority, regardless of when issued, have
been paid to the extent set forth in a Trust Agreement or Trust Supplement. See
"Risk Factors--Repayment of Principal" herein.
If a Certificate Surety Bond has been obtained, on the Final Maturity
Date related to a Class of Certificates, the applicable Surety Provider will be
required to provide for payment to the related Trust pursuant to the applicable
Certificate Surety Bond of an amount generally equal to the excess, if any, of
the unpaid principal balance of the Certificates of such Class on such
Certificate Final Maturity Date over amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Distribution Account, after taking into account the required application of
funds in the remaining Trust Accounts, including but not limited to the Reserve
Account, if any, pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, to be
applied to the payment of principal on the Certificates of such Class on such
Certificate Final Maturity Date, subject to the exceptions described in the
related Prospectus Supplement. Any such amount will be distributed to holders of
the applicable Class of Certificates on the related Certificate Final Maturity
Date.
Subordination of the Certificates. No distributions in respect of
principal of any Class of Certificates will be made until the Certificate
Distribution Date on or after which each Class of Notes has been paid in full.
Summary of Auction Procedures
The following summarizes certain procedures that will be used in
determining the interest rates on the Auction Rate Notes and the Auction Rate
Certificates (the "Auction Rate Securities"). Annex I hereto contains a more
detailed description of these procedures. Prospective investors in the Auction
Rate Securities should read carefully the following summary, along with the more
detailed description in Annex I.
The interest rate on each Class of Auction Rate Securities will be
determined periodically (generally, for periods ranging from 7 days to one year)
by means of a "Dutch Auction." In this Dutch Auction, investors and potential
investors submit orders through an eligible broker/dealer as to the principal
amount of Auction Rate Securities such investors wish to buy, hold or sell at
various interest rates. The broker/dealers submit their clients' orders to the
auction agent, who processes all orders submitted by all eligible broker/dealers
and determines the interest rate for the upcoming interest period. The
broker/dealers are notified by the auction agent of the interest rate for the
upcoming interest period and are provided with settlement instructions relating
to purchases and sales of Auction Rate Securities.
In the auction procedures, the following types of orders may be
submitted:
(i) Bid/Hold Orders - the minimum interest rate that a
current investor is willing to accept in order to
continue to hold some or all of its Auction Rate
Securities for the upcoming interest period;
(ii) Sell Orders - an order by a current investor to sell
a specified principal amount of Auction Rate
Securities, regardless of the upcoming interest rate;
and
(iii) Potential Bid Orders - the minimum interest rate that
a potential investor (or a current investor wishing
to purchase additional Auction Rate Securities) is
willing to accept in order to buy a specified
principal amount of Auction Rate Securities.
If an existing investor does not submit orders with respect
to all its Auction Rate Securities of the applicable Class, the investor will be
deemed to have submitted a Hold Order at the new interest rate for that portion
of the Auction Rate Securities for which no order was received.
In connection with each auction, Auction Rate Securities will be
purchased and sold between investors and potential investors at a price equal to
their then outstanding principal balance (i.e., par) plus any accrued interest.
The following example helps illustrate how the above-described procedures are
used in determining the interest rate on the Auction Rate Securities.
(a) Assumptions:
1. Denominations (Units) = $100,000
2. Interest Period = 28 Days
3. Principal Amount Outstanding = $50 Million (500 Units)
(b) Summary of All Orders Received For The Auction
Bid/Hold Orders Sell Orders Potential Bid Orders
10 Units at 2.90% 50 Units Sell 20 Units at 2.95%
30 Units at 3.02% 50 Units Sell 30 Units at 3.00%
60 Units at 3.05% 100 Units Sell 50 Units at 3.05%
100 Units at 3.10% 200 Units 50 Units at 3.10%
100 Units at 3.12% 50 Units at 3.11%
100 Units at 3.15%
300 Units 50 Units at 3.14%
100 Units at 3.15%
350 Units
Total units under existing Bid/Hold Orders and Sell Orders always equal
issue size (in this case 500 units).
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(c) Auction Agent Organizes Orders In Ascending Order
Order Number Cumulative Order Number Cumulative
Number of Units Total (Units) % Number of Units Total (Units) %
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1 10(W) 10 2.90% 7 100(W) 300 3.10%
2 20(W) 30 2.95% 8 50(W) 350 3.10%
3 30(W) 60 3.00% 9 50(W) 400 3.11%
4 30(W) 90 3.02% 10 100(W) 500 3.12%
5 50(W) 140 3.05% 11 50(L) 3.14%
6 60(W) 200 3.05% 12 100(L) 3.15%
(W) Winning Order (L) Losing Order
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Order #10 is the order that clears the market of all available units. All
winning orders are awarded the winning rate (in this case, 3.12%) as the
interest rate for the next Interest Period, when another auction will be held.
Multiple orders at the winning rate are allocated units on a pro rata basis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the interest rate exceed the
lesser of the Net Loan Rate or the Maximum Auction Rate (each as described in
Annex I).
The above example assumes that a successful auction has occurred (i.e.,
all Sell Orders and all Bid/Hold Orders below the new interest rate were
fulfilled). In certain circumstances, there may be insufficient Potential Bid
Orders to purchase all the Auction Rate Securities offered for sale. In such
circumstances, the interest rate for the upcoming Interest Period will equal the
lesser of the Net Loan Rate and the Maximum Auction Rate. Also, if all the
Auction Rate Securities are subject to Hold Orders (i.e., each holder of Auction
Rate Securities wishes to continue holding its Auction Rate Securities,
regardless of the interest rate) the interest rate for the upcoming Interest
Period will equal the lesser of the Net Loan Rate and the All Hold Rate (as
defined below).
As stated above, the foregoing is only a summary of the auction
procedures. A more detailed description of these procedures is contained in
Annex I.
Determination of LIBOR
Each Prospectus Supplement will identify the party that will determine
One-Month LIBOR for each given Interest Period. Such determination will be made
on the second Business Day prior to the commencement of each Interest Period
(each, a "LIBOR Determination Date"). For purposes of calculating One-Month
LIBOR, a Business Day is any day on which banks in London and New York City are
open for the transaction of business.
"One-Month LIBOR" means the London interbank offered rate for deposits
in U.S. dollars having a maturity of one month commencing on the related LIBOR
Determination Date (the "Index Maturity") which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as
of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date. If such rate does
not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that day will be determined on
the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars, having the Index
Maturity and in a principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000, are offered
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to
prime banks in the London interbank market by the Reference Banks. The party
identified in the related Prospectus Supplement will request the principal
London office of each of such Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its
rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that day will
be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted
by major banks in New York City, selected by the party identified in the related
Prospectus Supplement, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such
LIBOR Determination Date for loans in the U.S. dollars to leading European banks
having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not
less than U.S. $1,000,000; provided that if the banks selected as aforesaid are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, One-Month LIBOR in effect for the
applicable Interest Period will be One-Month LIBOR in effect for the previous
Interest Period.
"Telerate Page 3750" means the display page so designated on the Dow
Jones Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).
"Reference Bank" means a leading bank (i) engaged in transaction in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, (ii) not
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Administrator or The
Money Store and (iii) having an established place of business in London.
The Indenture
Modification of a Master Indenture. Generally, with the consent of the
applicable Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement, if any, and the
holders of a majority of the outstanding Notes of a Trust (or, with respect to
any change affecting only certain Series of Notes of a Trust, the holders of a
majority of the Notes of such Series), the applicable Indenture Trustee and the
related Trust may execute a supplemental indenture to add provisions to, or
change in any manner or eliminate any provisions of, a Master Indenture with
respect to the Notes, or to modify (except as provided below) in any manner the
rights of the Noteholders.
Modification of a Terms Supplement. Generally, with the consent of the
applicable Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement, if any, and the
holders of a majority of outstanding Notes of the related Series, the applicable
Indenture Trustee and the related Trust may execute a supplemental indenture to
add provisions to, or change in any manner or eliminate any provisions of, a
Terms Supplement with respect to the related Series of Notes, or to modify
(except as provided below) in any manner the rights of the related Noteholders.
Without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected
thereby, however, no supplement to a Master Indenture or any Terms Supplement
will (i) change the due date of any installment of principal of or interest on
any Note or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest rate specified
thereon, change the provisions relating to the application of collections on, or
the proceeds of the sale of, the assets of the applicable Trust to payment of
principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Note or any interest thereon is payable, (ii)
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of certain provisions of
the Indenture regarding payment, (iii) reduce the percentage of the aggregate
amount of the outstanding Notes the consent of the holders of which is required
for any such supplemental indenture or the consent of the holders of which is
required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Master
Indenture or Terms Supplement, as the case may be, or of certain defaults
thereunder and their consequences as provided for in the Master Indenture, (iv)
modify or alter the provisions of the Master Indenture regarding the voting of
Notes held by the applicable Trust, the Sellers, an affiliate of either of them
or any obligor on the Notes, (v) reduce the percentage of the aggregate
outstanding amount of the Notes the consent of the holders of which is required
to direct the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the applicable
Trust to sell or liquidate the Financed Student Loans if the proceeds of such
sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount and accrued but unpaid
interest on the outstanding Notes, (vi) decrease the percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes required to amend the sections of the Master
Indenture which specify the applicable percentage of aggregate principal amount
of the Notes necessary to amend the Master Indenture or certain other related
agreements, (vii) modify any of the provisions of the Master Indenture in such
manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or
principal due on any Note, or (viii) permit the creation of any lien ranking
prior to or on a parity with the lien of the Master Indenture with respect to
any of the collateral for the Notes or, except as otherwise permitted or
contemplated in the Master Indenture, terminate the lien of the Master Indenture
on any such collateral or deprive the holder of any Note of the security
afforded by the lien of the Master Indenture.
Generally, a Trust and the related Indenture Trustee may also enter
into supplemental indentures, with the consent of the Surety Provider or other
provider of Enhancement, if applicable, but without obtaining the consent of
Noteholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Master Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of Noteholders so long as such action will
not, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially
and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder.
Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default. Unless provided otherwise
in the related Prospectus Supplement, an "Event of Default" with respect to the
Notes is defined in a Master Indenture as consisting of the following (except as
described in the remaining sentences of this paragraph): (i) a default for two
business days or more in the payment of any interest on any Note after the same
becomes due and payable; (ii) a default for two business days in the payment of
the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same
becomes due and payable; (iii) a default in the observance or performance of any
covenant or agreement of the applicable Trust made in the Master Indenture and
the continuation of any such default for a period of thirty days after notice
thereof is given to the Trust by the applicable Indenture Trustee or to the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Notes of such Trust then outstanding; (iv) any representation or
warranty made by the Trust in the Indenture or in any certificate delivered
pursuant thereto or in connection therewith having been incorrect in a material
respect as of the time made, and such breach not having been cured within thirty
days after notice thereof is given to the Trust by the Indenture Trustee or to
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Notes of such Trust then outstanding or (v) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the Trust. However, the
amount of principal required to be distributed to Noteholders under a Master
Indenture on any Note Distribution Date is generally limited to the amount of
Available Funds and amounts on deposit in the applicable Reserve Account, if
any, after payment of the Transaction Fees, the Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount and the Certificateholder's Interest Distribution Amount.
Any such shortfalls on any Note Distribution Date will be carried over as a
Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall to be paid on succeeding Note
Distribution Dates, unless provided otherwise in the related Prospectus
Supplement. Therefore, the failure to pay principal on any Class of Notes may
not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default until the Final Maturity
Date of such Class of Notes. In addition, unless provided otherwise in the
related Prospectus Supplement, the failure to pay the aggregate amount of
Noteholders' Interest Carryover as a result of insufficient Available Funds will
not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default.
If a Note Surety Bond has been obtained and an Event of Default should
occur and be continuing with respect to any Series of Notes, unless provided
otherwise in the related Prospectus Supplement, the applicable Surety Provider
may or, with the consent of the Surety Provider, the applicable Indenture
Trustee or holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding may, declare the principal of the Notes to be immediately due and
payable. If specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, with the consent of
the Surety Provider, such declaration may be rescinded by the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding at any time prior to
the entry of judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment of
such amount if (i) the related Trust has paid to the Indenture Trustee a sum
equal to all amounts then due with respect to the Notes (without giving effect
to such acceleration) and (ii) all Events of Default (other than nonpayment of
amounts due solely as a result of such acceleration) have been cured or waived.
If the Notes of a Trust have been declared to be due and payable
following an Event of Default with respect thereto, the applicable Indenture
Trustee may, in its discretion, either require the applicable Eligible Lender
Trustee to sell the Financed Student Loans or elect to have the Eligible Lender
Trustee maintain possession of the Financed Student Loans and continue to apply
collections with respect to such Financed Student Loans as if there had been no
declaration of acceleration. In addition, unless provided otherwise in the
related Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture Trustee is prohibited from
directing the Eligible Lender Trustee to sell the Financed Student Loans
following an Event of Default, other than a default in the payment of any
principal or a default for five days or more in the payment of any interest on
any Note, unless (i) the Surety Provider, if applicable, and the holders of all
outstanding Notes consent to such sale, (ii) the proceeds of such sale are
sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the
outstanding Notes of such Trust at the date of such sale or (iii) the Indenture
Trustee determines that the collections on the Financed Student Loans and other
assets of the applicable Trust would not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to
make all payments on the Notes of such Trust as such payments would have become
due if such obligations had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee obtains the consent of the Surety Provider, if applicable, and the
holders of 66-2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such Trust
then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any declaration of the Notes to be due and payable, the
applicable Surety Provider, if specified in the related Prospectus Supplement,
will have no obligation to pay in full the principal of any Class of outstanding
Notes until the Final Maturity Date of such Class.
Subject to the provisions of a Master Indenture relating to the duties of
the applicable Indenture Trustee if an Event of Default should occur and be
continuing with respect to the Notes of a Trust, the applicable Indenture
Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
under the Indenture at the request or direction of the applicable Surety
Provider, if any, or any of the holders of Notes of such Trust, if the Indenture
Trustee reasonably believes it will not be adequately indemnified against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in complying with
such request. Subject to such provisions for indemnification and certain
limitations contained in the Indenture, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of a Trust, with the consent of the Surety
Provider, if specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, will have the right
to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy
available to the Indenture Trustee and the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes of a Trust then outstanding, with the consent of the Surety
Provider, if any, may, in certain cases, waive any default with respect thereto,
except a default in the payment of principal or interest or a default in respect
of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified without the
waiver or consent of all the holders of the outstanding Notes of such Trust.
No holder of any Note will have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to a Master Indenture, unless provided otherwise in the related
Prospectus Supplement, unless (i) such holder previously has given to the
Indenture Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, (ii) the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of the
related Trust have requested in writing that the Indenture Trustee institute
such proceeding in its own name as Indenture Trustee, (iii) such holder or
holders have offered the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity, (iv) the
Indenture Trustee has for 60 days failed to institute such proceeding and (v) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of the related Trust.
In addition, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders will covenant
that they will not at any time institute against the applicable Trust any
bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any Federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law.
None of the Indenture Trustee, the Sellers, the Administrator, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer or the Eligible Lender Trustee in its individual
capacity, nor any holder of a Certificate representing an ownership interest in
the applicable Trust, nor any of their respective owners, beneficiaries, agents,
officers, directors, employees, successors or assigns will, in the absence of an
express agreement to the contrary (including but not limited to a guaranty of
The Money Store), be personally liable for the payment of the principal of or
interest on the Notes or for the agreements of the related Trust contained in
the related Master Indenture.
Certain Covenants. Unless provided otherwise in the related Prospectus
Supplement, a Trust may not consolidate with or merge into any other entity,
unless (i) the entity formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger is
organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of
Columbia, (ii) such entity expressly assumes the Trust's obligation to make due
and punctual payments upon the Notes and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of the Trust under the related Master Indenture and any
Terms Supplement, (iii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
immediately after such merger or consolidation, (iv) the Trust has been advised
that the rating of any Class or Series of Notes or Certificates issued by such
Trust would not be reduced or withdrawn by the Rating Agencies as a result of
such merger or consolidation and (v) the Trust has received an opinion of
counsel to the effect that such consolidation or merger would have no material
adverse federal or applicable state tax consequence to the Trust or to any
Certificateholder or Noteholder.
A Trust will not, unless provided otherwise in the related Prospectus
Supplement, among other things, (i) except as expressly permitted by the related
Master Indenture, the Transfer and Servicing Agreements or certain related
documents (collectively, the "Related Documents"), sell, transfer, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the assets of the Trust, (ii) claim any credit on or
make any deduction from the principal and interest payable in respect of any
Class or Series of Notes (other than amounts withheld under the Code or
applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former holder
of Notes because of the payment of taxes levied or assessed upon the Trust,
(iii) except as contemplated by the Related Documents, dissolve or liquidate in
whole or in part, (iv) permit the validity or effectiveness of the Master
Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of the Master Indenture to be
amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to any
Class or Series of Notes under the Master Indenture except as may be expressly
permitted thereby or (v) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
interest, mortgage or other encumbrance to be created on or extend to or
otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of the Trust or any part thereof, or
any interest therein or the proceeds thereof, except as expressly permitted by
the Related Documents.
A Trust may not engage in any activity other than financing,
purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Financed Student Loans and the
other assets of the Trust and making Additional Fundings, in each case in the
manner contemplated by the Related Documents and activities incidental thereto.
After each Funding Period, the Trust may not make any Additional Fundings with
respect to the related Series of Notes.
A Trust will not incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than
indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Notes and the Indenture or otherwise in
accordance with the Related Documents.
Annual Compliance Statement. The Administrator, on behalf of the
related Trust will be required to file annually with the applicable Indenture
Trustee a written statement as to the fulfillment of its obligations under the
related Indenture.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. An Indenture will be
discharged with respect to the collateral securing the Notes upon the delivery
to the applicable Indenture Trustee for cancellation of all the Notes or, with
certain limitations, upon deposit with the Indenture Trustee of funds sufficient
for the payment in full of all the Notes.
The Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee on behalf of
a Series of Securities will be the entity named in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
Book-Entry Registration
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") is a limited purpose trust company
organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal
Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York UCC
and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
DTC was created to hold securities for its Participants and to facilitate the
clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Participants through
electronic book-entries, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of
certificates. Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies and clearing corporations. Indirect access to the DTC system also is
available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that
clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either
directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants").
Securityholders that are not Participants or Indirect Participants but
desire to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer ownership of, or other interests
in, Securities may do so only through Participants and Indirect Participants. In
addition, Securityholders will receive all distributions of principal and
interest from the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee, as
applicable (the "Applicable Trustee"), through Participants and Indirect
Participants. Under a book-entry format, Securityholders may experience some
delay in their receipt of payments, since such payments will be forwarded by the
Applicable Trustee to Cede, as nominee for DTC. DTC will forward such payments
to its Participants, which thereafter will forward them to Indirect Participants
or Securityholders. It is anticipated that the only "Securityholder,"
"Certificateholder" and "Noteholder" will be Cede, as nominee for DTC.
Securityholders will not be recognized by the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible
Lender Trustee as Noteholders or Certificateholders, as such terms are used in
the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, respectively, and Securityholders will be
permitted to exercise the rights of Securityholders only indirectly through DTC
and its Participants.
Under the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC
and its operations (the "Rules"), DTC is required to make book-entry transfers
of Securities among Participants on whose behalf it acts with respect to the
Securities and to receive and transmit distributions of principal of, and
interest on, the Securities. Participants and Indirect Participants with which
Securityholders have accounts with respect to the Securities similarly are
required to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit such payments on
behalf of their respective Securityholders. Accordingly, although
Securityholders will not possess Securities, the Rules provide a mechanism by
which Participants will receive payments and will be able to transfer their
interests.
Because DTC can only act on behalf of Participants, who in turn act on
behalf of Indirect Participants and certain banks, the ability of a
Securityholder to pledge Securities to persons or entities that do not
participate in the DTC system, or to otherwise act with respect to such
Securities, may be limited due to the lack of a physical certificate for such
Securities.
DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a Securityholder under an
Indenture or the related Trust Agreement, as the case may be, only at the
direction of one or more Participants to whose accounts with DTC the Securities
are credited. DTC may take conflicting actions with respect to other undivided
interests to the extent that such actions are taken on behalf of Participants
whose holdings include such undivided interests.
Except as required by law, neither the applicable Administrator nor the
Applicable Trustee will have any liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the
Securities held by Cede, as nominee for DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Definitive Securities
If set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, the Notes and the Certificates
(other than the Certificate being sold to Student Holdings or such other entity
as may be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement) will be issued in fully
registered, certificated form ("Definitive Notes" and "Definitive Certificates,"
respectively, and collectively referred to herein as "Definitive Securities") to
Noteholders or Certificateholders or their respective nominees, rather than to
DTC or its nominee, only if (i) the Administrator advises the Applicable Trustee
in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities as depository with respect to the Securities and the
Administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Administrator,
at its option, elects to terminate the book-entry system through DTC or (iii)
after the occurrence of an Event of Default, a Servicer Default or an
Administrator Default, Securityholders representing at least a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes or the Certificates, as the case may
be, advise the Applicable Trustee through DTC in writing that the continuation
of a book-entry system through DTC (or a successor thereto) with respect to such
Notes or Certificates is no longer in the best interest of the holders of such
Securities.
Upon the occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding
paragraph, the Applicable Trustee will be required to notify all applicable
Securityholders through Participants of the availability of Definitive
Securities. Upon surrender by DTC of the definitive security representing the
corresponding Securities and receipt of instructions for re-registration, the
Applicable Trustee will reissue such Securities as Definitive Securities to such
Securityholders.
Distributions of principal of, and interest on, such Definitive
Securities will thereafter be made by the Applicable Trustee in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case
may be, directly to holders of Definitive Securities in whose names the
Definitive Securities were registered at the close of business on the Record
Date. Such distributions will be made by check mailed to the address of such
holder as it appears on the register maintained by the Applicable Trustee. The
final payment on any such Definitive Security, however, will be made only upon
presentation and surrender of such Definitive Security at the office or agency
specified in the notice of final distribution to Securityholders.
Definitive Securities will be transferable and exchangeable at the
offices of the Applicable Trustee or of a registrar named in a notice delivered
to holders of Definitive Securities. No service charge will be imposed for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Applicable Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection therewith.
List of Securityholders
Three or more Noteholders of the related Trust or one or more holders
of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Notes of the related Trust may, unless provided otherwise in the
related Prospectus Supplement, by written request to the applicable Indenture
Trustee, obtain access to the list of all Noteholders of the related Trust
maintained by the Indenture Trustee for the purpose of communicating with other
Noteholders of the related Trust with respect to their rights under the related
Indenture or the Notes. The Indenture Trustee may elect not to afford the
requesting Noteholders access to the list of Noteholders if it agrees to mail
the desired communication or proxy, on behalf and at the expense of the
requesting Noteholders, to all Noteholders.
Three or more Certificateholders of the related Trust, Student Holdings
or one or more holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Certificate Balance of the related Trust may, unless provided otherwise in the
related Prospectus Supplement, by written request to the applicable Eligible
Lender Trustee, obtain access to the list of all Certificateholders of the
related Trust for the purpose of communicating with other Certificateholders of
the related Trust with respect to their rights under the related Trust Agreement
or under the Certificates.
Reports to Securityholders
On each Note Distribution Date, the applicable Indenture Trustee will
provide to the applicable Noteholders of record as of the related Record Date,
and on each Certificate Distribution Date the applicable Eligible Lender Trustee
will provide to the Certificateholders of the related Record Date, a statement
setting forth substantially the same information as is required to be provided
on the report provided to the Indenture Trustee and the related Trust described
under "Description of Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Statements to Indenture
Trustee and Trust."
Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after
the end of each calendar year during the term of the applicable Indenture or
Trust Agreement, as the case may be, the Applicable Trustee will mail to each
person who at any time during such calendar year was a Securityholder and
received any payment thereon, a statement containing certain information for the
purposes of such Securityholder's preparation of federal income tax returns. See
"Certain Tax Consequences."
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
General
The following is a summary of certain terms expected to be contained in
each Sale and Servicing Agreement, pursuant to which the applicable Eligible
Lender Trustee on behalf of the related Trust will obtain, the applicable Master
Servicer will service and the applicable Administrator will perform certain
administrative functions with respect to the Financed Students Loans; each
Administration Agreement, pursuant to which the applicable Administrator will
undertake certain other administrative duties with respect to the related Trust,
the Financed Student Loans and each Trust Agreement, pursuant to which a Trust
will be created and the Certificates of such Trust will be issued (collectively,
the "Transfer and Servicing Agreements"). However, the summary does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements and such changes as may be described in
the related Prospectus Supplement.
Conveyance of Financed Student Loans; Representations and Warranties
On each Closing Date for the sale of a Series of Notes issued by a Trust,
the applicable Sellers will sell or contribute and assign to the applicable
Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the applicable Trust, without recourse, its
entire interest in the Financed Student Loans described in the related Sale and
Servicing Agreement, all collections received and to be received with respect
thereto after the related Cut- off Date for such Financed Student Loans and all
the Assigned Rights pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Each Financed
Student Loan will be identified in schedules appearing as an exhibit to the
related Sale and Servicing Agreement or supplement thereto. The Eligible Lender
Trustee will, concurrently with such sale or contribution and assignment,
execute, authenticate and deliver the related Series of Notes and Certificates.
The net proceeds received from the sale of the Notes and the Certificates will
be applied in connection with the Trust's acquisition of the Financed Student
Loans and, if specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, to the deposit of
the Pre-Funded Amount in the Pre-Funding Account. See "--Additional Fundings"
for a description of the application of funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account during the Funding Period.
In each Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Sellers and (unless otherwise
limited in a Prospectus Supplement) The Money Store will make certain
representations and warranties with respect to the Financed Student Loans to the
related Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Noteholders,
including, among other things, that (i) each Financed Student Loan, at the time
of transfer to the Trust, is free and clear of all security interests, liens,
charges and encumbrances and no offsets, defenses or counterclaims have been
asserted or threatened; (ii) the information provided with respect to the
Financed Student Loans is true and correct as of the related Cut-off Date or
such other date as may be set forth in a Sale and Servicing Agreement and (iii)
each Financed Student Loan, at the time it was originated, complied and, at the
applicable Closing Date, complies in all material respects with applicable
federal and state laws (including, without limitation, the Higher Education Act
or the Public Health Service Act, if applicable, consumer credit,
truth-in-lending, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) and applicable
restrictions imposed by the applicable Program or under any Guarantee Agreement.
Following the discovery by or notice to the applicable Seller or The
Money Store of a breach of any such representation or warranty with respect to
any Financed Student Loan that materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Certificateholders, the Noteholders or, if specified in the related
Prospectus Supplement, the Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement in
such Financed Student Loan (it being understood that any such breach that does
not affect any Guarantor's or the Secretary's obligation to guarantee payment of
such Financed Student Loan will not be considered to have such a material
adverse effect), the applicable Seller will, unless such breach is cured within
60 days or such other time as may set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, purchase such Financed Student Loan from the applicable Eligible
Lender Trustee, as of the first day following the end of such 60-day period (or
such other time as may be set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement) that
is the last day of a Collection Period, at a price equal to the applicable
Purchase Amount (as defined below). If the Seller fails to purchase within the
above-described time period any Financed Student Loan it is required to
purchase, unless otherwise limited in a Prospectus Supplement, The Money Store
will remit, or cause to be remitted, to the Collection Account no later than the
date the Seller would be required to remit such amount, the Purchase Amount for
such Financed Student Loan. In addition, the Seller will reimburse the related
Trust for any accrued interest amounts that a Guarantor refuses to pay pursuant
to its Guarantee Agreement, or for any Interest Subsidy Payments and Special
Allowance Payments that are lost or that must be repaid to the Department, or
any insurance payments that the Secretary refuses to pay, with respect to a
Financed Student Loan as a result of a breach of any such representation or
warranty by the Seller. If the Seller fails to reimburse the Trust such amount,
unless otherwise limited in a Prospectus Supplement, The Money Store will
reimburse the Trust such amount no later than the date the Seller would be
required to remit such amount. The purchase and reimbursement obligations of the
Seller and, if applicable, The Money Store will constitute, together with the
right to receive certain amounts from the applicable Reserve Account, if any,
the sole remedy available to or on behalf of the Trust, the Certificateholders,
the Noteholders or the applicable Surety Provider or other provider of
Enhancement, if any, for any such uncured breach. The Seller's purchase and
reimbursement obligations are contractual obligations pursuant to a Sale and
Servicing Agreement that may be enforced against the Seller, but the breach of
which will not constitute an Event of Default.
"Purchase Amount" means, unless provided otherwise in the related
Prospectus Supplement, as to any Financed Student Loan on any date of
determination, the sum of (i) the amount required to prepay in full the
outstanding principal balance of such Financed Student Loan as of the last day
of the most recently completed Collection Period, including all accrued but
unpaid interest thereon (including interest to be capitalized) through the last
day of the Collection Period in which such Financed Student Loan is being
purchased (or, with respect to certain Serial Loans, through the last day of the
Collection Period in which such Serial Loan is transferred to the Seller's
designee) plus (ii) certain unamortized premiums, if any; provided, however,
that with respect to any Financed Student Loan required to be purchased due to a
breach by the Master Servicer of certain representations and warranties
concerning the servicing of such Financed Student Loan, the Purchase Amount will
not exceed the amount the related Guarantor would have been obligated to pay the
related Trust but for such breach.
Accounts
An Indenture Trustee may establish and maintain on behalf of a Trust as
set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement a Collection Account, Pre-Funding
Account, Capitalized Interest Account, Capitalized Pre-Funding Account, Note
Distribution Account, Expense Account, Reserve Account and Monthly Advance
Account, in addition to such other accounts as may be described in a Prospectus
Supplement. The Eligible Lender Trustee will establish and maintain the
Certificate Distribution Account in the name of the Eligible Lender Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders. The foregoing accounts are referred to
collectively as the "Trust Accounts."
Funds in the Trust Accounts will be invested as provided in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement in Eligible Investments. "Eligible Investments" are
generally limited to investments acceptable to an applicable Surety Provider, if
any, and the applicable Rating Agencies as being consistent with the rating of
the Notes. Eligible Investments are limited to obligations or securities that
mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which
funds in the applicable Trust Account may be required to be withdrawn. If the
amount required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account, if established, to
cover shortfalls in the amount of Available Funds exceeds the amount of cash in
the Reserve Account, a temporary shortfall in the amounts distributed to the
Noteholders or to the Certificateholders could result. This could, in turn,
increase the average life of the Notes and the Certificates. Investment earnings
on funds deposited in the Trust Accounts, net of losses and investment expenses
(collectively, "Investment Earnings"), will be deposited in the Collection
Account and will be treated as collections of interest on the Financed Student
Loans, unless otherwise released to the Sellers or another party as may be
described in a Prospectus Supplement.
The Trust Accounts will be maintained as Eligible Deposit Accounts.
"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 have a credit rating from each Rating
Agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade.
"Eligible Institution" means 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), (i) which has a
long-term unsecured debt rating and/or a short-term unsecured debt rating
acceptable to the applicable Rating Agencies and the Surety Provider and (ii)
whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Additional Fundings
If a Pre-Funding Account has been established with respect to a Trust
and a Pre-Funded Amount has been deposited therein with respect to a Series of
Notes, the Trust will distribute funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account
from time to time during each Funding Period in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal balance (plus certain premiums) and accrued interest thereon of the
additional Financed Student Loans (the "Additional Student Loans') conveyed by
the applicable Seller to the Trust during such Funding Period (the expenditures
referred to above being referred to herein as "Additional Fundings"). Additional
Student Loans may include Federal Loans, HEAL Loans and/or Private Loans in such
amounts as may be determined by the Sellers and satisfying any conditions
imposed by a Surety Provider or other provider of Enhancement, if applicable.
Pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, during each Funding Period,
the applicable Sellers may convey to the related Eligible Lender Trustee on
behalf of the related Trust, Additional Student Loans having an aggregate
principal balance up to the amount then on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
The obligation to accept any Additional Student Loan by the Eligible Lender
Trustee on behalf of the Trust is subject to the following conditions, among
others as may be set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement: (i) such
Additional Student Loan must satisfy all applicable origination requirements and
all other requirements specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and any
applicable Insurance Agreement and (ii) the applicable Seller will not select
such Additional Student Loan in a manner that it believes is adverse to the
interests of the Securityholders or the Surety Provider, if any. On such dates
as may from time to time be designated by the applicable Seller during a Funding
Period (each, a "Transfer Date"), the Seller may sell or contribute and assign,
without recourse, to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust, its
entire interest in Additional Student Loans (each, a "Subsequent Cut-off Date").
Subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, such Seller will convey
the Additional Student Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the
Trust on each such Transfer Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and the applicable Transfer Agreement (a "Transfer Agreement") executed by the
Seller, on such Transfer Date. Each such Transfer Agreement will include as an
exhibit a schedule identifying each Additional Student Loan transferred on such
Transfer Date. Upon such conveyance of Additional Student Loans to the Eligible
Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Pool Balance will increase in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal balances of the Additional Student Loans
and an amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of such Additional
Student Loans (plus certain premiums) and accrued interest thereon will be
withdrawn from the Pre-Funding Account on such date and ultimately be
transferred to the Seller.
Any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account at the end of the
related Funding Period will be distributed as set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
Capitalized Interest Account and Capitalized Pre-Funding Account
On each Closing Date, to the extent set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, the Sellers may make a cash deposit in the Capitalized Interest
Account in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the related Trust. The
amount, if any, deposited therein will generally be used on each Note
Distribution Date and Certificate Distribution Date to make interest payments to
Noteholders and Certificateholders to the extent amounts deposited in the Note
Distribution Account or the Certificate Distribution Account, as the case may
be, plus amounts in the applicable Reserve Account, if any, and, in the case of
the Notes, the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account, are insufficient for such
purpose. Any amounts remaining in the Capitalized Interest Account after the
period set forth in the applicable Terms Supplement will be applied as set forth
in the related Prospectus Supplement.
On each Closing Date, to the extent set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, the Sellers may make a cash deposit in the Capitalized Pre-Funding
Account in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the related Trust. The
amount, if any, deposited therein will be used by the Indenture Trustee on each
Note Distribution Date during the applicable Funding Period to fund the excess,
if any, of (i) the amount of interest accrued for each such Note Distribution
Date at the Class Interest Rate of the applicable Class of Notes on its pro rata
portion of the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account over (ii) the amount
of any earnings on funds in the Pre-Funding Account that are available to pay
interest on the Notes of such Class on each such Note Distribution Date. Any
amounts remaining in the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account on the last Note
Distribution Date of a Funding Period and not used for such purposes will be
distributed as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement.
All funds in the Capitalized Interest Account and the Capitalized
Pre-Funding Account are required to be held (i) uninvested, up to the limits
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (ii) invested in Eligible
Investments or (iii) as otherwise set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement. Any investment earnings on funds in the Capitalized Interest Account
and the Capitalized Pre-Funding Account will generally be applied to payment of
interest on the Notes and the Certificates or as otherwise set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
Servicing Procedures
Pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicers will
agree to service, and perform all other related tasks with respect to, all the
Financed Student Loans acquired from time to time. The Master Servicers will be
required pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement to perform all services and
duties customary to the servicing of Financed Student Loans (including all
collection practices), and to do so in the same manner as the Master Servicers
have serviced student loans on their own behalf and in compliance with all
standards and procedures provided for in the Higher Education Act, the Public
Health Service Act, the Guarantee Agreements, the Private Loan Programs, and all
other applicable federal and state laws.
Without limiting the foregoing, the duties of the Master Servicers
under a Sale and Servicing Agreement may include, but are not limited to, the
following: collecting and depositing into the Collection Account all payments
with respect to the Financed Student Loans, including claiming and obtaining any
Guarantee Payments with respect thereto and with respect to Interest Subsidy
Payments and Special Allowance Payments, claiming and obtaining insurance
payments from the Secretary with respect to HEAL Loans, responding to inquiries
from borrowers on the Financed Student Loans, investigating delinquencies and
sending out statements, payment coupons and tax reporting information to
borrowers. In addition, the Master Servicers will keep ongoing records with
respect to such Financed Student Loans and collections thereon and will furnish
monthly and annual statements to the Administrator with respect to such
information, in accordance with each Master Servicer's customary practices and
as otherwise required in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
The Master Servicers may enter into sub-servicing agreements with
sub-servicers pursuant to which some or all of the Financed Student Loans may be
serviced on behalf of a Master Servicer. No such sub- servicing arrangement will
relieve the Master Servicer of its duties and obligations under the related Sale
and Servicing Agreement. Generally, PHEAA, AFSA Data Corporation, Great Lakes
Higher Education Corporation, UNIPAC Service Corporation, or such other entity
set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, will sub-service Financed
Student Loans originated by the Sellers in the Repayment Phase. It is
anticipated that the Purchased Loans will be serviced during both the Deferral
Phase and the Repayment Phase either by the originators of such Purchased Loans,
the Sellers or another party.
Payments on Financed Student Loans
Each Master Servicer will deposit all payments on Financed Student
Loans for which it is acting as primary servicer (from whatever source), and the
applicable Master Servicer shall cause each other Servicer to deposit into the
Collection Account all payments on such Financed Student Loans collected by such
other Servicers for which such other Servicers are acting as primary servicer
(from whatever source), in the manner and at the times set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement. The Eligible Lender Trustee will deposit all Interest
Subsidy Payments, all Special Allowance Payments and all insurance payments from
the Secretary with respect to the Financed Student Loans received by it during
each Collection Period into the Collection Account within two Business Days (or
such other time as may be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement) of receipt
thereof.
Master Servicer Covenants
In a Sale and Servicing Agreement, each Master Servicer will covenant
that: (a) it will duly satisfy or cause to be duly satisfied all obligations on
its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the Financed Student Loans,
maintain in effect all qualifications required in order to service the Financed
Student Loans and comply in all material respects with all requirements of law
in connection with servicing the Financed Student Loans, the failure to comply
with which would have a materially adverse effect on the Certificateholders or
the Noteholders; (b) it will not permit any rescission or cancellation of a
Financed Student Loan except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or
other government authority or as otherwise consented to by the Eligible Lender
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; (c) it will do nothing to impair the rights
of the Certificateholders and the Noteholders in the Financed Student Loans and
(d) it will not reschedule, revise, defer or otherwise compromise with respect
to payments due on any Financed Student Loan except pursuant to any applicable
deferral or forbearance periods or otherwise in accordance with its guidelines
with respect to the servicing of the Financed Student Loans (notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer may, in its sole discretion, without having to
obtain the consent or approval of any other party, waive amounts owing under a
Financed Student Loan up to and including $50.00, or such other amount as may be
set forth in the related Prospectus); provided, however, that a Master Servicer
may agree to a decrease of the interest rate of a Financed Student Loan in
accordance with the terms of its interest reduction program for borrowers with a
steady history of timely payments of interest and principal.
Under the terms of a Sale and Servicing Agreement, if The Money Store
or the related Master Servicer discovers, or receives written notice, that any
covenant of such Master Servicer set forth above has not been complied with in
all material respects and such noncompliance has not been cured within 60 days
thereafter, or such other period as may be set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, and has a materially adverse effect on the interest of the
Certificateholders, the Noteholders or the applicable Surety Provider or other
provider of Enhancement, if applicable, in any Financed Student Loan (it being
understood that any such breach that does not affect any Guarantor's or the
Secretary's obligation to guarantee payment of such Financed Student Loan will
not be considered to have such a material adverse effect), unless such breach is
cured, the Master Servicer will purchase such Financed Student Loan as of the
first day following the end of such 60-day period (or such other period) that is
the last day of a Collection Period. In that event, the Master Servicer will be
obligated to deposit into the Collection Account an amount equal to the Purchase
Amount of such Financed Student Loan and the related Trust's interest in any
such purchased Financed Student Loan will be automatically assigned to such
Master Servicer. If the Master Servicer fails to purchase within the
above-described time period any Financed Student Loan it is required to
purchase, unless otherwise limited in a Prospectus Supplement, The Money Store
will remit, or cause to be remitted, no later than the date the Master Servicer
would be required to remit such amount, the Purchase Amount for such Financed
Student Loan. Notwithstanding the above, if the Master Servicer is obligated to
purchase a Financed Student Loan as a result of a failure to service such
Financed Student Loan in accordance with the Higher Education Act, the Public
Health Service Act, the applicable Private Loan Program and the applicable
Guarantee Agreement, the Purchase Amount will not exceed the amount the related
Guarantor or the Secretary would be obligated to pay if not for such breach. In
addition, the Master Servicer or, if applicable, The Money Store will reimburse
the related Trust for any accrued interest amounts that a Guarantor refuses to
pay pursuant to its Guarantee Agreement, or for any Interest Subsidy Payments
and Special Allowance Payments that are lost or that must be repaid to the
Department or for any insurance payments that the Secretary refuses to pay, with
respect to a Financed Student Loan as a result of a breach of any such covenant
of the Master Servicer; provided, however, that such reimbursements shall not
exceed the amount the Guarantor or the Secretary would have paid if not for such
breach. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to any purchase obligation
arising as a result of a Guarantor denying a Guarantee Payment on a Financed
Student Loan, neither the Master Servicer nor, if applicable, The Money Store
will be required to purchase such Financed Student Loan until the last day of
the Collection Period following the date a Realized Loss on such Financed
Student Loan is allocated.
Servicing Compensation
Each Master Servicer will be entitled to receive, subject to the
limitations set forth in the following paragraph, the Servicing Fee monthly in
the amount set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement. To the extent the
Master Servicer engages a sub-servicer, including but not limited to PHEAA, AFSA
Data Corporation, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation or UNIPAC Service
Corporation, the Master Servicer will direct a portion of the Servicing Fee to
the applicable sub-servicer as compensation for its services. The Servicing Fee
(together with any portion of the Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from prior
Note Distribution Dates) will be allocated and payable as set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the fee payable to the
Master Servicers as defined above for any month would exceed 1.05% per annum (or
such other percentage as may be set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement)
of the Pool Balance of the related Trust as of the last day of the preceding
calendar month (the "Capped Amount"), then the "Servicing Fee" for such month
will instead be the Capped Amount for such month. The remaining amount in excess
of such Servicing Fee, together with any such excess amounts from prior months
that remain unpaid (the "Servicing Fee Carryover"), will be payable to the
Master Servicers as described in the related Prospectus Supplement.
The Servicing Fee and the Servicing Fee Carryover will compensate each
Master Servicer for performing the functions of a third party servicer of
student loans as an agent for their beneficial owner, including collecting and
posting all payments, responding to inquiries of borrowers on the Financed
Student Loans, investigating delinquencies, pursuing, filing and collecting any
Guarantee Payments and any insurance payments from the Secretary, accounting for
collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Administrator.
The Servicing Fee and the Servicing Fee Carryover also will reimburse each
Master Servicer for certain taxes, accounting fees, outside auditor fees, data
processing costs and other costs incurred in connection with administering the
Financed Student Loans.
Distributions
Deposits to Collection Account. On or before the day of each month set
forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, the Administrator will provide the
applicable Indenture Trustee and Eligible Lender Trustee a report setting forth
by component the Available Funds for the immediately preceding Collection
Period.
For purposes hereof, unless modified by a Prospectus Supplement, the term
"Available Funds" means the sum of the following amounts with respect to the
related Collection Period: (i) all collections received by the Master Servicer
or any Servicer on the Financed Student Loans (including any Guarantee Payments
received with respect to the Financed Student Loans); (ii) any payments,
including without limitation Interest Subsidy Payments, Special Allowance
Payments and any insurance payments from the Secretary received by the Eligible
Lender Trustee during such Collection Period with respect to the Financed
Student Loans; (iii) all proceeds of any sales of Financed Student Loans by the
Trust during such Collection Period; (iv) any payments of or with respect to
interest received by the Master Servicer or a Servicer during such Collection
Period with respect to a Financed Student Loan for which a Realized Loss was
previously allocated; (v) that portion of amounts released from the Pre-Funding
Account at the end of a Funding Period to be applied as a payment of principal;
(vi) amounts released from the Capitalized Interest Account and the Capitalized
Pre-Funding Account to cover shortfalls in interest; (vii) the aggregate
Purchase Amounts received for those Financed Student Loans repurchased by the
Seller or purchased by the Master Servicer or by or on behalf of The Money Store
under an obligation which arose during the related Collection Period; (viii) the
aggregate amounts, if any, received from the Seller, The Money Store or the
Master Servicer as reimbursement of non-guaranteed interest amounts, or lost
Interest Subsidiary Payments, Special Allowance Payments and insurance payments
from the Secretary, with respect to the Financed Student Loans pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ix) Investments Earnings for such Collection
Period; provided, however, that Available Funds will exclude all payments and
proceeds of any Financed Student Loans the Purchase Amount of which has been
included in Available Funds for a prior Collection Period.
Distributions from Collection Account. On each Determination Date, the
Administrator will advise the Indenture Trustee in writing of the applicable
Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount or Certificateholders' Interest
Distribution Amount. Additionally, at the respective times sets forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement, the Administrator will advise the Indenture
Trustee in writing of the applicable Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount
or, if applicable, the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount and the
Transaction Fees for the preceding month.
On each Note Distribution Date described in the related Prospectus
Supplement (other than those relating to Accrual Notes during the related
Accrual Period), the Indenture Trustee will transfer from the applicable
Collection Account to the Note Distribution Account, from payments received on
or with respect to the Financed Student Loans, as described in the related
Prospectus Supplement, an amount up to the related Noteholders' Interest
Distribution Amount. For each Note Distribution Date described in the related
Prospectus Supplement relating to a Class of Accrual Notes during the related
Accrual Period, the related Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount will be
added to the principal amount of such Notes. As will be set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement, on certain Note Distribution Dates relating to Classes of
Notes then entitled to receive payments of principal, after making the transfers
set forth above, the Indenture Trustee will transfer from the Collection Account
to the Note Distribution Account from payments received on or with respect to
the Financed Student Loans, as described in the related Prospectus Supplement,
together with any Additional Principal Payments (to the extent set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement), an amount up to the Noteholders' Principal
Distribution Amount; provided, however, that, if set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement, for each month in which the first Note Distribution Date occurs
prior to the Certificate Distribution Date in such month, prior to transferring
amounts to the Note Distribution Account, the Indenture Trustee will transfer to
the Expense Account, from payments received on or with respect to the Financed
Student Loans as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, an amount up to
the Transaction Fees for the month preceding such Note Distribution Date and all
overdue Transaction Fees from prior months.
On each Certificate Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will
transfer from the applicable Collection Account, from payments received on or
with respect to the Financed Student Loans during the periods set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement, (i) to the Expense Account, the amount, if any, described
in such Prospectus Supplement and (ii) to the Certificate Distribution Account,
an amount up to the related Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount.
Additionally, on each Certificate Distribution Date the Indenture Trustee will
transfer from the Collection Account to the Eligible Lender Trustee, for deposit
in the Certificate Distribution Account, an amount up to the applicable
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount.
On the Note Distribution Dates set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, the Indenture Trustee will distribute from the Expense Account (in
addition to any amounts transferred from the Reserve Account) amounts to pay the
Transaction Fees, in the priorities and in the amounts set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
On each Note Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will distribute
to the Noteholders of the applicable Class as of the related Note Record Date
all amounts transferred to the Note Distribution Account as set forth above and
in the related Prospectus Supplement (in addition to any other amounts described
in the Prospectus Supplement). On each Certificate Distribution Date, the
Eligible Lender Trustee will distribute to the Certificateholders of the
applicable Class as of the related Certificate Record Date all amounts
transferred to the Certificate Distribution Account as set forth above and in
the related Prospectus Supplement (in addition to any other amounts described in
the related Prospectus Supplement).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement, principal payments will be made to each Class of Notes and the
Certificates only in the denominations set forth in such Prospectus Supplement.
If the amount in the Note Distribution Account or the Certificate Distribution
Account otherwise required to be applied as a payment of principal either (i) is
less than the specified denomination or (ii) exceeds an even multiple of such
specified denomination, then, in the case of (i), such entire amount or, in the
case of (ii), such excess amount, will not be paid as principal on the upcoming
Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date, as the case may be, but
will be retained in the Note Distribution Account or the Certificate
Distribution Account, as the case may be, until the amount therein available for
payment of principal (including any amounts transferred from the Reserve
Account) equals the specified denominations.
With respect to the Class of Notes entitled to receive payments of
principal (or, after each Class of Notes has been paid in full, the Class of
Certificates entitled to receive payments of principal), if specified in the
Prospectus Supplement, the actual Notes or Certificates of such Class, as the
case may be, that will receive payments of principal on each applicable Note
Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date will be selected by the
Indenture Trustee (with respect to the Notes) or the Eligible Lender Trustee
(with respect to the Certificates) by lot in such manner as the Indenture
Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee, as the case may be, in its discretion
may determine and which may provide for the selection for payment of principal
in the minimum denominations specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, and
integral multiples in excess thereof.
Notice of the specific Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, to
receive payments of principal is to be given by the Indenture Trustee or the
Eligible Lender Trustee, as the case may be, by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 15 days but no more than 30 days, or such other
time period as may be specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, before the
applicable Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date at the
address of the applicable Securityholder appearing on the registration books.
Any defect in or failure to give such mailed notice shall not affect the
validity of proceedings for the payment of any other Notes or Certificates not
affected by such failure or defect. All notices of payment are to state: (i) the
applicable Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date; (ii) the
amount of principal to be paid, and (iii) the Class of the Notes or Certificates
to be paid.
On the Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date
specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, after making all required
transfers to the Note Distribution Account and, if applicable, the Certificate
Distribution Account and the Expense Account, the Indenture Trustee will
transfer any amounts remaining in the Collection Account (other than amounts
representing payments received during such month or payments of or with respect
to principal received in the immediately preceding month) as set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there has been an Event of Default
with respect to payment of the Notes issued by a Trust, the Certificateholders
of such Trust will not be entitled to any payments of principal or interest
until each outstanding Class of Notes of such Trust has been paid in full.
"Certificate Balance" equals the original principal balance of each
Class of Certificates issued reduced by all amounts allocable to principal
previously distributed to Certificateholders.
"Certificateholders' Distribution Amount" means, as to any Class of
Certificates, with respect to any Certificate Distribution Date relating to such
Certificates, the Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount for such
Certificate Distribution Date plus, for each Certificate Distribution Date on
and after which the Notes issued by the related Trust have been paid in full,
the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate
Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, as to any
Class of Certificates, with respect to any Certificate Distribution Date
relating to such Certificates, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the related
Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount on the preceding Certificate
Distribution Date relating to such Certificates and any outstanding
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Certificate
Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of interest actually distributed to the
Certificateholders of such Class on such preceding Certificate Distribution
Date, plus interest on the amount of such excess interest due to the
Certificateholders of such Class, to the extent permitted by law, at the related
Certificate Rate from such preceding Certificate Distribution Date to the
current Certificate Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount" means, as to any
Class of Certificates, with respect to any Certificate Distribution Date
relating to such Certificates, the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued at
the related Certificate Rate for the related Interest Period on the outstanding
principal amount of such Certificates on the immediately preceding Certificate
Distribution Date relating to such Certificates, after giving effect to all
distributions of principal to Certificateholders of such Class on such
Certificate Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Certificate
Distribution Date for a Class of Certificates , on the related Closing Date) and
(ii) the Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall relating to such
Certificates for such Certificate Distribution Date; provided, however, that the
Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount will not include any
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover.
"Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, as of the
close of any Certificate Distribution Date relating to a Class of Certificates
on or after which the Notes have been paid in full, the excess, if any, of (i)
the sum of the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount on such
Certificate Distribution Date and any outstanding Certificateholders' Principal
Carryover Shortfall for the preceding Certificate Distribution Date over (ii)
the amount of principal actually distributed to the Certificateholders on such
Certificate Distribution Date.
"Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount" means, on each
Certificate Distribution Date relating to the Class or Classes of Certificates
then entitled to receive payments of principal, on and after which the principal
balance of the Notes of the related Trust has been paid in full, the sum of (a)
the Principal Distribution Amount for the Collection Periods specified in the
related Prospectus Supplement , (b) any Additional Principal Payments to be made
on such Certificate Distribution Date and (c) the Certificateholders' Principal
Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the preceding Certificate Distribution
Date; provided, however, that the Certificateholders' Principal Distribution
Amount will in no event exceed the outstanding principal balance of such Class
of Certificates. Further, on the first Certificate Distribution Date occurring
after the Note Distribution Date on which the principal balance of the Notes of
the related Trust is paid in full, the Certificateholders' Principal
Distribution Amount also will include the excess, if any, of the amount of
principal available to be distributed on such Note Distribution Date over the
amount of principal paid on the Notes on such date. In addition, with respect to
each Class of Certificates, on the related Final Maturity Date the
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount will include the amount
required to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Certificates to
zero.
"Noteholders' Distribution Amount" means, as to any Class of Notes, with
respect to any Distribution Date relating to such Notes, the sum of related
Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount and the Noteholders' Principal
Distribution Amount for such Note Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, as to any Class of
Notes, with respect to any Note Distribution Date relating to such Notes, the
excess of (i) the sum of the related Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount
on the preceding Note Distribution Date relating to such Notes and any
Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Note Distribution
Date over (ii) the amount of interest actually allocated to such Noteholders on
such preceding Note Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of such
excess interest due to the Noteholders, to the extent permitted by law, at the
related Class Interest Rate from such preceding Note Distribution Date to the
current Note Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount" means, as to any Class of
Notes, with respect to any Note Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the amount of
interest accrued at the respective Class Interest Rate for each related Interest
Period since the last Note Distribution Date relating to such Notes (or, in the
case of the first Note Distribution Date following the issuance of a Class of
Notes, the applicable Closing Date) on the outstanding principal balance of such
Class of Notes on the immediately preceding Note Distribution Date relating to
such Notes after giving effect to all principal distributions to holders of
Notes of such Class on such date (or, in the case of the first Note Distribution
Date for such Class, on the related Closing Date) and (ii) the Noteholders'
Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class for such Note Distribution Date;
provided, however, that the Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount will not
include any Noteholders' Interest Carryover.
"Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, as of the close of
any Note Distribution Date relating to a Class of Notes, the excess of (i) the
sum of the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount on such Note Distribution
Date and any outstanding Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall for the
preceding Note Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of principal actually
allocated to the Noteholders on such Note Distribution Date.
"Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount" means, as to the Class or
Classes of Notes then entitled to receive payments of principal on each
applicable Note Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Principal Distribution
Amount for such Collection Periods as may be set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement, (ii) any Additional Principal Payments to be made on such Note
Distribution Date and (iii) the Noteholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall as of
the close of the preceding Note Distribution Date relating to such Notes;
provided, however, that the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount will not
exceed the outstanding principal balance of such Class or Classes of Notes. In
addition, with respect to each Class of Notes, on the related Final Maturity
Date the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount will include the amount
required to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Notes to zero.
"Principal Distribution Amount" means, generally, unless provided
otherwise in the related Prospectus Supplement, with respect to any Collection
Period, the sum of the following amounts: (i) that portion of all collections
received by the Master Servicer or any Servicer on the Financed Student Loans
that is allocable to principal (including the portion of any Guarantee Payments
received that is allocable to principal of the Financed Student Loans); (ii) the
portion of the proceeds allocable to principal from the sale of Financed Student
Loans by the Trust during such Collection Period; (iii) all Realized Losses
incurred during the related Collection Period; (iv) to the extent attributable
to principal, the Purchase Amount received with respect to each Financed Student
Loan repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the Master Servicer or The Money
Store under an obligation which arose during the related Collection Period; and
(v) amounts, if any, transferred from the Pre-Funding Account at the end of the
applicable Funding Period; provided, however, that the Principal Distribution
Amount will exclude all payments and proceeds of any Financed Student Loans the
Purchase Amount of which has been included in Available Funds for a prior
Collection Period.
With respect to each Financed Student Loan submitted to a Guarantor for
a Guarantee Payment, a "Realized Loss" generally means the excess, if any, of
(i) the unpaid principal balance of such Financed Student Loan on the date it
was first submitted to a Guarantor for a Guarantee Payment over (ii) all amounts
received on or with respect to principal on such Financed Student Loan up
through the earlier to occur of (A) the date a related Guarantee Payment is made
or (B) the last day of the Collection Period occurring 7 months after the date
the claim for such Guarantee Payment is first denied.
Monthly Advances
If the Master Servicer has applied for a Guarantee Payment from a
Guarantor, an Interest Subsidy Payment or a Special Allowance Payment from the
Department or an insurance payment from the Secretary, and the Master Servicer
has not received the related payment prior to the end of the Collection Period
immediately preceding the Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution
Date on which such amount would be required to be distributed as a payment of
interest, the Representative may, no later than the Determination Date relating
to such Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date, as the case may
be, deposit into the Monthly Advance Account an amount up to the amount of such
payments with respect to interest applied for but not received (such deposits by
the Master Servicer are referred to herein as "Monthly Advances"). On each
related Note Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will distribute from the
Monthly Advance Account to the applicable Noteholders the Monthly Advance for
such Note Distribution Date. On each related Certificate Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee will transfer from the Monthly Advance Account to the Eligible
Lender Trustee for distribution to the Certificateholders, the Monthly Advance
for such Certificate Distribution Date. Such Monthly Advances are recoverable by
the Representative from the source for which such Monthly Advance was made.
Credit Enhancement
The amounts and types of credit enhancement arrangements and the
provider thereof, if applicable, with respect to a Series or any Class of
Securities will be set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement. If specified
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, credit enhancement for any Series of
Securities may cover one or more Classes of Notes or Certificates, and,
accordingly, may be exhausted for the benefit of a particular Class of Notes or
Certificates and thereafter be unavailable to such other Classes of Notes or
Certificates. Further information regarding any provider of credit enhancement,
including financial information when material, will be included or incorporated
by reference in the related Prospectus Supplement.
If an to the extent provided in the related Prospectus Supplement,
credit enhancement may include one or more of the following or any combination
thereof:
Reserve Account. Pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, with
respect to each Trust a Reserve Account may be created and on each Closing Date
on which the related Trust sells a Series of Notes, the Sellers may deposit cash
or Eligible Investments in an amount, if any, equal to the Reserve Account
Deposit identified in the related Prospectus Supplement. The Reserve Account may
be augmented on certain Note Distribution Dates or Certificate Distribution
Dates, as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, by deposit therein of
the amount, if any, necessary to reinstate the balance of the Reserve Account to
the Specified Reserve Account Balance from the amount of Available Funds
remaining after making all prior distributions on such date as described in the
related Prospectus Supplement; provided, however, that, if and as set forth in
the related Prospectus Supplement, such Available Funds may be applied as an
Additional Principal Payment. Also, if amounts were transferred from the Reserve
Account to cover a Realized Loss on a Financed Student Loan, any subsequent
payments of principal received on or with respect to such Financed Student Loan
will be deposited into the Reserve Account or, if so provided in the related
Prospectus Supplement, applied as an Additional Principal Payment. Amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account exceeding the Specified Reserve Account Balance
will be distributed as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement.
A Reserve Account is intended to enhance the likelihood of timely
receipt by the Noteholders and the Certificateholders of the full amount of
principal and interest due them and to decrease the likelihood that the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders will experience losses. In certain
circumstances, however, a Reserve Account could be depleted. Further, as
described above, amounts otherwise required to be deposited into the Reserve
Account may, with the consent of the applicable Surety Provider or other
provider of Enhancement, if any, be applied as Additional Principal Payments. If
the amount required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account to cover shortfalls
in the amount of Available Funds exceeds the amount of cash in the Reserve
Account, a temporary shortfall in the amount of principal and interest
distributed to the Noteholders or the Certificateholders could result. This
could, in turn, increase the average life of the Notes and the Certificates.
Moreover, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account (other than amounts in
excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance) will not be available to cover
any aggregate unpaid Servicing Fee Carryovers, Noteholders' Interest Carryover
or Certificateholders' Interest Carryover.
Subordination of the Certificates. The rights of the holders of the
Certificates of a Trust to receive distributions with respect to interest and
principal will be subordinated to such rights of the holders of the Notes of the
related Trust to the extent described herein and in a Prospectus Supplement.
This subordination is intended to enhance the likelihood of regular receipt by
holders of Notes of the related Trust of the full amount of the Noteholders'
Interest Distribution Amount and, after distribution of the Certificateholders'
Interest Distribution Amount, the Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount.
Surety Bonds. Note Surety Bonds, issued by a Surety Provider, may be
obtained by the Sellers in favor of the Eligible Lender Trustee solely on behalf
of the Noteholders of the related Series. Note Surety Bonds will, if obtained,
except as provided below or in a Prospectus Supplement, provide for coverage of
timely payment of all interest and ultimate payment of all principal due on the
related Series of Notes; provided, however, that Note Surety Bonds will not
ensure payment of any Noteholders' Interest Carryover.
Certificate Surety Bonds will, if obtained, except as provided below or in
a Prospectus Supplement, provide for coverage of timely payment of all interest
and ultimate payment of all principal due on the Certificates; provided,
however, that the Certificate Surety Bonds will not ensure payment of any
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover. Certificate Surety Bonds may be obtained
by the Sellers in favor of the Eligible Lender Trustee solely on behalf of the
Certificateholders of the related Class.
The amount required to be paid under each Surety Bond will be described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Other Forms of Credit Enhancement. If and to the extent specified in
the related Prospectus Supplement, enhancement with respect to a Series or any
Class of Securities may also include overcollateralization, a letter of credit,
one or more Classes of subordinate Securities, derivative products or other
forms of credit enhancement including but not limited to third party guarantees
or guarantees of The Money Store (collectively, "Enhancement"). The Enhancement
with respect to any Series or Class of Securities may be structured to provide
protection against delinquencies and/or losses on the Financed Student Loans,
against changes in interest rates, or other risks, to the extent and under the
conditions specified in the related Prospectus Supplement. Any form of
Enhancement will have certain limitations and exclusions from coverage
thereunder, which will be described in the related Prospectus Supplement.
Statements to Indenture Trustee and Trust
For each Trust, on or prior to each Determination Date preceding the
Note Distribution Dates and Certificate Distribution Dates set forth on a
Prospectus Supplement, the Master Servicer or the Administrator will provide to
the Indenture Trustee for the Indenture Trustee to forward on each succeeding
Note Distribution Date to each Noteholder of the applicable Class, and to the
Eligible Lender Trustee for the Eligible Lender Trustee to forward on such
succeeding Certificate Distribution Date to each Certificateholder of the
applicable Class, a statement, which may include the following information with
respect to such Note Distribution Date and Certificate Distribution Date or the
preceding Collection Period, to the extent applicable (provided, however, that
with respect to each Note Distribution Date other than the first Note
Distribution Date occurring in each month, such statement need only contain the
information set forth in clauses (ii), (iii), (v), and (vii) below), and such
other information as may be set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement:
(i) the amount of the distribution allocable to
principal of each Class of Notes or Certificates, as the
case may be;
(ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on
each Class of Notes and Certificates (or in the case of any Accrual
Notes during the related Accrual Period, the amount of interest
capitalized and added to principal), together with the interest rates
applicable with respect thereto (indicating whether such interest rates
are based on the Auction Rate, the LIBOR Rate, the T-Bill Rate or other
applicable rate as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, as
the case may be, or on the Net Loan Rate, with respect to each Class of
Notes and Certificates, and specifying what each such interest rate
would have been if it had been calculated using the alternate basis);
(iii) the amount of the distribution, if any, allocable to any
Noteholders' Interest Carryover and any Certificateholders' Interest
Carryover, together with the outstanding amount, if any, of each
thereof after giving effect to any such distribution;
(iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on
the last day of the preceding Collection Period;
(v) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of each Class
of Notes and Certificates as of such Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date, after giving effect to payments
allocated to principal reported under clause (i) above;
(vi) the amount of the Servicing Fee and any Servicing Fee
Carryover allocated to the Master Servicer, the amount of the
Administration Fee allocated to the Administrator, the amount of the
Auction Agent Fee allocated to the Auction Agent, the amount of the
Indenture Trustee Fee allocated to the Indenture Trustee, the amount of
the Eligible Lender Trustee Fee allocated to the Eligible Lender
Trustee and, if applicable, the amount of the Surety Provider Fee
allocated to the Surety Provider, respectively, with respect to such
Collection Period, and the amount, if any, of the Servicing Fee
Carryover remaining unpaid after giving effect to any such payment;
(vii) if applicable, the amount of the distribution,
if any, payable to the Surety Provider as reimbursement for any
unpaid Surety Bond Payments;
(viii) the amount of the aggregate Realized Losses, if any, for
such Collection Period and the aggregate amount, if any, received
(stated separately for interest and principal) with respect to Financed
Student Loans for which Realized Losses were allocated previously;
(ix) the amount of the distribution attributable to amounts in
the Reserve Account, the amount of any other withdrawals from the
Reserve Account for such Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, the balance of the Reserve Account on such Note
Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date, after giving effect
to changes therein on such Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date and the then applicable Parity Percentage;
(x) for Note Distribution Dates during each Funding Period, the
portion, if any, of the distribution attributable to amounts on deposit
in the Pre-Funding Account and the remaining Pre-Funded Amount on such
Note Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes therein during
the related Collection Period;
(xi) for the Note Distribution Dates during each Funding Period,
the aggregate amount, if any, paid by the Eligible Lender Trustee on
behalf of the Trust to purchase Additional Financed Student Loans
during the preceding
Collection Period;
(xii) for the first Note Distribution Date on or following the
end of each Funding Period, the amount of any remaining Pre-Funded
Amount that has not been used to make Additional Fundings and is being
paid out to Noteholders;
(xiii) the aggregate amount, if any, paid for Financed Student
Loans purchased from the Trust during the preceding Collection Period;
and
(xiv) the number and principal amount of Financed Student Loans,
as of the preceding Collection Period, that are (i) 30 to 60 days
delinquent, (ii) 61 to 90 days delinquent, (iii) 91 to 120 days
delinquent, (iv) more than 120 days delinquent and (v) for which claims
have been filed with the appropriate Guarantor and which are awaiting
payment.
Evidence as to Compliance
Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that a firm of
independent public accountants will furnish to the related Eligible Lender
Trustee and Indenture Trustee annually a statement (based on the examination of
certain documents and records and on such accounting and auditing procedures
considered appropriate under the circumstances) as to compliance by the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first such
certificate, the period from the Initial Closing Date to the end of the calendar
year) with all applicable standards under such Sale and Servicing Agreement
relating to the servicing of the Financed Student Loans.
Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will further provide that a firm of
independent public accountants (which may be the same firm referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph) will furnish to the related Eligible Lender
Trustee and Indenture Trustee annually a statement (based on the examination of
certain documents and records and on such accounting and auditing procedures
considered appropriate under the circumstances) as to compliance by the
Administrator during the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first
such certificate, the period from the Initial Closing Date to the end of the
calendar year) with all applicable standards under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Administration Agreement relating to the administration of the
related Trust and the Financed Student Loans.
Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will also provide for delivery to the
related Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee, concurrently with the
delivery of each statement of compliance referred to above, of a certificate
signed by an officer of the Master Servicer or the Administrator, as the case
may be, stating that, to his knowledge, the Master Servicer or the
Administrator, as the case may be, has fulfilled its obligations under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement throughout the preceding calendar year (or, in the case
of the first such certificate, the period from the Initial Closing Date to end
of the calendar year) or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any
such obligation, describing each such default. Each of the Master Servicer and
the Administrator will agree to give the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible
Lender Trustee notice of certain Servicer Defaults and Administrator Defaults,
respectively, under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Copies of such statements and certificates may be obtained by
Securityholders by a request in writing addressed to the Applicable Trustee.
Certain Matters Regarding the Servicer
Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that the related Master
Servicer may not resign from its obligations and duties as Master Servicer
thereunder, except upon determination that the Master Servicer's performance of
such duties is no longer permissible under applicable law. No such resignation
will become effective until the related Indenture Trustee or a successor
servicer has assumed the Master Servicer's servicing obligations and duties
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will further provide that neither the
related Master Servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents
will be under any liability to the related Trust, the Surety Provider or other
provider of Enhancement, if any, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, the
Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee for taking any action or for
refraining from taking any action pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that neither the Master Servicer
nor any such person will be protected against any liability that would otherwise
be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of its duties thereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and its duties thereunder. In addition, each Sale and Servicing
Agreement will provide that the Master Servicer is under no obligation to appear
in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its
servicing responsibilities under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and that, in
its opinion, may cause it to incur any expense or liability.
Under the circumstances specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
any entity into which the Master Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any
entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Master Servicer
is a party, or any entity succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer,
which corporation or other entity in each of the foregoing cases assumes the
obligations of the Master Servicer, will be the successor of the Master Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Master Servicer Default; Administrator Default
"Master Servicer Default" under a Sale and Servicing Agreement
generally will consist of (i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deliver to
the Indenture Trustee for deposit in any of the Trust Accounts any collections,
Guarantee Payments or other amounts received with respect to the Financed
Student Loans, which failure continues unremedied for two Business Days after
written notice from the Indenture Trustee, the Surety Provider, if any, or the
Eligible Lender Trustee is received by the Master Servicer or after discovery by
the Master Servicer; (ii) any failure by the Master Servicer or The Money Store
duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other covenant or
agreement in the Sale and Servicing Agreement which failure materially and
adversely affects the rights of Noteholders, Certificateholders or the Surety
Provider, if any, and which continues unremedied for 60 days after the giving of
written notice of such failure (A) to the Master Servicer or The Money Store, as
the case may be, by the Indenture Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the
Surety Provider, if any, or the Administrator or (B) to the Master Servicer or
The Money Store, as the case may be, and to the Indenture Trustee and the
Eligible Lender Trustee by holders of Notes or Certificates, as applicable,
evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes or
Certificates of the related Trust; and (iii) certain events of insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar
proceedings with respect to the Master Servicer and certain actions by the
Master Servicer indicating its insolvency, reorganization pursuant to bankruptcy
proceedings or inability to pay its obligations.
"Administrator Default" under a Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Administration Agreement will consist of (i) any failure by the Administrator to
direct the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee, as applicable, to
make any required distributions from any of the Trust Accounts, which failure
continues unremedied for two Business Days after written notice from the
Indenture Trustee, the Surety Provider, if any, or the Eligible Lender Trustee
is received by the Administrator or after discovery of such failure by the
Administrator; (ii) any failure by the Administrator duly to observe or perform
in any material respect any other covenant or agreement in the Administration
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement which failure materially and
adversely affects the rights of Noteholders, Certificateholders or the Surety
Provider, if any, and which continues unremedied for 60 days after the giving of
written notice of such failure (l) to the Administrator by the Surety Provider,
if any, the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee or (2) to the
Administrator and to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee by
holders of Notes or Certificates, as applicable, evidencing not less than 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes or Certificates of the related Trust;
and (iii) certain events of insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of
assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings with respect to the Administrator
and certain actions by the Administrator indicating its insolvency or inability
to pay its obligations.
Rights Upon Servicer Default and Administrator Default
As long as a Servicer Default under a Sale and Servicing Agreement or an
Administrator Default under a Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Administration
Agreement remains unremedied, the Surety Provider, if any, may or, with the
consent of the Surety Provider, if any, the Indenture Trustee or holders of
Notes evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of then outstanding Notes
of the related Trust may, terminate all the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or the Administrator under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as the case may
be, whereupon a successor servicer or administrator appointed by the Indenture
Trustee and approved by the Surety Provider, if any, or the Indenture Trustee
will succeed to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Master
Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or the Administrator under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as the case may
be, and will be entitled to similar compensation arrangements. If, however, a
bankruptcy trustee or similar official has been appointed for the Master
Servicer or the Administrator, and no Servicer Default or Administrator Default
other than such appointment has occurred, such trustee or official may have the
power to prevent the Surety Provider, if any, the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders from effecting such a transfer. In the event that the Indenture
Trustee is unwilling or unable to so act, it may appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of, a successor whose regular
business includes the servicing of student loans. The Indenture Trustee may make
such arrangements for compensation to be paid, which in no event may be greater
than the compensation to the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Administrator under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Administration Agreement, as the case may be, unless such compensation
arrangements will not result in a downgrading of the Notes and the Certificates
by any Rating Agency. In the event a Servicer Default or an Administrator
Default occurs and is continuing, the Surety Provider, if any, the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders, as described above, may remove the Master Servicer
or the Administrator, as the case may be, without the consent of the Eligible
Lender Trustee or any of the Certificateholders. Moreover, only the Surety
Provider, if any, or, with the consent of the Surety Provider, if any, the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, and not the Eligible Lender Trustee or the
Certificateholders, have the ability to remove the Master Servicer or the
Administrator, as the case may be, if a Servicer Default or an Administrator
Default occurs and is continuing.
Waiver of Past Defaults
The Surety Provider, if any, or, with the consent of the Surety Provider,
if any, the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes of the related Trust (or the holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Certificate
Balance, in the case of any default which does not adversely affect the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders) may, on behalf of all Noteholders and
Certificateholders of such Trust, waive any default by the Master Servicer in
the performance of its obligations under a Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any
default by the Administrator of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as the case may be, and their
respective consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or
payments from any of the Trust Accounts or giving instructions regarding the
same in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Therefore, the Surety
Provider, if any, and the Noteholders have the ability, except as noted above,
to waive defaults by the Master Servicer and the Administrator which could
materially adversely affect the Certificateholders. No such waiver will impair
the Noteholders' or the Certificateholders' rights with respect to subsequent
defaults.
Amendment
The Transfer and Servicing Agreements may be amended by the parties
thereto, with the consent of the Surety Provider, if any, but without the
consent of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements or of modifying in any manner the
rights of Noteholders or Certificateholders; provided that such action will not,
in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible
Lender Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder
or Certificateholder. The Transfer and Servicing Agreements may also be amended
by the Sellers, the Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Eligible Lender
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, with the consent of the Surety
Provider, if any, and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such Trust and the holders of
Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Balance of such
Trust for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of such Transfer and Servicing Agreements or
of modifying in any manner the rights of Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any
manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of
payments (including any Guarantee Payments) with respect to the Financed Student
Loans or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
the Notes or Certificates which are required to consent to any such amendment,
without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and
Certificates.
Insolvency Event
If any of certain events of insolvency or receivership, readjustment of
debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings with respect
to Student Holdings or certain actions by Student Holdings indicating its
insolvency or inability to pay its obligations (each, an "Insolvency Event")
occurs, the Financed Student Loans will be liquidated and each Trust will be
terminated 90 days after the date of such Insolvency Event, unless, before the
end of such 90-day period, the related Eligible Lender Trustee shall have
received written instructions from the applicable Surety Provider, if any, and
the holders of the Certificates (other than Student Holdings) representing more
than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Certificates (not
including the principal amount of Certificates held by Student Holdings) of the
related Trust to the effect that such group disapproves of the liquidation of
the Financed Student Loans and termination of the related Trust. Promptly after
the occurrence of any Student Holdings Insolvency Event, notice thereof is
required to be given to Noteholders and Certificateholders and the Surety
Provider, if any; provided, however, that any failure to give such required
notice will not prevent or delay termination of the related Trust. Upon
termination of a Trust, the Eligible Lender Trustee will direct the Indenture
Trustee promptly to sell the assets of the Trust (other than the Trust Accounts
and, if applicable, the Surety Bonds) in a commercially reasonable manner and on
commercially reasonable terms. The proceeds from any such sale, disposition or
liquidation of the Financed Student Loans will be treated as collections thereon
and deposited in the Collection Account. If the proceeds from the liquidation of
the Financed Student Loans and any amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account are
not sufficient to pay the Notes in full, the amount of principal returned to the
Noteholders will be reduced and the Noteholders will incur a loss to the extent
not covered by applicable Note Surety Bonds,. If such amounts are not sufficient
to pay the Notes and the Certificates in full, the amount of principal returned
to the Certificateholders will be reduced and the Certificateholders will incur
a loss to the extent not covered by a Certificate Surety Bond. A Surety Provider
has no obligation to pay in full the principal of the Certificates until the
Certificate Final Maturity Date.
A Trust Agreement will provide that the Eligible Lender Trustee does
not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to
the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all Certificateholders and the
delivery to the Eligible Lender Trustee by each Certificateholder of a
certificate certifying that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the
Trust is insolvent.
Payment of Notes
Upon the payment in full of all outstanding Notes of a Trust and the
satisfaction and discharge of the related Indenture, the Eligible Lender Trustee
will succeed to all the rights of the Indenture Trustee, and the
Certificateholders will succeed to all the rights of the Noteholders, under the
related Sale and Servicing Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein.
Liability of Student Holdings
To the extent set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, under a Trust
Agreement, Student Holdings will agree to be liable directly to an injured party
for the entire amount of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (other than
those incurred by a Noteholder or a Certificateholder in the capacity of an
investor) arising out of or based on the arrangement created by the Trust
Agreement as though such arrangement created a partnership under the partnership
laws of the jurisdiction in which the Trust was established in which Student
Holdings were a general partner.
Termination
The obligations of the Master Servicer, the Sellers, the Administrator,
the Auction Agent, if any, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreements relating to a Trust will
terminate upon (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Financed
Student Loan and the disposition of any amount received upon liquidation of any
remaining Financed Student Loans of the related Trust and (ii) the payment to
the Noteholders and the Certificateholders of the related Trust of all amounts
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreements.
In order to avoid excessive administrative expense, the Sellers are permitted at
their option and, if applicable, with the consent of a Surety Provider, to
repurchase from the Eligible Lender Trustee, as of the end of any Collection
Period immediately preceding a Note Distribution Date or Certificate
Distribution Date, if the then outstanding Pool Balance of a Trust is 10% or
less of the Aggregate Pool Balance, all remaining Financed Student Loans of the
related Trust at a price equal to the aggregate Purchase Amounts thereof as of
the end of such Collection Period, which amounts will be used to retire the
Certificates concurrently therewith. Upon termination of a Trust, all right,
title and interest in the Financed Student Loans and other funds of the Trust,
after giving effect to any final distributions to Noteholders and
Certificateholders therefrom, will be conveyed and transferred to the Sellers.
Administrator
Either Educaid, ClassNotes Inc. or such other party as may be named in
a Prospectus Supplement, in its capacity as Administrator, will enter into the
Administration Agreement with a Trust and the related Indenture Trustee,
pursuant to which the Administrator will agree, to the extent provided therein,
(i) to direct the Indenture Trustee to make the required distributions from the
Trust Accounts on each Note Distribution Date and Certificate Distribution Date,
(ii) to prepare (based on the reports received from the Master Servicer) and
provide periodic and annual statements to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions to Noteholders and
Certificateholders and any related federal income tax reporting information and
(iii) to provide the notices and to perform other administrative obligations
required by the Indenture and the Trust Agreement. As compensation for the
performance of the Administrator's obligations under the Administration
Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the
Administrator will be entitled to an administration fee equal to the amount set
forth in the related Prospectus Supplement (the "Administration Fee").
CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE FINANCED STUDENT LOANS
Transfer of Financed Student Loans
Each Seller intends that the transfer of the Financed Student Loans by
it to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of a Trust constitutes a valid sale
or contribution and assignment of such Financed Student Loans. In addition, each
of the Seller has taken and will take all actions that are required under
applicable state law to perfect the Eligible Lender Trustee's ownership interest
in the Financed Student Loans and the collections with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the transfer of the Financed Student Loans is
deemed to be an assignment of collateral as security for the benefit of a Trust,
the Financed Student Loans would be considered general intangibles for purposes
of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (the "UCC"). If a transfer of general
intangibles is deemed to be a sale or contribution, then the UCC is not
applicable and no further action under the UCC is required to protect the
Eligible Lender Trustee's interest from third parties.
If the transfer of the Financed Student Loans is deemed to be an
assignment as security for the benefit of a Trust, there are certain limited
circumstances under the UCC in which prior or subsequent transferees of Financed
Student Loans coming into existence after the Closing Date could have an
interest in such Financed Student Loans with priority over the related Eligible
Lender Trustee's interest. A tax or other government lien on property of a
Seller arising prior to the time a Financed Student Loan comes into existence
may also have priority over the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee in such
Financed Student Loan. Under a Sale and Servicing Agreement, however, each
Seller will warrant that it has transferred the Financed Student Loans to the
Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the related Trust free and clear of the
lien of any third party. In addition, each Seller will covenant that it will not
sell, pledge, assign, transfer or grant any lien on any Financed Student Loan
(or any interest therein) other than to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of
the related Trust, except as provided below.
Pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, either the Master Servicer,
a sub-servicer or another independent party as custodian on behalf of the
related Trust will have custody of the promissory notes evidencing the Financed
Student Loans following the conveyance of the Financed Student Loans to the
Eligible Lender Trustee and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee.
Although the accounts of the applicable Seller will be marked to indicate the
conveyance and the applicable Seller will cause UCC financing statements to be
filed with the appropriate authorities, the Financed Student Loans will not be
physically segregated in the Master Servicer's or such sub-servicer's offices.
If, through inadvertence or otherwise, any of the Financed Student Loans were
sold to another party, or a security interest therein were granted to another
party, that purchased (or took such security interest in) any of such Financed
Student Loans in the ordinary course of its business and took possession of such
Financed Student Loans, then the purchaser (or secured party) would acquire an
interest in the Financed Student Loans superior to the interest of the Eligible
Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee if the purchaser (or secured party)
acquired (or took a security interest in) the Financed Student Loans for new
value and without actual knowledge of the Eligible Lender Trustee's and the
Indenture Trustee's respective interests. See "Description of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements--Sale of Financed Student Loans; Representations and
Warranties" and "-- Servicer Covenants." Under certain circumstances, a
Guarantor in the Federal Program will retain custody of the promissory notes
evidencing the related Financed Student Loans.
Certain Matters Relating to Insolvency
To the extent that the transfer of the Financed Student Loans from a
Seller to a Trust is deemed to create a security interest, and (i) the interest
was validly perfected prior to the Seller's insolvency and at the time the
Seller received consideration for the Financed Student Loans, (ii) such transfer
does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance or transfer, and (iii) the value of
the Financed Student Loans is equal to or greater than the consideration
received by the Seller, such security interest should not be subject to
avoidance and payments to the Trust made prior to the Seller's insolvency
proceeding should not be subject to recovery by the Seller, any receiver of the
Seller in its insolvency proceeding or any of the Seller's creditors. To the
extent, however, that payment is not made to the Trust prior to the insolvency
proceeding, then the timely transfer to the Trust of such collection may cease.
For example, the Seller may be authorized to use the Financed Student Loans and
proceeds thereof if the court in the insolvency proceeding finds that the Seller
has provided the Trust with adequate protection of the Trust's interest in the
Financed Student Loans and proceeds thereof.
Consumer Protection Laws
Numerous federal and state consumer protection laws and related
regulations impose substantial requirements upon lenders and servicers involved
in consumer finance. Also, some state laws impose finance charge ceilings and
other restrictions on certain consumer transactions and require contract
disclosures in addition to those required under federal law. These requirements
impose specific statutory liabilities upon lenders who fail to comply with their
provisions. In certain circumstances, a Trust may be liable for certain
violations of consumer protection laws that apply to the Financed Student Loans,
either as assignee from the Sellers or as the party directly responsible for
obligations arising after the transfer. With respect to the Federal Loans and
the HEAL Loans, many of these requirements are preempted by the provisions of
the Higher Education Act and the Public Health Service Act. For a discussion of
a Trust's rights if the Financed Student Loans were not originated or serviced
in compliance in all material respects with applicable laws. See "Description of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreements -- Sale of Financed Student Loans;
Representations and Warranties" and "--Servicer Covenants."
Loan Origination and Servicing Procedures Applicable to Financed
Student Loans
The Higher Education Act, including the implementing regulations thereunder
(in the case of Federal Loans), the Public Health Service Act and the
regulations thereunder (in the case of HEAL Loans) and the Private Loan Programs
(in the case of the Private Loans) impose specified requirements, guidelines and
procedures with respect to originating and servicing Student Loans such as the
Financed Student Loans. Generally, those procedures require that completed loan
applications be processed, a determination of whether an applicant is an
eligible borrower under applicable standards (including a review of a financial
need analysis in the case of certain Federal Loans) be made, the borrower's
responsibilities under the loan be explained to him or her, the promissory note
evidencing the loan be executed by the borrower and then that the loan proceeds
be disbursed in a specified manner by the lender. After the loan is made, the
lender must establish repayment terms with the borrower, properly administer
deferrals and forbearances and credit the borrower for payments made thereon. If
a borrower becomes delinquent in repaying a loan, a lender or a servicing agent
must perform certain collection procedures (primarily telephone calls and demand
letters) which vary depending upon the length of time a loan is delinquent. A
Master Servicer will agree pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement to perform
collection and servicing procedures on behalf of the related Trust. However,
failure to follow these procedures or failure of a Seller to follow procedures
relating to the origination of any Financed Student Loans could result in
adverse consequences. In the case of any such Federal Loans, any such failure
could result in the Department's refusal to make reinsurance payments to the
Guarantors or to make Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments
to the Eligible Lender Trustee with respect to such Financed Student Loans or in
the Guarantors' refusal to honor their Guarantee Agreements with the Eligible
Lender Trustee with respect to such Financed Student Loans. Failure of the
Guarantors to receive reinsurance payments from the Department could adversely
affect the Guarantors' ability or legal obligation to make Guarantee Payments to
the Eligible Lender Trustee with respect to such Federal Loans. In the case of
the HEAL Loans, failure to make or service properly such HEAL Loans in
accordance with such procedures could adversely affect the Eligible Lender
Trustee's ability to obtain insurance payments from the Secretary. In the case
of the Private Loans, failure to make or service properly such Private Loans in
accordance with such procedures could adversely affect the Eligible Lender
Trustee's ability to obtain Guarantee Payments from the applicable Guarantor.
Loss of any such Guarantee Payments, Interest Subsidy Payments, Special
Allowance Payments or insurance payments from the Secretary could adversely
affect the amount of Available Funds on any Distribution Date and a Trust's
ability to pay principal and interest on the Notes and to make distributions in
respect of the Certificates. Under certain circumstances, pursuant to a Sale
and Servicing Agreement, the applicable Seller is obligated to repurchase any
Financed Student Loan, or the Master Servicer is obligated to purchase any
Financed Student Loan, if a breach of the representations, warranties or
covenants of the Seller or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, with respect
to such Financed Student Loan has a material adverse effect on the interest of
the Trust therein and such breach is not cured within any applicable cure period
(it being understood that any such breach that does not affect any Guarantor's
or the Secretary's obligation to guarantee payment of such Financed Student Loan
will not be considered to have such a material adverse effect). See "Description
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements--Sale of Financed Student Loans;
Representations and Warranties" and "--Servicer Covenants." The failure of the
applicable Seller or the Master Servicer to so purchase a Financed Student Loan
would constitute a breach of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, enforceable by
the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust or by the Indenture Trustee
on behalf of the Noteholders, but would not constitute an Event of Default under
the Indenture.
Federal Loans and HEAL Loans Generally Not Subject to Discharge in Bankruptcy
Federal Loans and HEAL Loans are generally not dischargeable by a borrower
in bankruptcy pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, unless (A) such loan first became
due before seven years (exclusive of any applicable suspension of the repayment
period) before the date of the bankruptcy (or, in the case of HEAL Loans, after
expiration of the seven-year period beginning on the first date the HEAL Loan
has gone into repayment) or (B) excepting such debt from discharge will impose
an undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents.
CERTAIN TAX CONSEQUENCES
Set forth below is a summary of certain Federal income tax consequences of
the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Securities. Stroock & Stroock &
Lavan LLP, special Federal tax counsel for the Trust ("Federal Tax Counsel") is
of the opinion that the discussion hereunder fully and fairly discloses all
material Federal tax risks associated with the purchase, ownership and
disposition of the Securities. The tax consequences of the jurisdiction in which
a Trust is established with respect to the Securities will be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement.
This summary does not deal with all aspects of Federal income taxation
applicable to all categories of holders of the Securities, some of which may be
subject to special rules or special treatment under the Federal income tax laws.
For example, it does not discuss the specific tax treatment of Securityholders
that are insurance companies, banks and certain other financial institutions,
regulated investment companies, individual retirement accounts ("IRA's") life
insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations or dealers in securities.
Furthermore, this summary is based upon present provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the regulations promulgated
thereunder, and judicial or ruling authority, all of which are subject to
change, which change may be retroactive. Moreover, there are no cases or
Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") rulings on similar transactions involving a
trust that issues debt and equity interests with terms similar to those of the
Notes and the Certificates. As a result, the IRS may disagree with all or part
of the discussion below.
Prospective investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors
with regard to the Federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership
and disposition of the Securities, as well as the tax consequences arising under
the laws of any state, foreign country or other jurisdiction. The Trust has been
provided with an opinion of Federal Tax Counsel regarding certain of the Federal
income tax matters discussed below. An opinion of counsel, however, is not
binding on the IRS, and no ruling on any of the issues discussed below will be
sought from the IRS.
Each Trust will be provided with an opinion of tax counsel in the
jurisdiction where the Trust is established regarding certain state tax matters.
Certain Federal Tax Consequences with Respect to the Notes
Tax Characterization of the Notes and the Trust. Federal Tax Counsel has
advised the Sellers that based on the terms of the Notes and the transactions
relating to the Financed Student Loans as set forth herein, the Notes will be
treated as debt for Federal income tax purposes. There is, however, no specific
authority with respect to the characterization for Federal income tax purposes
of securities having the same terms as the Notes.
Federal Tax Counsel is also of the opinion that based on the applicable
provisions of a Trust Agreement and related documents and the minimum
denomination of the Certificates, a Trust will not be classified as an
association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for Federal
income tax purposes. However, there are no authorities directly dealing with
similar transactions. If the IRS were to successfully characterize the Trust as
a corporation for Federal income tax purposes, the income from the Financed
Student Loans (reduced by deductions, possibly including interest on the Notes)
would be subject to Federal income tax at corporate rates, which would reduce
the amounts available to make payments on the Notes. Likewise, if a Trust were
subject to income or franchise tax in the jurisdiction in which it was
established, the amount of cash available to make payments on the Notes would be
reduced.
If, contrary to the opinion of Federal Tax Counsel, the IRS successfully
asserted that the Notes were not debt for Federal income tax purposes, the Notes
might be treated as equity interests in the Trust. If so, the Trust might be
taxable as a corporation with the adverse consequences described above (and the
taxable corporation would not be able to deduct interest on the Notes). The
remainder of this discussion assumes that the Notes will be treated as debt and
that the Trust will not be taxable as a corporation.
Interest Income on the Notes. The stated interest on the Notes will be
taxable to a Noteholder as ordinary income when received or accrued in
accordance with such Noteholder's method of tax accounting. It is not
anticipated that the Notes will be issued with "original issue discount" within
the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code ("OID"). A holder who purchases a Note
at a discount that exceeds a statutorily defined de minimis amount will be
subject to the "market discount" rules of the Code, and a holder who purchases a
Note at a premium will be subject to the premium amortization rules of the Code.
Sale or Other Disposition. If a Noteholder sells a Note, the holder
will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the
amount realized on the sale and the holder's adjusted tax basis in the Note. The
adjusted tax basis of a Note to a particular Noteholder will equal the holder's
cost for the Note, increased by any OID (if any), market discount and gain
previously included by such Noteholder in income with respect to the Note and
decreased by the amount of bond premium (if any) previously amortized and by the
amount of principal payments previously received by such Noteholder with respect
to such Note. Subject to the rules of the Code concerning market discount on the
Notes, any such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if the note was held
as a capital asset. Capital losses generally may be deducted only to the extent
the Noteholder has capital gains for the taxable year, although under certain
circumstances non-corporate Noteholders can deduct losses in excess of available
capital gains.
Foreign Holders. If interest paid (or accrued) to a Noteholder who is a
nonresident alien, foreign corporation or other non-United States person (a
"foreign person") is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States by the foreign person, the interest generally
will be considered "portfolio interest," and generally will not be subject to
United States Federal income tax and withholding tax, if the foreign person (i)
is not actually or constructively a "10 percent shareholder" of the Trust or
Student Holdings (including a holder of 10% of the outstanding Certificates) or
a "controlled foreign corporation" with respect to which the Trust or Student
Holdings is a "related person" within the meaning of the Code and (ii) provides
the person otherwise required to withhold U.S. tax with an appropriate
statement, signed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the beneficial
owner of the Note is a foreign person and providing the foreign person's name
and address. If the information provided in the statement changes, the foreign
person must so inform the person otherwise required to withhold U.S. tax within
30 days of such change. The statement generally must be provided in the year a
payment occurs or in either of the two preceding years. If a Note is held
through a securities clearing organization or certain other financial
institutions, the organization or institution may provide a signed statement to
the withholding agent. However, in that case, the signed statement must be
accompanied by a Form W-8 or substitute form provided by the foreign person that
owns the Note. If such interest is not portfolio interest, then it will be
subject to United States Federal income and withholding tax at a rate of 30%,
unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty.
Any capital gain realized on the sale, redemption, retirement or other
taxable disposition of a Note by a foreign person will be exempt from United
States Federal income and withholding tax, provided that (i) the gain is not
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States by the foreign person and (ii) in the case of an individual foreign
person, the foreign individual is not present in the United States for 183 days
or more in the taxable year or does not have a tax home in the United States.
If the interest, gain or income on a Note held by a foreign person is
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States by the foreign person (although exempt from the withholding tax
previously discussed if the holder provides an appropriate statement), the
holder generally will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the
interest, gain or income at regular Federal income tax rates. In addition, if
the foreign person is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch
profits tax equal to 30% of its "effectively connected earnings and profits"
within the meaning of the Code for the taxable year, as adjusted for certain
items, unless it qualifies for a lower rate under an applicable tax treaty (as
modified by the branch profits tax rules).
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. The Trust will be required to
report annually to the IRS, and to each Noteholder of record, the amount of
interest paid on the Notes (and the amount of interest withheld for Federal
income taxes, if any) for each calendar year, except as to exempt holders
(generally, holders that are corporations, tax-exempt organizations, qualified
pension and profit-sharing trusts, individual retirement accounts, or
nonresident aliens who provide certification as to their status as
nonresidents). Accordingly, each holder (other than exempt holders who are not
subject to the reporting requirements) will be required to provide, under
penalties of perjury, a certificate containing the holder's name, address,
correct Federal taxpayer identification number and a statement that the holder
is not subject to backup withholding. Should a nonexempt Noteholder fail to
provide the required certification, the Trust will be required to withhold 31%
of the amount otherwise payable to the holder, and remit the withheld amount to
the IRS as a credit against the holder's Federal income tax liability.
Certain Federal Tax Consequences with Respect to the Certificates
Tax Characterization of the Trust. Generally, the Sellers and the
Master Servicer will agree, and the Certificateholders will agree by their
purchase of Certificates, to treat a Trust as a partnership for purposes of
Federal income tax, with the assets of the partnership being the assets held by
the Trust, the partners of the partnership being the Certificateholders
(including Student Holdings in its capacity as recipient of distributions from
the Reserve Account), and the Notes being debt of the partnership. However, the
proper characterization of the arrangement involving a Trust, the Certificates,
the Notes, the Sellers, Student Holdings and the Master Servicer is not clear
because there is no authority on transactions closely comparable to that
contemplated herein. If the related Prospectus Supplement so provides, the
Transfer and Servicing Agreements for a Trust may provide that an election will
be made on or after September 1, 1997 to qualify such Trust as a Financial Asset
Securitization Investment Trust pursuant to new provisions of the Code which
will effective as of such date.
If a Trust were held to be an "association" taxable as a corporation
for Federal income tax purposes, rather than a partnership, the Trust would be
subject to a corporate level income tax. Any such corporate income tax could
materially reduce or eliminate cash that would otherwise be distributable with
respect to the Certificates (and Certificateholders could be liable for any such
tax that is unpaid by the Trust). However, in the opinion of Federal Tax
Counsel, a Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a
corporation because it will not have certain "corporate" characteristics
necessary for a business trust to be an association taxable as a corporation.
Even if a Trust were not an association taxable as a corporation under
the rules described above, it would still be subject to corporate income tax if
it were a "publicly traded partnership" taxable as a corporation, but due to the
fact that the Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations to ensure
that the Trust has fewer than 100 partners, Federal Tax Counsel is of the
opinion that the Trust will not be a publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation.
As a result of the foregoing, in the opinion of Federal Tax Counsel, a
Trust will not be an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation. Nonetheless, because of the lack of cases or rulings on similar
transactions, a variety of alternative characterizations are possible in
addition to the position to be taken by Certificateholders that the Certificates
represent equity interests in a partnership. For example, because the
Certificates have certain features characteristic of debt, the Certificates
might be considered debt of the related Trust or of the Sellers. Any such
characterization should not result in materially adverse tax consequences to
Certificateholders as compared to the consequences from treatment of the
Certificates as equity in a partnership. The remainder of this summary assumes
that the Certificates represent equity interests in a partnership that owns the
Financed Student Loans.
Partnership Taxation. As a partnership, a Trust will not be subject to
Federal income tax, but each Certificateholder will be required to separately
take into account such holder's allocated share of income, gains, losses,
deductions and credits of the Trust. The Trust's income will consist primarily
of interest earned on the Financed Student Loans (including appropriate
adjustments for market discount, original issue discount and bond premium),
investment income from Eligible Investments in the Trust Accounts and any gain
upon collection or disposition of the Financed Student Loans. The Trust's
deductions will consist primarily of interest accruing with respect to the
Notes, servicing and other fees and losses or deductions upon collection or
disposition of the Financed Student Loans.
The tax items of a partnership are allocable to the partners in
accordance with the Code, Treasury regulations and the partnership agreement
(here, a Trust Agreement and related documents). A Trust Agreement provides (a)
that except as set forth in a Trust Supplement, the Certificateholders will be
allocated taxable income of the Trust for each Interest Period equal to the sum
of (i) the amount of interest that accrues on the Certificates for such Interest
Period based on the Certificate Rate; (ii) an amount equivalent to interest that
accrues during such Interest Period on amounts previously due on the
Certificates but not yet distributed; and (iii) any Trust income attributable to
discount on the Financed Student Loans that corresponds to any excess of the
principal amount of the Certificates over their initial issue price and that (b)
all remaining taxable income of the Trust will be allocated to Student Holdings.
In addition, the Trust Agreement may provide that certain "excess nonrecourse
liabilities" will be allocated to Student Holdings. It is believed that this
allocation will be valid under applicable Treasury regulations, although no
assurance can be given that the IRS would not require a greater amount of income
to be allocated to Certificateholders. Moreover, under the foregoing method of
allocation, holders may be allocated income equal to the entire amount of
interest accruing on the Certificates for an Interest Period based on the
Certificate Rate plus the other items described above even though the Trust
might not have sufficient cash to make current cash distributions of such
amount. Thus, cash basis holders will in effect be required to report income
from the Certificates on the accrual basis. In addition, because tax allocations
and tax reporting will be done on a uniform basis for all Certificateholders of
one Class but Certificateholders may be purchasing Certificates at different
times and at different prices, Certificateholders may be required to report on
their tax returns taxable income that is greater or less than the amount
reported to them by the Trust.
Additionally, all of the taxable income allocated to a Certificateholder
that is a tax-exempt entity will constitute "unrelated business taxable income,"
which, under the Code, is generally taxable to such a holder despite the
holder's tax exempt status.
An individual taxpayer may generally deduct miscellaneous itemized
deductions (which do not include interest expenses) only to the extent they
exceed two percent of the individual's adjusted gross income. Those limitations
would apply to an individual Certificateholder's share of expenses of the Trust
(including fees paid to the Master Servicer) and might result in such holder
being taxed on an amount of income that exceeds the amount of cash actually
distributed to such holder over the life of the Trust.
Each Trust intends to make all tax calculations relating to income and
allocations to Certificateholders on an aggregate basis. If the IRS were to
require that such calculations be made separately for each of the Financed
Student Loans, the Trust might be required to incur additional expense, but it
is believed that there would not be a material adverse effect on
Certificateholders.
Discount and Premium. It is believed that the Financed Student Loans
were not issued (or will not be issued) with OID, and, therefore, a Trust should
not have OID income. However, the purchase price paid by a Trust for the
Financed Student Loans may be greater or less than the remaining principal
balance of the Financed Student Loans at the time of purchase. If so, the
Financed Student Loans will have been acquired at a premium or discount, as the
case may be. (As indicated above, the Trust will make this calculation on an
aggregate basis, but might be required to recompute it on a loan by loan basis.)
The Trust will make an election that will result in any such market discount on
the Financed Student Loans being included in income currently as such discount
accrues over the life of the loans. As indicated above, a portion of such market
discount income will be allocated to Certificateholders. Similarly, the Trust
will make an election to amortize any market premium over the life of the
Financed Student Loans, which could result in additional deductions allocated to
the Certificateholders.
Section 708 Termination. Under Section 708 of the Code, a Trust will be
deemed to terminate for Federal income tax purposes if 50% or more of the
capital and profits interests in the Trust (which include the Certificates and
the Seller's interest) are sold or exchanged within a 12-month period. If such a
termination occurs, the Trust will be considered to distribute its assets to the
partners, who would then be treated as recontributing those assets to the Trust,
as a new partnership. The Trust will not comply with certain technical
requirements that might apply when such a constructive termination occurs. As a
result, the Trust may be subject to certain tax penalties and may incur
additional expenses if it is required to comply with those requirements.
Furthermore, the Trust might not be able to comply due to lack of data.
Disposition of Certificates. Generally, capital gain or loss will be
recognized on a sale of a Certificate in an amount equal to the difference
between the amount realized and the seller's tax basis in the Certificate sold.
A Certificateholder's tax basis in a Certificate will generally equal his cost
increased by his share of Trust income that is includible in his gross income
and decreased by any distributions received with respect to such Certificate. In
addition, both the tax basis in the Certificate and the amount realized on a
sale of a Certificate would include the holder's share of the Notes and other
liabilities of the Trust. A holder acquiring Certificates at different prices
may be required to maintain a single aggregate adjusted tax basis in such
Certificates, and, upon sale or other disposition of some of the Certificates,
allocate a pro rata portion of such aggregate tax basis to the Certificates sold
(rather than maintaining a separate tax basis in each Certificate for purposes
of computing gain or loss on a sale of that Certificate).
Any gain on the sale of a Certificate attributable to the holder's
share of unrecognized accrued market discount on the Financed Student Loans
would generally be treated as ordinary income to the holder and would give rise
to special tax reporting requirements. Thus, to avoid these special reporting
requirements, the Trust will elect to include any such market discount in income
as it accrues. The Trust does not expect to have any other assets that would
give rise to such special reporting requirements.
If a Certificateholder is required to recognize an aggregate amount of
income (not including income attributable to disallowed miscellaneous itemized
deductions described above) over the life of the Certificates that exceeds the
aggregate cash distributions with respect thereto, such excess will generally
give rise to a capital loss upon the retirement of the Certificates.
Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. In general, a Trust's
taxable income and losses will be determined monthly and the tax items for a
particular calendar month will be apportioned among the Certificateholders in
proportion to the principal amount of Certificates owned by them as of the close
of the last day of such month. As a result, a holder purchasing Certificates may
be allocated tax items (which will affect the tax liability and tax basis of the
holder) attributable to periods before the actual purchase takes place.
The use of such a monthly convention may not be permitted by existing
regulations. If a monthly convention is not allowed (or is allowed only for
transfers of less than all of the partner's interest), taxable income or losses
of the Trust might be reallocated among the Certificateholders. The Seller is
authorized to revise the Trust's method of allocation between transferors and
transferees to conform to a method permitted by any future authority.
Section 754 Election. In the event that a Certificateholder sells a
Certificate at a profit (or loss), the purchasing Certificateholder will have a
higher (or lower) basis in the Certificate than the selling Certificateholder
had. The tax basis of a Trust's assets will not be adjusted to reflect that
higher (or lower) basis unless the Trust files an election under Section 754 of
the Code. In order to avoid the administrative complexities that would be
involved in keeping accurate accounting records, as well as potentially onerous
information reporting requirements, a Trust will not make such an election. As a
result, Certificateholders might be allocated a greater or lesser amount of
Trust income than would be appropriate based on their own purchase price for
Certificates.
Administrative Matters. The Administrator, on behalf of the related
Trust, is required to keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of
the Trust. Such books will be maintained for financial reporting and tax
purposes on an accrual basis and the taxable year of the Trust will be the
calendar year. The Eligible Lender Trustee will file a partnership information
return (IRS Form 1065) with the IRS for each taxable year of the Trust and will
report to holders (and to the IRS) each Certificateholder's allocable share of
items of Trust income and expense on Schedule K-l. A Trust will provide the
Schedule K-l information to nominees that fail to provide the Trust with the
information statement described below and such nominees will be required to
forward such information to the beneficial owners of the Certificates.
Generally, holders must file tax returns that are consistent with the
information returns filed by the Trust or be subject to penalties unless the
holder notifies the IRS of all such inconsistencies.
Under Section 6031 of the Code, any person that holds Certificates as a
nominee on behalf of another person at any time during a calendar year is
required to furnish the related Trust with a statement containing certain
information on the nominee, the beneficial owners and the Certificates so held.
Such information includes (i) the name, address and taxpayer identification
number of the nominee and (ii) as to each beneficial owner (x) the name, address
and taxpayer identification number of such person, (y) whether such person is a
United States person, a tax-exempt entity or a foreign government, an
international organization, or any wholly-owned agency or instrumentality of
either of the foregoing and (z) certain information concerning Certificates that
were held, acquired or transferred on behalf of such person throughout the year.
In addition, brokers and financial institutions that hold Certificates through a
nominee are required to furnish directly to the Trust information as to
themselves and their ownership of Certificates. A clearing agency registered
under Section 17A of the Exchange Act that holds Certificates as a nominee is
not required to furnish any such information statement to the Trust. The
information referred to above for any calendar year must be furnished to the
Trust on or before the following January 31. Nominees, brokers and financial
institutions that fail to provide the Trust with the information described above
may be subject to penalties. The Trust will provide the Schedule K-1 information
to nominees that fail to provide the Trust with the information described above
and such nominees will be required to forward such information to the beneficial
owners of the Certificates.
Student Holdings, as the "tax matters partner," will be responsible for
representing the Certificateholders in any dispute with the IRS. The Code
provides for administrative examination of a partnership as if the partnership
were a separate and distinct taxpayer. Generally, the statute of limitations for
partnership items does not expire before three years after the date on which the
partnership information return is filed. Any adverse determination following an
audit of the return of a Trust by the appropriate taxing authorities could
result in an adjustment of the returns of the Certificateholders, and, under
certain circumstances, a Certificateholder may be precluded from separately
litigating a proposed adjustment to the items of the Trust. An adjustment could
also result in an audit of a Certificateholder's returns and adjustments of
items not related to the income and losses of the Trust.
Backup Withholding. Distributions made on the Certificates and proceeds
from the sale of the Certificates will be subject to a "backup" withholding tax
of 31% if, in general, the Certificateholder fails to comply with certain
identification procedures, unless the holder is an exempt recipient under
applicable provisions of the Code.
Proposed Tax Legislation. Legislation introduced before the 103rd
Congress (H.R. 13 and H.R. 3419) would have applied special rules to "large
partnerships," defined as partnerships with at least 250 partners during a
taxable year (counting towards such total each owner during the year of a
partnership interest that is transferred during the year). Under the
legislation, certain computations are made at the partnership level rather than
the partner level. In particular, taxable income is calculated at the
partnership level, and is calculated generally in the same manner as for an
individual, except that 70% of miscellaneous itemized deductions (such as
expenses for the production of nonbusiness income) are disallowed. As a result,
all partners (including corporations) might have a portion of their share of
partnership deductions (other than interest expense) disallowed. Moreover, large
partnerships would become subject to new audit procedures; among other things,
an adjustment to taxable income of the partnership for a prior year would flow
through to current partners in the year the audit was settled, and the
partnership itself (rather than the partners) would be subject to any applicable
interest or penalties. These rules would have applied to partnership taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 1994. No prediction can be made whether
similar legislation will be enacted in the future, the form in which future
legislation might be enacted or the ultimate effective date of such future
legislation.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
The Notes
Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), and/or Section 4975 of the Code prohibit a pension,
profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement, as well
as individual retirement accounts and certain types of Keogh Plans (each a
"Plan") from engaging in certain transactions with persons that are "parties in
interest" under ERISA or "disqualified persons" under the Code with respect to
such Plan. A violation of these "prohibited transaction" rules may result in an
excise tax or other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code for such
persons.
Certain transactions involving the purchase, holding or transfer of the
Notes might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA and the
Code if assets of the related Trust were deemed to be assets of a Plan. Under a
regulation issued by the United States Department of Labor (the "Plan Assets
Regulation"), the assets of a Trust would be treated as plan assets of a Plan
for the purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the Plan acquires an "Equity
Interest" in the Trust and none of the exceptions contained in the Plan Assets
Regulation is applicable. An equity interest is defined under the Plan Assets
Regulation as an interest other than an instrument which is treated as
indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity
features. Assuming that a Class of Notes is treated as indebtedness without
substantial equity features for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation then such
Class of Notes will be eligible for purchase by Plans. Without regard to whether
the Notes are treated as an "equity interest" for such purposes, the acquisition
or holding of Notes by or on behalf of a Plan could be considered to give rise
to a prohibited transaction if the Trust or any of its affiliates is or becomes
a party in interest or disqualified person with respect to such Plan, or in the
event that a Note is purchased in the secondary market and such purchase
constitutes a sale or exchange between a Plan and a party in interest or
disqualified person with respect to such Plan. There can be no assurance that
the Trust or any of its affiliates will not be or become a party in interest or
a disqualified person with respect to a Plan that acquires Notes. However, one
or more of the following prohibited transaction class exemptions may apply to
the acquisition, holding and transfer of the Notes: Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14 (regarding investments by qualified professional asset
managers), PTCE 90-1 (relating to investments by insurance company pooled
separate accounts), PTCE 91-38 (regarding investments by bank collective
investment funds), PTCE 95-60 (regarding investments by insurance company
general accounts) and PTCE 96-23 (regarding investments by in-house asset
managers).
Employee benefit plans that are governmental plans (as defined in
Section 3(32) of ERISA) and certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of
ERISA) are not subject to ERISA requirements.
A Plan fiduciary considering the purchase of Notes should consult its
tax and/or legal advisors regarding whether the assets of a Trust would be
considered Plan assets, the possibility of exemptive relief from the prohibited
transaction rules and other issues and their potential consequences.
The Certificates
The Certificates may not be acquired (directly or indirectly) by or on
behalf of any employee benefit plan, retirement arrangement, individual
retirement account or Keogh Plan subject to either Title I of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, or any entity (including an insurance company general account)
whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in
the entity (each a "Benefit Plan"). By its acceptance of a Certificate, each
Certificateholder will be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is
not a Benefit Plan.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Notes will be offered in one or more Series and one or more Classes
either directly by the Sellers and The Money Store or through one or more
underwriters or underwriting syndicates ("Underwriters"). The Prospectus
Supplement for each Series of Notes will set forth the terms of the offering of
such Series and of each Class within such Series, including the name or names of
the Underwriters, the proceeds to the Sellers, and either the initial public
offering price, the discounts and commissions to the Underwriters and any
discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed to certain dealers, or the method
by which the price at which the Underwriters will sell the Notes will be
determined.
The Notes may be acquired by Underwriters for their own account and may be
resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated
transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined
at the time of sale. The obligations of any Underwriters will be subject to
certain conditions precedent, and such Underwriters will be severally obligated
to purchase all of a Series of Notes described in the related Prospectus
Supplement, if they are purchased. If Notes of a Series are offered other than
through Underwriters, the related Prospectus Supplement will contain information
regarding the nature of such offering and any agreements to be entered into
between the seller and purchasers of Notes of such Series.
The place and time of delivery for the Notes of a Series in respect of
which this Prospectus is delivered will be set forth in the related Prospectus
Supplement.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters relating to the Sellers, the Master Servicer and
the Administrator will be passed upon by Eric R. Elwin, Esq., Corporate Counsel
of the Sellers, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Phoenix, Arizona, and
certain legal matters relating to the validity of the issuance of each Series of
Notes and the Certificates will be passed upon for the Underwriter by Stroock &
Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP has
performed legal services for the Sellers and The Money Store Inc. and it is
expected that it will continue to perform such services in the future. Certain
federal income tax and other matters will be passed upon for a Trust by Stroock
& Stroock & Lavan LLP. Other parties, if any, passing upon legal matters for a
Trust, the Sellers or The Money Store will be identified in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of The Money Store Inc. as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1995 incorporated by reference herein have been audited by KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP, independent accountants, as stated in their opinion given upon
their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The Sellers have determined that their financial statements are not
material to the offering made hereby. The financial statements of The Money
Store, along with certain reports filed by The Money Store under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, will be incorporated by reference into each
Prospectus Supplement containing a guaranty of The Money Store as a form of
Enhancement. A Trust will engage in no activities other than as described
herein. Accordingly, no financial statements with respect to a Trust are
included in this Prospectus or will be included in a Prospectus Supplement. See
"Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference" in the Prospectus.
RATING
It is a condition to the issuance and sale of each Series and Class of
Notes that they each be rated by at least one nationally recognized statistical
rating organization (a "Rating Agency") in one its four highest applicable
rating categories. A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or
hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the
assigning rating agency.
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Appendix I
AUCTION PROCEDURES
The following description of the Auction Procedures applies to each
Class of Auction Rate Securities (unless otherwise set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement) and each Class of Auction Rate Certificates (unless otherwise set
forth in a Trust Agreement or Trust Supplement). The term "Security," as used in
this Appendix, refers to each Class of Auction Rate Securities and each Class of
Auction Rate Certificates, and the term "Securityholder" refers to Noteholders
holding Auction Rate Securities and Certificateholders holding Auction Rate
Certificates, as applicable.
Definitions
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the
meanings ascribed in the accompanying Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement.
Additionally, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them:
"All Hold Rate" means ninety percent (90%) of One-Month LIBOR.
"Auction" means the implementation of the Auction Procedures on an Auction
Date.
"Auction Agent" means the initial auction agent under the initial Auction
Agent Agreement unless and until a substitute Auction Agent Agreement becomes
effective, after which "Auction Agent" shall mean the substitute auction agent.
"Auction Agent Agreement" means the initial Auction Agent Agreement unless
and until a substitute Auction Agent Agreement is entered into, after which
"Auction Agent Agreement" shall mean such substitute Auction Agent Agreement.
"Auction Agent Fee" has the meaning set forth in the Auction Agent
Agreement.
"Auction Agent Fee Rate" has the meaning set forth in the Auction Agent
Agreement.
"Auction Date" means, with respect to the Initial Period for each Class of
Notes, the date set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, and with respect
to each Class of Certificates, the date set forth in the Trust Agreement or
Trust Supplement and thereafter, the Business Day immediately preceding the
first day of each Auction Period for each Security, other than:
(A) each Auction Period commencing after the ownership of the
Securities is no longer maintained in Book-Entry Form by the
Securities Depository;
(B) each Auction Period commencing after and during the
continuance of an Event of Default; or
(C) each Auction Period commencing less than two Business Days
after the cure or waiver of an Event of Default.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Auction Date for one or more Auction Periods
may be changed pursuant to the Master Indenture and the related Terms Supplement
or the Trust Agreement and the related Trust Supplement, as described herein.
"Auction Period" means, with respect to each Security, the Interest Period
applicable to such Security during which time the applicable Security Interest
Rate is determined pursuant to the related Terms Supplement or the Trust
Agreement or the related Trust Supplement, which Auction Period (after the
Initial Period for such Security) initially shall consist of between 7 days and
one year (as set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement), as the same may be
adjusted pursuant to such Terms Supplement or the Trust Agreement or the related
Trust Supplement.
"Auction Period Adjustment" means an adjustment to the Auction Period as
provided in the related Terms Supplement or the Trust Agreement or the related
Trust Supplement, as applicable, as described herein.
"Auction Procedures" means the procedures set forth in the related Terms
Supplement or the Trust Agreement or the related Trust Supplement, as
applicable, and described herein by which the Auction Rate applicable to a
Security is determined.
"Auction Rate" means, with respect to any Security, the rate of interest
per annum that results from the implementation of the Auction Procedures and is
determined as described in the Trust Agreement or the related Terms Supplement
or the related Trust Supplement and this Appendix I.
"Authorized Denominations" means, with respect to any Security, $50,000 and
any integral multiple in excess thereof.
"Broker-Dealer" means the initial broker-dealer under the initial
Broker-Dealer Agreement or any other broker or dealer (each as defined in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), commercial bank or other entity
permitted by law to perform the functions required of a Broker-Dealer set forth
in the Auction Procedures that (a) is a Participant (or an affiliate of a
Participant), (b) has been appointed as such by the Trust pursuant to the
Indenture or the Administrator on behalf of the Eligible Lender Trustee pursuant
to the Trust Agreement and (c) has entered into a Broker-Dealer Agreement that
is in effect on the date of reference.
"Broker-Dealer Agreement" means each agreement between the Auction Agent
and a Broker- Dealer, and approved by the Trust, pursuant to which the
Broker-Dealer agrees to participate in Auctions as set forth in the Auction
Procedures, as from time to time amended or supplemented.
"Broker-Dealer Fee" has the meaning set forth in the Auction Agent
Agreement.
"Broker-Dealer Fee Rate" has the meaning set forth in the Auction Agent
Agreement.
"Effective Interest Rate" means, for any Financed Student Loan and any
Collection Period, the per annum rate at which such Financed Student Loan
accrues interest during such Collection Period and, in the case of a Federal
Loan, after giving effect to all applicable Interest Subsidy Payments and
Special Allowance Payments due with respect to such Federal Loan.
"Existing Securityholder" means (i) with respect to and for the purpose of
dealing with the Auction Agent in connection with an Auction, a Person who is a
Broker-Dealer listed in the Existing Securityholder Registry at the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Auction and (ii) with
respect to and for the purpose of dealing with the Broker-Dealer in connection
with an Auction, a Person who is a beneficial owner of any Security.
"Existing Securityholder Registry" means the registry of Persons who are
owners of the Securities, maintained by the Auction Agent as provided in the
Auction Agent Agreement.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any date of determination, the federal
funds (effective) rate as published on page 118 of the Dow Jones Telerate
Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service for the
purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices) on the immediately preceding
Business Day. If no such rate is published on such page on such date, "Federal
Funds Rate" shall mean for any date of determination, the Federal funds
(effective) rate as published by the Federal Reserve Board in the most recent
edition of Federal Reserve Statistical Release No. H.15 (519) that is available
on the Business Day immediately preceding such date.
"Initial Period" means, as to any Security, the period commencing on the
Closing Date of such Security and continuing through the day immediately
preceding the Security Initial Rate Adjustment Date for such Security.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to a Security, the Initial Period for
such Security and each period commencing on the Rate Adjustment Date for such
Security and ending on the day before (i) the next Rate Adjustment Date for such
Security or (ii) the Final Maturity Date of such Security, as applicable.
"Market Agent" means the entity named as market agent under the Indenture,
or any successor to it in such capacity thereunder.
"Maximum Auction Rate" generally means (i) for Auction Periods of 34 days
or less, either (A) the greater of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus 0.60% or (2) the
Federal Funds Rate plus 0.60% (if both ratings assigned by the Rating Agencies
to the applicable Security are "Aa3" or "AA-" or better) or (B) One-Month LIBOR
plus 1.50% (if any one of the ratings assigned by the Rating Agencies to the
Security is less than "Aa3" or "AA-") or (ii) for Auction Periods of greater
than or equal to 35 days, either (A) the greater of One-Month LIBOR or
Three-Month LIBOR, plus in either case, 0.60% (if both of the ratings assigned
by the Rating Agencies to the applicable Security are "Aa3" or "AA-" or better)
or (B) the greater of One- Month LIBOR or Three-Month LIBOR, plus in either
case, 1.50% (if any one of the ratings assigned by the Rating Agencies to the
applicable Security is less than "Aa3" or "AA-") or such other rate as may be
set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement. For purposes of the Auction
Agent and the Auction Procedures, the ratings referred to in this definition
shall be the last ratings of which the Auction Agent has been given notice
pursuant to the Auction Agent Agreement.
"Net Loan Rate" for any Interest Period will equal the weighted average
Effective Interest Rate for the Collection Period immediately preceding such
Interest Period less the amount set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement.
"Non-Payment Rate" means One-Month LIBOR plus 1.50%, as the same may be
adjusted pursuant to a Terms Supplement or a Trust Supplement.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary
thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Potential Securityholder" means any Person (including an Existing
Securityholder that is (i) a Broker-Dealer when dealing with the Auction Agent
and (ii) a potential beneficial owner when dealing with a Broker-Dealer) who may
be interested in acquiring Securities (or, in the case of an Existing
Securityholder thereof, an additional principal amount of Securities).
"Rate Adjustment Date" means, with respect to each Security, the date on
which the applicable Security Interest Rate is effective and means, with respect
to each such Security, the date of commencement of each Auction Period.
"Rate Determination Date" means, with respect to any Security, the Auction
Date, or if no Auction Date is applicable to such Series, the Business Day
immediately preceding the date of commencement of an Auction Period.
"Security Initial Rate" means, (i) with respect to any Class of Notes, the
rate identified as such in the related Prospectus Supplement and (ii) with
respect to any Class of Certificates, the rate identified as such in the Trust
Agreement or the related Trust Supplement.
"Security Initial Rate Adjustment Date" means, with respect to any Class of
Notes, the date identified as such in the related Prospectus Supplement and,
with respect to any Class of Certificates, the date set forth in the Trust
Agreement or the related Trust Supplement.
"Three-Month LIBOR" means the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the related LIBOR
Determination Date (the "Three- Month Index Maturity") which appears on Telerate
Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date. If
such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that day will be
determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars, having
the Three Month Index Maturity and in a principal amount of not less than U.S.
$1,000,000, are offered at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR
Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market by the
Reference Banks. The Auction Agent will request the principal London office of
each of such Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two
such quotations are provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean
of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the rate for that
day will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York
City, selected by the Auction Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on such LIBOR Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading
European banks having the Three Month Index Maturity and in a principal amount
equal to an amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000; provided that if the banks
selected as aforesaid are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, Three-Month
LIBOR in effect for the applicable Interest Period will be Three-Month LIBOR in
effect for the previous Interest Period.
Existing Securityholders and Potential Securityholders
Participants in each Auction will include: (1) "Existing Securityholders,"
which shall mean any Securityholder according to the records of the Auction
Agent at the close of business on the Business Day preceding each Auction Date;
and (ii) "Potential Securityholders," which shall mean any person, including any
Existing Securityholder or a Broker/Dealer, who may be interested in acquiring
Securities (or, in the case of an Existing Securityholder, an additional
principal amount of the Security such Securityholder then holds). See
"--Broker-Dealer."
By purchasing a Security, whether in an Auction or otherwise, each
prospective purchaser of Securities or its Broker-Dealer must agree and will be
deemed to have agreed: (i) to participate in Auctions on the terms described
herein; (ii) so long as the beneficial ownership of the Securities is maintained
in Book-Entry Form to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Securities only
pursuant to a Bid (as defined below) or a Sell Order (as defined below) in an
Auction, or to or through a Broker-Dealer, provided that in the case of all
transfers other than those pursuant to an Auction, the Existing Securityholder
of the Securities so transferred, its Participant or Broker-Dealer advises the
Auction Agent of such transfer; (iii) to have its beneficial ownership of
Securities maintained at all times in Book-Entry Form for the account of its
Participant, which in turn will maintain records of such beneficial ownership,
and to authorize such Participant to disclose to the Auction Agent such
information with respect to such beneficial ownership as the Auction Agent may
request; (iv) that a Sell Order placed by an Existing Securityholder will
constitute an irrevocable offer to sell the principal amount of the Security
specified in such Sell Order; (v) that a Bid placed by an Existing
Securityholder will constitute an irrevocable offer to sell the principal amount
of the Security specified in such Bid if the rate specified in such Bid is
greater than, or in some cases equal to, the Security Interest Rate of such
Security, determined as described herein; and (vi) that a Bid placed by a
Potential Securityholder will constitute an irrevocable offer to purchase the
amount, or a lesser principal amount, of the Security specified in such Bid if
the rate specified in such Bid is, respectively, less than or equal to the
Security Interest Rate of the specified Security, determined as described
herein.
The principal amount of the Securities purchased or sold may be subject to
proration procedures on the Auction Date. Each purchase or sale of Securities on
the Auction Date will be made for settlement on the first day of the Interest
Period immediately following such Auction Date at a price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon. The Auction
Agent is entitled to rely upon the terms of any Order submitted to it by a
Broker-Dealer.
Auction Agent
Bankers Trust Company, or such other entity as may be named in the related
Prospectus Supplement, will be appointed as Auction Agent to serve as agent for
a Trust in connection with Auctions. The Indenture Trustee and the Trust will
enter into the Auction Agreement with Bankers Trust Company or such other
entity, as the Auction Agent. Any Substitute Auction Agent will be (i) a bank,
national banking association or trust company duly organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state or territory thereof having its
principal place of business in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, or such other
location as approved by the Indenture Trustee and the Market Agent in writing
and having a combined capital stock or surplus of at least $50,000,000, or (ii)
a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. having a
capitalization of at least $50,000,000, and, in either case, authorized by law
to perform all the duties imposed upon it under the Indenture and under the
Auction Agent Agreement. The Auction Agent may at any time resign and be
discharged of the duties and obligations created by the Indenture by giving at
least 90 days notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Trust and the Market Agent.
The Auction Agent may be removed at any time by the Indenture Trustee upon the
written direction of the Surety Provider, if applicable, or, with the consent of
the Surety Provider, if applicable, the Noteholders of 66-2/3% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by an instrument signed by the
Surety Provider, if applicable, or such Noteholders or their attorneys and filed
with the Auction Agent, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Market Agent
upon at least 90 days' notice. Neither resignation nor removal of the Auction
Agent pursuant to the preceding two sentences will be effective until and unless
a Substitute Auction Agent has been appointed and has accepted such appointment.
If required by the Trust or by the Market Agent, with the Trust's consent, a
Substitute Auction Agent Agreement shall be entered into with a Substitute
Auction Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Auction Agent may terminate
the Auction Agent Agreement if, within 25 days after notifying the Indenture
Trustee, the Trust, the Surety Provider, if applicable, and the Market Agent in
writing that it has not received payment of any Auction Agent Fee due it in
accordance with the terms of the Auction Agent Agreement, the Auction Agent does
not receive such payment.
If the Auction Agent should resign or be removed or be dissolved, or if the
property or affairs of the Auction Agent shall be taken under the control of any
state or federal court or administrative body because of bankruptcy or
insolvency, or for any other reason, the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of
the related Trust (after receipt of a certificate from the Market Agent
confirming that any proposed Substitute Auction Agent meets the requirements
described in the immediately preceding paragraph above), shall use its best
efforts to appoint a Substitute Auction Agent.
The Auction Agent is acting as agent for the Trust in connection with
Auctions. In the absence of bad, faith, negligent failure to act or negligence
on its part, the Auction Agent will not be liable for any action taken, suffered
or omitted or any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties
under the Auction Agent Agreement and will not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith unless the Auction Agent will have been negligent in
ascertaining (or failing to ascertain) the pertinent facts.
The Indenture Trustee will pay the Auction Agent the Auction Agent Fee on
the Note Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement, and will reimburse the Auction Agent upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Auction Agent in accordance with any provision of the Auction Agent
Agreement or the Broker-Dealer Agreements (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel). The Trust will
indemnify and hold harmless the Auction Agent for and against any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the Auction
Agent's part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of its agency under the Auction Agent Agreement and the
Broker-Dealer Agreements including the reasonable costs and expenses (including
the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) of defending itself against any
such claim or liability in connection with its exercise or performance of any of
its respective duties thereunder and of enforcing this indemnification
provision; provided that the Trust will not indemnify the Auction Agent as
described in this paragraph for any fees and expenses incurred by the Auction
Agent in the normal course of performing its duties under the Auction Agent
Agreement and under the Broker-Dealer Agreements, such fees and expenses being
payable as described above.
Broker-Dealer
Existing Securityholders and Potential Securityholders may participate in
Auctions only by submitting orders (in the manner described below) through a
"Broker-Dealer," including the Broker-Dealer, as the sole Broker-Dealer or any
other broker or dealer (each as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended), commercial bank or other entity permitted by law to perform the
functions required of a Broker-Dealer set forth below which (i) is a Participant
or an affiliate of a Participant, (ii) has been selected by the Trust and (iii)
has entered into a Broker-Dealer Agreement with the Auction Agent that remains
effective, in which the Broker-Dealer agrees to participate in Auctions as
described in the Auction Procedures, as from time to time amended or
supplemented.
The Broker-Dealers are entitled to a Broker-Dealer Fee, which is payable by
the Auction Agent from monies received from the Indenture Trustee, on the Note
Distribution Date or Certificate Distribution Date set forth in the related
Prospectus Supplement.
Market Agent
In connection with each Series of Notes and the Certificates, the "Market
Agent," will act solely as agent of the Trust and will not assume any obligation
or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Securityholders.
Auction Procedures
General
Pursuant to the related Terms Supplement and the Trust Agreement and the
related Trust Supplement, Auctions to establish the Auction Rate for each
Security issued by the Trust will be held on each applicable Auction Date,
except as described below, by application of the Auction Procedures described
herein. Such procedures are to be applicable separately to each Class of Notes
and each Class of Certificates.
The Auction Agent will calculate the Maximum Auction Rate, the All Hold
Rate and One-Month LIBOR or Three-Month LIBOR, as the case may be, on each
Auction Date. The Administrator will calculate and, no later than the Business
Day preceding each Auction Date, will report to the Auction Agent in writing,
the Net Loan Rate. If the ownership of a Security is no longer maintained in
Book-Entry Form, the Indenture Trustee will calculate the Maximum Auction Rate,
and Administrator will report to the Indenture Trustee in writing the Net Loan
Rate, on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of each Interest
Period commencing after delivery of such Security. If an Event of Default has
occurred, the Indenture Trustee will calculate the Non-Payment Rate on the Rate
Determination Date for (i) each Interest Period commencing after the occurrence
and during the continuance of such Payment Default and (ii) any Interest Period
commencing less than two Business Days after the cure of any Event of Default.
The Auction Agent will determine One-Month LIBOR or the Three-Month LIBOR, as
applicable, for each Interest Period other than the Initial Period for a
Security; provided, that if the ownership of the Securities is no longer
maintained in Book-Entry Form, or if an Event of Default has occurred, then the
Indenture Trustee will determine the One-Month LIBOR or the Three-Month LIBOR,
as applicable, for each such Interest Period. The determination by the Indenture
Trustee or the Auction Agent, as the case may be, of the One-Month LIBOR or the
Three-Month LIBOR, as applicable, will (in the absence of manifest error) be
final and binding upon the Securityholders and all other parties. If calculated
or determined by the Auction Agent, the Auction Agent will promptly advise the
Indenture Trustee of the One- Month LIBOR or the Three-Month LIBOR, as
applicable.
Submission of Orders
So long as the ownership of the Securities is maintained in Book-Entry
Form, an Existing Securityholder may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
Securities only pursuant to a Bid or Sell Order (as hereinafter defined) placed
in an Auction or through a Broker-Dealer, provided that, in the case of all
transfers other than pursuant to Auctions, such Existing Securityholder, its
Broker-Dealer or its Participant advises the Auction Agent of such transfer.
Auctions for each Class of Notes and each Class of Certificates will be
conducted on each applicable Auction Date, if there is an Auction Agent on such
Auction Date, in the following manner (such procedures to be applicable
separately to each Class of Notes and each Class of Certificates).
Prior to the Submission Deadline (defined as 1:00 P.M., eastern time, on
any Auction Date or such other time on any Auction Date by which Broker-Dealers
are required to submit Orders to the Auction Agent as specified by the Auction
Agent from time to time) on each Auction Date relating to a Security:
(a) each Existing Securityholder of the applicable Security may
submit to a Broker-Dealer by telephone or otherwise information as to: (i) the
principal amount and class of outstanding Securities, if any, held by such
Existing Securityholder which such Existing Securityholder desires to continue
to hold without regard to the Security Interest Rate for such Securities for the
next succeeding Auction Period (a "Hold Order"); (ii) the principal amount and
class of outstanding Securities, if any, which such Existing Securityholder
offers to sell if the Security Interest Rate for such Securities for the next
succeeding Auction Period will be less than the rate per annum specified by such
Existing Securityholder (a "Bid"); and/or (iii) the principal amount and class
of outstanding Securities, if any, held by such Existing Securityholder which
such Existing Securityholder offers to sell without regard to the Security
Interest Rate for such Securities for the next succeeding Auction Period (a
"Sell Order"); and
(b) one or more Broker-Dealers may contact Potential
Securityholders to determine the principal amount and class of Securities which
each such Potential Securityholder offers to purchase, if the Security Interest
Rate for such Securities for the next succeeding Auction Period will not be less
than the rate per annum specified by such Potential Securityholder (also a
"Bid").
Each Hold Order, Bid and Sell Order will be an "Order." Each Existing
Securityholder and each Potential Securityholder placing an Order is referred to
as a "Bidder."
Subject to the provisions described below under "Validity of Orders," a Bid
by an Existing Securityholder will constitute an irrevocable offer to sell: (i)
the principal amount and class of the outstanding Securities specified in such
Bid if the Security Interest Rate for such Securities will be less than the rate
specified in such Bid, (ii) such principal amount or a lesser principal amount
and class of the outstanding Securities to be determined as described below in
"Acceptance and Rejection of Orders," if the Security Interest Rate for such
Securities will be equal to the rate specified in such Bid or (iii) such
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
to be determined as described below under "Acceptance and Rejection of Orders,"
if the rate specified therein will be higher than the Security Interest Rate for
such Securities and Sufficient Bids (as defined below) have not been made.
Subject to the provisions described below under "Validity of Orders," a
Sell Order by an Existing Securityholder will constitute an irrevocable offer to
sell: (i) the principal amount of the Security specified in such Sell Order or
(ii) such principal amount or a lesser principal amount of outstanding
Securities of the specified Security as described below under "Acceptance and
Rejection of Orders," if Sufficient Bids have not been made.
Subject to the provisions described below under "Validity of Orders," a Bid
by a Potential Securityholder will constitute an irrevocable offer to purchase:
(i) the principal amount of the Security specified in such Bid if the Security
Interest Rate for such Securities will be higher than the rate specified in such
Bid or (ii) such principal amount or a lesser principal amount of such
Securities as described below in "Acceptance and Rejection of Orders," if the
Security Interest Rate is equal to the rate specified in such Bid.
Each Broker-Dealer will submit in writing to the Auction Agent prior to the
Submission Deadline on each Auction Date all Orders obtained by such
Broker-Dealer and will specify with respect to each such Order: (i) the name of
the Bidder placing such Order; (ii) the aggregate principal amount and class of
Security that are the subject of such Order; (iii) to the extent that such
Bidder is an Existing Securityholder: (a) the principal amount and class of
Securities, if any, subject to any Hold Order placed by such Existing
Securityholder; (b) the principal amount, and class of Securities, if any,
subject to any Bid placed by such Existing Securityholder and the rate specified
in such Bid; and (c) the principal amount, and class of Securities, if any,
subject to any Sell Order placed by such Existing Securityholder, and (iv) to
the extent such Bidder is a Potential Securityholder, the rate specified in such
Potential Securityholder's Bid.
If any rate specified in any Bid contains more than three figures to the
right of the decimal point, the Auction Agent will round such rate up to the
next highest one-thousandth (.001) of one percent.
If an Order or Orders covering all Securities of the applicable class held
by any Existing Securityholder are not submitted to the Auction Agent prior to
the Submission Deadline, the Auction Agent will deem a Hold Order to have been
submitted on behalf of such Existing Securityholder covering the principal
amount of Securities held by such Existing Securityholder and not subject to an
Order submitted to the Auction Agent.
Neither the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee nor the Auction
Agent will be responsible for any failure of a Broker-Dealer to submit an Order
to the Auction Agent on behalf of any Existing Securityholder or Potential
Securityholder.
An Existing Securityholder may submit multiple Orders, of different types
and specifying different rates, in an Auction with respect to Securities then
held by such Existing Securityholder. An Existing Securityholder that offers to
purchase additional Securities is, for purposes of such offer, treated as a
Potential Securityholder.
Any Bid specifying a rate higher than the Maximum Auction Rate will (i) be
treated as a Sell Order if submitted by a Existing Securityholder and (ii) not
be accepted if submitted by a Potential Securityholder.
Validity of Orders
If any Existing Securityholder submits through a Broker-Dealer to the
Auction Agent one or more Orders covering in the aggregate more than the
principal amount of the class of Securities held by such Existing
Securityholder, such Orders will be considered valid as follows and in the order
of priority described below.
Hold Orders. All Hold Orders will be considered valid, but only up to the
aggregate principal amount of the class of Securities held by such Existing
Securityholder, and if the aggregate principal amount of the class of Securities
subject to such Hold Orders exceeds the aggregate principal amount of the class
of Securities held by such Existing Securityholder, the aggregate principal
amount of the class of Securities subject to each such Hold Order will be
reduced pro rata so that the aggregate principal amount of the class of
Securities subject to all such Hold Orders equals the aggregate principal amount
of the class of Securities held by such Existing Securityholder.
Bids. Any Bid will be considered valid up to an amount equal to the excess
of the principal amount of the class of Securities held by such Existing
Securityholder over the aggregate principal amount of such Security, subject to
any Hold Orders referred to above. Subject to the preceding sentence, if
multiple Bids with the same rate are submitted on behalf of such Existing
Securityholder and the aggregate principal amount of Securities subject to such
Bids is greater than such excess, such Bids will be considered valid up to an
amount equal to such excess. Subject to the two preceding sentences, if more
than one Bid with different rates are submitted on behalf of such Existing
Securityholder, such Bids will be considered valid first in the ascending order
of their respective rates until the highest rate is reached at which such excess
exists and then at such rate up to the amount of such excess. In any event, the
aggregate principal amount of Securities, if any, subject to Bids not valid
under the provisions described above will be treated as the subject of a Bid by
a Potential Securityholder at the rate therein specified.
Sell Orders. All Sell Orders will be considered valid up to an amount equal
to the excess of the principal amount of Securities of the class held by such
Existing Securityholder over the aggregate principal amount of Securities
subject to valid Hold Orders and valid Bids as referred to above.
If more than one Bid for a class of Security is submitted on behalf of any
Potential Securityholder, each Bid submitted will be a separate Bid with the
rate and principal amount therein specified. Any Bid or Sell Order submitted by
an Existing Securityholder covering an aggregate principal amount of Securities
not equal to an Authorized Denomination or an integral multiple thereof will be
rejected and will be deemed a Hold Order. Any Bid submitted by a Potential
Securityholder covering an aggregate principal amount of Securities not equal to
an Authorized Denomination or an integral multiple thereof will be rejected. Any
Order submitted in an Auction by a Broker-Dealer to the Auction Agent prior to
the Submission Deadline on any Auction Date will be irrevocable.
A Hold Order, a Bid or a Sell Order that has been determined valid pursuant
to the procedures described above is referred to as a "Submitted Hold Order," a
"Submitted Bid" and a "Submitted Sell Order," respectively (collectively,
"Submitted Orders").
Determination of Sufficient Bid and Bid Auction Rate
Not earlier than the Submission Deadline on each Auction Date, the Auction
Agent will assemble all valid Submitted Orders and will determine:
(a) for the applicable Security, the excess of the total
principal amount of such Securities over the sum of the aggregate principal
amount of such Securities subject to Submitted Hold Orders (such excess being
hereinafter referred to as the "Available Securities"); and
(b) from such Submitted Orders whether the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of such class subject to Submitted Bids by Potential
Securityholders specifying one or more rates equal to or lower than the Maximum
Auction Rate exceeds or is equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of such class subject to Submitted Bids by Existing
Securityholders specifying one or more rates higher than the Maximum Auction
Rate and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Securities of such class subject
to Submitted Sell Orders (in the event such excess or such equality exists other
than because all of the Securities are subject to Submitted Hold Orders, such
Submitted Bids by Potential Securityholders above will be hereinafter referred
to collectively as "Sufficient Bids"); and
(c) if Sufficient Bids exist, the "Bid Auction Rate," which
will be the lowest rate specified in such Submitted Bids such that if:
(i) each such Submitted Bid from Existing
Securityholders of such Security specifying such lowest rate
and all other Submitted Bids from Existing Securityholders of
such Security specifying lower rates were rejected (thus
entitling such Existing Securityholders to continue to hold the
principal amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bids);
and
(ii) each such Submitted Bid from Potential
Securityholders of such Security specifying such lowest rate
and all other Submitted Bids from Potential Securityholders
specifying lower rates, were accepted, the result would be that
such Existing Securityholders described in subparagraph (c)(i)
above would continue to hold an aggregate principal amount of
Securities which, when added to the aggregate principal amount
of Securities to be purchased by such Potential Securityholders
described in this subparagraph (ii) would equal not less than
the Available Securities.
Determination of Auction Rate and Security Interest Rate,
Notice
Promptly after the Auction Agent has made the determinations described
above, the Auction Agent is to advise the Indenture Trustee of the Net Loan
Rate, the Maximum Auction Rate, the All Hold Rate and the components thereof on
the Auction Date, and based on such determinations, the Auction Rate for the
next succeeding Interest Period for the applicable Security as follows:
(a) if Sufficient Bids exist, that the Auction Rate for
the next succeeding Interest Period will be equal to the Bid Auction Rate so
determined;
(b) if Sufficient Bids do not exist (other than because all of
the Securities of the applicable Security are subject to Submitted Hold Orders),
that the Auction Rate for the next succeeding Interest Period will be equal to
the Maximum Auction Rate; or
(c) if all Securities of the applicable Security are subject to
Submitted Hold Orders, that the Auction Rate for the next succeeding Interest
Period will be equal to the All Hold Rate.
Promptly after the Auction Agent has determined the Auction Rate, the
Auction Agent will determine and advise the Indenture Trustee of the Security
Interest Rate for each applicable Security, which rate will be the lesser of (a)
the Auction Rate for each such Security and (b) the Net Loan Rate. In no event
shall a Security Interest Rate exceed the rate (the "Security Interest Rate
Limitation") set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement (with respect to a
Class of Notes) or the Trust Agreement or the related Trust Supplement (with
respect to a Class of Certificates).
Acceptance and Rejection of Orders
Existing Securityholders of the applicable Security will continue to hold
the principal amount of Securities of such class that are subject to Submitted
Hold Orders. If, with respect to a Security, the Net Loan Rate is equal to or
greater than the Bid Auction Rate and if Sufficient Bids, as described above
under "Determination of Sufficient Bids and Bid Auction Rate," have been
received by the Auction Agent, the Bid Auction Rate will be the Security
Interest Rate, and Submitted Bids and Submitted Sell Orders will be accepted or
rejected and the Auction Agent will take such other action as provided in the
Indenture and described below under "Sufficient Bids."
If the Net Loan Rate is less than the Auction Rate, the Security Interest
Rate will be the Net Loan Rate. If the Auction Rate and the Net Loan Rate are
both greater than the Security Interest Rate Limitation, the Security Interest
Rate for each series shall be equal to the Security Interest Rate Limitation. If
the Auction Agent has not received Sufficient Bids as described above under
"Determination of Sufficient Bids and Bid Auction Rate" (other than because all
of the Securities are subject to Submitted Holds Orders), the Security Interest
Rate will be the lesser of the Maximum Auction Rate or the Net Loan Rate. In any
of the cases described above in this paragraph, Submitted Orders will be
accepted or rejected and the Auction Agent will take such other action as
described below under "Insufficient Bids."
Sufficient Bids. If Sufficient Bids have been made with a respect to a
Security and the Net Loan Rate is equal to or greater than the Bid Auction Rate
(in which case the Interest Rate shall be the Bid Auction Rate), all Submitted
Sell Orders will be accepted and, subject to the denomination requirements
described below, Submitted Bids will be accepted or rejected as follows in the
following order of priority and all other Submitted Bids will be rejected:
(a) Existing Securityholders' Submitted Bids specifying any
rate that is higher than the Security Interest Rate will be accepted, thus
requiring each such Existing Securityholder to sell the aggregate principal
amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bids;
(b) Existing Securityholders' Submitted Bids specifying any
rate that is lower than the Security Interest Rate will be rejected, thus
entitling each such Existing Securityholder to continue to hold the aggregate
principal amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bids;
(c) Potential Securityholders' Submitted Bids specifying any
rate that is lower than the Security Interest Rate will be accepted;
(d) Each Existing Securityholder's Submitted Bid specifying a
rate that is equal to the Security Interest Rate will be rejected, thus
entitling such Existing Securityholder to continue to hold the aggregate
principal amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bid, unless the
aggregate principal amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bids will be
greater than the principal amount of Securities (the "remaining principal
amount") equal to the excess of the Available Securities over the aggregate
principal amount of Securities subject to Submitted Bids described in
subparagraphs (b) and (c) above, in which event such Submitted Bid of such
Existing Securityholder will be rejected in part and such Existing
Securityholder will be entitled to continue to hold the principal amount of
Securities subject to such Submitted Bid, but only in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities obtained by multiplying the remaining
principal amount by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the principal
amount of Securities held by such Existing Securityholder subject to such
Submitted Bid and the denominator of which will be the sum of the principal
amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bids made by all such Existing
Securityholders that specified a rate equal to the Security Interest Rate; and
(e) Each Potential Securityholder's Submitted Bid specifying a
rate that is equal to the Security Interest Rate will be accepted, but only in
an amount equal to the principal amount of Securities obtained by multiplying
the excess of the aggregate principal amount of Available Securities over the
aggregate principal amount of Securities subject to Submitted Bids described in
subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) above by a fraction, the numerator of which will
be the aggregate principal amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bid
and the denominator of which will be the sum of the principal amount of
Securities subject to Submitted Bids made by all such Potential Securityholders
that specified a rate equal to the Security Interest Rate.
Insufficient Bids. If Sufficient Bids have not been made with respect to a
Security (other than because all of the Securities of such class are subject to
Submitted Hold Orders) or if the Net Loan Rate is less than the Bid Auction Rate
(in which case the Security Interest Rate shall be the Net Loan Rate) or if the
Security Interest Rate Limitation applies, subject to the denomination
requirements described below, Submitted Orders will be accepted or rejected as
follows in the following order of priority and all other Submitted Bids will be
rejected:
(a) Existing Securityholders' Submitted Bids specifying any
rate that is equal to or lower than the Security Interest Rate will be rejected,
thus entitling such Existing Securityholders to continue to hold the aggregate
principal amount of Securities subject to such Submitted Bids;
(b) Potential Securityholders' Submitted Bids specifying any
rate that is equal to or lower than the Security Interest Rate will be accepted,
and specifying any rate that is higher than the Security Interest Rate will be
rejected; and
(c) each Existing Securityholder's Submitted Bid specifying any
rate that is higher than the Security Interest Rate and the Submitted Sell Order
of each Existing Securityholder will be accepted, thus entitling each Existing
Securityholder that submitted any such Submitted Bid or Submitted Sell Order to
sell the Securities subject to such Submitted Bid or Submitted Sell Order, but
in both cases only in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
Securities obtained by multiplying the aggregate principal amount of Securities
subject to Submitted Bids described in subparagraph (b) above by a fraction, the
numerator of which will be the aggregate principal amount of Securities held by
such Existing Securityholder subject to such Submitted Bid or Submitted Sell
Order and the denominator of which will be the aggregate principal amount of
Securities subject to all such Submitted Bids and Submitted Sell Orders.
All Hold Orders. If all Securities of a class are subject to Submitted Hold
Orders, all Submitted Bids will be rejected.
Authorized Denominations Requirement. If, as a result of the procedures
described above regarding Sufficient Bids and Insufficient Bids, any Existing
Securityholder would be entitled or required to sell, or any Potential
Securityholder would be entitled or required to purchase, a principal amount of
Securities that is not equal to an Authorized Denomination or an integral
multiple thereof, the Auction Agent will, in such manner as in its sole
discretion it will determine, round up or down the principal amount of
Securities to be purchased or sold by any Existing Securityholder or Potential
Securityholder so that the principal amount of Securities purchased or sold by
each Existing Securityholder or Potential Securityholder will be equal to an
Authorized Denomination or an integral multiple in excess thereof. If, as a
result of the procedures described above regarding Insufficient Bids, any
Potential Securityholder would be entitled or required to purchase less than a
principal amount of Securities equal to an Authorized Denomination or any
integral multiple thereof, the Auction Agent will, in such manner as in its sole
discretion it will determine, allocate Securities for purchase among Potential
Securityholders so that only Securities in an Authorized Denomination or any
integral multiples in excess thereof are purchased by any Potential
Securityholder, even if such allocation results in one or more of such Potential
Securityholders not purchasing any Securities.
Based on the results of each Auction, the Auction Agent is to determine the
aggregate principal amount of Securities of each class to be purchased and the
aggregate principal amount of Securities of each class to be sold by Potential
Securityholders and Existing Securityholders on whose behalf each Broker-Dealer
submitted Bids or Sell Orders and, with respect to each Broker-Dealer, to the
extent that such aggregate principal amount of Securities to be sold differs
from such aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased, determine to
which other Broker-Dealer or Broker-Dealers acting for one or more purchasers
such Broker-Dealer will deliver, or from which Broker-Dealers acting for one or
more sellers such Broker-Dealer will receive, as the case may be, Securities.
Any calculation by the Auction Agent (or the Indenture Trustee, if
applicable) of the Security Interest Rate, One-Month LIBOR, Three-Month LIBOR,
the Maximum Auction Rate, the All Hold Rate, the Net Loan Rate and the
Non-Payment Rate will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding on all other
parties.
Notwithstanding anything in the Master Indenture, a related Terms
Supplement or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, no Auction is to be held on
any Auction Date on which there are insufficient moneys held by the Indenture
Trustee under the Master Indenture and available to pay the principal of and
interest due on the applicable Security on the Note Distribution Date or
Certificate Distribution Date immediately following such Auction Date.
Settlement Procedures
The Auction Agent is required to advise each Broker-Dealer that submitted
an Order in an Auction of the Security Interest Rate for a Security for the next
Interest Period and, if such Order was a Bid or Sell Order, whether such Bid or
Sell Order was accepted or rejected, in whole or in part, by telephone not later
than 3:00 pm., eastern time, on the Auction Date if the Interest Rate is the
Auction Rate and not later than 4:00 pm. eastern time on the Auction Date if the
Interest Rate is the Net Loan Rate. Each Broker-Dealer that submitted an Order
on behalf of a Bidder is required to then advise such Bidder of the applicable
Security Interest Rate for the next Interest Period and, if such Order was a Bid
or a Sell Order, whether such Bid or Sell Order was accepted or rejected, in
whole or in part, confirm purchases and sales with each Bidder purchasing or
selling Securities as a result of the Auction and advise each Bidder purchasing
or selling Securities as a result of the Auction to give instructions to its
Participant to pay the purchase price against delivery of such Securities or to
deliver such Securities against payment therefor, as appropriate. Pursuant to
the Auction Agent Agreement, the Auction Agent is to record each transfer of
Securities on the Existing Securityholders Registry to be maintained by the
Auction Agent.
In accordance with DTC's normal procedures, on the Business Day after the
Auction Date, the transactions described above will be executed through DTC, so
long as DTC is the Depository, and the accounts of the respective Participants
at DTC will be debited and credited and Securities delivered as necessary to
effect the purchases and sales of Securities as determined in the Auction.
Purchasers are required to make payment through their Participants in same-day
funds to DTC against delivery through their Participants. DTC will make payment
in accordance with its normal procedures, which now provide for payment against
delivery by its Participants in immediately available funds.
If any Existing Securityholder selling Securities in an Auction fails to
deliver such Securities, the Broker-Dealer of any person that was to have
purchased Securities in such Auction may deliver to such person a principal
amount of Securities that is less than the principal amount of Securities that
otherwise was to be purchased by such person but in any event equal to an
Authorized Denomination or any integral multiple thereof. In such event, the
principal amount of Securities to be delivered will be determined by such
Broker-Dealer. Delivery of such lesser principal amount of Securities will
constitute good delivery. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Auction Agent
will have any responsibility or liability with respect to the failure of a
Potential Securityholder, Existing Securityholder or their respective
Broker-Dealer or Participant to deliver the principal amount of Securities or to
pay for the Securities purchased or sold pursuant to an Auction or otherwise.
For a further description of the settlement procedures, see "SETTLEMENT
PROCEDURES."
Indenture Trustee Not Responsible for Auction Agent, Market Agent and
Broker-Dealers
The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for the actions of
or failure to act by the Auction Agent, Market Agent or any Broker-Dealer under
the Master Indenture, the related Terms Supplement or under the Auction Agent
Agreement, the Market Agent Agreement or any Broker-Dealer Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely upon any information required to be
furnished by the Auction Agent, the Market Agent or any Broker-Dealer without
undertaking any independent review or investigation of the truth or accuracy of
such information.
Changes in Auction Terms
Changes in Auction Period or Periods
While any of the Securities are outstanding, the Administrator, may, from
time to time, change the length of the one or more Auction Periods in order to
conform with then current market practice with respect to similar securities or
to accommodate economic and financial factors that may affect or be relevant to
the length of the Auction Period and the interest rate borne by the Securities
(an "Auction Period Adjustment"). The Administrator will not initiate such
change in the length of the Auction Period unless it shall have received the
written consent from the Market Agent, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld, not less than three days nor more than 20 days prior to the effective
date of an Auction Period Adjustment. The Administrator will initiate an Auction
Period Adjustment by giving written notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Auction
Agent, the Market Agent, the Surety Provider and the Securities Depository in
substantially the form of, or containing substantially the information contained
in, the Indenture at least 10 days prior to the Auction Date for such Auction
Period.
Any such Auction Period Adjustment shall not result in an Auction Period of
less than 7 days nor more than 91 days. If any such Auction Period Adjustment
will result in an Auction Period of less than the number of days in the then
current Auction Period, the notice described above will be effective only if it
is accompanied by a written statement of the Indenture Trustee, the Eligible
Lender Trustee, the Auction Agent and the Depository to the effect that they are
capable of performing their duties, if any, under the Indenture, the Auction
Agent Agreement and any Broker-Dealer Agreement with respect to such changed
Auction Period.
An Auction Period Adjustment will take effect only if (A) the Indenture
Trustee and the Auction Agent receive, by 11:00 A.M., eastern time, on the
Business Day before the Auction Date for the first such Auction Period, a
certificate from the Trust authorizing an Auction Period Adjustment specified in
such certificate, the certificate of the Market Agent described above and the
written statement of the Indenture Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the
Auction Agent and the Securities Depository described above and (B) Sufficient
Bids exist at the Auction on the Auction Date for such first Auction Period. If
the condition referred to in (A) is not met, the Security Interest Rate
applicable for the next Auction Period will be determined pursuant to the
Auction Procedures and the Auction Period will be the Auction Period determined
without reference to the proposed change. If the condition referred to in (A) is
met, but the condition referred to in (B) above is not met, the Security
Interest Rate applicable for the next Auction Period will be the lesser of the
Maximum Auction Rate and the Net Loan Rate and the Auction Period will be the
Auction Period determined without reference to the proposed change.
Changes in the Auction Date
The Market Agent, at the written direction of the Trust, may specify an
earlier Auction Date (but in no event more than five Business Days earlier) than
the Auction Date that would otherwise be determined in accordance with the
definition of "Auction Date" with respect to one or more specified Auction
Periods in order to conform with then current market practice with respect to
similar securities or to accommodate economic and financial factors that may
affect or be relevant to the day of the week constituting an Auction Date and
the interest rate borne on the Securities. The Trust will not consent to such
change in the Auction Date unless the Trust will have received from the Market
Agent not less than three days nor more than 20 days prior to the effective date
of such change a written request for consent together with a certificate
demonstrating the need for change in reliance on such factors. The Market Agent
will provide notice of its determination to specify an earlier Auction Date for
one or more Auction Periods by means of a written notice delivered at least 10
days prior to the proposed changed Auction Date to the Indenture Trustee, the
Auction Agent, the Trust and the Depository.
The changes in Auction terms described above may be made with respect to
any class of the Securities. In connection with any change in Auction Terms
described above, the Auction Agent is to provide such further notice to such
parties as is specified in the Auction Agent Agreement.
Appendix II
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
These Settlement Procedures apply separately to each class of Securities.
(a) Not later than (i) 3:00 P.M. if the Security Interest Rate is the
Auction Rate or (2) 4:00 p.m. if the Security Interest Rate is the Net Loan
Rate, the Auction Agent is to notify by telephone each Broker- Dealer that
participated in the Auction held on such Auction Date and submitted an Order on
behalf of an Existing Securityholder or Potential Securityholder of:
(i) the Security Interest Rate fixed for the next
Interest Period;
(ii) whether there were Sufficient Bids in such
Auction;
(iii) if such Broker-Dealer (a "Seller's
Broker-Dealer") submitted Bids or Sell Orders on behalf of an Existing
Securityholder, whether such Bid or Sell Order was accepted or
rejected, in whole or in part, and the principal amount of Securities,
if any, to be sold by such Existing Securityholder;
(iv) if such Broker-Dealer (a "Buyer's Broker-Dealer")
submitted a Bid on behalf of a Potential Securityholder, whether such
Bid was accepted or rejected, in whole or in part, and the principal
amount of Securities, if any, to be purchased by such Potential
Securityholder;
(v) if the aggregate amount of Securities to be sold by all
Existing Securityholders on whose behalf such Seller's Broker-Dealer
submitted Bids or Sell Orders exceeds the aggregate principal amount
of Securities to be purchased by all Potential Securityholders on
whose behalf such Buyer's Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid, the name or
names of one or more Buyer's Broker- Dealers and the name of the
Participant, if any, of each such Buyer's Broker-Dealer (an
"Participant") acting for one or more purchasers of such excess
principal amount of Securities and the principal amount of Securities
to be purchased from one or more Existing Securityholders on whose
behalf such Seller's Broker-Dealer acted by one or more Potential
Securityholders on whose behalf each of such Buyer's Broker-Dealers
acted;
(vi) if the principal amount of Securities to be purchased by
all Potential Securityholders on whose behalf such Buyer's
Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid exceeds the amount of Securities to be
sold by all Existing Securityholders on whose behalf such Seller's
Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid or a Sell Order, the name or names of
one or more Seller's Broker-Dealers (and the name of the Participant,
if any, of each such Seller's Broker-Dealer) acting for one or more
sellers of such excess principal amount of Securities and the
principal amount of Securities to be sold to one or more Potential
Securityholders on whose behalf such Buyer's Broker-Dealer acted by
one or more Existing Securityholder on whose behalf each of such
Seller's Broker-Dealers acted; and
(vii) the Auction Date for the next succeeding Auction.
(b) On each Auction Date, each Broker-Dealer that submitted an Order
on behalf of any Existing Securityholder or Potential Securityholder is to:
(i) advise each Existing Securityholder and Potential
Securityholder on whose behalf such Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid or
Sell Order in the Auction on such Auction Date whether such Bid or
Sell Order was accepted or rejected, in whole or in part;
(ii) in the case of a Broker-Dealer that is a Buyer's
Broker-Dealer, advise each Potential Securityholder on whose behalf
such Buyer's Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid that was accepted, in whole
or in part, to instruct such Potential Securityholder's Participant to
pay to such Buyer's Broker-Dealer (or its Participant) through the
Depository the amount necessary to purchase the principal amount of
the Securities to be purchased pursuant to such Bid against receipt of
such Securities together with accrued interest;
(iii) in the case of a Broker-Dealer that is a Seller's
Broker-Dealer, instruct each Existing Securityholder on whose behalf
such Seller's Broker-Dealer submitted a Sell Order that was accepted,
in whole or in part, or a Bid that was accepted, in whole or in part,
to instruct such Existing Securityholder's Participant to deliver to
such Seller's Broker-Dealer (or its Participant) through the
Depository the principal amount of the Securities to be sold pursuant
to such Order against payment therefor;
(iv) advise each Existing Securityholder on whose behalf such
Broker-Dealer submitted an Order and each Potential Securityholder on
whose behalf such Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid of the Security
Interest Rate for the next Interest Period;
(v) advise each Existing Securityholder on whose
behalf such Broker-Dealer submitted an Order of the next
Auction Date; and
(vi) advise each Potential Securityholder on whose behalf such
Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid that was accepted, in whole or in part,
of the next Auction Date.
(c) On the basis of the information provided to it pursuant to
paragraph (a) above, each Broker- Dealer that submitted a Bid or Sell Order in
an Auction is required to allocate any funds received by it in connection with
such Auction pursuant to paragraph (b)(ii) above, and any Securities received by
it in connection with such Auction pursuant to paragraph (b)(iii) above, among
the Potential Securityholders, if any, on whose behalf such Broker-Dealer
submitted Bids, the Existing Securityholder, if any, on whose behalf such
Broker-Dealer submitted Bids or Sell Orders in such Auction, and any
Broker-Dealers identified to it by the Auction Agent following such Auction
pursuant to paragraph (a)(v) or (a)(vi) above.
(d) On each Auction Date:
(i) each Potential Securityholder and Existing Securityholder
with an Order in the Auction on such Auction Date will instruct its
Participant as provided in (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) above, as the case may
be:
(ii) each Seller's Broker-Dealer that is not a Participant of
the Depository will instruct its Participant to deliver such
Securities through the Depository to a Buyer's Broker-Dealer (or its
Participant) identified to such Seller's Broker-Dealer pursuant to
(a)(v) above against payment therefor; and
(iii) each Buyer's Broker-Dealer that is not a Participant in
the Depository will instruct its Participant to pay through the
Depository to Seller's Broker-Dealer (or its Participant) identified
following such Auction pursuant to (a)(vi) above the amount necessary
to purchase the Securities to be purchased pursuant to (b)(ii) above
against receipt of such Securities.
(e) On the Business Day following each Auction Date;
(i) each Participant for a Bidder in the Auction on such
Auction Date referred to in (d)(i) above will instruct the Depository
to execute the transactions described under (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) above
for such Auction, and the Depository will execute such transactions;
(ii) each Seller's Broker-Dealer or its Participant will
instruct the Depository to execute the transactions described in
(d)(ii) above for such Auction, and the Depository will execute such
transactions; and
(iii) each Buyer's Broker-Dealer or its Participant will
instruct the Depository to execute the transactions described in
(d)(iii) above for such Auction, and the Depository will execute such
transactions.
(f) If an Existing Securityholder selling Securities in an Auction
fails to deliver such Securities (by authorized book-entry), a Broker-Dealer may
deliver to the Potential Securityholder on behalf of which it submitted a Bid
that was accepted a principal amount of Securities that is less than the
principal amount of Securities that otherwise was to be purchased by such
Potential Securityholder. In such event, the principal amount of Securities to
be so delivered will be determined solely by such Broker-Dealer (but only in
Authorized Denominations). Delivery of such lesser principal amount of
Securities will constitute good delivery. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of
this paragraph (f), any delivery or nondelivery of Securities which will
represent any departure from the results of an Auction, as determined by the
Auction Agent, will be of no effect unless and until the Auction Agent will have
been notified of such delivery or nondelivery in accordance with the provisions
of the Auction Agent Agreement and the Broker-Dealer Agreements. Neither the
Indenture Trustee nor the Auction Agent will have any responsibility or
liability with respect to the failure of a Potential Securityholder, Existing
Securityholder or their Respective Broker- Dealer or Participant to take
delivery of or deliver, as the case may be, the principal amount of the
Securities purchased or sold pursuant to an Auction or otherwise.
No dealer, salesman or other individual has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained in this
Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus, and, if given or made,
such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Sellers, The Money Store Inc. or the Underwriter. This
Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus do not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the Notes
offered hereby nor an offer of such Notes to any person in any state or other
jurisdiction in which such offer would be unlawful. The delivery of this
Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus at any time does not imply
that information herein is corr ect as of any time subsequent to its date.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Page
Terms of the Series 199_-_Notes .......................... S-3
Previously Issued Securities.................................S-8
Underwriting.............................................. S-9
Risk Factors.....................................
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency.........................................
Description of the Securities..............................
Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements.....................................
Certain Tax Consequences.........................
ERISA Considerations.............................
Legal Matters....................................
Rating...........................................
Index of Principal Terms.........................
Annex A-Certain Characteristics of the Financed
Student Loans.................................. A-1
Annex B-Certain Information Relating to the
Guarantors..................................... B-1
PROSPECTUS
Prospectus Supplement............................ iv
Available Information............................ iv
Reports to Securityholders....................... iv
Incorporation of Certain Documents of
Reference...................................... v
Summary of Terms................................. 1
Risk Factors..................................... 29
Formation of Trust............................... 37
Use of Proceeds.................................. 38
The Sellers and the Money Store......................38
Servicers........................................
The Student Loan Financing Business.............. 39
The Financed Student Loan Pool.......................57
Description of the Securities........................63
Description of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreements..................................... 74
Certain Legal Aspects of the Financed Student
Loans.......................................... 96
Certain Tax Consequences......................... 98
ERISA Considerations............................. 105
Plan of Distribution............................. 106
Legal Matters.................................... 106
Experts.......................................... 107
Financial Information............................ 107
Rating........................................... 107
Index of Principal Terms......................... 108
Appendix ICAuction Procedures
Appendix IICSettlement Procedures
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TRANS-WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY
D/B/A EDUCAID
(Seller)
CLASSNOTES INC.
(Seller)
THE MONEY STORE INC.
(Representative)
[NAME OF TRUST]
ASSET BACKED NOTES
(Issuable in Series)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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INDEX OF PRINCIPAL TERMS
Set forth below is a list of the defined terms used in this Prospectus and
the pages on which the definitions of such terms may be found herein.
Page
1992 Amendments........................................................51
1993 Amendments........................................................51
Accrual Notes...........................................................2
Accrual Period.........................................................16
Additional Funding.....................................................14
Additional Principal Payments..........................................16
Additional Student Loans...............................................93
Administration Agreement................................................9
Administration Fee.....................................................16
Administrator...........................................................9
Administrator Default.................................................106
Aggregate Pool Balance.................................................32
Applicable Trustee.....................................................88
Assigned Rights........................................................41
Auction Agent Fee......................................................16
Auction Period Adjustment..............................................77
Auction Rate Certificates...............................................2
Auction Rate Notes......................................................2
Auction Rate Securities.................................................2
Available Funds........................................................97
Benefit Plan..........................................................120
Capitalized Interest Account...........................................14
Capitalized Pre-Funding Account........................................15
Capitalized Pre-Funding Requirement....................................15
Capped Amount..........................................................23
Cede...................................................................33
Certificate Balance....................................................99
Certificate Distribution Account.......................................17
Certificate Distribution Date...........................................2
Certificate Final Maturity Date........................................30
Certificate Rate.......................................................28
Certificate Record Date................................................29
Certificate Surety Bond.................................................1
Certificate Surety Bond Payment........................................21
Certificateholders.....................................................29
Certificateholders' Distribution Amount................................99
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover.... ............................30
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall.......................99
Certificateholders' Interest Distribution Amount.......................99
Certificateholders' Principal Carryover Shortfall.....................100
Certificateholders' Principal Distribution Amount.....................100
Certificates............................................................1
Class...................................................................1
Class Interest Rate....................................................25
Closing Date...........................................................3
Code..................................................................113
Collection Account.....................................................15
Collection Period......................................................13
Commission..............................................................5
Consolidation Loans....................................................49
Cut-off Date...........................................................32
Deferral Period........................................................53
Deferral Phase.........................................................13
Definitive Certificates................................................89
Definitive Notes.......................................................89
Definitive Securities..................................................89
Department..............................................................3
Depository.............................................................75
Determination Date.....................................................15
Distribution Accounts..................................................17
Distribution Date......................................................29
DTC....................................................................33
Educaid.................................................................1
Eligible Deposit Account...............................................92
Eligible Institution...................................................92
Eligible Investments...................................................92
Eligible Lender Trustee.................................................1
Eligible Student.......................................................49
Enhancement............................................................21
ERISA..................................................................33
Event of Default.......................................................84
Exchange Act............................................................6
Expense Account........................................................17
Federal Assistance.....................................................52
Federal Direct Student Loan Program....................................40
Federal Guarantee Agreements...........................................48
Federal Loans...........................................................3
Federal Program........................................................11
Federal Tax Counsel...................................................113
Final Maturity Date....................................................27
Financed Student Loans..................................................1
Forbearance Periods....................................................43
Funding Period.........................................................14
Grace Periods..........................................................43
Guarantee Agreements...................................................48
Guarantee Payments.....................................................35
Guarantor..............................................................12
HEAL Loans..............................................................3
HEAL Program...........................................................59
HICA...................................................................11
Higher Education Act...................................................48
Indenture..............................................................24
Indenture Trustee.......................................................8
Indenture Trustee Fee..................................................16
Index Maturity.........................................................83
Indirect Participants..................................................88
Initial Closing Date...................................................28
Insolvency Event......................................................108
Interest Period.......................................................25
Interest Subsidy Payments..............................................52
Investment Earnings............................................... ....92
IRS...................................................................113
LIBOR...................................................................2
LIBOR Determination Date...............................................83
LIBOR Rate.............................................................76
LIBOR Rate Notes....................................................... 2
Master Indenture.......................................................24
Master Servicer.........................................................8
Master Servicer Default...............................................106
Monthly Advance Account................................................31
Monthly Advances.......................................................32
Net Loan Rate..........................................................26
Note Distribution Account..............................................16
Note Distribution Date..................................................2
Note Record Date.......................................................26
Note Surety Bond........................................................1
Note Surety Bond Payment...............................................21
Noteholders............................................................26
Noteholders' Distribution Amount......................................100
Noteholders' Interest Carryover........................................27
Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall.............................100
Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount............................101
Notes...................................................................1
Obligors...............................................................13
OID...................................................................114
One-Month LIBOR........................................................83
Option 4 Loans.........................................................64
Option 4 Program.......................................................11
Originators' Interests..................................................7
PAL Loans..............................................................68
PAL Program............................................................11
Participants...........................................................75
PEP Loans..............................................................67
PEP Program............................................................11
PHEAA...................................................................8
Plan..................................................................119
Plan Assets Regulation................................................120
PLEASE Loans...........................................................67
PLEASE Program.........................................................11
PLUS Loans.............................................................11
Pool Balance...........................................................13
Pre-Funded Amount......................................................14
Pre-Funding Account....................................................14
Principal Distribution Amount.........................................101
Private Loan Programs..................................................12
Private Loans...........................................................3
Program................................................................49
Prospectus Supplement...................................................1
Public Health Service Act..............................................11
Purchase Amount........................................................91
Purchased Loans.........................................................8
Rating Agency.........................................................34
Realized Loss.........................................................101
Reference Bank.........................................................83
Regulations............................................................59
Related Documents......................................................87
Repayment Phase........................................................13
Representative..........................................................8
Reserve Account........................................................19
Reserve Account Deposit................................................19
Rules..................................................................88
Sale and Servicing Agreement...........................................10
Secretary...............................................................3
Securities..............................................................1
Securities Act..........................................................1
Securityholders........................................................29
Seller..................................................................1
Seller Trusts..........................................................37
Seller's Broker-Dealer..................................................1
Sellers.................................................................8
Serial Loan............................................................42
Series...............................................................1, 7
Servicer................................................................8
Servicers...............................................................8
Servicing Fee..........................................................96
Servicing Fee Carryover................................................96
SLS Loans..............................................................55
SLS Program............................................................55
Special Allowance Payments.............................................52
Specified Reserve Account Balance......................................19
Stafford Loans.........................................................51
Student Holdings........................................................9
Subsequent Cut-off Date................................................93
Surety Bonds...........................................................21
Surety Provider.........................................................9
T-Bill Rate............................................................52
Telerate Page 3750.....................................................83
TERI...................................................................65
TERI Alternative Loans.................................................65
TERI Alternative Program...............................................11
Terms Supplement.......................................................24
The Money Store........................................................47
Transaction Fees.......................................................16
Transfer Agreement.....................................................93
Transfer and Servicing Agreements......................................90
Transfer Date..........................................................93
Trust...................................................................7
Trust Accounts.........................................................92
Trust Agreement.........................................................9
Trust Supplement.......................................................28
UCC...................................................................110
Underlying Federal Loan................................................57
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans............................................55
USAF...................................................................64
